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Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure episode list

There are two episode list for Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure one on main article and another on another split article from main page and I see editors changing the split article without changing this episode list would be a good idea to delete this episode list from main page to this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Soaring_Sky!_Pretty_Cure_episodes 73.72.212.187 (talk) 04:36, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Yes ,it is a good idea,the reason i reverted was I could not find the second article which you were mentioning and thought you were vandalising it ArmyOnceBlinkMidzy (talk) 07:17, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

User talk:103.77.2.222

Please take a look this user talk ,it is the ip who troubled me few days back i have mentioned one admin and They are removing it @ToBeFree @Pbsouthwood ArmyOnceBlinkMidzy (talk) 07:40, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

and already reported toAIV you can check ArmyOnceBlinkMidzy (talk) 07:50, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

AIV reports on blocked users are pointless as they are automatically removed. Use WP:RFPP instead. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 08:02, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

k they seem to have come back with and new ip ArmyOnceBlinkMidzy (talk) 08:03, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

i have pinged once but they seem to be removing so i pinged once again

i didnt reply ArmyOnceBlinkMidzy (talk) 08:04, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

A ping is not removed from the system by deleting the message

If you ping someone correctly, they will get the notification. It does not make any difference if someone deletes the ping text later. On the other hand, the person you ping may not get the notification immediately if they are not working on Wikipedia at the time, as the new notification only becomes visible when they open or save a page.

I don't know if you understand the expression WP:Don't feed the trolls, so please read the advice and follow it. I suggest you do not notify an admin on the problem editor's talk page or engage in an argument with them. That is feeding the troll. It is what the troll wants. By all means respond to reasonable criticism or questions, by giving answers that are to the point or asking for clarification where it is needed, but if the person trolls you do not encourage them, as for them it is fun and they will continue trolling you. If the problem escalates there are other admins around, and you may get a faster response at WP:AN/I if it is urgent. For simple trolling it is usually sufficient to just ignore the troll until they get bored and go away. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 16:38, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

K,i understand, I will make sure not to do it again ArmyOnceBlinkMidzy (talk) 01:53, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

music videos

Hey,

I saw that you contribute to BTS-related articles a lot. Maybe you know why information about music videos is not updated?

For example: Jungkook - Dreamers, Left and Right; J-Hope - More, Rush Hour, Arson, On the Street.

Thank you very much and sorry if I interrupted

Estyxxxx (talk) 15:31, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

i will check once ArmyOnceBlinkMidzy (talk) 01:53, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

April 2023

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.

• If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively, you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant noticeboards.
• If you are engaged in any other form of dispute that is not covered on the dispute resolution page, please seek assistance at Wikipedia's Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.

Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. I don't understand this edit summary. The IP editor was very clear in their edit summary. Drmies (talk) 14:47, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

I have confirmed and i stopped it ArmyOnceBlinkMidzy (talk) 16:43, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Hot (Seventeen song) (April 17)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by PerfectSoundWhatever was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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— PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 00:50, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello, ArmyOnceBlinkMidzy! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 00:50, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi

How are you sis? 103.176.140.112 (talk) 04:25, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Hey

how are you doing sis? 103.176.140.112 (talk) 06:05, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi

mam, how are you? 103.176.140.112 (talk) 08:55, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Sock

Are you sock as you got blocked for vandalising Wikipedia. 103.176.140.112 (talk) 12:05, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Lia (South Korean singer) has been accepted

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ɴᴋᴏɴ21 ❯❯❯ talk 06:49, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

MiSaMo

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give Draft:MiSaMo a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into MiSaMo. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases for registered users, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge. Thank you. Random86 (talk) 18:43, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you K-Pop Stan (✍️•📚) 02:11, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Yeh Shuhua (June 18)

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Carpimaps ^{talk to me!} 12:19, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Hello, ArmyOnceBlinkMidzy! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Carpimaps talk to me! 12:19, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi

Sis, how are you? 103.176.141.251 (talk) 16:43, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ryujin (rapper) has been accepted

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Lightoil (talk) 12:33, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Nayeon

Template:Nayeon has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 18:40, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Jihyo

Template:Jihyo has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 18:39, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Moon Sua has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Moon Sua. Thanks! UtherSRG (talk) 15:16, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: List of songs written and produced by Woozi (August 27)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Timtrent were: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 14:10, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Hello, ArmyOnceBlinkMidzy! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 14:10, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Kazuha (singer) (September 7)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Lightoil was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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Lightoil (talk) 12:31, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Hello, ArmyOnceBlinkMidzy! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Lightoil (talk) 12:31, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Chaeryeong (September 13)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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Robert McClenon (talk) 01:04, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Hot (Seventeen song)

On 19 September 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hot (Seventeen song), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the song "Hot" features samples of car alarms? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hot (Seventeen song). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Hot (Seventeen song)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

—Kusma (talk) 00:03, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Jini (singer) has been accepted

Jini (singer), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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— Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 04:07, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Itzy

At the beginning of the song "24HRS" they sing "Itzy for 24 hours" and it sounds a little different than it sounds at the beginning of the song "Not Shy" ("Not shy, not me (Itzy)"). What is the correct way to pronounce their name? Estyxxxx (talk) 08:13, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

i didn't understand your question K-Pop Stan (✍️•📚) 09:19, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I'm not good at English. I will try to explain again. I listened to the two songs I mentioned before and in each of them the name of the group sounds different. I think you can say that in "24HRS" it sounds more like Itzi. I need to translate the band's name into Hebrew and I couldn't figure out the correct way to pronounce their name. Estyxxxx (talk) 09:30, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

I think you can find the group's name in Hebrew's Language Wikipedia K-Pop Stan (✍️•📚) 09:42, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Or listen to the group's greeting videos for more clarity K-Pop Stan (✍️•📚) 09:43, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

In the Hebrew Wikipedia, the name is a complete mistake, so we are now debating which name to replace it with and there is no one in the Hebrew Wikipedia who knows what the correct pronunciation is (in Hebrew, the pronunciation is important for a correct translation). Can you link me to a video where their name is said correctly? Estyxxxx (talk) 09:52, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

[6] this video might help you i guess K-Pop Stan (✍️•📚) 12:15, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! you helped me alot! Estyxxxx (talk) 21:55, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Welcome,I am glad that I could help you K-Pop Stan (✍️•📚) 02:38, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

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Hi

Sis birthday is coming. How are you sis. 45.251.48.251 (talk) 17:51, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi

Sis, how are you? 45.251.48.251 (talk) 09:52, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Happy birthday

Happy birthday sis🎂🥳 45.251.48.215 (talk) 18:31, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2023-47

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Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [23][24]
• Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Quechua Wikipedia, Romansh Wikipedia, Romani Wikipedia, Rundi Wikipedia, Aromanian Wikipedia, Tarandíne Wikipedia, Rusyn Wikipedia, Kinyarwanda Wikipedia, Sanskrit Wikipedia, Sakha Wikipedia, Santali Wikipedia, Sardinian Wikipedia, Sicilian Wikipedia, Scots Wikipedia, Sindhi Wikipedia, Northern Sami Wikipedia, Sango Wikipedia, Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia, Sinhala Wikipedia, Slovak Wikipedia, Slovenian Wikipedia, Samoan Wikipedia, Somali Wikipedia, Albanian Wikipedia, Serbian Wikipedia, Sranan Tongo Wikipedia, Swati Wikipedia, Southern Sotho Wikipedia, Saterland Frisian Wikipedia, Sundanese Wikipedia, Silesian Wikipedia, Tamil Wikipedia, Tulu Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Tetum Wikipedia, Tajik Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkmen Wikipedia, Tagalog Wikipedia, Tswana Wikipedia, Tongan Wikipedia, Tok Pisin Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Tsonga Wikipedia, Tatar Wikipedia, Twi Wikipedia, Tahitian Wikipedia, Tuvinian Wikipedia, Udmurt Wikipedia, Uyghur Wikipedia, Uzbek Wikipedia, Venda Wikipedia, Venetian Wikipedia, Veps Wikipedia, West Flemish Wikipedia, Volapük Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [25][26][27]
• The Vector 2022 skin will have some minor visual changes to drop-down menus, column widths, and more. These changes were added to four Wikipedias last week. If no issues are found, these changes will proceed to all wikis this week. These changes will make it possible to add new menus for readability and dark mode. Learn more. [28]

Future changes

• There is an update on re-enabling the Graph Extension. To speed up the process, Vega 2 will not be supported and only some protocols will be available at launch. You can help by sharing what you think about the plan.

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Tech News: 2023-48

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 28 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 November. It will be on all wikis from 30 November (calendar). There is no new MediaWiki version next week. [29][30]
• MediaWiki's JavaScript system will now allow async/await syntax in gadgets and user scripts. Gadget authors should remember that users' browsers may not support it, so it should be used appropriately. [31]
• The deployment of "Add a link" announced last week was postponed. It will resume this week.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:06, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message

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Nomination of Yeji (singer) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Yeji (singer) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yeji (singer) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

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Tech News: 2023-49

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Recent changes

• The spacing between paragraphs on Vector 2022 has been changed from 7px to 14px to match the size of the text. This will make it easier to distinguish paragraphs from sentences. [32]
• The "Sort this page by default as" feature in VisualEditor is working again. You no longer need to switch to source editing to edit {{DEFAULTSORT:...}} keywords. [33]

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [34][35]
• On 6 December, people who have the enabled the preference for "Show discussion activity" will notice the talk page usability improvements appear on pages that include the __NEWSECTIONLINK__ magic word. If you notice any issues, please share them with the team on Phabricator.

Future changes

• The Toolforge Grid Engine shutdown process will start on December 14. Maintainers of tools that still use this old system should plan to migrate to Kubernetes, or tell the team your plans on Phabricator in the task about your tool, before that date. [36]
• Communities using Structured Discussions are being contacted regarding the upcoming deprecation of Structured Discussions. You can read more about this project, and share your comments, on the project's page.

Events

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

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Tech News: 2023-50

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Recent changes

• On Wikimedia Commons, there are some minor user-interface improvements for the "choosing own vs not own work" step in the UploadWizard. This is part of the Structured Content team's project of improving UploadWizard on Commons. [37][38]

Problems

• There was a problem showing the Newcomer homepage feature with the "impact module" and their page-view graphs, for a few days in early December. This has now been fixed. [39][40]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 December. It will be on all wikis from 14 December (calendar). [41][42]

Future changes

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

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

Removal of content in the article Lee Know

Hi,

I was wondering why you deleted the whole paragraph in the article Lee Know about his minor car accident. It was reliably sourced and is completely relevant, so I was a bit confused. If you have an explanation, please tell me. For the time being I have reverted the edits. Thanks! Redstar0005 ^{talk to me!} — Preceding undated comment added 03:49, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

I don't think that is really required in the article K-Pop contributor (✍️•📚) 03:52, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

It doesn’t matter what you think. You can’t remove anything just because you want it. Dumb girl. 38.183.88.35 (talk) 18:27, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Tagging pages for speedy deletion

Hello, Randompersonediting,

Please review WP:CSD so you better understand the criteria for speedy deletion and when they apply, especially Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#G13. Abandoned drafts and Articles for creation submissions. This draft will not be eligible for G13 for another six months. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:02, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

understand the guidelines then edit Wikipedia, You have been blocked many times and still doing this38.183.88.35 (talk) 18:28, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-51

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

Tech News

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

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 December. It will be on all wikis from 21 December (calendar). There is no new MediaWiki version next week. [43][44]
• Starting December 18, it won't be possible to activate Structured Discussions on a user's own talk page using the Beta feature. The Beta feature option remains available for users who want to deactivate Structured Discussions. This is part of Structured Discussions' deprecation work. [45]
• There will be full support for redirects in the Module namespace. The "Move Page" feature will leave an appropriate redirect behind, and such redirects will be appropriately recognized by the software (e.g. hidden from Special:UnconnectedPages). There will also be support for manual redirects. [46]

Future changes

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

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MediaWiki message delivery 16:16, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Lee Know moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Lee Know (1). Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability and Does not satisfy WP:BANDMEMBER. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Lightoil (talk) 04:36, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Born to Be XX has been accepted

Born to Be XX, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. This is a great rating for a new article, and places it among the top 20% of accepted submissions — kudos to you! You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider .

Thanks again, and happy editing!

Robert McClenon (talk) 04:37, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

your reverts here are nonsensical - there is no vandalism.

Kindly self revert.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivan_Lee&diff=prev&oldid=1192034503

2603:7000:2101:AA00:78BE:4372:73B0:DEE5 (talk) 07:28, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Edit warring at C. Brewer & Co. page - Official warning.

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on C. Brewer & Co.. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Points to note:

1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. 2601:196:180:DC0:9436:F6B6:F2C2:419C (talk) 17:50, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Edit warrioring at the C. Brewer and company page.

You have twice reverted a legitimate edit with an explicitly clear edit summary, and have ignored explanatory comments at my talk page on this subject. You’re on notice here that your next revert will subject you to suspension at Wikipedia. I’m going to go have to dig up the Edit Warring template and post it here now. 2601:196:180:DC0:9436:F6B6:F2C2:419C (talk) 17:46, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

C. Brewer company revert.

Do you know what “OR“ is? You should if you have volunteered for new changes patrol, and, indeed need to know before reverting an editor who eliminates it, with an appropriate edit summary indicating why. Who also made the effort to relocate the content to the talk page, should anyone ever wish to research and appropriately cite the passage. 2601:196:180:DC0:1D34:7E8B:BCA1:ACA2 (talk) 15:35, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Kiss of Life albums

A tag has been placed on Category:Kiss of Life albums indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:42, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Kiss of Life album cover

A tag has been placed on Category:Kiss of Life album cover indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:42, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-02

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

Recent changes

• mediawiki2latex is a tool that converts wiki content into the formats of LaTeX, PDF, ODT, and EPUB. The code now runs many times faster due to recent improvements. There is also an optional Docker container you can install on your local machine.
• The way that Random pages are selected has been updated. This will slowly reduce the problem of some pages having a lower chance of appearing. [47]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 January. It will be on all wikis from 11 January (calendar). [48][49]

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:18, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Review on Progress template in Draft:Hwang Hyun-jin

Hello, I noticed that you added a review on progress template in Draft:Hwang Hyun-jin but the template hasn't been changed for 21 hours by now. Do you still editing the draft? I want to edit the draft to add some information but I afraid it will cause edit conflict to you. Thank you in advance Shenaall (talk) 03:31, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

yes , you can edit K-Pop contributor (✍️•📚) 04:58, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi

How is it going sis? 116.206.157.55 (talk) 05:39, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Shhh (Kiss of Life song) (January 13)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Mach61 was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Shhh (Kiss of Life song) and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
• If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Mach61 (talk) 19:57, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Randompersonediting! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Mach61 (talk) 19:57, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-03

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Recent changes

• Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. [50]
• Gadgets and personal user scripts may now use JavaScript syntax introduced in ES6 (also known as "ES2015") and ES7 ("ES2016"). MediaWiki validates the source code to protect other site functionality from syntax errors, and to ensure scripts are valid in all supported browsers. Previously, Gadgets could use the requiresES6 option. This option is no longer needed and will be removed in the future. [51]
• Bot passwords and owner-only OAuth consumers can now be restricted to allow editing only specific pages. [52]
• You can now thank edits made by bots. [53]
• An update on the status of the Community Wishlist Survey for 2024 has been published. Please read and give your feedback.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 January. It will be on all wikis from 18 January (calendar). [54][55]
• Starting on January 17, it will not be possible to login to Wikimedia wikis from some specific old versions of the Chrome browser (versions 51–66, released between 2016 and 2018). Additionally, users of iOS 12, or Safari on Mac OS 10.14, may need to login to each wiki separately. [56]
• The jquery.cookie module was deprecated and replaced with the mediawiki.cookie module last year. A script has now been run to replace any remaining uses, and this week the temporary alias will be removed. [57]

Future changes

• Wikimedia Deutschland is working to make reusing references easier. They are looking for people who are interested in participating in individual video calls for user research in January and February.

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MediaWiki message delivery 00:11, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-04

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Problems

• A bug in UploadWizard prevented linking to the userpage of the uploader when uploading. It has now been fixed. [58]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 January. It will be on all wikis from 25 January (calendar). [59][60]

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Tech News: 2024-05

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

• Starting Monday January 29, all talk pages messages' timestamps will become a link. This link is a permanent link to the comment. It allows users to find the comment they are looking for, even if this comment was moved elsewhere. This will affect all wikis except for the English Wikipedia. You can read more about this change on Diff or on Mediawiki.org. [61]
• There are some improvements to the CAPTCHA to make it harder for spam bots and scripts to bypass it. If you have feedback on this change, please comment on the task. Staff are monitoring metrics related to the CAPTCHA, as well as secondary metrics such as account creations and edit counts.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 January. It will be on all wikis from 1 February (calendar). [62][63]
• On February 1, a link will be added to the "Tools" menu to download a QR code that links to the page you are viewing. There will also be a new Special:QrCode page to create QR codes for any Wikimedia URL. This addresses the #19 most-voted wish from the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [64]
• Gadgets which only work in some skins have sometimes used the targets option to limit where you can use them. This will stop working this week. You should use the skins option instead. [65]

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MediaWiki message delivery 19:29, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Kiss of Life members

A tag has been placed on Category:Kiss of Life members indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:07, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-06

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 mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. If you hear of any problems relating to mobile history usage please point them to the phabricator task.
• On most wikis, admins can now block users from making specific actions. These actions are: uploading files, creating new pages, moving (renaming) pages, and sending thanks. The goal of this feature is to allow admins to apply blocks that are adequate to the blocked users' activity. Learn more about "action blocks". [66][67]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 February. It will be on all wikis from 8 February (calendar). [68][69]
• Talk pages permalinks that included diacritics and non-Latin script were malfunctioning. This issue is fixed. [70]

Future changes

• 24 Wikipedias with Reference Tooltips as a default gadget are encouraged to remove that default flag. This would make Reference Previews the new default for reference popups, leading to a more consistent experience across wikis. For 46 Wikipedias with less than 4 interface admins, the change is already scheduled for mid-February, unless there are concerns. The older Reference Tooltips gadget will still remain usable and will override this feature, if it is available on your wiki and you have enabled it in your settings. [71][72]

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MediaWiki message delivery 19:20, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Category:Kiss of Life members has been nominated for merging

Category:Kiss of Life members has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 00:28, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-07

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Recent changes

• The WDQS Graph Split experiment is working and loaded onto 3 test servers. The team in charge is testing the split's impact and requires feedback from WDQS users through the UI or programmatically in different channels. [73][74][75] Users' feedback will validate the impact of various use cases and workflows around the Wikidata Query service. [76][77]

Problems

• There was a bug that affected the appearance of visited links when using mobile device to access wiki sites. It made the links appear black; this issue is fixed.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 February. It will be on all wikis from 15 February (calendar). [78][79]
• As work continues on the grid engine deprecation,[80] tools on the grid engine will be stopped starting on February 14th, 2024. If you have tools actively migrating you can ask for an extension so they are not stopped. [81]

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MediaWiki message delivery 05:47, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-08

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

• If you have the "Email me when a page or a file on my watchlist is changed" option enabled, edits by bot accounts no longer trigger notification emails. Previously, only minor edits would not trigger the notification emails. [82]
• There are changes to how user and site scripts load for Vector 2022 on specific wikis. The changes impacted the following Wikis: all projects with Vector legacy as the default skin, Wikivoyage, and Wikibooks. Other wikis will be affected over the course of the next three months. Gadgets are not impacted. If you have been affected or want to minimize the impact on your project, see this ticket. Please coordinate and take action proactively.
• Newly auto-created accounts (the accounts you get when you visit a new wiki) now have the same local notification preferences as users who freshly register on that wiki. It is effected in four notification types listed in the task's description.
• The maximum file size when using Upload Wizard is now 5 GiB. [83]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 February. It will be on all wikis from 22 February (calendar). [84][85]

• Selected tools on the grid engine have been stopped as we prepare to shut down the grid on March 14th, 2024. The tool's code and data have not been deleted. If you are a maintainer and you want your tool re-enabled reach out to the team. Only tools that have asked for extension are still running on the grid.
• The CSS filter property can now be used in HTML style attributes in wikitext. [86]

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MediaWiki message delivery 15:35, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-09

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 mobile visual editor is now the default editor for users who never edited before, at a small group of wikis. Research shows that users using this editor are slightly more successful publishing the edits they started, and slightly less successful publishing non-reverted edits. Users who defined the wikitext editor as their default on desktop will get the wikitext editor on mobile for their first edit on mobile as well. [87]
• The mw.config value wgGlobalGroups now only contains groups that are active in the wiki. Scripts no longer have to check whether the group is active on the wiki via an API request. A code example of the above is: if (/globalgroupname/.test(mw.config.get("wgGlobalGroups"))). [88]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 February. It will be on all wikis from 29 February (calendar). [89][90]

Future changes

• The right to change edit tags (changetags) will be removed from users in Wikimedia sites, keeping it by default for admins and bots only. Your community can ask to retain the old configuration on your wiki before this change happens. Please indicate in this ticket to keep it for your community before the end of March 2024.

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MediaWiki message delivery 19:21, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-10

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 Special:Book page (as well as the associated "Create a book" functionality) provided by the old Collection extension has been removed from all Wikisource wikis, as it was broken. This does not affect the ability to download normal books, which is provided by the Wikisource extension. [91]
• Wikitech now uses the next-generation Parsoid wikitext parser by default to generate all pages in the Talk namespace. Report any problems on the Known Issues discussion page. You can use the ParserMigration extension to control the use of Parsoid; see the ParserMigration help documentation for more details.
• Maintenance on etherpad is completed. If you encounter any issues, please indicate in this ticket.
• Gadgets allow interface admins to create custom features with CSS and JavaScript. The Gadget and Gadget_definition namespaces and gadgets-definition-edit user right were reserved for an experiment in 2015, but were never used. These were visible on Special:Search and Special:ListGroupRights. The unused namespaces and user rights are now removed. No pages are moved, and no changes need to be made. [92]
• A usability improvement to the "Add a citation" in Wikipedia workflow has been made, the insert button was moved to the popup header. [93]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 March. It will be on all wikis from 7 March (calendar). [94][95]

Future changes

• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 20. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [96]
• The HTML markup of headings and section edit links will be changed later this year to improve accessibility. See Heading HTML changes for details. The new markup will be the same as in the new Parsoid wikitext parser. You can test your gadget or stylesheet with the new markup if you add ?useparsoid=1 to your URL (more info) or turn on Parsoid read views in your user options (more info).

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MediaWiki message delivery 19:45, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-11

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 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 March. It will be on all wikis from 14 March (calendar). [97][98]
• After consulting with various communities, the line height of the text on the Minerva skin will be increased to its previous value of 1.65. Different options for typography can also be set using the options in the menu, as needed. [99]
• The active link color in Minerva will be changed to provide more consistency with our other platforms and best practices. [100]
• Structured data on Commons will no longer ask whether you want to leave the page without saving. This will prevent the “information you’ve entered may not be saved” popups from appearing when no information have been entered. It will also make file pages on Commons load faster in certain cases. However, the popups will be hidden even if information has indeed been entered. If you accidentally close the page before saving the structured data you entered, that data will be lost. [101]

Future changes

• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 20. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [102][103]

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:02, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

About music notability submission

Hello, thank you for your review on Draft:Hwang Hyun-jin and Draft:Kim Seung-min that I submitted through AfC. I'm confused with the "significant coverage" reason. Can you please explain to me about it in a more simple terms? As far as I know, I already chose sources that cover only them. Therefore the sources are not just some passing mention for the subject, it also reliable and secondary (except for sentences about Stray Kids, and some song reference). Also can you give me some guidance about how to edit the draft to be better? Thank you in advance! Shenaall (talk) 01:43, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

The draft isn't notable yet. those sources which are used cant be considered as reliable too so,you can check this link for reliable sources K-Pop contributor (✍️•📚) 02:06, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Oh, so the meaning is the subject of the draft (re:hyunjin and seungmin) is not notable enough in music entertainment? For Hyunjin, I can understand it because he only has a collaboration remix song (not enough to be notable in music area). For Seungmin, he has 2 original soundtracks from different dramas and 2 more will be released soon. Is it because only one of his released song charted in national chart? If so, can he be considered notable when 2 of his songs were charted or he need more? Thank you in advance! Shenaall (talk) 05:45, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

I will just check the draft and let you know K-Pop contributor (✍️•📚) 05:50, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I'm really confused about how to edit it better, you're a great help! Let me know when you finished checking~ I will check all the source using the link you provided before submitting again. Once again thank you for your guidance!xo Shenaall (talk) 06:25, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

@Shenaall I just checked it

seungmin's draft needs some minor changes and reliable sources after that you can submit it K-Pop contributor (✍️•📚) 01:45, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Noted, thank you very much! Shenaall (talk) 03:00, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

@Shenaall your welcome K-Pop contributor (✍️•📚) 04:27, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Question concerning sources and notability

Hi! Thank you for reviewing my draft Draft:Yeshayahu (Jesaiah) Ben-Aharon. I have a question concerning the reason for the rejection. You say that the "draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are: in-depth (not just passing mentions about the subject); reliable; secondary; independent of the subject."

While this was clearly a problem at an earlier stage of the draft, I have now used 9 different sources. 4 of these are in depth articles or reviews published in either peer-reviewed journal ('Research on Steiner Education') or as feature articles in journals and magazines with (non-academic) editorial processes ('Being Human' is a magazine covering all of the North-American anthroposophical scene; 'Zeitschrift Gegenwart' is a well established German magazine running since 1939 growing out of the political movement of 'Dreigliederung'). 4 other sources are from well established academic publishers (University of California Press; Palgrave Macmillian; State University of New York Press; Berliner Wissenshafts Verlag). These sources treat the subject of the article not exclusively, but more briefly as part of a discussion, however - as I also indirectly show by the quotations - the subject is referred to by claims and statements that import significance to the person. In addition there is one interview published in Goetheanum, which is the worldwide publication for anthroposophy. I am wondering how you view these sources: which are not qualified and what may be lacking or inadequate for the draft to fulfill the criteria for Wikipedia (might it be the use of the interview as source for education?)?

Thank you in advance. TCWJ (talk) 12:44, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

@TCWJ It needs more references to be accept K-Pop contributor (✍️•📚) 01:43, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

I see. I put in two more references to critical reviews. TCWJ (talk) 10:36, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

some more references needed K-Pop contributor (✍️•📚) 03:19, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-12

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 notice "Language links are at the top of the page" that appears in the Vector 2022 skin main menu has been removed now that users have learned the new location of the Language switcher. [104]
• IP info feature displays data from Spur, an IP addresses database. Previously, the only data source for this feature was MaxMind. Now, IP info is more useful for patrollers. [105]
• The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. [106][107][108]
• Communities can now customize the default reasons for undeleting a page by creating MediaWiki:Undelete-comment-dropdown. [109]

Problems

• RevisionSlider is an interface to interactively browse a page's history. Users in right-to-left languages reported RevisionSlider reacting wrong to mouse clicks. This should be fixed now. [110]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 March. It will be on all wikis from 21 March (calendar). [111][112]
• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 20. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. [113][114]

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MediaWiki message delivery 17:38, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Bad News

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that the page you created, Draft:Bad News, was tagged as a test page under section G2 of the criteria for speedy deletion and has been or soon may be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other test edits you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 23:38, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-13

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

• An update was made on March 18th 2024 to how various projects load site, user JavaScript and CSS in Vector 2022 skin. A checklist is provided for site admins to follow.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 March. It will be on all wikis from 28 March (calendar). [115][116]

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MediaWiki message delivery 18:54, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi

You are a fake person 2409:40E3:1030:E2F8:196A:EEC6:9A48:81F5 (talk) 19:57, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi

You are a fake person 2409:40E3:1030:E2F8:196A:EEC6:9A48:81F5 (talk) 19:57, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Bad News (Kiss of Life song) (March 28)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by The Herald was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Bad News (Kiss of Life song) and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
• If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

The Herald (Benison) (talk) 10:04, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Randompersonediting! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 10:04, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Shhh (Kiss of Life song) (March 29)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Mach61 was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Shhh (Kiss of Life song) and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
• If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Mach61 08:48, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Randompersonediting! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Mach61 08:48, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Yeji (singer) (March 31)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Paper9oll was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Yeji (singer) and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
• If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

— Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 07:24, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Randompersonediting! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 07:24, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-14

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

• Users of the reading accessibility beta feature will notice that the default line height for the standard and large text options has changed. [117]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 April. It will be on all wikis from 4 April (calendar). [118][119]

Future changes

• The Wikimedia Foundation has an annual plan. The annual plan decides what the Wikimedia Foundation will work on. You can now read the draft key results for the Product and Technology department. They are suggestions for what results the Foundation wants from big technical changes from July 2024 to June 2025. You can comment on the talk page.

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MediaWiki message delivery 03:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-15

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

• Web browsers can use tools called extensions. There is now a Chrome extension called Citation Needed which you can use to see if an online statement is supported by a Wikipedia article. This is a small experiment to see if Wikipedia can be used this way. Because it is a small experiment, it can only be used in Chrome in English.
• A new Edit Recovery feature has been added to all wikis, available as a user preference. Once you enable it, your in-progress edits will be stored in your web browser, and if you accidentally close an editing window or your browser or computer crashes, you will be prompted to recover the unpublished text. Please leave any feedback on the project talk page. This was the #8 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.
• Initial results of Edit check experiments have been published. Edit Check is now deployed as a default feature at the wikis that tested it. Let us know if you want your wiki to be part of the next deployment of Edit check. [120][121]
• Readers using the Minerva skin on mobile will notice there has been an improvement in the line height across all typography settings. [122]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 April. It will be on all wikis from 11 April (calendar). [123][124]
• New accounts and logged-out users will get the visual editor as their default editor on mobile. This deployment is made at all wikis except for the English Wikipedia. [125]

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:35, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-16

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

Problems

• Between 2 April and 8 April, on wikis using Flagged Revisions, the "Reverted" tag was not applied to undone edits. In addition, page moves, protections and imports were not autoreviewed. This problem is now fixed. [126][127]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 April. It will be on all wikis from 18 April (calendar). [128][129]
• Default category sort keys will now affect categories added by templates placed in footnotes. Previously footnotes used the page title as the default sort key even if a different default sort key was specified (category-specific sort keys already worked). [130]
• A new variable page_last_edit_age will be added to abuse filters. It tells how many seconds ago the last edit to a page was made. [131]

Future changes

• Volunteer developers are kindly asked to update the code of their tools and features to handle temporary accounts. Learn more.
• Four database fields will be removed from database replicas (including Quarry). This affects only the abuse_filter and abuse_filter_history tables. Some queries might need to be updated. [132]

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:27, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Belle (singer) has been accepted

Belle (singer), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider .

Thanks again, and happy editing!

X (talk) 16:48, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-17

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

• Starting this week, newcomers editing Wikipedia will be encouraged to try structured tasks. Structured tasks have been shown to improve newcomer activation and retention. [133]
• You can nominate your favorite tools for the fifth edition of the Coolest Tool Award. Nominations will be open until May 10.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 April. It will be on all wikis from 25 April (calendar). [134][135]

Future changes

• This is the last warning that by the end of May 2024 the Vector 2022 skin will no longer share site and user scripts/styles with old Vector. For user-scripts that you want to keep using on Vector 2022, copy the contents of Special:MyPage/vector.js to Special:MyPage/vector-2022.js. There are more technical details available. Interface administrators who foresee this leading to lots of technical support questions may wish to send a mass message to your community, as was done on French Wikipedia. [136]

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MediaWiki message delivery 20:25, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-18

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

Example of a talk page with the new design, in French.

• The appearance of talk pages changed for the following wikis: Azerbaijani Wikipedia, Bengali Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, Persian Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Dutch Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikipedia, Romanian Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Ukrainian Wikipedia, Vietnamese Wikipedia. These wikis participated to a test, where 50% of users got the new design, for one year. As this test gave positive results, the new design is deployed on these wikis as the default design. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at all wikis in the coming weeks. [137]
• Seven new wikis have been created:
  • a Wikipedia in Betawi (w:bew:) [138]
  • a Wikipedia in Kusaal (w:kus:) [139]
  • a Wikipedia in Igala (w:igl:) [140]
  • a Wiktionary in Karakalpak (wikt:kaa:) [141]
  • a Wikisource in Burmese (s:my:) [142]
  • a Wikisource in Malay (s:ms:) [143]
  • a Wikisource in Georgian (s:ka:) [144]
• You can now watch message groups/projects on Translatewiki.net. Initially, this feature will notify you of added or deleted messages in these groups. [145]
• Dark mode is now available on all wikis, on mobile web for logged-in users who opt into the advanced mode. This is the early release of the feature. Technical editors are invited to check for accessibility issues on wikis. See more detailed guidelines.

Problems

• Kartographer maps can use an alternative visual style without labels, by using mapstyle="osm". This wasn't working in previews, creating the wrong impression that it wasn't supported. This has now been fixed. [146]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 May. It will be on all wikis from 2 May (calendar). [147][148]

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MediaWiki message delivery 03:31, 30 April 2024 (UTC)