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Tech News: 2021-39

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Recent changes

• iOS 15 has a new function called Private Relay (Apple website). This can hide the user's IP when they use Safari browser. This is like using a VPN in that we see another IP address instead. It is opt-in and only for those who pay extra for iCloud. It will come to Safari users on OSX later. There is a technical discussion about what this means for the Wikimedia wikis.

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• Some gadgets and user-scripts add items to the portlets (article tools) part of the skin. A recent change to the HTML may have made those links a different font-size. This can be fixed by adding the CSS class .vector-menu-dropdown-noicon. [1]

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 September. It will be on all wikis from 30 September (calendar).
• The GettingStarted extension was built in 2013, and provides an onboarding process for new account holders in a few versions of Wikipedia. However, the recently developed Growth features provide a better onboarding experience. Since the vast majority of Wikipedias now have access to the Growth features, GettingStarted will be deactivated starting on 4 October. [2]
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• You can receive notifications when someone leaves a comment on user talk page or mentions you in a talk page comment. Clicking the notification link will now bring you to the comment and highlight it. Previously, doing so brought you to the top of the section that contained the comment. You can find more information in T282029.

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• The Reply tool will be deployed to the remaining wikis in the coming weeks. It is currently part of "Discussion tools" in Beta features at most wikis. You will be able to turn it off in Editing Preferences. See the list of wikis. [3]

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22:20, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

Geostub badassery

I noticed you did a pretty good job on Codys Corner, Florida -- I have been seeing a lot of geostubs at AfD that seem to be of a similar nature. Most of them, nobody is able to find any sources for, but if you'd like, I can let you know when I find one that looks like it can be saved. jp×g 10:14, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, JPxG.

I still have a few things I'd like to add at Codys Corner, including a historic map. But it's in much better shape than it was. For background, when I was a kid, I lived in the hamlet of Monti, Iowa, which would fail one of those "I checked the map but only found four houses - Delete" searches some editors do prior to, or during, AFD. Despite the small size of some communities, there's usually some history there: sometimes a lot, like in Farnhurst, Delaware, which just survived deletion. I worked in an academic library for over 15 years, and still have access to resources some editors might not have.

I'm glad these microstubs are getting sorted, though. I'm happy to take a look at ones that you think might be salvageable. Feel free to ping me. Firsfron of Ronchester 10:47, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Got a few more for you that nobody else has had much to say about yet: Windsor Farms, P and W Patch, and Pine Waters (all in Pennsylvania). jp×g 23:35, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. I do see some results for P and W Patch in area papers, but some involve a murder trial and may not be appropriate for an encyclopedia article. I'll see what can be done after dinner. BTW, congrats on your 40,000th edit! Woot! :) Firsfron of Ronchester 23:41, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

"Shit on a shingle" made me laugh pretty hard. Speaking of shit, there's still a crapload of work I need to do on Biddles Corner, Delaware, but that's the best I could do tonight. I'll work on it more this week, with the hope that referenced pieces of the article don't end up missing. But if you have more Geography AFDs to suggest JPxG, I'm open to looking... or !voting to delete, if they're actual garbage. Most places at AFD, of course, won't have four buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (And hopefully this conversation isn't so old you won't be able to figure out where I typed this). Firsfron of Ronchester 06:44, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

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Powder House Island

Hey JPxG, Wow! the Powder House Island article is looking awesome! I peeked in at the article, back when it was still at 7k bytes. It certainly has grown since then! Great work, and good luck on the Good Article nomination! Firsfron of Ronchester 17:52, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

@Firsfron: Late reply, but thanks for the encouragement. It's a FA now :^) jp×g 21:12, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

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September 2021 Guild of Copy Editors newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2021.                  Current and upcoming events September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today! Drive and Blitz reports June Blitz: From 20 to 26 June, 6 participating editors claimed 16 copy edits, focusing on requests and articles tagged in March and April. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: Almost 575,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 24 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 15 to 21 August, we copy edited articles tagged in April and May 2021 and requests. 9 participating editors completed 17 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. New maintenance template added to our project scope: After a short discussion in June, we added {{cleanup tense}} to the list of maintenance templates that adds articles to the Guild's copy editing backlog categories. This change added 198 articles, spread over 97 months of backlog, to our queue. We processed all of those articles except for those from the three or four most recent months during the July backlog elimination drive (Here's a link to a "tense" discussion during the drive). Progress report: As of 18:26, 24 September 2021 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 468 requests since 1 January and there were 60 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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A deserving award

		The Geography Barnstar
		For finding sources on New York, Florida. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 12:37, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Powder House Island

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Powder House Island you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 11:41, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Powder House Island

The article Powder House Island you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Powder House Island for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jaguar -- Jaguar (talk) 15:21, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Apolinario Mabini

Sorry to bother you. Your name jumped out as the user reverting issues at Apolinario Mabini. I've just spent sometime correcting cite errors at the article, but now looking at the edit history it appears another IP has been deleting refs from the article and the whole lot might have to be rolled back.

If you look at the differences between you last edit and the current article [4] I don't think there's anything constructive. My edits only undo some of the damage that has been done.

What do you think? Thanks 89.241.33.89 (talk) 20:13, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Late reply, but it looks like the issue has been fixed, and thanks for helping out. jp×g 21:13, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Headreach Island

The article Headreach Island you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Headreach Island for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 13:41, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Fox Island (Detroit River)

The article Fox Island (Detroit River) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Fox Island (Detroit River) for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 18:21, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hog Island (San Joaquin County)

The article Hog Island (San Joaquin County) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Hog Island (San Joaquin County) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 07:41, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Headreach Island

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Your GA nomination of Fox Island (Detroit River)

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Your GA nomination of Fordson Island

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A reminder to help at the Quad (company) page

Hi there. I'm not sure if you saw my previous request to take a look at my edit request on the Quad (company) Talk page, but in case you didn't, I'm asking again for your help, which you kindly gave before, and indicated you'd be willing to help more. Thanks in advance. Tina at Quad (talk) 16:01, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

A reminder to help at the Quad (company) page

Hi there. I'm not sure if you saw my previous request to take a look at my edit request on the Quad (company) Talk page. In case you didn't, I'm asking again for your help, which you kindly gave before, since you indicated you'd be willing to help more. Thanks in advance. Tina at Quad (talk) 16:07, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

@Tina at Quad: Getting to this a little late (lol) but I see the issue's been resolved on the talk page anyway. Oh well! jp×g 21:14, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-40

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

• A more efficient way of sending changes from Wikidata to Wikimedia wikis that show them has been enabled for the following 10 wikis: mediawiki.org, the Italian, Catalan, Hebrew and Vietnamese Wikipedias, French Wikisource, and English Wikivoygage, Wikibooks, Wiktionary and Wikinews. If you notice anything strange about how changes from Wikidata appear in recent changes or your watchlist on those wikis you can let the developers know.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 October. It will be on all wikis from 7 October (calendar).
• Some gadgets and bots that use the API to read the AbuseFilter log might break. The hidden property will no longer say an entry is implicit for unsuppressed log entries about suppressed edits. If your bot needs to know this, do a separate revision query. Additionally, the property will have the value false for visible entries; previously, it wasn't included in the response. [5]
• A more efficient way of sending changes from Wikidata to Wikimedia wikis that show them will be enabled for all production wikis. If you notice anything strange about how changes from Wikidata appear in recent changes or your watchlist you can let the developers know.

Future changes

• You can soon get cross-wiki notifications in the iOS Wikipedia app. You can also get notifications as push notifications. More notification updates will follow in later versions. [6]
• The JavaScript variables wgExtraSignatureNamespaces, wgLegalTitleChars, and wgIllegalFileChars will soon be removed from mw.config. These are not part of the "stable" variables available for use in wiki JavaScript. [7]
• The JavaScript variables wgCookiePrefix, wgCookieDomain, wgCookiePath, and wgCookieExpiration will soon be removed from mw.config. Scripts should instead use mw.cookie from the "mediawiki.cookie" module. [8]

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16:28, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Correct

You are correct. At this time I am busy working on other articles, and I am doing my best to stay out of that very personal and contentious AfD. I have done all I can there and at this point it is just repetitive. You are right though that I certainly did not comport myself well with that post. Lightburst (talk) 23:00, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

It's all good. I think everything has a way of working itself out eventually. jp×g 21:14, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tule Island

The article Tule Island you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Tule Island for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 18:21, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Spud Island

The article Spud Island you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Spud Island for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 20:21, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tule Island

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Thanks for adding Rat Rock! I am glad it has its own page! I swam there. Have a great day, and thank you for your contributions. Sincerely, Black Point-Green Point guy

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Huggle revert?

User:JPxG, before reverting me, can you see the discussion at Talk:Breast_tax#Redirect? An IP is disrupting the page by removing the redirect when the consensus is towards the redirect and his only reason is "Upper caste people want to hide this totally".[9] I am basically reverting the vandalism here. Can you self-revert your restoration of the redirect? 27.57.177.155 (talk) 03:59, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

I see you are editing both manually and with automated tool after I made this message above. Can you reply? 27.57.177.155 (talk) 04:16, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Hold on, let me take a look. jp×g 04:19, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Okay, this looks to me like a complicated enough issue that it should be resolved by an AfD rather than local talk page consensus... there was an AfD last year and a DRV that concluded "keep" (not "redirect"). I think your best bet here would be to renominate for deletion, if you feel that strongly about it. jp×g 04:27, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Question

I would rather answer your question here, than create more work for the closer of the RfC. I think this RfC would have been as just avoidable as the first one, had Shibbolethink agreed to stick to the sources. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and JoelleJay is arguing that this group's claims aren't WP:DUE, while PaleoNeonate argues that the page should not have passed WP:AFD. I actually don't have a problem calling them activists, so long as it's not the only descriptor, and I also don't mind citing WP:MEDRS for BALANCE, where possible. However, due to the censorship in China, balance won't actually be possible, and this is a key point that editors will have to grapple with for a long time to come. 217.35.76.147 (talk) 22:02, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

Image deletion

My deletion of images at Chevrolet C/K was not unexplained, it was to remove pictures of modified vehicles which do not in any way help the article. Thanks,  Mr.choppers | ✎  02:06, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@Mr.choppers: I think whether they help the article is fairly subjective -- it's not like additional illustrations are costing us much, and they help to show what the subject of the article looks like. jp×g 21:15, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

@JPxG: I disagree. First of all, see WP:NOTGALLERY. Too many pictures makes for cluttered, slow-loading pages - especially for phone users. One can go to the Commons to see all the pictures. Also, pictures of modified and altered trucks do not help showing the subject of the article. Also, see the WP Automobile guidelines for images in articles (relevant text bolded):

"We strive to illustrate our articles with high-quality images. We agree to the following general standards:

1. Images shall enhance the article in which they are placed and must feature the subject of the article section near which they are placed.
2. The image subject—automobile, engine, or component—must be the center of the image's composition.
3. Use the "thumbnail" option for all images other than those inside infoboxes. In accordance with Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Images, do not specify the size of the thumbnail as this is specified in user preferences.
4. Always use free images, preferably uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. Images of vehicles are seldom irreplaceable. Do not use "fair use" promotional images of vehicles.
5. The image selected for an article's top (lead) infobox does not need to show any particular version or generation of the vehicle, such as the latest, the last, the first, the best-selling, or any other. However, the image must be representative; low-volume, obscure/unusual, or otherwise unrepresentative variants are generally not preferred for the lead infobox image. Vehicle production date is not a factor when determining the quality of an image and its suitability to illustrate the lead infobox.
6. Use images of cars in good, complete, clean, and original condition whenever possible. Avoid pictures of customized cars (e.g. incorrect wheels or other aftermarket components like bodykits or conversions for police or taxi applications) as they are not representative of the vehicle's factory specification (unless the text in context to the picture is dealing with the customization of the vehicle, such as the Ford Crown Victoria as a police interceptor or as a taxicab). The vehicle's hood should be closed unless the engine is also a focus of the picture and the text in context is referring to the engine.
7. The quality of an image is always more important than the quantity of images included—a gallery or a link to Wikimedia Commons is preferable to flooding an article with images.
8. The caption must clearly identify the vehicle. The year or model year (single year or range), model code, or any other relevant descriptor (for example, "pre-facelift" and "facelift") should be included in the image caption. If available, the trim level should also be included.
9. Infobox pictures shall depict the front ¾ (three-quarter) view from the height of an ordinary person."

Lastly, see Commons automobile photo guidelines. Thanks,  Mr.choppers | ✎  02:21, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-41

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 12 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 October. It will be on all wikis from 14 October (calendar).

• The "auto-number headings" preference is being removed. You can read phab:T284921 for the reasons and discussion. This change was previously announced. A JavaScript snippet is available which can be used to create a Gadget on wikis that still want to support auto-numbering.

Meetings

• You can join a meeting about the Desktop Improvements. A demonstration version of the newest feature will be shown. The event will take place on Tuesday, 12 October at 16:00 UTC. See how to join.

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15:29, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Iyopawa Island

On 12 October 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Iyopawa Island, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Iyopawa Island's golf course, despite being on an island, has no water hazards? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Iyopawa Island. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Iyopawa Island), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Richardson Island

On 13 October 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Richardson Island, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Richardson Island was involved in an "annexation war" between two cities in the 1950s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Richardson Island. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Richardson Island), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Tech News: 2021-42

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

• Toolhub is a catalogue to make it easier to find software tools that can be used for working on the Wikimedia projects. You can read more.

Changes later this week

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

Future changes

• The developers of the Wikipedia Android app are working on communication in the app. You can now answer questions in survey to help the development.
• 3–5% of editors may be blocked in the next few months. This is because of a new service in Safari, which is similar to a proxy or a VPN. It is called iCloud Private Relay. There is a discussion about this on Meta. The goal is to learn what iCloud Private Relay could mean for the communities.
• Wikimedia Enterprise is a new API for those who use a lot of information from the Wikimedia projects on other sites. It is a way to get big commercial users to pay for the data. There will soon be a copy of the Wikimedia Enterprise dataset. You can read more. You can also ask the team questions on Zoom on 22 October 15:00 UTC.

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20:52, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Additional edit requests for Quad (company)

Hi JPxG. On the chance that you may have missed my last ping and post from a few weeks ago, I'm turning to you once again to ask you to look at another set of edit requests on Talk:Quad (company) since you did such a great job with my previous request. When these edits are implemented, I believe the article will be a much better resource for people interested in knowing more about Quad. I really appreciate all your work. Thanks again, Tina at Quad (talk) 17:49, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for 2021 Cape Verdean presidential election

On 20 October 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2021 Cape Verdean presidential election, which you created. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Ktin (talk) 21:57, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Merger discussion for stv.tv

An article that you have been involved in editing—stv.tv—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. GMc^(talk?) 13:30, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

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If you didn't know, you don't have to cite that the sky is blue. 212.3.142.114 (talk) 00:00, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Dundee Public Art Programme

HI, I don't know if this is the correct way of communicating and as I unfamiliar with the format. Can I please ask that you don't refer to me in the article. Also the quote re debt and SAC funding is incorrect and misleading. SAC changed their funding to all public art agencies at this time and was not due to the finances of DPAP. And there is a lot more detail around the DPAP finances which cannot simply be summed up as 'debt' with the implication that this caused the end of the programme. The decision to wind down the company was based on the decline of opportunities in the city and there was simply no need for a full time development organisation of its type. Many other companies managing public art programmes in the UK went through similar situations - they were very much of their time. And in that context, given all the good work to sustain the programme for as long as we did and create lots of opportunities for artists in the city and beyond, it was shocking to see the description 'inexperienced' next to my name and all that it infers. I hope you will take time to read this and respect my request to not want to be referred to in the article. thanks John Chazziesdad (talk) 12:46, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

@Chazziesdad: I assume this is in reference to the revert I made on the page -- that was purely for an unexplained removal of content. I can't speak much to the rest of the page or its content (I just saw it while patrolling Special:RecentChanges). jp×g 21:17, 21 June 2022 (UTC)