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I've undone this edit to madam bot's exclude list. Sites now need to be licensed under CC-BY-SA (and optionally GFDL as well) and GFDL by itself is no longer enough. See Wikipedia:Licensing update#Content restrictions - I'm sure this has been documented somewhere better but as per usual tying to find it is difficult (Wikipedia's help/information system is atrocious and must be a nightmare for new users but that's a discussion for another day).
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes.
Recent software changes
(Not all changes will affect you.)
The Translate extension and Universal Language Selector were enabled on Wikimedia Commons on May 20. Commons users can now easily change languages, and translate pages with a friendly interface. [1]
The Notifications feature, active on the English Wikipedia, now supports local blacklists and whitelists. It is possible to hide users (for example certain bots) from all notifications on the wiki. Also, e-mail notifications are now grouped. [2][3]
The first stable release of MediaWiki 1.21 for sites outside Wikimedia was published on May 25. [4]
The tool storing information about languages (CLDR) was updated to the latest version (23.1). [5]
Due to a software issue, users couldn't enable or disable Gadgets. The issue is now fixed.
Future software changes
MediaWiki will stop supporting XHTML 1.0 and HTML versions lower than version 5. HTML5 will now be the default language for pages created by the software. [6][7]
The software will check if all uploaded files are secure and match their type. [8]
It looks to me like Metraff is not a "vandalism only" account, before today most edits were useful, or at least an attempt to be useful, I'm thinking the account got stolen. Could you be more careful when blocking as "vandalsim only" CombatWombat42 (talk) 20:03, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I was actually in the process of fixing that when you posted on my talk page. I was just waiting on the response from a CU on whether it was compromised. Legoktm (talk) 20:07, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Investigating. The range is probably 92.0.224.0/20 (4096 users), but I'm looking to see if there are more IPs before softblocking, and probably checking with a CU. Legoktm (talk) 23:50, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You just deleted a page entitled The Kayla Way which was created earlier by a different user. One username is Imshmart and created the page you deleted. I don't know who the other user is. I'm letting you know because this may be a case of sockpuppetry. Thanks.
Looking at the deleted history, both versions were created by Imshmart. It's possible it was created under a different name w/ a different user, but I didn't see anything in the recent deletion log. Legoktm (talk) 23:49, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Since you implemented pending changes about 12 hours ago, there has been nothing but reverted vandalism/BLP violations. I therefore put in semi-protection for 6 months. I would have asked you first, but, from your contribution history, it looks like you're off-wiki. If you disagree with my action, feel free to do whatever you think is appropriate. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:55, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
@CarterRios: I had to temporarily protect it due to a large amount of vandalism coming in from new users, and your account isn't old enough yet. For the time being, you can add {{Edit semi-protected}} to the talk page and another user will help you make the edit, or just wait until the protection expires. Sorry about the inconvenience. Legoktm (talk) 00:22, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes.
Recent software changes
(Not all changes will affect you.)
The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf5) was added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 29. It will be enabled on the English Wikipedia on June 3, and on all other Wikipedias on June 5. [17]
The Tamil Wikipedia shared a Lua module they created to automate their Main Page. [18]
There is now a test wiki to test new features in right-to-left languages. [19]
The Thanks feature was added to the English Wikipedia; users can now thank others for individual edits. [20]
The new interface for account creation and log-in is now the default on 30 wikis, including the English Wikipedia, Commons, Meta, and Wikidata. The feature will be added to all wikis after June 5. Users can return to the old look by adding ?useNew=0 to the web address. [21]
Videos are now played in pop-up windows if their size on the page is smaller than 200 pixels (800 pixels on the English Wikipedia). [22]
Opening your talk page now marks notifications as read, for wikis using the Notifications feature. (bug 47912) [23].
All autoconfirmed users can now reset transcoding of video files; previously only administrators could do this. [24]
The Nearby feature allows people who use mobile devices to see Wikipedia articles about objects and places around them. [25]
Future software changes
The PostEdit feature is now part of MediaWiki, and will work on all wikis. (bug 48726) [26]
MediaWiki will now be updated every week, starting on June 6. Thanks to this, bugs will be fixed and features will be added faster than they are now. [28]
Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.
A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)
About the deleted article of 'John Alexander Armstrong'
Dear Legoktm,
I am the author of that article. I am the author of the article. I have made a few amendaments of this article to ensure it will not violate any copyright rules of wikipedia and my latest update was around 06:30, 4 June 2013 (UTC).
Is there any possibilities to check and restore this article again?
