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Question from Cockatielaa (06:31, 24 March 2023)

Hey, I've just wanted to update a page for Bernard Ashwin regarding his achievements. I'm not familiar with him but he does appear as the first scout leader of the Cambridge scout group in New Zealand Waikato Cambridge. I have a photo from when I visited there recently where it states that "A Mr Bernard Ashwin was appointed the first Patrol Leader in these early years. Mr Ashwin became Sir Bernard Ashwin in 1956 when he received a K.B.E in that years Queens Birthday Honours.

I was hoping that you could suggest how I could incorporate it into his already existing page and create a page for the Cambridge Scout Group and the New Lynn Sea Scout Group. --Cockatielaa (talk) 06:31, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

@Cockatielaa, I'm afraid that would count as original research. Can you find any other source supporting this? — Qwerfjkltalk 07:03, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
I actually have a photo of the piece of paper that its all written on. Not sure if this would count. https://imgur.com/a/oVzgpu4 Cockatielaa (talk) 07:26, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
@Cockatielaa, unfortunately, that's not a reliable source - anyone could write some text on a piece of paper. Do you know where the information on the paper came from? — Qwerfjkltalk 14:50, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
Its from inside their new den at Cambridge. I was there during October last year. Cockatielaa (talk) 19:49, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
@Cockatielaa, unfortunately, if you can't find another source for it then it shouldn't be added to the article. — Qwerfjkltalk 20:26, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
Ah okay, all goods then. Cockatielaa (talk) 20:42, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #565

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Events
    • Upcoming:
      • Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working Hour March 27, 2023: We will be creating items related to notable book podcasts. You are, as always, welcome to bring your own project to work on.Event page
      • WikiCite Monthly Meeting, online on 28 March 2023 at 16:00 UTC. Information and notes
      • Wikidata Query Service backend update office hours will be held on Jitsi on 27 March 2023 at 17:00 UTC (link to the Etherpad) and 28 March 2023 at 10:00 UTC (link to the Etherpad)
      • Weekly Lexemes Challenge #86, Clothes
  • Development
    • EntitySchemas: We started working on the new datatype to link to EntitySchemas in statements (phab:T214884)
    • Query Builder: We finished the work on the language selector so you can swithc the interface language of the tool (phab:T328148) It will be available on the site in the next days.
    • Wikibase REST API: We implemented the functionality to provide an Item's label, description or aliases in a specific language (phab:T323173)

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Tech News: 2023-13

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 AbuseFilter condition limit was increased from 1000 to 2000. [1]
  • Some Global AbuseFilter actions will no longer apply to local projects. [2]
  • Desktop users are now able to subscribe to talk pages by clicking on the Subscribe link in the Tools menu. If you subscribe to a talk page, you receive notifications when new topics are started on that talk page. This is separate from putting the page on your watchlist or subscribing to a single discussion. [3]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 March. It will be on all wikis from 30 March (calendar).

Future changes

  • You will be able to choose visual diffs on all history pages at the Wiktionaries and Wikipedias. [4]
  • The legacy Mobile Content Service is going away in July 2023. Developers are encouraged to switch to Parsoid or another API before then to ensure service continuity. [5]

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Deletion review for Category:Recipients of the Order pro Merito Melitensi

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Category:Recipients of the Order pro Merito Melitensi. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Baronnet (talk) 14:43, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of "Draft:Maija The Goblin"

Draft:Maija The Goblin, a page you created, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it is vandalism.

You are welcome to contribute content that complies with our content policies and any applicable inclusion guidelines. However, please do not simply re-create the page with the same content, or remove the speedy deletion tag from the page. You can contest the deletion by clicking the "Contest this speedy deletion" button inside the speedy deletion tag. You may also wish to read our introduction to editing and guide to writing your first article.

Thank you. Adakiko (talk) 09:01, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

@Adakiko, I presume this is a bug in Huggle, as my bot didn't create that page (I moved this notice from my bot's talk page). — Qwerfjkltalk 09:13, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
A Huggle bug is probably the case. Thanks for the notice, I added a notice to the page creator's talk page. Cheers Adakiko (talk) 09:37, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
A hugglebug - is this a new dance craze? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:56, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Re-parenting

This edit was logical in terms of parenting, but it also removed all the key figures from the former parent! I have just copied them back into it. – Fayenatic London 22:14, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Restaurants in Karachi

Thanks for closing WP:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 March 20#Category:Restaurants in Karachi. I'm not familiar with the closing process, so where do we go from here? Should it be added to WP:Categories for discussion/Working#Empty then delete? Certes (talk) 14:47, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

@Certes: Qwerfjkl records them at WT:CFDW, and an admin (often me) processes them from there. This one is now done. – Fayenatic London 22:30, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Growth team newsletter #25

Welcome to the twenty-fifth newsletter from the Growth team! Help with translations

Celebrations

Leveling up release

5,000+ images added via the newcomer task in February

  • In February 2023, 5,035 images were added via the newcomer “add an image” feature (on all wikis where available); 155 were reverted.
  • Since the feature “add an image” was launched: 36,803 images have been added; 2,957 images were reverted.

Recent changes

  • Add a link
    • Community Ambassadors completed an initial evaluation that confirmed that prioritizing underlinked articles resulted in better article suggestions. We then evaluated the change on Growth pilot wikis, and results suggest that more newcomers are successfully completing the task and experiencing fewer reverts. We have now deployed the new prioritization model to all wikis with "add a link" enabled. [6][7]
    • We continue the deployment of "add a link" to more wikis. These changes are regularly announced in Tech News. To know if newcomers at your wiki have access to this feature, please visit your Homepage.
  • The Impact module was deployed on our pilot wikis, where we conducted an A/B test. We published initial findings, and a data scientist is now completing experiment analysis. [8]
  • Donor Thank you page experiment – Donors land on a “thank you” page after donation, and that landing page now includes a call to action to try editing: Example Thank you page in French. This promising feature is tested at several Wikipedias (French Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, Japanese Wikipedia, Dutch Wikipedia, Swedish Wikipedia).
  • Growth features are now the default experience on both test.wikipedia.org and test2.wikipedia.org. You can test our features there.

Upcoming work

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13:10, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Question from Temmyspecial on Help:Contents (22:46, 1 April 2023)

Hello Please, how will i start learning --Temmyspecial (talk) 22:46, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

@Temmyspecial, you may find Help:Introduction useful. — Qwerfjkltalk 07:31, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #566

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Development
    • EntitySchemas: We are continuing the development of a new datatype to link to EntitySchemas in statements (phab:T214884)
    • Search: We are doing user testing with prototypes for search that makes it easier to find Properties, Lexemes and EntitySchemas (phab:T321543)
    • REST API: We are workng on making it possible to create, or replace, a label or a description in a given language (phab:T323813)

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Contentious CFD

Hi, thanks for continuing to close CFDs including some that are contentious, but please note that WP:C2D is not a valid rationale for closing a contentious case. C2D explicitly only applies where a name is uncontroversial. I therefore advise you to reopen this CFD before it gets challenged – or give a longer rationale as to why certain arguments outweigh others. – Fayenatic London 14:46, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

@Fayenatic london, thanks, I've relisted it. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:36, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2023-14

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 system for automatically creating categories for the Babel extension has had several important changes and fixes. One of them allows you to insert templates for automatic category descriptions on creation, allowing you to categorize the new categories. [13][14][15][16][17]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 April. It will be on all wikis from 6 April (calendar).
  • Some older Web browsers will stop being able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis from this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. If you have an old web browser on your computer you can try to upgrade to a newer version. [18]
  • The deprecated jquery.hoverIntent module has been removed. This module could be used by gadgets and user scripts, to create an artificial delay in how JavaScript responds to a hover event. Gadgets and user scripts should now use jQuery hover() or on() instead. Examples can be found in the migration guide. [19]
  • Some of the links in Special:SpecialPages will be re-arranged. There will be a clearer separation between links that relate to all users, and links related to your own user account. [20]
  • You will be able to hide the Reply button in archived discussion pages with a new __ARCHIVEDTALK__ magic word. There will also be a new .mw-archivedtalk CSS class for hiding the Reply button in individual sections on a page. [21][22][23]

Future changes

  • The Vega software that creates data visualizations in pages, such as graphs, will be upgraded to the newest version in the future. Graphs that still use the very old version 1.5 syntax may stop working properly. Most existing uses have been found and updated, but you can help to check, and to update any local documentation. Examples of how to find and fix these graphs are available.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

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Speedy deletion nomination of Alexander Averbukh (disambiguation)

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Tech News: 2023-15

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

Problems

  • There was a problem with all types of CentralNotice banners still being shown to logged-in users even if they had turned off specific banner types. This has now been fixed. [26]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 April. It will be on all wikis from 13 April (calendar).
  • Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Moroccan Arabic Wikipedia, Danish Wikipedia, Dinka Wikipedia, Lower Sorbian Wikipedia, Ewe Wikipedia, Greek Wikipedia, Emiliano-Romagnolo Wikipedia, Esperanto Wikipedia, Estonian Wikipedia, Basque Wikipedia, Extremaduran Wikipedia, Tumbuka Wikipedia, Fulah Wikipedia, Finnish Wikipedia, Võro Wikipedia, Fijian Wikipedia, Faroese Wikipedia, Arpitan Wikipedia, Northern Frisian Wikipedia, Friulian Wikipedia, Irish Wikipedia, Guianan Creole Wikipedia, Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia, Galician Wikipedia, Gilaki Wikipedia, Guarani Wikipedia, Goan Konkani Wikipedia, Gothic Wikipedia, Gujarati Wikipedia, Manx Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [27][28]

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Wikidata weekly summary #567

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Discussions
    • New requests for permissions/Bot:
      • RPI2026F1Bot 7 (Add start time (P580) as qualifiers to subreddit (P3984))
      • BotFunast (Task: The bot is already operational in the Tachelhit Wikipedia. One of its main tasks is editing template tags and categories, and creating new ones when necessary, based on a csv database (that you can find in github) . When adding new pages though, a common problem is to link those to Wikidata. This can be unfeasible by hand in a reasonable amount of time, when hundreds of pages, e.g. categories, are added at once. The idea is to have the bot approved for Wikidata, so it can link the pages to their counterparts in other languages automatically.)
    • Closed request for permissions/Bot:
  • Tool of the week
    • Pauken! ("to cram" in German) - is a tool lets you learn words in different languages, based on images.

* Newest WikiProjects:

  • Development

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Feedback request: Wikipedia proposals request for comment

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Broken CfDW tool

I closed 4 discussions at CfD, all on April 2, only to find that your tool for listing discussions at WT:CFDW stopped working. I have verified on both Google Chrome and Safari that clicking the button at the top of each CfD nomination does nothing. Also, the "List pages" button in the toolbar appears outside of CfD. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 20:52, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

@LaundryPizza03, I'm not sure why this might have happened. Does reloading the page's cache (ctrl + f5) help? — Qwerfjkltalk 20:54, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
The List pages button appearing outside of CfD is intentional (or at least, not a bug). — Qwerfjkltalk 20:55, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
That is not the right shortcut for macOS. On Chrome, you would use Shift+Command+R or Shift+Reload button. And that didn't do anything. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 20:57, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
@LaundryPizza03, I think I know what the problem is. Can you check the browser console for any error messages (specifically "reading properties of undefined")? — Qwerfjkltalk 20:58, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
I don't know how to do that. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 21:16, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
@LaundryPizza03, I believe I have fixed the error, which was caused by a recent edit to {{Cfd top}}, meaning the script could not recognise the result of the closure.
Sorry about the slow response, it's hard to sort this out on my tablet. — Qwerfjkltalk 21:29, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
The boilerplate keeps appearing in the preloadings of listings. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 21:56, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
Now I couldn't list Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 April 4#Antigua and Barbuda task force project categories at CFDW, but I could do the other CfD's I closed with no problems. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 00:38, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
@LaundryPizza03, the first issue was due to a problem with regex concatenation which I have now fixed. The second issue is because it's missing a Nominator's rationale: which the script uses as an anchor; I've added an alert for this. I also changed the buttons to "List discussion(s)" because it makes more sense. — Qwerfjkltalk 09:58, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Bad closure of a CfD

I've applied for a review of your closure of Category:Science fiction fans when no substantive discussion had taken place. Orange Mike | Talk 20:22, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

@Orangemike, please link to the DRV (in the future). — Qwerfjkltalk 21:50, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Feedback request: Wikipedia technical issues and templates request for comment

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Wikidata weekly summary #568

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Events
    • Upcoming
      • The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours will take place on Wednesday, 16:00 UTC on Wednesday, 19th April 2023 (18:00 Berlin time) in the Wikidata Telegram group. The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the development team presents what they have been working on over the past quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase.
      • Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call, Tuesday, April 14, 2023 - Indigenous Artists and Wikidata: Report launch and discussion. Agenda.
    • Ongoing
  • Tool of the week
    • Query Chest is a tool that allows you to store Wikidata queries if they are too long for w.wiki to shorten it.
  • Development
    • EntitySchemas: We are continuing the work on creating the new datatype that allows linking to EntitySchemas in statements. It will be available on test systems next. (phab:T332139)
    • QueryBuilder: We are putting finishing touches on the language selector so you can switch the UI language of the Query Builder. (phab:T328764)
    • Wikibase REST API: We continued working on making it possible to create or replace labels and descriptions in a iven language. (phab:T323813)

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Tech News: 2023-16

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

Problems

  • At Wikimedia Commons, some thumbnails have not been getting replaced correctly after a new version of the image is uploaded. This should be fixed later this week. [32][33]
  • For the last few weeks, some external tools had inconsistent problems with logging-in with OAuth. This has now been fixed. [34]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 April. It will be on all wikis from 20 April (calendar).

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I think something is not quite right in this message. The "Fix" and "Ask for help" links go to and reference WP:Sandbox instead of an appropriate page. Can you please take a look? Thanks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:52, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

@Jonesey95, that is produced by User:Qwerfjkl (bot)/inform/middle. The code wasn't passing in the necessary parameters; I've just modifief it to do so. — Qwerfjkltalk 15:36, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
Seems to have fixed it. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:03, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
That looks much better. Thanks for the quick turnaround. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:23, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
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