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Resubmitting Aathira Rajeev with minimum content
Hello Gpkp,

I have edited the draft and removed most of the content. Could you please review it again, and let me know if this works?

For WP:NACTOR, she has won a top reality of India. It's actually the leading dance reality show in India, so is this not enough?

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Solvz (talk • contribs) 19:46, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ; the content of the draft must be justified by primary and secondary sources (WP:PSTS), with inline citations. Inline citations are mandatory for WP:BLP articles. Presently draft has references of user-generated sites, which is not ok as per guidelines: WP:UGC. -- Gpkp  [ u • t • c ] 06:25, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Oops! That seems to be too much to understand!!! Please tell me what I can do. There's only one paragraph about her, the rest is her career. I can get official career links? Like if she has worked in a song, then the song link from YouTube? I don't know if there's any other way to get inline citations. Solvz (talk) 13:41, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ; My suggestion is to wait until her appearance as significant roles in films. Significant roles in multiple films makes the subject notable, as per WP:ENT. See, none of the films (mentioned in filmography of the draft) have articles of their own. Also sections: Dance & Choreography, Awards & Honors, dosent have citations (for proving notability). For further suggestions you can ask at AfC helpdesk: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation. -- Gpkp  [ u • t • c ] 06:47, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Resubmitting Scrittori greci e latini
Hi Gpkp,

the page Scrittori greci e latini exists in the italian and german Wikipedia. Could you please tell me what sources you think are needed to approve the publication of the page? This is the most important series of accademical edition of Latin and Greek literature published in Italy and I have already cited the catalog and publisher's page. What more is needed?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Best regards, --Maximianus (talk) 14:55, 11 January 2021 (UTC)


 * , Sorry, I overlooked the draft, as for the first sight, it looked like without sources. You see, as far as the AfC process is concerned, the drafts need reliable primary and secondary sources to prove the notability of the subject. I've reverted my edit in the draft. My suggestion is to cite ISBN numbers for the individual volumes, which is available at the catalog page. -- Gpkp  [ u • t • c ] 07:34, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-02
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Samuray Kuba page translation
Hi there,

The Samuray Kuba page has been translated and made look visually exactly as the published in the German wiki. Could you please advise me either let me know what's left to do?

Thanks in advance for your help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stefan Gigliotti (talk • contribs) 16:07, 12 January 2021 (UTC)


 * , Draft is missing Inline citations, which are mandatory for WP:BLP articles. -- Gpkp  [ u • t • c ] 06:03, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi there, if you check Samuray's page presents inline citations. could you please advise on what else I should add here? Could you please also help me out in changing page's title, should be " Kuba " instead of " Cuba " Thanks again  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stefan Gigliotti (talk • contribs) 16:01, 13 January 2021 (UTC)


 * , Please dont submit multiple drafts. Inline citations in Draft:Samuray Cuba is ok, but even sections: Discography, EPs and Studio Albums, require citations for proof, as Titles dosent have articles of their own. Regarding the draft title, you can cut-paste content from the new draft to old, and request the new draft for deletion. -- Gpkp  [ u • t • c ] 06:33, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi Gpkp, apologies for the inconvenient, I got confused. Please let me know whether at the moment everything seems to be correct in the old draft. Thanks a lot for your help and patience — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stefan Gigliotti (talk • contribs) 19:28, 14 January 2021 (UTC)


 * , I've updated the draft. Now all the Titles (in discography) require reliable refs. For more fields in infobox, you can refer template:. -- Gpkp  [ u • t • c ] 05:50, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
 * By the way plz dont forget to sign your posts:WP:4TILDES.-- Gpkp  [ u • t • c ] 05:55, 15 January 2021 (UTC)


 * , Thanks lot for all the tips, you've been truly special during this experience. I've updated all the inline citations and now this comment should be signed properly. Whenever you can let me know what's next. Once again thanks a lot!Stefan Gigliotti (talk) 19:07, 15 January 2021 (UTC)Stefan Gigliotti


 * , Hi there, sorry to bother you, I'd love to understand whether the page now is under review or you're waiting any sort of action to be taken. If you could please clarify, that would be lovely, thanks again in advance Stefan Gigliotti (talk) 23:05, 17 January 2021 (UTC) Stefan Gigliotti


 * , There is nothing more to do once if you have completed adding all available references and content. I am not sure about the notability (WP:NMG) of the subject; so will pass on to the next reviewer to take necessary action. There is an AfC helpdesk if you are interested, where hopefully you can quickly get the next review: WT:AFC. -- Gpkp  [ u • t • c ] 14:40, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-03
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Submission Declined
Dear GpKp Refer to your comments about my new article (Hossein Arbabi), I would like to say that most of the sources are not in English but you can check the following news which I took from TehranTimes website. I hope it's enough to convince you and you find it useful. Thanks a lot for your cooperation. https://www.tehrantimes.com/tag/Hossein+Arbabi

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Nomination of Shashidhar Kote for deletion
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Friday Night Funkin'
Hey! Could I request a review of this article?

The first attempt was by a very inexperienced user - it's actually been properly recreated now, with multiple references, as well as documentation of the game receiving millions of views on multiple web platforms. I am not affiliated with the developers, but strongly believe that this game does meet the notability guidelines.

Easy link to the draft for review: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Friday_Night_Funkin

Thank you for your time! — Preceding unsigned comment added by ProfessorWeebish (talk • contribs) 00:15, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Use of non-free images in list articles
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Surendranath B R (January 30)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by KylieTastic were:

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Tech News: 2021-05
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Update on Aathira Rajeev
Hello Gpkp,

Aathira Rajeev recently participated in Miss Kerala Pageant, and was declared as the First Runner Up.

https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/erin-liz-jose-wins-miss-kerala-2020-1.5405509

Do you think this is sufficient now? Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Solvz (talk • contribs) 19:07, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I am not sure about the notability. I had earlier suggested you to post your query at AfC helpdesk WT:AFC. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 05:48, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-06
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Tech News: 2021-07
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Concern regarding Draft:Houtaf Khoury discography
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Hi, I want post The Lady of Heaven poster to publish it in Arabic and Persian articles not only in English, I asked you Because Arab editors delay in answer, So can you post it please? 37.236.41.35 (talk) 15:46, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
 * 37.236.41.35, I haven't edited in Arabic and Persian wikis, as I dont know the languages and so unaware of the licenses. You can ask Commons expert User:Moheen for advice. By the way if you didn't know, the official website of the film is: https://ladyofheaven.com/, for any reference. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 05:59, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-08
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Future changes
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00:16, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Ponchatoula_Commercial_Historic_District
Would it be possible for you to go over and review the article out of incubation? Moving these into draft-space increases the workload on other editors. There are over 4500 articles backlogged. This particular article is part of the National_Register_of_Historic_Places project and should be notable by default. Some of the historic sites have very little internet presence. I added a few more references if that is the only issue you found. DavidDelaune (talk) 17:29, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * replied on 's talkpage. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 06:11, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-09
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Recent changes
 * Wikis using the Growth team tools can now show the name of a newcomer's mentor anywhere through a magic word. This can be used for welcome messages or userboxes.
 * A new version of the VideoCutTool is now available. It enables cropping, trimming, audio disabling, and rotating video content. It is being created as part of the developer outreach programs.

Problems
 * There was a problem with the job queue. This meant some functions did not save changes and mass messages were delayed. This did not affect wiki edits.
 * Some editors may not be logged in to their accounts automatically in the latest versions of Firefox and Safari.

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19:06, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Ronni_Solbert
Thanks for your review of my AfC submission Draft:Ronni_Solbert. I have sought to address your concerns about the article's citations, but before I resubmit it to AfC I was hoping you might have the time to give it a quick look and provide any more specific feedback that you might have to offer if there are elements of the article that you think still lack adequate cites to verifiable sources.

Frankly, there are not many sources to cite for Ms. Solbert despite her decades of significant work -- an illustrator of dozens of children's books, including classics such as the The Pushcart War; a photographer who provided the images for Bronzeville Boys and Girls the award-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks (who was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for her poetry about the Bronzeville neighborhood in Chicago); and a fine artist featured in a one-artist show at the Museum of Modern Art. I fear that more sources to cite will only become available when, inevitably, this 95-year-old artist dies and we have her obituaries to point to. It would just be nice to be able to give her the little bit of credit provided by a Wikipedia article before that happens.

Thanks, in advance, for any help you can provide.

--JohnPomeranz (talk) 19:58, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * ; You see references are the only ones which make the subject notable here in wiki. I made the initial review, when the draft had a single reference and a listing. Now my suggestion is, to add ISBNs and more refs (citing works) if available. It seems ok to resubmit the draft. More assistance is available at AfC talkpage: WT:AFC. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 05:46, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Natasha Kermani
Hi. I'm moving this article back from draftspace. If you think it should be deleted, please put it on articles for deletion. If you think it needs more sources than the two mainstream pieces I cited, please consider adding them!NoahB (talk) 14:42, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Besht Yeshiva Dresden
Hi. Thanks for taking the time to review this page. I see that you wrote "This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources", I did however quote 8 sources that I think can be verified, can you please elaborate in regards to what counts as sources and what would be verifiable? Thanks, in advance, for any help you can provide. Richard.print (talk) 07:52, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 * ; Thank you for your interest in submitting the draft. You see for the draft to clear AfC, it has to have many references, primary and secondary (pls see: WP:PSTS), with significant coverage: WP:GNG. But the draft has 5 out of 8, self published sources (WP:USESPS). Reliable sources are necessary while this is not, making it only 2 refs. in the draft. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 08:11, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your reply. I added some more sources and I will have a look for more. Richard.print (talk) 17:26, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-10
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Recent changes
 * Section translation now works on Bengali Wikipedia. It helps mobile editors translate sections of articles. It will come to more wikis later. The first focus is active wikis with a smaller number of articles. You can test it and leave feedback.
 * Flagged revisions now give admins the review right.
 * When someone links to a Wikipedia article on Twitter this will now show a preview of the article.

Problems
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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).
 * The New Discussion tool will soon be a new discussion tools beta feature for on most Wikipedias. The goal is to make it easier to start new discussions.

Future changes
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 * New JavaScript-based functions will not work in Internet Explorer 11. This is because Internet Explorer is an old browser that doesn't work with how JavaScript is written today. Everything that works in Internet Explorer 11 today will continue working in Internet Explorer for now. You can read more.

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Request: Manjhipur
Please review Manjhipur page that you moved to draft Yashasvi Singh Saini (talk) 09:13, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , The draft is lacking references. A single source that too of google maps, isnt sufficient. You can refer this guidline. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 06:49, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-11
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Recent changes
 * Wikis that are part of the desktop improvements project can now use a new search function. The desktop improvements and the new search will come to more wikis later. You can also test it early.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Editors who put up banners or change site-wide JavaScript code should use the client error graph to see that their changes has not caused problems. You can read more.

Problems
 * Due to database issues the Wikimedia Beta Cluster was read-only for over a day.

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
 * You can add a newline or carriage return character to a custom signature if you use a template. There is a proposal to not allow them in the future. This is because they can cause formatting problems.
 * You will be able to read but not edit 12 wikis for a short period of time on at 06:00 (UTC). This could take 30 minutes but will probably be much faster.
 * Octicons-tools.svg You can use Quarry for SQL queries to the Wiki Replicas. Cross-database  will no longer work from 23 March. There will be a new field to specify the database to connect to. If you think this affects you and you need help you can post on Phabricator or on Wikitech. PAWS and other ways to do SQL queries to the Wiki Replicas will be affected later.

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Please Review Manjhipur.
Hi, I am Yashasvi I have added two more reference to Draft page of Manjhipur (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Manjhipur) please review it. Yashasvi Singh Saini (talk) 08:58, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Houtaf Khoury discography


Hello, Gpkp. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Houtaf Khoury discography".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 16:19, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Recent file uploaded
Hello, thank you for updating the CuriosityStream logo. I noticed that the thumbnail isn't showing up correctly in the article. It appears to be a stretched version of the previous logo. Is this an issue with the file type? Would you mind taking a look? Thank you. 73.197.242.81 (talk) 12:49, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
 * 73.197.242.81, it appears properly in my browser. You can try clearing cache/cookies from your browser. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 07:37, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-12
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Recent changes
 * There is a Wikipedia app for KaiOS phones. They don't have a touch screen so readers navigate with the phone keys. There is now a simulator so you can see what it looks like.
 * The reply tool and new discussion tool are now available as the "" beta feature in almost all wikis except German Wikipedia.

Problems
 * You will be able to read but not edit twelve wikis for a short period of time on at 06:00 (UTC). This can also affect password changes, logging in to new wikis, global renames and changing or confirming emails. This could take 30 minutes but will probably be much faster.

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).
 * Syntax highlighting colours will change to be easier to read. This will soon come to the first wikis.

Future changes
 * Flagged revisions will no longer have multiple tags like "tone" or "depth". It will also only have one tier. This was changed because very few wikis used these features and they make the tool difficult to maintain.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Gadgets and user scripts can access variables about the current page in JavaScript. In 2015 this was moved from  to  .   will soon no longer work.

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Armins-Ponton
Hello Gpkp, you are missing relyable sources for the named article? What kind of source you would accept? Be aware, please, that this vehicle is new on earth. According to this, there are not many sources. The most professional witness is the television report. What more you could expect? If you want, come along to Germany, Augsburg, and I will show you the trailer in reality. --Grikalmis (talk) 05:20, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , Thank you for your interest in submitting the draft. Even I was exited to see content about a modern vehicle. You see, it is not my choice to decide what kind of references to provide in the draft. But for the draft to clear AfC, it has to have reliable sources: WP:RS primary and secondary; WP:PSTS, with significant coverage: WP:GNG. Presently the draft has 3 references


 * https://armins-ponton.de/ : self published source: WP:SPS
 * video link; not a reliable source.
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfyakdfIfQA : not a reliable source: WP:UGC. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 05:40, 24 March 2021 (UTC)


 * , thank a lot for your reply. I see, there are slighly differences between the en and de wikipedia. Might be you can helb me with the publish process?


 * Additional infos:
 * - In Wikipedia Germany this article is published since 27. Jun 2019 de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armins-Ponton. Without refusal, without opposition.
 * - Regarding the link to the mediathek ist to know, that this is a link to the archive of an official TV-Station. That's NOT a private TV-Station. That's NOT like youtube where everybody can put films. Thats one of two greatest, official TV stations in Germany.
 * - If it would help, I could provide with scans of documents:
 * - the official road admisson (without no vehicle is allowed to use an street in Germany)
 * - the official boat registration ("Armins-Ponton" is the registered boat name, e.g. as others: "Titanic" "Queen Elisabeth II")


 * What else I could do to prove the existence of "Armins-Ponton"? --Grikalmis (talk) 10:16, 24 March 2021 (UTC)


 * , The subject has to be a thing of analysis or a thing of news in officially-pulished multiple-sources (such as: newspapers, magazines etc) which makes the subject clearly notable. There are many articles such as: Miscellaneous_centre, The New Democrats, Luis Arencibia etc. which are direct traslation from other language-wikis. But once if you submit to AfC it has to clear all guidlines. You can see the instructions for AfC here. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 06:42, 25 March 2021 (UTC)


 * There will be no promotional action. There is no commercial interest behind this project. This novelty was created by a few passionate inventors without commercial interest. Well, too bad, then another piece of knowledge will remain hidden from a large part of the world. This information will be reserved for the German-speaking world, and will be withheld from the English-speaking world. You're welcome to let me know if you find in future a way to publish this article --Grikalmis (talk) 05:17, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Dundalk F.C 2020 Crest
Hi Gpkp,

I am creating a wikipedia page in Irish on Dundalk FC. The Dundalk F.C 2020 Crest is on the English wikipedia page but I am just wondering how do I upload it to the Irish wikipedia page. This is a link to the Irish page, https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Peile_Dh%C3%BAn_Dealgan. This page has the old 2010 crest and I am unsure of how to upload to new 2020 crest?

Kind regards, Leah Ní Chaiside — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leah Ní Chaiside (talk • contribs) 15:25, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * ; You can either upload a non-free image-file to Irish wiki (license-tag: Suaitheantas-spórt) or an image to Commons with proper copyrights. Its not possible to link file existing in English-wiki to the Irish-wiki. For more info you can post your query at: AfC talk page. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 05:52, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Naghma
Dear Gpkp! Can you make an article about Pakistani actress Naghma because confusing with Afghan singer with same name? Thank you! --89.110.19.198 (talk) 14:23, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-13
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Recent changes
 * Some very old web browsers don’t work well with the Wikimedia wikis. Some old code for browsers that used to be supported is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers.
 * Octicons-tools.svg IRC recent changes feeds have been moved to a new server. Make sure all tools automatically reconnect to  and not to the name of any specific server. Users should also consider switching to the more modern EventStreams.

Problems
 * When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split. It might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem.
 * Some translatable pages on Meta could not be edited. This was because of a bug in the translation tool. The new MediaWiki version was delayed because of problems like this.

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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17:29, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-14
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Recent changes
 * Editors can collapse part of an article so you have to click on it to see it. When you click a link to a section inside collapsed content it will now expand to show the section. The browser will scroll down to the section. Previously such links didn't work unless you manually expanded the content first.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-tools.svg The citoid API will use for example  instead of   for dates with a month but no days. This is because   could be confused with   instead of  . This is called level 1 instead of level 0 in the Extended Date/Time Format.
 * 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
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19:38, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Naghma Pakistani actress
Dear Gpkp! Can you make an article about Pakistani actress Naghma because confusing with Afghan singer with same name? Thank you! --92.100.30.0 (talk) 21:15, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Reliable sources
I submitted a page about the crime novel "Hard Frost" and was told it lacked reliable sources. Why is this novel not considered a reliable source for the plot of this novel? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uanime5 (talk • contribs) 11:14, April 8, 2021 (UTC)
 * , The draft must have multiple reliable sources for notability. See WP:BKCRIT. Even I did mention it in the review-comment about reliable sources and Primary, secondary and tertiary sources. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 06:05, 9 April 2021 (UTC)


 * According to Wikipedia's own guidelines this novel is a primary source for the plot, which is why most articles about books only contain a summary of the plot. Secondary sources are only required for discussing themes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uanime5 (talk • contribs) 23:18, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
 * While it surely requires multiple refs, your argument could have been justifiable if it did had atleast 1 ref! -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 06:15, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Again it's an article about a novel. How exactly is the novel not a reference? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uanime5 (talk • contribs) 22:48, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-16
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Recent changes
 * Email to the Wikimedia wikis are handled by groups of Wikimedia editors. These volunteer response teams now use Znuny instead of OTRS. The functions and interface remain the same. The volunteer administrators will give more details about the next steps soon.
 * If you use syntax highlighting, you can see line numbers in the 2010 and 2017 wikitext editors when editing templates. This is to make it easier to see line breaks or talk about specific lines. Line numbers will soon come to all namespaces.
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 * The latest version of MediaWiki came to the Wikimedia wikis last week. There was no Tech News issue last week.

Changes later this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes
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16:47, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

The Blend Hawke's Bay
Genuinely curious, as I'd like this article to remain active... But as the founder of the station in question as it is in its current form, as described in the article, how exactly do I go about citing.. essentially myself and my own material? The station, itself, is a work in progress but it is legit as the website should prove. I am working on a lot of stuff for it, and kind of want to get more exposure for it than what it currently has, especially since its just been listed for investors - so I can afford to pick up other shows. But yeah, how exactly do I go about citing basically myself? NZConnor (talk) 07:24, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

I should point out there are links to shows which were broadcast on the original station, there are also current logos and shows listed on the linked to website. There's no community articles on the station from when it was based in Baltimore though to today, so I'm curious as to how to get around that? The sources I can cite are pretty limited. NZConnor (talk) 07:27, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

The original shows, for interest's sake, with original logo, are on soundcloud.. https://www.soundcloud.com/995theblend... And the channels with updates from my own iteration of the station are the Facebook page and Twitter page. The last time I posted an article using them as sources, the article was removed, hence my original question. NZConnor (talk) 07:41, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
 * as per Wikipedia guidelines, the article requires multiple reliable sources: WP:ORGCRIT. The article can be draftified or tagged for deletion at any time, until unless it has multiple reliable sources. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 08:06, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-17
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21:23, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-18
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Recent changes
 * Twinkle is a gadget on English Wikipedia. It can help with maintenance and patrolling. It can now be used on other wikis. You can get Twinkle on your wiki using the twinkle-starter GitHub repository.

Problems
 * The content translation tool did not work for many articles for a little while. This was because of a bug.
 * Some things will not work for about a minute on 5 May. This will happen around 06:00 UTC. This will affect the content translation tool and notifications among other things. This is because of an upgrade to avoid crashes.

Changes later this week
 * Reference Previews will become a default feature on a number of wikis on 5 May. This is later than planned because of some changes. You can use it without using Page Previews if you want to. The earlier plan was to have the preference to use both or none.
 * 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 The CSS classes,   and   do not work for mobile readers if they have not been specifically defined on your wiki. From June they will not work for desktop readers. This can affect gadgets and templates. The classes can be defined in MediaWiki:Common.css or template styles instead.

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15:42, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Donkervoort D8
Hi!

It has almost 5 months that this draft: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Donkervoort_D8 was created and it wasn't made a decision to move it to main articles or not. The references show significant information about it. Please decide for this page wherever will be moved to main articles.

Thank you NSHPUZA (talk) 11:51, 5 May 2021 (UTC)


 * The draft is created by a sock. You can discard the draft and write a new draft in your own words (in concern with the review comment on the present draft), and submit for review. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 05:43, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-19
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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).

Future changes
 * You can see what participants plan to work on at the online Wikimedia hackathon 22–23 May.

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15:08, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-20
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Recent changes
 * There is a new toolbar in the Reply tool. It works in the wikitext source mode. You can enable it in your preferences.
 * Wikimedia mailing lists are being moved to Mailman 3. This is a newer version. For the character encoding to work it will change from  to.
 * Octicons-tools.svg An earlier issue of Tech News said that the citoid API would handle dates with a month but no days in a new way. This has been reverted for now. There needs to be more discussion of how it affects different wikis first.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-tools.svg  will be renamed  . The list can be copied to the new name. It will happen on 19 May for some wikis and 20 May for some wikis. Most wikis don't use it. It lists images that should never be used as thumbnails for articles.
 * 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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13:48, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

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2021 European U23 Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 97 kg
What is ur problems??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pehlivanmeydani (talk • contribs) 07:32, Thursday May 2020 (UTC)
 * The article just cant go by your will, but as per wiki guidelines. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 12:35, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Gadabuursi kingdom
Could you please re review the Gadabuursi Sultanate/Ugaazte article, it would really help thanks. Ante7896 (talk) 10:31, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I am not a new page reviewer. You have to fix the grammar in the article and also its title, to make it eligible for review. See here for a list of new page reviewers. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 06:56, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

and how would I change the name of the article Ante7896 (talk) 22:11, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-21
<section begin="tech-newsletter-content"/> 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 Wikimedia movement has been using IRC on a network called Freenode. There have been changes around who is in control of the network. The Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts have decided to move to the new Libera Chat network instead. This is not a formal decision for the movement to move all channels but most Wikimedia IRC channels will probably leave Freenode. There is a migration guide and ongoing Wikimedia discussions about this.

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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17:05, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-22
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Problems
 * There was an issue on the Vector skin with the text size of categories and notices under the page title. It was fixed last Monday.

Changes later this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

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17:04, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Martha Gardener (broadcaster)
Dear Gpkp,

Thanks you for assisting with the new Wikipedia page on Martha Gardener that I am in the process of compiling. Can you please assist by cleaning up bare URLs? You will note that in some cases better links do not exist.

With thanks in anticipation, Albert Isaacs (talk) 00:47, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. you can use this tool for filling bare urls: reFill. More info: WP:Refill. And this tool to edit, add, and cite refs: WP:ProveIt. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 05:29, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Dear Gpkp, Thanks for your prompt help - appreciated. Albert Isaacs (talk) 05:37, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

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Battle of Kama 1765
Hi Sir I am Therealdeepbajwa I am reasearch on this article.i can full help to you.yet any issue search of history realated this article I contact you. This article published by Doctor3411 On 5 March on sikh.wiki.com with name Battle of Kama. Thanks Therealdeepbajwa Therealdeepbajwa2196 (talk) 07:58, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-23
<section begin="tech-newsletter-content"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes 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 Wikimedia movement uses Phabricator for technical tasks. This is where we collect technical suggestions, bugs and what developers are working on. The company behind Phabricator will stop working on it. This will not change anything for the Wikimedia movement now. It could lead to changes in the future.
 * Searching on Wikipedia will find more results in some languages. This is mainly true for when those who search do not use the correct diacritics because they are not seen as necessary in that language. For example searching for  doesn't find   on German Wikipedia. The character   isn't used in German so many would write   instead. This will work better in the future in some languages.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The CSRF token parameters in the action API were changed in 2014. The old parameters from before 2014 will stop working soon. This can affect bots, gadgets and user scripts that still use the old parameters.

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20:01, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Joseph F. Beam
Thank you for your contribution to the new page for Joseph F. Beam by placing the "additional citations" banner on the article. I only created the page in the past few hours and, rest assured, more information and citations will be added over the next days.--Songofachilles (talk) 16:25, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-24
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Recent changes
 * Logged-in users on the mobile web can choose to use the advanced mobile mode. They now see categories in a similar way as users on desktop do. This means that some gadgets that have just been for desktop users could work for users of the mobile site too. If your wiki has such gadgets you could decide to turn them on for the mobile site too. Some gadgets probably need to be fixed to look good on mobile.
 * Language links on Wikidata now works for multilingual Wikisource.

Changes later this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes
 * In the future we can't show the IP of unregistered editors to everyone. This is because privacy regulations and norms have changed. There is now a rough draft of how showing the IP to those who need to see it could work.
 * German Wikipedia, English Wikivoyage and 29 smaller wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on 22 June. This is planned between 5:00 and 5:30 UTC.
 * All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes in the week of 28 June. More information will be published in Tech News later. It will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks.

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20:25, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-25
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Recent changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg The  group name is now  . This could affect abuse filters.

Problems
 * You will be able to read but not edit German Wikipedia, English Wikivoyage and 29 smaller wikis for a few minutes on 22 June. This is planned between 5:00 and 5:30 UTC.

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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15:48, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

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Draft review request
Hi! I would love if you could review my draft, I had a similar page be approved! I followed the same structure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:ProFutsal_Club

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Tech News: 2021-26
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Recent changes
 * Wikis with the Growth features now can configure Growth features directly on their wiki. This uses the new special page.
 * Wikisources have a new OCR tool. If you don't want to see the "extract text" button on Wikisource you can add  to your common.css page.

Problems
 * You will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia wikis for a few minutes on 29 June. This is planned at 14:00 UTC.

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
 * ,  and   can be set in preferences. They are expensive to maintain and few editors use them. The developers are planning to remove them. Removing them will make pages load faster. You can read more and give feedback.
 * A toolbar will be added to the Reply tool's wikitext source mode. This will make it easier to link to pages and to ping other users.

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16:31, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-27
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Tech News
 * The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 19 July.

Recent changes
 * AutoWikiBrowser is a tool to make repetitive tasks easier. It now uses JSON.  has moved to   and  .   has moved to  . The tool will eventually be configured on the wiki so that you don't have to wait until the new version to add templates or regular expression fixes.

Problems
 * InternetArchiveBot helps saving online sources on some wikis. It adds them to Wayback Machine and links to them there. This is so they don't disappear if the page that was linked to is removed. It currently has a problem with linking to the wrong date when it moves pages from  to.

Changes later this week
 * The tool to find, add and remove templates will be updated. This is to make it easier to find and use the right templates. It will come to the first wikis on 7 July. It will come to more wikis later this year.
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes
 * Some Wikimedia wikis use Flagged Revisions or pending changes. It hides edits from new and unregistered accounts for readers until they have been patrolled. The auto review action in Flagged Revisions will no longer be logged. All old logs of auto-review will be removed. This is because it creates a lot of logs that are not very useful.

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17:31, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Re-review my page
Hi I updated the page I was working on( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Honda_CB_750_K_(RC01) )

can you please review it again? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RolfDutch (talk • contribs) 17:19, July 6, 2021 (UTC)


 * , The references are still insufficient. Sources those of notable newspapers, magazines are required. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 07:07, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Hmm, not sure what to do now. I should add more text that refers to newspapers and magazines? Books don't count? RolfDutch (talk) 16:41, 7 July 2021 (UTC)


 * , Books do count. I meant a few more references of notable sources: WP:RS. As mentioned in the latest draft-review, references of primary and secondary sources too: WP:PSTS. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 06:50, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive
<div style="border: 2px solid #484898; background: #FFF; background-color:#98FB98; padding: 1ex 1ex 1ex 1.5ex; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em; font-size: 99%"> Hello :

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a  month long Backlog Drive!

The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running until 31 July 2021.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is currently a backlog of over articles, so start reviewing articles. We're looking forward to your help!

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject Articles for Creation at 21:53, 7 July 2021 (UTC). If you do not wish to recieve future notification, please remove your name from the mailing list.

review of Saudi Sports for All Federation
Hi Gpkp, thanks for reviewing the page I am creating Saudi Sports for All Federation. I have added more external sources to the content. Will appreciate if you can have a look again to see if this works. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by DavidMaila (talk • contribs) 14:00, July 11, 2021 (UTC)
 * , I made the initial/basic review, while it had self-published sources. You can post your request at AfC help desk: WP:AFCHD. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 17:02, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-29
<section begin="tech-newsletter-content"/> 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 tool to find, add and remove templates was updated. This is to make it easier to find and use the right templates. It was supposed to come to the first wikis on 7 July. It was delayed to 12 July instead. It will come to more wikis later this year.
 * Special:UnconnectedPages lists pages that are not connected to Wikidata. This helps you find pages that can be connected to Wikidata items. Some pages should not be connected to Wikidata. You can use the magic word  on pages that should not be listed on the special 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).

Future changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg How media is structured in the parser's HTML output will soon change. This can affect bots, gadgets, user scripts and extensions. You can read more. You can test it on Testwiki or Testwiki 2.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The parameters for how you obtain tokens in the MediaWiki API were changed in 2014. The old way will no longer work from 1 September. Scripts, bots and tools that use the parameters from before the 2014 change need to be updated. You can read more.

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15:29, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

Image tagging for File:Gian-CarloCoppola.jpg
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Tech News: 2021-30
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Recent changes
 * A new version of MediaWiki came to the Wikimedia wikis the week before last week. This was not in Tech News because there was no newsletter that 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
 * If you use the Monobook skin you can choose to switch off responsive design on mobile. This will now work for more skins. If  is unticked you need to also untick the new preference  . Otherwise it will stop working. Interface admins can automate this process on your wiki. You can read more.

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21:09, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

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Nomination of Klement Tinaj for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Klement Tinaj is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Klement Tinaj (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 05:45, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-31
<section begin="tech-newsletter-content"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg If your wiki uses markup like <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> or <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> without the required <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> attribute, then these will no longer work in 2 weeks. There is a short-term fix that can be added to your local wiki's Common.css page, which is explained at T287701. From now on, all usages should include the full attributes, for example: <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> or <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> . This also applies to some other HTML tags, such as  or  . You can find existing examples on your wiki that need to be updated, using the instructions at T287701.
 * Reminder: Wikimedia has migrated to the Libera Chat IRC network, from the old Freenode network. Local documentation should be updated.

Problems
 * Last week, all wikis had slow access or no access for 30 minutes. There was a problem with generating dynamic lists of articles on the Russian Wikinews, due to the bulk import of 200,000+ new articles over 3 days, which led to database problems. The problematic feature has been disabled on that wiki and developers are discussing if it can be fixed properly.

Changes later this week
 * When adding links to a page using VisualEditor or the 2017 wikitext editor, disambiguation pages will now only appear at the bottom of search results. This is because users do not often want to link to disambiguation pages.
 * 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 team of the Wikipedia app for Android is working on communication in the app. The developers are working on how to talk to other editors and get notifications. You can read more. They are looking for users who want to test the plans. Any editor who has an Android phone and is willing to download the app can do this.
 * The Beta Feature for will be updated in the coming weeks.  You will be able to subscribe to individual sections on a talk page at more wikis.  You can test this now by adding   to the end of the talk page's URL (example).

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20:45, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Additional citations tag
The article was kinda bare when you tagged it, but I've expanded it now. Can you look it over again? Kind regards, Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI talk &#124; fings wot i hav dun 11:18, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
 * ; its fine now. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 07:17, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Singapore Space and Technology Association Logo.jpg
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Tech News: 2021-32
<section begin="tech-newsletter-content"/> 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
 * You can read but not edit 17 wikis for a few minutes on 10 August. This is planned at 05:00 UTC. This is because of work on the database.

Changes later this week
 * The Wikimania Hackathon will take place remotely on 13 August, starting at 5:00 UTC, for 24 hours. You can participate in many ways. You can still propose projects and sessions.
 * 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 The old CSS <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> will not be supported after 12 August. Instead, templates and pages should use <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> . Please help to replace any existing uses on your wiki. There are global-search links available at T287962.

Future changes
 * The Wikipedia Library is a place for Wikipedia editors to get access to sources. There is an extension which has a new function to tell users when they can take part in it. It will use notifications. It will start pinging the first users in September. It will ping more users later.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Vue.js will be the JavaScript framework for MediaWiki in the future.

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16:18, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-33
<section begin="tech-newsletter-content"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * You can add language links in the sidebar in the new Vector skin again. You do this by connecting the page to a Wikidata item. The new Vector skin has moved the language links but the new language selector cannot add language links yet.

Problems
 * There was a problem on wikis which use the Translate extension. Translations were not updated or were replaced with the English text. The problems have been fixed.

Changes later this week
 * A revision tag will soon be added to edits that add links to disambiguation pages. This is because these links are usually added by accident. The tag will allow editors to easily find the broken links and fix them. If your wiki does not like this feature, it can be hidden.
 * Would you like to help improve the information about tools? Would you like to attend or help organize a small virtual meetup for your community to discuss the list of tools? Please get in touch on the Toolhub Quality Signal Sessions talk page. We are also looking for feedback from tool maintainers on some specific questions.
 * In the past, edits to any page in your user talk space ignored your mute list, e.g. sub-pages. Starting this week, this is only true for edits to your talk page.
 * 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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19:25, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Brisk (drink)Logo.svg
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Article of creation
Hello there,

Sorry to disturb you but I have a question about my rejected article for creation.

This page is the previous addition of the Greenlandic football championship and has only one source from the same website. What makes mine different to that article.

TickTokTickTok (talk) 14:19, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Article of creation
Hi,

Why was the page deleted? There are several soccer pages that refer to the Mass State Soccer Association and no one had created it. What was wrong with the cited information? massachusetts adult state soccer association — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hhebert01 (talk • contribs) 21:56, August 22, 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-34
<section begin="tech-newsletter-content"/> 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 Score extension (<bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> notation) has been re-enabled on public wikis and upgraded to a newer version. Some musical score functionality may no longer work because the extension is only enabled in "safe mode". The security issue has been fixed and an advisory published.

Problems
 * You will be able to read but not edit some wikis for a few minutes on . This will happen around 06:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. During this time, operations on the CentralAuth will also not be possible.

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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21:57, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Article of creation
Hi There,

Sorry to disturb you but I have a question about my rejected article for creation. It is related to YourShippingBuddy page, the inspiration was taken from https://yourshippingbuddy.com/ to create their company page that visitor can take benefit out of it. Can you please guide on the correct format if that was not correct. --Gemquotes (talk) 11:49, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * You need to take care of following, which are missing in the draft: WP:Significant coverage WP:Reliable Sources and WP:PSTS, WP:TONE. Presently it looks like an advertisement and misses notability. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 13:10, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Hello,

Thank You for the feedback, I am new to Wikipedia, I will do the changes next week and resubmit it. --Gemquotes (talk) 15:12, 26 August 2021 (UTC).

Read-only reminder
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Also during this time, operations on the CentralAuth will not be possible (GlobalRenames, changing/confirming e-mail addresses, logging into new wikis, password changes).

For more details about the operation and on all impacted services, please check on Phabricator.

A banner will be displayed 30 minutes before the operation.

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20:33, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Regarding "Love Logic Revenge" article
Hello, Can you explain what you mean by "Submission is improperly sourced"? How can I fix? --Çalıkuşu_Feride (talk)
 * Draft needs to have reliable (WP:RS) primary and secondary sources (WP:PSTS). The sources should be cited properly (WP:REFB) with inline citations (WP:IC). You can follow-up on how drafts are written so that they are accepted in AfC, by visiting this link: Articles_for_creation/recent. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 17:02, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Mari Misdiagnosis Association and Research Institute
You recently told me feedback regarding my article for creation. I am a bit confused on how the book I cited is not a reliable source. Could you plese elaborate further on why it is not a reliable source to cite since it is published on google scholar and springer. I am new in wikipedia so I am trying to learn how to write and cite. Any help would be great. Thank you Hiyaitsvanessa (talk) 18:34, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
 * at the time I reviewed, the draft had a single citation, which was insufficient. WP:Significant coverage and multiple reliable sources (primary and secondary) are essential to prove the subject's notability. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 17:02, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

File:Ragi-huri-hittu.jpg listed for discussion
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Draft:Journal of Cultural Economics
Hi! I added reliable sources. Article is about the journal included in Scopus, so it meets WP:NJournals. Please, approve the submission. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by E.stepanova (talk • contribs) 11:26, August 30, 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-35
<section begin="tech-newsletter-content"/> 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
 * Some musical score syntax no longer works and may needed to be updated, you can check Category: on your wiki for a list of pages with errors.

Problems
 * Musical scores were unable to render lyrics in some languages because of missing fonts. This has been fixed now. If your language would prefer a different font, please file a request in Phabricator.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-tools.svg The parameters for how you obtain tokens in the MediaWiki API were changed in 2014. The old way will no longer work from 1 September. Scripts, bots and tools that use the parameters from before the 2014 change need to be updated. You can read more about this.
 * 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
 * You will be able to read but not edit Commons for a few minutes on . This will happen around 05:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance.
 * All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes in the week of 13 September. More information will be published in Tech News later. It will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks.

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15:59, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-36
<section begin="tech-newsletter-content"/> 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 wikis that have Growth features deployed have been part of A/B testing since deployment, in which some newcomers did not receive the new features. Now, all of the newcomers on 21 of the smallest of those wikis will be receiving the features.

Changes later this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg In 2017, the provided jQuery library was upgraded from version 1 to 3, with a compatibility layer. The migration will soon finish, to make the site load faster for everyone. If you maintain a gadget or user script, check if you have any JQMIGRATE errors and fix them, or they will break.
 * Last year, the Portuguese Wikipedia community embarked on an experiment to make log-in compulsory for editing.  The impact report of this trial is ready. Moving forward, the Anti-Harassment Tools team is looking for projects that are willing to experiment with restricting IP editing on their wiki for a short-term experiment. Learn more.

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15:19, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Improving a rejected Draft Article.
Hey, Would like some pointers on how I can improve my Draft which was rejected. It is titled Guru Nanak Dev University College Verka. The rejection reason mentioned was that it doesn't contain verifiable citations, but I used the official website of Guru Nanak Dev University for citation. I am new to wikipedia would like to genuinely learn how I could improve the draft. Youngreporter (talk) 15:23, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Sources relating to the subject itself are Self-references, which are to be avoided; see WP:SELF. By the way I didn't reject the draft, but declined it, which in turn means you can find references to prove WP:notability. More info on references: WP:RS, WP:PSTS. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 09:15, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

File:Chicago(magazine)Logo.png listed for discussion
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Tech News: 2021-37
<section begin="tech-newsletter-content"/> 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
 * 45 new Wikipedias now have access to the Growth features.
 * A majority of Wikipedias now have access to the Growth features. The Growth team has published an FAQ page about the features. This translatable FAQ covers the description of the features, how to use them, how to change the configuration, and more.

Problems
 * All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on 14 September. This is planned at 14:00 UTC.

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 this week, Wikipedia in Italian will receive weekly software updates on Wednesdays. It used to receive the updates on Thursdays. Due to this change, bugs will be noticed and fixed sooner.
 * You can add language links in the sidebar in the new Vector skin again. You do this by connecting the page to a Wikidata item. The new Vector skin has moved the language links but the new language selector cannot add language links yet.
 * The syntax highlight tool marks up code with different colours. It now can highlight 23 new code languages. Additionally, <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> can now be used as an alias for the Go programming language, and a special <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> mode has been added to show a program's output.

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15:31, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Chicago(magazine)Logo.png
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:14, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-38
<section begin="tech-newsletter-content"/> 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
 * Growth features are now deployed to almost all Wikipedias. For the majority of small Wikipedias, the features are only available for experienced users, to test the features and configure them. Features will be available for newcomers starting on 20 September 2021.
 * MediaWiki had a feature that would highlight local links to short articles in a different style. Each user could pick the size at which "stubs" would be highlighted. This feature was very bad for performance, and following a consultation, has been removed.
 * A technical change was made to the MonoBook skin to allow for easier maintenance and upkeep. This has resulted in some minor changes to HTML that make MonoBook's HTML consistent with other skins. Efforts have been made to minimize the impact on editors, but please ping Jon (WMF) on wiki or in phabricator if any problems are reported.

Problems
 * There was a problem with search last week. Many search requests did not work for 2 hours because of an accidental restart of the search servers.

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-tools.svg The meta=proofreadpage API has changed. The <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> parameter has been renamed to <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> . API users should update their code to avoid unrecognized parameter warnings. Pywikibot users should upgrade to 6.6.0.

Future changes
 * The Reply tool will be deployed to the remaining wikis in the coming weeks. It is currently part of "" in Beta features at most wikis. You will be able to turn it off in Editing Preferences.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The previously announced change to how you obtain tokens from the API has been delayed to September 21 because of an incompatibility with Pywikibot. Bot operators using Pywikibot can follow T291202 for progress on a fix, and should plan to upgrade to 6.6.1 when it is released.

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18:29, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:BookbirdJournalCover.png
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:54, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Saras-Salil-Magazine.jpg
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 20:07, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Tehelka-magazine.jpg
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 21:27, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-39
<section begin="technews-2021-W39"/> 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
 * iOS 15 has a new function called Private Relay (Apple website). This can hide the user's IP when they use Safari browser. This is like using a VPN in that we see another IP address instead. It is opt-in and only for those who pay extra for iCloud. It will come to Safari users on OSX later. There is a technical discussion about what this means for the Wikimedia wikis.

Problems
 * Octicons-tools.svg Some gadgets and user-scripts add items to the portlets (article tools) part of the skin. A recent change to the HTML may have made those links a different font-size. This can be fixed by adding the CSS class <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr">.

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 GettingStarted extension was built in 2013, and provides an onboarding process for new account holders in a few versions of Wikipedia. However, the recently developed Growth features provide a better onboarding experience. Since the vast majority of Wikipedias now have access to the Growth features, GettingStarted will be deactivated starting on 4 October.
 * A small number of users will not be able to connect to the Wikimedia wikis after 30 September. This is because an old root certificate will no longer work. They will also have problems with many other websites. Users who have updated their software in the last five years are unlikely to have problems. Users in Europe, Africa and Asia are less likely to have immediate problems even if their software is too old. You can read more.
 * You can receive notifications when someone leaves a comment on user talk page or mentions you in a talk page comment. Clicking the notification link will now bring you to the comment and highlight it. Previously, doing so brought you to the top of the section that contained the comment. You can find more information in T282029.

Future changes
 * The Reply tool will be deployed to the remaining wikis in the coming weeks. It is currently part of "" in Beta features at most wikis. You will be able to turn it off in Editing Preferences. See the list of wikis.

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22:20, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Padmapriya-actress-pic.jpg
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:34, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-40
<section begin="tech-newsletter-content"/> 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
 * A more efficient way of sending changes from Wikidata to Wikimedia wikis that show them has been enabled for the following 10 wikis: mediawiki.org, the Italian, Catalan, Hebrew and Vietnamese Wikipedias, French Wikisource, and English Wikivoygage, Wikibooks, Wiktionary and Wikinews. If you notice anything strange about how changes from Wikidata appear in recent changes or your watchlist on those wikis you can let the developers know.

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-tools.svg Some gadgets and bots that use the API to read the AbuseFilter log might break. The <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> property will no longer say an entry is <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> for unsuppressed log entries about suppressed edits. If your bot needs to know this, do a separate revision query. Additionally, the property will have the value <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> for visible entries; previously, it wasn't included in the response.
 * A more efficient way of sending changes from Wikidata to Wikimedia wikis that show them will be enabled for all production wikis. If you notice anything strange about how changes from Wikidata appear in recent changes or your watchlist you can let the developers know.

Future changes
 * You can soon get cross-wiki notifications in the iOS Wikipedia app. You can also get notifications as push notifications. More notification updates will follow in later versions.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The JavaScript variables <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr">, <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> , and <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> will soon be removed from <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> . These are not part of the "stable" variables available for use in wiki JavaScript.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The JavaScript variables <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr">, <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> , <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> , and <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> will soon be removed from mw.config. Scripts should instead use <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> from the "<bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr">mediawiki.cookie " module.

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16:28, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Sena Takenaka
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Draft:Gilaneh (film)
It's ready. Nikan Faze (talk) 09:30, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

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File mover granted
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Draft:Zindagi Mere Ghar Aana
Hi! Please review Draft:Zindagi Mere Ghar Aana. Shinnosuke15 (talk) 10:43, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-41
<section begin="technews-2021-W41"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes 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 "auto-number headings" preference is being removed. You can read T284921 for the reasons and discussion. This change was previously announced. A JavaScript snippet is available which can be used to create a Gadget on wikis that still want to support auto-numbering.

Meetings
 * You can join a meeting about the Desktop Improvements. A demonstration version of the newest feature will be shown. The event will take place on Tuesday, 12 October at 16:00 UTC. See how to join.

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15:29, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-42
<section begin="technews-2021-W42"/> 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
 * Toolhub is a catalogue to make it easier to find software tools that can be used for working on the Wikimedia projects. You can read more.

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 developers of the Wikipedia Android app are working on communication in the app. You can now answer questions in survey to help the development.
 * 3–5% of editors may be blocked in the next few months. This is because of a new service in Safari, which is similar to a proxy or a VPN. It is called iCloud Private Relay. There is a discussion about this on Meta. The goal is to learn what iCloud Private Relay could mean for the communities.
 * Wikimedia Enterprise is a new API for those who use a lot of information from the Wikimedia projects on other sites. It is a way to get big commercial users to pay for the data. There will soon be a copy of the Wikimedia Enterprise dataset. You can read more. You can also ask the team questions on Zoom on 22 October 15:00 UTC.

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20:52, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Stictocardia beraviensis
I'm a little confused myself about taxonomy but apparently, according to Kew, Sictocardia beraviensis seems to be the accepted name. 98.179.127.59 (talk) 17:17, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
 * 98.179.127.59; I insisted to publish it. But it seemed to me that the fact it might be merged to other name, cant be ignored. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 05:36, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:LiquidSpace Logo.png
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Tech News: 2021-43
<section begin="technews-2021-W43"/> 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 Coolest Tool Award 2021 is looking for nominations. You can recommend tools until 27 October.

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
 * Diff pages will have an improved copy and pasting experience. The changes will allow the text in the diff for before and after to be treated as separate columns and will remove any unwanted syntax.
 * The version of the Liberation fonts used in SVG files will be upgraded. Only new thumbnails will be affected. Liberation Sans Narrow will not change.

Meetings
 * You can join a meeting about the Community Wishlist Survey. News about the disambiguation and the real-time preview wishes will be shown. The event will take place on Wednesday, 27 October at 14:30 UTC. See how to join.

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20:07, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

File names
Hi, Why are you moving all those files? You remove years (seems to be useful info) and sometimes include unnecessary disambiguators, like "Journal of Foo (journal)". Seems like a lot of make work and time spent on it could perhaps be used for more useful edits. --Randykitty (talk) 22:27, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * ; I didnt include 'year' in few files because, the year mentioned in the filename and description were different. for example: File:The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition (journal) cover.jpg File:Mathematical Biosciences (journal) cover.gif File:Educational Psychologist (journal) cover.jpg File:Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research (journal) cover.jpg File:Actas Españolas de Psiquiatría (journal) cover.jpg I accept not to include term 'journal' again in the filename, if the subject has it already in its name. In-fact many files had names such as: File:Coverjbi.gif File:Coverimagejqs.gif File:Cover291s.jpg File:Cover tox.gif File:Cover misc malacol.jpg, so moving them to the actual subject-name seemed to me as useful and encyclopaediac. Requesting your valuable feedback. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 10:58, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * The last few examples indeed don't have a very informative title. I wonder how bad that is. Click on it and all details should be present. Also, as those cover images are all uploaded under fair use, they can only be used in the article on the journal. And titles like "2018 cover IJFS" for a journal called "International Journal of Foo science", not to mention "2018 cover Int J Foo Sci", seems pretty clear to me. In short, I don't really see the problem that all these file moves should correct. --Randykitty (talk) 11:06, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I have a temporary filemover-right, I thought of proving worthy for a permanent right, so I renamed files. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 11:26, 29 October 2021 (UTC)


 * I'd suggest that doing a lot of unnecessary moves will be counterproductive to "proving worthy for a permanent right"... --Randykitty (talk) 12:44, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

FFU Requests
Hi Gpkp, hope you are well.

I am a little concerned about your 2 latest WP:FFU declines. The point of FFU is for users that cannot upload locally to have their image uploaded.... locally... therefore the decline reason 'As per 'Link to license', the image falls under the category: Attribution-NonCommercial, which is not allowed in Commons.' is really irrelevant as fair use images are allowed locally on enwp. - <kbd style="color: Red;">Rich T&#124;C&#124;E-Mail 18:34, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
 * ; Thank you for the note. I was unaware of that. I've reverted the declines. -- Gpkp <small style="color:#555"> [ u • t • c ] 06:24, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Baladevjew Temple, Kendujhargarh
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Tech News: 2021-44
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Recent changes
 * There is a limit on the amount of emails a user can send each day. This limit is now global instead of per-wiki. This change is to prevent abuse.

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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20:26, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-45
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Recent changes
 * Mobile IP editors are now able to receive warning notices indicating they have a talk page message on the mobile website (similar to the orange banners available on desktop). These notices will be displayed on every page outside of the main namespace and every time the user attempts to edit. The notice on desktop now has a slightly different colour.

Changes later this week
 * Wikidata will be read-only for a few minutes on 11 November. This will happen around 06:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance.
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes
 * In the future, unregistered editors will be given an identity that is not their IP address. This is for legal reasons. A new user right will let editors who need to know the IPs of unregistered accounts to fight vandalism, spam, and harassment, see the IP. You can read the suggestions for how that identity could work and discuss on the talk page.

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20:35, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Al-Hadaf-magazine-pic.jpg
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Orphaned non-free image File:JohnBalaban(serialkiller).jpg
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Orphaned non-free image File:Cover Art of Baldi&#39;s Basics in Education and Learning.jpg
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Tech News: 2021-46
<section begin="technews-2021-W46"/> 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
 * Most large file uploads errors that had messages like "<bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> " or "<bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> " have now been fixed. An incident report is available.

Problems
 * Sometimes, edits made on iOS using the visual editor save groups of numbers as telephone number links, because of a feature in the operating system. This problem is under investigation.
 * There was a problem with search last week. Many search requests did not work for 2 hours because of a configuration error.

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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22:05, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Tinkle-Magazine.jpg
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 19:03, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:PriceSmartLogo.jpg
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:37, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Polimer-TV-Logo.png
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Orphaned non-free image File:K.G.F Chapter 1 poster.jpg
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Tech News: 2021-47
<section begin="technews-2021-W47"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
 * The template dialog in VisualEditor and in the new wikitext mode Beta feature will be heavily improved on a few wikis. Your feedback is welcome.

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20:01, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-48
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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).

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21:13, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Baladevjew Temple, Kendujhargarh


Hello, Gpkp. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Baladevjew Temple".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 03:12, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-49
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Problems
 * MediaWiki 1.38-wmf.11 was scheduled to be deployed on some wikis last week. The deployment was delayed because of unexpected problems.

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).
 * At all Wikipedias, a Mentor Dashboard is now available at <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> . It allows registered mentors, who take care of newcomers' first steps, to monitor their assigned newcomers' activity. It is part of the Growth features. You can learn more about activating the mentor list on your wiki and about the mentor dashboard project.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The predecessor to the current MediaWiki Action API (which was created in 2008), <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr">, will be removed this week. Any scripts or bots using it will need to switch to the corresponding API module.
 * Octicons-tools.svg An old ResourceLoader module, <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr">, which was deprecated in 2016, will be removed this week. Any scripts or bots using it will need to switch to <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> instead.

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21:57, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Skypark Link Logo.png
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Tech News: 2021-50
<section begin="technews-2021-W50"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * There are now default short aliases for the "Project:" namespace on most wikis. E.g. On Wikibooks wikis, <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> will go to the local language default for the <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> namespace. This change is intended to help the smaller communities have easy access to this feature. Additional local aliases can still be requested via the usual process.

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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22:26, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Jayan-&#39;Krishnan-Nair&#39;-pic.jpg
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:19, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Namdhari&#39;sFreshLogo.png
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Tech News: 2021-51
<section begin="technews-2021-W51"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Tech News
 * Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 10 January 2022.

Recent changes
 * Queries made by the DynamicPageList extension (<bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> ) are now only allowed to run for 10 seconds and error if they take longer. This is in response to multiple outages where long-running queries caused an outage on all wikis.

Changes later this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.

Future changes
 * The developers of the Wikipedia iOS app are looking for testers who edit in multiple languages. You can read more and let them know if you are interested.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The Wikimedia Cloud VPS hosts technical projects for the Wikimedia movement. Developers need to claim projects they use. This is because old and unused projects are removed once a year. Unclaimed projects can be shut down from February.

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22:04, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

boxrec realibility
Hello, boxrec.com is the most reliable source for a boxer profile. we have cited it but still you're concren about realibility. What can we do more please? 95.107.227.73 (talk) 08:50, 21 December 2021 (UTC) 95.107.227.73 (talk) 08:52, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Files for Upload page vandalized
Hello - I made a request for an image upload yesterday. When I checked the project page this morning to check on its status, the whole thing had been erased and replaced with some spam text about vitamins. I saw in the edit history you are very active on the page, so I wanted to let you know in case you hadn't seen it. thank you! Christallyizer (talk) 13:28, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) logo.png
Thanks for uploading File:Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) logo.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:33, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

File:Jayan-'Krishnan-Nair'-pic.jpg
Hi. You uploaded a different image to File:Jayan-'Krishnan-Nair'-pic.jpg. The problem with doing this is that you didn't provide any sourcing information for it. The source/credits/etc for this other image are probably different than the one you overwrote. The preferred method - if you would like to change what image is being used - would be to upload a NEW image with a new filename. In that new image, provide the source information, attribution, fair use rationale or license as appropriate, etc. You can then replace the image in the article with the newly-uploaded one. That way, there's no confusion in the file history about what image the description page is referring to. The old image, which will now be an orphan, will be automatically deleted after a week or so. --B (talk) 23:20, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

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