User talk:Abelmoschus Esculentus

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Elaine Joyce

You said that you removed a fact about Elaine Joyce I wrote. Would be helpful if you'd tell me which one you felt had no citation. Everything I posted had citations.

November 2018

鉴于所谓“共識(consensus)”问题，我停止对所有Ymblanter的照片修改，不过对所谓“分裂性的修改”，“個人圖片集”的指责，我很遗憾。--Tyg728 (talk) 03:33, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

(Translation) Regarding the “consensus” problem, I have stopped editing Ymblanter’s photos (??), but I feel disappointed about the accusations such as “disruptive editing” and “personal photo collection” ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 06:23, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

@Tyg728: 讓我澄清一件事-你修改那些圖片是完全沒有問題的，但是如果有任何人反對你的改動而且想和你討論相關問題，你就不應該盲目地因自己喜好而堅持自己的決定和完全忽略別人的意見或想法（破壞性/分裂性的修改）。我們尋求的是共識（我已經解釋給你聽）。而且，英文維基百科有一個規則叫Three revert rule(WP:3RR)，限制一個用戶不能在24小時內回退三次在同一頁面作出的修改，違者將被暫時封禁。我建議你和Ymblanter好好討論一番才繼續修改吧。

(Translation) Let me make things clear - it is totally appropriate for you to be bold to change the photos, but if someone cintested your actions and want to discuss the matter with you, then you should not persist your own opinions and neglecting others’ thoughts (WP:DE). We should seek consensus (I’ve explained this to you). Also, there is a rule called the “Three revert rule” in English Wikipedia which forbiddens usersperforming 3 reverts on a single page within 24 hours, and violators will be sanctioned. I suggest you and Ymblanter to discuss before you edit anything. ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (alt) (talk to me) 06:11, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

@Ymblanter: 此车站的无柱站厅很有特色，增加站厅的照片，编辑中没有去除你的照片。How about this change?--Tyg728 (talk) 14:06, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

(Translation) @Ymblanter: The pillarless concourse of this station is special. [I] added a few photos of the concourse without removing yours. How about this change? ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 10:12, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Indefinite block

From the user posting this: Give me an indefinite global block. I'll be very proud. I've been told my edits were bad but back then that wasn't their intention. After all, no edit isn't vandalism (right now). Just give me no chances. I know that those edits were made not to vandalize or disrupt Wikipedia but treat me as a person deported from a major country.211.27.126.189 (talk) 10:25, 18 November 2018 (UTC) No jokes.211.27.126.189 (talk) 10:32, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

IPs should not be indefinitely blocked. Rules are rules and they ought to be followed. We seek consensus here. If you continue to edit without (against) consensus and refuse to participate in the discussion, then it is regarded as disruptive editing. You are proud of your incompetence in following simple rules and ask for sanctions as if you're the only rational one? ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 10:39, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

My point is that I feel like my edits have been looked too much on the negative side. I tried replying that those edits weren't made to make things bad (some vandalism on my talk page and admin noticeboard because those warnings made me quite angry is all I did to make something bad on Wikipedia on purpose) but that was pointless, contrary to what was expected from me.

BTW I don't have interest in a username (in case you thought it would be better which is quite reasonable), so I'm not sure how long I could be blocked for. Now it seems like IP accounts mostly stay unblocked, and when that's not the case, the block is usually very short (maybe over within 24 hours of coming into effect).

PS 123.243.100.66 as an IP account for Wikipedia is also the same person in real life.

Finally, I don't feel so angry now that I've been typing so much but I need something on my talk page or at least very easy accessible. A way to tell whether an edit meant for the better is actually for the better. IF you've seen empty information on games in the 2018 World Chess Championship (as in the Wikipedia page), that thing I want to get will probably dissuade me from putting such information on the same or similar articles every again. In fact, I think an edit from me or 123.243.100.66 should always be assumed as good faith (what I mean when talking about an edit which doesn't actually improve, but has no bad intention).211.27.126.189 (talk) 10:56, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for expressing your opinion. Although your edits are made in good faith, as I've said before - they must adhere to policies. I totally understand why you added those frameworks in World Chess Championship 2018, but since Fbergo objected your edit, and you continued to revert neglecting the opposition (thus violated the three revert rule), CaradhrasAiguo took the most appropriate action - report to the edit warring noticeboard.

In case you don't know, <!-- TEXT --> act as a reminder or note, readers cannot see the "TEXT" as it is hidden.

The article appears to be a current event, many editors are paying attention to it, so there is no need to remind yourself add the missing information as soon as possible where the events have not happened yet. Please be mindful. Regarding the IP address indefinite block, see here. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 11:22, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

I have no interest in adding the framework now that its pointless given a few users disagree. Lesson learned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.27.126.189 (talk) 11:37, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Unfortunately, your report is still at the edit warring noticeboard. Good luck ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 11:39, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

I've seen the report but I think I don't need a block (in my opinion, and you're not the user reporting me).211.27.126.189 (talk) 11:46, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

What do you mean by "I don't need a block"? It should be the reviewing administrator who decides whether or not to block, not yourself. You are welcome to comment in it. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 11:48, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

I'm not trying to officially decide whether I'll be blocked (which doesn't even make any sense).211.27.126.189 (talk) 11:54, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

My block is over, and I think your username (no offence) is also a scientific name. Right?211.27.126.189 (talk) 09:31, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Not that scientific. I just like it. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 10:15, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Hope you can really learn from your block and edit constructively. Happy editing. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 10:18, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

BTW I used a user talk page to send someone a link to a related article talk page and said it was spam. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.27.126.189 (talk) 09:18, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Zvanyy Uzhin

Hello there, Have you noticed that this one is not a biography but an article about a TV show? You can not use BLPPROD on such articles. I guess it's an error from your end as BLPPROD is only for biographical articles with zero sourcing. Thanks. Hitro talk 14:04, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

@HitroMilanese: Oh seems I didn't notice that it is not a BLP but a TV show (I don't know why). Removed the BLPPROD tag. Thanks for your reminder. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 14:07, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Knockbeg category

Hi there, just spotted the category you created through AfC. I'm used to renaming articles, but not too sure about categories, but the spelling is Knockbeg College, which itself is a redirect. I'm not sure how to proceed. Thanks! Smirkybec (talk) 17:07, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

 Fixed ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 09:14, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Userpage

Can you Design my userpage more attractive and helpful too ? As i found that you're intrested to design userpage as per user request.  TheRedBox (Talk) 21:04, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2018)

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Tech News: 2018-47

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Recent changes

• You can vote on proposals in the Community Wishlist Survey. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can vote until 30 November.
• There is an A/B test for sameAs data. This is to make it easier to find the right information with a search engine. This changes the metadata for a wiki page. It doesn't change how the page looks. [1]

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 21 November at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• The Wikimedia wikis use templates to show readers there are problems with the content on some pages. For example if there are no sources or the page needs to be rewritten. The mobile website will soon show more information when you use these templates. Some templates may need to be updated. [2]
• The Education Program extension was removed from all Wikimedia projects. The database tables used by the extension will be archived. This will happen in a month. If you want the information on your wiki you should move it to a normal wiki page. [3]

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23:28, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Wow... you really amaze me by the amount of edits you could get done in a day. I wish I had the time but school really messes it all up. By the way, how's my progress? Your friend, – Yanjipy (talk) 03:37, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi @Yanjipy:. It's been a long time since we've last chatted. Thanks for you kind words. Since you aren't active recently, I can't say you have a huge progress. Hope you have fun at school. Cheers, ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 08:37, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #339

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

• Events
  • Baltic Audiovisual Archives Council Conference in Tallinn, Estonia - November 7, 2018. Sandra F. gave a keynote on GLAM-Wiki projects, Wikidata and Structured Data on Commons.
  • Museum Computer Network conference in Denver, Colorado - November 14, 2018. - Andrew Lih gave a presentation, A First Date with Wikidata
  • Wikicite on 27-29 November 2018: the program is published

• Other Noteworthy Stuff
  • A new tool to display Wikimedia Commons categories (and Wikipedia/Wikidata tags) with coordinates on the OSM map
  • The Association of Research Libraries published the draft of a Wikidata Task Force White Paper on how libraries and Wikidata/ Wikibase con join forces aroud linked open data for both library discovery systems and Wikipedia, and advancing a diversity and inclusion agenda in the cultures of both libraries and Wikimedia. The draft is open for public comment until 30 November.

• Did you know?
  • Newest properties:
    • General datatypes: Winterthur Glossar URL, IIIF manifest, category for members of a team, chord progression, season ends, number of volunteers
    • External identifiers: DBU playerprofile, AllMusic release ID, MusicNotes product ID, Playbill venue ID, Portal to the Flora of Italy ID, Digital Flora of Central Africa ID, Envanter.gov.tr Monument ID, Letterboxd actor ID, Argentinean NCAA Airport code, MusicNotes song ID, B3Kat dataset ID, Sotheby's person ID, Santiebeati ID, Letterboxd film ID, Threatened Species Link ID, Littera ID, Soccerway team ID, Playbill person ID, Siamzone film ID, Thaifilm ID, VD 18 ID, Newseum newspaper front page ID, APA ID, SWH Release ID, Virtual Guide to the Flora of Mongolia ID, DanNet 2.2 word ID, À nos grands hommes ID, Verspreidingsatlas.nl ID, BioOne journal ID, ortsnamen.ch ID, Academy Awards Database film ID, The Hendon Mob ID
  • New property proposals to review:
    • General datatypes: work quoted textually, verbally or lyrically, work whose melody is quoted, excerpt, exonym, Danmarks Statistiks filmkode, text features, mission statement, number of lines, number of stations, funding scheme, noun class, eponymous category, taxa protected, river bank, tautomer of, Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking, proper name of astronomical object, research site
    • External identifiers: Corpus typographique français ID, Academy Awards Database nominee ID, World Poker Tour ID, ANICA ID, r-hockey.ru person ID, Sotheby's Museum Network ID, Académie d'Arles member ID, Google News publication ID, ALCA ID, Luding editor ID, BoardGeekGame editor ID, Atlas of Florida Plants ID, British Executions ID, System16 identifier, BLR ID, LEGO set ID, LEGO design ID, LEGO element ID, NAS ID, Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States ID, Welsh Book Trade Info ID, Sega Saturn game ID, TWAS Fellow ID, Bitraga author ID, Bitraga work ID, EUNIS ID, Cal-IPC ID, eFloraSA id, Dimensions Publication ID, Dimensions Source ID, Dimensions Author ID, Microsoft Academic Work ID, Microsoft Academic Source ID, Microsoft Academic Author ID, Microsoft Academic Institution ID
  • Query examples:
    • Battles with location and date in Wikidata (source)
    • Pictures depicting a kiss with IIIF manifest (source)
    • Software-related companies founded by women (source)
    • Films based on video games (source)
  • Newest database reports: Vasily
  • Showcase items: Fugger

• Development
  • Fixed a bug that was saving the statement too early when trying to add a qualifier with the keyboard (phab:T154869)
  • Made changes to disallow edits (until the user reloads) if they accidentally get logged out. (phab:T124451)
  • Turn the new change tag back on wikidatawiki (phab:T208846)
  • Better linting against things that don't work in IE11
  • Fixed the wdqs-frontend docker image (phab:T208681, phab:T209206)
  • Fixed html elements in the table result of wdqs (phab:T207257, thanks to user:Frog23)
  • Getting ontology changes deployed to wikiba.se
  • Using maplink or mapframe to view coords on wikidata (phab:T184933)
  • Consistent capitalization of Lexeme/Form/Sense/Item/Property in UI messages
  • Make Lexemes appear in global usage of Commons files (phab:T204066)
  • Work on a new interface for the termbox on mobile (phab:T207150)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.

• Monthly Tasks
  • Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
  • Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
  • Suggested and open tasks!
  • Contribute to a Showcase item.
  • Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
  • Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
  • Help write the next summary!

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Has Vijay (actor) article been compared to any Hollywood actors like Tom cruise rofl why then the unnecessary non neutral tag if it's sourced admin??

Why the unnecessary neutrality tag has been added to this article. I am new to wikipedia but if the sources are correct and mentioned as per the source why neutrality tag. Please explain??? my friend says This guy is biggest current superstar in south india nothing his mentioned about it and this article is still outdated and neutral. This guy has got numerous fans and some haters as well. It should've been added by a hater of him who doesnt like his growth since he has won a Iara international award. Kindly admis please remove unnecessary neutral tag. Many thanks. Weryops (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:22, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Responded at Talk:Vijay (actor). —KuyaBriBri^Talk 17:40, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

(watching)...second lesson of Wikipedia: When a seven-hour old account says "I'm new to wikipedia but", and proceeds to discuss guidelines and tags at length...they aint. Carry on  :) ——SerialNumber54129 18:58, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Cabal Approved

How can I get the stamp on the Wikipedia logo in my user/talk page?--Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 02:56, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

{{tinc}} ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 02:57, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. But how can I get on the Wikipedia logo?--Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 03:00, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

I don't know. Having a tinc stamp on the Wikipedia logo is weird... ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 03:04, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Ok, I won't put it on the logo. :) --Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 03:10, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

User Script

How is a User Script made?--Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 03:10, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

See WP:US ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 03:26, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Template

I saw a template for "Fuck No" with an X in front of it. What's the template for "Fuck No"?--Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 03:13, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

 Fuck no {{not done|Fuck no}} (probably the shortest code I can think of, there are many other ways to make that) ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 03:26, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks.--Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 03:27, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

User:Thegooduser/Status

How can I add a custom status? --Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 03:34, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

This one only supports "online", "busy", "around", "offline" and "sleep", others are regarded as "Unknown". You may put a big notice box like "Status: YOUR STATUS HERE" with bold, italic or whatever font style you like, but you have to update it manually. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 03:37, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Good job with that, mate. I guess the lad was just mimicking you after all. MBlaze Lightning 07:13, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

@MBlaze Lightning: Not really... I hurt an experienced editor. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 07:30, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

IP Banned

Hey mate, I was scrolling through a wikipedia post when an info box popped up and said I had 4 unread messages, and when I clicked on the link I noticed that it said my IP had been banned, for an edit on an article I had never seen. I thought you should know that this IP is not a real IP, just a VPN connected through the Psiphon3 application. As this IP will be recorded I will not write it down but I thought you should know that this is one (of many) IPs that are used by the Psiphon3 Application. Sorry for the inconvenience, and it doesn't affect me in any way (my IP will change again next time I connect) but I thought that it would be helpful for you. Thanks for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.38.60.98 (talk) 12:39, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

(talk page watcher)Yep, I always recommend the old "pretend it wasn't me that did the vandalism" routine. ——SerialNumber54129 12:44, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

And that seems to be working fine :) ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 15:19, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Userboxes

I've decided to no have userboxes, so I don't need this. Thank you for helping people. Aurornisxui (talk) 22:27, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Are you still making userboxes for others? If so, can you use this image https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stacks_view.jpg and say "Research is my superpower" ( without the quotes). Thanks Aurornisxui (talk) 20:18, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2018)

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Tech News: 2018-48

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

Recent changes

• On wikis with translatable pages you could create a mess when you moved a page that had translatable subpages. A subpage is when you use / to create a new page: /wiki/Page/Subpage. The subpages would be moved but not the translations. The subpages are no longer automatically be moved. This is to make it safer to move pages. [4]

Changes later this week

• The advanced search interface will be available by default on all Wikimedia wikis. It makes it easier to use some of the special search functions that most editors don't know exist. It's already active on German, Farsi, Arabic and Hungarian Wikipedia. [5]
• Special:UnusedCategories show empty categories with no files or other categories. You can soon choose to not show soft redirect categories or some maintenance categories there. You can do this with the magic word __EXPECTUNUSEDCATEGORY__. [6]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 November. It will be on all wikis from 29 November (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 28 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• The mw.util.jsMessage() function was deprecated in 2012. It will be removed next week. Look for the warning Use of "mw.util.jsMessage" is deprecated in the JavaScript console to know if you use an affected script or gadget. If you are a gadget maintainer you should check if your JavaScript code contains mw.util.jsMessage. There is a migration guide. It explains how to use mw.notify instead. [7]

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22:22, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Userbox Design

@Abelmoschus Esculentus:Hello , in the page Wikipedia:Userboxes it said that you made userboxes upon request . So , could you make an userbox where it said I "cordially disliked" Borussia Dortmund ? If it is O.K. with you , then thanks for your help . Grunthog (talk) 11:08, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

 Doing... ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 11:44, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

@Abelmoschus Esculentus: Thanks . Grunthog (talk) 12:13, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

I can't guarantee whether or not it's totally appropriate to use the logo since it's not a free use image. Do you have any other suggestions for the image? ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 12:23, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

@Abelmoschus Esculentus:The logo/image in black lettering upon yellow background , " BVB " , text , yellow lettering upon black background , "This user cordially dislikes Borussia Dortmund ." Grunthog (talk) 12:46, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

I have said that the logo you mentioned is non-free use image. Can you choose another one? ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 12:53, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

@Abelmoschus Esculentus:Can't it say , "This User hates B.V.B ?"Grunthog (talk) 12:58, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

I am referring to the image. You want an image or not? Please state it clearly. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 13:25, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #340

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

• Discussions
  • New request for comments: Referencing websites: how do we store the website title?, Many surname items had been un merged because of failure to communicate.

• Events
  • Past: women editathon in Mexico City, November 24th
  • Past: Wikidata "Train the trainers" workshop in Berlin, November 23th-25th
  • Running: WikiCite 2018, November 27th-29th, Berkeley, California, USA. Some livestream will be provided on Youtube
  • Upcoming: Wikidata "Train the trainers" workshop in Vienna, November 30th-December 2nd
  • Upcoming: Wikidata meetup in Berlin, with a focus on Open Refine, January 15th

• Press, articles, blog posts, videos
  • Wikidata-related videos during GLAMwiki conference:
    • Wikidata — What's new - Jens Ohlig
    • A Gentle Introduction to Wikidata for Absolute Beginners - Asaf Bartov
    • SPARQL workshop - Maarten Dammers
    • Engaging GLAM institutions with Wikidata - Sharing Experiences and Techniques - Andrew Lih
    • Sum of all Paintings and Open Data - Maarten Dammers
    • Wikidata’s role in metadata creation and reuse workflows in libraries - Michelle Futornick
    • Open your structured GLAM data with Wikibase — install your own instance of the technology behind Wikidata - Jens Ohlig
    • Impact and potential of structured data on Wikimedia projects for the GLAM sector - Sandra Fauconnier
    • Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons - Introduction and panel of Wikimedia pilots
  • Introduction to Wikidata in 7min by Asaf Bartov
  • Introduction to Wikidata by Lydia Pintscher in 20min, during Shani Evenstein's university course about Wikidata

• Other Noteworthy Stuff
  • Wikidata Senses (documentation), new tool by User:Vesihiisi to add senses to lexemes
  • The Swedish National Heritage Board has started working on a project, related to Structured Data on Commons, that focuses on ways to feed back improved (crowdsourced) metadata to cultural institutions who contribute media files to Wikimedia Commons.
    • Please alert your GLAM partners to a new survey about crowdsourcing, metadata and Wikimedia Commons, which informs the research for this project!
  • Scribe, a project to support under-resourced Wikipedias based on Wikidata's content, has been proposed for a grant
  • Tool to convert Wikibase JSON to RDF without storing it in a repository
  • Call for paper for the data quality workshop in Berlin on January 18th. Open until December 3rd

• Did you know?
  • Newest properties:
    • General datatypes: running mate, research site, quotes work
    • External identifiers: World Poker Tour player ID, GLAMOS glacier ID, Academy Awards Database nominee ID, ANICA ID, National Portrait Gallery (United States) object ID, r-hockey.ru person ID, Sotheby's Museum Network ID, MNAV artist ID, Google News publication ID, ALCA author ID, Atlas of Florida Plants ID, BoardGeekGame game publisher ID, Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States ID, Luding game publisher ID, NAS ID, Depósito Legal ID, Corpus typographique français ID, British Executions ID, Bantu Lexical Reconstructions ID, Welsh Book Trade Info ID, System16 identifier, Académie d'Arles member ID, Sega Saturn game ID, Bitraga author ID, TWAS Fellow ID, Bitraga work ID, Cal-IPC ID, EUNIS ID, Dimensions Author ID, Dimensions Publication ID, Dimensions Source ID, Disney A to Z ID
  • New property proposals to review:
    • General datatypes: language use, has variant, has version, rationale text, HABS ID, Wikia Article URL, CNPJ
    • External identifiers: AJOL ID, Microsoft Academic Source ID, GameFAQs company ID, BDFA player ID, Sabinet ID, NSW State Archives and Records Authority Agency ID, Guida al fumetto italiano ID, Bygdeband location, OeBL 1815-1950 ID, Badtaste ID, Badgames ID, defined term ID, Wikia Article ID, Female mexican soccer players ID, Geolex ID, OBV editions, BBC News topic id, member of the Portuguese parliament ID
  • Query examples:
    • Place and century of discovery of the archaeological objects of St Raymond museum (France) (source)
    • Location of city halls in Spain (source)
    • Timeline of famous pirates (source)
    • Authors who are the most cited in Nature Chemistry (source)
    • Scholarly articles published about Wikidata (adapted from here)
    • The world's 200 tallest mountains, and whether Wikidata knows they've been climbed (source)
  • Newest WikiProjects: WikiProject Kākāpō, WikiProject Scholia
  • Newest database reports: Fugger

• Development
  • Fix an error when entering an incomplete filename (phab:T199420)
  • Fix the unreadable references for unpriviledged users (phab:T186006)
  • Create new page properties for number of Forms and Senses of a Lexeme (phab:T199611)
  • Adapt the API to efficiently format large numbers of entity IDs (phab:T207484)
  • Switch "save" to "publish" in the Lexeme interface (phab:T203354)
  • Fix a bug showing outdated link formats in the history of Lexemes (phab:T208423)
  • Add Special:MergeLexemes to Special:SpecialPages (phab:T204397)
  • Add Wikipedia link in the other projects sidebar of Wikisource (phab:T180303, thanks to Tpt)
  • Work on displaying the language of the gloss with the language name, both in reading and editing mode (phab:T203457, phab:T209931)
  • More work on improving the interface of the termbox on mobile

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.

• Monthly Tasks
  • Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
  • Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
  • Suggested and open tasks!
  • Contribute to a Showcase item.
  • Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
  • Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
  • Help write the next summary!

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Adoption

Hello, I have spent most of my time on Wikipedia fighting vandalism. I would love to learn some more about better (and faster) ways to fight it from a more experienced editor A 10 fireplane (talk) 18:46, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

@A 10 fireplane: I’ve been quite busy recently and I’ve already adopted 4 users. You may wish to enroll in WP:CVUA. Sorry. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 10:29, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

No problem, thanks anyways but I have found an adopter A 10 fireplane (talk) 14:48, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

@A 10 fireplane: Happy editing! ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 14:55, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

You too hope to see you later on down the road A 10 fireplane (talk) 15:43, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Request for making Userbox

Hey man, a sincere request to you from my side. Please make 3 userboxes for Pearl jam. It should be like-"This user is Super fan of Pearl jam", "This user listens to Pearl jam", "This user loves Pearl jam". It would be really great if you add something really innovative like photo or something in it.Note that its not an order brother but just a request as i am finding problems doing it myself. When you make it please tell me how i can get access to it since i am helping in categorising some bands fans on wikipedia.To reply to me simply leave a message below, i will see it as soon as i get free. Regards 2405:204:A281:BCA1:0:0:757:40A1 (talk) 08:25, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi anon. As you are not logged in (registered an account), you cannot have your own user page. Userboxes are designed to be put on user pages. Would you consider registering an account and leave a message here if you have done so? Best ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 14:57, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Oh sorry, i missed that. Actually i want you to add those userboxes(as i told you in the message above) on the Wikipedia:Userboxes/Music/Bands,L-Z page. You should type half of it on your web browser to find thi page out. You can see in there a P section in which there is already 1 userbox for pearl jam. You can add the new userbox code just below that and i would get it from there on. REGARDS117.234.68.240 (talk) 07:24, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Testwiki question

Could you explain why you blocked Knightrises10 on testwiki? Thanks, Vermont (talk) 21:35, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Because I was testing a script and forgot to unblock. I’ll unblock him for now. ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (alt) (talk to me) 23:14, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 December 2018

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Userbox

Hi Abelmoschus Esculentus, can you please create an userbox for me which shows that I support the Germany National Football Team. Create it below the userbox which shows I am a RC Patroller.Thanks.Denim11 (talk) 12:58, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

@Denim11: Here's the one for Germany National Football Team:

This user supports the Germany National Football Team.

. Please also see {{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 13:41, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Hey I am unable to understand what template I have to add can you please add it in my user page.Denim11 (talk) 13:46, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

 Done ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 13:48, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

		The Guidance Barnstar
		Many thanks for creating that userbox for me. Denim11 (talk) 14:42, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Playstation Portable

Hi, can you make sure that I put the technical specification list from Playstation Portable into prose correctly?? this was the Technical Specification list form and i tried my best to convert it to prose form as can be seen here. . If I messed up prosing it or if anything wasn't prosed correctly from the list, maybe you can fix it or point out specifically what needs to be fixed?? Thanks. BTW, congrats on possibly getting rollback again. JC7V (talk) 17:18, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

@JC7V7DC5768: It looks fine. You really think linking GB/s is necessary? I've been waiting for more than a week since I filed my request. :( ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 10:39, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Alt accounts

Hi, Can you block indefinitely block my alt accounts on the TEST Wikipedia? Thanks.--Thegooduser Let's Chat 🍁 21:27, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Are you sure about that? ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 23:24, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2018)

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018).

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, the Mediation Committee is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests.
• A request for comment is in progress to determine whether members of the Bot Approvals Group should satisfy activity requirements in order to remain in that role.
• A request for comment is in progress regarding whether to change the administrator inactivity policy, such that administrators "who have made no logged administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped". Currently, the policy states that administrators "who have made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped".
• A proposal has been made to temporarily restrict editing of the Main Page to interface administrators in order to mitigate the impact of compromised accounts.

Technical news

• Administrators and bureaucrats can no longer unblock themselves unless they placed the block initially. This change has been implemented globally. See also this ongoing village pump discussion (permalink).
• To complement the aforementioned change, blocked administrators will soon have the ability to block the administrator that placed their block to mitigate the possibility of a compromised administrator account blocking all other active administrators.
• Since deployment of Partial blocks on Test Wikipedia, several bugs were identified. Most of them are now fixed. Administrators are encouraged to test the new deployment and report new bugs on Phabricator or leave feedback on the Project's talk page. You can request administrator access on the Test Wiki here.

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 3 December 2018. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

Miscellaneous

• In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Wikipedia. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on a website that suffered a data breach. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
• Wikipedia policy requires administrators to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

Obituaries

• Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (Raymond Arritt) passed away on 14 November 2018. Boris joined Wikipedia as Raymond arritt on 8 May 2006 and was an administrator from 30 July 2007 to 2 June 2008.

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Userbox

I do want an image , you either use the club logo with a red scratch on it , or the letters " B.V.B. " in yellow upon a black background (with a red scrath on it) . If you want , I can upload and paste on your talk page what sort of a thing I want .

something like this -

Grunthog (talk) 11:57, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

@Grunthog: Please do not duplicate sections. Could you please upload the image you mentioned? (from the picture, it seems you have made it) I cannot crop it inside Wikipedia. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 12:00, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

You mean , I will crop it and re-upload to with only the coloured part remaining ? Grunthog (talk) 12:04, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Yes ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 12:28, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Okay , I will crop it , then re-upload it to commons tomorrow . Grunthog (talk) 12:30, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

The userbox

Grunthog (talk) 08:08, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

 Done please check your user page :) ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 09:02, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-49

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

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• Admins will not be able to unblock themselves if they are blocked by someone other than themselves. This is because it can cause damage if someone else takes over an admin account and other admins can't block them. If this is a problem for your community you can report it on Phabricator. You can also ask questions on Meta. There is a discussion on Phabricator about how to solve this if two admins fight with each other on a small wiki. [8]
• Small SVG images are now bigger when you see them in MediaViewer. [9]
• You can go to a section from the edit summary by clicking on the section name. Before this you had to click on the arrow. [10]
• When you jumped to a footnote that was referenced several times in an article it could be difficult to see where you were in the text. Now there are jump marks and highlights to help you find your way back. [11][12]

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December 2018 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2018 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December 2018 GOCE newsletter. Here is what's been happening since the August edition. Thanks to everyone who participated in the August blitz (results), which focused on Requests and the oldest backlog month. Of the twenty editors who signed up, eleven editors recorded 37 copy edits. For the September drive (results), of the twenty-three people who signed up, nineteen editors completed 294 copy edits. Our October blitz (results) focused on Requests, geography, and food and drink articles. Of the fourteen people who signed up, eleven recorded a total of 57 copy edits. For the November drive (results), twenty-two people signed up, and eighteen editors recorded 273 copy edits. This helped to bring the backlog to a six-month low of 825 articles. The December blitz will run for one week, from 16 to 22 December. Sign up now! Elections: Nominations for the Guild's coordinators for the first half of 2019 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations, so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Tdslk. >>> Sign up for the December blitz! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Wikidata weekly summary #341

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

• Discussions
  • New request for comments: How to handle heat treating as a qualifier for material properties ?
  • New development input: Identify problems with adding new languages into Wikidata

• Events
  • Upcoming: "Researcher meets Curator", with a subquestion: "What are the consequences of collecting born digital sources, working with digital network analysis and engaging with linked open data initiatives such as Wikidata", in Maastricht on 22 March 2019. Call for papers
  • Upcoming: Advanced Wikidata Training in India, December 15-16
  • Past: "Wikibase: configure, customize, and collaborate" workshop at SWIB 18 in Bonn, Germany on November 26, 2018. Workshop materials
  • Past: EveryPolitician event to identify political data sources for Wikidata in Madrid, Spain, on December 1, 2018.

• Other Noteworthy Stuff
  • Author Disambiguator (github source), new tool by d:User:ArthurPSmith (based on SourceMD) for linking author items to their works.
  • OpenRefine 3.1 was released
  • New API module to format multiple entity IDs
  • You can now access the number of Forms and Senses of Lexemes through API and special page

• Did you know?
  • Newest properties:
    • General datatypes: reference has role, tautomer of, eponymous category, language style, ratified by, funding scheme
    • External identifiers: GameFAQs company ID, AJOL journal ID, LEGO set ID, BDFA player ID, Sabinet journal ID, NSW State Archives and Records Authority Agency ID, Bygdeband location ID, Austrian Biographical Encylopedia ID, Badtaste ID, Badgames ID, Mexican female soccer players ID, member of the Portuguese parliament ID, BBC News topic ID, OBV editions ID, Geolex ID, CNPJ, Defined Term ID, Guida al Fumetto Italiano ID
  • New property proposals to review:
    • General datatypes: gained independence from, nachgewiesen mittels, measured by (KPI), OpenTrials ID, administrated by the administrative territorial entity, level of description, stored as lexeme, taxon author citation, Astronomical coordinates, catchphrase, real estate developer, Danske Taler speaker
    • External identifiers: TrENSmissions person ID, LIGA profile, SEINet ID, BIBSYS work ID, Jewish Museum Berlin person ID, UK Parliament Identifier, HAER ID, Vesti.kz person ID, Genius album ID, Genius song ID, TASS reference, DIR3 ID, NooSFere story ID, L'Encyclopédie philosophique ID, RegiowikiAT ID, Discord Store game SKU, kohanimeregister, ARLLFB member ID, ARB person ID, Biographie nationale de Belgique ID, protected area authority ID, Flora of Wisconsin ID, identifiant Monument aux morts
  • Query examples:
    • Timeline of early Western movies (source)
    • Species represented in the exhibition "Espèces en voies d'illumination" in the natural history museum of Paris (source)
    • Properties most used to describe cats in Wikidata (source)
    • List of UK embassies (source)
    • Map of places of residence for accused witches in Scotland with a layer for occupations (source)

• Development
  • Add Lexeme to Wikibase's ontology.owl (phab:T195368)
  • Prepare to drop change_tag.ct_tag column (phab:T194163)
  • Create Federated Wikibase instance on Beta Commons (phab:T204748)
  • More work on preparing a new termbox for the mobile version of Wikidata

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.

• Monthly Tasks
  • Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
  • Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
  • Suggested and open tasks!
  • Contribute to a Showcase item.
  • Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
  • Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
  • Help write the next summary!

Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 13:35, 4 December 2018 (UTC)