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Your submission at Articles for creation: Incineroar (March 10)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Robert McClenon were:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject. Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

This draft, as submitted by User:Pizzaplayer219, was relatively short, and provided less information than the article that was cut down to a redirect at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Incineroar. It would have been declined as not passing notability since it was less complete than the cutdown article. This draft was then (while waiting for review) edited by an unregistered editor, and appears to have been made into an exact copy or nearly exact copy of the article that was the subject of the deletion discussion.

Neither version can be accepted. Neither version passes the test of being an improvement on the redirected article. The version provided by the unregistered editor also is an attribution or copyleft violation, because it was copied from the cutdown article without attribution.

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Robert McClenon (talk) 03:38, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Pizzaplayer219! Having an article 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! Robert McClenon (talk) 03:38, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Incineroar has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Incineroar. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 02:26, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

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Tagging pages for speedy deletion

Hello, Pizzaplayer219,

You are still a new editor and you seem to be overdoing tagging pages for speedy deletion. Some of your taggings were inappropriate or showed a misunderstanding of the criteria. You can tell this if you tagged a page hours and hours ago and no admin has taken action on it or has chosen to remove the tag. Please review Criteria for Speedy Deletion so you are clear what the criteria are, which namespaces they apply to and when it might be more appropriate to use WP:PROD or WP:AFD.

If you have questions about Wikipedia's deletion processes, please bring them to the Teahouse. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:00, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

OK Sorry THE Pizzaplayer!^{TALK TO MEE!!} _contribs 13:13, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

I'll try to use XFD instead of SPD. THE Pizzaplayer!^{TALK TO MEE!!} _contribs 13:20, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

And I now understand that I have misused the tags. THE Pizzaplayer!^{TALK TO MEE!!} _contribs 13:24, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

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Pls say stuff here. THE Pizzaplayer!^{TALK TO MEE!!} _contribs 15:38, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

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Edit in Great Movie Ride

Hello, I think a mistake may have been made. My edit in the Great Movie Ride was removing what seems to be vandalism? The reference is for its replacement (Mickey and Minnie ride) but someone has claimed that the ride is returning in January when it is not. this needs to be cleaned up? 194.66.201.11 (talk) 15:40, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Ah sorry about this mistake I thought you were doing bad stuff. If you want to revert vandalism more easily then I suggest you make an account. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 15:46, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	You deserve this Salazar the terrible (talk) 16:56, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 16:58, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Tuckers marketplace

Tuckers Marketplace is reopening in ottawas byward market signage opening this fall went up. I live across the street

I hope you realize some companies don’t use websites only social media 2605:8D80:521:5ED7:3D99:9F42:9A63:9FA2 (talk) 14:26, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

I didn’t revert your edit. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 14:27, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Until now Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 14:48, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

@Pizzaplayer219Hello Pizzaplayer,

i'm Vittorio Corelli, the Italian Lawyer of Mr and Mrs Agostinelli. Mr Agostinelli want to modify the information of this page, by entering information about his wife. We can prove the source with the marriage certificate and the birth certificate of their four chirldren. How can we do that? Thanks in advance

Avv. Vittorio Maria Corelli 151.0.242.47 (talk) 17:05, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

See WP:SOURCE, WP:RS and ask the Wikipedia:Teahouse if you need anything else. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 17:16, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

You must be a bot. Thank you for your feedback. Michael the Holy Dragon (talk) 13:48, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

I am not a bot as that would be against the policy against unauthorized bots. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 13:58, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Then don't touch bigger things. :) Michael the Holy Dragon (talk) 14:05, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

What do you mean by that? Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 14:10, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

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Do not accuse an editor of lying unless you are absolutely sure. The WMF does send out mass emails to past donors signed by Wales and Iskander. Cullen328 (talk) 16:56, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Oh Sorry Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 16:56, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Toyota Avanza

The car has just launched recently, my apologies for editing too soon. I had restored the updated info. 101.128.126.142 (talk) 12:18, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

IIt is okay. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 12:19, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Alex Young

Played in the RLWC at the weekend. Please kindly remove it from draft.Fleets (talk) 16:30, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Moved it back as no response.Fleets (talk) 16:33, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

That doesn’t make him notable however at least in my opinion. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 16:37, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Then I suggest you take your small minded ideas elsewhere you fat troll.Fleets (talk) 16:41, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Please don’t make personal attacks and let us be civil. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 16:43, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

You attacked the World Cup, that's showing more than a lack of civility.Fleets (talk) 16:45, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of Jack Colovatti for deletion

As the draftifier you are welcome to join Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Colovatti. Ovinus (talk) 19:52, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Sorry about the AfD notice, the script saw you as the creator because it was a copy-paste move. Ovinus (talk) 19:54, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

It is okay. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 21:31, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

October 2022

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May I ask what account are you mentioning? As far as I know I don’t have any alt accounts. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 14:40, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

I didn't mention an account. Pabsoluterince (talk) 08:17, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Trout

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Because I stupidly nominated a article for deletion that was obviously notable and had sources and I didn’t cite any guidelines.

Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 20:54, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

I’ll just stick to RFD. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 20:56, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Frinton on Sea

I added the information that there is a Baptist church because I lived in Frinton and got married at the church! The church has a website https://www.frintonfree.com/ 195.213.116.150 (talk) 17:09, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

You’ll need a reliable source then. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 17:11, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

New name

I made this account to edit CassandraIsACoolChick19 (talk) 15:38, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Okay, I hope you edit constructively. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 15:41, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Unfortunately, they did not know how to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia and has been blocked indefinitely. Sarrail (talk) 17:35, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

I’m pretty sure they were an IP address that I had warned anyways. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 17:36, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Question

Can u delete my contributions I am embarrassed I don’t want anyone knowing that stuff Johnny163829 (talk) 17:16, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

You can remove contributions, but they will forever remain in the history. Forever. So edit carefully. — Moops ^⋠T⋡ 17:18, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

@Johnny163829 I am not a administrator nor a oversighter. See WP:OVERSIGHT to see how to delete your contributions (though they most likely won’t be deleted). Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 18:01, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

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Germany Population

Hi Pizzaplayer219, I see you have reject my contribution to the Germany article regarding its population, may I ask why? MarioWood12345 (talk) 17:46, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

It’s because you didn’t provide any reliable sources. You would’ve known about this if you read the reply I made. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 17:49, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

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Among Us VR

The first paragraph of the Gameplay section has no citations. Can you add some? BorgQueen (talk) 01:12, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

I’m pretty sure that the citations on paragraph 2 support the information on paragraph 1, If I am not mistaken. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 13:14, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Yup. I took care of that. Thanks. BorgQueen (talk) 13:23, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Among Us VR

On 10 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Among Us VR, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the developers of Among Us VR said that the game could have been too spooky? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Among Us VR. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Among Us VR), 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.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-02

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Recent changes

You can use tags to filter edits in the recent changes feed or on your watchlist. You can now use tags to filter out edits you don't want to see. Previously you could only use tags to focus on the edits with those tags. [11]
Special:WhatLinksHere shows all pages that link to a specific page. There is now a prototype for how to sort those pages alphabetically. You can see the discussion in the Phabricator ticket.
You can now use the thanks function on your watchlist and the user contribution page. [12]
A wiki page can be moved to give it a new name. You can now get a dropdown menu with common reasons when you move a page. This is so you don't have to write the explanation every time. [13]
Matrix is a chat tool. You can now use matrix: to create Matrix links on wiki pages. [14]
You can filter out translations when you look at the recent changes on multilingual wikis. This didn't hide translation pages. You can now also hide subpages which are translation pages. [15]

Changes later this week

Realtime preview for wikitext is a tool which lets editors preview the page when they edit wikitext. It will be enabled for all users of the 2010 wikitext editor. You will find it in the editor toolbar.
Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 10 January at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 12 January at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 January. It will be on all wikis from 12 January (calendar).

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:06, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-03

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Problems

The URLs in "prev" links on page history now contain diff=prev&oldid=[revision ID] in place of diff=[revision ID]&oldid=[revision ID]. This is to fix a problem with links pointing to incorrect diffs when history was filtered by a tag. Some user scripts may break as a result of this change. [16]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 January. It will be on all wikis from 19 January (calendar).
Some changes to the appearance of talk pages have only been available on Talk: and User talk: namespaces. These will be extended to other talk namespaces, such as Wikipedia talk:. They will continue to be unavailable in non-talk namespaces, including Wikipedia: pages (e.g., at the Village Pump). You can change your preferences (beta feature). [17]
On Wikisources, when an image is zoomed or panned in the Page: namespace, the same zoom and pan settings will be remembered for all Page: namespace pages that are linked to a particular Index: namespace page. [18]
The Vector 2022 skin will become the default for the English Wikipedia desktop users. The change will take place on January 18 at 15:00 UTC. Learn more.

Future changes

The 2023 edition of the Community Wishlist Survey, which invites contributors to make technical proposals and vote for tools and improvements, starts next week on 23 January 2023 at 18:00 UTC. You can start drafting your proposals in the CWS sandbox.

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:08, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-04

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Problems

Last week, for ~15 minutes, all wikis were unreachable for logged-in users and non-cached pages. This was caused by a timing issue. [19]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 January. It will be on all wikis from 26 January (calendar).
If you have the Beta Feature for DiscussionTools enabled, the appearance of talk pages will add more information about discussion activity. [20][21]
The 2023 edition of the Community Wishlist Survey (CWS), which invites contributors to make technical proposals and vote for tools and improvements, starts on Monday 23 January 2023 at 18:00 UTC.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:44, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-05

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Problems

Last week, for ~15 minutes, some users were unable to log in or edit pages. This was caused by a problem with session storage. [22]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 February. It will be on all wikis from 2 February (calendar).

Future changes

Wikis that use localized numbering schemes for references need to add new CSS. This will help to show citation numbers the same way in all reading and editing modes. If your wiki would prefer to do it yourselves, please see the details and example CSS to copy from, and also add your wiki to the list. Otherwise, the developers will directly help out starting the week of February 5.

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

Tech News: 2023-06

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Recent changes

In the Vector 2022 skin, logged-out users using the full-width toggle will be able to see the setting of their choice even after refreshing pages or opening new ones. This only applies to wikis where Vector 2022 is the default. [23]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 February. It will be on all wikis from 9 February (calendar).
Previously, we announced when some wikis would be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. These switches will not be announced any more, as the read-only time has become non-significant. Switches will continue to happen at 7AM UTC on Tuesdays and Thursdays. [24]
Across all the wikis, in the Vector 2022 skin, logged-in users will see the page-related links such as "What links here" in a new side menu. It will be displayed on the other side of the screen. This change had previously been made on Czech, English, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. [25]
Community Wishlist Survey 2023 will stop receiving new proposals on Monday, 6 February 2023, at 18:00 UTC. Proposers should complete any edits by then, to give time for translations and review. Voting will begin on Friday, 10 February.

Future changes

Gadgets and user scripts will be changing to load on desktop and mobile sites. Previously they would only load on the desktop site. It is recommended that wiki administrators audit the gadget definitions prior to this change, and add skins=… for any gadgets which should not load on mobile. More details are available.

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

Tech News: 2023-07

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Problems

On wikis where patrolled edits are enabled, changes made to the mentor list by autopatrolled mentors are not correctly marked as patrolled. It will be fixed later this week. [26]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 February. It will be on all wikis from 16 February (calendar).
The Reply tool and other parts of DiscussionTools will be deployed for all editors using the mobile site. You can read more about this decision. [27]

Future changes

All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [28][29][30]

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

Recent redirect

Hello Pizzaplayer219, I hope you're well. I was reviewing redirects as part of the New Page Patrol process and I found that you had recently created Ligma Balls. While I understand this "person" recently used it as a punchline based on their name, I don't believe that Rahul Ligma is a good target. It's a joke that's been in use for 20+ years and I'd say it's likely better as a red link, but that's just my opinion which I recognize not everyone may share. I'm not going to send it to WP:MfD at the moment, but I thought I'd mention it to you since you're fairly active there and you're a frequent nominator yourself. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:23, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

In my opinion, I do think that Rahul Ligma is a good target as it does mention the joke in Rahul Ligma#Background. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 14:30, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-08

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Problems

Last week, during planned maintenance of Cloud Services, unforeseen complications forced the team to turn off all tools for 2–3 hours to prevent data corruption. Work is ongoing to prevent similar problems in the future. [31]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 February. It will be on all wikis from 23 February (calendar).
The voting phase for the Community Wishlist Survey 2023 ends on 24 February at 18:00 UTC. The results of the survey will be announced on 28 February.

Future changes

All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [32][33][34]

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

my unusual articles edit

cmon man, you're allowed to be more laid back and jokey on that page, a straight description of 'sex with hitler' is more ridiculous anyhow GGISHERE - witness my glory - insult me 09:23, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-09

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Problems

Last week, in some areas of the world, there were problems with loading pages for 20 minutes and saving edits for 55 minutes. These issues were caused by a problem with our caching servers due to unforseen events during a routine maintenance task. [35][36]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 March. It will be on all wikis from 2 March (calendar).
All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. [37]

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

Tech News: 2023-10

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 Community Wishlist Survey 2023 edition has been concluded. Community Tech has published the results of the survey and will provide an update on what is next in April 2023.
On wikis which use LanguageConverter to handle multiple writing systems, articles which used custom conversion rules in the wikitext (primarily on Chinese Wikipedia) would have these rules applied inconsistently in the table of contents, especially in the Vector 2022 skin. This has now been fixed. [38]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 March. It will be on all wikis from 9 March (calendar).
A search system has been added to the Preferences screen. This will let you find different options more easily. Making it work on mobile devices will happen soon. [39]

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

Latest (and most likely final) issue of the WP:VG newsletter

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter
Volume 14, No. 1 — 1st Quarter, 2023
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Tech News: 2023-11

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 14 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 March. It will be on all wikis from 16 March (calendar).
Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Chavacano de Zamboanga Wikipedia, Min Dong Chinese Wikipedia, Chechen Wikipedia, Cebuano Wikipedia, Chamorro Wikipedia, Cherokee Wikipedia, Cheyenne Wikipedia, Central Kurdish Wikipedia, Corsican Wikipedia, Kashubian Wikipedia, Church Slavic Wikipedia, Chuvash Wikipedia, Welsh Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [40][41]

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

Tech News: 2023-12

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

Problems

Last week, some users experienced issues loading image thumbnails. This was due to incorrectly cached images. [42]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 March. It will be on all wikis from 23 March (calendar).
A link to the user's Special:CentralAuth page will appear on Special:Contributions — some user scripts which previously added this link may cause conflicts. This feature request was voted #17 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.
The Special:AbuseFilter edit window will be resizable and larger by default. This feature request was voted #80 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.
There will be a new option for Administrators when they are unblocking a user, to add the unblocked user’s user page to their watchlist. This will work both via Special:Unblock and via the API. [43]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Wikipedia mobile apps teams. During the meeting, we will discuss the current features and future roadmap. The meeting will be on 24 March at 17:00 (UTC). See details and how to join.

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

Tech News: 2023-13

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

The AbuseFilter condition limit was increased from 1000 to 2000. [44]
Some Global AbuseFilter actions will no longer apply to local projects. [45]
Desktop users are now able to subscribe to talk pages by clicking on the Subscribe link in the Tools menu. If you subscribe to a talk page, you receive notifications when new topics are started on that talk page. This is separate from putting the page on your watchlist or subscribing to a single discussion. [46]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 March. It will be on all wikis from 30 March (calendar).

Future changes

You will be able to choose visual diffs on all history pages at the Wiktionaries and Wikipedias. [47]
The legacy Mobile Content Service is going away in July 2023. Developers are encouraged to switch to Parsoid or another API before then to ensure service continuity. [48]

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

Tech News: 2023-14

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

The system for automatically creating categories for the Babel extension has had several important changes and fixes. One of them allows you to insert templates for automatic category descriptions on creation, allowing you to categorize the new categories. [49][50][51][52][53]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 April. It will be on all wikis from 6 April (calendar).
Some older Web browsers will stop being able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis from this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. If you have an old web browser on your computer you can try to upgrade to a newer version. [54]
The deprecated jquery.hoverIntent module has been removed. This module could be used by gadgets and user scripts, to create an artificial delay in how JavaScript responds to a hover event. Gadgets and user scripts should now use jQuery hover() or on() instead. Examples can be found in the migration guide. [55]
Some of the links in Special:SpecialPages will be re-arranged. There will be a clearer separation between links that relate to all users, and links related to your own user account. [56]
You will be able to hide the Reply button in archived discussion pages with a new __ARCHIVEDTALK__ magic word. There will also be a new .mw-archivedtalk CSS class for hiding the Reply button in individual sections on a page. [57][58][59]

Future changes

The Vega software that creates data visualizations in pages, such as graphs, will be upgraded to the newest version in the future. Graphs that still use the very old version 1.5 syntax may stop working properly. Most existing uses have been found and updated, but you can help to check, and to update any local documentation. Examples of how to find and fix these graphs are available.

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

Administrators' newsletter – April 2023

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

Administrator changes

Aoidh

KillerChihuahua

CheckUser changes

Ferret

Guideline and policy news

A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard.

Technical news

Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. (T178356)
The rollback of Vector 2022 RfC has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
A link to the user's Special:CentralAuth page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on Special:Contributions. This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.

Arbitration

The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:11, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-15

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

In the visual editor, it is now possible to edit captions of images in galleries without opening the gallery dialog. This feature request was voted #61 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [60]
You can now receive notifications when another user edits your user page. See the "Edits to my user page" option in your Preferences. This feature request was voted #3 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [61]

Problems

There was a problem with all types of CentralNotice banners still being shown to logged-in users even if they had turned off specific banner types. This has now been fixed. [62]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 April. It will be on all wikis from 13 April (calendar).
Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Moroccan Arabic Wikipedia, Danish Wikipedia, Dinka Wikipedia, Lower Sorbian Wikipedia, Ewe Wikipedia, Greek Wikipedia, Emiliano-Romagnolo Wikipedia, Esperanto Wikipedia, Estonian Wikipedia, Basque Wikipedia, Extremaduran Wikipedia, Tumbuka Wikipedia, Fulah Wikipedia, Finnish Wikipedia, Võro Wikipedia, Fijian Wikipedia, Faroese Wikipedia, Arpitan Wikipedia, Northern Frisian Wikipedia, Friulian Wikipedia, Irish Wikipedia, Guianan Creole Wikipedia, Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia, Galician Wikipedia, Gilaki Wikipedia, Guarani Wikipedia, Goan Konkani Wikipedia, Gothic Wikipedia, Gujarati Wikipedia, Manx Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [63][64]

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MediaWiki message delivery 20:03, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-16

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

Recent changes

You can now see nearby articles on a Kartographer map with the button for the new feature "Show nearby articles". Six wikis have been testing this feature since October. [65][66]
The Special:GlobalWatchlist page now has links for "mark page as read" for each entry. This feature request was voted #161 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [67]

Problems

At Wikimedia Commons, some thumbnails have not been getting replaced correctly after a new version of the image is uploaded. This should be fixed later this week. [68][69]
For the last few weeks, some external tools had inconsistent problems with logging-in with OAuth. This has now been fixed. [70]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 April. It will be on all wikis from 20 April (calendar).

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

Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 April 21#Doctor Dre

May want to reopen that one. I agree with your stance on the nominator (obviously), but the vote by UtherSRG goes against your close. Steel1943 (talk) 22:11, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Reverted. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 22:17, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Steel1943 (talk) 22:18, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-17

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

The date-selection menu on pages such as Special:Contributions will now show year-ranges that are in the current and past decade, instead of the current and future decade. This feature request was voted #145 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [71]

Problems

Due to security issues with the Graph extension, graphs have been disabled in all Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia Foundation teams are working to respond to these vulnerabilities. [72]
For a few days, it was not possible to save some kinds of edits on the mobile version of a wiki. This has been fixed. [73][74][75]

Changes later this week

All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on April 26. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. [76]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 April. It will be on all wikis from 27 April (calendar).

Future changes

The Editing team plans an A/B test for a usability analysis of the Talk page project. The planned measurements are available. Your wiki may be invited to participate. Please suggest improvements to the measurement plan at the discussion page.
The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input until May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023 on Meta-wiki.

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

Tech News: 2023-18

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

The content attribution tools Who Wrote That?, XTools Authorship, and XTools Blame now support the French and Italian Wikipedias. More languages will be added in the near future. This is part of the #7 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [77][78][79]
The Video2commons tool has been updated. This fixed several bugs related to YouTube uploads. [80]
The Special:Preferences page has been redesigned on mobile web. The new design makes it easier to browse the different categories and settings at low screen widths. You can also now access the page via a link in the Settings menu in the mobile web sidebar. [81]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 May. It will be on all wikis from 4 May (calendar).

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

Administrators' newsletter – May 2023

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

Administrator changes

Spicy

CheckUser changes

Jimbo Wales

Oversighter changes

Jimbo Wales

Guideline and policy news

A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

Technical news

Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.

Arbitration

The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.

Miscellaneous

The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:23, 3 May 2023 (UTC)