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English WIKI local IPBE

I am an editor located in mainland China where Wikipedia is blocked. I need to use proxy IP to edit English Wiki. Through the help from another editor, I got the English Wiki local IPBE 6 months ago. It is going to expire soon. The editor who helped me out sonehow is no longer active. Could anyone can tell me how to renew my English Wiki local IPBE ? Thanks! 钉钉 (talk) 05:40, 28 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please follow the process at WP:IPECPROXY. — JJMC89 (T·C) 06:58, 28 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the information. 钉钉 (talk) 12:08, 28 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Empanadas

While I have never to my knowledge consumed had one of these comestibles, I have read the articles both here and es:Empanadas - there seems to be a lot of content relating to the legality of empanadas in the Spanish Wikipedia that we don't have. Moreover it seems there is an Internet meme "I only came to say I am selling empanadas" which does not seem documented on either Wiki, though it is used as vandalism .

Any volunteers to improve one or both articles? All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 16:44, 28 September 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Section in the Spanish article seems to be about the legality of unlicensed sales of street food. Rmhermen (talk) 15:54, 5 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Please move the content from draft about Alexandru Darie to a wikipedia article. He is notable enough because he was one of the most important theatre directors from Romania. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.185.175.84 (talk) 17:13, 28 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tell me, Mr. Louis, why ...

I just noticed that quite a few dab pages of saint names are in Category:Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists (what a convoluted cat name); for example, Saint Louis and St. Jacques. While there are people whose surname is Louis, I don't think this applies to Saint Louis. It is not like, “Tell me Mr. Louis, why did your parents call you 'Saint'?"; if anything, his surname was Capet.

Is this something that ought to be fixed? If so, is Category:Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists the appropriate cat? --Lambiam 23:52, 29 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The page exists so that when people type in "Saint Louis" in search they can find their way to the one they are looking for. Removing the actual St. Louis from the page would be unhelpful. Rmhermen (talk) 15:44, 5 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The consultation on partial and temporary Foundation bans just started

Hello,

In a recent statement, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees requested that staff hold a consultation to "re-evaluat[e] or add community input to the two new office action policy tools (temporary and partial Foundation bans)".

Accordingly, the Foundation's Trust & Safety team invites all Wikimedians to join this consultation and give their feedback from 30 September to 30 October.

How can you help?

Suggest how partial and temporary Foundation bans should be used, if they should (eg: On all projects, or only on a subset);

Give ideas about how partial and temporary Foundation bans should ideally implemented, if they should be; and/or

Propose changes to the existing Office Actions policy on partial and temporary bans.

We offer our thanks in advance for your contributions, and we hope to get as much input as possible from community members during this consultation!

-- Kbrown (WMF) 17:14, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Alfred Wegener's place of death

I believe it was either a prank or a test first added by 86.26.9.129 (talk): special:diff/286460068. It has polluted other websites. special:redirect/page/22645740 should be deleted. Any geologists/historians have reliable books on Wegener to confirm?--Roy17 (talk) 20:02, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It is mentioned at Alfred Wegener § Death too... A quick Google search showed no information pertaining to this place in Greenland. The talk page also revealed a quick debate in 2009 whether the place was real too. —comrade waddie96 ★ (talk) 11:09, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

PSP SA=yes

The talk page template {{WikiProject South Africa |class=Stub |importance=Mid |PSP SA=yes|PSP SA-priority=mid}} results in Stub-Class South Africa articles, Mid-importance South Africa articles, Stub-Class PSP SA articles, and Unknown-importance PSP SA articles as categories at the top of the talk page, but Unknown-importance PSP SA articles is the result, regardless of the final parameter |PSP SA-importance=mid or |PSP SA-priority=mid. Should Unknown-importance PSP SA articles not appear, or maybe there a correct parameter to produce an importance? Perhaps this is actualy a bug, or perhaps there is a correct parameter that I cannot guess. What can other editors tell me about this situation?--Dthomsen8 (talk) 21:46, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There are 165 pages in category "Unknown-importance PSP SA articles" as a result of this situation.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 21:49, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Apple Network Server is #1 article?

The iOS version of the Wiki mobile app has a section displaying the most read articles. According to that, the Apple Network Server is currently #1, and was #2 yesterday.

Bug in mobile version? Or is something going on on the 'net I can't find?

Maury Markowitz (talk) 12:07, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The article has received a significant spike in traffic over the past week, but it's not clear to me why. Sam Walton (talk) 13:10, 1 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

BBC Click (TV programme) segment on state interference on WP - Chinese especially

I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but the current edition of Click (TV programme) has an interesting segment on this - 5 mins or so, at the top. I expect available wherever their news channel is, & maybe online. link on UK site. Johnbod (talk) 15:24, 5 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

At the end of Wikipedia is a black mountain

When all article titles (~ 5.9 million) are sorted alphabetically the last one in the list is 黑山 -- GreenC 03:22, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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	When all article titles are sorted alphabetically the last one in the list is [[黑山]] -- [[User:GreenC\|<span style="color: #006A4E;">'''Green'''</span>]][[User talk:GreenC\|<span style="color: #093;">'''C'''</span>]] 03:22, 6 October 2019 (UTC)		When all article titles (~ 5.9 million) are sorted alphabetically the last one in the list is [[黑山]] -- [[User:GreenC\|<span style="color: #006A4E;">'''Green'''</span>]][[User talk:GreenC\|<span style="color: #093;">'''C'''</span>]] 03:22, 6 October 2019 (UTC)