User talk:Jdforrester (WMF)/Archive 3

So...
Happy me - I am one of the 10% this latest "Edit area font style:" change affected. Guess I missed the memo and all the consensus-building, as the font in my editing window changed sometimes today from the clean Arial-type to Times New Roman or some awful variant. I was able to change the font in my WP-Preferences to a sans serif and that might be bearable for editing. Would have been nice to get a notice - maybe when I opened an editing window or when I logged on, something like "hey this thing was toggled on WP/WM's end so your editing window might look different and here is how you can (sort of) fix it." Shearonink (talk) 05:31, 25 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Hey there, sorry you didn't like the monospace font change. We put a notice about the change in the weekly technical newsletter both this week, when it went into effect, and four weeks ago as an extra heads-up. That newsletter is posted to the Village Pump or equivalent on each of the hundreds of wikis so that people can learn about these things in advance. If you add your name to that list you'll get those notices straight to your talk page as well each week, if you're interested. Glad you found the preference control to change it to what you prefer! Jdforrester (WMF) (talk) 16:34, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Revdel?
Hey, Jdforrester, I just wanted to ask about your reasoning for your recent revdel on VPT. The only thing I think of when I see "N/D" is "not done", which I don't think is relevant in this context? Just wondering what else that meant. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 20:26, 6 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Short for "not disclosed". I'm hoping colleagues would follow-up to explain (I did it on the run in between meetings as an urgent request). Did that happen yet? Jdforrester (WMF) (talk) 22:41, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Not that I've seen. That makes a little more sense, at least as far as the acronym goes. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 01:47, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T30856
How few people requested this vandalism? Have you ever asked the community (I mean the writing people)? We need the toolbar back. --Eingangskontrolle (talk) 09:36, 7 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Your community can have the toolbar back by installing it as a gadget. The instructions are at Contributors/Projects/Removal of the 2006 wikitext editor.
 * Most of the complaints are actually about a broken gadget at the German Wikipedia, rather than the removal of the 2006 wikitext editor. I believe that the German community is already repairing that gadget.  Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 17:24, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Apology
I'm sorry for my previous actions. I did not intend to cause any harm, and I hope you were not affected. - please revert me if this isn't allowed.  starship .paint  (talk) 07:12, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Google Code-In 2019 is coming - please mentor some documentation tasks!
Hello,

Google Code-In, Google-organized contest in which the Wikimedia Foundation participates, starts in a few weeks. This contest is about taking high school students into the world of opensource. I'm sending you this message because you recently edited a documentation page at the English Wikipedia.

I would like to ask you to take part in Google Code-In as a mentor. That would mean to prepare at least one task (it can be documentation related, or something else - the other categories are Code, Design, Quality Assurance and Outreach) for the participants, and help the student to complete it. Please sign up at the contest page and send us your Google account address to google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org, so we can invite you in!

From my own experience, Google Code-In can be fun, you can make several new friends, attract new people to your wiki and make them part of your community.

If you have any questions, please let us know at google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org.

Thank you!

--User:Martin Urbanec (talk) 21:58, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

VisualEditor
Mr Forrester,

Over the last few years, I've been using VisualEditor very regularly, mostly for keeping tables neat and straight. Overall this is a big improvement for us editors. There are still a few bugs and potential improvements I'd love to discuss. If you're interested in feedback, tell me. Kahlores (talk) 05:49, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
 * 30 seconds later, and I discover VisualEditor/Feedback. Sorry! Kahlores (talk) 05:51, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem at all. Happy editing! Jdforrester (WMF) (talk) 17:14, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

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