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Feedback request: Engineering and technology Good Article nomination

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NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!

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On 1 July, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Redirect patrolling is not part of the drive. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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(t · c) buidhe 20:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Jimmy Fallon

Hello, GeneralNotability,

I see you've encountered our celebrity vandal who typically edits from newly created accounts and IPs that typically geolocate to Louisville, Kentucky but can be from neighboring states. He posts the exact same content on celebrity bios, although the content differs on women's pages vs. men's pages. I'm afraid that in 3 days he will just return to this article, he seems to pay attention to when protection ends. There are literally dozens of biographical articles that are protected anywhere from 3-12 months because of his persistence. Just look at Betty White to see another recent example. I wish we could use range block to end his vandalism streak but he seems to jump around quite a bit. Any way, if you haven't seen his work before, now you have and he just reuses the same content over and over again so he's easy to recognize. Our page patrollers do a good job reverting his edits quickly but it can take a while for his accounts to be blocked and the page protected.

Hope you are otherwise having a good weekend! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:48, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-27

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 July. It will be on all wikis from 7 July (calendar).
Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 5 July at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 7 July at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
This change only affects pages in the main namespace in Wikisource. The Javascript config variable proofreadpage_source_href will be removed from mw.config and be replaced with the variable prpSourceIndexPage. [1]

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19:30, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Amanheheh337

Hi, the last two times I blocked a sock at this SPI, the helper script revoked TPA and disabled e-mail even though I didn't check the boxes (and I don't believe the boxes were checked when I ran the script). In both cases, I undid those actions. What's "special" about this SPI?--Bbb23 (talk) 16:20, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Bbb23, the SPI archive notice has the param "|notalk=yes" (added sometime last year). When that is set, spihelper will automatically check the no-talk and no-email boxes. ^{SubjectiveNotability} _{a GN franchise} (talk to the boss) 22:28, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Didn't see it, didn't know it existed. RoySmith added it (I think you meant last month). Thanks for your help.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:36, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Meant the parameter itself was added as an option to the template last year. Happy to be of service. ^{SubjectiveNotability} _{a GN franchise} (talk to the boss) 22:40, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Can you take look....

Hi GeneralNotability, can you please take a look at Ghadamakhouls talk page where there is an ongoing discussion between us about UPE? This is also in relation to Freshup666, an account you blocked back in June for UPE. Not sure where to go with this next but Ghadamakhouls seems to be quite upfront about the matter. I have already file an SPI. S0091 (talk) 23:35, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).

Administrator changes

AA • Gwalla • Ioeth • Laurascudder • Moriori (deceased) • Nat • Rfl

Drilnoth → AFigureOfBlue

Bureaucrat changes

Lee Vilenski

Interface administrator changes

Nihiltres

Technical news

user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)

Arbitration

An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.

Miscellaneous

The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:28, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-28

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

In the Vector 2022 skin, the page title is now displayed above the tabs such as Discussion, Read, Edit, View history, or More. Learn more. [2]
It is now possible to easily view most of the configuration settings that apply to just one wiki, and to compare settings between two wikis if those settings are different. For example: Japanese Wiktionary settings, or settings that are different between the Spanish and Esperanto Wikipedias. Local communities may want to discuss and propose changes to their local settings. Details about each of the named settings can be found by searching MediaWiki.org. [3]
The Anti-Harassment Tools team recently deployed the IP Info Feature as a Beta Feature at all wikis. This feature allows abuse fighters to access information about IP addresses. Please check our update on how to find and use the tool. Please share your feedback using a link you will be given within the tool itself.

Changes later this week

There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 12 July at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

Future changes

The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.

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19:23, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

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Lightburst (talk) 03:35, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Such content

	Many article
	Well aren't you just the cleverest? ^[FBDB] — TNT (talk • she/her) 05:21, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 7

Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 7, July-September 2022Read the full newsletter

Welcome to the 7th issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News! The newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the implementation of Wikimedia's Movement Strategy recommendations, other relevant topics regarding Movement governance, as well as different projects and activities supported by the Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG) team of the Wikimedia Foundation.

The MSG Newsletter is delivered quarterly, while the more frequent Movement Strategy Weekly will be delivered weekly. Please remember to subscribe here if you would like to receive future issues of this newsletter.

Movement sustainability: Wikimedia Foundation's annual sustainability report has been published. (continue reading)
Improving user experience: recent improvements on the desktop interface for Wikimedia projects. (continue reading)
Safety and inclusion: updates on the revision process of the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines. (continue reading)
Equity in decisionmaking: reports from Hubs pilots conversations, recent progress from the Movement Charter Drafting Committee, and a new white paper for futures of participation in the Wikimedia movement. (continue reading)
Stakeholders coordination: launch of a helpdesk for Affiliates and volunteer communities working on content partnership. (continue reading)
Leadership development: updates on leadership projects by Wikimedia movement organizers in Brazil and Cape Verde. (continue reading)
Internal knowledge management: launch of a new portal for technical documentation and community resources. (continue reading)
Innovate in free knowledge: high-quality audiovisual resources for scientific experiments and a new toolkit to record oral transcripts. (continue reading)
Evaluate, iterate, and adapt: results from the Equity Landscape project pilot (continue reading)
Other news and updates: a new forum to discuss Movement Strategy implementation, upcoming Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election, a new podcast to discuss Movement Strategy, and change of personnel for the Foundation's Movement Strategy and Governance team. (continue reading)

RamzyM (WMF) 01:39, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-29

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 feature on mobile web for Nearby Pages was missing last week. It will be fixed this week. [4]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 July. It will be on all wikis from 21 July (calendar).

Future changes

The Technical Decision Forum is seeking community representatives. You can apply on wiki or by emailing TDFSupport@wikimedia.org before 12 August.

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22:58, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Why delete my sandbox?

I thought sandboxes were for doing whatever the user wants, and it's not an actual article, it's a sandbox. The only reason I had all that in my sandbox was because it would be a place to put inside jokes and give them backstories and all that. I like to use sandboxes to test my creativity with our dumb characters me and my friends make up. I spent a lot of time on that and now it's all gone and I can't recover it. Sodapoppers (talk) 14:47, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Sodapoppers, you have a lot of latitude in your sandbox, but it is for Wikipedia-related things. It is not a free webhost. GeneralNotability (talk) 17:42, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Alright, I understand. But is there any way I can get all of that back? Sodapoppers (talk) 18:05, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-30

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

The www.wikibooks.org and www.wikiquote.org portal pages now use an automated update system. Other project portals will be updated over the next few months. [5]

Problems

Last week, some wikis were in read-only mode for a few minutes because of an emergency switch of their main database (targeted wikis). [6]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 July. It will be on all wikis from 28 July (calendar).
The external link icon will change slightly in the skins Vector legacy and Vector 2022. The new icon uses simpler shapes to be more recognizable on low-fidelity screens. [7]
Administrators will now see buttons on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. [8]

Future meetings

The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (26 July).

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Editing archive

Sorry for my gauche edit at the archived SPI. Anyway, the account made some confessions at [9]. tgeorgescu (talk) 23:19, 25 July 2022 (UTC) 19:26, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Feedback request: Wikipedia policies and guidelines request for comment

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The Bugle: Issue CXCVI, July 2022

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 on Falklands War artillery and Nick-D on the Battle of the Ruhr

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Feedback request: Religion and philosophy request for comment

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Feedback request: Wikipedia technical issues and templates request for comment

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