User talk:Lotje
Administrators' newsletter – August 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Technical news
- The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. (T334338)
- Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. (T337431)
Arbitration
- The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
- The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.
commonscatinline
Can you help me understand why are you replacing on many pages the already existing and functioning commons category link boxes with "commonscatinline"? Thanks, -- Ooligan (talk) 03:26, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
- Hello Ooligan, replacing the commonscat by the commonscatinline has to do with the fact the external link section is very short or, when it is hanging somehow "lost" (immediately) under the infobox. Hoping this is helpful to you. Cheers. Lotje (talk) 05:20, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for August 12
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Perfumed gloves, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page René Bianchi.
(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:04, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
- A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that
[s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment
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Technical news
- Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)
Arbitration
- The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming
local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus
. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged tonote when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful
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Miscellaneous
- Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.
Books & Bytes – Issue 58
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 58, July – August 2023
- New partners - De Standaard and Duncker & Humblot
- Tech tip: Filters
- Wikimania presentation
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --14:27, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
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| Nine years! |
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:16, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
- Dear Gerda Arendt, how kind of you to remember. Thank you very much.
Lotje (talk) 09:37, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
For gallery, if desired
The little Lotje have gallery of lovely images on userpage for cheering up. Here another, so yummy! Enjoy! bishzilla ROARR!! pocket 17:47, 4 November 2023 (UTC).
- Well thank you Bishzilla, I'll surely enjoy this and now, and tomorrow I will to find a place to add this wonderful image. Cheers. Lotje (talk) 17:52, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
- [Breathing out a light spray of {{cookie}} crumbs as she speaks :] Too late, the evil Darwinbish has stolen your cakes! The cakes made her happy and she'd like to give you a great big hug for leaving them where she could reach them. Spread the WikiLove by giving her more cakes, unless you want her boys to pay you a visit! darwin bish 18:05, 4 November 2023 (UTC).