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Robert frost edit
Hello, the Robert Frost edit I recently made to his major works section was not a test. If you look at the article for the portion of the text edited, you will see that I placed it in the right category in my edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hikingkyle393 (talk • contribs) 12:07, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
- Well that's not how the wikicode must be used. You have quite old account but by edit count, you are a new comer to us. So you may go through this page before having more edits. Also remember to have a preview of your edit before saving it. Thank you. The herald 12:14, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style
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Astro FPCs
Suspect the window has closed for a bit. Generally speaking with astro pictures - since so many could bee featured - people get excited for a bit, thenn lose interest, unfortunately. Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:36, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
- But we can try but try and never cry..The herald 08:08, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
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(National) Conference of Black Mayors
I see that you moved/renamed [1] the National Conference of Black Mayors article to The Conference of Black Mayors. Do you have any sources for the name change? Thanks. Lightbreather (talk) 20:17, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
- Per OTRS TicketID = #2014042010005996..Thank you.. The herald 12:49, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
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- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf1) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on April 17. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on April 22, and all Wikipedias on April 24 (calendar).
- CirrusSearch was enabled as a beta feature on 27 new wikis on April 18. [3] [4]
- Problems with various fonts in SVG files were fixed last week. Files that use DejaVu Sans Condensed, DejaVu Serif Condensed, DejaVu Sans Light, Kochi Gothic and Kochi Mincho fonts now show correctly. [5] [6] [7] [8]
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- It is now proposed to replace Bugzilla, Gerrit and other tools by a single tool called Phabricator. You can test Phabricator and add your opinion on MediaWiki.org. [29]
- An IRC discussion about Phabricator will take place on April 22 at 03:30 AM UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion). [30]
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- For about 40 minutes on April 17, there were problems with page loading due to high server load.
- There is a problem with the rendering of formulas with MathJax. If you enabled MathJax in your preferences, you might need to turn it off and on again. [31]
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Please comment on Talk:Earthquake prediction
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POTD notification
Hi Herald,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Barnard 33.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on May 10, 2014. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2014-05-10. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:08, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Image that has an incorrect ID
Hi, Herald - what is the process for tagging an incorrectly identified photograph? The photo labeled "shortnose sturgeon" is not a shortnose sturgeon. It is a lake sturgeon, but I don't know how to get it corrected. See it here [[32]] Atsme☯ talk 13:17, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
![[32]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Short-nosed_sturgeon.jpg){kind=link}
- By moving the file by clicking move from the tab above the file and submitting a request to a file mover...The herald`
- I looked all over everywhere, and cannot find a tab above the file (at Commons) that allows for a "move" command. Below the image it has an "add note" button, and above it the menu bar states: Nominate this image for QIFile * File history * File usage on Commons * File usage on other wikis - nothing that says "move". Atsme☯ talk 13:54, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
- I'll do it for you then...The herald 15:23, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
- You're the greatest!! Atsme☯ talk 20:34, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
- @Atsme:But the rename request is cancelled because I haven't given any proof for the same. So please provide one. Then I may contact the uploader and do it easily...The herald 13:32, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
- Not sure what kind of proof to provide. Would other photos of short nose sturgeon work? There is a stark difference between the two. Shortnose sturgeon have a round short snout while the snout or a young lake sturgeon curves upward like a ski jump. Atsme☯ talk 20:15, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
- See the following image of a short nose to see the stark differences: [[33]] Then look at the photo of a young lake sturgeon: [[34]]. The name, Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) - brevirostrum tells us the fish has an abbreviated rostrum, or short nose. I don't suppose we could say the image that is incorrectly identified is actually a digitized freeze frame from a video I shot of lake sturgeon in an aquarium, and later licensed to USF&WS for public domain use. That would probably require having to research my stock footage archives, and licensing permits, plus who knows what all else would be involved. I am just troubled by the fact that the image shows up in Google image searches as a short nose sturgeon when in fact it's a young lake sturgeon. Atsme☯ talk 20:25, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
- Well, I ain't an expert in Zoology. I think to ping someone with the knowledge in the matter or even the creator him/herself..
@Aarchiba:..How do you think of this..??? The herald 09:30, 25 April 2014 (UTC)- Just wanted to drop by and say thank you for helping me get that picture ID corrected. AtsmeWills☯ talk 22:52, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
- Well, I ain't an expert in Zoology. I think to ping someone with the knowledge in the matter or even the creator him/herself..
- See the following image of a short nose to see the stark differences: [[33]] Then look at the photo of a young lake sturgeon: [[34]]. The name, Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) - brevirostrum tells us the fish has an abbreviated rostrum, or short nose. I don't suppose we could say the image that is incorrectly identified is actually a digitized freeze frame from a video I shot of lake sturgeon in an aquarium, and later licensed to USF&WS for public domain use. That would probably require having to research my stock footage archives, and licensing permits, plus who knows what all else would be involved. I am just troubled by the fact that the image shows up in Google image searches as a short nose sturgeon when in fact it's a young lake sturgeon. Atsme☯ talk 20:25, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
- Not sure what kind of proof to provide. Would other photos of short nose sturgeon work? There is a stark difference between the two. Shortnose sturgeon have a round short snout while the snout or a young lake sturgeon curves upward like a ski jump. Atsme☯ talk 20:15, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
- @Atsme:But the rename request is cancelled because I haven't given any proof for the same. So please provide one. Then I may contact the uploader and do it easily...The herald 13:32, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
- You're the greatest!! Atsme☯ talk 20:34, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
- I'll do it for you then...The herald 15:23, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
- I looked all over everywhere, and cannot find a tab above the file (at Commons) that allows for a "move" command. Below the image it has an "add note" button, and above it the menu bar states: Nominate this image for QIFile * File history * File usage on Commons * File usage on other wikis - nothing that says "move". Atsme☯ talk 13:54, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
![[33]](http://sharktank.smchs.org/Heick/assets/shortnose.jpg){kind=link}
![[34]](http://www.tnaqua.org/Animals/AnimalCards/AnimalCards/FISH/Lake_sturgeon.jpg){kind=link}
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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:VST images the Lagoon Nebula.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 12:06, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
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Removing references with dead links
In general we don't remove references with dead links. Instead we usually add the |archivedate= and |archiveurl= parameters and use them to link to either a WayBackMachine or WebCitation archive URL. Only if no archive copy can be found do we tag the reference with the {{dead link}} template. This flags up that an editor should take a deeper look for a replacement URL or for an alternative reference.
Of the various references you recently deleted in the "Voyager 1" article, all but two either had a usable archive copy already stored in the WayBackMachine or were not in fact "dead". Those references have now been re-included and the two with "really dead links" are now marked using the {{dead link}} template, ready for further investigation. -- 79.67.241.201 (talk) 20:37, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
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Recent software changes
- The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf2) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on April 24. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on April 29, and all Wikipedias on May 1 (calendar).
- You can now use interwiki prefix
c:to link to pages on Wikimedia Commons. [35]
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- You will soon be able to set content language and direction with VisualEditor. [36]
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MediaWiki:Common.jspages (and similar) were fixed last week. [37] - VisualEditor dialogs now use an animation of moving lines rather than animated GIF images.
Future software changes
- CirrusSearch will be enabled as a beta feature on 41 new wikis, including Meta-Wiki and the Swedish (sv), Russian (ru), Polish (pl), Japanese (ja) and Chinese (zh) Wikipedias next week. This change means that CirrusSearch will now be enabled on all Wikimedia wikis.
- MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on the French (fr) and Dutch (nl) Wikipedias on May 1. Feedback is welcome. [38]
- The mobile version of Wikimedia wikis will soon include filters to limit the number of uploaded files that are copyright violations. [39]
- CodeEditor will soon have a status bar about errors and warnings. [40] [41]
- You can test a new version of Winter, a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. Comments are welcome. [42]
Problems
- For about 30 minutes on April 21, there were problems with image scaling due to a high server load. [43] [44]
- On April 22, it was not possible to use the Collection extension for about 90 minutes due to a server move. [45] [46]
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User pages don't belong in Draft namespace
Why did you move User:Douglas Nelson Turner and its accompanying talk page into draft namespace? Was this at user request? Chris Troutman (talk) 15:58, 30 April 2014 (UTC)