User talk:2NumForIce/Archives/2023/November

Question from Nghitu on User:Babitjie (22:44, 21 October 2023)
Evening! Can you please assist me answer the questions that are related to improving Wikipedia --Nghitu (talk) 22:44, 21 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Yes of course I will answer the question related to improve the Wikipedia SCHOLAR GANESH SINGH YADAV (talk) 06:21, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi @Nghitu,
 * You can ask a question by:
 * using your Homepage (where you asked this one)
 * adding a new topic to this page
 * get help at the Teahouse community Q&A forum
 * through IRC live chat (note that this discloses your IP address)
 * Happy editing! 2NumForIce  (speak  &#124; edits) 02:52, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2023-43
 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
 * There is a new Language and internationalization newsletter, written quarterly. It contains updates on new feature development, improvements in various language-related technical projects, and related support work.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Source map support has been enabled on all wikis. When you open the debugger in your browser's developer tools, you should be able to see the unminified JavaScript source code.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:14, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-44
 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 Structured Content team, as part of its project of improving UploadWizard on Commons, made some UX improvements to the upload step of choosing own vs not own work (T347590), as well as to the licensing step for own work (T347756).
 * The Design Systems team has released version 1.0.0 of Codex, the new design system for Wikimedia. See the full announcement about the release of Codex 1.0.0.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
 * Listings on category pages are sorted on each wiki for that language using a library. For a brief period on 2 November, changes to categories will not be sorted correctly for many languages. This is because the developers are upgrading to a new version of the library. They will then use a script to fix the existing categories. This will take a few hours or a few days depending on how big the wiki is. You can read more.
 * Starting November 1, the impact module (Special:Impact) will be upgraded by the Growth team. The new impact module shows newcomers more data regarding their impact on the wiki. It was tested by a few wikis during the last few months.

Future changes
 * There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. You can help by reviewing this proposal and sharing what you think about it.
 * The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:19, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

November Articles for creation backlog drive
 Hello 2NumForIce:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!

The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:23, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from 100panama (02:58, 1 November 2023)
I want to add an important but missing credential to Steffi Graf's Wikipedia entry. How do I do it? --100panama (talk) 02:58, 1 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi @100panama,
 * To edit an article, simply click the "Edit" button at the top right of the page, and edit away!
 * But, before you do actual editing, you might want to learn about Wikipedia's norms and policies. A great way to learn is through The Wikipedia Adventure, which is an interactive experience which explains the most important Wikipedia rules.
 * When you're ready, be bold and start editing. After you make your first edit, I'll follow up here with some more info, or ask another question on your Homepage or the Teahouse.
 * Happy editing! 2NumForIce  (speak  &#124; edits) 21:58, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Ansh353 (07:52, 2 November 2023)
Why is my edit to a Wikipedia article being reverted? --Ansh (talk) 07:52, 2 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi @Ansh353,
 * It seems that your edits contain original research. Although they are useful for other things, Wikipedia requires everything to be cited using reliable sources so that all information can be verified.
 * To find sources to cite, start with a Google search like:
 * "'Article title' -wikipedia"
 * This will search for pages that don't include Wikipedia and have the article title. If the title contains disambiguation text (like this), remove them before searching. You can then add more keywords in the search, using "quotes" to only look for pages with the exact string. You can also use the header in the talk page of the article for links to find sources.
 * If you need more help, you can ask me again on your Homepage, visit the Teahouse, or get live help through IRC.
 * Happy editing! 2NumForIce  (speak  &#124; edits) 22:11, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Where can I find reliable sources? Ansh (talk) 03:47, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * You can use the above Google search example to find sources, or go to the article's talk page and look in the header for something like this:
 * "Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · NYT · TWL"
 * You can try the links that would be displayed here. However, make sure that the sources are reliable before adding it to an article. 2NumForIce  (speak  &#124; edits) 04:48, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Can an external link be added to the source? If yes can those accounts be blocked by wikipedia calling it advertaisment? Ansh (talk) 07:42, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Ansh353 (12:42, 3 November 2023)
Can Wikipedia give me backlinks in future for my website? --Ansh (talk) 12:42, 3 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia web references should include web links (or else it won't make sense). However, you shouldn't promote your website, as those attempts will get reverted, and your site may get blocked. Even if they don't get reverted, links still serve no purpose as the nofollow setting is added to all external links. To cite a source, click the Cite link in the toolbar, and this will give you fields that you need to fill out. When done, it will insert a tag (or, if in VisualEditor, it will appear as a citation).  2NumForIce  (speak  &#124; edits) 15:20, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2023-45
 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 the Vector 2022 skin, the default font-size of a number of navigational elements (tagline, tools menu, navigational links, and more) has been increased slightly to match the font size used in page content.

Problems
 * Last week, there was a problem displaying some recent edits on a few wikis, for 1-6 hours. The edits were saved but not immediately shown. This was due to a database problem.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
 * The Growth team will reassign newcomers from former mentors to the currently active mentors. They have also changed the notification language to be more user-friendly.

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:03, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).



Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg 0xDeadbeef
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Tamzin
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Dennis Brown

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Pppery
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ragesoss · TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

Technical news
 * The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
 * There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
 * , and  have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections.  is the reserve commissioner.
 * Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
 * Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
 * Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
 * Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
 * An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

Miscellaneous
 * The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:22, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

What Option
What Option you deciton to delateion? Samchristie05 (talk) 23:06, 8 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi @Samchristie05,
 * It seems that you are trying to add a redirect from article space (mainspace) to draft space. This isn't allowed, as drafts are not intended for regular readers, so I have tagged it for deletion.
 * If you have any other questions, feel free to ask me. 2NumForIce  (speak  &#124; edits) 23:10, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
 * how to delate the page? Samchristie05 (talk) 01:37, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
 * To delete a page that you created, you can add at the very top of the page, or if it's a user page, use  instead.  2NumForIce  (speak  &#124; edits) 01:51, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Ansh353 (08:42, 11 November 2023)
What is a userpage in Wikipedia for? --Ansh (talk) 08:42, 11 November 2023 (UTC)


 * User pages are a space where you can work on article drafts, experiment, and collaborate with other users. User pages should be limited to Wikipedia-related content (what is allowed and what is not). You can start a sandbox where you can experiment by starting a user subpage at User:your username/sandbox. 2NumForIce  (<sup style="color:#007eb3">speak  &#124; edits) 21:19, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

User page move
Hopefully everything is now back where you want it? Polyamorph (talk) 19:46, 12 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Yup   2NumForIce  (<sup style="color:#007eb3">speak  &#124; edits) 20:13, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-46
<section begin="technews-2023-W46"/> 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
 * Four new wikis have been created:
 * a Wikipedia in Moroccan Amazigh
 * a Wikipedia in Dagaare
 * a Wikipedia in Toba Batak
 * a Wikiquote in Banjar

Problems
 * Last week, users who previously visited Meta-Wiki or Wikimedia Commons and then became logged out on those wikis could not log in again. The problem is now resolved.
 * Last week, some pop-up dialogs and menus were shown with the wrong font size. The problem is now resolved.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

Future changes
 * Reference Previews are coming to many wikis as a default feature. They are popups for references, similar to the PagePreviews feature. You can opt out of seeing them. If you are using the gadgets Reference Tooltips or Navigation Popups, you won’t see Reference Previews. Deployment is planned for November 22, 2023.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Canary (also known as heartbeat) events will be produced into Wikimedia event streams from December 11. Streams users are advised to filter out these events, by discarding all events where <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> . Updates to Pywikibot or wikimedia-streams will discard these events by default.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:50, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Andrew Violette Wikipedia entry
Hello,

I'm Bruce Posner and see that you are assigned as my new mentor. I drafted a Wikipedia page for Andrew Violette for the English version of Wikipedia, which page was declined (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Andrew_Violette). I see now that someone has created a stub entry, in English, in the French version of Wikipedia (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Violette). Do you recommend I add to the French version page or pursue an entry in the English version? Any recommendations welcome.

Thanks. Bfposner2 (talk) 23:24, 14 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Note that this is my account when using public computers. @User:USErnAMEGOGT
 * Hi @Bfposner2! You might be able to translate the French version of a page to the English version. However, it is a complicated task, and I would recommend you first take a look at the review note and do that first. Note that the CXT (Content Translation Tool) can only start new articles (not edit existing ones) and is restricted to extended-confirmed users (30 days and 500 edits).
 * I have left a note on the draft for reviewers to add the template after it's accepted so that others can improve the article.
 * If you have another question, you can use your Homepage directly to ask a question.
 * Happy editing! 2NumForIce  on The Go 23:58, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your recommendation, but I want to draw your attention to the fact that the Andrew Violette entry in the French version is written in English. Bfposner2 (talk) 00:34, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2023-47
<section begin="technews-2023-W47"/> 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
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
 * Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" . This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally.
 * The Vector 2022 skin will have some minor visual changes to drop-down menus, column widths, and more. These changes were added to four Wikipedias last week. If no issues are found, these changes will proceed to all wikis this week. These changes will make it possible to add new menus for readability and dark mode. Learn more.

Future changes
 * There is an update on re-enabling the Graph Extension. To speed up the process, Vega 2 will not be supported and only some protocols will be available at launch. You can help by sharing what you think about the plan.

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MediaWiki message delivery 00:53, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-48
<section begin="technews-2023-W48"/> 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
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar). There is no new MediaWiki version next week.
 * Octicons-tools.svg MediaWiki's JavaScript system will now allow <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> / syntax in gadgets and user scripts. Gadget authors should remember that users' browsers may not support it, so it should be used appropriately.
 * The deployment of "Add a link" announced last week was postponed. It will resume this week.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:06, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from EpicEditor21 (14:48, 6 December 2023)
what is 1+1 --EpicEditor21 (talk) 14:48, 6 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi @EpicEditor21. The is only for questions related to editing Wikipedia. If you have another Wikipedia-related question, you may use the feature on your Homepage, or ask at the Teahouse.  2NumForIce  (<sup style="color:#007eb3">speak  &#124; edits) 16:01, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Archive now 2NumForIce  (<sup style="color:#007eb3">speak  &#124; edits) 16:06, 6 December 2023 (UTC)