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Request to re-write an article
Hello. I have a request. Years ago when I was still pretty new to the website I created an article: Freeman family murders. I was unaware of Copyright violation issues at the time because I was still young and new to the site, as such, a lot of the work I put into the page was deleted because of copy vio. The article as it stands now is a mess and a stub yet the case is pretty well known and receives lots of views to this day based on a page view analysis.
I would like to rewrite the entire article, but rather than doing it from scratch, I was hoping I could view the version how it was prior to being removed for copyright violations? Because I am not an admin I cannot preview the article how it used to look and was wondering if you could and send me a copy or permit me access?
The version I am hoping to gain access to is this: [(cur | prev) 11:35, 5 April 2017 Inexpiable talk contribs 15,420 bytes 0 →External links]. It's the version I edited just before this edit based on the page history of the article: [1]
Is it possible you can access that version, copy the entire thing and add it to my sandbox, or as a draft, so I can begin working on rewriting the entire thing? I don't really want to do it from scratch, but now I know much more about Wiki I can rewrite it so it does not break copyright violation issues. Please let me know if this is possible because the article does get a lot of views and I think the case warrants a well written article. Thanks. Inexpiable (talk) 09:57, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
- Hello, I have placed a copy of the article in your userspace at User talk:Inexpiable/Freeman family murders, I have also disabled the categories, so it does not get listed. Keith D (talk) 12:28, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you. I've expanded the article. I've checked it with Earwig's Copyvio detector, now at only 7.4%. How do you think it looks now: Freeman family murders? Would you be able to check if it's ok for me with any copyvio stuff or is it all good? Thanks. If you want you can delete this User talk:Inexpiable/Freeman family murders as it's no longer needed. Inexpiable (talk) 16:41, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
- Hello, looks OK at a glance, cannot help with checking for copyvio as it appears to be low on the tools for detecting this. Those who spotted this last time will probably watching the article so should pop along and check it is fine. Keith D (talk) 11:44, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you. I've expanded the article. I've checked it with Earwig's Copyvio detector, now at only 7.4%. How do you think it looks now: Freeman family murders? Would you be able to check if it's ok for me with any copyvio stuff or is it all good? Thanks. If you want you can delete this User talk:Inexpiable/Freeman family murders as it's no longer needed. Inexpiable (talk) 16:41, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
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- The Score extension (
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20:33, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
Another "Northern" page - please check new refs if you have the time. Thanks so much T. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.3.153.231 (talk • contribs) 02:21, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
Sock puppets
Hello friend and thank you for helping me out with my old article. Another user has notified me about a person I suspected of being a sock puppet back in January. It seems likely the users he suspects for having a COI in a current article up for Afd are all the same person. Based on the edit history and the style of wording used in each edit description, as well as the timing of the edits, and the inactive edit history on each account, I suspect all five accounts he has named over at COI are likely the same person with an agenda. At least three of them edited the article within a 4 minute window on August 22nd. I was wondering if you would be able to take a look and investigate or get someone to check into these accounts in question? The users names can be found here listed by autopatroller Hemiauchenia: Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Physicians_for_Patient_Protection Thank you. Inexpiable (talk) 18:27, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
- Sorry I was unaware you were on vacation. I've taken it to another admin and it's being investigated so don't worry. Cheers. Inexpiable (talk) 20:19, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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Recent changes
- Some musical score syntax no longer works and may needed to be updated, you can check Category:Pages with score rendering errors on your wiki for a list of pages with errors.
Problems
- Musical scores were unable to render lyrics in some languages because of missing fonts. This has been fixed now. If your language would prefer a different font, please file a request in Phabricator. [2]
Changes later this week
The parameters for how you obtain tokens in the MediaWiki API were changed in 2014. The old way will no longer work from 1 September. Scripts, bots and tools that use the parameters from before the 2014 change need to be updated. You can read more about this.- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 September. It will be on all wikis from 2 September (calendar).
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- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes in the week of 13 September. More information will be published in Tech News later. It will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [3]
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee.
- A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates.
- A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)
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Technical news
- The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.
Arbitration
- A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.
Miscellaneous
- The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments.
Hi, I see that you undid a revision I made a couple of years ago (yes, infrequent user) to Michelle Dewberry's page (added her DOB info) because I cited The Sun as the source, yet now the page shows the same info without citing any references...
AlexAndrews (talk) 16:00, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
- I have commented out the birthdate information as needs a source. Keith D (talk) 11:18, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
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Recent changes
- The wikis that have Growth features deployed have been part of A/B testing since deployment, in which some newcomers did not receive the new features. Now, all of the newcomers on 21 of the smallest of those wikis will be receiving the features. [4]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- In 2017, the provided jQuery library was upgraded from version 1 to 3, with a compatibility layer. The migration will soon finish, to make the site load faster for everyone. If you maintain a gadget or user script, check if you have any JQMIGRATE errors and fix them, or they will break. [5][6]
- Last year, the Portuguese Wikipedia community embarked on an experiment to make log-in compulsory for editing. The impact report of this trial is ready. Moving forward, the Anti-Harassment Tools team is looking for projects that are willing to experiment with restricting IP editing on their wiki for a short-term experiment. Learn more.
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Please if you have time, check new files added on the above page. etc. Thanks again T — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.3.153.231 (talk • contribs) 05:28, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
Done - I have changed the search string on one of the URLs to get the appropriate part of page rather than the top in the preview. Keith D (talk) 11:14, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
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- 45 new Wikipedias now have access to the Growth features. [7]
- A majority of Wikipedias now have access to the Growth features. The Growth team has published an FAQ page about the features. This translatable FAQ covers the description of the features, how to use them, how to change the configuration, and more.
Problems
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on 14 September. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. [8]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 September. It will be on all wikis from 16 September (calendar).
- Starting this week, Wikipedia in Italian will receive weekly software updates on Wednesdays. It used to receive the updates on Thursdays. Due to this change, bugs will be noticed and fixed sooner. [9]
- You can add language links in the sidebar in the new Vector skin again. You do this by connecting the page to a Wikidata item. The new Vector skin has moved the language links but the new language selector cannot add language links yet. [10]
- The syntax highlight tool marks up code with different colours. It now can highlight 23 new code languages. Additionally,
golangcan now be used as an alias for the Go programming language, and a specialoutputmode has been added to show a program's output. [11][12]
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15:31, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
Another Yorkshire page for you to check please if that's OK - Thanks as always T. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.3.153.231 (talk • contribs) 12:17, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
non-breaking spaces in times
MOS:TIME explicitly allows for times to be formatted without a space e.g. 3:00pm but to use a non-breaking space when it is written 3:00 pm. Nthep (talk) 15:01, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
Invisible character
Thanks for cleaning up behind me. I'm genuinely curious what your edit did: if I'm creating trouble by copying dates rather than entering them manually, I'd rather not keep doing so...Vanamonde (Talk) 21:44, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
- Hello, the article appeared in the hidden category category:CS1 errors: dates, I removed a character from the end of the date field, probably from a paste of the date. If you put the cursor at the end of the date and delete a character you will see that the cursor does not move, indicating that there was an invisible character there. It is always best to check after pasting dates to see if there is a problem. Keith D (talk) 21:54, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day!
Have a very happy first edit anniversary!
From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 05:52, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
A classic Yorkshire-oriented page! please check I had real trouble today. Thanks again. T.
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Recent changes
- Growth features are now deployed to almost all Wikipedias. For the majority of small Wikipedias, the features are only available for experienced users, to test the features and configure them. Features will be available for newcomers starting on 20 September 2021.
- MediaWiki had a feature that would highlight local links to short articles in a different style. Each user could pick the size at which "stubs" would be highlighted. This feature was very bad for performance, and following a consultation, has been removed. [13]
- A technical change was made to the MonoBook skin to allow for easier maintenance and upkeep. This has resulted in some minor changes to HTML that make MonoBook's HTML consistent with other skins. Efforts have been made to minimize the impact on editors, but please ping Jon (WMF) on wiki or in phabricator if any problems are reported.
Problems
- There was a problem with search last week. Many search requests did not work for 2 hours because of an accidental restart of the search servers. [14]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 September. It will be on all wikis from 23 September (calendar).
- The meta=proofreadpage API has changed. The
pipropparameter has been renamed toprpiprop. API users should update their code to avoid unrecognized parameter warnings. Pywikibot users should upgrade to 6.6.0. [15]
Future changes
- The Reply tool will be deployed to the remaining wikis in the coming weeks. It is currently part of "Discussion tools" in Beta features at most wikis. You will be able to turn it off in Editing Preferences. [16]
- The previously announced change to how you obtain tokens from the API has been delayed to September 21 because of an incompatibility with Pywikibot. Bot operators using Pywikibot can follow T291202 for progress on a fix, and should plan to upgrade to 6.6.1 when it is released.
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18:30, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
RE: Reversion
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Worcestershire - one of England's oldest and still existing (with some minor boundary changes) ceremonial and political shires, famous for its nearly 1000 year old cathedral, the River Severn, the AONB of the Malvern Hills, some of the oldest schools in the country, England's fastest growing university, apples, pears, cider and cricket, and of course its world famous sauce. The Wikiproject is now in need of some attention. Created 12 years ago, this project amassed a huge resource for editors working on all kinds of articles and categories related in some way or another to the county. Kudpung is more or less retired from Wikipedia getting on for 2 years ago and it would be good if a group of editors could get it up to date and continue to maintain it.
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The editors asked that the "lead" be expanded on this page which I have done. Please check all refs - thanks again T.
Sorry sorry. sorry - new reference - number 104 - which might be wrongly done. Thanks for checking it out. That will be all for a while. Thanks again so much T.
can you please fix some grammar and cite errors on my draft article?
ok, so, im making a article about the Movimento Vem pra Rua, and i recently added lots of information to it, but, there may be some grammar and cite errors in it, so, i ask for you to help me and fix these errors for me, i really need help.
thanks in advance!
EpicWikiLad (talk) 17:31, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
- edit, reply to this when youre done so i can submit the article for review. EpicWikiLad (talk) 17:39, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
- @EpicWikiLad: Hello, I have gone through and cleared up the cite problems and some formatting things. I can align dates to day first or month first format but unsure which one in more appropriate for the article. There are some bare URL references that need looking at before submitting. Hope that this helps. Keith D (talk) 18:42, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
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Recent changes
- iOS 15 has a new function called Private Relay (Apple website). This can hide the user's IP when they use Safari browser. This is like using a VPN in that we see another IP address instead. It is opt-in and only for those who pay extra for iCloud. It will come to Safari users on OSX later. There is a technical discussion about what this means for the Wikimedia wikis.
Problems
- Some gadgets and user-scripts add items to the portlets (article tools) part of the skin. A recent change to the HTML may have made those links a different font-size. This can be fixed by adding the CSS class
.vector-menu-dropdown-noicon. [17]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 September. It will be on all wikis from 30 September (calendar).
- The GettingStarted extension was built in 2013, and provides an onboarding process for new account holders in a few versions of Wikipedia. However, the recently developed Growth features provide a better onboarding experience. Since the vast majority of Wikipedias now have access to the Growth features, GettingStarted will be deactivated starting on 4 October. [18]
- A small number of users will not be able to connect to the Wikimedia wikis after 30 September. This is because an old root certificate will no longer work. They will also have problems with many other websites. Users who have updated their software in the last five years are unlikely to have problems. Users in Europe, Africa and Asia are less likely to have immediate problems even if their software is too old. You can read more.
- You can receive notifications when someone leaves a comment on user talk page or mentions you in a talk page comment. Clicking the notification link will now bring you to the comment and highlight it. Previously, doing so brought you to the top of the section that contained the comment. You can find more information in T282029.
Future changes
- The Reply tool will be deployed to the remaining wikis in the coming weeks. It is currently part of "Discussion tools" in Beta features at most wikis. You will be able to turn it off in Editing Preferences. See the list of wikis. [19]
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22:20, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
Please check this Northern England page
Another North of England page for you to check please. Thanks again as always, you are very competent - T
Proposed new draft for the Jon Baker page
Hi Keith D. Hope this finds you well? I asked a couple editors to review the draft I proposed here with a disclosed COI on the Jon Baker (producer) page, but they didn’t have an interest in the topic. I dug through the edit-history of the page to find anyone with a potential interest and found you. I was hoping you might have a minute to take a look? I'd really appreciate it. Look forward to hearing from you. Daizypeach (talk) 09:08, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Daizypeach: Hello, I have had a quick look and on the surface do not find any obvious problems. I only made a minor edit to fix a problem on the article and do not know anything about the subject. May be you need to advertise it as there are only a few people watching the page, you could try an edit request to draw the attention of those who look after them, though the extent of the change may put people off. Keith D (talk) 13:14, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Keith D. Thank you for your feedback! Would you be willing to review if I do one section at-a-time? Or however you prefer I break it up? Daizypeach (talk) 11:47, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
- Probably have to pass on that one as I indicated I have no knowledge of the subject and trying to review is not good in that situation. Sorry. Keith D (talk) 12:08, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Keith D. Thank you for your feedback! Would you be willing to review if I do one section at-a-time? Or however you prefer I break it up? Daizypeach (talk) 11:47, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
ANI case
When you have a chance, could you look into an ANI case that I filed a few days ago? I was unable to get any responses from other editors, so I'm a bit frustrated by that. I've received help from other admins in the past about this situation, but it hasn't gotten the solution that I've been looking for. So, I'm hoping I could get your opinion on this. Yowashi (talk) 04:47, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
- Uh, not sure if you got the notification the first time, so I'll try this again. Yowashi (talk) 11:23, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
- I have restored to the main ANI page from archives as will not get seen in the archives. I cannot think of a solution to the problem of IP hopping as you indicate that the range block is not effective. If it is on specific page then the page protection can be used. It looks like 2603:8000:401:9930:0:0:0:0/64 has been reblocked for 2 weeks by the same person doing the initial block. Keith D (talk) 12:06, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
- Would it be possible for a /48 range block to be issued, or would that not be recommended? IP 2603:8000:401:0:0:0:0:0/48 was blocked as a /64 but due to the editor being able to IP hop, the addresses were always different. I'm able to see all the edits that they've made from the 401 address. Yowashi (talk) 15:38, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
- I have blocked for using multiple accounts. Keith D (talk) 20:40, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
- The editor has returned under 172.119.121.249. I believe 2603:8000:401:0:0:0:0:0/48's block will expire in a few hours from now. Yowashi (talk) 20:56, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
- I have blocked for using multiple accounts. Keith D (talk) 20:40, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
- Would it be possible for a /48 range block to be issued, or would that not be recommended? IP 2603:8000:401:0:0:0:0:0/48 was blocked as a /64 but due to the editor being able to IP hop, the addresses were always different. I'm able to see all the edits that they've made from the 401 address. Yowashi (talk) 15:38, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
- I have restored to the main ANI page from archives as will not get seen in the archives. I cannot think of a solution to the problem of IP hopping as you indicate that the range block is not effective. If it is on specific page then the page protection can be used. It looks like 2603:8000:401:9930:0:0:0:0/64 has been reblocked for 2 weeks by the same person doing the initial block. Keith D (talk) 12:06, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, extended confirmed protection may be used preemptively on certain high-risk templates.
- Following a discussion at the Village Pump, there is consensus to treat discord logs the same as IRC logs. This means that discord logs will be oversighted if posted onwiki.
Technical news
- DiscussionTools has superseded Enterprisey's reply-link script. Editors may switch using the "Discussion tools" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features.
Arbitration
- A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures.
- Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.
- The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.
Miscellaneous
- Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list.
- The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates.
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
- A more efficient way of sending changes from Wikidata to Wikimedia wikis that show them has been enabled for the following 10 wikis: mediawiki.org, the Italian, Catalan, Hebrew and Vietnamese Wikipedias, French Wikisource, and English Wikivoygage, Wikibooks, Wiktionary and Wikinews. If you notice anything strange about how changes from Wikidata appear in recent changes or your watchlist on those wikis you can let the developers know.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 October. It will be on all wikis from 7 October (calendar).
- Some gadgets and bots that use the API to read the AbuseFilter log might break. The
hiddenproperty will no longer say an entry isimplicitfor unsuppressed log entries about suppressed edits. If your bot needs to know this, do a separate revision query. Additionally, the property will have the valuefalsefor visible entries; previously, it wasn't included in the response. [20] - A more efficient way of sending changes from Wikidata to Wikimedia wikis that show them will be enabled for all production wikis. If you notice anything strange about how changes from Wikidata appear in recent changes or your watchlist you can let the developers know.
Future changes
- You can soon get cross-wiki notifications in the iOS Wikipedia app. You can also get notifications as push notifications. More notification updates will follow in later versions. [21]
- The JavaScript variables
wgExtraSignatureNamespaces,wgLegalTitleChars, andwgIllegalFileCharswill soon be removed frommw.config. These are not part of the "stable" variables available for use in wiki JavaScript. [22] - The JavaScript variables
wgCookiePrefix,wgCookieDomain,wgCookiePath, andwgCookieExpirationwill soon be removed from mw.config. Scripts should instead usemw.cookiefrom the "mediawiki.cookie" module. [23]
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16:28, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
thoughts on removing the COI?
curious on your thoughts to remove the COI on this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Stem_Advocacy_Institute Editas18 (talk) 16:01, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
- Hello, the talk page could be tagged with {{Connected contributor}} to alert people that the specific editor has a COI on the article. Though I am concerned that all the editors appear to be only interested in this particular article or a list article related to the same topic, maybe there is further COI editing here. I would leave the tag until it is transferred to main space and the editor who deals with it should be looking out for such before moving and remove the tag appropriately. Keith D (talk) 21:41, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 October. It will be on all wikis from 14 October (calendar).
- The "auto-number headings" preference is being removed. You can read phab:T284921 for the reasons and discussion. This change was previously announced. A JavaScript snippet is available which can be used to create a Gadget on wikis that still want to support auto-numbering.
Meetings
- You can join a meeting about the Desktop Improvements. A demonstration version of the newest feature will be shown. The event will take place on Tuesday, 12 October at 16:00 UTC. See how to join.
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15:29, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
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
- Toolhub is a catalogue to make it easier to find software tools that can be used for working on the Wikimedia projects. You can read more.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 October. It will be on all wikis from 21 October (calendar).
Future changes
- The developers of the Wikipedia Android app are working on communication in the app. You can now answer questions in survey to help the development.
- 3–5% of editors may be blocked in the next few months. This is because of a new service in Safari, which is similar to a proxy or a VPN. It is called iCloud Private Relay. There is a discussion about this on Meta. The goal is to learn what iCloud Private Relay could mean for the communities.
- Wikimedia Enterprise is a new API for those who use a lot of information from the Wikimedia projects on other sites. It is a way to get big commercial users to pay for the data. There will soon be a copy of the Wikimedia Enterprise dataset. You can read more. You can also ask the team questions on Zoom on 22 October 15:00 UTC.
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20:52, 18 October 2021 (UTC)