User talk:Catfish Jim and the soapdish/Archive 27
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The Signpost: 8 May 2023
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- Arbitration report: "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" approaches conclusion
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Small request
Hello, I'm correcting a tracked syntax error on Wikipedia called the Tidy Font bug, and one of your protected pages has a few instances of this. When links are written in the <font>[[link]]</font> format with the color specified outside of the link, browsers don't agree on how to display the colors. Some browsers display it with the specified colors, and others default back to the standard link blue.
If you'd be willing, would you make the following two changes to your page User:Catfish Jim and the soapdish/accountability?
Proposed code changes (collapsing to not clutter your talk page with code)
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First Change (line 6): <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"><font size=#2>''<center><font color= #313F33>[[User:Catfish Jim and the soapdish|User Page]]</font> <font color= #313F33>[[Wikipedia:Department directory|·]]</font> <font color= #313F33>[[User talk:Catfish Jim and the soapdish|Talk page]]</font> <font color= #313F33>[[Wikipedia:List of policies|·]]</font> <font color= #313F33>[[Special:Contributions/Catfish Jim and the soapdish|Contributions]]</font> <font color= #313F33>[[Wikipedia:List of guidelines|·]]</font> <span class="plainlinks"><font color= #313F33>[http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/count/index.php?name=Catfish+Jim+and+the+soapdish&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia Edit count]</font></span> <font color= #313F33>[[User:Catfish Jim and the soapdish/dashboard|·]]</font> <font color= #313F33>[[User:Catfish Jim and the soapdish/Sandbox|Sandbox]]</font></font></center>''</span> to <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt">''[[User:Catfish Jim and the soapdish|<span style="color: #313F33">User Page</span>]] [[Wikipedia:Department directory|<span style="color: #313F33">·</span>]] [[User talk:Catfish Jim and the soapdish|<span style="color: #313F33">Talk page</span>]] [[Wikipedia:List of policies|<span style="color: #313F33">·</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Catfish Jim and the soapdish|<span style="color: #313F33">Contributions</span>]] [[Wikipedia:List of guidelines|<span style="color: #313F33">·</span>]] <span class="plainlinks">[http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/count/index.php?name=Catfish+Jim+and+the+soapdish&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia <span style="color: #313F33">Edit count</span>]</span> [[User:Catfish Jim and the soapdish/dashboard|<span style="color: #313F33">·</span>]] [[User:Catfish Jim and the soapdish/Sandbox|<span style="color: #313F33">Sandbox</span>]]''</span></div> And Second Change (at the very bottom): (Criteria based on those by [[User:Firsfron]]) </div> to (Criteria based on those by [[User:Firsfron]]) |} </div> |
The first change replaces the use of obsolete tags <font> and <center> and moves the color statement within each link to correct the tidy font bugs. The second change adds |}
to close the wikitable and allow for the </div>
at the bottom of the page to no longer be stripped.
I've tested the proposed syntax changes here with no issues if you'd like to see the changes proposed in a diff view.
If you are willing to make these two changes to User:Catfish Jim and the soapdish/accountability, it would be much appreciated.
Thank you, Zinnober9 (talk) 03:05, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Page deleted, so no problem remaining. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 12:32, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 22 May 2023
- In the media: History, propaganda and censorship
- Arbitration report: Final decision in "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland"
- Featured content: A very musical week for featured articles
- Traffic report: Coronation, chatbot, celebs
Books & Bytes – Issue 56
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Issue 56, March – April 2023
- New partner:
- Perlego
- Library access tips and tricks
- Spotlight: EveryBookItsReader
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The Signpost: 5 June 2023
- News and notes: WMRU director forks new 'pedia, birds flap in top '22 piccy, WMF weighs in on Indian gov's map axe plea
- Featured content: Poetry under pressure
- Traffic report: Celebs, controversies and a chatbot in the public eye
Administrators' newsletter – June 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).
- Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
- As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.
- Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.
- The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.
- Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to Jimbo Wales.
The Signpost: 19 June 2023
- News and notes: WMF Terms of Use now in force, new Creative Commons licensing
- Featured content: Content, featured
- Recent research: Hoaxers prefer currently-popular topics
Lolicon
I am a bit offended by the image in the lead. Should I remove it? Scorpions13256 (talk) 21:16, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
- Not going anywhere near that. I would follow WP:BOLD Catfish Jim and the soapdish 21:19, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).
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- Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.
- Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.
- Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.
The Signpost: 3 July 2023
- Disinformation report: Imploded submersible outfit foiled trying to sing own praises on Wikipedia
- Featured content: Incensed
- Traffic report: Are you afraid of spiders? Arnold? The Idol? ChatGPT?
Precious anniversary
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The Signpost: 17 July 2023
- In the media: Tentacles of Emirates plot attempt to ensnare Wikipedia
- Tips and tricks: What automation can do for you (and your WikiProject)
- Featured content: Scrollin', scrollin', scrollin', keep those readers scrollin', got to keep on scrollin', Rawhide!
- Traffic report: The Idol becomes the Master
Books & Bytes – Issue 57
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Issue 57, May – June 2023
- Suggestion improvements
- Favorite collections tips
- Spotlight: Promoting Nigerian Books and Authors
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --11:22, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
Block on Kintetsubuffalo
You blocked @Kintetsubuffalo in April 2023 but they had not edited for over a year and prior to that they had made just three edits since 2019. Can you indicate more about the reason for the block. Regards, 115.42.6.211 (talk) 06:10, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
- Not going to discuss it, but a Google search should give you all the information you need. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 08:24, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
Likely the same reason I had been watching the user and others in an associated user group. Thanks & regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.42.6.211 (talk) 08:24, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
- Let's just say I wouldn't send my send my kids to his scouting group. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 08:43, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
Hate to drag you in, but some expertise seems needed on the talk page in the "ritual speculation" sect. Ceoil (talk) 00:22, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 1 August 2023
- News and notes: City officials attempt to doxx Wikipedians, Ruwiki founder banned, WMF launches Mastodon server
- In the media: Truth, AI, bull from politicians, and climate change
- Disinformation report: Hot climate, hot hit, hot money, hot news hot off the presses!
- Tips and tricks: Citation tools for dummies!
- In focus: Journals cited by Wikipedia
- Opinion: Are global bans the last step?
- Featured content: Featured Content, 1 to 15 July
- Traffic report: Come on Oppie, let's go party
Administrators' newsletter – August 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).
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Interface administrator changes
- The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. (T334338)
- Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. (T337431)
- The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
- The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.
The Signpost: 15 August 2023
- News and notes: Dude, Where's My Donations? Wikimedia Foundation announces another million in grants for non-Wikimedia-related projects
- Tips and tricks: How to find images for your articles, check their copyright, upload them, and restore them
- Cobwebs: Getting serious about writing
- Serendipity: Why I stopped taking photographs almost altogether
- Featured content: Barbenheimer confirmed
- Traffic report: 'Cause today it just goes with the fashion
The Signpost: 31 August 2023
- From the editor: Beta version of signpost.news now online
- News and notes: You like RecentChanges?
- In the media: Taking it sleazy
- Recent research: The five barriers that impede "stitching" collaboration between Commons and Wikipedia
- Draftspace: Bad Jokes and Other Draftspace Novelties
- Humour: The Dehumourification Plan
- Traffic report: Raise your drinking glass, here's to yesterday
Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).
- Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
- A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that
[s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment
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- Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)
- The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming
local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus
. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged tonote when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful
.
- Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.
Books & Bytes – Issue 58
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Issue 58, July – August 2023
- New partners - De Standaard and Duncker & Humblot
- Tech tip: Filters
- Wikimania presentation
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The Signpost: 16 September 2023
- In the media: "Just flirting", going Dutch and Shapps for the defence?
- Obituary: Nosebagbear
- Featured content: Catching up
- Traffic report: Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic
The Signpost: 3 October 2023
- News and notes: Wikimedia Endowment financial statement published
- Recent research: Readers prefer ChatGPT over Wikipedia; concerns about limiting "anyone can edit" principle "may be overstated"
- Featured content: By your logic,
- Poetry: "The Sight"
Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).
- An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text:
Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.
- Administrators can now choose to add the user's user page to their watchlist when changing the usergroups for a user. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API. (T272294)
- The 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of one new CheckUser.
- Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections opens on 2 October and closes on 8 October.
About a block
Hi, I came across this user which you blocked back on 3 April 2023 with brief remarks that does not seem to lead much to any recent on-site contributions of the user. The user's last contributions were in 2022 (unless there are other materials that have been deleted). May I know what exactly triggered the block? – robertsky (talk) 03:10, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
- If you google his user name you'll find an article about him. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 08:12, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
- Ah... I am not going to play the devil's advocate since I don't have the time to go through the said editor's recent contributions for instances of Nazism, and also since the person was already relatively inactive prior to the block. I am in no way supporting Nazism nor its supporters anyway. Without going through his contributions though, it did seem to me, in an bemused manner, that there is no statute of limitations for such declarations that may not be easily found except on that 2013 article, and that a 2018 essay can retroactively be applicable to actions prior to it. – robertsky (talk) 13:17, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
- I've been asked about this block a few times and have stated that I'm not open to discussion about its merits, eg. here [1]. I don't even know if I'd participate in an ANI discussion on it. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 14:38, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
- nah. I think it is fine for now. 👍 – robertsky (talk) 13:52, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
- I've been asked about this block a few times and have stated that I'm not open to discussion about its merits, eg. here [1]. I don't even know if I'd participate in an ANI discussion on it. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 14:38, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
- Ah... I am not going to play the devil's advocate since I don't have the time to go through the said editor's recent contributions for instances of Nazism, and also since the person was already relatively inactive prior to the block. I am in no way supporting Nazism nor its supporters anyway. Without going through his contributions though, it did seem to me, in an bemused manner, that there is no statute of limitations for such declarations that may not be easily found except on that 2013 article, and that a 2018 essay can retroactively be applicable to actions prior to it. – robertsky (talk) 13:17, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 23 October 2023
- News and notes: Where have all the administrators gone?
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