User talk:JogiAsad/Archives/2018/November

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Sindhi-language dictionary


A tag has been placed on Category:Sindhi-language dictionary requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. – Uanfala (talk) 20:32, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-45
 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 now use TemplateWizard to edit templates. This works only with the 2010 wikitext editor and not in the visual editor or the 2017 wikitext editor. If you click on OOjs UI icon puzzle-ltr.svg you can enter the information in a pop-up. You can turn on TemplateWizard in your beta feature preferences.

Changes later this week
 * You can choose to see edit conflicts in a two-column view. This is a beta feature. You can find it in your preferences. The interface for the two-column edit conflict will change. You can read more.
 * When you edit with the visual editor you can use the "Automatic" citation tab. This helps you generate citations. You will now be able to write plain text citations or the title of a journal article or a book in this tab. This will search the Crossref and WorldCat databases and add the top result.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 November. It will be on all wikis from 8 November (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 7 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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Tech News: 2018-46
 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 old mobile browsers can use the watchlist again. This has not worked for a while. These browsers are called grade C browsers. This helps for example Windows Phone 8.1 with Internet Explorer and Lumia 535 with Windows 10.

Problems
 * You can choose to see edit conflicts in a two-column view. This is a beta feature. You can find it in your preferences. Users who use this view saw the edit conflict resolution page when they wanted to see a preview. This has been fixed.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 November. It will be on all wikis from 15 November (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 14 November at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * You can use the content translation tool to translate articles. The developers are working on a new version. One of the changes will be a maintenance category. Articles where users add a lot of text from machine translation without changing it will be in that category. This is so the community can review it. The users will also have been warned before they publish the article that it has a lot of unchanged text from machine translations.

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Tech News: 2018-47
 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 vote on proposals in the Community Wishlist Survey. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can vote until 30 November.
 * Octicons-tools.svg There is an A/B test for  data. This is to make it easier to find the right information with a search engine. This changes the metadata for a wiki page. It doesn't change how the page looks.

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

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 21 November at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * The Wikimedia wikis use templates to show readers there are problems with the content on some pages. For example if there are no sources or the page needs to be rewritten. The mobile website will soon show more information when you use these templates. Some templates may need to be updated.
 * The Education Program extension was removed from all Wikimedia projects. The database tables used by the extension will be archived. This will happen in a month. If you want the information on your wiki you should move it to a normal wiki page.

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Email
I received an e-mail from you in a language which I assume to be Sindhi. Please do not do this again, as I believe I've already made it clear that I do not read or speak Sindhi, and, in fact, have no knowledge of it whatsoever. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:44, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Clarification: I haven't send any email to you. JogiAsad Talk   07:29, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Apparently you created a user page for me on Sindhi.wiki, and the system sent me an email notifying me. Please don't do stuff like that again.  I don't read or write Sindhi and have no use for a user page on Sindhi.wiki.  As a sysop on Sindhi.wiki, I would appreciate it if you would delete the page. Beyond My Ken (talk) 16:34, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah, indeed when a new user creates an account on Sindhi Wikipedia they are Welcomed with a Welcome template placed on their sdwiki user talkpage, you had either created account on Sindhi Wikipedia so it was placed on your Sindhi Wikipedia User Talkpage. If you don't wish to be, I'll delete it if you intends .. JogiAsad Talk   20:14, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Now its (your User talkpage on Sdwiki) is Deleted, you may check. but your User page is there User Beyond My Ken on Sdwiki thanks.  JogiAsad  Talk   20:19, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * , First of all thanks alot for your contributions equally on this article as well, and thanks for this barnstar. When I had created this article in February 6, 2016 I had perceived this person will gain people's attention and will get higher ranks, awards as well, initially this article was nominated two times for AFDs, and although there were some reliable secondary sources as well, but there are some inoperative guy who intentions I don't know but he should have helped to improve the content and references for it. Anyway Congrats its the time which proved this article BLP is a notable, and people around the world are applauding her. JogiAsad  Talk   14:52, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-48
 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
 * On wikis with translatable pages you could create a mess when you moved a page that had translatable subpages. A subpage is when you use  to create a new page:  . The subpages would be moved but not the translations. The subpages are no longer automatically be moved. This is to make it safer to move pages.

Changes later this week
 * The advanced search interface will be available by default on all Wikimedia wikis. It makes it easier to use some of the special search functions that most editors don't know exist. It's already active on German, Farsi, Arabic and Hungarian Wikipedia.
 * Special:UnusedCategories show empty categories with no files or other categories. You can soon choose to not show soft redirect categories or some maintenance categories there. You can do this with the magic word.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 November. It will be on all wikis from 29 November (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 28 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg The  function was deprecated in 2012. It will be removed next week. Look for the warning   in the JavaScript console to know if you use an affected script or gadget. If you are a gadget maintainer you should check if your JavaScript code contains  . There is a migration guide. It explains how to use   instead.

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Your XFD topic ban appeal
I. The consensus was that your topic ban remains active and that you can not appeal it again for another six months. That means the earliest you can appeal your topic ban is 27 May 2019. To clear up any potential confusion, your topic ban is still indefinite; the only thing that has changed is how long you must wait before appealing it. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:42, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * thanks for informing, could you help me by guiding and play role of mentoring me through the XfD process?, if you would I'll appreciate. JogiAsad  Talk   09:49, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I can try to answer any questions you have. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 15:21, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for courteous reply as far as I have perceived from above discussion which you have closed, all they were asking me You think that you have understood the GNG and How will your response now, and I tried to answer it but I have no idea why my answer to this query was not acceptable. could you tell me if you were at my place and this might have been asked to you, then suggest me, How should I had responded?. JogiAsad  Talk   15:58, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, they're basically asking you to address two issues. First, the community wants you to demonstrate an understanding of notability.  The easiest way to do this is to summarize notability in your own words.  You might also point out a situation where you were wrong earlier and explain what the correct solution is.  The other issue is to address disruptive behavior in AfDs.  What people wanted to hear from you is what you might have done wrong and how you will act now.  According to the original topic ban discussion, the reason was "ignorance of the English Wikipedia's notability policies, compounded by an unwillingness to learn and bludgeoning of AfD discussions".  So, you would want to explain 1) how that does not apply to you or 2) how you have changed.  You can post a new appeal in six months, but you're prohibited from doing this right now.  The best thing to do, in my opinion, is to contribute normally to English Wikipedia.  A reputation of constructive and policy-compliant edits will help you more easily overcome any sanctions. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:50, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for elaborating this, and how can I earn a reputation of constructive & Policy-compliant edits. JogiAsad  Talk   10:05, 29 November 2018 (UTC)