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Dumping Ground

Hi Danny

I put a note on the Dumping Ground page of List of episodes about series 4 episode 14 "Troll". I directed this episode and NOT Sarah Walker.

Please can you change it ? CBBC or Directors uk will confirm that i was the Director. 

Thank you.

[email protected]  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Duncanfoster01 (talk • contribs) 10:10, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
If you can provide a link to either of those sources that can confirm it, then sure --DannyS712 (talk) 10:15, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2019)

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Legislator

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Please comment on Wikipedia:Naming conventions (US stations)/NYC Subway RfC

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia:Naming conventions (US stations)/NYC Subway RfC. Legobot (talk) 04:25, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Pending changes

Hello DannyS712,
I would like to use this script when reviewing pending changes. However, when I see the pending changes, it only shows the diff, not the article with the changes implemented. Can an editor edit the my script so that it shows both the diff and article with the changes implemented? I don't know how to do it myself so I am asking for help. Interstellarity T 🌟 10:30, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

@Interstellarity: I'll take a look when I have a chance, but no guarantees --DannyS712 (talk) 10:31, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
If you are not around to take a look at it, where can I go find someone that can? Interstellarity T 🌟 10:34, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
@Interstellarity: Try WP:VPT --DannyS712 (talk) 10:34, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
I already did. See here. Interstellarity T 🌟 10:37, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
@Interstellarity: I added this to this month's issue of WP:SCRIPTNEWS, where it'll receive more eyes from capable editors who may be able to help --DannyS712 (talk) 11:55, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
I already fixed it. Interstellarity T 🌟 14:45, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
@Interstellarity: Great --DannyS712 (talk) 14:48, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #370

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • Beginning of wb_terms migration (phab:T221764)
    • Fixed a bug with phan on Wikibase (phab:T226083)
    • Enable bugfix for wbeditentity setting aliases to empty array (phab:T223303)
    • Fix an issue with pipe character on some special pages (phab:T223270)
    • Fix an issue with removed constraint still displayed on Lexeme (phab:T223372)
    • Make edits to EntitySchema pages autopatrolled (phab:T224495)
    • Work on creating better edit summaries for wbeditentity API endpoint (phab:T224010)
    • Deploy the work environment for new mobile termbox
    • Start setting up the technical environment for Wikidata bridge

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gourish Singla

Hi Danny. Next time someone moves an article in the middle of an AfD, please just revert it and let the AfD run. We shouldn't let people draftify their own article just to make the AfD go away. – bradv🍁 16:08, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

@Bradv: I understand where you are coming from, but to me it seamed like an application of WP:ATD-I that was okay. --DannyS712 (talk) 16:25, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
That makes some sense, but that should probably have been a vote rather than a close. I'm not going to push the issue at all, just suggesting how it could be done better next time someone tries that. – bradv🍁 16:31, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
@Bradv: Okay, thanks for the note. I meant it as a procedural close only, but in the future will just cast a procedural !vote --DannyS712 (talk) 16:36, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Removing CCI diffs

Hello Danny! Thanks for your edits to CCI. Can you please remove the diffs and the (1 edit) text once you determine whether the edit was a violation or not (example)? It makes it easier to tell which articles have been checked off. Thanks, 💵Money💵emoji💵💸 16:26, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

@Money emoji: sorry, since I'm not a clerk I though I should leave them in case someone wanted to check my work --DannyS712 (talk) 16:29, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
DannyS712, Don't worry, you don't need to be a clerk to remove them. If you want to leave them so someone can check your work it's fine, It doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. 💵Money💵emoji💵💸 16:32, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
@Money emoji: then yes, I'd prefer to leave them --DannyS712 (talk) 16:36, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-26

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17:29, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

June 2019 blitz bling!

The Modest Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to DannyS712 for copy edits totaling over 2,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE June 2019 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 00:13, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for taking part in the blitz! BTW, the GOCE elections are open until the end of the month. – Reidgreg (talk) 00:13, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

@Reidgreg: Thanks. I have voted --DannyS712 (talk) 09:02, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Undo script

Hello Danny, I think you need to update User:DannyS712/Undo script. About two months ago (as far as I can remember) after MediaWiki was updated to new version. Some features of the Undo script stopped working. While the basic revert feature still functions, notice on edit conflicts, intermediate edits and already reverted edits don't work any more. I am using Chrome dev 76. You can check it yourself. Looking forward to your reply . Masum Reza📞 09:01, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

@Masumrezarock100: I didn't write the script, I'm just ~maintaining~ it. I'll try to take a look soon --DannyS712 (talk) 09:01, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
Thanks. Also Thanks feature is still working without any issue. Masum Reza📞 09:04, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello I've contacted the script's original developer on meta for assistance. He has fixed the bug. I thought I should let you know. Masum Reza📞 12:11, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
@Masumrezarock100: would you be interested in taking over the script? --DannyS712 public (talk) 10:18, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
Actually I don't think I will be able to maintain it. So I have to decline the offer. But you can contact the original creator on meta if you need assistance. Also I want to nominate it to be a gadget since the mobile version of Wikipedia doesn't have any undo feature(as far as I know). It meets the general criteria of a gadget. It has cross-browser compatibilities (I think the creator didn't test compatibility with other browser). I test the script with different browsers (so far Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Firefox). I think it's safe to say that it works with any mordern browser on mobile. This will benefit a lot of editors. Masum Reza📞 10:35, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I've requested on WP:VPT. Please make your comments there. Thanks. Masum Reza📞 12:18, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

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Move a page

Hi just wanted to tell its been more than a week so can you look into moving Oviya to Oviya Helen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.168.118.213 (talk) 19:33, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

 Done --DannyS712 (talk) 19:43, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

bot talk page edits

Please don't edit a bot's talk page unless you are doing it to intentionally halt the bot. It grows wearisome to have to log out of this account; log in to the bot account; clear the 'you have a message' flag; log out of the bot account; log into this account; log in the bot; restart the bot's task. I know that Editor Cassiopeia left another inappropriate message on the bot's talk page; why? because bot stopped. It is not necessary for you to follow that editor around doing cleanup. If you think that I didn't somehow get the message, leave me a note on my talk page but leave the bot talk page alone unless you intend (for good reason) to halt bot.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 20:03, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Wow, talk about nit-picking. Don't worry, that's what talk pages are for. If they don't want messages on that page I hear #REDIRECT [[]] works kinda good. - FlightTime (open channel) 20:07, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
Astonishingly enough, the bot's talk page was created as a redirect. And even more astonishing? It works:
[[User talk:Monkbot]] → User talk:Monkbot (click that to see for yourself)
Editors Cassiopeia and DannyS712 had to intentionally override the redirect to edit the bot's talk page.
—Trappist the monk (talk) 21:38, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
@Trappist the monk: Sorry --DannyS712 (talk) 20:09, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

User talk:Monkbot

Hi dannyS712, Thank you for removing the warning message on the above bot talk page. It has happened 3 times so far, and I think it is bug in Huggle and Monbot was not in the hist page of the page I placed the warning. Just a note here to say thank you. Cheers. CASSIOPEIA(talk) 03:28, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

@CASSIOPEIA: No problem, but see also the discussion above in #bot talk page edits --DannyS712 (talk) 17:29, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi DannyS712, Thanks for the info above. I have consulted Huggle helpler at Huggle talk page and was told my Huggle version was an old one with bugs in the program. I have installed the latest which told it fixed about 10 bugs and hope all is good now. Once again Danny. Appreciate you actions.03:29, 27 June 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by CASSIOPEIA (talk • contribs)

Scientific/learned org CfM posted

Here: Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2019_June_26#Category:Scientific_societies. I tried to figure out UTC time but frankly, I couldn't, so I after weeks of delay due to this I just posted in now, 50/50 the time is right? :) Anyway, it shouldn't matter if the bot takes a day or two to update the nom, I'd think... Thanks for the help! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:41, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

@Piotrus:  Done --DannyS712 (talk) 17:39, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Thanks. We may have to revisit again in a little while, Occuli raised some good points about proper target name. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:10, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
@Piotrus: Sure, no problem --DannyS712 (talk) 11:52, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

WP:CEN is now open!

To all interested parties: Now that it has a proper shortcut, the current events noticeboard has now officially opened for discussion!

WP:CEN came about as an idea I explored through a request for comment that closed last March. Recen research has re-opened the debate on Wikipedia's role in a changing faster-paced internet. Questions of WP:NOTNEWS and WP:Recentism are still floating around. That being said, there are still plenty of articles to write and hopefully this noticeboard can positively contribute to that critical process.

Thank you for your participation in the RFC, and I hope to see you at WP:CEN soon! –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 17:11, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

@MJL: thanks for letting me know, but did you mean "recent"? --DannyS712 (talk) 17:40, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Dang yeah. Luckily I spaced out sending the announcement, though. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 18:11, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
@MJL: also, next time you can ask someone (like me) to send out a WP:Mass message --DannyS712 (talk) 03:25, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
But I almost never get to use AWB, and I really wanted to give it a whirl! I probably will ask you next time lol –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 03:47, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
Danny, do you want to send out the message to the remaining users? I'm getting tired of counting to ten in my head.
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== [[WP:CEN]] is now open! ==
To all interested parties: Now that [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 June 18#Wikipedia:CEN|it has a proper shortcut]], the [[WP:Current events noticeboard|current events noticeboard]] has now officially opened for discussion!

[[WP:CEN]] came about as an idea I explored through a [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Current events noticeboard|request for comment]] that closed last March. [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2019-05-31/Recent research|Recent research]] has re-opened the debate on Wikipedia's role in a changing faster-paced internet. Questions of [[WP:NOTNEWS]] and [[WP:Recentism]] are still floating around. That being said, there are still plenty of articles to write and hopefully this noticeboard can positively contribute to that critical process.

Thank you for your participation in the RFC, and I hope to see you at [[WP:CEN]] soon! ~~~~
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Cheers, –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 19:10, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
@MJL: Sure. I've set up User talk:MJL/CEN and User:MJL/CEN - is that the message you want? --DannyS712 (talk) 19:18, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
Yup, thank you as always Danny! :D –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 19:28, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Indo-European languages

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Indo-European languages. Legobot (talk) 04:27, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you and question

Danny,

First off, thank you so much for requesting my request for a bot to work on the missing article project. It is very appreciated. I have concerns though about the abandoned draft section of the bot. It seems that the bot is not clearing anymore. For example, I have been clearing out Wikipedia:WikiProject Abandoned Drafts/Stale drafts/10 and the bot is not removing the red. Is there a way to trigger the bot or run it?

Thank you AmericanAir88(talk) 20:32, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

@AmericanAir88: Hi. Sorry for the confusion - I haven't yet figured out how to use toolforge, so for now I trigger the bot manually (the edits are done via a user script). I generally go through a few times a week and clean out the stale drafts, and would do the same for your project. Hope this makes sense. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 20:35, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
@DannyS712: Thank you. Is there a way for a user like me to use the script? AmericanAir88(talk) 21:07, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
@AmericanAir88: I mean yes, you can, but you are then responsible for checking all of the edits manually - I would also need to add some logic to detect if the user is a bot, since the script specifies that edits should be marked as bot edits --DannyS712 (talk) 21:09, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
@DannyS712: Of course. Safety is #1. How would I use the script? AmericanAir88(talk) 21:11, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
@AmericanAir88: just import it like any other user script, but I would recommend that you not do this - it'll probably break when it tries to mark the edit as a bot edit --DannyS712 (talk) 21:12, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
@DannyS712: Yeah, I wouldn't want to risk anything. Isn't the script really long also and not consolidated into one line? I have a train to catch so I have to go soon but is there a way to do it so it would not break? AmericanAir88(talk) 21:14, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
@AmericanAir88: sorry, but as far as I know there isn't, and making the bot script non-bot-friendly isn't a priority for me. Don't miss your train though. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 21:18, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

WP:CEN is now open!

To all interested parties: Now that it has a proper shortcut, the current events noticeboard has now officially opened for discussion!

WP:CEN came about as an idea I explored through a request for comment that closed last March. Recent research has re-opened the debate on Wikipedia's role in a changing faster-paced internet. Questions of WP:NOTNEWS and WP:Recentism are still floating around. That being said, there are still plenty of articles to write and hopefully this noticeboard can positively contribute to that critical process.

Thank you for your participation in the RFC, and I hope to see you at WP:CEN soon! –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 19:10, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 19:34, 29 June 2019 (UTC) on behalf of DannyS712 (talk)

Patty Carreto revert

Hi there, yes, for some reason HG showed it as being blanked so I reverted it. But it seems like I reverted to the blanked version... odd. Thanks for the correction. -BloodDoll (talk) 23:18, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

@BloodDoll: no problem --DannyS712 (talk) 23:20, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter July-August 2019

Hello DannyS712,

WMF at work on NPP Improvements

More new features are being added to the feed, including the important red alert for previously deleted pages. This will only work if it is selected in your filters. Best is to 'select all'. Do take a moment to check out all the new features if you have not already done so. If anything is not working as it should, please let us know at NPR. There is now also a live queue of AfC submissions in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to review AfCs, but bear in mind that NPP is an official process and policy and is more important.

QUALITY of REVIEWING

Articles are still not always being checked thoroughly enough. If you are not sure what to do, leave the article for a more experienced reviewer. Please be on the alert for any incongruities in patrolling and help your colleagues where possible; report patrollers and autopatrolled article creators who are ostensibly undeclared paid editors. The displayed ORES alerts offer a greater 'at-a-glance' overview, but the new challenges in detecting unwanted new content and sub-standard reviewing do not necessarily make patrolling any easier, nevertheless the work may have a renewed interest factor of a different kind. A vibrant community of reviewers is always ready to help at NPR.

Backlog

The backlog is still far too high at between 7,000 and 8,000. Of around 700 user rights holders, 80% of the reviewing is being done by just TWO users. In the light of more and more subtle advertising and undeclared paid editing, New Page Reviewing is becoming more critical than ever.

Move to draft

NPR is triage, it is not a clean up clinic. This move feature is not limited to bios so you may have to slightly re-edit the text in the template before you save the move. Anything that is not fit for mainspace but which might have some promise can be draftified - particularly very poor English and machine and other low quality translations.

Notifying users

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:38, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

Well done

I liked the way you handled the departure of admins for the upcoming issue of The Signpost. We needed something appreciative like that. Well done. ☆ Bri (talk) 05:20, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

@Bri: thanks --DannyS712 (talk) 05:59, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review

Hi. I would just like to thank you for keeping the mass mailing list clean and updated. Have a nice cup of tea. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 06:11, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
@Kudpung: thanks, and thank you for sending out the latest issue --DannyS712 (talk) 06:13, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 7

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past month (June 2019).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 7th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Miscellaneous


Having published 6 issues of this newsletter, I decided it was time to move it out from my user space. It is now located at Wikipedia:Scripts++. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 11:45, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

The June 2019 Signpost is out!

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ECP Report

Hello DannyS712, thank you for the quick revert to fix my mistake. I had misclicked with my fat fingers in the watchlist. GermanJoe (talk) 20:33, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

@GermanJoe: no problem - I was a bit confused, since it is the second time you've done that to the page, and would have rolled your edit back, except rollback vs. rollback isn't a good idea. If it ever happens again, I'll know that it was just a mistake. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 20:35, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
It happens when the watchlist is not fully loaded and I click a different item, while other elements are still loading in (and the interface is not fully stable due to the ongoing changes in display). I'll try my best to be more patient and wait a few more secs the next time. Sorry for the extra hassle. GermanJoe (talk) 20:39, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
@GermanJoe: really, its no problem - I did the same to an actual user earlier today at the edit filter notice board, which is worse than rolling back a bot. --DannyS712 (talk) 20:40, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2019)

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Please comment on Talk:Jimmy Dore

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Wikidata weekly summary #371

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
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    • More work on preparing the technical setup for Wikidata Bridge development
    • Implement Feature Flag for Wikidata Bridge (phab:T225935)
    • Discuss the best way to connect template parameter to corresponding Wikidata property (phab:T224832)
    • Improve the documentation for Wikibase sites setup (phab:T218282)
    • Prepare the last steps for reading from new term store implementation (phab:T225603) according to the migration plan (phab:T221765)
    • Fixed a bug and reduced significantly the amount of addUsagesForPage jobs in our jobs queue (phab:T205045)
    • Removed feature flag for the bugfix for wbeditentity setting aliases to empty array (phab:T223305)
    • Decreased EntityUsageTable addUsage batch size to 100 (phab:T225500)
    • Configured query service lag for Wikidata maxlag (phab:T222193)
    • Helped fixing an issue with moving files on Commons (phab:T226672)

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2019).

Administrator changes

removed 28bytes • Ad Orientem • Ansh666 • Beeblebrox • Boing! said Zebedee • BU Rob13 • Dennis Brown • Deor • DoRD • Floquenbeam1 • Flyguy649 • Fram2 • Gadfium • GB fan • Jonathunder • Kusma • Lectonar • Moink • MSGJ • Nick • Od Mishehu • Rama • Spartaz • Syrthiss • TheDJ • WJBscribe
1Floquenbeam's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.
2Fram's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.

Guideline and policy news

  • In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the mitigation activity completed.

Technical news

  • The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Community feedback is invited.

Miscellaneous

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Tech News: 2019-27

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

Recent changes

  • The development of Wikidata Bridge has started. The goal is to allow Wikidata edits from Wikipedia. [3]

Problems

  • Sometimes pages load slowly for users routed to the Amsterdam data center. Investigation is in progress. [4]
  • Wikidata query service was overloaded between 11:50 UTC until 13:15 UTC on June 24. It has been fixed. [5]

Changes later this week

  • You will be able to read but not to edit all wikis for a short amount of time, on 3 July at 06:00 (UTC). This is to move a database. [6]
  • There is no deployment of a new version of MediaWiki on the wikis this week (calendar).

Meetings

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WikiCup 2019 July newsletter

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My request at WP:VP/T

Hello again, dear DannyS712! I am writing you because of my previous request. I would have two small additional ideas for it as well. I would like to ask that if you have some time to build the requested tool. There is no problem if you are busy right now and you do not have time for me. Feel free to ask any question. Thanks for your time and have a good day! Regards, Bencemac (talk) 16:30, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

@Bencemac: oh my god I'm so sorry. I forgot. I'm coding it now --DannyS712 (talk) 16:34, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
@Bencemac: okay, I have a start at https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/User:DannyS712/AfD.js. It currently loads on all pages, not just AfDs, but that is a simple change (its easier to test if I don't have to worry about the page name). You can try it out on the beta cluster (feel free to edit any page, its built for testing) and let me know what you think. You can also customize it - where do you want the script button to be located, and what do you want the (currently English) messages to be? Sorry this took so long --DannyS712 (talk) 16:54, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
Thanks! The closing works perfectly. I have the following things in my mind.
  1. A reason menu (like the picture) would be needed with default closing reasons. You can add Reason1, Reason2 temporary. It should be ON by default. I will ask my community to provide closing reasons.
  2. An empty text field would be needed for unique closing reasons.
The output would be 1) + 2) --~~~~. At least one valid reason should be needed.
  • Personally I would prefer the gadget at the left (Tools section) but I will ask my community.
  • The gadget should be able to add the text bellow to the article's talk page (the name of the article can be found via the page name [Wikipédia:Törlésre javasolt lapok/PAGENAME]). It marks that there was a discussion about the article. It should be inserted at the end of the page (if the talk page does not exist, the gadget should create it). It should be ON by default.
== Törlési megbeszélés eredménye ==

{{Wikipédia:Törlésre javasolt lapok/PAGENAME}}
  • At the AfD page, the gadget should archive the discussion. I am not sure about that it is possible, but here it is. For example, our article is ARTICLE. The gadget should find ARTICLE and remove it (if there is no more in the paragraph, it should remove the paragraph too) and add it to the bottom. If there are more than X recently closed items at the bottom (always 10, for example), remove the last one. It should be ON by default.
= Törlésre javasolt szócikkek = // Open AfDs
<!--

FIGYELMEZTETÉS

A törlés indokaként ne jelöljetek meg helyesírási és/vagy formai hiányosságokat, mert ezek NEM törlési indokok!
Az ilyen szócikkre csak forma vagy helyesírás sablon kell, és kész, aztán majd ott van évekig javítatlanul.
-->
== Július 3. ==
{{törlés link|Hungárusok}}
{{törlés link|Hölbling-elmélet}}

== Július 2. ==
{{törlés link|ARTICLE}}

= Frissen lezárt megbeszélések = // Recently closed AfDs
<!--
FIGYELMEZTETÉS A LEZÁRÓKNAK
T. Kollégák! Rakjátok be a törlésre jelölés linkjét a cikk vitalapjára! Ha nincs, akkor hozzátok létre! -->
''Ez alá ne írj új témát! Itt csak a frissiben, három-négy napnál nem régebben lezárt megbeszéléseket listázzuk (aszerint, hogy mikor kerültek át a készek közé). A régebbiek megtalálhatók egy szakasszal lejjebb, a még régebbiek pedig az [[:Kategória:Archivált törlési javaslatok|Archivált törlési javaslatok]] kategóriájában.''

{{törlés link|Mandy Kristóf (író)}}
{{törlés link|A kezdetek – 2. rész}}

→ 

= Törlésre javasolt szócikkek = // Open AfDs
<!--

FIGYELMEZTETÉS

A törlés indokaként ne jelöljetek meg helyesírási és/vagy formai hiányosságokat, mert ezek NEM törlési indokok!
Az ilyen szócikkre csak forma vagy helyesírás sablon kell, és kész, aztán majd ott van évekig javítatlanul.
-->
== Július 3. ==
{{törlés link|Hungárusok}}
{{törlés link|Hölbling-elmélet}}

// Removed ARTICLE

= Frissen lezárt megbeszélések = // Recently closed AfDs
<!--
FIGYELMEZTETÉS A LEZÁRÓKNAK
T. Kollégák! Rakjátok be a törlésre jelölés linkjét a cikk vitalapjára! Ha nincs, akkor hozzátok létre! -->
''Ez alá ne írj új témát! Itt csak a frissiben, három-négy napnál nem régebben lezárt megbeszéléseket listázzuk (aszerint, hogy mikor kerültek át a készek közé). A régebbiek megtalálhatók egy szakasszal lejjebb, a még régebbiek pedig az [[:Kategória:Archivált törlési javaslatok|Archivált törlési javaslatok]] kategóriájában.''

{{törlés link|ARTICLE}} // Added ARTICLE
{{törlés link|Mandy Kristóf (író)}}
{{törlés link|A kezdetek – 2. rész}}
Please let me know if I am not clear. Thanks for your help and sorry for the hard request! Bencemac (talk) 18:00, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
@Bencemac: okay. I'll work on adding those, but do you want to translate the messages and publish a version 1.0 on your wiki? --DannyS712 (talk) 18:06, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
I would wait till the last version because I am not interface administrator. Translation of the gadget will not cause any trouble, mostly done in my head. Bencemac (talk) 18:41, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
@Bencemac: what about for other users though. Also, it may be some time before I have the extra features working - I have a lot on my plate (that's why I forgot about the script). --DannyS712 (talk) 21:10, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
@Bencemac: I'm not very familiar with the OTRS script. Would something based on User:DannyS712/DiscussionCloser work for you? --DannyS712 (talk) 01:22, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
Sure. The only reason why I suggested OTRS gadget is that I work a lot with it. Bencemac (talk) 07:36, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

User wants to rename his account

Hello DannyS712. This incident looks to be a user who wants his account renamed but is unclear on how to go about it. All his contributions stay attached to his old account name until such time as he gets the account renamed. The current instructions are at WP:CHU/S. Usually the account renamer takes care of moving the user pages as a routine part of the update. (A regular admin can't do this; the renamer has special powers). The person ought to be directed to WP:CHU/S. I'll try to ping User:Kjbavaro and User:Kjbavaro1. EdJohnston (talk) 21:44, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

@EdJohnston: yes, I'm aware of the fact that the account wouldn't be renamed by moving the pages. But, since Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple wouldn't be the right forum, given the need to usurp the old account, I knew it would take a while to be actioned and saw no harm in moving the userspace pages in the meanwhile --DannyS712 (talk) 12:19, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Taiwan

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Taiwan. Legobot (talk) 04:27, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

User:DannyS712 bot III

Could we get your patrolbot here to automatically patrol the talk pages of any user who's been banned? The logic being if they are banned, then an admin has sort of already reviewed their talk page (or another user has and already reported them). –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 19:47, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

@MJL: Um, sure, should be pretty easy, but as far as I know I'm one of the few people who cares about patrolling non-mainspace pages --DannyS712 (talk) 19:50, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
Well, the backlog is like a month long ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I'd give a rousing speech about how you've been making a huge difference and how important the work is you do, but... my power just went out. I don't have Internet for the time being. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 20:06, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Bug report for User:DannyS712 bot

I did not see an explicit place to report bugs on the bot's page. If you'd prefer to move this elsewhere, please feel free to do that. In the following diff: [7], the bot uses a colon to "disable" categories, despite them being already commented out by HTML comment syntax (<!-- -->). Using the HTML comment syntax already disables the categories, and having the bot disable them by colons when already disabled that way adds extra work to reenable them if the article is moved to mainspace, and could lead to an error in not reinstating the categories if the AfC reviewer does not notice. The bot should recognize if categories are already disabled by that means and not insert the colons. Seraphimblade Talk to me 23:00, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

@Seraphimblade: The bot only edits AfC submissions if they are in the "AfC submissions with categories" category, as determined by Module:AFC submission catcheck. The HTML commented categories shouldn't have been flagged by the module - I'll take a look. Also, for reinstating categories, you can try User:DannyS712/Draft re cat. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 23:14, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

July 2019

A page you created has been deleted as an attack page, according to section G10 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

Do not create pages that attack, threaten, or disparage their subject or any other entity. Attack pages and files are not tolerated by Wikipedia, and users who create or add such material may be blocked from editing. -- Luk talk 13:32, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

@Luk: umm, what was the page? I have never made an attack page... thanks, —DannyS712 (talk) 14:39, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
I think Luk means User talk:The (((real))) reason (((Frann))) got banned, which is the only page you created (or rather, XTools says you created) that Luk recently deleted. - ZLEA T\C 16:02, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
@ZLEA: oh, I created it when I tagged a page of their for deletion, since I "notified the creator". Thanks for the explanation --DannyS712 (talk) 16:05, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
Oooh I'm so sorry, I guess Twinkle thought you were the creator when I deleted it, I didn't mean to leave a warning to anyone there. -- Luk talk 19:51, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
@Luk: I was the creator... but I created it automatically with Twinkle. Maybe Twinkle shouldn't count sending Twinkle warnings as the "creator" in terms of who to alert about the deletion? --DannyS712 (talk) 20:27, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
Yeah, user talk probably shouldn't count :D. I'll be more careful next time (or won't use twinkle on user talks) -- Luk talk 09:00, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Technical Barnstar
AjaxRollback is a lifesaver! (and consider this a bribe to make an AjaxPatroller tool! ) qedk (t 桜 c) 07:10, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
@QEDK: thanks, but I didn't write the code - I just took over maintaining it when another user retired. AjaxPatroller, on the other hand, would be all me - if I made it. What do you want it to include (other than ajax, I assume) --DannyS712 (talk) 08:35, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States

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Wikidata weekly summary #372

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Discussions
    • Open request for adminship: ZI Jony
  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
  • Development
    • Enabled JSONLD support for entity data (example)
    • Fixed JSON dump issue (phabricator:T226601)
    • Readded qualifier hashes in JSON output that accidentally got lost (phabricator:T227207)
    • Made sure changes on Entity Schema pages by autoconfirmed users are autopatrolled (phabricator:T224495)
    • Looked into issues with partial blocking on Wikidata entities (phabricator:T207893)
    • Adding MediaInfo as an entity type that can be used in the "allowed entity types"-constraint (phabricator:T224362)
    • Investigating an issue with the tours on Wikidata (phabricator:T223999)
    • Initial work for the edit dialog that is needed for editing of Wikidata's data from Wikipedia (Wikidata Bridge)

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Category tagging

Hey Danny, I remember you told me you could help with mass tagging of categories. Could you help me with tagging the categories that have "U.S." and "UK" in their disambiguation? --Gonnym (talk) 20:06, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

@Gonnym: sure - what do you want them tagged with? --DannyS712 (talk) 20:36, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
If you can tag them with a speedy tag, as they are basically both C2B per Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (television)#RFC: What disambiguation should shows from the United States and United Kingdom use? and C2D per the follow-up bot run Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheSandBot 3 which fixed the article naming style. As the consensus has already been addressed and mostly carried out, this is just a technical procedure. --Gonnym (talk) 20:45, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
@Gonnym: okay, sure. You want "UK" replaced with "British" and "U.S." replaced with "American", for speedy renaming. Can you get a list of the categories to tag so that I can process it? (You'll need a list for listing it at WP:CFD/S anyway) --DannyS712 (talk) 20:48, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
Here:
Extended content
--Gonnym (talk) 08:14, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
Danny, any update? --Gonnym (talk) 08:00, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
@Gonnym: sorry, I didn't see that you had responded - I should be able to do it today or tomorrow --DannyS712 (talk) 11:57, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
 Doing... --DannyS712 (talk) 01:05, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
information Note: Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of The Voice (UK TV series) will be skipped DannyS712 (talk) 01:06, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
@Gonnym:  Done --DannyS712 (talk) 01:18, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
Thanks Danny! --Gonnym (talk) 04:44, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-28

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

  • For event organizers, if you request a temporary lift of the IP cap for mass account creation, this will now also raise the edit rate limit for those new accounts at the event, which will prevent another bottleneck. [8]
  • Administrators at all Wiktionary, Wikivoyage, and Wikisource wikis are now able to use the new partial blocks feature. [9]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 July. It will be on all wikis from 11 July (calendar).
  • The design of MediaWiki's software windows will change for desktop users. Layout will be simpler, buttons will be bolder and clearer, and close buttons will be just icons. This is like the mobile design. This will affect ContentTranslation, VisualEditor, TemplateWizard, and other tools. [10]

Meetings

  • Recurrent item Advanced item You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 10 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • Wikidata will be in read-only mode on 30 July from 05:00 to 05:30 UTC because of a server switch. [11]
  • Advanced item There will be a change in the name format of new Wikidata RDF dumps starting on 15 July. [12]

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Hi! I was hoping you could approve the page I have created for Footballer Maxwell Gil. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pcsluser99221 (talk • contribs) 09:43, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

@Pcsluser99221: sorry, I don't have any emails from you --DannyS712 (talk) 11:59, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

SPI page

The Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TimesGerman was blanked by my impersonator who is following me everywhere. In fact, they are one of the suspected socks in the SPI. It will be helpful if you or one of your talk page watchers can keep an eye on the SPI page, as I will be logging out soon. Thanks. - NitinMlk (talk) 03:43, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

@NitinMlk: sorry for the mistake - I didn't see the slight difference in user names. --DannyS712 (talk) 03:44, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
Even I am getting confused by the similarity. - NitinMlk (talk) 03:46, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
@NitinMlk: I'm glad to see that the socks were dealt with. Set me know if there is anything I can do to help --DannyS712 (talk) 01:23, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of the SPI page. BTW, when I look at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Michaellko, I can see a line under the sockmaster's name, which contains the link of "archived investigations", i.e. this link. But I can't locate such link at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TimesGerman, i.e. the line under the sockmaster's name is blank. So, are you seeing the link of "archived investigations" at the TimesGerman's SPI page? - NitinMlk (talk) 18:00, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
@NitinMlk:  Fixed --DannyS712 (talk) 18:00, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
How did you do that? - NitinMlk (talk) 18:03, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
@NitinMlk: I PURGEed the cache --DannyS712 (talk) 18:04, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
Ok. Keep it up! - NitinMlk (talk) 18:05, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Ross Perot

On 12 July 2019, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ross Perot, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.

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@SchroCat: thanks --DannyS712 (talk) 16:33, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

mobileUndo

Your user script would only work if it was added to minerva.js. I tried putting it into skin.js, but it didn't work. Nigos (t@lk • Contribs) 09:07, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

@Nigos: It doesn't work if you import it to other skin javascripts other than minerva because it is designed for mobile and Minerva is the only skin available for mobile interface. I have started a discussion on WP:VPT#Undo script, if you want you can join it. (talk page stalker) Masum Reza📞 09:22, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
Ok. Nigos (t@lk • Contribs) 09:24, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

Help with a new script

I recently created a script that adds a Special:MassMessage link to the toolbox. The link is supposed to appear below the "Contact page" link, which it usually does, but sometimes it appears below the "Community portal" link instead. Do you know how to fix it?

The script is based on User:DannyS712/New pages feed.js, which may have the same problem. - ZLEA T\C 18:33, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

@ZLEA: I saw the script you wrote, but haven't come across the issue with mine. I'll take a look --DannyS712 (talk) 18:34, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
@ZLEA: Try getting rid of $( '#n-recentchanges' ).parent().append( $( '#n-contactpage' ) ); completely --DannyS712 (talk) 18:36, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
I still have the same problem. - ZLEA T\C 18:45, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
I use your User:DannyS712/Pending changes script, which adds a link under "Community portal". Could it be interacting with that? - ZLEA T\C 18:47, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
@ZLEA: indeed - that is the cause. I had to add logic to that script to account for any conflicts with my new pages feed script, and to avoid conflicts with yours would mean adding 2 more branches (pc + npp + mms, pc + mms). Maybe there is a way to account for these automatically, but I don't know. That being said, I have an idea (that I will get to eventually) for creating a script that takes care of adding all of these links and more, based on a user json page (which would allow arbitrary links to be included). I'll let you know if I ever make it, but until then I guess it'll move around every now and again --DannyS712 (talk) 18:51, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
Ok, thanks anyway. - ZLEA T\C 18:55, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
Also, I would like have the script check if the user is a mass message sender or an admin. If the user is not, then the link will not be displayed. Do you know how to do that? - ZLEA T\C 20:46, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
@ZLEA: mw.config.get('wgUserGroups'); --DannyS712 (talk) 20:48, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
How do I use that? - ZLEA T\C 21:57, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
@ZLEA: it returns the user groups - see if they include admin or mass message sender. --DannyS712 (talk) 01:57, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
Thanks, that did it. - ZLEA T\C 13:13, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CLIX, July 2019

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Legal status of cannabis possession for non-medical use (2018)
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Draft:Ian Foote

I worked to made this page about this referee. Why this topic is not notable ? I added paragraphs and sources in French Wikipedia and the page was accepted to article space in French Wikipedia. I just translated all for English page. I added 2 videos in Bulgaria - France 1976 category. It can be sumbitted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.189.206.149 (talk) 14:46, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Ian Foote does not appear to be notable, and other reviewers have agreed. If you disagree, I suggest contributing to the ongoing deletion discussion --DannyS712 (talk) 14:49, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-29

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  • The mobile web will get more advanced editing tools. Seven more Wikipedias can use them now. This works for Arabic, Indonesian, Italian, Persian, Japanese, Spanish and Thai Wikipedia. You can try the tools on the mobile web and give feedback. [13]

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Wikidata weekly summary #373

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
    • Structured Data on Commons: RDF output for MediaInfo is now available (example)
    • Edits with the tag #suggestededit-add 1.0 come from the suggested edit feature on Wikipedia's Android app: see the FAQ for more information
    • Property number 7000: DigitalNZ ID is live. This data aggregator has over 30 million records. The proposal was the first from Ambrosia10, a New Zealand editor.
  • Development
    • Create docker image for wdqs version 0.3.2 (phab:T226939)
    • Fix an issue with JSON output lacking qualifier hashes (phab:T227207)
    • Track number of links to schema pages (phab:T218903)
    • Disable Wikidata sitelinks in ProofreadPage namespaces (thanks to Matěj Suchánek) (phab:T227201)
    • Fix a cache issue with the language of the "check entities against this schema" link (phab:T224594)
    • Add EntitySchema extension to wikibase-docker bundle image (phab:T226152)
    • Enable JSON-LD support for Wikidata (phab:T220696)
    • Add baserevid to WikibaseLexeme API module (phab:T225073)
    • Extracting (and logging) Data Bridge parameters from edit links (phab:T226994)
    • Opening a modal with edit this link information (phab:T226996)
    • Showing the current Wikidata value in edit modal (phab:T226997)
    • Disabling interactive elements while saving on mobile termbox (phab:T222886)

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Script request

Can you create a mobile version of this restorer script which will load on Special:MobileDiff subpages? I think you should be able to do it if you make it if you follow this User:DannyS712/Undo.js example. I am asking you because I am not that experienced in JavaScript coding. Thanks in advance. Masum Reza📞 18:22, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

@Masumrezarock100: sure, I can take a look --DannyS712 (talk) 18:23, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
Thanks. Also I am optimizing a More Menu gadget for mobile and I will notify you when I finish it's all coding. Masum Reza📞 18:29, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
I know I am impatient. How long will it take you to make that script? Or is it not possible? Masum Reza📞 06:07, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
@Masumrezarock100: sorry, I'm really busy in real life at the moment, I'm not sure how long it'll be --DannyS712 (talk) 10:33, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

Template

Could you please add |post-tropical|POST|Remnant low|RL=cccccc to Template:Storm colour under Potential (PT) in the "Atlantic and East-Central North Pacific basins" area? NoahTalk 00:10, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

@Hurricane Noah: can you demonstrate it in the sandbox and testcases? I'm not familiar with that template --DannyS712 (talk) 00:15, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
Works on Template:Storm_colour/testcases after I added some coding to the template's doc page. Calls the color I input on the sandbox and shows the unknown color on the actual template (due to missing parameter). NoahTalk 00:53, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
@Hurricane Noah:  Done --DannyS712 (talk) 01:09, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

WP:RFBOT

Your recent bot approvals request has been approved. Please see the request page for details. Happy editing! --TheSandDoctor Talk 05:02, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

@TheSandDoctor: thanks --DannyS712 (talk) 10:17, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

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CCI update

--💵Money💵emoji💵💸 00:30, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

@Money emoji: no problem, though I only did a few. Thank you for your hard work --DannyS712 (talk) 01:13, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

How does the thing with your bot reviewing redirect edits work?

I got a notification that your bot reviewed a redirect page I made. How does this work? Does it just automatically review every new redirect page? If not, how does it determine what to do to redirect pages? DemonDays64 (talk) 02:11, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

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Thanks!

ZOMG barnstar

You are quick! Much appreciated. Hmlarson (talk) 03:47, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

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Need help

How to make a script to load only in pages which are connected to Wikidata items? We can get an Wikidata Item id using mw.config.get('wgWikibaseItemId'). I know I should use if condition. But I can't figure out how to code this. Masum Reza📞 06:14, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

@Masumrezarock100: something like
var id = mw.config.get('wgWikibaseItemId');
if ( id && id !== null ) { execute code }

Hope this helps --DannyS712 (talk) 10:32, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

Working thanks. Masum Reza📞 11:20, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

Terrace House: Tokyo 2019–2020 moved to draftspace (response)

Would it be possible for you to review the draft article which has since been significantly improved. Ambo100 (talk) 11:37, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

@Ambo 100: I know little about the field, and since 2 of the references are in japanese I'd prefer to leave it for someone else to take a look at. Thanks for adding the sources! --DannyS712 (talk) 17:52, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

DYK for XIX Army Corps

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@Amakuru: thank you so much --DannyS712 (talk) 00:49, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

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mobileUndo

Hello, meta-wiki version of mobileUndo script was updated and rewritten per MusikAnimal (WMF)'s advice. Please sync your en-wiki version with it. I left a message two days ago but the script had few bugs which are now fixed. Thank you. Masum Reza📞 08:28, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

@Masumrezarock100: I'm afraid I'm going to have to decline - for the same reason that their own version wasn't updated onwiki. I'd prefer not to be proxying edits for them. If you would like to take over maintaining the script, be my guest DannyS712 (talk) 10:04, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
I understand that. But I would recommend you to take a look at the script before making a choice. After all you did synced your version with it Special:Diff/903890034. Masum Reza📞 10:27, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
@Masumrezarock100: indeed, but I wasn't planning on continuing to do so DannyS712 (talk) 10:29, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
Anyway I wanted to sync your version with it because it now supports more browsers and has a new improved UI. Some users imported your version so I think it's not fair to keep them away from this new UI. Or do you plan to optimize this script yourself? Masum Reza📞 09:18, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
@Masumrezarock100: I don't, no, but if you would like to take over working on it I don't object --DannyS712 (talk) 11:52, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

Request

Hi, Danny - I don't know if we already have a script that converts spellings in American English to British English and vice versa. If not, can you make one that will go through and spellcheck an article and correct only the misspellings as it relates to British ENG, such as organize to organise or recognize to recognise and vice versa for a 2nd script or option in the 1st? Check out this list, and please ping when you respond. Thanks in advance. Atsme Talk 📧 16:54, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

@Atsme: There is already a post at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests#Automatic American English, and an existing script for American->British (User:Ohconfucius/script). I'll try to take a look when I have a chance. --DannyS712 (talk) 17:53, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

WikiProject on open proxies

I saw you responding to some requests. Please note: the WikiProject only accepts checks by users listed as verified proxy checkers. You can of course still respond when an IP is already blocked. --MrClog (talk) 20:50, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

@MrClog: I understand that, which is why I haven't been marking requests as closed or anything, just giving my 2 cents. Is there a note I should leave to make it clear that I am not a proxy checker? --DannyS712 (talk) 20:51, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
There is no note template or whatever, but I suppose a quick "(not a proxy checker)" disclaimer couldn't hurt. This isn't necessary when simply noting that a user has already been blocked. MrClog (talk) 20:53, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
@MrClog: Okay, will do. Thanks for the note --DannyS712 (talk) 20:55, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2019)

The Montsoreau Flea Market is the largest flea market in the Loire Valley, France
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Wikidata weekly summary #374

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    • Upcoming: Wikidata Tainan Meetup in Taiwan, July 31st (Facebook event)
  • Development
    • Fix a bug that was preventing to add multiple glosses (phab:T228080)
    • Show number of senses and forms on page information for WikibaseLexeme entities (phab:T224844)
    • Show number of statements and external identifiers on page information for Wikibase entities (phab:T224842))
    • Track number of external identifiers on Wikidata over time (phab:T224129)
    • Fix a few queries on Grafana (phab:T227788)
    • Update the query host for Grafana (phab:T218710)
    • Add support for "MediaInfo" as value for "allowed entity types"-constraint (phab:T224362)
    • Data bridge: open a modal with edit link information (phab:T226996)
    • Show the current Wikidata value in edit modal (phab:T226997)
    • Extract data bridge parameters from edit links (phab:T226994)

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NBA navboxes at AfC

Hi there. I noticed that you had accepted a few NBA inaugural roster navboxes at AfC. If there happen to be anymore in the queue, can you place them on hold until the related TfD is resolved? Thanks in advance.—Bagumba (talk) 15:47, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

@Bagumba: sure --DannyS712 (talk) 15:53, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

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Talk:Chairman (old)

Hi Danny, this needs to be moved back. It's the old talk page of Talk:Chairman. The history is already confused, and it will be worse if new titles are introduced. SarahSV (talk) 18:05, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

@SlimVirgin: I disagree - if it should be kept with (old) in the name, it should be a subpage of the current Talk:Chairman. Otherwise its a talk page of a non-existent page, with an unlikely title DannyS712 (talk) 18:12, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
If you want to move it to Talk:Chair (old), I would mind less. The issue is that there was more than one article/title, and therefore more than one talk page. Moving it to a title that never existed makes things even more confusing. It really should remain at the talk page to which the posts were made, plus (old), then listed on Talk:Chair so that people can trace the history. It matters with this article because of the numerous failed attempts to have it moved. I think future WP historians may find it interesting, but as things stand, they'll have a hard time locating it. SarahSV (talk) 18:19, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
@SlimVirgin:  reverted --DannyS712 (talk) 18:28, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
Thank you. There's a discussion about this at Talk:Chairperson in case you want to join in. Also, when I wrote above that I would mind Talk:Chair (old) less, I meant Talk:Chairperson (old). SarahSV (talk) 18:32, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Urolagnia

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You got Mail :) "DG3 Rappers draft"

Hey Danny i know you reviewed my draft and it was declined i seen you left a comment to read about the links on how to more accuratley cover this subject. I didnt know if U could get your help on rewriting this article or editing this article. Also if you cant help me on the aricle do you belive that this page has the potiential of becoming a wikipedia page? The subjects were on national tv on The Maury Show and in a international music magazine. As well as being in the national magazine Hustlers Beaverhunt. They also worked with 2pacs producer. Im in hopes my draft could turn into a wikipedia page but I know that you seem very knowledable on wikipedia on edits and such. So I guess what Im asking is if you belive the subject could get a wikipedia page and if not why in details. Im new here so a little help could go a long way. Thank you Angel7112114 (talk) 20:45, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

I don't seem to have received any emails from you... --DannyS712 (talk) 20:47, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Bot request for WikiProject Public Art

Thanks for offering to help! I'm curious about the possibility of changing uses of Template:WikiProject Wikipedia Saves Public Art and Template:WikiProject WSPA to Template:WikiProject Public Art. I don't want to change any assessments, I just want to stop having to manually change "WikiProject Wikipedia Saves Public Art" and "WikiProject WSPA" to "WikiProject Public Art" on talk page markup all the time. I realize these are redirected, so perhaps I'm just wasting my time, but this seems like an easy fix for a bot so we can avoid use of the redirects. What do you think? I'd love to follow along, seeing how/where you seek approval, see the number of changes made, etc., if possible. If this works well, I can think of similar requests. ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:28, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

@Another Believer: that type of edit is unfortunately a cosmetic change, since the output of the template would remain the same. But, if there was a compelling reason to bypass the redirects, or if the bot was already editing the page, it might be okay --DannyS712 (talk) 18:32, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
Bummer, I'll keep making changes manually. I was even hoping we could delete the redirect templates if we could determine they were no longer being used or necessary. Thanks for replying. ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:34, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aviation

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Protection

Could you use semi-protection on pages:

  • The Voice of Poland
  • The Voice Kids (Polish TV series)
  • The Voice Senior (Polish TV series)

Reason: These pages are still attacked by vandals, anonymous users which make unwelcomed changes. SWFan598 (talk) 14:32, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) SWFan598 Only admins can protect pages, you can request semi-protection for those pages at WP:RFP. - ZLEA T\C 14:46, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
@SWFan598: Sorry, I can't - I'm not an admin --DannyS712 (talk) 15:42, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Help with Quarry

Can you help me write a Quarry? I am looking for articles that meet both the following criteria:

A. Is linked from the page on a specific date. For example, all articles linked from the article July 31.

B. Any one of the following:

  1. Article is in Category:Featured articles
  2. Article is in Category:Good article

# Article is in Category:Good article

  1. Article's talk page is in Category:Wikipedia featured article candidates
  2. Article's talk page is in Category:Good article nominees

Thanks in advance. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 18:59, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

@Coffeeandcrumbs: are 2 and 3 meant to be different? DannyS712 (talk) 19:39, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
@Coffeeandcrumbs: See Quarry:query/36189. Just fork it and change the page_id specified as pl_from for the page where the link is coming from (in this case July 31). DannyS712 (talk) 19:54, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
Thank you that is perfect. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 20:05, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
Looks like I caused an error. Should have been Category:Good articles not Category:Good article. I have already forked for my purposes but I thought you might want to fix the original as well. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 21:06, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
@Coffeeandcrumbs: Probably should have been `Wikipedia_good_articles` --DannyS712 (talk) 00:10, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
No, "Good_articles" is correct because "Wikipedia_good_articles" has the Talk pages. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 00:14, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
@Coffeeandcrumbs: sorry, the article category is a redirect, and I didn't realize the discrepancy DannyS712 (talk) 00:24, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
Can you add one additional condition for me? Start with Quarry:query/37970 for August 1 and add one more condition that the article should NOT be linked from Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 1. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 21:43, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
@Coffeeandcrumbs:  Done, again at 36189 DannyS712 (talk) 21:47, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
Sorry did not mean to introduce a new date. The new page id you add should be 492763. Thanks a lot for your help. I am good now. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 21:58, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
@Coffeeandcrumbs: no problem --DannyS712 (talk) 21:59, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

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Dear DannyS712, i saw that you erased this category: Buildings and structures by architect - would you be so kind to explain it to me? I thought this was the perfect category for this article but it seems i was wrong? Kind regards, --Gyanda (talk) 00:53, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

@Gyanda: sure. That category is a container category that generally only contains the subcategories of each architect. Since it doesn't relate to a specific architect, I couldn't subcategorize it, and since it didn't seem directly related to the scope of the container category, I just removed it. Hope this makes sense --DannyS712 (talk) 00:58, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the explanation! Categories still are kind of a miracle for me :-) Kind regards, --Gyanda (talk) 09:18, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:White Croats

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Signpost item

You might want to cover the new things detailed in Wikipedia:Article alerts/Status. In particular the AFC stuff now being covered, alongside splits and merges. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 11:46, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Also if you want to link to that page, use a static link, since the notice will be taken down in a couple of days. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 11:47, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
@Headbomb: sorry, but I don't have time to write anything today, and it'll be published before I can add it. Sorry, --DannyS712 (talk) 12:09, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
Was thinking a line or two in the whatever technical section of news and notes or something. But if not, next issue is fine. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 12:11, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

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MMS fixing bot

Today I was reminded that I am human when I sent an MMS with a mistake. Luckily the MMS was received by only 6 users (including myself) and was manually fixable, but nonetheless shows that I might send a faulty MMS to thousands of users. I remember you saying that you have a bot that can fix MMS mistakes. Could you tell me how to use that bot in case I mess up big? - ZLEA T\C 00:34, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

@ZLEA: Its manually triggered using AWB - just leave me a note about what you messed up, and hopefully a correction edit or 2 for example. Something like:
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Hope this makes sense, --DannyS712 (talk) 01:37, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 8

Hope everyone is having a good winter (or summer, for those in the northern hemisphere). Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 02:40, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 9

I will have a doozy of an announcement for you midway through the month. I think it's only fair I start teasing it out now. He he he... –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 02:59, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

@MJL: good to know... --DannyS712 (talk) 03:00, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Open RM

Not sure how you're doing it, but you seem to be working against the open RM at Talk:List of Presidents of the United States#Requested move 27 July 2019. So far, several of the pages in the request have been prematurely moved and are now redirects, which as you know results in malformed requests. Paine Ellsworth, ed. put'r there  01:45, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

@Paine Ellsworth: it seems that there were competing RMs - I closed Talk:List of presidents of Costa Rica and moved the pages according. --DannyS712 (talk) 02:09, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
Gotcha... redirects have been removed from the still open RM. Thanks for the info! Paine Ellsworth, ed. put'r there  03:43, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
@Paine Ellsworth: No problem. Thanks for taking care of the cleanup. Sorry to bother you, --DannyS712 (talk) 03:45, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
Pleasure! Paine   —Preceding undated comment added 03:51, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2019_July_22#Category:Jewish_Mentalists

Wikipedia:Deletion_process#Non-administrators_closing_discussions says: "Non-administrators should limit their closes to outcomes they have the technical ability to implement; for example, non-admins should not close a discussion as delete, because only admins can delete pages." Would you be so kind as to either revert your close or find an administrator that will complete the deletion part of it? This isn't like a page merge, where the page text can be replaced with a redirect - this category needs to be deleted, or someone else will start using it for something. --GRuban (talk) 15:32, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

For categories, Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Administrator instructions specifies that "If you are a non-admin, you will not be able to use the /Working page as it is protected, so do not close discussions that require any of the above 3 actions unless you are prepared to implement them manually, or an admin has agreed to help you." - an admin did agree to help me, see WT:CFDW#NACs. Cfd results aren't processed immediately, so I understand your confusion. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 16:34, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
Thank you! --GRuban (talk) 21:31, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
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