User talk:Carriearchdale
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my favorite wikipedia quotes " Thanks for reviewing Philippine Native Plants Conservation Society Hi Alternativity, Thanks for reviewing Philippine Native Plants Conservation Society. I really just created the article because I saw the Society red linked in the article you created about Leonard Co. The article about him was quite interesting and well done. I hope I did not step on your toes by starting to create the article about the Society. Please feel free to expand the society article if you are so inclined. I have done a bit of research on the society and will be adding a few more references in the coming days. I do enjoy working in collaboration with others! ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 08:46, 16 June 2014" "(UTC)
- Hi Carriearchdale! :D Thanks. :D I have to disagree about the Leonard Co being "well done" at this point because it's only about a tenth of the quality it should be. Hehe. But thank you. :D Thanks for getting to work on the society article. I've got a huge "to create" list still to get to and I'm afraid the society page isn't very high on my priority list yet. So I'm WAY glad someone's working on it. Hm. One suggestion, btw: are you active on Tagalog Wikipedia? Because there's a lot of work that needs doing there, making articles for native Philippine species. Anyway. Thank you for your work. Knowledge is an important weapon in the movement to protect Philippine biodiversity. And every helping hand is a step forward. :D Happy editing! -- Alternativity (talk) 11:29, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
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rebuttal I agree with your concern about the burn out on editing. I do not agree that comments on ANI pages should exclude new editors. I also do not agree that that I have significant disregard for BLP. I have done exactly two edits in Ronan Farrow page (the biography is about Ronan, BTW, not Woody), the first edit was supported by an administrator on the BLP page as appropriate, and the second was to precisely respond to an experienced editors request. I have gotten ZERO feedback on any BLP violations except ad-hominem attacks. I am primarily a medical editor who is trying to learn the skills of controversial editing in an area with less importance (and zero importance to me, but I intend to see it through to its logical end, which could be as simple as an experienced editor with a calm voice saying: "bob, do X", which I will instantly). My position is well researched and your accusation is unfounded. As for my returning the favor to Carrie of reading the record and commenting, as we had previously tried to work together in another article. We have some established good faith, with exists broadly within Wikipedia editors, so can hardly be considered bad. I have read the transcript, and gave my opinion. You have chosen to attack the messenger with no assumption of good faith. I assume your good faith in wanting a good encyclopedia, but perhaps you might want to listen and see if there is a good argument being made by Carrie or I, and dispute the content on the basis of balance rather than assumptions. I doubt that you will find two more earnest editors than Carrie or I on Wikipedia, and if you want to attract more earnest editors Wikipedia should find ways to engage each of us on content rather than false accusation, misrepresentation, POV, or what you think our intent is. Wikipedia will die if it cannot find new voices and chooses to descend into a vacuous testosterone pit.Bob the goodwin (talk) 20:57, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
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Lyme Wars Thanks for coming in and helping. I am not very good at Wikipedia (yet?) editing. If you look at my sandbox, you can see where I was trying to head. I have 40-50 sections in the sandbox, and expert help can make this an excellent article. User:Bob the goodwin/sandbox The Sceptical Chymist actually put the page up, but was working from my research. I appreciate any help to get that article complete. Bob the goodwin (talk) 09:04, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
Athiyur Hi there, just wanted to say thanks for all the work you've done cleaning up the Athiyur article. I have been trying to do this for months now, but the content seems to keep being re-added to article. I know you have asked questions about the article and the editor who keeps reverting and asking for edit protection. I have tried to explain to that editor in the edit summary and on his talk page why his edits were being removed or edited, but I don't think he fully understands how Wikipedia works. I get the impression he thinks that whatever he adds should stay, regardless of other editors or policy. The editor has even added welcome messages and holiday greetings to the reader, so I obviously haven't been able to get through to him. I'm thinking the difference in languages has something to do with this, as what makes no sense to me may make complete sense to him causing him to be annoyed when he gets reverted. Regardless of all this, I think it's obvious he is trying to contribute to the article in good faith, so it's not a bad idea to leave him a message if you happen to have to revert his edits. Anyways, like I said above, good work getting this cleaned up. Cmr08 (talk) 22:17, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the note Cmr08. I had just left you a note on your talk page. I am nearing the completion of my copy-edit work on the article Athiyur, and I am hopeful that there will be no more problems with inappropriate material, text, or images being added to the article by any editor. Of course all editors are welcome to edit the article, but I really hope we all have the same goal of improving the article and Wikipedia. I hope everyone has a great day today! Carriearchdale (talk) 22:25, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
...and btw Cmr08, thank you for noticing my copy edit work, and you are quite welcome! Carriearchdale (talk) 22:27, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
Yeah, I seen the note. I think we were both messaging each other at the same time. Like I said above, I think this has more to do with not understanding how Wikipedia works, but considering he made no attempt to discuss and has been re-adding removed content without explaination, I don't really know what the story is. In situations like this, it's always best to assume good faith until we have a reason to assume otherwise. We will have to see how he reacts to the copy edits. Cmr08 (talk) 22:35, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks Hi Carriearchdale. Thanks for reviewing Adam and Eve (public house). Yes, the article is short at the moment but I believe there are multiple secondary sources to improve the article (including finding a conclusive date of earliest record to a tavern on its site, either 1241 or 1249). May I ask your reason for tagging the article as an advertisement, and how I can solve that issue? Best, Duffit talk 14:40, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Duffit, The one external link you have listed on the article is also used as an inline citation in the article. http://www.thegoodpubguide.co.uk/pub/view/Adam-&-Eve-NR3-1RZ That site appears to be done in a promotional or advertisy writing style. Perhaps you could a different source to verify the saxon well. I think that having that link in the external links is probably okay, but if it were possible to have a source for the citation from a different secondary or tertiary source,that would be most ideal! Anyways I do very much like the way you have put the list together. If you have any more questions, or if I can help in any way with the article please do not hesitate to ask... I hope you a have a very great Saturday. Cheers!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 14:57, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the super quick response, Carriearchdale. :) I've completely excised the inline citations to the Good Pub Guide, but kept it as an external link as the GPG is a nationally known directory of pubs in the UK. I replaced the citation to the Saxon well to the Eastern Daily Press newspaper source. Does that solve the advertising issue? Hope you have a lovely Saturday too :). Best, Duffit talk 15:28, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks. I don't know what a citation barnstormer is, but it made me really happy. I am not sure I am doing a good job, but I want a good encyclopedia. I also want to learn to work within this environment. There is a lot of work that can be done if I figure it all out. I happen to think the Lyme wars stories is one of the all time great stories, I hope you are enjoying working with it. Let me know if I can do anything for you. I live in Seattle, and tend to stay up late, its nice to see someone awake at the same time! I will send you an email, if you want to discuss offline. Bob the goodwin (talk) 08:15, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Samsung Gear Fit Hi, Thanks for the talk message. I didn't actually create the article however; I had created it as a redirect to the Samsung Gear page, which was later turned into an article by another editor. I'm more than ready to help improve the content, regardless. --RaviC (talk) 14:22, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
Wideo.co article Hey Carriearchdale, not sure if this is appropriate location for a response as I'm still getting used to the communications side of this, but thanks for the message re the Wideo.co entry! I intend to spend some more time improving the article tomorrow so will certainly take your suggestions on board and will probably be in touch for further assistance! Thanks, Will. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WillDalton (talk • contribs) 00:50, 12 March 2014 (UTC) Great, please let me know if you have any questions, or if I can help in any way on the article. ciao! Carriearchdale (talk) 02:31, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
Thanks for the review of Groundnut pyramids. I know I see a lot of new articles during our Guild of Copy Editors' Drives, so it's nice to know my own articles pass scrutiny. Thanks again!
PaintedCarpet (talk) 15:08, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- thanks so much! how sweet of you. I really did like the article, it stood out among the rest of the new article crop!
ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 20:11, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
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I saw on your profile that you like horses. Here's an image of a horse for you! You deserve a rest, just like the horse. I'm just passing by to say thank you for reviewing pages that I created! See you around :) 001Jrm (talk) 01:00, 24 May 2014 (UTC) |
Thank you for your comment on California Farmer
I appreciate your taking the time to comment on a starter page!Valli Nagy 18:09, 1 June 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by ValliNagy (talk • contribs)
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You are welcome. Its my honor and duty to write articles on various academics!--Mishae (talk) 13:37, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
Tag still there - possible edit conflict
Thanks for reviewing my latest contribution, Liane Davey. However, it seems the new article tag is still there... maybe there was an edit conflict that prevented the removal? Thanks again. Woz2 (talk) 23:35, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks for the note. I resaved it as reviewed, I think that got it. It was a really well done article. I enjoyed reading over the article.
ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 00:37, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
Soraya Post
Please take a look at the refs for Soraya Post. Thank you!--BabbaQ (talk) 21:07, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
- Take a look at Paula Bieler. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:18, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
- Someone has added new refs on Sorayas article. Please take a look when you got the time for it.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:07, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
- Please take a look at the refs for Cristina Scuccia.--BabbaQ (talk) 08:45, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
- Someone has added new refs on Sorayas article. Please take a look when you got the time for it.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:07, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing Llandissilio
Thanks for reviewing Llandissilio. It's only an infant, but hopes to grow over the next few days. All the best, Tony Holkham (talk) 11:39, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for your review of Gustav Adolf Wohlgemuth
Thanks! Robert P. O'Shea (talk) 04:45, 31 May 2014 (UTC). Perhaps you would also like to review Instrument myopia, which I just created. It is a little more rough than Adolf Wohlgemuth's page; I will be seeking expert advice about the history of instrument myopia and will add it once I have it.Robert P. O'Shea (talk) 05:35, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
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Tech news prepared by tech ambassadors and posted by MediaWiki message delivery • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. Thank you for your review of Instrument myopiaThanks!Robert P. O'Shea (talk) 04:25, 10 June 2014 (UTC) You are quite welcome! Thanks for the note. I really appreciate it. It is really touching when an article writer takes a moment to say thanks. ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 04:29, 10 June 2014 (UTC) Thanks!Thank you for your feedback on Carol Reardon Article! SamanthaMes (talk) 15:51, 10 June 2014 (UTC) Please comment on Talk:Desireé CousteauGreetings! You have been randomly selected to receive an invitation to participate in the request for comment on Talk:Desireé Cousteau. Should you wish to respond to the invitation, your contribution to this discussion will be very much appreciated! If in doubt, please see suggestions for responding. If you do not wish to receive these types of notices, please remove your name from Wikipedia:Feedback request service. — Legobot (talk) 00:00, 11 June 2014 (UTC) ReConnect CaféThanks for your encouragement! It's an important effort and balances out some of the more obviously touristy stuff in Brooklyn--Aichik (talk) 18:07, 11 June 2014 (UTC) Please comment on Talk:Kenji MiyazawaGreetings! You have been randomly selected to receive an invitation to participate in the request for comment on Talk:Kenji Miyazawa. Should you wish to respond to the invitation, your contribution to this discussion will be very much appreciated! If in doubt, please see suggestions for responding. If you do not wish to receive these types of notices, please remove your name from Wikipedia:Feedback request service. — Legobot (talk) 00:00, 13 June 2014 (UTC) Please comment on Category talk:People with disabilitiesGreetings! You have been randomly selected to receive an invitation to participate in the request for comment on Category talk:People with disabilities. Should you wish to respond to the invitation, your contribution to this discussion will be very much appreciated! If in doubt, please see suggestions for responding. If you do not wish to receive these types of notices, please remove your name from Wikipedia:Feedback request service. — Legobot (talk) 00:00, 15 June 2014 (UTC) Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available. Reminder
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EmailUser/Carriearchdale Thanks, Carriearchdale (talk) 13:11, 16 June 2014 (UTC) 2014–15 Al Ain FC seasonHey, Why did you add this? http://www.gulf-times.com/pdflinks//PDFs/2014/5/14/Doha%20Stadium_2014_05_14_000000.pdf Sm3a (talk) 18:28, 16 June 2014 (UTC) Hi, thanks for the note. I think I had a clipboard error because that file was used on a different article. I fixed this article though. Sorry for the inconvenience.Thanks for letting me know! Looks like the article is shaping up well! ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 18:40, 16 June 2014 (UTC) Your rollback requestHi Carriearchdale, I have granted rollback rights to your account in accordance with your request. Please be aware that rollback should be used to revert vandalism, spam and blatantly unconstructive edits; using it to revert any other type of edit - such as by revert-warring or reverting edits you disagree with - can lead to it being removed from your account...sometimes without any warning, as some admins do not give a warning if they become aware of any misuse. If you think an edit should require a reason for reverting, use a manual edit summary instead of using the rollback tool. For practice, you may wish to review Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback. Also, I noticed that you were blocked earlier this year. I think you'll be fine with the rollback tool, hence why I granted it to you, but I would take extra care with it: if you're blocked for breaking 3RR again you could end up with rollback being removed from your account, even if you didn't use it to edit war. Good luck. Acalamari 21:00, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
Deadbeat parenthi, i recently had my deletion of some content in the "Deadbeat parent" article reverted by you. for reference, the section i deleted was: my edit comment at the time was: "zero citations and lots of loaded language is ample reason to delete" i feel that this was a good explanation for my action. note that there are, in fact, no citations in the entire section and there are two 'citation needed' entries, both six months old. additionally, the language of the section was full of loaded language: "so-called" debeat parents, "fraught with error", the new jersey legal system "ignoring" wibur's als. there is, to me at least, a strong feeling of bias in the whole section -- and no sources to back it up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.53.130.94 (talk) 21:46, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
A kitten for you!Thanks for the review of Groundnut pyramids. I know I see a lot of new articles during our Guild of Copy Editors' Drives, so it's nice to know my own articles pass scrutiny. Thanks again! PaintedCarpet (talk) 15:08, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 20:11, 23 May 2014 (UTC) Thank you for your comment on California FarmerI appreciate your taking the time to comment on a starter page!Valli Nagy 18:09, 1 June 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by ValliNagy (talk • contribs) Thanks!
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Tech news prepared by tech ambassadors and posted by MediaWiki message delivery • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. Copy editsCan you do more copy edits on these pages Nizamabad,Telangana.--Vin09 (talk) 06:02, 9 July 2014 (UTC) Sure, I will get back and finish the copyedit presently. Please do let me know if you have any other pages you would like copyedited. You are doing a wonderful job with all the articles you are creating! ciao!!! ````
Why is your user page so cluttered?Just curious, but you have like four and a half Babel boxes. ミーラー強斗武 (talk) 07:41, 9 July 2014 (UTC) Indefinite Block Proposal
In your appeal to Jimbo you write: However, the SUL report for this account shows that you have contributed to 21 WMF projects. Under what account name did you make contributions to 14 other projects? BMK (talk) 22:36, 9 July 2014 (UTC) response My account name is Carriearchdale. Always has been and always will be. Thank you for stopping in to enquire. I do appreciate that. Perhaps maybe you should update all your wikimedia softwares and such. Because I did make an error when I said around 35 global wikis. It is actually 38. THIRTY EIGHT global account Statistics: 12961 edits on 38 wikis. Most edits on en.wikipedia.org (12427). Oldest account on en.wikipedia.org (2007-11-21 06:11). Edits by project:wikipe...metacomm...1/296.3% Edits by language:en Other99.8% See also recent activity, recent edits, global user manager Local accounts wiki edits registered groups unified login block enwiki 12427 2007-11-21 06:11 unified metawiki 305 2014-01-05 09:39 unified commonswiki 128 2014-01-06 20:31 unified simplewiki 29 2014-01-08 05:52 unified enwiktionary 27 2014-01-06 22:13 unified frwiki 8 2014-01-06 15:48 unified wikimania2014wiki 7 2014-02-07 14:06 unified idwiki 5 2014-01-27 01:34 unified eswiki 3 2014-06-16 08:01 unified fiwiki 3 2014-06-16 20:27 unified wikidatawiki 3 2014-01-06 22:13 unified zhwiki 3 2014-02-07 05:34 unified arzwiki 2 2014-02-10 02:16 unified dewiki 2 2014-01-13 14:33 unified enwikiversity 2 2014-01-06 22:13 unified itwiki 2 2014-02-09 00:17 unified enwikisource 1 2014-01-06 22:13 unified fawiki 1 2014-06-23 15:25 unified incubatorwiki 1 2014-01-06 22:13 unified lawiki 1 2014-02-23 05:42 unified mediawikiwiki 1 2014-01-06 22:13 unified arwiki 0 2014-06-12 17:58 unified enwikibooks 0 2014-01-06 22:13 unified enwikinews 0 2014-01-06 22:13 unified enwikiquote 0 2014-01-06 22:13 unified enwikivoyage 0 2014-01-06 22:13 unified fjwiki 0 2014-04-18 07:11 unified loginwiki 0 2014-01-05 09:39 unified nlwiki 0 2014-06-17 08:59 unified outreachwiki 0 2014-03-11 08:55 unified plwiki 0 2014-03-02 20:35 unified ptwiki 0 2014-03-02 20:35 unified sourceswiki 0 2014-03-21 20:47 unified specieswiki 0 2014-01-06 22:13 unified svwiki 0 2014-03-02 20:34 unified tawiki 0 2014-02-27 02:54 unified testwiki 0 2014-04-27 10:43 unified viwiki 0 2014-03-02 20:34 unified
Again I do thank you for the inquiry. Plese do stop back in again sometime. ciao!!! I do hope everyone has a great and fabulous evening! Carriearchdale (talk) 23:24, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
A chance for you to redeem yourselfHello User:Carriearchdale, I'm User:Sturmgewehr88. It appears that, because of your behavior in the last few months, you are about to be indefinitely blocked on English Wikipedia. Because I believe in WP:Good faith, I'm going to spell something out for you: while many editors support indef blocking you, a majority of them are in favor of later unblocking you if you learn from your misdeeds and accept that what you did was wrong. They're not asking you to kiss their ass, just accept responsibility for your actions. I have also volunteered to be your WP:MENTOR after you're unblocked. I look forward to helping you become a better contributing editor to Wikipedia, but you have to take the first step. Also, when you request to be unblocked, please don't sound like a "victim"; you must genuinely regret and repent your past actions, otherwise no admin will unblock you. Cheers~ ミーラー強斗武 (StG88ぬ会話) 23:06, 9 July 2014 (UTC) I do thank you for stopping in with your kind offer. I will certainly take it in under advisement. I am and always will fully accountable for my actions. I always have been and I always will be. Also thanks for the note about the broken user boxes and such. I may be brilliant but I never said I could make a correct user box. I have been renovating on my user page, so please do pardon the dust. There is all kinds of code swirling around over there. I like your signature coding. I am very attract to the different script to write a couple in japanese script! Please do stop back in another time. Have a great evening! Also please see the response to the user who posted a question just above yours. ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 23:32, 9 July 2014 (UTC) Let us all have a spelling lesson!!!Let us all have a spelling lesson!!! Okay now, sound out each letter as we spell the big long difficult word!!! Who can spell it, who can say it? If you don't want to to learn a word that most of you do not have a good understanding of, please exit now!!! And now, very politely, here we go............................. W H I S T L E B L O W E R ciao!!! I hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the evening!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 00:27, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
BE GONE!!! ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 02:13, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
Again, and for the record, I have not, nor have I ever received any form of payment or compensation from anyone in any manner, shape, or form regarding my endeavors on Wikipedia. Anyone who states that this is not correct is making false, fraudulent, and libelous accusations, and is a liability to the organization as well as to editors whose sole aim is to contribute in good faith. Thank you to all of you for your support in this unwarranted and unfounded matter by this editor, Daniellagreen (talk) (cont) 03:09, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
more retaliatory battleground behaviour from User:Beyond My Kenhere=[104] ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 02:31, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
@Sturmgewehr88: This edit to me is extremely borderline, and if you do have an issue, I suggest taking it up with Beyond My Ken directly, but I do see where you have an issue. If both of you are amiable to it, I'd be happy to mediate. ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀ 05:50, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
Talkbackneed more edits on that page, has many issues, please correct them based on copy-edit tag. Vin09 (talk) 05:10, 10 July 2014 (UTC) Yes Vin09, I will try to get back there today to finish. Thanks for the note. Please have a good day!!! ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 15:08, 10 July 2014 (UTC) QuestionCarriearchdale, I've been wondering. Why do you tell people to "govern [themselves] accordingly"? According to what? Yngvadottir (talk) 20:15, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
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{{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} . However, you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. the panda ₯’ 22:53, 10 July 2014 (UTC)It is worth noting that you received an offer to be mentored by one of the commenters at the ANI discussion. If I were in your current position, I might very seriously consider indicating whether you would be willing to accept such an offer. John Carter (talk) 23:23, 10 July 2014 (UTC) many thanks and much gratitude to all!!!I really would love to thank all my supporters both on this wiki and elsewhere. I was extremely proud to accept all the kudos I have been given here at wikipedia, as well as all my wonderful fans over at twitter. Although everyone has been most supportive, I would especially like to thank a group of persons who have excelled each at their own craft --- @AxMorgan, @QueenAmy13, @ZoeIrvin, @DonaldGResha, @YBE, @RealRagnvald, @nycdave, and all to the rest as well my some 11,000 thousand followers there at twitter! I hope everyone will have the brightest day ever!!! ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 08:28, 12 July @LollyGirlLou over at twitter Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available. Recent software changes
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notification to all interested wikipedia usersAt the present time I have not yet made a decision as whether to place an unblock request here at the english wikipedia. MY decision is still pending based on several factors. I am not abusing my talk page access by replying to a message left me by Vin09. Contrary to what andythegrump has so prematurely posted on the ANI, I merely asked to editor Vin09 to contact me via the email link on the left to "Please email me any help requests" Nothing was stated in my message left here to Vin09 about anything to do with advising him how to proceed with any matters here at english wikipedia. please govern yourselves accordingly, and as always I hope everyone will have a quite fantastic evening. ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 00:23, 18 July 2014 (UTC) NoticeThere is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.—LucasThoms 00:27, 18 July 2014 (UTC) Thanks for the note. Since of course I cannot at present respond at ANI, I will leave any responses or comment here on my talk page. ciao!!! 00:30, 18 July 2014 (UTC) Many thanks Lucas Thoms. ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 00:36, 18 July 2014 (UTC) In response to john carter post at ANI, I would say that equating his verbose and evilly creative attempts at translation of the actual meaning of the exact statement I typed in message to vin09, "Please email me any help requests by clicking email user in the left column of the talk page here," with intention of what statement meant would be impossible. It is quite difficult to understand how user john carter knows exactly what meant when I typed those nineteen words. How about keeping all the casting of aspersions to a minimum this time!!! To quote Rodney King, "Can't we all just get along?" ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 00:54, 18 July 2014 (UTC) Being that it is customary to notify any user/editor whose wikipedia name is brought up at ANI, I would request that some neutral party notify Vin09 that his wikipedia name has been mentioned at ANI, if that has not already been done. ciao111 Carriearchdale (talk) 01:24, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
Being that it is customary to notify any user/editor whose wikipedia name is brought up at ANI, I would request that some neutral party notify Vin09 that his wikipedia name has been mentioned at ANI, if that has not already been done. ciao111 Carriearchdale (talk) 01:24, 18 July 2014 (UTC) Please make a notice, and post at the ANI that user BeyondMyKen had just for at least the second time vandalized the Carrierarchdale user page by changing the information in the user box which lists the true and actually date I registered with wikipedia. beyondmyken changed the correct year date from 2007 to 2014. That edit was malicious, disruptive, and just continues to show the batleground and retaliatory actions of user beyonmyken towards Carriearchdale. Please see this diff if you wish to verify what I have typed here. [125] ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 01:33, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
It wasn't, but no problem, thanks for your help Lucas Thoms ciao!! Carriearchdale (talk) 01:43, 18 July 2014 (UTC) notification of current factName : Carriearchdale Registered : 21 November 2007 diff [126] external reference - https://tools.wmflabs.org/quentinv57-tools/tools/sulinfo.php?username=Carriearchdale ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 01:48, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the note Sturmgewehr88. I hope you have a wonderful evening!!! ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 04:32, 18 July 2014 (UTC) The basics about contributing"Wikipedia is the product of thousands of editors' contributions, each one bringing something different to the table, whether it be: researching skills, technical expertise, writing prowess, or tidbits of information, but most importantly a willingness to help. Nobody owns articles, so if you see a problem that you can fix, do so. Everyone is encouraged to copyedit articles, and add content if they have knowledge of or are willing to do the necessary research to improve the topic at hand." diff [127] external reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_to_Wikipedia ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 02:32, 18 July 2014 (UTC) MfD nomination of User:Carriearchdale/NiotsoUser:Carriearchdale/Niotso, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Carriearchdale/Niotso and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Carriearchdale/Niotso during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Orange Mike | Talk 03:00, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
Thank you Solarra for the note. I believe at this time it would be the best thing to say that I have no comment at this particular time. May I ask you Solarra, to either post, or tell me how long such a "discussion" is customarily run before closing it? Thanks for your time. ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 03:19, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
notification to self for the record"Wikipedia is the product of thousands of editors' contributions, each one bringing something different to the table, whether it be: researching skills, technical expertise, writing prowess, or tidbits of information, but most importantly a willingness to help. Nobody owns articles, so if you see a problem that you can fix, do so. Everyone is encouraged to copyedit articles, and add content if they have knowledge of or are willing to do the necessary research to improve the topic at hand." diff [128] external reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_to_Wikipedia baseless allegations in my opinionfrom ANI - "Probably not as it would be easier to just dust off another sleeper account registered in 2007 and begin again anew. Hence the rather bizarre insistence that she has been around for seven years. She could be the greatest sock-master Wikipedia has ever seen, but unprovable since it's a sly move done over many years (seriously this goes deeper). I find that more believable than a user that doesn't do a test edit in seven years after registering an account. Froggerlaura ribbit11:06 pm, Yesterday (UTC−4)" from ANI - "Um, given that it is blatant copy-paste plagiarism of this [92] (not a copyvio, as it is public domain), I think that deletion might be advisable. AndyTheGrump (talk) 11:06 pm, Today (UTC−4)" end of quotes from ANI ciao!!! update Carriearchdale (talk) 04:52, 18 July 2014 (UTC) attempts to ask questions
reposting for more clarity"Wikipedia is the product of thousands of editors' contributions, each one bringing something different to the table, whether it be: researching skills, technical expertise, writing prowess, or tidbits of information, but most importantly a willingness to help. Nobody owns articles, so if you see a problem that you can fix, do so. Everyone is encouraged to copyedit articles, and add content if they have knowledge of or are willing to do the necessary research to improve the topic at hand." diff [129] external reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_to_Wikipedia NotificationCarrie, I wanted to share a little info with you on your user talk page use and give you appropriate notice. Generally speaking, I'm probably the most liberal minded when it comes to how someone uses their talk page when blocked. I've been in more than couple shouting matches defending user's rights in these cases. Still, there are some practical limitations you should be aware of. As long as the talk is more or less Wiki related, isn't soapboxing or violating WP:POLEMIC, etc., I'm pretty easy to get along with, with one caveat, that the idea is eventually the user will be unblocked, so the talk page use serves a purpose, to allow communication, working on future goals and/or articles, mentoring, etc. I find it very useful for that. You are indef blocked. At some point you need to decide if you are going to seek an unblock or not. If you don't, then the generosity in using the talk page is somewhat diminished, because it isn't serving the above goal. The same holds true with email, to a lesser degree. If an editor has decided that they are not going to seek an unblock, or not seek one in a reasonable period, then use of the talk page falls under greater scrutiny. There is no hard and fast rule, but to me, once a few weeks or a month has passed and they are using the talk page regularly but have no intention of getting unblocked, then I have to at least reconsider the use. Of course, if they go away and come back 6 months later to ask, use isn't even an issue, as you weren't using the talk page. The same is true of proxy editing, ie: asking others to make edits on your behalf. This is against policy as it is a means to bypass the block. We usually tolerate a small amount of this with temporarily blocked editors, if they are asking to fix small mistakes on articles they work on, as this improves the encyclopedia and the goal isn't really to bypass anything. Indef blocked editors, however, usually aren't afforded the same exemptions. Whether the proxy editing is via email or on the talk page is irrelevant, it is still against policy, so just be aware of that. In short, soon you will need to either ask for an unblock, or expect talk page and email to get revoked if you continue the way you have. Some of the material you have posted borders on WP:POLEMIC violations, as we don't allow lists of quotes from "enemies" and such. In my singular opinion, the activities you have engaged in since being blocked have not been beneficial towards an eventual unblock. I'm fine with whatever you decide, but out of fairness, I wanted to give you fair and final warning of the repercussions of your choices. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 13:08, 18 July 2014 (UTC) Thanks for stopping in and leaving a note! ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 19:25, 18 July 2014 (UTC) notice regarding postings at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/User:Carriearchdale/NiotsoHaving read the comments by the user/editors at the page listed above, I was really quite appalled by most of the comments there so, I will mention no specific user/editor name in my comment. A few postings there are taking quite a gigantic leap by using words such as plagiarism and non-attribution. I have works and writings that I have personally created all over the internet. I will leave my statement at that, since I am sure what I state here will really make no difference. Anyone that has some concrete evidence that I have plagiarized something, please take no offense, but please put up, or shut up about it. Casting aspersions onto a person or a member of wikipedia with no evidence is what I describe as a baseless allegation. I mean really people, if this whole extended affair is some attempt to upset me or something, it doesn't. That draft was sitting in there minding its own business, waiting to be reworked. I hope all of you user/editors are also policing all other draft articles sitting in user spaces, because if you are not applying policy to all user/editors across the board, that could be seen as possibly continuing to strike out against one editor in a retaliatory manner for perhaps some other reason. I will end my statement at that for today. I do hope everyone will have a safe and fruitful weekend. ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 22:14, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for the note Dennis Brown. What you are describing in your paragraph may at first look somewhat plausible. But if sny poster/user/editor that posted there has some evidence of the bad acts that they are alledging, they really should support their baseless allegation with some iron clad proof of wrong-doing. Perhaps I am not aware of the procedure you use in such a discussion. Are accusations by some poster there just accepted as fact? I can count to 20 or 28 whatever the number is, but please be aware Dennis Brown, "you" or "WP" or whoever can line up 100, 200, or 350 persons to mark a vote down, but whatever the outcome of the discussion, it does not mean I a not telling the truth. I stand by everything I have said. Posters can just keep on posting, and casting aspersions that I am "dishonest, deceitful, deceptive..." you can fill in the the other hate speech that billows in and around wikipedia. I am sure you probably read over some or most of it. The truth is the truth, and some people around wikipedia cannot handle the truth, and they instead go around making baseless allegations, accusations without merit, and just pure mistruths for whatever their reason. I have been surprised that during this ANI some posters, and even some admins are questioning others at the ANI regarding issues that have come up there. Maybe wikipedia has a small chance of turning itself around, I do hope so. ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 22:58, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
I will not be answering any questions from persons who are making baseless allegations against me. But for the sake of civility andythegrump, maybe you should try thinking in a positive manner, and then use the assume good faith concept heralded around wikipeda, and try to imagine some scenario where you are actually mistaken, and there is a perfectly good reason that the draft article in userspace here, and the one posted over at the spot you listed had a lot of the same info, and were similar in nature. andythegrump, have you ever been wrong? ciao!!! Carriearchdale (talk) 23:18, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
Well, well, well I must say I missed this discussion when it occurred, but I will make a few comments about what several different persons stated in their post or asked.
Being created directly as an article usually means a person would use the article wizard to create an article. Another way of course is to use the AFC process. Please check your sources more closely. The work was in fact copied in my user space by the dear departed Cindy lady. I don't recall her exact wiki name but I believe I read where she passed while at a wiki conference in Berlin. Her loss was a hard blow to wikipedia. I believe she was a well loved wikipedian.
This is not a fact, but a supposition, "an idea or theory that you believe is true even though you do not have proof."[1] by some uninformed individual. I suppose the person who wrote this might be able to hypothesize, and try to come to some probable conclusion, if they had all the facts regarding the works being discussed. They don't have all the facts. If I thought the facts might matter, I might decide to include them here, but alas, I believe the die has already been cast, so I will just leave that statement as is for the time being.
As I have stated previously, I turned over any and all info regarding the possibility of Daniellagreen doing paid editing with non-disclosure, that had been given to me by another person over to one of my trusted advisors. I have no possession of the evidence or info any longer, and I have moved forward. I really do not know yet the outcome of anything my trusted advisor has done, or will do with anything he now has in his possession regarding that matter. My trusted advisor is a well informed, and responsible person, that as I understand is going to be handling the matter at the corporate level. As I have stated here previously my decision on whether or not to appeal the ban imposed here is pending at this place in time. End of statement for today. Please feel free to discuss if you like, or even ask questions, but remember I will not be answering questions from persons who are making baseless allegations here. I hope everyone has a bright and fantastic Sunday!!!
Public domainCarrie, in regard to your statement above: ""The fact that the original source has a public domain license and regardless of who had contributed to it (at least 2 people), failure to credit it as the source is plagiarism." by voceditenore. This is not a fact, but a supposition, "an idea or theory that you believe is true even though you do not have proof." You are mistaken. It has nothing to do with US copyright law in the United States, particularly since our editors are from all over the globe. Our policies are such that all Public Domain text and media must be attributed to the source or they are subject to be deleted. As Wikipedia is a privately owned website, this is a choice the Foundation made some time ago. For our purposes, it is considered the equivalent of plagiarism to do otherwise. Just as we define notability and civility differently here, so too do we define plagiarism in a way that might not reflect normal English usage. There is no such thing as global Public Domain anyway, and we choose to require that non-original PD material be sourced to verify ownership and licensing. Again, the laws of the United States are meaningless here, we have our own policies which are more stringent than the laws in the US. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 11:54, 20 July 2014 (UTC) references
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The Bugle: Issue CIII, October 2014, Redux
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NOTE: This replaces the earlier October 2014 Bugle message, which had incorrect links -- please ignore/delete the previous message. Thank uou!
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. You can read translations.
Recent changes
- You can test a new system to see math using MathML. Go to your display options and choose "⧼mw math mathml⧽".
- You can add badges in Wikidata for quality articles and featured lists. [299] [300]
File information cleanup
- You can join a wiki project to help tools read file information. It will help people reuse files.
- See how to fix metadata. You can fix it by adding markers to templates and adding templates to files.
- You can see a list of files missing machine-readable information on your wiki.
- The files missing readable data are also in these categories: no license, no description, no author or no source. [301]
Problems
- Developers fixed a security problem. If you use Internet Explorer 6, you won't be able to log in any more. You should use a newer browser. [302]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf4) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 16. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 21, and on all Wikipedias from October 23 (calendar).
- 10% of logged-out readers are getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. You can also test it as a Beta Feature. [303]
- If you add the same parameter twice in a template, it now puts the page in a tracking category. [304] [305]
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The Signpost: 22 October 2014
- In the media: The story of Wikipedia; Wikipedia reanimated and republished; UK government social media rules; death of Italian Wikipedia administrator
- Featured content: Admiral on deck: a modern Ada Lovelace
- Op-ed: Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution—a wiki-protest
- WikiProject report: De-orphanning articles - a huge task but with a huge team of volunteers to help
- Traffic report: Death, War, Pestilence... Movies and TV
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- There was an issue with files from Commons on October 21. You could only see those with names between 140 and 159 characters by visiting Commons itself. [306]
- There was a problem with cut and paste in VisualEditor in Firefox. It was fixed quickly. [307]
- There was a problem with editing math in VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [308]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will now come to Wikipedia sites every Wednesday, instead of every Thursday. [309]
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf5) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 28, and on all Wikipedias from October 29 (calendar).
- VisualEditor now uses autovalues for templates if they are in TemplateData. [310] [311] [312]
- VisualEditor's menu items now show their shortcuts beside them. [313]
- VisualEditor now opens faster when you click "edit". [314]
- The rules for plurals in translations changed in some languages. Interface translations are currently not being updated from translatewiki.net; this process will start again on November 6. [315]
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The Signpost: 29 October 2014
- Featured content: Go West, young man (By the way, there is a monster at the end of this article)
- In the media: Wikipedia a trusted source on Ebola; Wikipedia study labeled government waste; football biography goes viral
- Maps tagathon: Find 10,000 digitised maps this weekend
- Recent research: Informed consent and privacy; newsmaking on Wikipedia; Wikipedia and organizational theories
- Traffic report: Ebola, Ultron, and Creepy Articles
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 software changes
- The "Special:Cite" page is now called "Special:CiteThisPage". That way, you know it's to cite the page, not to add a reference. [316]
- You can no longer use the
insource:
keyword for text searches. It caused issues with the new search tool. It will come back later. [317] [318]
Problems
- There was a bug in VisualEditor with Internet Explorer. It hid tools like the link editor when you opened them. The bug was fixed on Monday. [319]
- Issues with the new search tool caused geo data code to show up on pages on Monday and Friday. The mobile "nearby" tool was also broken. The problem is now fixed. [320] [321] [322]
- HHVM caused server issues on Thursday. They are now fixed.
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf5) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 4, and on all Wikipedias from November 5 (calendar).
- Some wikis have icons at the top of a page to show if it is protected or featured. Icons show up using CSS. You can now use the
<indicator>
tag in these templates instead to add the icons. [323] [324] - VisualEditor now tells you if you're editing a re-used reference. This helps you avoid changing it if you just want to add a new one. [325]
- The icons in VisualEditor's template editor tool for adding more fields are back, along with other fixes. [326] [327] [328] [329] [330]
- After November 6, all wikis will have the tool to edit TemplateData. [331] [332] [333]
Future changes
- The new search tool will come to the last wikis in the coming weeks. This includes Wikipedia in French, Chinese, German and English. [334]
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New Wikipedia Library Accounts Now Available (November 2014)
Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for, free, full-access accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for:
- DeGruyter: 1000 new accounts for English and German-language research. Sign up on one of two language Wikipedias:
- Fold3: 100 new accounts for American history and military archives
- Scotland's People: 100 new accounts for Scottish genealogy database
- British Newspaper Archive: expanded by 100+ accounts for British newspapers
- Highbeam: 100+ remaining accounts for newspaper and magazine archives
- Questia: 100+ remaining accounts for journal and social science articles
- JSTOR: 100+ remaining accounts for journal archives
Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 23:25, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
- You can host and coordinate signups for a Wikipedia Library branch in your own language. Please contact Ocaasi (WMF).
- This message was delivered via the Mass Message to the Book & Bytes recipient list.
The Signpost: 05 November 2014
- In the media: Predicting the flu; MH17 conspiracy theories
- Traffic report: Sweet dreams on Halloween
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 software changes
- You may see a new tool on the mobile site of the English Wikipedia. It asks simple questions to make the article better. In the future, your answers will go to Wikidata. [335] [336]
- The MediaWiki API now shows information in a nice format. You can translate it in translatewiki.net. [337]
- Reminder: You can help fix file information on your wiki. It will help robots understand the information. After that, it will be easier for you to search files and re-use them.
- You can join two IRC chats this week to learn more about the file cleanup project. One will be on Wednesday at 18:00 (UTC) and the other on Thursday at 04:00 (UTC). You can ask questions during the chat if you need help to fix files on your wiki.
- You can see a list of files to fix on the Labs tool. You can report bugs and ask questions on the talk page.
Problems
- Wikimedia Labs was broken for a few hours on Thursday. It was due to a hardware problem. [338]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf7) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 11, and on all Wikipedias from November 12 (calendar).
- You can now use more editing tools for tables in VisualEditor. You can add rows and columns, merge cells, and edit table captions. [339] [340]
- The style and insert menus in the toolbar of VisualEditor now show fewer tools. This helps you see the most common tasks. You can see all items by clicking "More". [341]
- The way windows inside VisualEditor work has changed. VisualEditor should be faster and have fewer bugs. [342]
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The Signpost: 12 November 2014
- In the media: Amazon Echo; EU freedom of panorama; Bluebeard's Castle
- Featured content: Wikipedia goes to church in Lithuania
- WikiProject report: Talking hospitals
- Traffic report: Holidays, anyone?
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf8) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 12. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 18, and on all Wikipedias from November 19 (calendar).
- The new search tool ("CirrusSearch") will be on the English Wikipedia from November 19. [343]
Move from Bugzilla to Phabricator
- The tool to track bugs will change on November 21.
- You won't be able to add or edit bugs between November 21 and November 24.
- You can make the change easier for you by creating your account.
- Bugzilla will be frozen after the change. You will see, edit and report bugs in Phabricator.
- You can join two IRC chats to learn more about the change. The chats will be on Tuesday, November 18 at 16:00 (UTC) and 23:00 UTC. [344]
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The Bugle: Issue CIV, November 2014
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RfC United States same-sex marriage map
I opened up an RfC for the U.S. same-sex marriage map due to the complicated situation of Kansas: RfC: How should we color Kansas? Prcc27 (talk) 21:14, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
Wikidata weekly summary #134
- Events/Blogs/Press
- Had a great hackathon for GLAM and Wikidata in Amsterdam last weekend
- IRC office hour about structured data on Commons (logs)
- Building a periodic table using Wikidata
- Lydia will be speaking at internetdagarna in Stockholm on Monday
- Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Wikimedia Commons will get Phase 2 on December 2nd
- The Sum of all Paintings - new app to nicely display data related to artwork
- Institutions on Commons without an item on Wikidata
- Wikidata descriptions being used to help clarify search results in the Wikipedia mobile app
- WikidataTodo now shows you tasks to be done on Wikidata related to a specific country as well
- VisualEditor coming as a beta feature
- Statements on properties are getting closer to the finish line. You could help figure out which properties to use for describing and classifying properties.
- Did you know?
- Development
- When a page is deleted on a client (Wikipedia, etc) its sitelink is now removed automatically from its Wikidata item
- Reworked the automatic precision detection for coordinates
- The long planned split of the code base into two independent Wikibase Repo and Client extensions is getting closer pretty fast these weeks
- Made good progress on making the sitelinks section much more compact and moving it into the right-hand sidebar
- While still reworking lots of details that slightly changed in DataModel 2.0 we already started working on a possible DataModel 3.0
- More performance optimizations in the form of more advanced label lookup implementations
- Implemented file-based cache of SiteStore to improve performance
- Bug fixes
- Updated the property suggester with new data! :)
- Monthly Tasks
- Hack on one of these.
- Help fix these items which have been flagged using Wikidata - The Game.
- Help develop the next summary here!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
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
- The move from Bugzilla to Phabricator is done. You can now report bugs in Phabricator. [345]
Problems
- There was a problem when editing tables in VisualEditor. VisualEditor was trying to fix bad values for the
colspan
orrowspan
option. VisualEditor now leaves the bad values to avoid making things worse. This was fixed on November 17. [346]
Software changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf9) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 19. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 25, and on all Wikipedias from November 26 (calendar).
- You will be able to try VisualEditor on many new wikis for the first time. After November 26, VisualEditor will become available on Wikidata, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, and Wikinews wikis. You can find it in your Beta options. [347]
- VisualEditor now tells you if your edit needs to be approved. [348]
- You can now use VisualEditor's tools directly when you resume editing after closing the save window. [349]
- VisualEditor's table editing tools now work better in right-to-left languages. [350] [351]
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