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Tech News: 2023-05

MediaWiki message delivery 00:04, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

You may wish to revoke TPA. Cahk (talk) 07:34, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

I'm a little too close to involved when it comes to modifying that block — best that another admin looks at that — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 07:37, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
  • Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
  • Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.

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Tech News: 2023-06

MediaWiki message delivery 10:19, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Requested Block

Hello! I saw your name in Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to consider placing self-requested blocks, and I was wondering if you could consider blocking me for a period of one month? I want to enforce staying off-wiki for a while until I get RL stuff in order. Panini! 🥪 15:15, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Hey Panini!, I note on your user page you have adopted two users (Bumpf and OktaviaMiki) — did you want to let them know you're not going to be around prior to me blocking you for one month? — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 17:44, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
Wowza! I forgot about that!
What if as an alternative, I'm blocked for one month with only talk page access? I'm pretty sure that's possible right? Panini! 🥪 18:50, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
@Panini!: Do you mean access to your own talk page, or all user talk pages (i.e. a partial block)? It might also be worth considering using the "WikiBreak Enforcer" script, which prevents you from logging in for a specified period of time. — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 19:13, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
Access to only my talk page would be alright. Panini! 🥪 20:10, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
 DoneTheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 20:36, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Sad to find you resign. Good luck and take care in the future. Lemonaka (talk) 19:53, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Important

-- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she|they|xe) 08:06, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Thought that was going to be about something else entirely. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 04:28, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
Apparently there's more stories involving cats and nuclear radiation than one would think. ––FormalDude (talk) 06:10, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
If you don't write your part I'm gonna get even worse cat-related earworms stuck in your head. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she|they|xe) 02:48, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Block request

As I have done my current editing on Wikipedia, please block me from editing for 3 days. My edits keep getting reverted for no reason, and this could put a end to it. 85.97.85.165 (talk) 21:57, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-07

MediaWiki message delivery 01:47, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-08

MediaWiki message delivery 01:56, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Editing news 2023 #1

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This newsletter includes two key updates about the Editing team's work:

  1. The Editing team will finish adding new features to the Talk pages project and deploy it.
  2. They are beginning a new project, Edit check.

Talk pages project

Screenshot showing the talk page design changes that are currently available as beta features at all Wikimedia wikis. These features include information about the number of people and comments within each discussion.
Some of the upcoming changes

The Editing team is nearly finished with this first phase of the Talk pages project. Nearly all new features are available now in the Beta Feature for Discussion tools.

It will show information about how active a discussion is, such as the date of the most recent comment. There will soon be a new "Add topic" button. You will be able to turn them off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion. Please tell them what you think.

Daily edit completion rate by test group: DiscussionTools (test group) and MobileFrontend overlay (control group)

An A/B test for Discussion tools on the mobile site has finished. Editors were more successful with Discussion tools. The Editing team is enabling these features for all editors on the mobile site.

New Project: Edit Check

The Editing team is beginning a project to help new editors of Wikipedia. It will help people identify some problems before they click "Publish changes". The first tool will encourage people to add references when they add new content. Please watch that page for more information. You can join a conference call on 3 March 2023 to learn more.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:19, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-09

MediaWiki message delivery 23:45, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
  • Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
  • The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a [p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

WikiCup 2023 March newsletter

So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
  • New York (state) Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
  • Germany FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
  • United States TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
  • Byzantine Empire Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included Berkelland LunaEatsTuna, Thebiguglyalien, Sammi Brie, New England Trainsandotherthings, England Lee Vilenski, Indonesia Juxlos, Unexpectedlydian, Washington (state) SounderBruce, Wales Kosack, BennyOnTheLoose and Chicago PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:37, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-10

MediaWiki message delivery 23:48, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Unprotection request

I request the page Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II to be unprotected because It has been about 6 months since the funeral has passed. RapMonstaXY (talk) 08:53, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-11

MediaWiki message delivery 23:18, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-12

MediaWiki message delivery 01:24, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Brief mention on ANI

I've mentioned you on ANI as having properly blocked an editor in this section: Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Chronic_addition_of_unsourced_/_WP:OR_by_Donmccullen. Toddst1 (talk) 14:28, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-13

MediaWiki message delivery 01:12, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

T332505

I was just looking into that as a possible solution; a shame it is not that simple, but thank you for confirming. BilledMammal (talk) 03:14, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Ryanisgreat4444 abuse of rollback power

Ryanisgreat4444 completely ruined the work I put in on updating a page then just said he's doing his job as a rollback person. Everything I edited was accurate. I just happen to get to it first. He should not have these privileges unable to use common sense or Google for that matter to fact check before reverting. 174.16.79.161 (talk) 03:33, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

You protected this page in January 2017 due to persistent vandalism which also affected Talk:Zeitgeist (film series) and Talk:Peter Joseph. Do you believe continued protection of the talk pages is warranted? 67.180.143.89 (talk) 22:49, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Probably not (that would be a rare indef page protection..) — unprotectedTheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 23:04, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-14

MediaWiki message delivery 23:38, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration


Tech News: 2023-15

MediaWiki message delivery 20:04, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-16

MediaWiki message delivery 01:53, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

New Page Patrol – May 2023 Backlog Drive

New Page Patrol | May 2023 Backlog Drive
  • On 1 May, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin.
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Tech News: 2023-17

MediaWiki message delivery 22:02, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Notification of administrators without tools

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Tech News: 2023-18

MediaWiki message delivery 01:43, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 May newsletter

The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:

Other notable performances were put in by Sammi Brie, Thebiguglyalien, MyCatIsAChonk, Chicago PCN02WPS, and London AirshipJungleman29.

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:15, 2 May 2023 (UTC)