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Tech News: 2016-31[edit]

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

  • A prototype for structured data on Commons is available now. [1]
  • The RevisionSlider beta feature can now be tested on mediawiki.org, German Wikipedia, Arabic Wikipedia and Hebrew Wikipedia.

Problems

  • Renamed users on some wikis were not connected to their account on other wikis between 20 July and 21 July. This has been fixed. [2]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 August. It will be on all wikis from 4 August (calendar).

Meetings

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21:48, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #220[edit]

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

Tech News: 2016-32[edit]

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

  • In notifications, the icon for Notices has been changed from a speech-bubble icon () to a tray icon () for consistency. The Alerts icon has been redesigned too. The colors have been changed for accessibility. [3]

Problems

  • If you use the wikEd gadget, changes you made were not kept when you switched from the wikitext editor to the visual editor while you were editing. This has now been fixed. [4]

Changes this week

  • Wikimedia search will now ignore question marks at the end of the sentences or words you use when you search. Until now the question mark was just a wildcard. [5]
  • On Commons, UploadWizard will now be available on mobile, rather than just the old upload form. This should reduce the workload for the community in reviewing images. [6]
  • When you edit with the visual editor a puzzle symbol tells you there is an invisible template in the article. It will now mention the name of the template. [7]
  • The button to read something in another language will move for mobile users. This will happen on 9 August. [8]
  • When someone mentions you and links to your user page you get a notification. You will now get a notification when you mention yourself this way. [9]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 August. It will be on all wikis from 11 August (calendar).
  • A message on Notifications panel will invite users to try Special:Notifications page. [10]

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on August 9 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:41, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Edit Filter[edit]

I do not know what you mean about me having to create an account, as I was pretty sure that is what I already have. Also, what is it about the edit that I've been trying to add that makes too unconstructive to be posted? Tuboll345 (talk) 07:48, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Tuboll345: my apologies, that response may have been meant for someone else. I've reviewed the comment you were trying to make, and it boils down to a number of things. We can't discuss the content of the filter/what exactly it is which is tripping it, but you may find it useful to work elsewhere on the project before attempting to post talk messages on controversial topics. I also note you attempted to create another user's user page, why? -- samtar talk or stalk 08:21, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I think these two links will explain that:[11][12]. Tuboll345, your post hit a filter due to the controversial nature of the topic, but you'll be able to make this edit after you've made three more edits anywhere on Wikipedia. For example just make three meaningless edits to User:Tuboll345. -- zzuuzz (talk) 08:34, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks zzuuzz -- samtar talk or stalk 09:00, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Samtar: Me creating of another user page was done as a response to the comment suggesting that I make a new account, I got a little confused. Tuboll345 (talk) 17:14, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Catechin[edit]

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The Signpost: 04 August 2016[edit]

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Bot request[edit]

Hello there Samtar, from Portugal,

just to be on the safe, regarding this (please see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Conversion_of_links), did you read my follow-up to your doubt? If so and you are at a loss, what more info do you need? I'll provide it as soon as possible.

Attentively --Be Quiet AL (talk) 01:57, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Be Quiet AL: As far as I understand, I believe this can be done with AWB? Mass changing the URL? Dat GuyTalkContribs 10:26, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Be Quiet AL: sorry I've been a little busy, I'll take another look later today, but I think DatGuy is right with the ability of AWB to do a (regex?) find and replace -- samtar talk or stalk 10:28, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know, in some cases (not sure if all) old URL has a different set of numbers attached to it than the new one (for example Simãozinho). So this is bad news, no? --Be Quiet AL (talk) 16:17, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 Acknowledged I'll look into this asap -- samtar talk or stalk 18:49, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Revisions to Rysa Walker page[edit]

Hi, Samtar!

A reader just notified me that my page was in dire need of an update. She added some items earlier, but indicated that there were sections in the main text that needed revision, so I just went in and did it. It didn't occur to me that this might violate policy. Apologies!

At any rate, here are the edits that I made. I included citations for everything added and posted my official author photo.

If you or someone else could verify and check that the content isn't biased, I'd appreciate the help. As a long time Wikipedia user, I really hate for my readers to see an incomplete page.

Sincerely, Rysa Walker — Preceding unsigned comment added by rysawalker (talk • contribs)

@Rysawalker: Hi there - thanks for leaving me a message. I've moved the below to Draft:Rysa Walker where I would encourage you to work on it further (if needed). Don't worry about violating any policies, all that matters is that you're aware of it and are open to discussing any changes you'd like to make. As for the changes you've already made, I will look over them and let you know if I see any issues, but you should be alright. If you'd like to make any further changes, please change Draft:Rysa Walker and then ask for it to be reviewed. Happy editing, and again thank you for taking the time to speak to us regarding your conflict of interest -- samtar talk or stalk 15:45, 25 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, @Samtar. I made one small change, since it was linking to the wrong St. Andrews University, but otherwise it's good to go. Thanks so much for your help!! Rysawalker (talk) 16:18, 25 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 Acknowledged Hi Rysawalker - been super busy recently, and I will be for the next hour or so. I'll try to check into this soon! -- samtar talk or stalk 18:49, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

Hi Sam. I hope you're well. Regarding our discussion earlier, I wanted to check whether mainstream foreign media can also be regarded as suitable sources? There are some articles published in a national Greek newspaper that are more balanced and holistic? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JamShady (talk • contribs) 17:06, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

 Acknowledged I'll get around to replying asap -- samtar talk or stalk 18:50, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #221[edit]

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

Email[edit]

OK, I've sent another, feel free to forward to Natuur.♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:57, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Dr. Blofeld: Got it, I'll have a read and a bit of a look into it and drop you a line back. May take a little while -- samtar talk or stalk 08:04, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Could you forward that to me, too? See Dr. Blofeld's talk page. Thanks. clpo13(talk) 15:52, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Dr. Blofeld: @Clpo13: Forwarded to Clpo13 and Natuur, now reading through it and formulating a reply. Unfortunately I've been swamped at work so apologies for not getting on this sooner -- samtar talk or stalk 18:10, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, appreciated.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:04, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Script Idea[edit]

I commonly forget to sign my comments. Would it be a hassle to make a script that if you do not sign something in the Wikipedia: , User talk: , or Talk: space, there would be a pop-up reminding you? Feel free to decline this if you don't want to :D. Dat GuyTalkContribs 12:03, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmmmm, checking in the pending wikitext for an instance of ~~~~ and then popping up when one is not detected asking "Have you signed this post? [Yes] [No]" would be rather useful... hmmm -- samtar talk or stalk 12:33, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hmmmmmmm. Dat GuyTalkContribs 20:39, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hamza Tzortzis[edit]

Greetings! In the spirit of WP:BOLD, I have updated the Hamza Tzortzis article on Wikipedia, as it previously was clearly not meeting various Wikipedia guidelines. Although not close to being complete, I would like to invite you to review my edits and provide any feedback to help the article meet Wikipedia guidelines. Thank you. --Djrun (talk) 18:02, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Orders of magnitude (acceleration)[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Orders of magnitude (acceleration). Legobot (talk) 04:23, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

!header[edit]

I didnt talk wrong , i got a doubt because , a human being cant work 24 hours a day , year wise, i know an editor name bona dea ,previously i thing he is an editor,but i confirmed that only robots have power 24 hours work, concentrate on specific words ,if i write wrong i am so sorry , i have more respect , i am expecdting your reply...please dont miss, i want to confirm the above editor is human being or robot — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wertyuiolkm (talk • contribs)

@Wertyuiolkm: I removed the warning from your talk page, as I believe I misinterpreted your message to BethNaught. I have replied on their talk page, but I can assure you they are a human editor, much like yourself -- samtar talk or stalk 16:51, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Troll[edit]

Re this, it is a troll by the name of Nsmutte. Obviously this time you didn't know, but in future please do revert and report immediately if you see such behaviour. Thanks, BethNaught (talk) 17:15, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@BethNaught: Thanks BN, I'll bear that in mind in the future ._. -- samtar talk or stalk 17:21, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Mayday! Mayday! Dat GuyTalkContribs 18:40, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Abuse filter[edit]

Hi, because of an irritating AbuseFilter bug, we (Kaldari, MusikAnimal and I) are going to do an update next week that will affect some of your filters. We hope we'll fix all affected filters ourselves, but we're of course grateful if you want to help us. The issue is explained here; the current plan is here. In any case, we wanted you to be aware what's happening, and you're very welcome to help out of course. I'm sending you an email with more details. /Johan (WMF) (talk) 17:04, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

Ah, thanks for that - I forgot to add the subst:uw- at the beginning of the tag! Melcous (talk) 13:00, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Melcous: No worries, I probably should have realised that was what you meant to do! -- samtar talk or stalk 13:03, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2016-33[edit]

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

  • Last week Tech News announced you will get a notification when you mention yourself the same way as if someone else had mentioned you. This caused some problems and will happen later instead. [13]
  • Creating and editing links to sections on other pages on the wiki now works again in the visual editor. [14]
  • For some users, cross-wiki notifications haven't been working properly. The count has been wrong when only cross-wiki notifications were present. The cross-wiki bundle has been showing only the names of wikis and not the actual notifications. This will be fixed soon. [15][16]

Changes this week

  • The login session when you choose "Keep me logged in" will now last a year. Previously it was 30 days. This will happen on August 16. [17]
  • Some abuse filters will have to be updated during the week. This is because a bug will be fixed. [18]
  • In compact language links, two new kinds of languages will be shown in the shorter language list: Languages that are used in the article's text, and languages where the article has a badge like "featured article" or "good article". [19][20]
  • The visual editor will be available by default for logged-out editors on Wikipedias that use the Arabic script. It is already default for logged-in editors. [21]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 16. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from August 17. It will be on all wikis from August 18 (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on August 16 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • Starting the week of August 22 there will be three software deployment windows. They will be at 13:00, 18:00, and 23:00 UTC. This is to have more times when software of the wikis can be updated and make it easier for developers in different parts of the world. [22]

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19:37, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #222[edit]

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 08:27, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Computer Security user status[edit]

Hello Samtar,

I would just like to inquire on your status on WikiProject Computer Security as the list of WikiProject Computer Security/Members is going to be improved to list active and inactive users.

This is update is being done according to a request for comments on the WikiProject Computer Security talk page. Be sure to state your status at the User status section in the WikiProject Computer Security talk page before the end of four weeks as this will state your status as inactive in the project if not done before then.

FockeWulf FW 190 (talk) 01:55, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Removed, thanks for the message -- samtar talk or stalk 14:02, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

14:15:15, 18 August 2016 review of submission by 98.160.205.19[edit]


14:26:47, 18 August 2016 review of submission by 98.160.205.19[edit]


How are you, my page was just not approved and I look at other actors and see that they have a quick bio about them first. Could this be the reason of rejection. Because I do have notable references and records I broke, Also I Am The Cousin to Jimi Hendrix, and I understand the family connection can't do much for you. But, he was a icon. Also I have Done/Worked on many celebrity's project with them. So can you please tell me exactly what I need to get my WIKI approved. You can reply on my talk page. Thank You,

(98.160.205.19 (talk) 14:55, 18 August 2016 (UTC))[reply]

Defence[edit]

I made a good contribution to Wiki and now they want to delete my account. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Jeneral28#Suspected_sockpuppets

I am not that person please assist thanks.

Cantab1985 (talk) 03:02, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Cantab1985: I reccomend you back away from the SPI - a checkuser will likely check your account. If you are abusing multiple accounts, coming clean before the Checkuser will greatly increase your chances of being able to appeal any blocks you may face. I'd also reccomend not canvassing -- samtar talk or stalk 07:16, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Fine I won't respond to it. Thanks.Cantab1985 (talk) 07:31, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 18 August 2016[edit]

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page deletion[edit]

I logged in many times and created userpages but Now I created a new username that I don't want to change. I want to delete all previous usernames and pages ,but I don't know . please help. Naila Khan Alizai5 (talk) 17:31, 19 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Gamergate controversy[edit]

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Tech News: 2016-34[edit]

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 ORES review tool is now available on Special:Contributions as a beta feature. It can make it easier to find contributions that are probably damaging the wikis. The ORES review tool is available on Wikidata and Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish and Russian Wikipedia. [23]
  • The norm and ccnorm functions have been updated to make it easier to write abuse filters. This also affects the TitleBlacklist extension. You don't have to transform "I" and "L" to "1", "O" to "0" and "S" to "5" anymore. [24]
  • The old pageview data in the "pagecounts-raw" and "pagecounts-all-sites" files is no longer being updated. You can find the new pageview data here. This happened on August 5. [25]

Problems

  • Some big image files could not be thumbnailed. This has now been fixed. [26]
  • When you moved a page over a redirect it would delete the redirect without saving it in the logs. This has now been fixed. [27]

Changes this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 August. It will be on all wikis from 25 August (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 23 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

  • Sometimes when you mention another user they don't get a notification. You will be able to get a notification when you successfully sent out a mention to someone or be told if they did not get a notification. This will be opt-in. You can test this on the test wiki. [28][29]
  • How you add text after an edit conflict might work in a different way in the future. You can test the prototype. [30]

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21:18, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #223[edit]

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 16:29, 23 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #224[edit]

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
    • Planet to Earth: this tool uses data from Wikidata to visualise the links between places on an astronomical body named after a place on planet Earth.
    • WikiDataScape is a Cytoscape app for interactive browsing of Wikidata.
    • The property "KML file" was created last week (see list below) and has already a full list of values, sample LUA module and property documentation page available (Property talk:P3096)
    • enabling data access in user language will be deployed on Wikidata on August 29
  • Development
    • Fixed a but where the text field doesn't always load when trying to add a statement (phabricator:T115267)
    • We're now also creating mediainfo entities when a statement is added to a non-existent media info entity (phabricator:T140760)
    • Fixed a but where the suggester would show information twice (phabricator:T143645)
    • The ArticlePlaceholder now also shows the links to other projects in the In Other Projects sidebar (phabricator:T141771)
    • Worked more in figuring out how to show usage tracking data (phabricator:T103091)
    • Made progress on Citoid support for Wikidata to make it easier to add useful and complete references (phabricator:T141856)
    • Worked on restore "purge without confirm" user right (phabricator:T143435)


Read the full report · Unsubscribe · Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 13:41, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Neonicotinoid[edit]

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Just footy talks[edit]

Hey mate! I was wondering how Las Palmas are on 1st position. I mean La Liga doesn't follow the goal difference rule. They just care about head to head results. Any idea? 106.67.108.201 (talk) 06:44, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2016-35[edit]

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

  • Wikimedia mobile sites now don't load images if the user doesn't see them. This is to save mobile data and make the pages load faster. [31]
  • When you edit a table with the visual editor, pressing Tab in the last cell of a row will take you to the first cell in the next row. Pressing Shift and Tab in the first cell of a row will take you to the last cell in the previous row. [32]

Changes this week

  • The name of the "Save page" button will change. The button will say "Publish page" when you create a new page. It will say "Publish changes" when you change an existing page. [33][34]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 August. It will be on all wikis from 1 September (calendar).

Meetings

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16:03, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

!header[edit]

Hey Samtar, Thank you for the note on autoconfirmed users, Can I see my status somewhere myself ? thanks!One bg (talk) 08:44, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @One bg: - you can see which "groups" you are a member of by visiting Special:Preferences. You should be autoconfirmed very soon (it can take an hour or so for the software to do it) -- samtar talk or stalk 08:51, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Costa (musician)[edit]

hello - could you kindly tell me why "dan costa (musician)" was declined? The article has enough reliable sources and there is a version in other languages (See Portuguese). Looking forward to your rapid response.

Thanks, Giannis — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:582:D42:7400:2847:4773:33DC:8DEC (talk) 10:01, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #225[edit]

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Other Noteworthy Stuff
    • The events page is now up to date. You want to join or organise a meetup with other Wikidata editors? Keep an eye on this page!
    • 30K entries from Kindred Britain added in Mix’n’Match
    • Welsh Wikipedia includes Wikidata-based article placeholders, like this one
    • Wiki Loves Monuments started! You can help by improving the items about heritage buildings or use Wikishootme to find unpictured monuments
    • English Wikipedia now has a WikiProject Wikidata to coordinate integration with Wikidata. Why not start one for your local Wikipedia? Add it to Q20855878 if you do.
  • Development
    • RDF exports now contain page properties, this allows to query by number of statements or sitelinks (T129046)
    • Working on unit conversion for RDF exports (T117031)
    • Enabling Wikidata data access in user language deployed (T122670)
    • Information about usage of entities in other projects will be visible and reusable (T103091)
    • Pasting full entity URLs into suggesters will be possible (T117763)
    • Added meta descriptions to allow for better snippets in external search engines (T88475)
    • We replaced the old parser limit report (an HTML comment) with the new format (T143423)
    • Ongoing refactoring of the frontend JavaScript, this may break user scripts accessing private properties (T142694)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.


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Proposed deletion of Calais blockade[edit]

The article Calais blockade has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No indication of independent notability. Just a footnote in the Calais migrant crisis (1999-present article. Wikipedia is not a newspaper so does not need to carry these news stories as separate articles.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. noq (talk) 14:56, 5 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Noq: I've added a little more to the article in a hope to show the independent notability of the event - this is the first time the Association of Calais Traders have used a physical method of protesting against the migrant camp, which I believe is a rather important "step" in the ongoing crisis.
I believe this article meets the relevant notability guidelines, namely due to the following reasons:
  • Lasting effects: As I stated above, this a first for a large group within the ongoing crisis, and is likely to be a precedent for future protests.
  • Geographical scope: A quick search clearly shows the geographical scope of the ongoing even.
  • Depth of coverage: I believe this is met through multiple major news outlets providing entire stories to the event, as coverage must be significant and not in passing.
  • Duration of coverage: As the event is ongoing, this cannot be met, but I would like to draw your attention to the statement That an event occurred recently does not in itself make it non-notable
  • Diversity of sources: I think this is covered, but I would welcome your input here - I would agree that most sources are basically reporting the same thing, but there are different angles at play. For example, The Financial Times's article (obviously) focuses on the financial impact the protest is currently causing, making statements such as Property values around the camp have fallen. In contrast, The Daily Mail focuses more on the human protesters who have formed barriers.
Do you have any further opinions or suggestions which may help show the notability? Thanks, and I welcome any further questions or comments -- samtar talk or stalk 15:24, 5 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page watcher) FYI, I'm nt sure I see the necessity for the 'Travel disruption' section-? As per WP:NOTGUIDE. Muffled Pocketed 15:33, 5 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: You're quite right, is serves no encyclopedic purpose, removed :) -- samtar talk or stalk 15:35, 5 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

pageswap script for convenience[edit]

Hi Samtar, I've noticed that you performed round-robin page moves at some point. Thought I'd share a new script here (js) that semi-automates page swaps for convenience, if you ever encounter the scenario. You'd simply click "Swap" and enter a page destination, the script performs the 3 moves as necessary (saves time having to manually go through the move form 3 times). (It doesn't correct redirects afterwards, that's still manual)

Anyway, just an FYI, feel free to adapt this script as you see fit, cheers :) — Andy W. (talk · ctb) 02:57, 25 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Andy Never got around to thanking you for the script - I've given it a go, it works brilliantly! It'll definately help -- samtar talk or stalk 07:13, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2016-36[edit]

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

  • Word-level diffs now work in longer paragraphs. [35]
  • Interactive maps now have a frame by default. This is to make them look like other multimedia objects. This affects all Wikivoyages, the Catalan, Hebrew, Macedonian Wikipedias and Meta. [36]
  • When you preview the MediaWiki:Captcha-ip-whitelist page it will show a validation output of the listed IP addresses instead of the list of addresses only. This can help you to identify if your whitelist rules will work or not. [37]

Changes this week

  • You will be able to use <maplink> on all Wikipedias. It creates a link to a full screen map. [38][39]
  • Sometimes when you mention another user they don't get a notification. You will be able to get a notification when you successfully send out a mention to someone or be told if they did not get a notification. This will be opt-in. [40][41]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 September. It will be on all wikis from 8 September (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 6 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

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17:12, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 06 September 2016[edit]

* Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:44, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:SIG MCX[edit]

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:SIG MCX. Legobot (talk) 04:24, 7 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Why haven't you stood for Rfa?[edit]

Your work at efm would be greatly improved if you had had the admin toolkit... And you are a very trustworthy editor. So why haven't you? Lourdes 15:04, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Lourdes: why thank you :) I believe my work would be greatly improved, but I'm worried my lack of article creations and slightly skewed contribution pie chart would attract opposes -- samtar talk or stalk 15:07, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Psst, I would've already nominated Sam if there would've been more contributions to the mainspace *hint hint ;)* Dat GuyTalkContribs 15:10, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes Sam; perhaps you could spruce up your article contributions in the next few months and get a couple of DYKs or GAs. I am sure the community would appreciate that. Lourdes 15:12, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'll give it a go, thank you -- samtar talk or stalk 15:26, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Abuse filter?[edit]

Hi, sorry to be presumptious, but you're quite keen on edit filter maintenance and I need someone to adopt a filter as I'll be busy for a few weeks. At User talk:ClueBot Commons a user complained of a spammer spamming a particular scam phone number. I put in a simple test filter at Special:AbuseFilter/2. Would you mind keeping an eye on it and turning it on in disallow / merging it into one of the spam filters if appropriate? Thanks! BethNaught (talk) 20:19, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I see you now have 50% of your ocular capacity looking out. Thanks indeed — BethNaught (talk) 20:20, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@BethNaught: My pleasure, looks like its got some good batch test hits against AVG Technologies -- samtar talk or stalk 20:30, 1 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@BethNaught: Good hits, not false positives (logged or batch tested), moved to Special:AbuseFilter/793 and disallowing due to the nature of the filter :) -- samtar talk or stalk 14:08, 2 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Probably a bad place, but when I tried to make an edit (see my contribs) I received a warning which said that I was believed to be a spambot. 91.119.209.97 (talk) 19:37, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oh look, an Austrian IP, I wonder who that could be :P - the filter you triggered was Special:AbuseFilter/271, which is pretty cluttered.. However, you apparently used an edit summary which spambots sometimes used. In the spirit of not giving away too much, please do drop me an email if you'd like to know a bit more -- samtar talk or stalk 19:51, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Orphane Tag[edit]

185.81.72.25 (talk) 09:00, 6 September 2016 (UTC) Dear Samtar[reply]

I have provided ref links from other articles which are coming toward Wikipedia(Eenu_Shree). If you look at ref no.8, that is an incoming article towards wikipedia.

Could you please validate and let me know how to remove orphane?

Thanks

IP, thanks for the message - please see this advice on how to de-orphan an article. You can see which other Wikipedia article point to Eenu Shree by clicking here -- samtar talk or stalk 09:25, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata weekly summary #226[edit]

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • Lowered relevance threshold for ArticlePlaceholder search results from 3 to 2 sitelinks (T144188)
    • Added 'otk' as an available language for monolingual text values (T137809)
    • Working on making it possible to paste partial URLs into the site selector (T144310)
    • A Grafana board now tracks general usage and error metrics of the Query Service UI
    • Made progress on showing editors on all Wikimedia projects which articles on their project use data from a given Wikidata item. We will also show in the page information (action=info) which items a given article uses. Also worked on showing which projects use a given item in the page information. (T103091)
    • Added meta information to the html header of item pages (T88475)
    • Made progress on making ArticlePlaceholders indexable for search engines (T144590)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.


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Tech News: 2016-37[edit]

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 Wikimedia Commons app for Android can now show nearby places that need photos. [43]
  • <maplink> and <mapframe> can now use geodata from Open Street Map if Open Street Map has defined a region and given it an ID in Wikidata. You can use this to draw on the map and add information. [44][45]

Changes this week

  • The RevisionSlider will be available as a beta feature on all wikis from 13 September. This will make it easier to navigate between diffs in the page history. [46]
  • A new user right will allow most users to change the content model of pages. [47][48]
  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 September. It will be on all wikis from 15 September (calendar).

Meetings

  • You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 13 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

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18:04, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

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