User talk:Dreamy Jazz/Archive 9

Mail Notice
Celestina007 (talk) 13:52, 6 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Answered. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:24, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

You've got mail
See mail for message that I think is best handled off-channel but relatively high priority. Thanks! —C.Fred (talk) 14:22, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Just to note this has been replied to a little while ago. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:18, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Mail Notice
Celestina007 (talk) 00:55, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Little delayed, but have replied. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:12, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

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22:06, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

User:Martimc123
Good morning,

I have no idea if this is another IP from the sock, but if it is, i'm actually being threatened with reporting (as seen for example here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Carmo&diff=1077092792&oldid=1077055027)? Almost funny, that is in case we're talking about the aforementioned sock.

But man, i really got to stop writing these heated summaries, because: 1 - not the place for that, this is an encyclopedia; 2 - we should not feed trolls.

Attentively, and sincere apologies for any inconvenience I may have stirred. --193.137.135.2 (talk) 10:13, 15 March 2022 (UTC)


 * and whether they are related to any particular user(s), but this has been dealt with. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:12, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Re: Debbie Webster
If you are going to delete a page because it was split perhaps save the added information? You just deleted a lot of work! Connorguy99 (talk) 01:23, 19 March 2022 (UTC)


 * @Connorguy99 do not perform any more cut and paste moves. Doing so is a copyright violation and may lead to further warnings and potentially blocks if repeated. The content, unless you added to it when cut and paste moving it is now at Draft:Debbie Webster. Calling other's vandals without evidence is considered personal attacks. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 01:27, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * The evidence is right there. You too are a vandal as you deleted hard work and effort without a care. Connorguy99 (talk) 01:28, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @Connorguy99 which edits are vandalism, or in other words deliberately intended to obstruct or defeat the project's purpose? Marking pages for deletion that are copyright violations by copy and paste moves isn't obstructing the project's purpose. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 01:31, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * You deleted a lot of work that had been added to the "cut and paste" page (which I did not realise was against the rules). You should have absolutely saved any work that had been added but the vandal in you was only out to destroy the page no matter what. Connorguy99 (talk) 01:33, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @Connorguy99 I'm not a vandal for deleting a copyright violation. The text of the pages deleted have no difference to the revision in the draft at Special:Permalink/1077938569. The text you added at Debbie Webster has been moved to Draft:Debbie Webster and can be viewed at Special:Diff/1077938602. Dreamy Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 01:38, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * There was far more than that. Connorguy99 (talk) 01:39, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * We will have to agree to disagree then, as I see no additions of text that have not been merged into the draft. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 01:42, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Also, I have since tried to move the draft over to the main page again (as the correct updates have been made) but it will not allow me due to you having already created the page! How is that any different to what I did? Connorguy99 (talk) 01:43, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @Connorguy99 the difference from my point of view is that I've not performed a cut and paste move.
 * The addition of one extra source isn't probably enough to satisfy WP:GNG if two other editors have thought the subject is not notable. You may request that the redirect be deleted to make way for the move by adding to the redirect page where the reason is an explanation that the redirect is holding up the move. However this CSD reason can only be used for non-controversial reasons, so this may be declined by another administrator for that reason. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 01:48, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I was under the impression that a move request should only be accepted if placed by someone on the AfC committee trying to accept the article into mainspace, as opposed to the creator of the draft requesting it. – DarkGlow • 01:52, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @DarkGlow, if it's for pages that are currently holding up a non-controversial or consensual page move then anyone can mark it as such. AFC reviewers don't have any special permissions to use CSD criteria. In this case the non-controversial part is likely to be an issue. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 01:54, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah, my bad – I'm thinking of template:Db-afc-move. – DarkGlow • 01:58, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
 * the version that Dreamy Jazz deleted can be seen . It was barely different that what is currently on the draft page. The version you had at Debbie webster had slightly less content that the current draft page. I can find no page with more content. Please know that nothing is ever fully "destroyed" on Wikipedia and admins can (in most cases) find deleted content. Also, stop calling people vandals.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 18:30, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

You've got mail!
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 * Replied. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:51, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

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15:59, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Hello
Hi! I ran into you while reverting some changes from Lachlan Macquarie, and couldn't help but notice how you were much quicker and more efficient then I was; I was wondering how you went about patrolling recent changes, reverting, sending warnings, and keeping track of who's who so well, and if you could give a few tips if you're not too busy. Thanks! Chaddude (talk) 00:26, 23 March 2022 (UTC)Chaddude


 * @Chaddude14, Hi there! I'm using a tool called Huggle which is a program that is designed to make the process of reverting vandalism easier. It provides me with a list of suspicious edits, and I review them to determine whether they should or should not be reverted. Therefore, all I need to do is review the edit in question and the tool does the finding edits, warning and even reporting for me. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:31, 23 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Ah, that makes sense, I've been using the beta features to find vandalism pretty well, but the auto-warn/report feature seems very convenient. Thanks for the info! Chaddude (talk) 00:37, 23 March 2022 (UTC)Chaddude

Sockpuppets
Could you email me info on how you busted these accounts? I'm not a clerk/admin/CU, but I find this sockpuppet ring fascinating and I've spotted them in the past. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 01:12, 28 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Replied via email. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 01:23, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Hey Dreamy Jazz
I'm Not A Sockpuppet Account Enbercacacaca this account is (talk) 02:08, 28 March 2022 (UTC) This Account Was Created Because My Old Accounts Got Blocked And The Unblock Will Be Declined When I Use My Old Accounts I Create A New Account Every Time My Old One Gets Blocked — Preceding unsigned comment added by Enbercacacaca this account is (talk • contribs) 02:09, 28 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Maybe pop on over to WP:SOCK to understand what a sock is, and why you are one, as you just admitted it. Sea Cow (talk) 02:21, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

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19:53, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigations/Inumwanews24
For completeness, please will you ask for global locks on User:Inumwamovie who is blocked here, but uploads to Commons? 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 06:16, 28 March 2022 (UTC)


 * @Timtrent from what I can tell was locked on the 5th of March. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:56, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I expect I had brain failure. I looked here earlier and either my eyes deceived me, or they were still open for business. Thanks for setting me right. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 13:00, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * coughs loudly and points at User:GeneralNotability/mark-locked.js GeneralNotability (talk) 21:48, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @GeneralNotability Ah, NOW I have it. I looked at the Commons version of the page. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Inumwamovie has nothing crossed though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Inumwamovie does. Does your script work on Commons?
 * That was a very polite cough, you know! If it weren't for these idiots editors (like me) wouldn't our lives be so much easier! Feel free to trout me! 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 08:28, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @Timtrent it should do. If you add the script to your global javascript file (m:Special:MyPage/global.js) it should display locked accounts on all wikis. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:20, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I may be being silly, but I appear to have done that but nothing appears for me on Commons. Very willing to be guided, or to have you fiddle with that page of "mine" 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 13:16, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @Timtrent try replacing your copy and paste of the JS code with . When I loaded the script using this line it worked for me, but when I copied the code from that page it failed. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:52, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Result!!! Thank you. Do you happen to know how to make all ordinary blocks editors be struck through, globally, too, please? 🇺🇦  Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 06:07, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure how you would do that. Unlike global locks, I don't think there is an easy way for a script to check if an editor is blocked on any wiki as from what I understand it would have to ask each wiki if a particular user is blocked which will take some time considering that there are a lot of WMF wikis. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 08:30, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Dreamy Jazz,, I import the markblocked gadget globally using  in my global.js, it will mark local blocks on whatever wiki you're viewing. m:User:Krinkle/Scripts/CVNSimpleOverlay also can help with this (though it takes up a lot of space) - CVN will flag users blocked on at least wiki for attention. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:28, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @GeneralNotability and DJ, you are both stars and I am better informed 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 16:24, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

"Excessive" personal information
Hello, "Dreamy Jazz", I hope you are well.

I want to talk to you about your contribution on my user page.

First, it didn't bother me too much, because I saw that you left the essential and I thank you, so don't worry if you thought you bothered me.

Second, a question, why in this Wikipedia do they remove the date of birth but in the Spanish Wikipedia they don't? Why are some rules more written on a Wikipedia than others? Honestly, I can't understand the big difference between these Wikipedias. If Wikipedia in Spanish also defends this regulation for minors and I still have my date of birth there, could you take a look at that Wiki, look at my user page that is as "Usuario:Pollosito" and remove the date?

I wholeheartedly suggest you do this because I can't stand the gap between the English Wikipedia and the Spanish Wikipedia.

Thank you very much for your attention and I hope you have a good time on Wikipedia. Santi (talk) 23:40, 29 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm not an oversighter on the Spanish Wikipedia, so I have asked an oversighter on that Wikipedia to remove your date of birth. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 08:51, 30 March 2022 (UTC)


 * wish fulfilled. Platonides (talk) 02:08, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Question from Pdh07 on Help:Cheatsheet (18:16, 3 April 2022)
Hello. I created an article for consideration, review, correction, and posting in January 2022. It presently resides in my Sandbox file. Could someone please assist me in getting the article reviewed and published? Thanks. Page Title: Kirk Marshall Clayton --Pdh07 (talk) 18:16, 3 April 2022 (UTC)


 * The review may take some time, as there are at least 300 other submissions that are older in the queue that are to be reviewed (see Category:AfC pending submissions by age for these). I'm not familiar with American Football so I won't be able to do the review, but the draft could do with more references so that it meets the general notability guideline by having multiple reliable and independent sources that cover. At the moment, two of the 6 sources are not independent (being written by the subject), one seems to focus on another person, and another two are entries in databases. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:27, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Socks?
was indefinitely blocked on March 14, 2022, for disruptive editing and WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS. On March 20, 2022, was created. After making some WP:GAMING edits, they created Veracity of statements by Scott Morrison, which was tagged WP:G10 but declined and is now at Articles for deletion/Veracity of statements by Scott Morrison. I suspect that CV is a sock of C5. First, C5 edited Scott Morrison multiple times, mostly with negative additions. Second, the few edit summaries by CV are similar to C5's. Third, it is hard to imagine a newbie creating such a long article so easily. Finally, the timing is suspicious. I think this warrants a check. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:46, 4 April 2022 (UTC)


 * @Bbb23 same country, but everything else is different. I'd call this at maximum from a CU data standpoint and probably this is just two people with similar viewpoints. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 01:32, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:56, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

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21:00, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

User:Martimc123
I'm 99,99999999999999999999% sure this IP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/193.136.189.3) is the sock, but maybe an additional investigation will make us reach 100%?

Attentively, have a nice weekend --193.137.135.2 (talk) 15:47, 25 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi. I've been busy as of the last week and also this week, so forgot to reply. I cannot comment on specific IP addresses per the check user and privacy policy, so this reply is to let you know that I've seen this message. I cannot disclose whether or not this is related, but I have dealt / am dealing with this. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:46, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * No worries, apologies for my hastiness. I'm ceasing concerning about this situation, also taken into consideration that when a block is applied i too am blocked (as seen here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/46.50.4.151; as a result, i am also unable to edit from my home IP(s)).
 * Attentively 193.137.135.2 (talk) 13:10, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

User:Flix11
User:182.2.0.0/16 is likely still used by this user from the ip range contributions?! Hhkohh (talk) 15:07, 9 April 2022 (UTC)


 * per the privacy policy. I suggest going to WP:SPI if you want to report, but I would note that the range is pretty busy from it's edits so a block may prevent many unrelated users from editing. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:20, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I have reopened a case, see Sockpuppet investigations/Flix11 Hhkohh (talk) 15:32, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * I found (and still do, though I often find the information myself now) the newsletter a very useful way of getting information when you are less active as an admin, or even just not keeping an eye on recent noticeboard discussions. I do wonder whether I am doing the newsletter right, but seemingly I'm doing okay . Happy editing and mopping, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:10, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Please have a look
Please also have a look at Sockpuppet investigations/Yeu aga maj. Thanks 42.107.132.108 (talk) 15:00, 10 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I'll have a look at it some more soon, but CU data on first look isn't clear to me. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:58, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

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19:43, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

You've got mail

 * Replied. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:16, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Question from Omari Iddi Omary (14:13, 12 April 2022)
Hello, Can I get contact with google analytics office? --Omari Iddi Omary (talk) 14:13, 12 April 2022 (UTC)


 * @Omari Iddi Omary https://about.google/contact-google/ Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:39, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Please block the sock
Please block based on CU findings at Sockpuppet investigations/Wefffrrr as the user is continuously removing headers and causing disruption. 42.110.199.181 (talk) 16:13, 15 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Done. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:51, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

New administrator activity requirement
22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Sanction Appeal
Hello Dreamy Jazz! It has been a while. I am considering appealing the sanction which was put on me almost a year and a half ago now. I believe I have been editing constructively since, I have used talk pages for peer discussion, and I have taken time to better understand the ways of Wikipedia by reading many many pages of guidelines. If I were to appeal my sanction, what would you be looking for in my appeal? I have purposefully waited this long to not seem desperate and show some more of my abilities on other pages. I want this to go well so any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much for your time, Lima Bean Farmer (talk) 13:39, 18 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Such an appeal should address:
 * Whether or not you were using multiple accounts to evade your 3 month topic ban, especially your relation to
 * Why you were banned in the first place
 * Whether you commit to not repeat the same issues
 * What you will intend to edit in the area if unbanned
 * This should be kept concise and give background where necessary, as such an unban request is likely to go to WP:AE or WP:AN for review. A read of Guide to appealing blocks would not be a bad idea either. I would suggest waiting, as HighInBC said, until you have had no less than a year of productive edits in other areas before making an appeal. This would be making an unban request no earlier than September this year. However, doing so is not a guaranteed way to get unbanned. In general, the longer you wait to appeal while being productive elsewhere the better chance you have. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:15, 20 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the advice! I will definitely read that article and continue productive editing while I consider when to officially request a lift of the ban. Happy editing, Lima Bean Farmer (talk) 00:24, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Edited an article without logging in. Help.
Hello there,

I made an edit to an article without logging in. It's my understanding that I can redact my IP address from a particular edit. Would you be able to do that for me? I was also wondering if this means of going about of removing my IP from an edit is sufficiently private. Your help is appreciated.

Kind regards C43L (talk) 06:12, 23 April 2022 (UTC)


 * @C43L, oversighting the IP address of a logged out editor can be done. It can be done by myself or any other Oversighter. For this we will need the edit that you made while logged out (so that we know which edit to oversight). It's best to not publicly post this edit, but email this to the oversighters. You can do this via this page (email needs to be attached to your Wiki account) or you can send an email to oversight-en-wp@wikipedia.org (which is where the form sends the information to). Make sure to include the links to the edits so that we know which edits are made by you. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:23, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Who shot first?
Wasn't that you'd missed my comment. I revoked at 23:27 (a few seconds after their second comment, which I hadn't seen when I revoked, but which strengthened the case for it). Then you commented at 23:31, while I was still working on my own comment, which I posted at 23:33. -- Tamzin  [ cetacean needed ] (she/they) 23:45, 8 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Ah I see. I was using reply tool so I didn't see the change in block until I then looked at my watchlist again. On reflection my first comment which replied to them was made in the understanding it was a genuine question about what is and isn't proxying. However, considering the second comment I think this was an attempt to proxy while phrasing it as a question to get around it. My AGF with this user has well and truly run out. Hopefully they will take my advice about not using UTRS for 3 months, otherwise it will make a future unblock request very difficult. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:50, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of The Lick for deletion
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Reminds me of someone
Hi, I know you're busy clerking at ArbCom, but I thought I'd give you a break. :-) created an account on April 26. After creating a userpage and Talk page, their first two edits were to create AfDs. Since then, they've created several more (mostly with merit I believe), started using Twinkle as soon as they could, and then, most recently, created reports at SPI, which is where I noticed them. This kind of conduct reminds me of someone, but I can't remember who it is.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:06, 16 May 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure who this might remind you of, but certainly this user has been around Wikipedia in some capacity before creating their account (whether this just be reading the internal pages, editing as an IP or a clean start, or maybe socking). Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:38, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022
Hello ,

At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.

Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.

In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently Special:ListUsers/patroller New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.

This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.

If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do suggest they help the effort by placing on their talk page.

If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.

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Tech News: 2022-21
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Recent changes
 * Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages.
 * The www.wiktionary.org portal page now uses an automated update system. Other project portals will be updated over the next few months.

Problems
 * The Growth team maintains a mentorship program for newcomers. Previously, newcomers weren't able to opt out from the program. Starting May 19, 2022, newcomers are able to fully opt out from Growth mentorship, in case they do not wish to have any mentor at all.
 * Some editors cannot access the content translation tool if they load it by clicking from the contributions menu. This problem is being worked on. It should still work properly if accessed directly via Special:ContentTranslation.

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

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 * Octicons-tools.svg Gadget and user scripts developers are invited to give feedback on a proposed technical policy aiming to improve support from MediaWiki developers.

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00:19, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-22
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Recent changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg In the AbuseFilter extension, an   function has been introduced to check if an IP is in any of the ranges. Wikis are advised to combine multiple   expressions joined by   into a single expression for better performance. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage.
 * The IP Info feature which helps abuse fighters access information about IPs, has been deployed to all wikis as a beta feature. This comes after weeks of beta testing on test.wikipedia.org.

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).
 * Octicons-sync.svg Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
 * The New Topic Tool will be deployed for all editors at most wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The list=usercontribs API will support fetching contributions from an IP range soon. API users can set the   parameter to get contributions from any IP range within the limit.
 * A new parser function will be introduced: <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> . It will replace existing templates named "=". It will insert an equal sign. This can be used to escape the equal sign in the parameter values of templates.

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20:27, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Football articles needing infoboxes - hidden
Hi, why did you do ? Cats like this are not normally hidden. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 20:23, 1 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure. Removed. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:36, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 21:43, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-23
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 * 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).
 * Octicons-tools.svg A new <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> function can be used in abuse filters to replace parts of text using a regular expression.

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02:44, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

User:Martimc123
New IP is 85.88.155.195, found for example in Ricardo Horta. Please do be careful and don't block me again as well accidentally.

Attentively --193.137.135.2 (talk) 18:36, 3 June 2022 (UTC)


 * New account for this punk, User:TomuraX (edited in the Fábio Vieira (footballer, born 2000) article with both the account and the IP i previously reported to you)! With all due respect, when is a range block taking place (and is there a possibility of reverting all their contributions to show that they're not welcome here; i assume they are not?)?

Attentively --2001:8A0:767B:9C00:B8B1:7A4A:93D5:690F (talk) 02:11, 5 June 2022 (UTC)


 * per the checkuser policy. Account has been dealt with. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:22, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Trace Cureton socks
Hey. I know you have had a fair bit to do with Draft:Trace Cureton and the socks over the years. Just wanted to get your opinion on the recent editors, DameGilbert14 and Pamelagoo. It's got to be related as who else would know about that draft – random editors don't just come across drafts. They also both have similar user pages to those of Ausbasketvic and Youngjtdyt (one line with a "hi/hello"). DaHuzyBru (talk) 14:42, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Also, this IP's talk page post is very similar to that of Ausbasketvic and Youngjtdyt. DaHuzyBru (talk) 14:43, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Furthermore, nearly every single reference featured at Draft:Trace Cureton is also listed at tracecureton.com where we had similar dubious promotion happening last year with Wikipedia being listed at that website. It's clear the people connected to the subject are still at large thinking time will heal the wounds. DaHuzyBru (talk) 14:51, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 09:56, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Done. See SPI. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:16, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-24
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Recent changes
 * All wikis can now use Kartographer maps. Kartographer maps now also work on pages with pending changes.

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).
 * Octicons-sync.svg Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 06:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
 * Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" . This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally.
 * The New Topic Tool will be deployed for all editors at Commons, Wikidata, and some other wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences.

Future meetings
 * The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place today (13 June). The following meetings will take place on: 28 June, 12 July, 26 July.

Future changes
 * By the end of July, the Vector 2022 skin should be ready to become the default across all wikis. Discussions on how to adjust it to the communities' needs will begin in the next weeks. It will always be possible to revert to the previous version on an individual basis. Learn more.

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16:57, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! All these features I will find useful so I might as well push them along. Got some free time before I start an internship where I'll be using gerrit so some practice using something vaguely similar is useful too. Thanks for the barnstar, Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:34, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

English page for Benjamin Siksou
Hi, There is a brand new version of Benjamin Siksou Wikipédia French page : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Siksou If you or some other contributors would like to update the English page for Benjamin Siksou it could be great. regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jack-Laurent-F (talk • contribs) 15:37, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't speak or read French (my ability is limited to just hello in French and even then I don't say it correctly). I suggest going to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject France and asking there. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 14:40, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-25
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Recent changes
 * The Wikipedia App for Android now has an option for editing the whole page at once, located in the overflow menu (three-dots menu Ic more vert 36px.svg).
 * Octicons-tools.svg Some recent database changes may affect queries using the Quarry tool. Queries for <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> at English Wikipedia, Commons, and Wikidata will need to be updated. Read more.
 * Octicons-tools.svg A new <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> variable can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users.

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).
 * Users of non-responsive skins (e.g. MonoBook or Vector) on mobile devices may notice a slight change in the default zoom level. This is intended to optimize zooming and ensure all interface elements are present on the page (for example the table of contents on Vector 2022). In the unlikely event this causes any problems with how you use the site, we'd love to understand better, please ping Jon (WMF) to any on-wiki conversations.

Future changes
 * The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different.  You can see some of the proposed changes.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Parsoid's HTML output will soon stop annotating file links with different <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> attribute values, and instead use <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> for all types. Tool authors should adjust any code that expects: <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr">, <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> , or <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr">.

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20:17, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

My comment on Arbitration
Hi Dreamy Jazz. I saw that you removed my comment. I see that no decision is made, does that mean the case is not being considered? Pahlevun (talk) 15:01, 23 June 2022 (UTC)


 * @Pahlevun, this report has been archived for more than 20 days and in that time someone has not reverted the automatic archiving. As no comments to the effect of this + that no one has reverted the removal says to me that the report is considered closed and that this case won't be taken further. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:50, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Alright. I thought it was an active case. Pahlevun (talk) 15:55, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022
Hello ,

At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000 at the end of May.
 * Backlog status

Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.

In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).

While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).

A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. Barnstars will be awarded.
 * Backlog drive

Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.
 * TIP – New school articles

There is a new template available,, to show the current backlog. You can place it on your user or talk page as a reminder:
 * Misc

There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.


 * Reminders
 * Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
 * If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing on their talk page.
 * If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.
 * To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.
 * Notes

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:02, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

RevDel
Hi, I noticed you RevDel'd some details from my ANI post. I assume there is some policy around that which I'm unaware of - apologies. Would you mind directing me to which policy I'm ignorant of? Certainly not my intention to cross lines there, thanks. — <i style="color:#8000FF">Czello</i> 16:48, 24 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello. I'll send you an email. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:51, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I realised just after posting this message that directing me to the policy might also inadvertently reveal what it was that you RevDel'd! Apologies again. — <i style="color:#8000FF">Czello</i> 16:52, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
 * My thoughts as to why I'll email, but no problem. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 16:56, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
 * @Czello email sent. Happy to discuss further over email. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:03, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

i have tried to be helped but nobody is interested maybe coz am a nobody and this article has made me nothave any job which is untrue kindle edit help me thanks
> Andrew Oyombe - Wikipedia > https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Andrew_Oyombe > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Oyombe> > when you open my link from this article is false and i would like it to be > edited starting here, (He went back to Kenya after a few years only to > return to Sweden as a political refugee in 2010, subsequently joining > Skärhamns <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk%C3%A4rhamns_IK> while awaiting — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apachekamumbai (talk • contribs) 06:44, 25 June 2022 (UTC)


 * @Apachekamumbai if you think the article is not notable enough then you can nominate it for deletion or use Talk:Andrew Oyombe to explain, ideally with sources, why the information is incorrect. You can also edit yourself, but if you do you should provide a reason in the edit summary as to why you are removing it. This is because we cannot verify currently who you are as anyone can sign up with a username and say they are a person with an article.
 * The current source used to cite this information, which is the book African Footballers in Sweden Race, Immigration, and Integration in the Age of Globalization, supports the text as written. This means that you will probably need to get this source corrected by the author. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 08:31, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * what can i do to verify that its me since this since its me andrew oyombe lives in sweden i can verify by showing my id and passport since i have tried getting the source they say he no longer writes article that he just thought about it and wrote kindly u may watsapp me or facebook me we chat more directly moreso about deleting i have tried sending it to the list but cannot see it on the desk thanks help please  Apachekamumbai (talk) 19:02, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * @Apachekamumbai, I suggest having a read of FAQ/Article subjects, especially the first FAQ. We do not have any way to verify that your ID is correct so for us this doesn't verify you in any way. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 19:56, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * sir how would i verify myself my number is i dont want to put the last three digits lives in  and i would like to know where can i send my id and passport to prove my ID  Apachekamumbai (talk) 21:34, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * @Apachekamumbai, please see FAQ/Article subjects and specifically about contacting the email address info-en@wikipedia.org. I strongly suggest not posting any personal information on this page as it is publicly viewable. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:40, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * You appear to have attempted to edit the article about yourself, and also posted a request on its Talk page last year: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Andrew_Oyombe>. It seems you tried to use multiple accounts, which violates Wikipedia's Terms of Use: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Apachekamumbai>.
 * You should not be directly editing the article about you. Please read: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography>. Basically, post suggested changes on the Talk page instead of editing the article.
 * Of course, you are in possibly the best position to notice errors. We do have a process for informing us of problems, and ideally, proposing specific edits to improve the article. See the following page for the process: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_requests>
 * Your request from last year was unclear, which is probably why it was not fully acted upon. It seems that the only change you wished to be made is to remove this sentence: "He went back to Kenya after a few years only to return to Sweden as a political refugee in 2010, subsequently joining Skärhamns while awaiting a ruling on his asylum."
 * Yet, that sentence is cited to this reference: <https://books.google.com/books?id=bGreCgAAQBAJ&dq=andrew+oyombe+Skärhamns+IK&pg=PA1916#v=onepage&q=andrew%20oyombe%20Skärhamns%20IK&f=false>. The reference supports the facts stated in the sentence.
 * If you wish it to be changed because the sentence is not true, you need to provide an equally valid, reliable, third party source for any alternate language you wish to appear in the article.
 * We don't edit the encyclopedia via email. Go back to the Talk page and present your proposed changes there so that the community of volunteers can decide, by consensus, on the content of the article.
 * Yours sincerely,
 * Geoffrey Lane
 * Thats after i have followed your advice and sent my documents for verification about me and gladly she has verified its me so told to come back to you thanks
 * Wikipedia Volunteer Response Team <info-en-q@wikimedia.org> Apachekamumbai (talk) 22:43, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Mentorship
"GrowthExperiments log 21:16 Dreamy Jazz talk contribs set Melecie as the mentor of Asylum2021 (previous mentor Dreamy Jazz) ‎(Dreamy Jazz retired from mentorship.)"

What a weird thing? So people can randomly appoint someone else as the mentor of whoever they want, e.g. in this case an indef blocked accunt with very little chance of ever returning? And neither the new mentor nor the mentoree gets a talk page message about this? Seems like a rather problematic experiment. Fram (talk) 08:12, 27 June 2022 (UTC)


 * @Fram this is done automatically after I signed out of using the mentorship program, so the mentor and new mentee are chosen by the software. I suggest going to phabricator to report this as an issue if it's not already there. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 08:20, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply! I don't use Phabricator, the little dictators running the shop there are to be avoided at all costs. Fram (talk) 08:21, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-26
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Recent changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg Wikimedia Enterprise API service now has self-service accounts with free on-demand requests and monthly snapshots (API documentation). Community access via database dumps & Wikimedia Cloud Services continues.
 * Octicons-tools.svg All Wikimedia wikis can now use Wikidata Lexemes in Lua after creating local modules and templates. Discussions are welcome on the project talk page.

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).
 * Octicons-sync.svg Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 06:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
 * Some global and cross-wiki services will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 06:00 UTC. This will impact ContentTranslation, Echo, StructuredDiscussions, Growth experiments and a few more services.
 * Users will be able to sort columns within sortable tables in the mobile skin.

Future meetings
 * The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (28 June). The following meetings will take place on 12 July and 26 July.

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20:01, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

WP:SPI case
Hi! Would you care to take a look at Sockpuppet investigations/Hugo Refachinho, seeing as you're familiar with the case? TompaDompa (talk) 12:40, 29 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Looks to be done. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 21:16, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
(t &#183; c)  buidhe  20:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-27
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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).
 * Octicons-sync.svg Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on  at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
 * The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different.  You can see some of the proposed changes.
 * Octicons-tools.svg This change only affects pages in the main namespace in Wikisource. The Javascript config variable <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> will be removed from <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> and be replaced with the variable <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr">.

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19:30, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

BKFIP
Hi, do you think that is WP:BKFIP? He's certainly obnoxious enough.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:00, 7 July 2022 (UTC)


 * @Bbb23, CU data says yes. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:19, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:13, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

Request
Sir My account User:Manpreet1412 is totally different and separate from User:jaspreetsingh6 you got some misunderstanding ip addres my id my mobile phone everything is separated from Jaspreetsingh6 i know you have lots of responsibility but please sir clear this misunderstanding and unblock my account 2409:4051:186:745F:A48A:8FB0:EC85:F4A2 (talk) 06:49, 7 July 2022 (UTC)


 * You should appeal while logged into the account using the unblock template as described in the block notice. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:07, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

about My I'd
Hlo Dreamy Jazz I am jaspreetsingh6 with new I'd now this is my new I'd becouse I don't think I can get my old ID  unlocked so now on I only use this new I'd so I request you please Now don't block this id of mine I promised you I will not create any other account or I'd Jaspreet Singh Riar (talk) 17:55, 9 July 2022 (UTC)


 * You should probably read WP:SOCK. You're admitting to sock puppetting to circumvent a block, which in itself is blockable. — <i style="color:#8000FF">Czello</i> 20:26, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

User:Czello so what can I do so sir my main I'd get blocked and I request so many times but no one pay attention Finally I have to create a new ID.I want to retire my all old IDs .and I want to use this account only from now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaspreet Singh Riar (talk • contribs) 04:25, 10 July 2022 (UTC)


 * You should appeal using your talk page. Creating further accounts will just decrease the chances of being unblocked. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 13:17, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-28
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Recent changes
 * In the Vector 2022 skin, the page title is now displayed above the tabs such as Discussion, Read, Edit, View history, or More. Learn more.
 * Octicons-tools.svg It is now possible to easily view most of the configuration settings that apply to just one wiki, and to compare settings between two wikis if those settings are different. For example: Japanese Wiktionary settings, or settings that are different between the Spanish and Esperanto Wikipedias. Local communities may want to discuss and propose changes to their local settings. Details about each of the named settings can be found by searching MediaWiki.org.
 * The Anti-Harassment Tools team recently deployed the IP Info Feature as a Beta Feature at all wikis. This feature allows abuse fighters to access information about IP addresses. Please check our update on how to find and use the tool. Please share your feedback using a link you will be given within the tool itself.

Changes later this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
 * Octicons-sync.svg Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

Future changes
 * The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different.  You can see some of the proposed changes.

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19:23, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

You around to do a CU I can't figure out?
Thanks. It's really a matter of someone being disruptive and suggesting they have more accounts which I don't see, but what I do see puzzles me. Doug Weller talk 11:48, 12 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Ignore this, I see you aren't around. Doug Weller  talk 15:22, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm around now, but that's probably too late . Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:23, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I think just a noob being stupid, lucky to have access to a lot of IP addresses. Nothing to do at the moment. Doug Weller  talk 07:57, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigations/Guswen
Was this the right place to make a comment, or should I have opened a second SPI page? I don't get over to that side of the project very often and don't really know how to file things to keep them going smoothly. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 21:56, 13 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Should be fine. Commented at the SPI about that account. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 08:00, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
 * @Dreamy Jazz - is there a reason that Guswen has avoided being blocked (or, afaict, sanctioned if not blocked), given sockpuppetry and canvassing violations? I'm not an SPI regular, so I don't know if there's a norm I'm missing. Nosebagbear (talk) 09:28, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
 * @Nosebagbear there is nothing that has prevented them being blocked / sanctioned, just that there is a backlog of cases at SPI which has left the case waiting for an admin to pick it up. When I confirm a connection between two accounts when neither is already indef blocked and they have made constructive contributions I usually leave it up to patrolling admins to block / clerks to make recommendations as I'm usually not entirely familiar with the editing history of an account (unless it's only made a handful of edits) and it gives extra opinions into what the best action is. I'll go and deal with this now. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:09, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and blocked for 3 weeks. They have made good faith contributions, but the socking + canvassing isn't something to take lightly. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:12, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-29
<section begin="technews-2022-W29"/> 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 feature on mobile web for Nearby Pages was missing last week. It will be fixed this week.

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

Future changes
 * The Technical Decision Forum is seeking community representatives. You can apply on wiki or by emailing TDFSupport@wikimedia.org before 12 August.

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22:58, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Help retrieving text of a deleted page
Hi. I hope I am doing this in the correct place. If I'm not, I apologize in advance. I am trying to get the text from a page that was deleted. The page was for a person named Reid Mihalko. I assume the url was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Mihalko Thank you very much. BKX55 (talk) 22:49, 20 July 2022 (UTC)


 * @BKX55 why do you want this content? Also I presume you are not after content written from 2011? Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:04, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I knew that there used to be Wikipedia article about him. I tried looking it up and saw it was gone. So I am considering maybe starting a new article. I thought that maybe the previous content could be helpful so that I wouldn't need to start from scratch. BKX55 (talk) 01:53, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
 * The content from 2011 at that title that is deleted is promotionally written and so would need a full re-write. Also is the Reid Mihalko you are talking about born in January 28, 1968? If not then the deleted content is not about the person you want to write a draft for, and I can't find any other deleted content with this name. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 11:50, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Got it, a full rewrite it is then. Yes that is the same person I am thinking of. Thank you again for your time. BKX55 (talk) 14:47, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
 * No problem. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:12, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry to reopen this. I'm learning more and coming up with new questions. It seems like the original page I saw was fine and Wikipedia had no problem with it, but then someone tried to change it a lot and the page was deemed to be promotional, like you said. Is there a way to reinstate the page that existed before the changes that made it sound like promotional content? Do you have access to previous versions of Wikipedia pages or is that not something Wikipedia keeps? And if you do have access to the page that was not deemed promotional, may I ask you to undelete that? I apologize if these are really basic questions. BKX55 (talk) 21:13, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Pretty much all the revisions of the draft are promotionally written and the versions before a large expansion in promotional material contained very little sources (only to the person's own website). The only content not promotionally written is the very short lede (around a sentence) that says his date of birth + what he founded but this is also not sourced. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 08:35, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-30
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Recent changes
 * The www.wikibooks.org and www.wikiquote.org portal pages now use an automated update system. Other project portals will be updated over the next few months.

Problems
 * Last week, some wikis were in read-only mode for a few minutes because of an emergency switch of their main database (targeted wikis).

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
 * The external link icon will change slightly in the skins Vector legacy and Vector 2022. The new icon uses simpler shapes to be more recognizable on low-fidelity screens.
 * Administrators will now see buttons on user pages for "" and "" instead of just "" if the user is already blocked.

Future meetings
 * The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (26 July).

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19:26, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Another suspected sockpuppet of User:HubdarBrohi here User:Mkhanpandrani has created Draft:HUBDAR BROHI and Draft:Hubdar Ali Brohi. Theroadislong (talk) 12:14, 26 July 2022 (UTC)


 * @Theroadislong, yup it's them. . Will delete their creations. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 12:31, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-31
<section begin="technews-2022-W31"/> 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
 * Improved LaTeX capabilities for math rendering are now available in the wikis thanks to supporting <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> tags. This completes part of the #59 wish of the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
 * The Realtime Preview will be available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 0. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals.

Future changes
 * The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout August. Discussions will look different.  You can see some of the proposed changes.

Future meetings
 * This week, three meetings about Vector (2022) with live interpretation will take place. On Tuesday, interpretation in Russian will be provided. On Thursday, meetings for Arabic and Spanish speakers will take place. See how to join.

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21:20, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022
Hello ,

After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators and, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
 * Backlog status

Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.


 * Coordination: and  have taken on some of the coordination tasks. Please let them know if you are interested in helping out.  will be handling recognition, and will be retroactively awarding the annual barnstars that have not been issued for a few years.


 * Open letter to the WMF: The Page Curation software needs urgent attention. There are dozens of bug fixes and enhancements that are stalled (listed at Suggested improvements). We have written a letter to be sent to the WMF and we encourage as many patrollers as possible to sign it here. We are also in negotiation with the Board of Trustees to press for assistance. Better software will make the active reviewers we have more productive.


 * TIP - Reviewing by subject: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages by their most familiar subjects can do so from the regularly updated sorted topic list.


 * New reviewers: The NPP School is being underused. The learning curve for NPP is quite steep, but a detailed and easy-to-read tutorial exists, and the Curation Tool's many features are fully described and illustrated on the updated page here.


 * Reminders
 * Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
 * If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing on their talk page.
 * If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.
 * To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.

Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:24, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-32
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Recent changes
 * GUS2Wiki copies the information from to an on-wiki page so you can review its history. If your project isn't already listed on the Wikidata entry for Project:GUS2Wiki you can either run GUS2Wiki yourself or make a request to receive updates.

Changes later this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
 * Octicons-sync.svg Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on  at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

Future meetings
 * The Wikimania Hackathon will take place online from August 12–14. Don't miss the pre-hacking showcase to learn about projects and find collaborators. Anyone can propose a project or host a session. Newcomers are welcome!

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19:48, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-33
<section begin="technews-2022-W33"/> 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 Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia community decided to block IP editing from October 2021 to April 2022. The Wikimedia Foundation's Product Analytics team tracked the impact of this change. An impact report is now available.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
 * Octicons-sync.svg Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on  at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
 * The Realtime Preview will be available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 1. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals.

Future changes
 * The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout August. Discussions will look different.  You can see some of the proposed changes.

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21:07, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! I've been able to see the improvements I've made and it's helped me. Hopefully it will encourage others to contribute as things will only be quicker with more people helping on patches. Once uni starts up again I'll have less and less free time to focus on writing code for mediawiki, but I've got a number of my wishes with code written and mostly merged so it'll probably save me time running checks in the future. Dreamy <i style="color:#d00">Jazz</i> talk to me &#124; my contributions 18:45, 19 August 2022 (UTC)