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Question from Sonu kumar7857 (01:06, 1 March 2024)
Why ventilation is necessary for underground mining? --Sonu kumar7857 (talk) 01:06, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Sdkb · The Night Watch
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg East718 · Isabelle Belato · Mzajac · Staecker · Stan Shebs · Sugarfish · Tamzin



Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg SilkTork

Guideline and policy news
 * Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
 * Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

Technical news
 * The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
 * Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.

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Question from Wkn96 (18:31, 1 March 2024)
Hi I would like to create a page for a celebrity. can you please guide the steps.Thanks --Wkn96 (talk) 18:31, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello @Wkn96, creating a new article is a complex process, and you should familiarize yourself by learning about editing through our introduction. After that, find some articles to edit on your Homepage or do some tasks at the Task Center. When you're ready, read everything on Help:Your first article, which contains important policies and guidelines on Wikipedia, such as conflict of interest. If you have more questions, don't hesitate to ask me using your Homepage or at the Teahouse. Happy editing! 2NumForIce  (speak  &#124; edits) 04:07, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Vraj P Trivedi (12:26, 2 March 2024)
hello i want to edit articles about major historical figurres but it says the article is protected --Vraj P Trivedi (talk) 12:26, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello @Vraj P Trivedi, you might first want to take a look at our introduction, which outlines policies and guidelines when editing Wikipedia. The article is protected because of things like vandalism and sanctions applied to controversial topics. The "What can I do?" section in the protection message when you click "View source" shows the steps you can take to discuss the article with others to reach consensus is reached and make an edit request so that a more experienced user can make the edit for you. If you have more questions, don't hesitate to ask me using your Homepage or at the Teahouse. Happy editing! 2NumForIce  (speak  &#124; edits) 17:07, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Request
I'm a newbie,can you please tell me how do you write your talk page so beautiful?I want my talk page just as yours ,what can I do?Sheikbaba36524 (talk) 17:52, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
 * @Sheikbaba36524: I use some templates such as, which is the same template that is used on some talk pages for high traffic articles. I also use ClueBot III to automatically archive old discussions on my talk page. I also use templates to give help for newbies and an arbitration enforcement template so experienced users know not to warn me about Arbitration Committee sanctions. If you want, you can use the Edit tab at the top of the page to take a look at my talk page's source code. 2NumForIce  (speak  &#124; edits) 17:58, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from 78jjt5 (08:16, 3 March 2024)
Hi do you know why my submission was rejected? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Representative_Anthony_Ealy&oldid=1211126094 --78jjt5 (talk) 08:16, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello @78jjt5, it seems that the draft was rejected because it is contrary to the purposes of Wikipedia. Articles must be written from a neutral point of view, any conflicts of interests must be disclosed (especially if you are being paid), and subjects must be notable to qualify for a Wikipedia article. You can ask for advice at the Articles for creation (AFC) help desk using the button in the rejection message. You may also want to see our introduction to learn about editing Wikipedia. If you have more questions, don't hesitate to ask me using your Homepage or at the Teahouse. Happy editing!  2NumForIce  (speak  &#124; edits) 08:29, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-10
 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  page (as well as the associated "Create a book" functionality) provided by the old Collection extension has been removed from all Wikisource wikis, as it was broken. This does not affect the ability to download normal books, which is provided by the Wikisource extension.
 * Wikitech now uses the next-generation Parsoid wikitext parser by default to generate all pages in the Talk namespace. Report any problems on the Known Issues discussion page. You can use the ParserMigration extension to control the use of Parsoid; see the ParserMigration help documentation for more details.
 * Maintenance on etherpad is completed. If you encounter any issues, please indicate in this ticket.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Gadgets allow interface admins to create custom features with CSS and JavaScript. The  and  namespaces and  user right were reserved for an experiment in 2015, but were never used. These were visible on Special:Search and Special:ListGroupRights. The unused namespaces and user rights are now removed. No pages are moved, and no changes need to be made.
 * A usability improvement to the "Add a citation" in Wikipedia workflow has been made, the insert button was moved to the popup header.

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
 * All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 20. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks.
 * The HTML markup of headings and section edit links will be changed later this year to improve accessibility. See Heading HTML changes for details. The new markup will be the same as in the new Parsoid wikitext parser. You can test your gadget or stylesheet with the new markup if you add  to your URL (more info) or turn on Parsoid read views in your user options (more info).

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MediaWiki message delivery 19:45, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Pablo paballo (10:03, 9 March 2024)
hello.how can i edit --Pablo paballo (talk) 10:03, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello @Pablo paballo! You can learn how to edit by following our Introduction, which lets you learn the policies and guidelines of Wikipedia, as well as the basics of the editing interface. If you have a conflict of interest, you should disclose that now, especially if you are being paid. After that, you can find articles to edit on your Homepage. If you have more questions, don't hesitate to ask me using your Homepage or at the Teahouse. Happy editing! 2NumForIce  (speak  &#124; edits) 17:40, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-11
 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).
 * After consulting with various communities, the line height of the text on the Minerva skin will be increased to its previous value of 1.65. Different options for typography can also be set using the options in the menu, as needed.
 * The active link color in Minerva will be changed to provide more consistency with our other platforms and best practices.
 * Structured data on Commons will no longer ask whether you want to leave the page without saving. This will prevent the “information you’ve entered may not be saved” popups from appearing when no information have been entered. It will also make file pages on Commons load faster in certain cases. However, the popups will be hidden even if information has indeed been entered. If you accidentally close the page before saving the structured data you entered, that data will be lost.

Future changes
 * All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 20. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:02, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from John cohams (16:51, 13 March 2024)
How fo I create a citation --John cohams (talk) 16:51, 13 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello @John cohams, and welcome to Wikipedia! I see that you mostly use the VisualEditor, and it’s a lot easier to create a citation with VisualEditor than the wikitext editor.
 * To create a citation, click the Cite button (the one that looks like quotation marks), then choose to
 * Automatically generate a citation using a URL, ISBN (or other identifier)
 * Manually fill out a citation template
 * Reuse a citation already in the article
 * I prefer manually filling out, but automatic citations are usually sufficient. Remember that everything in Wikipedia needs to be cited with reliable sources. If you have more questions, don’t hesitate to ask me using your Homepage or at the Teahouse. Happy editing! 2NumForIce  (speak  &#124; edits) 21:59, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-12
<section begin="technews-2024-W12"/> 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 notice "Language links are at the top of the page" that appears in the Vector 2022 skin main menu has been removed now that users have learned the new location of the Language switcher.
 * Octicons-tools.svg IP info feature displays data from Spur, an IP addresses database. Previously, the only data source for this feature was MaxMind. Now, IP info is more useful for patrollers.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes.
 * Communities can now customize the default reasons for undeleting a page by creating MediaWiki:Undelete-comment-dropdown.

Problems
 * RevisionSlider is an interface to interactively browse a page's history. Users in right-to-left languages reported RevisionSlider reacting wrong to mouse clicks. This should be fixed now.

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).
 * All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 20. This is planned at 14:00 UTC.

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MediaWiki message delivery 17:37, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Ajikeafolabi1998 on User:Ajikeafolabi1998 (22:16, 20 March 2024)
Hello Seminar write up on eye Discoloration with four chapter and reference --Ajikeafolabi1998 (talk) 22:16, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Eye Discoloration Ajikeafolabi1998 (talk) 22:17, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello @Ajikeafolabi1998, while Wikipedia talk pages aren't a "seminar", and Wikipedia articles use sections instead of chapters, I currently don't have the time to write a full Wikipedia article, as I mainly do some minor tasks and project maintenance right now. You can learn how to edit Wikipedia through our Introduction, build experience by doing tasks from our Task Center, and when you're ready to make a new article, go to Help:Your first article to get started on your draft. If you really don't want to write an article, see Requested articles, but it's more of a list of ideas than an article writing service. If you have more questions, don't hesitate to ask me using your Homepage or at the Teahouse. Happy editing! 2NumForIce  (<sup style="color:#007eb3">speak  &#124; edits) 15:33, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from John cohams (09:08, 21 March 2024)
Pls why is most of my edit always reverted --John cohams (talk) 09:08, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello @John cohams, it seems that your edits were reverted for a few reasons:
 * Unnecessary citations You shouldn't cite definitions, when links are a better idea, except in the very few times you link to Wiktionary entries. You also don't need to cite that the sky is blue or other common facts, but if in doubt, adding a citation is still a good idea.
 * Unreliable sources You should always use reliable sources when referencing information, but I saw a few unreliable sources. Wikipedia is not a reliable source, and citing Wikipedia is essentially a self-reference (citing itself). You also cited a "deprecated" source, such as ScienceDirect topic pages (pages that start with https://www.sciencedirect.com/topic ), which are machine generated and have a consensus of not being reliable. You can check whether a source is generally reliable based on past discussion on the Reliable sources/Perennial sources list.
 * Rephrasing You don't need to rephrase text on Wikipedia, and other editors think that the old text was better before, unless it contains words to watch, language that is not neutral, or other issues.
 * If you need help learning how to edit Wikipedia, check out our Introduction and If you have more questions, don't hesitate to ask me using your Homepage or at the Teahouse. Happy editing! 2NumForIce  (<sup style="color:#007eb3">speak  &#124; edits) 16:06, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-13
<section begin="technews-2024-W13"/> 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
 * Octicons-tools.svg An update was made on March 18th 2024 to how various projects load site, user JavaScript and CSS in Vector 2022 skin. A checklist is provided for site admins to follow.

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).

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. <section end="technews-2024-W13"/>

MediaWiki message delivery 18:53, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

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