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WikiProject Numismatics newsletter - June 2019
WikiProject news and updates from the past month (past month here)
Featured articles
Member news
- Xinbenlv joined the WikiProject last month.
Miscellaneous
- Norfolk, Virginia, Bicentennial half dollar will be featured on the main page on June 28.
- Maryland Tercentenary half dollar (discussion) and Grant Memorial coinage (discussion) are currently under review for Featured Article status, while Penny (British decimal coin) (discussion) is under review for Good Article status. Users are encouraged to participate in the discussions.
- June 24, 1968, the United States silver certificate ceased to be redeemable for silver.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:10, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
Vandalism?
Hello. I noticed the level 4 vandalism template you left for 43.248.55.145 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). I don't think that these changes fit the Wikipedia definition of vandalism at all. It's curious, as the same IP received an accidental level 4 warning for some completely acceptable edits only yesterday. Might this be a mistake, too? BlackcurrantTea (talk) 09:07, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
- BlackcurrantTea You might be right, it might not be vandalism. The reason I reverted and warned them is because the article is on my watchlist and the edit appeared to be malicious. I wasn't sure, though, so I looked at the IP's talk page and found this. - ZLEA T\C 11:58, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
- There's that, yes. But I'd say it merits a {{Uw-columns}}, {{Uw-disruptive2}} or {{Uw-disruptive3}}, and save the level 4 warnings for things like replacing sections of a BLP with swear words. (Perhaps I'm too lenient.) I'd put that particular change and many of their other edits I looked at in the fidgety gnome category: not terribly important, not very noticeable, and the editor may have had a few too many cups of coffee. Based on the edits I looked at, though, I'd say they're WP:HERE, and mean well. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 12:57, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
- BlackcurrantTea You're probably right, I've been known to revert good faith edits thinking they were vandalism. - ZLEA T\C 13:13, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
- There's that, yes. But I'd say it merits a {{Uw-columns}}, {{Uw-disruptive2}} or {{Uw-disruptive3}}, and save the level 4 warnings for things like replacing sections of a BLP with swear words. (Perhaps I'm too lenient.) I'd put that particular change and many of their other edits I looked at in the fidgety gnome category: not terribly important, not very noticeable, and the editor may have had a few too many cups of coffee. Based on the edits I looked at, though, I'd say they're WP:HERE, and mean well. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 12:57, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
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
- You can now write all special letters in all African Wikipedia languages. This works in the desktop version. [1]
- There is now a field called
depictson Commons. This is a way to show what is in a picture with the help of Wikidata. It is still in development. [2] - Some tools on Toolforge may break on or after 3 June because of database changes. Maintainers should update their tools to use the new schema. [3][4]
Problems
- You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for 30 minutes on 19 June at 05:00 (UTC). This is to fix a hardware problem. [5]
Changes later this week
- Some wikis have one tab for the visual editor and one tab for a wikitext editor. Others wikis just have one tab. If your wiki has two tabs, clicking a link to create a new page has always opened a wikitext editor. It will now open the editor you used the last time you edited. [6]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 May. It will be on all wikis from 6 May (calendar).
Meetings
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You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 5 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:24, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
US Commemorative Coins Articles
Hi @ZLEA:
I am interested in learning your work about commemorative coins. I have two questions for you:
1. How do you determine 1954 vs 1980 to be the split point of "Early" and "Modern". I ask this because I think it's interesting and important, but I like to learn your thinking process. What I would guess is the dissolution of Brettonwood System happens in the 70s marks the different meaning of US dollars (anchored to the metal gold) before and after(not anchored to the metal gold)~. Is that the main reason?
2. Why there is a gap between 1954 and 1980?
Thank you! Xinbenlv (talk) 23:34, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
- Xinbenlv, president Eisenhower had ended the US Mint's commemorative coin program in 1954 for several reasons, with the most important being lack of interest from coin collectors, which meant that the mint was losing money. The program was continued in 1982, with no "traditional" commemoratives being issued in between (coins commemorating the bicentennial of the United States were produced in 1975 and 1976, but these are not considered traditional commemoratives as they were released into circulation).
- The removal of the gold standard had nothing to do with the end of the early series or the start of the new series. However, it did allow for gold commemoratives to be minted again. The mintage of gold commemorative coins was prohibited after president Roosevelt ordered the recall of federal gold in 1933. This order was reversed in 1974 with the passage of Pub. L. 93–373. - ZLEA T\C 00:26, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
- @ZLEA: that's good to know. Since you mentioned in the Modern article that 1982 resumes mintage of commemorative coin, maybe it's also a good idea to mention in the "Early" article the fact that US ceased to mintage commemorative coin in 1954, in the "Early" article so readers could better understand the end of an era? Xinbenlv (talk) 00:31, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
- Xinbenlv That is a good idea, but when I split both the early and modern articles by decade, there will be no need, as the new articles will be lists. The main article will be United States commemorative coin, which will contain all that information.
- The new lists are in my sandbox at User:ZLEA/sandbox/List of United States commemorative coins and medals (1800s), (1900s), (1910s), (1920s), (1930s), (1940s), (1950s), (1970s), (1980s), (1990s), (2000s), (2010s), (2020s). - ZLEA T\C 00:46, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
FYI, I just created a series of stubs for various commemorative dollars. I realize the stubs are bare, but all the red links in the navboxes were bugging me so I got the ball rolling on some new articles. Thanks for your work on US coin articles. ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:51, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
- Another Believer Thanks for creating the stubs. I will work on expanding them shortly. - ZLEA T\C 21:11, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2019).
Administrator changes
Andonic • Consumed Crustacean • Enigmaman • Euryalus • EWS23 • HereToHelp • Nv8200pa • Peripitus • StringTheory11 • Vejvančický
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC seeks to clarify whether WP:OUTING should include information on just the English Wikipedia or any Wikimedia project.
- An RfC on WT:RfA concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus.
- An RfC proposal to make the templates for discussion (TfD) process more like the requested moves (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful.
Technical news
- The CSD feature of Twinkle now allows admins to notify page creators of deletion if the page had not been tagged. The default behavior matches that of tagging notifications, and replaces the ability to open the user talk page upon deletion. You can customize which criteria receive notifications in your Twinkle preferences: look for Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria.
- Twinkle's d-batch (batch delete) feature now supports deleting subpages (and related redirects and talk pages) of each page. The pages will be listed first but use with caution! The und-batch (batch undelete) option can now also restore talk pages.
Miscellaneous
- The previously discussed unblocking of IP addresses indefinitely-blocked before 2009 was approved and has taken place.
- The 2019 talk pages consultation produced a report for Phase 1 and has entered Phase 2.
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
- When you create a PDF from a page on the wiki this is now done by Proton. Before this we used Electron. It should look the same but work better. Both use Chromium. This is a different system from when you collect several articles into a book and make a PDF from them. [7][8]
- The Flagged Revisions extension now uses the standard OOUI icons. There will be additional minor fixes for positioning in the next deployment. [9]
- Bots and other scripts that do not set an identifiable User-Agent may find their requests strictly rate-limited until they identify themselves properly. [10]
Problems
- Please check if the Flagged Revisions configuration on your wiki is as you expect (or as it was a few weeks ago). If not, please report it. [11]
Changes later this week
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 12 June at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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17:06, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
Your draft article, User:ZLEA/sandbox/United Airlines Flight 1175
Hello, ZLEA. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "sandbox/United Airlines Flight 1175".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.
If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. N4izL3etsP44k (talk) 18:32, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
Template:Nickels
You may be interested in my comment at Template talk:Nickels. —BarrelProof (talk) 00:48, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
US commemorative coin templates and articles
Wow. What a great job of putting these together. Came to heap thanks on you, and to mention I've added the autocollapse code on the templates, have put all of them on United States commemorative coins, and that the 1970s-1980s template isn't linked. These templates provide a nice roadmap and the amount of work that went into the articles deserves a standing ovation. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 01:59, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
- Randy Kryn Thank you, but what what do you mean by "the 1970s-1980s template isn't linked"? - ZLEA T\C 12:13, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
- The 'v' for 'view' in the left-hand top corner is a red-link when viewed on a page. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:24, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
- Randy Kryn Thanks, it's fixed now. - ZLEA T\C 12:33, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
- The 'v' for 'view' in the left-hand top corner is a red-link when viewed on a page. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:24, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLVIII, June 2019
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2000 dollar coin mule error article
I suggest renaming the 2000 dollar coin mule error article to 2000 Sacagawea dollar – Washington quarter dollar mule (similar to the name used in this source). I find the current title confusing, as it appears to describe a coin with a denomination of 2000 dollars. —BarrelProof (talk) 19:46, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
Done Although I changed the en dash to a standard dash as the en dash is not found on most english keyboards. - ZLEA T\C 20:23, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
- Although many people aren't so familiar with it, Wikipedia's Manual of Style prescribes the WP:ENDASH when appropriate. A redirect can be used from the form with a hyphen, but a hyphen seems incorrect to me. I also changed "quarter dollar" to "quarter" to be more concise. I also edited a related template and a related article. I hope you don't mind these changes – I understand that your opinion on some of this probably differs from mine. —BarrelProof (talk) 20:29, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
Washington quarters
I saw that you did not like my change of Template:Coinage (United States) to describe the newer quarters series as different obverse designs of Washington quarters (although that is how they are described in that article). But would you mind if I changed the date range of Washington quarters from "1932–1998" to "1932–present"? The article about them says that the current quarters are Washington quarters, which matches the common sense of anyone who looks at them. —BarrelProof (talk) 23:04, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
- BarrelProof Something you might want to think about is that if all Washington quarter reverse series' are placed into parentheses, half of the links to quarter articles would be in parentheses. In 2 years, the current program will end, and the mint will adopt a new design (that is if a new commemorative program isn't launched). I would suggest changing the "Washington quarter" link label to "Washington Eagle-reverse quarter" (or something similar) with the current date range. - ZLEA T\C 23:37, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
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
- You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for 30 minutes on 19 June at 05:00 (UTC). This is to fix a hardware problem. [12]
Changes later this week
- MIDI files can soon be played without the Score extension. You can then add them with
[[File:Filename.midi]]. Lateroverride_midiandoverride_audiowill stop working. Instead you will need to add the MIDI file below the music score. [13] - A new video player will soon replace the old one. You will be able to enable it as a beta feature in your preferences. It will later be enabled for everyone if there are no big problems. [14]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 June. It will be on all wikis from 20 June (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 19 June at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Some gadgets and user scripts still use the old
wgEnableAPIandwgEnableWriteAPIvalues. These values are always true. They will soon be removed. This might break the gadgets and scripts. You should fix your gadgets to not use these values. [15]
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20:37, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
Autopatrolled granted
Hi ZLEA, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! — MusikAnimal talk 00:46, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
Rollback
Hi. Can you explain Special:Diff/902449637? Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 22:23, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
- DannyS712 Accidental, I don't remember pushing rollback, though. Sorry about that. - ZLEA T\C 22:38, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Continental Currency dollar coin
Hello! Your submission of Continental Currency dollar coin at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:21, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
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
- The new version of MediaWiki for last week was not fully released due to issues. It was removed from most wikis on Tuesday and from test wikis on Thursday. [16]
- Most wikis were slow and then briefly read-only last week due to one of the database servers having a problem. It is now replaced. [17]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 June. It will be on all wikis from 27 June (calendar).
Meetings
- You can watch or join the next Wikimedia Language showcase. It will be about the usage of Machine Translation in Wikimedia projects. The showcase will be on 26 June at 13:00 (UTC). A recording will be kept for later viewing
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 26 June at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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17:29, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 7
News and updates associated with user scripts from the past month (June 2019).
Hello everyone and welcome to the 7th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:
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Miscellaneous
- After an MfD, DannyS712's MMS was deleted. It was originally created by Abelmoschus Esculentus. If you import either of these scripts, you may want to uninstall them, as they no longer exist.
Having published 6 issues of this newsletter, I decided it was time to move it out from my user space. It is now located at Wikipedia:Scripts++. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 11:45, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
The June 2019 Signpost is out!
- Discussion report: A constitutional crisis hits English Wikipedia
- News and notes: Mysterious ban, admin resignations, Wikimedia Thailand rising
- In the media: The disinformation age
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- Traffic report: Juneteenth, Beauty Revealed, and more nuclear disasters
- Technology report: Actors and Bots
- Special report: Did Fram harass other editors?
- Recent research: What do editors do after being blocked?; the top mathematicians, universities and cancers according to Wikipedia
- From the archives: Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching
- In focus: WikiJournals: A sister project proposal
- Community view: A CEO biography, paid for with taxes
WikiProject Numismatics newsletter - July 2019
WikiProject news and updates from the past month (past month here)
Featured articles
Member news
- Iceman0426 is the newest member of the WikiProject.
- Two more sockpuppets of Angela Criss (who joined the project as Enterlousy) have been blocked. These socks were Anastasia D.Rossi and Roofting.
Miscellaneous
- Coinage Act of 1965 will be featured on the main page on July 23, the act's 54th anniversary.
- July 1, 2004, The first commemorative €2 coin of Finland was released into circulation.
sent by ZLEA (talk) 00:48, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
Self trout
Self-trout
For sending a mass message to 230 pages with the wrong title. - ZLEA T\C 20:54, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2019).
Administrator changes
- 28bytes • Ad Orientem • Ansh666 • Beeblebrox • Boing! said Zebedee • BU Rob13 • Dennis Brown • Deor • DoRD • Floquenbeam1 • Flyguy649 • Fram2 • Gadfium • GB fan • Jonathunder • Kusma • Lectonar • Moink • MSGJ • Nick • Od Mishehu • Rama • Spartaz • Syrthiss • TheDJ • WJBscribe
- 1Floquenbeam's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.
- 2Fram's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment seeking to alleviate pressures on the request an account (ACC) process proposes either raising the account creation limit for extended confirmed editors or granting the account creator permission on request to new ACC tool users.
- In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the mitigation activity completed.
- The scope of CSD criterion G8 has been tightened such that the only redirects that it now applies to are those which target non-existent pages.
- The scope of CSD criterion G14 has been expanded slightly to include orphan "Foo (disambiguation)" redirects that target pages that are not disambiguation pages or pages that perform a disambiguation-like function (such as set index articles or lists).
- A request for comment seeks to determine whether Wikipedia:Office actions should be a policy page or an information page.
Technical news
- The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Community feedback is invited.
Miscellaneous
- In February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) changed its office actions policy to include temporary and project-specific bans. The WMF exercised this new ability for the first time on the English Wikipedia on 10 June 2019 to temporarily ban and desysop Fram. This action has resulted in significant community discussion, a request for arbitration (permalink), and, either directly or indirectly, the resignations of numerous administrators and functionaries. The WMF Board of Trustees is aware of the situation, and discussions continue on a statement and a way forward. The Arbitration Committee has sent an open letter to the WMF Board.
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 development of Wikidata Bridge has started. The goal is to allow Wikidata edits from Wikipedia. [18]
Problems
- Sometimes pages load slowly for users routed to the Amsterdam data center. Investigation is in progress. [19]
- Wikidata query service was overloaded between 11:50 UTC until 13:15 UTC on June 24. It has been fixed. [20]
Changes later this week
- You will be able to read but not to edit all wikis for a short amount of time, on 3 July at 06:00 (UTC). This is to move a database. [21]
- There is no deployment of a new version of MediaWiki on the wikis this week (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 3 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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21:23, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
Assay coins
Bowers' big book on commemoratives contains the number of assay coins, you'll recall we discussed this. See here for the online version although it is so broken up it is difficult to use. If you need to borrow a citation for this, check the sources in Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar.--Wehwalt (talk) 20:46, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
- Wehwalt Thanks, the assay coins are now included in the mintage figures. - ZLEA T\C 22:06, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
Your signature
Please be aware that your signature uses deprecated <font> tags, which are causing Obsolete HTML tags lint errors.
You are encouraged to change
[[User:ZLEA|<font color="#6B8E23">'''ZLEA'''</font>]] <sub>[[User talk:ZLEA|<font color="#6B8E23">'''T'''</font>]]</sub><font color="#6B8E23">'''\'''</font><sup>[[Special:Contributions/ZLEA|<font color="#6B8E23">'''C'''</font>]]</sup>: ZLEA T\C
to
[[User:ZLEA|<b style="color:#6B8E23">ZLEA</b>]] <sub>[[User talk:ZLEA|<b style="color:#6B8E23">T</b>]]</sub><b style="color:#6B8E23">\</b><sup>[[Special:Contributions/ZLEA|<b style="color:#6B8E23">C</b>]]</sup>: ZLEA T\C
—Anomalocaris (talk) 20:28, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
- Done - ZLEA T\C 22:35, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks! —Anomalocaris (talk) 03:29, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
Lafayette dollar
I'd have kept it the way it is. Lafayette dollar is what I've always heard it called.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:16, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
- You're probably right, after all, the silver dollar was the standard dollar coin at the time. - ZLEA T\C 23:20, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
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
- For event organizers, if you request a temporary lift of the IP cap for mass account creation, this will now also raise the edit rate limit for those new accounts at the event, which will prevent another bottleneck. [22]
- Administrators at all Wiktionary, Wikivoyage, and Wikisource wikis are now able to use the new partial blocks feature. [23]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 July. It will be on all wikis from 11 July (calendar).
- The design of MediaWiki's software windows will change for desktop users. Layout will be simpler, buttons will be bolder and clearer, and close buttons will be just icons. This is like the mobile design. This will affect ContentTranslation, VisualEditor, TemplateWizard, and other tools. [24]
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 10 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Wikidata will be in read-only mode on 30 July from 05:00 to 05:30 UTC because of a server switch. [25]
- There will be a change in the name format of new Wikidata RDF dumps starting on 15 July. [26]
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20:12, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLIX, July 2019
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The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here.
If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:01, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
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 mobile web will get more advanced editing tools. Seven more Wikipedias can use them now. This works for Arabic, Indonesian, Italian, Persian, Japanese, Spanish and Thai Wikipedia. You can try the tools on the mobile web and give feedback. [27]
Changes later this week
- The abuse filter system user will soon do maintenance edits on broken abuse filters. This user is called
Edit filterand has administrator rights. This is meant to fix technical problems. It will not do any other changes. You can read more. - The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 July. It will be on all wikis from 18 July (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 17 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The Wikipedia app for Android will invite users to add image captions to images on Commons. It will only invite users who have added a number of edits in the app without being reverted. This is to avoid spam and bad edits. You can read more and leave feedback. [28]
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15:29, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
Editing News #1—July 2019
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Did you know?
Did you know that you can use the visual editor on a mobile device?
Every article has a pencil icon at the top. Tap on the pencil icon 
to start editing.
Edit Cards
This is what the new Edit Cards for editing links in the mobile visual editor look like. You can try the prototype here: 📲 Try Edit Cards.
Welcome back to the Editing newsletter.
Since the last newsletter, the team has released two new features for the mobile visual editor and has started developing three more. All of this work is part of the team's goal to make editing on mobile web simpler.
Before talking about the team's recent releases, we have a question for you:
Are you willing to try a new way to add and change links?
If you are interested, we would value your input! You can try this new link tool in the mobile visual editor on a separate wiki.
Follow these instructions and share your experience:
Recent releases
The mobile visual editor is a simpler editing tool, for smartphones and tablets using the mobile site. The Editing team has recently launched two new features to improve the mobile visual editor:
- Section editing
- The purpose is to help contributors focus on their edits.
- The team studied this with an A/B test. This test showed that contributors who could use section editing were 1% more likely to publish the edits they started than people with only full-page editing.
- Loading overlay
- The purpose is to smooth the transition between reading and editing.
Section editing and the new loading overlay are now available to everyone using the mobile visual editor.
New and active projects
This is a list of our most active projects. Watch these pages to learn about project updates and to share your input on new designs, prototypes and research findings.
- Edit cards: This is a clearer way to add and edit links, citations, images, templates, etc. in articles. You can try this feature now. Go here to see how: 📲Try Edit Cards.
- Mobile toolbar refresh: This project will learn if contributors are more successful when the editing tools are easier to recognize.
- Mobile visual editor availability: This A/B test asks: Are newer contributors more successful if they use the mobile visual editor? We are collaborating with 20 Wikipedias to answer this question.
- Usability improvements: This project will make the mobile visual editor easier to use. The goal is to let contributors stay focused on editing and to feel more confident in the editing tools.
Looking ahead
- Wikimania: Several members of the Editing Team will be attending Wikimania in August 2019. They will lead a session about mobile editing in the Community Growth space. Talk to them about how editing can be improved.
- Talk Pages: In the coming months, the Editing Team will begin improving talk pages and communication on the wikis.
Learning more
The VisualEditor on mobile is a good place to learn more about the projects we are working on. The team wants to talk with you about anything related to editing. If you have something to say or ask, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile.
PPelberg (WMF) (talk) and Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:25, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
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
- Communities interested by easing newcomers' first steps can now benefit from the Growth team experiments on their wikis. Check the conditions and the request process.
- The Coolest Tool Award 2019 is looking for nominations. You can recommend tools by July 29. The awarded tools will be presented at Wikimania. [29]
Problems
- The release of the last version of MediaWiki (1.34.0-wmf.14) has been blocked for groups 1 and 2. [30]
Changes later this week
- Phabricator database will be moved to a different server. Writes will be blocked on Thursday 25 July, between 05:30 and 06:00 AM UTC. Reads will remain unaffected. [31]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 July. It will be on all wikis from 25 July (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 24 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Some items in the visual editor will change later this week. This will make it easier to edit links, citations, and templates on both desktop and mobile. [32][33]
- With advanced search turned on you will be able to choose the sorting order of the search results when you do a search. [34][35]
- Users who edit from IP addresses whitelisted on a request for temporary lift of the IP cap for mass account creation will bypass CAPTCHAs. This will happen in August. If you think this should not happen for some reason, please let us know.
- The variable
user_wpzerowill be removed from AbuseFilter. A list of filters needing a fix is provided.
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13:07, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
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
- Wikidata will be in read-only mode on 30 July from 05:00 to 05:30 UTC because of a server switch. [36]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 July. It will be on all wikis from 1 August (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 31 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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21:42, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 July 2019
- In the media: Politics starts getting rough
- Discussion report: New proposals in aftermath of Fram ban
- Arbitration report: A month of reintegration
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- Community view: Video based summaries of Wikipedia articles. How and why?
- News from the WMF: Designing ethically with AI: How Wikimedia can harness machine learning in a responsible and human-centered way
- Recent research: Most influential medical journals; detecting pages to protect
- Special report: Administrator cadre continues to contract
- Traffic report: World cups, presidential candidates, and stranger things
WikiProject Numismatics newsletter - August 2019
WikiProject news and updates from the past month (past month here)
Featured articles
Member news
- There were no new members in June.
Miscellaneous
- Gadsden Purchase half dollar and Alabama Centennial half dollar will be today's featured article on August 9 and August 26, respectively.
- An image of a United States first-issue 5¢ fractional currency banknote will be picture of the day on August 21.
- Union (United States coin) became the WikiProject's first article to feature a Videowiki summary (see video).
- Long Island Tercentenary half dollar (discussion) is currently under review for Featured Article status, while Penny (British decimal coin) (discussion) is under review for Good Article status. Users are encouraged to participate in the discussions.
Did You Know...
- ... that while collecting the banknotes of Africa , Ibrahim Salem found that "the Dark Continent had some of the most colorful ones"? (July 22, 2019)
- August 2, 1909, the Lincoln cent was released to the public.
- August 8, 1952, Adolph Alexander Weinman, the designer of the Mercury dime and Walking Liberty half dollar, died in Port Chester, New York. He was 81 years old.
Sent by ZLEA via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:18, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 8
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News and updates associated with user scripts from the past month (July 2019). Hello everyone and welcome to the 8th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:
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~ Thanks for your correction ~ By the way Nice to meet you ~ ~mitch~ (talk) 12:09, 1 August 2019 (UTC) |
Mitchellhobbs Nice to meet you too. - ZLEA T\C 15:52, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2019).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, the page Wikipedia:Office actions has been changed from a policy page to an information page.
- A request for comment (permalink) is in progress regarding the administrator inactivity policy.
Arbitration
- Editors may now use the template {{Ds/aware}} to indicate that they are aware that discretionary sanctions are in force for a topic area, so it is unnecessary to alert them.
Miscellaneous
- Following a research project on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to improve the privacy of IP editors. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page.
- The new page reviewer right is bundled with the admin tool set. Many admins regularly help out at Special:NewPagesFeed, but they may not be aware of improvements, changes, and new tools for the Curation system. Stay up to date by subscribing here to the NPP newsletter that appears every two months, and/or putting the reviewers' talk page on your watchlist.
Since the introduction of temporary user rights, it is becoming more usual to accord the New Page Reviewer right on a probationary period of 3 to 6 months in the first instance. This avoids rights removal for inactivity at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 August. It will be on all wikis from 8 August (calendar).
Problems
- A change in RelatedArticles extension accidentally enabled it for everyone, not just for mobile users. This has been fixed. [37][38]
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 7 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- Today everyone can see IP addresses if someone edits without an account. In the future this could be more hidden. This is to protect unregistered editors so fewer can see their IP address. This would only happen after we make sure the tools for vandal fighting can still be effective. You can read more and comment.
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13:24, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
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
- Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools. Feedback on the discussion page is appreciated. [39]
- Due to the absence of volunteer maintenance of Cologne Blue skin, the link to activate it will be hidden. The skin will still work, but editors using it are encouraged to switch to another skin. [40]
Changes later this week
- Due to Wikimania, there is no deployment this week. [41]
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 13 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- The "Wikidata item" link will be moved from "Tools" to "In other projects" section on all Wikimedia projects, starting on August 21. Full announcement, Phabricator task.
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18:19, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
DYK for Continental Currency dollar coin
On 14 August 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Continental Currency dollar coin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Continental Currency dollar coin (obverse pictured), the first pattern coin of the United States, was designed by Benjamin Franklin? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Continental Currency dollar coin. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Continental Currency dollar coin), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
I have sent you a note about a page you started
Thanks for creating United States Mint Set.
User:Doomsdayer520 while reviewing this page as a part of our page curation process had the following comments:
Thank you for your informative new article on the United States Mint Set. I wonder if the article should actually be titled "United States Uncirculated Coin Set" because that seems to be the most commonly used name in recent years, though I am not an expert in this matter.
To reply, leave a comment here and prepend it with {{Re|Doomsdayer520}}. And, don't forget to sign your reply with ~~~~ .
Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.
---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 18:52, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
- Doomsdayer520 I see "United States Uncirculated Mint Set" more often than "United States Uncirculated Coin Set". - ZLEA T\C 22:06, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins
Hello! Your submission of Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! —Bagumba (talk) 08:21, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLX, August 2019
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The Bugle: Issue CLX, August 2019
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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. Translations are available.
Tech News
- There will be no Tech News issue next week. The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 2 September 2019.
Problems
- Some abuse filters stopped working because of a code change. Only variables for the current action will work. Variables defined inside a branch may not work outside of that branch. You can read more to see how to fix the filters.
- Only six accounts can be created from one IP address per day. Between 12 August and August 15 this was two accounts per day. This was because of a security issue. It is now six accounts per day again. [42]
Changes later this week
- Only a limited number of accounts can be created from one IP address. An IP address can be whitelisted so that it can create as many accounts as needed. This is useful at events where many new persons learn to edit. IP addresses that are whitelisted for this reason will also not show CAPTCHAs when you create accounts. This will happen on Wednesday. [43]
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 August. It will be on all wikis from 22 August (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 21 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- There is an RFC about creating a new global user group with the right to edit abuse filters. This will be used to fix broken filters and make sure all filters will still work when software changes happen. You can read more and comment.
Special:Contributions/newbieswill no longer be working. This is because of performance reasons. It showed edits by new accounts. You can see this in the recent changes feed instead. [44]
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15:21, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
Nimitz Incident
Hi ZLEA. You left a message on an anonymous page about USS Nimitz UFO incident. I'm a longtime user who was editing anonymously, and I did in fact explain my edit in the talk page, but Rob110178 (sigmabot III) reverted both the edit and the explanation. I've repeated both as myself. DJ Clayworth (talk) 14:36, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
- DJ Clayworth Thank you for letting me know. To prevent situations like this in the future, I recommend that you leave an edit summary for all non-minor edits. - ZLEA T\C 17:27, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
- I kind of assumed that explaining in the talk page would be enough. But I'll try to leave an edit summary too. DJ Clayworth (talk) 15:59, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
- DJ Clayworth In that case, you should leave a link to the talk page revision in which you explain the edit you are about to make. Your edit summary should look something like "See [link to revision]". - ZLEA T\C 19:20, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
Backlog Banzai
In the month of September, Wikiproject Military history is running a project-wide edit-a-thon, Backlog Banzai. There are heaps of different areas you can work on, for which you claim points, and at the end of the month all sorts of whiz-bang awards will be handed out. Every player wins a prize! There is even a bit of friendly competition built in for those that like that sort of thing. Sign up now at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/September 2019 Backlog Banzai to take part. For the coordinators, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
A cup of tea for you!
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DYK for Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins
On 29 August 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins may become the United States Mint's first color coinage? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 August 2019
- News and notes: Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings
- In focus: Ryan Merkley joins WMF as Chief of Staff
- Discussion report: Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users
- Traffic report: Once upon a time in Greenland with Boris and cornflakes
- News from the WMF: Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year
- Recent research: Special issue on gender gap and gender bias research
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
An infobox for historical currencies
Could you purpose for the creation of an infobox for historical currencies to the WikiProject Numismatics? It already exists on many other Wikipedia's and it would allow for more parameters to be created for obsolete currencies which the current currency infobox doesn't provide for. --Donald Trung (talk) 08:33, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- Donald Trung That's a great idea, I will look into it when I have the time. Could you provide an example of an article on another Wikipedia that uses a historical currency infobox? - ZLEA T\C 12:49, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- My bad, I just looked at "w:nl:Vietnamese văn" and "w:nl:Nederlandse gulden" and they use the standard infobox for all currencies. However, the Dutch infobox has way more parameters for historical currencies such as preceding and succeeding currencies (something which is currently often done at the bottom of pages here, but could be used in the main "top infobox"). Plus the current infobox has a date of introduction but no parameter for a date of abolition. I think that the lack of these parameters is the main reason why many historical currencies don't have infoboxes. And those that do like "Reichsmark" or "Soviet ruble" don't show reasons for their abolition or the exact date.
- I think that a potential historical infobox currency should have all the same parameters or that the existing infobox should have these added to it. --Donald Trung (talk) 12:57, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- Donald Trung I will work on adding the parameters in template's sandbox. - ZLEA T\C 13:11, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- Actually, those parameters already exist as "replaced", "replaced by", "Date of withdrawal". - ZLEA T\C 13:17, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- Donald Trung I've added those parameters to the Reichsmark article. - ZLEA T\C 13:32, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks, it's odd that it is so rarely used. Have a nice weekend. --Donald Trung (talk) 14:18, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- It's not the first time I've discovered "lost" parameters in infoboxes. - ZLEA T\C 14:21, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks, it's odd that it is so rarely used. Have a nice weekend. --Donald Trung (talk) 14:18, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- I think that a potential historical infobox currency should have all the same parameters or that the existing infobox should have these added to it. --Donald Trung (talk) 12:57, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:39, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
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I have a question sorry to bother you but would you know where I could sale my 1955 wheet penny at I don't know much about it. Sorry my name is Earl Caudill. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:2b00:6a45:f100:4125:9d5a:c2b8:7b82 (talk) 13:48, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
- Look for a coin dealer in your area, or sell it on eBay. - ZLEA T\C 15:14, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
WikiProject Numismatics newsletter - September 2019
WikiProject news and updates from the past month (past month here)
Featured articles
Member news
- There were no new members in August
Miscellaneous
- Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial half dollar will be today's featured article on September 26.
- Old Spanish Trail half dollar (discussion) is currently under review for Featured Article status. Users are encouraged to participate in the discussion.
Did You Know...
- ... that the Continental Currency dollar coin (obverse pictured), the first pattern coin of the United States, was designed by Benjamin Franklin? (August 14, 2019)
- ... that the 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins may become the United States Mint's first color coinage? (August 29, 2019)
- August 5, 1928, numismatist Walter H. Breen was born in San Antonio, Texas.
- August 13, 1983, the first US coins to bear the "W" mint mark were struck.
Sent by ZLEA via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 15:34, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
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
- You can use the new termbox interface if you edit Wikidata on a mobile device. This is to edit labels, descriptions and aliases easier on the mobile pages. [45]
- The new version of MediaWiki has been deployed during the last week.
- The previously announced change of positions of the "Wikidata item" link on all wikis has been rollbacked due to unexpected cache issues. [46]
- The limit for rollbacks has been increased from 10 to 100 rollbacks per minute. [47]
- The advanced version of the edit review pages (Recent Changes, Watchlist, and Related Changes) now include two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces. However the "All discussions" filter does not include pseudo talk pages, like discussions that are in the Project: or Wikipedia: namespaces. But it will include changes happening on Project talk: or the Wikipedia talk:. [48]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 September. It will be on all wikis from 5 September (calendar).
- When you log in, the software checks your password to see if it follows the Password policy. From this week, it will also complain if your password is one of the most common passwords in the world. If your password is not strong enough, please consider to change your password for a stronger password. [49]
Meetings
- You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 4 September at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
- You will be able to read but not to edit Wikidata for up to 30 minutes on September 10 at 05:00 (UTC). [50]
- You will be able to read but not to edit some mid-sized wikis for up to 30 minutes September 17 at 05:00 (UTC). You can see which wikis. [51]
- You will be able to read but not to edit some mid-sized wikis for up to 30 minutes September 24 at 05:00 (UTC). You can see which wikis. [52]
- You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for up to 30 minutes on September 26 at 05:00 (UTC). [53]
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09:07, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2019).
Administrator changes
Bradv • Chetsford • Izno
Floquenbeam • Lectonar- DESiegel • Jake Wartenberg • Rjanag • Topbanana
CheckUser changes
Oversight changes
- Callanecc • Fox • HJ Mitchell • LFaraone • There'sNoTime
Technical news
- Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
- The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes) now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.
Arbitration
- A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2019 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
Miscellaneous
- A global request for comment is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify edit filters across all public Wikimedia wikis.
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2019 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:37, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
TheWikiWizard - September 2019
Hello, ZLEA! Here is the September 2019 issue of TheWikiWizard.
- A big thank you! (TWW is now 1 years old!)
- What's Hot! (Can you solve the riddles?)
- Articles (Assume Good Faith, The Teahouse)
- The Wikipedian
- News about Wikipedia! (Wikipedia News and Events!)
- Editor's Notes (New Sections to Main Page!)
- Activity Page (Fun Activities, and answers to last time's questions...)
- Ads (Ads)
We Hope you like this month's issue! If you'd like to discuss this issue, please go to this issue's talk page. Happy Reading! Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 21:44, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXI, September 2019
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If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 09:17, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
Wikiproject Military history coordinator election half-way mark
G'day everyone, the voting for the XIX Coordinator Tranche is at the halfway mark. The candidates have answered various questions, and you can check them out to see why they are running and decide whether you support them. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:37, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 15
A final update, for now:
The third grant-funded round of WikiProject X has been completed. Unfortunately, while this round has not resulted in a deployed product, I am not planning to resume working on the project for the foreseeable future. Please see the final report for more information.
Regards,