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The Signpost: 31 January 2021
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The Downlink – February 2021
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Leonidas Markou
I think User:Leonidas Markou is another suckpuppet of Cypriot Chauvinist. I'm notifying you because you've blocked the last sockpuppet in this case. Best regards.--BSRF (talk) 13:46, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2021).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Hog Farm
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Mattflaschen • Nandesuka • Savidan • Wangi

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Berean Hunter • Xeno

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Someguy1221 • Xeno

Arbitration
 * The standard discretionary sanctions authorized for American Politics were amended by motion to cover post-1992 politics of United States and closely related people, replacing the 1932 cutoff.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting in the 2021 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2021, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2021, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * Wikipedia has now been around for 20 years, and recently saw its billionth edit!

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Tech News: 2021-05
 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
 * IPv6 addresses were written in lowercase letters in diffs. This caused dead links since Special:Contributions only accepted uppercase letters for the IPs. This has been fixed.

Changes later this week
 * You can soon use Wikidata to link to pages on the multilingual Wikisource.
 * Often editors use a "non-breaking space" to make a gap between two items when reading but still show them together. This can be used to avoid a line break. You will now be able to add new ones via the special character tool in the 2010, 2017, and visual editors. The character will be shown in the visual editor as a space with a grey background.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Wikis use abuse filters to stop bad edits being made. Filter maintainers can now use syntax like  as well as the   syntax for IP ranges.
 * 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
 * Minerva is the skin Wikimedia wikis use for mobile traffic. When a page is protected and you can't edit it you can normally read the source wikicode. This doesn't work on Minerva on mobile devices. This is being fixed. Some text might overlap. This is because your community needs to update MediaWiki:Protectedpagetext to work on mobile. You can read more.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Cloud VPS and Toolforge will change the IP address they use to contact the wikis. The new IP address will be . This will happen on February 8. You can read more.

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Know it's archived...
But the point about the NRA president FLC was a bit off. IHA forgot to log out and immediately reclaimed that comment under their account. It was like how I said They only contributed a bit after excessive prodding on my part because I have it up for FLC.

Regardless... – MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 06:59, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks, and thanks for the note about the one comment - it doesn't change my findings, but it's good to know. That was a rough one for all of us. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:33, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

SPI archives
On a related note about the SPI archives, Guerillero said in the CU/clerk/patrolling admin section that he thinks Sockpuppet investigations/6YearsTillRetirement should be merged with that case. If you are clerking there, merging them might be handy for future investigators, though doing that may require some deliberation as with the review you just did. --Pudeo (talk) 14:13, 2 February 2021 (UTC)


 * , yeah, I'll look at it and merge if needed. I seem to recall from a brief skim yesterday that I thought they looked similar. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:37, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 20
 News and updates associated with user scripts from the past month (January 2021).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 20th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Scripts Submit your new/improved script here
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Ajbura's anrfc-lister assists with listing discussions at WP:ANRFC to request that they receive a formal close
 * Bradv's endlesscontribs provides for endless scrolling of contributions pages
 * Evad37's livenotifications displays notification alerts and messages in a little popup box, (almost) live as they happen
 * Terasail's Edit Request Tool allows users to reply to, close or remove protected edit requests
 * ToBeFree's clear-watchlist allows emptying your watchlist even if the watchlist is too full to be edited or cleared by conventional methods
 * Dentonius's GlobalRecentChanges allows you to monitor recent changes across various wikis.
 * Yahya's SNA (Start New Article) allows you to start a new article or draft from the navigation bar.
 * Nardog:
 * CatChangeLinker bluelinks the "(diff | hist)" part of category additions/removals on your watchlist.
 * CatChangesViewer lists recent category additions/removals on a category page.
 * Consecudiff adds links to diffs of consecutive edits by the same user on watchlist, history, etc.
 * DiffFontSwitcher allows you to toggle between fonts for diff by clicking a line number.
 * MoveHistory lists the past moves a page has gone through.
 * Novem Linguae:
 * UserHighlighterSimple is a fork of Chlod's UserHighlighter with a simplified color scheme.
 * VisualEditorEverywhere displays the Visual Editor edit tab and section links on pages that don't normally have them.


 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg User:Evad37/TimestampDiffs – fixed compatibility issues with various scripts/gadgets, including Comments in Local Time. For discussion archives, now looks for revisions on the base page.
 * User:Enterprisey/undo-last-edit.js - no longer tries to load on special pages.
 * User:Ahecht/Scripts/pageswap - version 1.4 fixes reading destination from form field if destination is not in article namespace, and fixes self redirects.
 * XFDcloser - version 4 brings a new user interface for dialogs, some preferences for customising XFDcloser, major behind-the-scenes coding changes, and resolves various issues raised on the talkpage. Also, since version 3.16.6 non-admin soft delete closure have been allowed at TfD.



Open tasks
 * As a reminder, the legacy javascript globals (like accessing  without first assigning it a value or using   instead) are deprecated. If your user scripts make use of the globals, please update them to use   instead. Some global interface editors or local interface administrators may edit your user script to make these changes if you don't. See T72470 for more.

Miscellaneous
 * For people interested in creating user scripts or gadgets using TypeScript, a types-mediawiki package (GitHub, NPM) is now available that provides type definitions for the MediaWiki JS interface and the API.
 * A GitHub organization has been created for hosting codebases of gadgets. Users who maintain gadgets using GitHub may choose to move their repos to this organization, to ensure continued maintenance by others even if the original maintainer becomes inactive.

Pending requests
 * A script to ease reviewing Good Article nominations
 * A script to help manage Z number templates
 * ...and many more, all available at User scripts/Requests

As always, if anyone else would like to contribute, including nominating a featured script, help is appreciated. Stay safe, and happy new year! --DannyS712 (talk) 01:17, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

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 * Thank you ! GeneralNotability (talk) 03:13, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Help Me,a message from Meta Wiki
Hello, I am ExclusiveEditor, I tried to edit my userpage on meta.wikimedia but it says "Error: This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: Global "ntsamr"-pattern spambot filter", also if you want to see what I wanted to edit, then I wanted to make my userpage like which I have on english wikipedia that is this. Thank you--ExclusiveEditor (talk) 15:53, 6 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi ! I've looked at the filter and can see why it blocked you (unfortunately, the specific part that your userpage matched is one that I can't remove). I went ahead and created the userpage for you. Once you have a couple more edits on Meta, you shouldn't hit the filter anymore. GeneralNotability (talk) 03:20, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-06
 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 Wikipedia app for Android now has watchlists and talk pages in the app.

Changes later this week
 * You can see edits to chosen pages on Special:Watchlist. You can add pages to your watchlist on every wiki you like. The GlobalWatchlist extension will come to Meta on 11 February. There you can see entries on watched pages on different wikis on the same page. The new watchlist will be found on Special:GlobalWatchlist on Meta. You can choose which wikis to watch and other preferences on Special:GlobalWatchlistSettings on Meta. You can watch up to five wikis.
 * 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
 * When admins protect pages the form will use the OOUI look. Special:Import will also get the new look. This will make them easier to use on mobile phones.
 * Some services will not work for a short period of time from 07:00 UTC on 17 February. There might be problems with new short links, new translations, new notifications, adding new items to your reading lists or recording email bounces. This is because of database maintenance.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Last week Tech News reported that the IP address Cloud VPS and Toolforge use to contact the wikis will change on 8 February. This is delayed. It will happen later instead.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.  17:40, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Filter 1072
Hey, I've been looking for old filters to prune before things get out of hand. has had 0 hits since it was created in July. Is it still needed? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 21:00, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , no objection from me, go for it. GeneralNotability (talk) 23:13, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, done. We aren't near the condition limit yet, but I'd prefer not to get close, in case we suddenly need to create some complex filters in a hurry. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 23:23, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-07
 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
 * There were problems with recent versions of MediaWiki. Because the updates caused problems the developers rolled back to an earlier version. Some updates and new functions will come later than planned.
 * Some services will not work for a short period of time from 07:00 UTC on 17 February. There might be problems with new short links, new translations, new notifications, adding new items to your reading lists or recording email bounces. This is because of database maintenance.

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

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.  17:54, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

G5
Regarding this I've been bold and G5'd all the articles created by the socks in question, assuming that Wiki.Jaap.07 was the "master". Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 00:14, 18 February 2021 (UTC)


 * @Amanuensis Balkanicus, thanks, no objection here. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:12, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Another dose of doxing threats
A follow up to yesterday's has arrived -. I've forwarded to T&S again. Cabayi (talk) 10:27, 19 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks . This is getting old.... GeneralNotability (talk) 02:15, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

ZEE india edits
I think the user name of User:ZEE india edits is not good, I mean I think it is like promotion.ExclusiveEditor (talk) 16:31, 19 February 2021 (UTC)


 * , thanks for the message. You're right that this is a promotional username, but this editor hasn't edited since 2015, so I don't see any need to block them at this time. We usually do not block editors who haven't edited in more than two weeks. In the future, if you see an editor who has edited recently and has an obviously promotional username, you can report it at Usernames for administrator attention. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:18, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

GeneralNotability appointed trainee clerk
The Arbitration clerks are pleased to welcome to the clerk team as a trainee!

The Arbitration clerk team is often in need of new members, and any editor who would like to join the clerk team is welcome to apply by email to.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:00, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Discuss this at: 

Appointment as a trainee clerk
Hello GeneralNotability. We have added you to the list of clerks and you will be soon subscribed to the mailing list (info: WP:AC/C). Welcome! I and the other clerks look forward to working with you. To adjust your subscription options for the mailing list, see the link at clerks-l. The mailing list works in the usual way, and the address to which new mailing list threads can be sent is. Useful reading for new clerks is the procedures page, WP:AC/C/P, but you will learn all the basic components of clerking on-the-job.

New clerks begin as a trainee, are listed as such at WP:AC/C, and will remain so until they have learned all the aspects of the job. Although being a trainee is similar in name to the SPI clerk trainee role, you don't have an appointed trainer / go to mentor. Generally questions are asked in the clerks mailing list, on the private IRC channel or sometimes onwiki. When you've finished training, which usually takes a couple of/a few months, then the full clerks propose to the Committee that you be made a full clerk. As a clerk, you'll need to check your e-mail regularly, as the mailing list is where the clerks co-ordinate (on-wiki co-ordination page also exists but is not used nearly as much). It is also where arbitrators will post messages directed for the clerks and where messages for the clerks by other editors are sent if they are communicated offwiki. If you've any questions at any point of your traineeship, simply post to the mailing list. If you would like to join the IRC channel, which is where communication also occurs, I suggest contacting L235 for further information. I understand that you already have IRC + a cloak, so L235 should be able to add you with ease.

Lastly, it might be useful if you enter your timezone into WP:AC/C (in the same format as the other members have), so that we can estimate when we will have clerks available each day; this is, of course, at your discretion. Again, welcome! Regards, Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 00:16, 20 February 2021 (UTC)


 * , thanks for the welcome! Looking forward to helping out. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:20, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, February 2021
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 15:04, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

New sock under Lisa Lambe official
Started new section, didn't know how to start a new one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Lisa_Lambe_official/Archive Kay girl 97 (talk) 02:09, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-08
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 visual editor will now use MediaSearch to find images. You can search for images on Commons in the visual editor when you are looking for illustrations. This is to help editors find better images.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The syntax highlighter now works with more languages: Futhark, Graphviz/DOT, CDDL and AMDGPU.

Problems
 * Editing a timeline might have removed all text from it. This was because of a bug and has been fixed. You might need to edit the timeline again for it to show properly.

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
 * Octicons-tools.svg There is a user group for developers and users interested in working on Wikimedia wikis with the Rust programming language. You can join or tell others who want to make your wiki better in the future.

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00:16, 23 February 2021 (UTC)