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Republic of Artsakh
Hello. In my opinion, the status of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh article is incorrect. If the state does not recognize it, the country to which it belongs must also be written in its status. For example, unrecognized Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria are not like Arsakh in the article. Arsakh's status was written by three non-UN member states. Sorry, is this important? Does it matter? However, they are unrecognized separatist organizations. Even four countries have recognized the independence of those separatist organizations. But Arsakh was not recognized by any state. Excuse me, why isn't the Republic of Artsakh article the same as the 3 unrecognized states article? Don't you think this is a double standard? Sword313 (talk) 08:00, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry but I have no knowledge of this article. The article talk page would be a better place for a discussion 5 albert square (talk) 09:39, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-45
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 * You can no longer read Wikimedia wikis if your browser uses very old TLS. This is because it is a security problem for everyone. It could lead to downgrade attacks. Since October 29, 2020, users who use old TLS versions will not be able to connect to Wikimedia projects. A list of browser recommendations is available. All modern operating systems and browsers are always able to reach Wikimedia projects.
 * Octicons-tools.svg There is a new automatic tracking category available: Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments. It collects pages which use the  parser function with invalid (non-numeric) input, e.g.  . Note that   is also invalid input: as described in the documentation, the argument should be unformatted so that it can be reliably and correctly localised. The tracking category will help identify problematic usage and double-formatting. The new tracking category's name can be translated at translatewiki.

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 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 3. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from November 4. It will be on all wikis from November 5 (calendar).
 * Administrators and stewards will be able to use a special page (Special:CreateLocalAccount) to force local account creation for a global account. This is useful when account creation is blocked for that user (by a block or a filter).
 * The Reply tool will be offered as an opt-in Beta Feature on most Wikipedias on November 4. This change excludes the English, Russian, and German-language Wikipedias, plus a few smaller Wikipedias with special circumstances. You can read the help page and the troubleshooting guide for more information.

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 * A discussion has been restarted about using a Unicode minus sign (− U+2212) in the output of  when it is given a negative argument.
 * In the future IP addresses of unregistered users will not be shown for everyone. They will get an alias instead. There will be a new user right or an opt-in function for more vandal fighters to see the IPs of unregistered users. There would be some criteria for who gets the user right or opt-in. There will also be other new tools to help handle vandalism. This is early in the process and the developers are still collecting information from the communities before they suggest solutions.

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Tech News: 2020-46
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 * You can see reference previews. This shows a preview of the footnote when you hover over it. This has been a beta feature. It will move out of beta and be enabled by default. There will be an option not to use it. The developers are looking for small or medium-sized wikis to be the first ones. You can let them know if your wiki is interested.
 * From November 16 the categories will not be sorted in order for a short time. This is because the developers are upgrading to a new version of the internationalisation library. They will use a script to fix the existing categories. This can take a few hours or a few days depending on how big the wiki is. You can read more.

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Tech News: 2020-47
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 * Listings on category pages are sorted on each wiki for that language using a library. For a brief period on 16 November, changes to categories will not be sorted correctly for most 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.

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 * If you merged two pages in a namespace where pages can't redirect this used to break the merge history. This will now be fixed.
 * 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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 * The Community Wishlist Survey is now open for proposals. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can post proposals from 16 to 30 November. You can vote on proposals from 8 December to 21 December.

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Trueman31
Hello – I've received a message on my talk page about a sockpuppet case regarding Trueman31. I was reading the (extensive) investigations that have taken place regarding this editor, and noticed that you have got significant knowledge of this case. 99% of the time, I would deal with any vandals but since you seem to know the case in depth, would you be able to deal with this? – DarkGlow ( ✉ ) 22:23, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry I meant to reply and say it was done! 5 albert square (talk) 00:57, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

If you see the talk page and edits, it’s yet again another sockpuppet of trueman31 WikiFlame50 (talk) 01:28, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

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 * Timestamps in Special:Log are now links. They go to Special:Log for only that entry. This is how timestamps work on for example the history page.

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 * Octicons-tools.svg The Wikimedia Cloud VPS hosts technical projects for the Wikimedia movement. Developers need to claim projects they use. This is because old and unused projects are removed once a year. Unclaimed projects can be shut down from 1 December. Unclaimed projects can be deleted from 1 January.

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The Signpost: 29 November 2020
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 * The iOS Wikipedia app will show readers more of the article history. They can see new updates and easier see how the article has changed over time. This is an experiment. It will first be shown only to some iOS app users as a test.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The Wiki Replicas can be used for SQL queries. You can use Quarry, PAWS or other ways to do this. To make the Wiki Replicas stable there will be two changes. Cross-database  will no longer work. You can also only query a database if you connect to it directly. This will happen in February 2021. If you think this affects you and you need help you can post on Phabricator or on Wikitech.

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anjem choudary
Why have you changed my edit? 2A00:23C6:A58C:FC01:D83B:3FE:845A:4305 (talk) 22:50, 29 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Because it's vandalism -- 5 albert square (talk) 22:56, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

RevDel request
I would like to request revision deletion on this edit and for the edit summary to be hidden on this edit, per RD2 (grossly insulting, degrading, or offensive material). The Grand Delusion (Send a message) 23:04, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Also requesting revision deletion on these revisions, plus edit summary removal on this edit, also for RD2. The Grand Delusion (Send a message) 23:08, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * were you meaning this link for the last rev del? I've done both of the edit summaries from the bot and the user-- 5 albert square (talk) 23:14, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Actually it's fine, think I got them all now. Thank you :)-- 5 albert square (talk) 23:17, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Any idea how Okeh8000 is compromised?
Any idea how Okeh8000 is compromised? 4thfile4thrank (talk) 03:29, 3 December 2020 (UTC)


 * I did explain a bit more on their talk page. The edits up until the blocking date looked OK. Then suddenly a load of vandalism which didn't add up with previous edits, the manner of editing, plus what they were saying was completely different which led me to believe someone else was accessing the account. Looking at the user talk now they're saying that they left themselves signed in on a device and someone else made those edits. 5 albert square (talk) 11:38, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * You can now put pages on your watchlist for a limited period of time. Some wikis already had this function.

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 * Information from Wikidata that is used on a wiki page can be shown in recent changes and watchlists on a Wikimedia wiki. To see this you need to turn on showing Wikidata edits in your watchlist in the preferences. Changes to the Wikidata description in the language of a Wikimedia wiki will then be shown in recent changes and watchlists. This will not show edits to languages that are not relevant to your wiki.
 * 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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 * You can vote on proposals in the Community Wishlist Survey between 8 December and 21 December. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on.

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December 2020 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter
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Can you please revoke talk page access of 72.178.99.47
Can you please revoke talk page access of 72.178.99.47? 4thfile4thrank (talk) 20:45, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅-- 5 albert square (talk) 22:32, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

124.169.237.27
Thank you for intervening with. In case you were not aware, that IP was part of a IP range that was blocked for a week beginning back on November 25. See WP:ANI IP-hopping_editor_from_Adelaide for more background. I would not be surprised if the editor hops over to a new IP. But even if the editor waits out the current block, I fully expect them to resume their odd and disruptive editing behavior. In any event, thanks again for addressing the current behavior. – 108.56.139.120 (talk) 03:50, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * It looks like our IP-hopper from Adelaide has hopped over to a new IP: . The edits are innocuous and useless, but do follow the same pattern of decapitalizing template names on pages (including redirect pages).  I suppose a case could be argued that this is block evasion since the block on 124.169.237.27 has not yet expired. Just something to monitor. – 108.56.139.120 (talk) 22:03, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * 124.169.242.95 has reverted your reversion of 124.169.237.27's edits and made some unsourced changes at William Sanderson. I believe this is the same editor and thus is a case of block evasion. Maybe the IP range 124.169.224.0/19 should be blocked again, but this time for at least 2 weeks instead of the previous 1 week? I realize, though, that blocking an entire range for one specific editor potentially excludes other anonymous editors with good-faith edits. – 108.56.139.120 (talk) 23:25, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Blocked again-- 5 albert square (talk) 00:43, 11 December 2020 (UTC)