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Tech News: 2024-26
 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
 * Editors will notice that there have been some changes to the background color of text in the diff view, and the color of the byte-change numbers, last week. These changes are intended to make text more readable in both light mode and dark mode, and are part of a larger effort to increase accessibility. You can share your comments or questions on the project talkpage.
 * The text colors that are used for visited-links, hovered-links, and active-links, were also slightly changed last week to improve their accessibility in both light mode and dark mode.

Problems
 * You can copy permanent links to talk page comments by clicking on a comment's timestamp. This feature did not always work when the topic title was very long and the link was used as a wikitext link. This has been fixed. Thanks to Lofhi for submitting the bug.

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).
 * Starting 26 June, all talk pages messages' timestamps will become a link at English Wikipedia, making this feature available for you to use at all wikis. This link is a permanent link to the comment. It allows users to find the comment they were linked to, even if this comment has since been moved elsewhere. You can read more about this feature on Diff or on Mediawiki.org.

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Yiayia42 (10:33, 26 June 2024)
Hello, Would like to add photos to my Great Uncles site. How do I do that? --Yiayia42 (talk) 10:33, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello @Yiayia42, what article is that for? See this guide for how to add pictures. You must be the copyright owner of the photos you wish to add! Cheers,  Coco bb8  (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 12:55, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thomas Xenakis Olympic Gymnast 1896 modern olympics, my great Uncle..want to add his photo and Olymic Medal to his site..how can I do it? Or can you? Yiayia42 (talk) 09:26, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @Yiayia42, please take a look at this guide which explains how to upload pcitures and how to determine copyright of the photo. Then, use this wizard to submit an edit request to the article (as you have just declared you have a conflict of interest with that person, you should not be editing the page directly yourself). In that edit request, say something like "I am requesting that the following image be added to his infobox" (which would place the image in the appropriate location).Hopefully that answers your question,  Coco bb8  (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 12:10, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from 0Hugo-12 (17:19, 26 June 2024)
I want to write a biography about a person --0Hugo-12 (talk) 17:19, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @0Hugo-12, see Biographies of living persons for general information. You can also find more information about creating your first article here. Let me know if you come up with any questions after reading those two articles. Cheers!  Coco bb8  (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 21:43, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Mummifiedman1234 (15:14, 28 June 2024)
Hello, I have edited before but tell me if I do anything wrong please. Also, i am making a page on mummification bondage, can you tell me what specifically is wrong with it? They keep rejecting for citing, but I have added 9 citations with what seems to be credible sources. --Mummifiedman1234 (talk) 15:14, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello @Mummifiedman1234! The issue with your draft is that it relies on some sources that are considered unreliable for use as a Wikipedia citation (see WP:NPPSG for some listing of the reliability of publishers. You'll also find a list of those that are considered reliable there too). Let me know if you have other questions,  Coco bb8  (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 15:39, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Mummifiedman1234 (16:18, 28 June 2024)
Well the topic I am covering is not really covered by big news companies that are considered reliable, but I know a lot about the topic, I have experienced it before. How should I fix it? --Mummifiedman1234 (talk) 16:18, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @Mummifiedman1234, the issue with "knowing a lot about what I'm talking about" is that it is considered original research, which is not allowed by any means on Wikipedia. What you are writing about must always be referenced to reliable, published sources.  Coco bb8  (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 14:00, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Parul Institute of Medical Science and Research for deletion
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Question from Mummifiedman1234 (14:45, 29 June 2024)
Ok, can you check the article to see if it would work? --Mummifiedman1234 (talk) 14:45, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @Mummifiedman1234, I'll leave it up to another reviewer to review the draft since I was providing you feedback earlier.  Coco bb8  (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 14:58, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-27
 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
 * Over the next three weeks, dark mode will become available for all users, both logged-in and logged-out, starting with the mobile web version. This fulfils one of the top-requested community wishes, and improves low-contrast reading and usage in low-light settings. As part of these changes, dark mode will also work on User-pages and Portals. There is more information in the latest Web team update.
 * Logged-in users can now set global preferences for the text-size and dark-mode, thanks to a combined effort across Foundation teams. This allows Wikimedians using multiple wikis to set up a consistent reading experience easily, for example by switching between light and dark mode only once for all wikis.
 * If you use a very old web browser some features might not work on the Wikimedia wikis. This affects Internet Explorer 11 and versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari older than 2016. This change makes it possible to use new CSS features and to send less code to all readers.
 * Wikipedia Admins can customize local wiki configuration options easily using Community Configuration. Community Configuration was created to allow communities to customize how some features work, because each language wiki has unique needs. At the moment, admins can configure Growth features on their home wikis, in order to better recruit and retain new editors. More options will be provided in the coming months.
 * Editors interested in language issues that are related to Unicode standards, can now discuss those topics at a new conversation space in MediaWiki.org. The Wikimedia Foundation is now a member of the Unicode Consortium, and the coordination group can collaboratively review the issues discussed and, where appropriate, bring them to the attention of the Unicode Consortium.
 * One new wiki has been created: a in Mandailing

Problems
 * Editors can once again click on links within the visual editor's citation-preview, thanks to a bug fix by the Editing Team.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:56, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Wendy Maria Morava (22:08, 2 July 2024)
Hello CocoBB,

I have a question; I'm trying to learn how to write a biography page about an Albanian artist. The page and article do not exist yet; how can I create them? Thank you in advance! --Wendy Maria Morava (talk) 22:08, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello @Wendy Maria Morava! I suggest you take a thorough look at this full guide, which goes over everything you need to know about creating your first article. If you have any questions after reading it, let me know!Cheers,  Coco bb8  (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 22:14, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

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