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Thank you for your comments about inserting images. I have replied to your question on my talk page.

Steviehutch (talk) 16:50, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Fix formatting -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 17:17, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

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Rollback granted
Hi AntiCompositeNumber. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=User%3AAntiCompositeNumber enabled] rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback: If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  16:10, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
 * Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
 * Rollback should never be used to edit war.
 * If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
 * Use common sense.

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A barnstar for you!
— Preceding unsigned comment added by NinjaCheetos (talk • contribs) 20:35, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello NinjaCheetos. I reverted your edit because it appeared to violate the Wikipedia policy on vandalism. Looking at the edit again, it may also violate the Wikipedia policy on advertising and self promotion. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask me here on my talk page. -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 20:45, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

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New page reviewer granted
Hello AntiCompositeNumber. Your account has been added to the " " user group, allowing you to review new pages and mark them as patrolled, tag them for maintenance issues, or in some cases, tag them for deletion. The list of articles awaiting review is located at the New Pages Feed. New page reviewing is a vital function for policing the quality of the encylopedia, if you have not already done so, you must read the new tutorial at New Pages Review, the linked guides and essays, and fully understand the various deletion criteria. The reviewer right does not change your status or how you can edit articles. If you no longer want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. In case of abuse or persistent inaccuracy of reviewing, the right can be revoked at any time by an administrator. &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  23:30, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Be nice to new users - they are often not aware of doing anything wrong.
 * You will frequently be asked by users to explain why their page is being deleted - be formal and polite in your approach to them too, even if they are not.
 * Don't review a page if you are not sure what to do. Just leave it for another reviewer.
 * Remember that quality is quintessential to good patrolling. Take your time to patrol each article, there is no rush. Use the message feature and offer basic advice.

File:Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi.jpg
Hello, I noticed that you placed deletion tag on File:Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi.jpg. I want to know why? Same description has been given on this file also. See File:Title Screen of Show.jpg. Why isn't this file nominated for deletion? Mr. Smart ℒION ⋠☎️✍⋡ 05:13, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello! As you may know, Wikipedia has strict guidelines for use of non-free content. In order to use a copyrighted image on Wikipedia, the person who adds the image to an article is responsible for demonstrating that the file meets all 10 Non-free content criteria. Even if the image meets all the criteria, it can still be deleted if it does not demonstrate that using a Non-free use rationale. Even though boilerplate responses can be used, a NFUR can't just be copied from one file to the next. The Non-free content criteria have to be considered for each use. If you have more questions, feel free to reply or ask at the Media copyright questions page.
 * I hadn't seen the other file you linked, but looking at it it looks like it has multiple problems.
 * AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 15:06, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, I'll try to fullfill the details in the "Summary" section of the file. Mr. Smart ℒION  ⋠☎️✍⋡ 17:42, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

Need Help - Images, Non-Free Template
Hi, I noticed that you recently changed the images I did to non-free game screenshot, bar one (the Top Gear one). I'm working to include a rationale for the game screenshots I uploaded, but I first want to know if I should use a Non-free use rationale, or a Non-free use rationale video game screenshot. Can you help me? If the former, I need some further help upon response. GUtt01 (talk) 19:58, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * For the screenshots of a video game, you should use the video game screenshot rationale. Just copy the full syntax and fill in the information. I'm working on fixing File:TopGearPolarSpecial.jpg for you, and haven't looked at the rest of the the Top Gear ones yet. I'll let you know if I can't fix them. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 20:07, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * is it meant to switch the template to "Non-free use rationale"? GUtt01 (talk) 20:20, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * You did everything correctly on File:WeHappyFewUncleJack.jpg! The template worked as intended (Yes, that one is a bit weird). In future, you should replace the Information template (In the summary section) with the NFUR (I fixed that one for you). AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 20:28, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Is it okay for me to edit the information in the table (i.e. Purpose) to properly state the factors of the image? GUtt01 (talk) 20:30, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Of course, a handwritten argument is always better than the boilerplate response! AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 20:35, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Final question. I was using the images as "thumbs" on the wiki article they are attached to.  I noticed that the image's location on the site states it will need to be resized.  What size must I edit it to?GUtt01 (talk) 20:39, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * You don't need to worry about that, a bot will take care of any image with the Non-free reduce template on it. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 20:42, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for guiding me through this. Really helped me.  Could you send me a message on my talk page, just to outline what to do, if I should put in something that is Non-free under the wrong type, if possible? Would appreciate it, for future reference. GUtt01 (talk) 20:47, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

Paulboll
Hi AntiCompositeNumber, re https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Paulboll#Help_me.21 I have responed to the question on photos copyright on page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Woodward_Branson It was my first time of adding photos from my family album. i categorized the second lot of photos wrongly.

i have contacted leodis two photos ( Leeds Library ) i am waiting for a response.

Paul — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulboll (talk • contribs) 10:56, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Bot Archive
Thanks very much, I've been wanting to do it for a while. But as you've stated I've wanted to pursue how to get a bot to archive, or to get permission. I want to archive all of the material going back to the beginning. Thanks much.Koplimek (talk) 17:44, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

File:Dr Walter Fricke.jpg
Hello, I got a message from you, regarding the uploading of the image above and incorrect fair use rational. As I don't speak copyright, I don't know whats wrong. I uploaded the file using the file wizard. Why did the wizard not ask me to fill these fields in, when requesting fair use? As regards WP:NFCC#1, the man is an dead academic, an astronomer and cryptanalyst, of historical importance. There is no other image available, anywhere. As regards WP:NFCC#2. How would that be satisfied? Scope creep (talk) 00:32, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

I've sent a letter to the Heidelberg University Press department to determine if what they say and whether they have a license for it. Scope creep (talk) 00:56, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
 * As far as NFCC#1, that is exactly what you have to write. Just put that in the Replacability parameter in the template on the file page. For NFCC#2, you have to explain why the image won't interfere with anyone's commercial interests. You should explain that the photo is of a reduced size, and copies made from it would be inferior to the original. If the University comes back saying that it is licensed freely, or in the public domain, forward the email chain to [mailto:permissions-en@wikimedia.org permissions-en@wikimedia.org]. You may also wish to consult WP:DCM. Let me know if you need further explanation/assistance!-- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 01:11, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

ColFergStod
Hi There Thanks for your message, although it didn't inform me as to what buttons I should press where and when. I did make some changes, which appeared to be OK, but now I'm getting a message at the top of the Mods and Rockers page informing me that tags have been inserted but with no content between them. Subsequently I've been told off by Wikipedia, they think I'm a vandal and should refrain from editing! Looking on the edited page, beneath the two chapters I inserted a tag, then there is nthe book citation followed by another tag. Is this is what is wrong, how do I remove a tag? Also on the edited page it shows two chapters, but on the actual Mods and Rockers page it has all merged into one long paragraph.The second paragraph starts 'Three years later in 1964...'can this be separated? Sorry, I appear to be complicating things, Regards Colin — Preceding unsigned comment added by ColFergStod (talk • contribs) 17:27, 28 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Hello again! The vandalism reversion was from you inserting extraneous tags. You only need one tag per citation. However, there is a different citation issue we have to talk about. In another comment, you self-identified as the author of the book you were citing. Per WP:SPS, this counts as citing a self-published source. Wikipedia does not allow anyone to cite things they have published themselves, as it makes Wikipedia less reliable. While your book is probably completely true, making an exception for one source means we have to make that exception for all sources, including some random person's blog. If you would like to continue making changes to Mods and Rockers, please request a change on the articles Talk page.


 * As far as paragraphs go, Wikipedia does not start paragraphs with indents. Instead, we use line breaks to break up paragraphs. Use  to insert a line break. -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 01:12, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Mallie.sanford
Hi, I got a notification about a conflict of interest and about three photos regarding a Disputed non-free use rationale and a Replaceable fair use File. I am going through the page and editing it as best as I can in accordance with the conflict of interest guidelines. If you are going to delete it, I would highly appreciate a notice before doing so, because I am happy to make changes diligently so that this won't happen. I'm still going through and correcting anything I can find, reading up on wikipedia's codes and trying to make the page stronger altogether. In reference to the photos I have the copyright information sent to me via email and was going to send to Wikimedia's copyright service, and then upload them as new files with correct copyright info. Otherwise, I just want to make sure that my sources are good and whatnot so that I don't have more problems. I'm working here and there on making them more reliable (finding ISBN numbers where I can, reformatting the citations, etc) but if there is anything specific that I need to do to keep the page from being deleted it would be great to know about, or if you could redirect me to a source that can help me with that that would be great. Thanks! --Mallie.sanford (talk) 18:03, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello! I'm terribly sorry that I couldn't get to this a week ago, but I've been incredibly busy off-wiki and haven't had the chance to reply. I'll try to address your concerns in the order you asked about them.


 * 1) As far as the possible conflict of interest goes, I don't know whether you truly have a COI or not. It sounds like you have already read WP:COI, but I will remind you that if you do have a COI, you need to WP:DISCLOSE it. If you need help figuring this out, you can let me know. We welcome constructive contributions from everyone!
 * 2) For the photos of the artwork, we need to talk a bit about the copyright. In the US, there is copyright protection for artworks and sculptures, even if they are displayed publicly. This extends to reproductions of the copyrighted work, including the photos that you uploaded (c:Commons:FOP). Without proper permissions from the artist that created the artwork, we can't keep the images. You can read more information about properly licensing files at WP:DCM.
 * 3) The portrait photograph of Kovachevich that you uploaded to Commons was deleted as well. Both Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons require that files have appropriate licensing information included on the file page. If you sent verification to the OTRS (permissions) team, the file will be reinstated once they process your request. Please do not reupload the file, as that just creates more work for everyone involved.
 * 4) The article Thomas Kovachevich doesn't appear to be at risk of deletion. Because of how Wikipedia's database operates, nothing is ever fully deleted, it is just hidden from view. In most cases, well-written articles would not be "speedily deleted." WP:Speedy deletion is for articles that are so far below Wikipedia standards that they could not be saved. Thomas Kovachevich is above those standards, so only a deletion discussion would be able to delete it. In a deletion discussion, discussion is opened for 7 days so that any editor can make their case for the fate of the article. You should be notified in the case of such a discussion.
 * 5) I'm glad that you are cleaning up the article! It does need a bit of work in a few places, and could always use more relevant information. You may wish to go over the WP:Manual of Style (MOS:SIMPLIFIED), and clean up the article accordingly.
 * I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia, and don't let this small obstacle stand in your way. If you ever need help, you can always message me here. I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can, but I might be busy. If you need help right away, you can use the methods described at WP:?, including the live help channel. Happy editing! -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 00:10, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Message from Moms Spaghetti
thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moms Spaghetti (talk • contribs) 19:08, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

A message from Bbuger1138
I've just written you to get your advice on something highly unethical I've discovered in the site masquerading and "history" Please advise. message in your inbox

Bbuger1138 (talk) 23:44, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I got your message, and will reply as soon as I have a moment. If you have concerns that need to be addressed faster than I can reply, please post on the article talk page. -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 23:46, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Kurdistantolive
Hi, I need some help. I hope if you can help me, thank. Kurdistantolive (talk) 09:20, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello! I'm a bit busy in Real Life, so I might not respond immediately. I'd still love to try and help, what's up? -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 11:01, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, if you busy ok no problem Kurdistantolive (talk) 22:54, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

IP at James Watson
That's a racist editor known as Mikemikev, here and on the net. Recently had 2 accounts which I blocked as socks. See Sockpuppet investigations/Mikemikev/Archive. His IPs geolocate to around London, often using libraries, museums, The Cloud Network, but also others. Reverts on sight and let me or another Admin know. Thanks for your help. Doug Weller talk 13:47, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

A message from ChefNathan
Hi I'm chefNathan, id love some guidance, if u have time. I'm teaching myself wikimarkup, and I've got the basics down, but that's about it. I re-wrote about 40-50% of the article María sabina and I'm understanding the importance of citations but I'm still a little way off writing my own article. I'm a happy critic receiver...happy for constructive criticisms and help in any way! I'm from Australia. Thanks!

ChefNathan (talk) 11:38, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello! I've looked through your changes to María Sabina and Mediumship, and they look pretty good. Just keep going, and you'll get better! You may find Help:Wiki markup and WP:TMM helpful. If you have any questions, you can always ask me here. Happy editing! -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 13:26, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi again, what I'm really struggling with is the talk aspect of wiki. Where do I start a conversation on teahouse? It throws me into visual editor and I have no clue about VE, I only use wikiMarkup. Do I add a new question underneath the last question using the == as heading? Cheers ChefNathan (talk) 04:13, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello again! The Teahouse was started as an experiment, so things run a bit differently there. Instead of the usual norm of starting new talk page discussions at the bottom of the page, they decided to start new discussions at the top. If you find yourself unexpectedly thrown into VisualEditor, you can always click the  button at the top-right of the screen to switch back to the source editor. Happy editing! -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 12:16, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, friend. It can get a bit confusing at times! But this I guess is why we have good information editors like yourself. By the way, my first article was rejected draft:Rafael Cardona Salazar but I am gaining the tools to be a published page creator! Thank you! I will get there! ChefNathan (talk) 12:56, 10 October 2016 (UTC) I'm going to kill the article. For every reference I provide, stating facts that are put into public record, there are news articles asking questions, like Washington post, that throw a tiny bit of mud onto my subject matter, making it impossible to 100% verify. Yet there are articles that don't have the same refs as mine being sanctioned as truth. So what is the point? I do good research, yet one dodgy news item, with no facts but questions, shoots it all down...fuck it. I'll stick to editing. ChefNathan (talk) 16:17, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

A message from Binthesin
I've now changed Stewart Devine's date of birth on 3 occasions with you changing it back. He was born 11/4/1984 in Edinburgh. Why is it you a guy who doesn't know him are changing this after me a guy who knows him and has done for nearly 20 years changed it? Binthesin (talk) 22:11, 10 October 2016 (UTC) Binthesin (talk) 22:11, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

A message from Makeminea99
Hello, AntiCompositeNumber and thank you for your message. The picture posted on the article was factiously put there and does not match that portion of the article. Can you undo the edit and show me where to post the explanation? Thank you.

Makeminea99 (talk) 22:53, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

UPDATE TO THE MESSAGE I JUST SENT YOU; I cited the reason for removal and explained it using Edit Summary. Thanks you for telling me about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Makeminea99 (talk • contribs) 23:06, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Great! Happy editing! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask me here or ask at the Teahouse. -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 23:08, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

A message from Bellagio99
Oliver Sacks did die in 2015. See his WP article, so I reverted your reversion in List of people from the Bronx Bellagio99 (talk) 22:01, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

Bellagio99 (talk) 22:01, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I was questioning that, but I really reverted for the change of "Trump" to "Drumpf." I've changed "Drumpf" back to "Trump," and left the Sacks death date alone. -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 22:13, 16 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I missed the Drumpf. I understand. Bellagio99 (talk) 13:40, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

A message from Alacenski
Just wanted to say thanks for the helpful advice on unregistration. Alacenski (talk) 01:09, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Copyright
The article you accepted at Dharmala was a word-for-word copy from the only given source. As they claim copyright on the material as a third party, we would need to resolve that before using the material. Kuru  (talk)  11:48, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The one time I don't check… Thank you for noticing and taking care of that. I'm usually better at finding CVs, but it was so short I didn't really notice. -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 12:48, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Happens to me too much. I get excited when I see someone make a big addition to an article I'm watching, and then a few days later someone catches the copyvio and I wonder why I didn't check it closer. My level of skepticism is varies by mood. :)  Kuru   (talk)  17:55, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

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Message from VVAlQubaisiVv
Heeey brother It's me Saeed AlQubaisi u can check my user name in nstagram acvount ., I jst fix some informations ., I'm srry for that ., help me also how I can put my profile picture please .,

Thank you so much brother Take care — Preceding unsigned comment added by VVAlQubaisiVv (talk • contribs) 13:08, 6 November 2016 (UTC) Wait ur message

Message from JWilz12345
Hello, AntiCompositeNumber. Thanks for your answer to my question at the Teahouse. It helps me a lot, especially in clarifying some complicated things about unreviewed or bot-assessed imgs of Philippines roads. I just need to study and learn more about those written at the info page WP:Moving files to Commons. But by the way, thanks again for your helpful answer! :) JWilz12345 (talk) 14:57, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me here. Happy editing!. -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 14:58, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2016-45
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Recent changes
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 * First release candidate for MediaWiki 1.28 is now available.
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 * Section numbers in Table of Contents boxes will use grey to improve readability.

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 * The 2016 Community Wishlist Survey begins on 7 November.
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I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm Cenarium. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Main Page, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Cenarium (talk) 18:52, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah, one question. Why does everyone keep unreviewing the main page! -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 18:58, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, I was trying to find a way to make the reviewing box go away on the Main Page, Trump, etc, but it looks like there's no way. I accidentally unreviewed it... Cenarium (talk) 23:53, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-46
 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 edit with the visual editor you can use  +   +   to add a reference. The meta key is often the control key or command key.

Changes this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from November 16. It will be on all wikis from November 17 (calendar).
 * In Special:Preferences you can choose which language menus and buttons will be in. If there is no translation for that language, MediaWiki has a list of fallback languages. A fallback language is a language many will understand better than English. MediaWiki will now use English when there is no Ukrainian translation.

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 15 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Magic links might not work in the future.

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Norbert Stachel
I'm an established professional musician that has worked with many extremely famous artists during my career as what is referred to as a "sideman" in the music business. I'm looking for writers to write articles about me (Norbert Stachel), my flutist wife Karen Stachel, and our music group LehCats.

I can't deal with the aggravation of trying to figure out how to write articles myself, and it goes against Wikipedia guidelines anyway. Please Help Me!!!

LehCats (talk) 00:51, 15 November 2016 (UTC) LehCats (talk) 00:56, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

LehCats (talk) 00:56, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

New Page Review needs your help
Hi ,

As an AfC reviewer you're probably aware that a new user right has been created for patrolling new pages (you might even have been granted the right already, and admins have it automatically).

Since July there has been a very serious backlog at Special:NewPagesFeed of over 14,000 pages, by far the worst since 2011, and we need an all out drive to get this back down to just a few hundred that can be easily maintained in the future. Unlike AfC, these pages are already in mainspace, and the thought of what might be there is quite scary. There are also many good faith article creators who need a simple, gentle push to the Tea House or their pages converted to Draft rather than being deleted. Although New Page Reviewing can occasionally be somewhat more challenging than AfC, the criteria for obtaining the right are roughly the same. The Page Curation tool is even easier to use than the Helper Script, so it's likely that most AfC reviewers already have more than enough knowledge for the task of New Page Review.

It is hoped that AfC reviewers will apply for this right at WP:PERM and lend a hand. You'll need to have read the page at WP:NPR and the new tutorial.

(Sent to all active AfC reviewers) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:33, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

A message from Gracememe
Gracememe (talk) 22:07, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! How can I help you? -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 23:30, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User talk:Langh Khan Kam


A tag has been placed on User talk:Langh Khan Kam requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free Web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Hedwig in Washington (TALK) 03:31, 16 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Sorry to disturb you, the Twinkle script thought you might want to know. SMirC-coffeebreak.svg -- Hedwig in Washington (TALK) 03:49, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
 * No matter, I notified a redirect their draft was up for deletion recently! -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 03:53, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:2014 Oso mudslide
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A message from Arborgate
I am totally confused about how to communicate with anyone. There are no clear signs about where to go and what to do. I have submitted Naoe Naganuma but do not know what I'm now supposed to do. ArborgateAborgate (talk) 20:42, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

Aborgate (talk) 20:42, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello, Arborgate, and welcome to Wikipedia! When you want to discuss something with another editor, you use a talk page. This page is my talk page, and your talk page is at User talk:Aborgate. You can also access the talk page for almost any other page on Wikipedia by clicking the "Talk" tab at the top of the page. You can then hit "New section" to start a new discussion, or use the "Edit" button on a section to join the discussion. I recommend that you play the Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tutorial that will give you the basics of editing and interacting on Wikipedia. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me, or ask at The Teahouse. Oh, and by the way: I saw that you sent me an email, but I never received it. I looked it up, and this is a long-standing bug that should be getting fixed soon. -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 12:57, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-47


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
 * Administrators, bureaucrats, oversighters and checkusers can now use two-factor authentication. This makes their Wikimedia accounts more secure. This can be turned on in Special:Preferences. There are discussions on how to best turn it on for everyone.
 * You can now search for file properties. For example you can search for media type, how big a file is or what resolution it has.
 * The latest Collaboration team products newsletter has been published. It has more details about their work than Tech News has.

Problems
 * A hacker group is hacking Wikimedia accounts. They can probably do this because users have the same passwords on Wikimedia wikis as on other sites. Please have a password you use only on the Wikimedia wikis and nowhere else. This is especially important for administrators, bureaucrats, oversighters and checkusers. These users can also turn on two-factor authentication.

Changes this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
 * RevisionSlider will be a default feature on German, Arabic and Hebrew Wikipedia. This will happen on 22 November. It will come to other wikis later.

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 22 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * It will be possible to do cross-wiki search. The developers who work on this are looking for communities that want to test this.
 * Hovercards will leave the beta stage. The Wikimedia Foundation Reading Web team wants communities to set Hovercards as a default option for readers who are not logged in. Communities that are interested can say so on the Hovercards talk page.

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Logo
Thank you very much! --Marco Craso (talk) 12:36, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Of course! Would you mind placing  at the top of the request so it can be archived? Thanks! -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 22:14, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer - RfC
Hi. You are invited to comment at a further discussion on the implementation of this user right to patrol and review new pages that is taking place at New pages patrol/RfC on patrolling without user right. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 21:10, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Cinchona
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Cinchona. Legobot (talk) 04:27, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

False-positive sensor for all LA Metro Templates is broken
Hello. I'm currently not able to make any constructive edits to any LA Metro Templates because the false-positive sensor is prohibiting me. The sensor also prohibits me to restore back to the latest edit before the page was blanked. The sensor allows me to do nothing, but blank the page. Can someone please fix this corrupt false-positive sensor? 71.198.231.208 (talk) 03:28, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello. I can't see exactly what you are trying to do, so I can't help you fix it. Please explain exactly what you are attempting to add/remove from that page. -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 03:30, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

I'm trying to make a constructive edit to the Metro Gold Line Template by removing a parking symbol that exists with one of its junctions with the 210 Freeway, since that junction is not a station. The false-positive sensor will not allow me to do this edit. Parking symbols should only exist at stations with park-and-ride lots. 71.198.231.208 (talk) 03:37, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

I'm also experiencing this problem with Template:Metro Silver Line. I'm trying to add Freeway junctions that the Metro Silver Line goes over/under onto the template since they exist on all the other LA Metro templates. The only thing the false-positive sensor will let me do when it comes to editing these templates is to unconstructively blank the whole page. After blanking the whole page, the sensor will prohibit me from constructively restoring all the content that was blanked. 71.198.231.208 (talk) 03:39, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Alright, it appears to be a technical issue based on the complex template syntax used for the rail line templates. The details of the edit filter in question are not available to non-admins, so I can't debug it further myself. If you have some other edits you would like taken care of, let me know using a specific "Change X to Y format." -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 03:46, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 4 November 2016
<div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:05, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter
Hello ,


 * Breaking the back of the backlog

We now have New Page Reviewers! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog. Now it's time for action. If each reviewer does only 10 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work! Let's get that over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.

Not only are New Page Reviewers the guardians of quality of new articles, they are also in a position to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged for deletion and maintenance and that new authors are not being bitten. This is an important feature of your work. Read about it at the new Monitoring the system section in the tutorial.
 * Second set of eyes

With some tweaks to their look, and some additional features, Page Curation and New Pages Feed could easily be the best tools for patrollers and reviewers. We've listed most of what what we need at the 2016 WMF Wishlist Survey. Voting starts on 28 November - please turn out to make our bid the Foundation's top priority. Please help also by improving or commenting on our Wishlist entry at the Community Wishlist Survey. Many other important user suggestions are listed at at Page Curation. Sent to all New Page Reviewers. Discuss this newsletter here. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:15, 26 November 2016 (UTC) .
 * Getting the tools we need - 2016 WMF Wishlist Survey: Please vote

Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge
--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:39, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Adding Info Template on certain img files
Hi AntiCompositeNumber. Can I add File Information Templates — —to certain already existing img files (whether on commons or on wikipedia) that have no Information Templates? I mean, those img files that only use sentences instead of this template. Can I also add the template own to the img file/s whose author/s I had validated / confirmed? Thanks for the answer! JWilz12345 (talk) 07:22, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Information |Description= |Source= |Date= |Author=
 * Adding to file pages is fine. I would make sure that when you do, no information is lost (Consider keeping the text description on the page). The Information template is helpful because it is more machine-readable, and makes things easier when free images are moved to Commons. All own does is say that the person who uploaded this file is the copyright holder, and add it to the relevant category. If you wan't to add it to obvious cases, I see no issue with that. Happy editing! -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 13:42, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-48
<section begin="technews-2016-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 this week
 * When someone tries to log in to a blocked account they will be blocked by a cookie. This means their browser will be blocked even if they change their IP address. This makes it more difficult for returning vandals.
 * When you use Content Translation to adapt a template to a new translation it will work differently. You can adapt big templates such as infoboxes. Translators will have control over the template parameters. A first version of this is released this week. It is possible it will not work correctly with all templates. There will be more updates for this soon.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 November. It will be on all wikis from 1 December (calendar).
 * Octicons-tools.svg Gadgets will have a new option called "hidden". This means you can register gadgets that can't be turned on or off from the preferences page. Hiding gadgets was already possible by using . You should now use   instead.   in old gadgets should be changed to.

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 29 November at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg Tool Labs could get two new policies. One would be to be able to adopt tools without an active developer. The other would be a right to fork. There is a request for comment on Meta.

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Thankful message from JWilz12345
Thank you, AntiCompositeNumber, for the message that you posted on my talk page. Thank you very much! :-) JWilz12345 (talk) 08:03, 30 November 2016 (UTC) [ pardon me for using smileys:) ]

Please comment on Talk:Chronic fatigue syndrome
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Chronic fatigue syndrome. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

A message from Dani1587
Dani1587 (talk) 15:52, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi, I'm am the editor that wrote the draft of Los Angeles University.

The reasons that felt the need to wrote the article are:

1. The appears in the List of unaccredited institutions of higher education

2. People are confuse between that university and UCLA or California State University, Los Angeles.

For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEsRphOxqGI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NHl7fwyed4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAkiGRcfsIY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwA-5L5DJXs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ7-wvq_4Zo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ28UR8awjM

I know that there is not many independate source but it is important for this article to be.

A message from Dani1587
Dani1587 (talk) 15:54, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi, I'm am the editor that wrote the draft of Los Angeles University []

The reasons that felt the need to write the article are:

1. The university appears in the List of unaccredited institutions of higher education

2. People are confuse between that online university and UCLA or California State University, Los Angeles.

For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEsRphOxqGI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NHl7fwyed4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAkiGRcfsIY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwA-5L5DJXs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ7-wvq_4Zo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ28UR8awjM

I know that there is not many independate source but it is important for this article to be.

A message from 212.139.102.150
Hi, I was just updating the International Playing Card Society wiki page to bring it more up to date and it appeared that you then restored the original listing! Am I correct ? If I am wrong I do apologise. John Sings Deputy Chairman IPCS     Deputychairman@i-p-c-s.org

212.139.102.150 (talk) 17:35, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-49
<section begin="technews-2016-W49"/> 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 choose to see users from specific user groups in Special:ActiveUsers.
 * Everyone can now see Special:UserRights. Previously only those who could change user rights could. Other users got an error message.
 * ORES can now show how likely an edit is to be damaging to the wiki with different colours. This only works for languages that have trained ORES to recognize damaging edits.

Changes this week
 * You will now see categories with 0 pages in Special:Categories. Previously you did not see empty categories there.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 December. It will be on all wikis from 8 December (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 6 December at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * The 2016 Community Wishlist Survey will decide what the Community Tech team will work on next year. You vote for wishes on the survey page until 12 December. You can see what has happened to last year's wishes on the 2015 results page.

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BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected
New Page Reviewers are asked to be especially on the look out 08:00-20:00 UTC (that's local London time - check your USA and AUS times) on Thursday 8 December for new pages. The BBC together with Wikimedia UK is holding a large 12-hour editathon. Many new articles and drafts are expected. See BBC 100 Women 2016: How to join our edit-a-thon. Follow also on #100womenwiki, and please, don't bite the newbies :) (user:Kudpung for NPR. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:55, 7 December 2016 (UTC))

BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected
AfC Reviewers are asked to be especially on the look out 08:00-20:00 UTC (that's local London time - check your USA and AUS times) on Thursday 8 December for new pages. The BBC together with Wikimedia UK is holding a large 12-hour editathon. Many new articles and drafts are expected. See BBC 100 Women 2016: How to join our edit-a-thon. Follow also on #100womenwiki, and please, don't bite the newbies :) (user:Kudpung for NPR. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:02, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

New Page Review - newsletter #2
Hello ,


 * Please help reduce the New Page backlog 

This is our second request. The backlog is still growing. Your help is needed now - just a few minutes each day.


 * Getting the tools we need

Sent to all New Page Reviewers. Discuss this newsletter here. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:54, 11 December 2016 (UTC) .
 * Improve the tools: Vote here.
 * Reduce your review load: Vote here

Please comment on Talk:KIC 8462852
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:KIC 8462852. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-50
<section begin="technews-2016-W50"/> 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
 * Users who have Yahoo email addresses could not use Special:EmailUser to send emails. This has now been fixed. Emails will now come from a @wikimedia.org address. Users who get an email from you will still reply to your email address and be able to see it.
 * You can now see how many categories and pages there are in the categories in Special:TrackingCategories. This is to help you find pages that could need attention.
 * Markup colours for reviewed and pending revisions in the page history and recent changes and logs now match Wikimedia standard colours. The "You have a new message on your talk page" notification will have a slightly different colour.

Problems
 * Because of work on cross-wiki watchlists global renaming is not working. The plan is to turn it on again on 16 December. Global renaming was turned off for a while in late November and early December as well.

Changes this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 December. It will be on all wikis from 15 December (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on December 13 at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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UT tower shooting help
I’ve been working on the UT Tower Shooting Article and I was wondering if you would mind looking at what I had so far and letting me know if it looks good. I’d really appreciate it. it’s a work in progress so you might find some typos or some sections that aren’t 100% done yet, LOL.

Also, I am having problems with the References section. I don’t know how to get the section title that says References on it? I tried putting it in but all I get is these weird lines.

Do you know what I’m doing wrong?

Here is the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Longhornfan2018/sandbox/1966_UT_tower_shooting&action=edit

Thank you in advance! Longhornfan2018 (talk) 21:54, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, but I can't help you at the moment (Darn real life, always getting in the way!) You can ask your question at the Teahouse, where another editor can help you. Good luck, and happy editing. --AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 03:45, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you very much for all your help. I will post in Teahouse. Longhornfan2018 (talk) 16:42, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome!
Thanks for the... um.... thanks! Tesla (talk) 22:16, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
 * No, thank you! We always need more vandalism patrollers, and you seem to be doing good work so far! Good luck in your CVUA course, I'm sure you'll do well! --AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 22:25, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's pretty crazy here. I used to edit over at Wikia (which to be honest is a pseudo-wiki) and they don't get a quarter of the vandalism you get. Thanks for the CVU note, i'm hoping that goes well. Tesla (talk) 22:27, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Alleged copy-pasting on History of South Africa
I followed up on your tag of suspected copy-pasting in History of South Africa, and it seems (after some examination) that the other site was copying from Wikipedia. See Talk:History of South Africa for details. Wikiacc (¶) 06:18, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:The Myth of Mental Illness
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:The Myth of Mental Illness. Legobot (talk) 04:26, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Ryan Braun
Hi, I got your message. Sorry for not adequately explaining the edits. The reason for my removal of the content is that, in the aggregate, the civil lawsuit section is not very informative to the general reader who is researching Braun. Likewise, pursuant to Wikipedia's policy involving a presumption in favor of privacy, the otherwise low-profile nature of the other party involved - Ralph Sasson - outweighs the negligible significance the lawsuit has on the content of the page overall. If you are in disagreement with my assessment, feel free to explain why. But, given the limited insight it provides into Braun himself, compared to the negative impact it has - and continues to have - on Mr. Sasson (including the ability to obtain gainful employment or even voluntary positions), its deletion from the page would not do anything to undermine a normal reader's insight into Braun, his origins, his amateur and professional career, his discipline for having taken PED's, and/or his personal life. On a balance, the insight it provides a normal reader is vastly outweighed by the damage it has on the particular individual who, as I'm sure you're aware, does not have a Wikipedia page of his own. I hope that this explanation is sufficient. :)

HoustonRed (talk) 00:40, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for improving Wikipedia! In the future, just use an edit summary to distinguish yourself from nonconstructive users. If you'd like, you can remove my warning from your talk page, as you definitely seem to have read it. Happy editing! --AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 03:04, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

A message from Parauleira
Hello! I need your help urgently because I was accused of adding copyrighted content to Wikipedia and not providing references on an article I am working on https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Parauleira&action=edit&section=5 Parauleira (talk) 15:42, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, I need urgently your help in order not to delete Ramzi Maqdisi's page. I was being accused of adding copyrighted content to Wikipedia which is not true. I did some mistakes while I am working on still on the page: please, how could I manage this nomination deletion? I have the rghts of the picture, and I am collecting several important and updated references to include in this page, but I am not as fast as I would like. Any help please? I will really appreciate Parauleira (talk) 16:01, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello again @AntiCompositeNumber,

I think I need your help: after all the page might be deleted because now it is soon, what could I do? thank you so much in advance Parauleira (talk) 11:48, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-51
<section begin="technews-2016-W51"/> 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
 * Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 9 January 2017.
 * The writers of the technical newsletter are asking for your opinion. Did you get the information you wanted this year? Did we miss important technical news in 2016? What kind of information was too late? Please tell us! You can write in your language. Thank you!

Recent changes
 * Administrators and translation administrators can now use Special:PageLanguage on wikis with the Translate extension. This means you can say what language a page is in. The Translate extension will use that language as the source language when you translate. Previously this was always the wiki's default language. This was usually English.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Wikis connected to Wikidata can now use the parser function  to get formatted data. You can also use   to get raw data. You can see the difference between the two statements. There are also similar new functions in Lua.

Problems
 * Some abuse filters for uploaded files have not worked as they should. We don't know exactly which filters didn't work yet. This means some files that filters should have prevented from being uploaded were uploaded to the wikis. MediaWiki.org and Testwiki have been affected since 13 October. Commons and Meta have been affected since 17 October. Other wikis have been affected since 17 November.

Changes this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week. There will be no new MediaWiki version next week either.

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg The next meeting with the VisualEditor team will be on 3 January at 20:00 (UTC). During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. See how to join.

Future changes
 * The 2016 Community Wishlist Survey is done. It decides what the Community Tech team will work on during 2017. You can see the results.

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The Signpost: 22 December 2016
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Extended confirmed protection policy RfC
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A message from 2001:558:6030:2F:54F0:437C:CF61:EEB9
re: Philip Walsted.

I wrote that entire page. Philip was my partner. all I was trying to do is update some links that weren't working.

I am not tech savvy. Dr. J. B. Hartman

2001:558:6030:2F:54F0:437C:CF61:EEB9 (talk) 01:58, 28 December 2016 (UTC)re: Philip Walsted.

I wrote that entire page. Philip was my partner. all I was trying to do is update some links that weren't working.

I am not tech savvy. Dr. J. B. Hartman
 * Not to worry! I was mistaken, and didn't check the actual website at the time. Usually, people changing links without explaining why are not here to build an encyclopedia, but you are. I have crossed out the warning on your talk page, and you can fully remove it if you would like. You are welcome to continue editing, and I placed some links on your talk page with some resources you may find useful. Happy editing! --AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 02:03, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

IEEE Technical Committee on Cyber-Physical System
The IEEE Technical Committee on Cyber-Physical System stimulates interdisciplinary research and education to cyber-physical systems (CPS). The technical committee consists of people who have a recognized proficiency in the specific field of CPS, which addresses the close interactions and communication between some cyber components and some physical components. The cyber components include embedded computing systems, while the physical components include varying environment and mechanical systems. Since the design and implementation of both cyber and physical components need the consideration of multiple aspects, such as computational constraints, performance, energy issues, fault tolerance, and even user experience and security, it is highly desirable to develop innovative techniques to address these challenges. The committee sponsors workshops, organizes sessions at conferences, and encourages submission of articles to their publications. In addition, the committee is to bridge CPS research to a variety of emerging domains, such as big data analytics, smart energy systems, smart health, smart cities, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shiyanhu (talk • contribs) 20:03, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Happy New Year, AntiCompositeNumber!
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Happy New Year! AntiCompositeNumber, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Thanks! --AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 04:12, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Silicon Alley
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"updated since my last visit" phrases on edit histories of articles
I'm very curious and puzzled at what this phrase means: updated since my last visit . It sometimes appear at the edit histories of several articles, but I'm very confused about what is its meaning and purpose. Thanks for answer! :-) JWilz12345 (talk) 07:17, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
 * That message appears when someone has edited a page after you last loaded the page itself. This lets you see, at a quick glance, that a page has changed just by looking at the history every so often. --AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 14:46, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Oh, I see. Thanks, AntiCompositeNumber! JWilz12345 (talk) 04:57, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

A message from Fadant
Hello, I noticed that you requested a speedy deletion of a page I am working on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Harty. As I am really new to wikipedia, could you take the time to explain where I need to improve to address the concern you had?

Fadant (talk) 22:40, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
 * One of the things I do on Wikipedia is use an automated copy-detection program to stop people from copying content from other websites to Wikipedia. That page came up in the list, and I verified that content was likely to have been copied from somewhere, so I tagged the page for deletion. After conversing with another user in IRC, we determined that the content was a list, and therefore not copyrightable, so he removed the deletion tag. There is nothing you need to do to address this concern, and the page is not up for deletion. If you would like, you may remove the warning message from your talk page. If you have any questions, I'll be glad to answer them. Sorry for the confusion, and happy editing! --AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 23:52, 8 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the quick reply. If there is ever anything you see that needs to get fix, let me know and Ill do what I can to take care of it. I very much want to respect the policies of this cite and the people that put in the work to keep it going. Have a nice day. Fadant (talk) 00:05, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

A message from 109.66.151.52
the main problem of the federal fnding of planned parentshood is that they offer abortion services using taxpayer money which is a very controversial issue in the USA. that is the reason planned parenthod was highlighted

109.66.151.52 (talk) 21:07, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I reverted because the wording implied that Planned Parenthood was a for-profit company that only provided abortions, which is inconsistent with the description in the article itself, and is inconsistent with reality. --AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 00:40, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-02
<section begin="technews-2017-W02"/> 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 use datasets on Commons. You can see an example that is using this source.
 * There is a new opt-in beta feature of a wikitext mode for the visual editor. You can try it out.
 * When you update a page with translations on wikis with the Translate extension the existing translations will be marked as outdated instead of removed.
 * The new version of MediaWiki was released to all wikis last week (calendar).
 * MoodBar has been removed from the Wikimedia wikis.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The  option for the Tipsy notice tool has been removed. Gadgets and user scripts which use it need to be updated.

Problems
 * Editors who use Firefox 50 might get logged out or fail to save their edits. This is because of a browser bug. Until this is fixed you can enter  in the address bar and set   to 5000. Firefox 50 is the current version of the Firefox.

Changes this week
 * There is no new version of MediaWiki this week because of the Wikimedia Developer Summit.

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Sam Ayoub-Agha
Hey there, I just wanted to let you know that I reverted your edit on Sam Ayoub-Agha. It was the original author that blanked the page making it a G-7 candidate. So I had to revert you in order to place the G-7 tag. Thanks!

-- Non-Dropframe   talk   22:15, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I noticed who blanked. Wasn't sure if I wanted to G7 or see if the AfD would exist. Thanks! --AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 22:17, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:List of earthquakes in 2016
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A message from Alex the Nerd
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Tech News: 2017-03
<section begin="technews-2017-W03"/> 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 upload WebP files to Commons.

Problems
 * video2commons was down for two weeks. This was because of a problem with Commons video transcoders. It is now back up.

Changes this week
 * There is a new magic word called . It returns the language of the page you are at. This can be used on wikis with more than one language to make it easier for translators.
 * When an admin blocks a user or deletes or protects a page they give a reason why. They can now get suggestions when they write. The suggestions will be based on the messages in the dropdown menu.
 * You will be able to use  to write chemical formulas. Before you could use  .   should be replaced by.
 * You now can add exceptions for categories which shouldn't be shown on Special:UncategorizedCategories. The list is at MediaWiki:Uncategorized-categories-exceptionlist.
 * The "Columns" and "Rows" settings will be removed from the Editing tab in Preferences. If you wish to keep what the "Rows" setting did you can add this code to your personal CSS:  You can change the number   to make it look like you want to.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Sometimes edits in MediaWiki by mistake are shown coming from private IP addresses such as 127.0.0.1. Edits and other contributions logged to these IP addresses will be blocked and shown the reason from MediaWiki:Softblockrangesreason. This should not affect most users. Bots and other tools running on Wikimedia Labs, including Tool Labs will receive a "blocked" error if they try to edit without being logged in.
 * When you edit with the visual editor categories will be on the top of the page options menu.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 January. It will be on all wikis from 19 January (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on January 17 at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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Please comment on Template talk:Alternative medicine sidebar
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Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

 * Huh. --AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 22:27, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Appreciation
thanks. i thought about moving the Owhrode article to draft but was not sure. sorry for replying on your talk page i am not too sure how things work yet so i failed to adhere to your instructions though i am using an outdated browser, it seems Wikipedia developers figured that i may want to reply to another user's talkpage and thus developed an avenue for that. sorry, thank you Sam simi (talk) 17:20, 22 January 2017 (UTC) EDITED Sam simi (talk) 17:27, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback
I appreciate your comments yesterday pertaining to my contribution to Bhargav Sri Prakash and have gone ahead an created an account per your suggestion. I notice that a few edits pertaining to the area of neuropsychology have been made by some one else, after our conversation. They are scientifically inaccurate and do not reflect the evidence of health outcomes in the citations/scientific literature. The editor may not understand that the academic peer review process, which leads to a publication/presentation at reputable conferences, ensures that the scientific community can rely on the material or the substance of the publication. I look to you for your advice about what I should do, if any thing. Thanks NeuroQuant (talk) 17:01, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-04
<section begin="technews-2017-W04"/> 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 see a list of the templates on a page you edit with the visual editor.

Changes this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 January. It will be on all wikis from 26 January (calendar).

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Please comment on Talk:Euphoria
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Tech News: 2017-05
<section begin="technews-2017-W05"/> 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 OAuth management interfaces now look slightly different.

Changes this week
 * ElectronPdfService will be enabled by default on Meta and German Wikipedia. This is a new way to get articles as PDF files you can download. It will come to more wikis later.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from January 31. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from February 1. It will be on all wikis from February 2 (calendar).

Future changes
 * The Community Tech team will develop more tools to handle harassment of Wikimedia editors. The goal is to give the communities better tools to find, report and evaluate harassment. They will also work on more effective blocking tools.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The Wikimedia technical community is doing a Developer Wishlist survey. Developers can propose ideas before 31 January 23:59 UTC. This is soon.

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I'm using Wikipedia through a mobile browser
its google chrome Ratuls21 (talk) 04:09, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

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New Page Review - newsletter No.2
Hello , We now have New Page Reviewers! Most of us requested the user right at PERM, expressing a wish to be able to do something about the huge backlog, but the chart on the right does not demonstrate any changes to the pre-user-right levels of October. The backlog is still steadily growing at a rate of 150 a day or 4,650 a month. Only 20 reviews a day by each reviewer over the next few days would bring the backlog down to a managable level and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work! It didn't work in time to relax for the Xmas/New Year holidays. Let's see if we can achieve our goal before Easter, otherwise by Thanksgiving it will be closer to. Remember that we are the only guardians of quality of new articles, we alone have to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged by non-Reviewer patrollers and that new authors are not being bitten. This is even more important and extra vigilance is required considering Orangemoody,  and
 * A HUGE backlog
 * Second set of eyes
 * Abuse
 * 1) this very recent case of paid advertising by a Reviewer resulting  in  a community ban.
 * 2) this case in January of paid advertising by a Reviewer, also resulting in  a community ban.
 * 3) This Reviewer is indefinitely blocked for sockpuppetry.

Coordinator election
Kudpung is stepping down after 6 years as unofficial coordinator of New Page Patrolling/Reviewing. There is enough work for two people and two coords are now required. Details are at NPR Coordinators; nominate someone or nominate yourself. Date for the actual suffrage will be published later. Discuss this newsletter here. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:11, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2017-06
<section begin="technews-2017-W06"/> 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 block log sometimes showed blocks as being much longer than they were. This has now been fixed.

Changes this week
 * Wikimedia pages will now be better at showing pictures when you share them on social media. The descriptions will be different too. You can see an example of before and after.
 * Octicons-tools.svg There are some changes to the OOjs UI. Some old functions will not work anymore or not work as they used to. This could be a breaking change.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 February. It will be on all wikis from 9 February (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 7 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg Tidy will be replaced later this year. Instead, the HTML 5 parsing algorithm will be used to clean up bad HTML in wikitext. This will cause problems on a number of wikis. They need to be fixed first. You can see if your wiki still has something to fix here for one of the HTML problems. This list does not cover all problems. You can read about more problems.

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A kitten for you!
cute cat

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Please comment on Talk:Digital transformation
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Tech News: 2017-07
<section begin="technews-2017-W07"/> 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 EventStreams is a new way to show activity on Wikimedia wikis. For now it works with the recent changes feed. It will do more things later. It will replace RCStream. Tools that use RCStream should move to EventStreams before 7 July.

Problems
 * The Firefox add-on Firefogg can cause problems with the Upload Wizard. This will not be fixed, because Firefox will not support Firefogg in the future. The Upload Wizard will no longer work with Firefogg.
 * Tool Labs and Wikimedia Labs databases will be under maintenance on 15 February. This will start at 17:00 (UTC) and last for about six hours. Some tools could have problems during or after this.

Changes this week
 * The TwoColConflict extension is a new way to solve edit conflicts. It makes it easier to copy and paste the relevant text to the text field. It will come to Meta and German Wikipedia this week. It is already available on MediaWiki.org. It will come to more wikis later.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 February. It will be on all wikis from 16 February (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 14 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Page Previews will be turned on for logged-out users on the Catalan, Greek, Russian, and Italian Wikipedias in the middle of February. Page Previews shows readers a short part of a linked article when they rest their mouse pointer on the link. This is to help them understand what it is about without leaving the article they are reading. Page Previews used to be called Hovercards. It will come to more wikis later this spring.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The Developer Wishlist is a list where developers prioritize tools they need. The voting closes at 14 February 23:59 (UTC). This process is only for developers.

Review
 * You can read the 2016 product summary from the Wikimedia Foundation Product group to see what they did with things they said they would work on in the annual plan.

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New Page Review-Patrolling: Coordinator elections
Your last chance to nominate yourself or any New Page Reviewer, See Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Coordination. Elections begin Monday 20 February 23:59 UTC. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:17, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-08
<section begin="technews-2017-W08"/> 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 edit summary box is now a little bit bigger. This is to make it follow the Wikimedia design guide.

Changes this week
 * Page Previews will be updated on 23 February. This fixes many bugs. Page Previews can be turned on as the Beta Feature called Hovercards.
 * Octicons-tools.svg There has been a problem where the CSS of gadgets has been loading twice. The Gadgets extension has two new options:  and  . The   option solves this problem. You can use   to create gadgets with more than one style module. Read more about type and peers.
 * Octicons-tools.svg OAuth will handle blocked users in a more consistent way.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 February. It will be on all wikis from 23 February (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 21 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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Please comment on Talk:Clean coal technology
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