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Editing news 2021 #2
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Earlier this year, the Editing team ran a large study of the Reply Tool. The main goal was to find out whether the Reply Tool helped newer editors communicate on various wikis. The second goal was to assess whether the comments that newer editors made using the tool needed to be reverted more frequently than comments newer editors made with the existing wikitext page editor.

The key results were:


 * Newer editors who had automatic ("default on") access to the Reply tool were more likely to post a comment on a talk page.
 * The comments that newer editors made with the Reply Tool were also less likely to be reverted than the comments that newer editors made with page editing.

These results give the Editing team confidence that the tool is helpful for editors.

Looking ahead
The team is planning to make the Reply tool available to everyone as an opt-out preference in the coming months. This has already happened at the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedias.

The next step is to resolve a technical challenge, then they will deploy the Reply tool first to the Wikipedias that participated in the study. After that, they will deploy it to the other Wikipedias and all WMF-hosted wikis in stages.

You can turn on "Discussion Tools" in Beta Features now as it becomes available in the English Wikipedia for those interested. After you get the Reply tool, you can change your preferences at any time here.

–Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)

00:27, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

New message from 747pilot regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in the Regional Municipality of York article
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario § Request to create the COVID-19 pandemic in the Regional Municipality of York article. &#x0020;I have a draft in progress which I’ve mentioned on the talk page. 747pilot (talk) 18:32, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Looking great. Thanks. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:10, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I have even made some improvements to the article, as well as adding the article to the pertinent navigation templates. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:10, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

List of COVID-19 deaths in South Africa
Some people who participated in this AfD wanted to keep the article from being deleted. They might have disregarded the fact that there is no other article of its kind and they might have not looked at the length of the parent article as an issue that should be fixed. Is there a way to propose the deletion again? LSGH (talk) (contributions) 16:03, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Given that the List of COVID-19 deaths in South Africa article is kept, there is no stopping someone like me from creating a similar article for deaths in Canada. The COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa article could be split up into separate articles like how it is done for COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, complete with separate timeline articles and for various jurisdictions. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:10, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I would support the splitting of the article in that manner. It can be one article for the statistics, one article for the timeline, and one article for prominent jurisdictions. I do not know if there is a consensus against creating a list of deaths by country, but lists of COVID-19 deaths in Brazil, Canada, France, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States, most of which are countries that have more COVID-19 deaths than South Africa, do not exist. I have not seen any previous attempt to create any of those. If there is a consensus against creating articles like those, then I do not see a reason why List of COVID-19 deaths in South Africa should exist. LSGH (talk) (contributions) 17:00, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I strongly agree regarding splitting articles by statistics, timeline, and specific jurisdictions (and if those specific jurisdictions get bloated, then split further, which had been done with Ontario (with timeline articles split by year, an article pertaining to vaccination, an article pertaining to the provincial government response in that province, and articles pertaining to specific cities (Toronto and Ottawa) and regional municipalities (Peel Region and York Region, both being populous suburban regional municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area))). The only reason why I had the COVID-19 deaths in South Africa article be added to AfD in the first place is that the other countries don't have an equivalent list. If consensus opposes the creation of articles pertaining to COVID-19 deaths in various other specific countries (especially those that you have listed), then it would no doubt be hypocritical. I have no problems with the List of COVID-19 deaths in South Africa article existing if there are equivalent lists for a few other countries and the differences between the country-specific lists and the world list are the inclusion of appropriate administrative divisions and references in the country-specific lists to prevent duplication. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:06, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

When I have the time, which will be determined, I might create the List of COVID-19 deaths in Canada article based on the South Africa article. After all, there's no deadline and the pandemic is far from over. Once again, if the Canada article were to be deleted, then the South Africa article needs to be deleted as well for consistency's sake. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 14:45, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Toronto Transit Commission fares
I edited the Special fare arrangements section of the Toronto Transit Commission fares article and gave a tongue-lashing to a certain numbered-name editor to stop their disrupting editing, not realizing it was you modifying their edits. Sorry; as you don't fit the description of a disruptive editor. But you did restore some inaccurate/redundant things they said that I removed like saying transfers are 'free' to connecting 905 transit if the Zone 2 fare was paid, even though those transfers aren't then free by definition, and 'legacy' tickets rather than just tickets.

Somewhat related (didn't check that until after the edit was saved and haven't reverted it yet) was the removal of the mention of the fare-paid terminals at stations part of the Transfers section. This is a notable tidbit to transfers not being valid for surface routes that serve the station as such terminals make transfers unneeded at many stations anyways (as well as bringing up the fact such terminals exist). Transportfan70 (talk) 18:41, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I have only made very minor changes to the article (like adding or removing a comma where appropriate or cleaning up the grammar). I have not restored anything controversial. It's just that my edits came together with the disruptive edits. Let me ping as well for some clarification. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:17, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry... what am I being pinged for? I made a major revert recently to get rid of the continued garbage edits by Alex (Brampton) (and edits by an IP that are clearly also by him as they include the same craptastic errors over and over)... sorry if I caught some good edits there but otherwise there was no way to clean up the mess he constantly leaves. I used to try to correct things but now I just generally revert unless his changes are exceedingly minor. —Joeyconnick (talk) 07:46, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Apologies for unnecessarily pinging you and thanks for the clarification you provided regarding the edits made by Alex (Brampton) and Alex (Toronto Scarborough). Keep up the great work, Joey! You have done really well! Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 13:02, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Update: Both Alex (Brampton) and Alex (Toronto Scarborough) have been blocked indefinitely from the English Wikipedia for repeated sockpuppeting. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 13:51, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Amazing Job & Barnstar!
I don't know where to start, you've done lots of amazing things to Wikipedia (especially articles about Canada)! This is why I have chosen to give this barnstar to you as a big THANK YOU!
 * I humbly accept the barnstar and added it to my growing barnstar collection, especially given that I haven't received a new barnstar in almost a decade (despite me being mentioned by a major media outlet (the Toronto Star daily newspaper to be more specific) in between). Thank you so much for awarding me the Special Barnstar,, as well as mentioning the fact that I was mentioned in a major media outlet. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:19, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

TTC horns
Some people are saying that there is no such thing as TTC streetcar horns as the Flexity Outlook vehicles only have gongs/bells while TTC buses and subways have horns, is that right? Alex (Toronto Scarborough) (talk) 03:01, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The CLRVs and ALRVs have horns. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 14:40, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The CLRVs and ALRVs don't exist in Toronto anymore. Alex (Toronto Scarborough) (talk) 03:02, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:06, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Notice
The above IP user is a sockpuppet of Alex (Brampton) (see Sockpuppet investigations/Alex (Brampton) for investigation). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:45, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Editing newsletter 2022 – #1
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The New topic tool helps editors create new ==Sections== on discussion pages. New editors are more successful with this new tool. You can read the report. Soon, the Editing team will offer this to all editors at most WMF-hosted wikis. You can join the discussion about this tool for the English Wikipedia at the Enabling the New Topic Tool by default section of the Village pump (proposals) page in the Wikipedia namespace. You will be able to turn it off in the tool itself or at Special:Preferences.

The Editing team plans to change the appearance of talk pages. These are separate from the changes made by the Desktop improvements project and will appear in both Vector 2010 and Vector 2022 skins. The goal is to add some information and make discussions look visibly different from standard encyclopedia articles in mainspace. You can see some ideas at the Prototype Ready for Feedback section of Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project and discuss them there as well.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)

23:14, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

TTC Line 3 stop announcements
Are the stop announcements on Toronto Transit Commission's Line 3 Scarborough trains a pre-recorded automated voice or is it live-operator based announcements? On this page here: "One of the features which was not implemented at the time of Scarborough line's opening, is the automated audible-only next stop announcement system, which was introduced in January 2008 (which means operators are no longer required to announce stops manually)." But are they going back to live-operator based announcements. I noticed these days TTC Line 3 is using live-operator based stop announcements like they did prior to 2008 when the automated announcements were introduced. Alex (Toronto Scarborough) (talk) 03:25, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Cannot confirm as I haven't been on Line 3 for a few years, given that I live in the former city of York and thus would not have many opportunities to visit it. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 14:15, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Notice
The above IP user is a sockpuppet of Alex (Brampton) (see Sockpuppet investigations/Alex (Brampton) for investigation). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:45, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

End of cash fares and tokens on TTC vehicles
Hi Johnny Au, do you think the Toronto Transit Commission will eventually phase-out the acceptance of all cash fares and token payments on all TTC buses, streetcars, wheel-trans vehicles system-wide in the future and only allow Presto card or Presto ticket customers can board TTC vehicles? I would like to see fareboxes for cash and token paying customers eventually removed for good, so that TTC drivers across all modes of transportation only deal with driving the vehicle, picking up and dropping off passengers and no longer handle fare collection at all. By eliminating cash/token fareboxes on all TTC vehicles system-wide, it makes it safer for drivers, safer for passengers, faster, more reliable and more on-time. I have made recommendations to the TTC to look into this option to stop accepting cash, tokens or any other legacy fare payments across the TTC in the future and I will continue to make my push on this until it happens finally. This means is that if this gets approved by the TTC, people without Presto will have to buy and load a Presto card with money or a TTC monthly metropass or purchase limited-use Presto tickets at TTC subway stations or at dozens of authorized retail shops across Toronto before getting on the TTC. These will continue to accept cash along with credit/debit cards. However cash and other legacy fare media, will eventually no longer be accepted on any TTC vehicle if my recommendations gets approved by the TTC board of directors. TTC can impose having a proof-of-fare policy across all surface routes (buses and streetcars) including hiring more ticket enforcement officers throughout the network to randomly board vehicles and check passenger's proof-of-fare and apply all-door boarding everywhere on the TTC network. Alex (Toronto Scarborough) (talk) 03:44, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Slowly but eventually, but that's my opinion and not confirmed by TTC officials. Please wait for official confirmation per WP:CRYSTAL. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 14:14, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Notice
The above IP user is a sockpuppet of Alex (Brampton) (see Sockpuppet investigations/Alex (Brampton) for investigation). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:24, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

Scarborough subway
Hi Johnny Au, I made some changes to the Scarborough subway page, to provide links to the two articles, it can refer to Line 3 Scarborough which is part of the Toronto subway network but is mainly overground which is why we call it an RT, and Line 2 Bloor–Danforth, which will be extended into Scarborough replacing the aging Line 3. Alex (Toronto Scarborough) (talk) 15:56, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for making the changes to the Scarborough subway page. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:58, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Notice
The above IP user is a sockpuppet of Alex (Brampton) (see Sockpuppet investigations/Alex (Brampton) for investigation). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:40, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Information regarding TTC fares outside Toronto
Hi Johnny Au. This is the information on how the fare system works on Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) routes operating outside of the Toronto City limits.

For those riding the TTC subway, customers can ride the full length of Line 1 Yonge–University on a single TTC fare even when travelling into Vaughan (York Region) north of Steeles Avenue. The stations that are located in Vaughan outside of Toronto are Highway 407 station and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station, both of which are part of the Toronto TTC fare zone, despite being located north of Steeles Avenue. However an additional fare is required when transferring between the subway and connecting suburban transit services - such as when boarding a GO Transit or York Region Transit (YRT) bus - at these stations, as is the case when transferring onto connecting suburban transit services located in or bordering Toronto.

For those riding on TTC buses outside of Toronto, riders will have to pay an extra fare when travelling beyond the Toronto-York border at Steeles Avenue as well as riding the TTC's 52B/D Lawerence West buses that travel beyond Pearson Airport on Airport Road beyond Bresler and Jetliner. These TTC bus routes operate under a contract agreement with those jurisdictions. The additional fare is equal to the cost of the Mississauga's MiWay or YRT fare respectively and transfers onto those connecting buses are included. Passengers can also transfer between the TTC's 52B/D buses within Mississauga (West of Airport) and Brampton Transit (BT) buses at no extra costs so long as they can show a valid paper transfer to the BT driver or by tapping a Presto card onto the connecting vehicles. Although the TTC does not currently have any co-fare agreements with GO Transit overall. However so long as the customer has a Presto card and riding a TTC bus in York Region (north of Steeles Avenue) or West of Pearson Airport (on Airport Road west of Bresler and Jetliner) and after the customer pays the additional YRT or MiWay fare on a TTC bus with a Presto card, then the transfer to GO Transit should be totally free with no extra costs. (just make sure to tap on and off GO Transit). The same applies when getting off GO Transit and transferring onto connecting TTC 52B/D Lawrence West, 129A McCowan North and the 102D Markham Road buses with a Presto card. When a customer taps on and off GO Transit and then tap onto those contracted TTC bus services so long as they're outside Toronto City limits in York Region or Mississauga and are collecting YRT or MiWay fare respectively, then the TTC bus ride is free so long as the customers rides a TTC bus while staying within those jurisdictions, however an extra TTC fare is charged when you arrive in the City of Toronto.

For your information: MiWay is the public transit service provider for the City of Mississauga.

I hope this information helps. See Fare policy within Vaughan section on Line 1 Yonge–University. Fares outside of Toronto section on Toronto Transit Commission fares and Fare Zone sections in the Highway 407 station and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre stations for more information. Alex (Toronto Scarborough) (talk) 16:40, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:07, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Notice
The above IP user is a sockpuppet of Alex (Brampton) (see Sockpuppet investigations/Alex (Brampton) for investigation). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:37, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

New TTC subway map
Here's the black version of my map you requested. Sorry for the late reply: Transportfan70 (talk) 19:42, 18 August 2022 (UTC)


 * PS: You may need to refresh the page or wait for the right version with upward sloping text to appear as this isn't the version that's supposed to be here. Transportfan70 (talk) 19:46, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Got it. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:09, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Here's the correct version as a new file:Toronto Subway map black.png Transportfan70 (talk) 17:30, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:43, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * So what's the deal regarding the map? I made a tweak and would like to overwrite the file. Also, are there any free or cheap vectorization programs available online? Transportfan70 (talk) 00:43, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
 * The map looks amazing! There's Inkscape, which is free. Figma is also free (though it has premium subscription options). Affinity Designer is among the best Adobe Illustrator alternatives out there (and Affinity Designer is C$75, though it goes on sale at times, such as Black Friday). I personally use Affinity Designer (and Illustrator). However, for the purposes of drawing diagrams, Clip Studio Paint isn't recommended, despite having vectorized lines (Clip Studio Paint is better suited for drawing comics (both manga and Western-style)). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 14:14, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Here's the completed vectorized version: Toronto Subway map 2018 black.svg Transportfan70 (talk) 03:32, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The vectorized version is amazing! Thanks! Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 15:04, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

I uploaded the black map but find I don't really like the look of the pics in articles as it doesn't look any different from the .png version until you click on it. I made a white version but many of the station names went all over the place after uploading (but it looks perfect in fullscreen). How do I fix it?

Other than that, how do you feel about the white version? Transportfan70 (talk) 04:49, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The white version looks better. Even the TTC occasionally uses the white subway maps. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 13:54, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I wonder if the scattered stations are caused by copypasting the text boxes rather than making new ones for each station? Transportfan70 (talk) 00:28, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
 * It is best to redesign it from scratch to prevent scattered station names. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 15:12, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Maybe I'll try to make a composite image with screen grabs. Transportfan70 (talk) 01:33, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * You could try that and see if that works. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:23, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Damn!! I started from scratch and that version's bad also!! I don't get it... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Transportfan70 (talk • contribs) 03:31, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Try again and save after every good edit. By the way, which software are you using? Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 15:32, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Problem is they all look like good edits...it's only after uploading them that they screw up.
 * I'm using Inkscape. Also when I try to upload the screen grab version, I get this warning and can't upload it:
 * " Setting event-handler attributes  is not allowed in SVG files. " Transportfan70 (talk) 03:10, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Inkscape is notoriously buggy. That's the price of free. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 13:59, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
 * So you have no idea or solution as to the actual cause? IMO, it sounds like an uploader issue (i.e. "not allowed in SVG files", not a file problem. Do you work with .svg files yourself? Transportfan70 (talk) 00:55, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes I do, just with Affinity Designer or Adobe Illustrator, not Inkscape. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:13, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Can you download (revert to last complete version) and have a look at it with one of these programs? Transportfan70 (talk) 04:47, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I have downloaded it, saved it, and the same problems you described also happened to me on both Affinity Designer and Adobe Illustrator. It is recommended that you draw the entire system entirely from scratch without importing any assets that can screw up. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 14:05, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I finally got it! I replaced the names with versions made in Paint.net and copypasted them as static objects which stayed put. I was able to copypaste them directly from Paint.net and didn't need to put them in a folder first. Didn't expect to able to do that between separate programs Transportfan70 (talk) 02:50, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
 * That is great! Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 15:58, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
 * BTW, could I place a white background as I don't like the checkerboard. Would that effect the image (other than filesize)? Transportfan70 (talk) 16:11, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I strongly agree, especially given that mobile app versions of Wikipedia have a dark mode. The standard desktop browser version however does not have a dark mode available by default (and is only accessible via installing browser extensions or by installing skins on the userpage, neither of which can easily be done on shared devices). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:03, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Editing news 2022 #2
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The new [] button notifies users when someone replies to their comments. It helps newcomers get answers to their questions. Users reply sooner. You can read the report. The Editing team is turning this tool on for everyone by default. You will be able to turn it off in your preferences.

–Whatamidoing (WMF) (User talk:Whatamidoing (WMF)) 00:35, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Drop in article count
Hi there, Johnny Au, and thanks for all the great work on stats you've been doing. I was nevertheless intrigued by your comment on Size of Wikipedia, "Note the small drop in article count from late August 2022 to early September 2022." I could not find any data or graphs to illustrate this. Could you be more explicit?--Ipigott (talk) 13:07, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Is this connected to the word count of 17,806,773 for 1 September as compared to an average of well over 20 million in previous months? Is there any explanation for this?--Ipigott (talk) 13:20, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I have no idea of the cause, but it is indeed connected to what you have stated. That is all I know. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:12, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Sixteenth anniversary on Wikipedia!
Thanks. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:01, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society
Dear ,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. &#x200B;

Best regards, Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 20:41, 21 December 2022 (UTC)


 * I humbly accept the one-year belated invitation. Thank you so much. I have put the society's icon on the top of my user page and here on the top of my user talk page. It is a great pleasure to join the Fifteen-Year Society. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:02, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Wow. +1 to the above. This is a stunning level of dedication. I hope this does not put too much pressure on you to keep up the streak. :) Mz7 (talk) 08:31, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 17:33, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the barnstar. I have added it to my growing collection. It is hard to believe that I am the record holder for the longest consecutive edit streak on any Wikipedia. Since late 2007 even! I must be the most persistent Wikipedian ever, more so than any bot even. I am unsure if that merits a Guinness World Record though as Wikipedians are generally not given much love, especially from the folks running Guinness World Records (as the vast majority of Wikipedia users are not Wikipedians as Wikipedians make edits, regardless of being registered or not, though all Wikipedians are Wikipedia users). Despite me participating in the SOPA boycott on January 18, 2012, it did not break my streak as the streak is based on UTC rather than Eastern Standard Time as used in Toronto. Only one other Wikipedian has the current streak predating the SOPA boycott as of this reply. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 17:34, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I have applied for the Guinness World Record anyways after recommendations from my manager at work and from Annie Rauwerda of Depths of Wikipedia using Google Meet. It's always worth a try. I will wait at least 12 weeks (until around late May 2023) for a reply from the people in charge of reviewing records for Guinness World Records and it would be great if the record is considered legitimate. There is no guarantee I would receive a Guinness World Record certificate and official recognition. If I get certified, then it's great. If not, oh well. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:04, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Good luck!! Let us know if there's anything we can do to support your record request. Legoktm (talk) 17:49, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I will let you and all other Wikipedians know by then. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:24, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Annie Rauwerda invited me over to the Depth of Wikipedia show at the Royal Theatre in Toronto's Little Italy this Sunday. There, she would honour me. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:05, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The show went well. I received a standing ovation as well when she gave me a shout-out regarding my record and the fact that there is a Toronto Star newspaper article on me. The article is linked at the top of my user talk page. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:16, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I loathe being the bearer of bad news, but Guinness World Records officials declined my world record request because they deem it "uncompetitive," given that others are not interested in usurping my record, as well as the possibility for bots to hold the record who obviously have zero interest in holding the record. It is an unfortunate fact of life. At least I have an unofficial world record. On a more general note, I did not specifically set out to have the longest active editing streak record. I just so happen to have the record. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:09, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * If you haven't seen already, WikiConference North America will conveniently be in Toronto this year in November. I think people would love to hear from you what and how you edit, what your routine is like, what keeps you going, etc. if you'd be interested in speaking :-) (If that's too daunting I'd be happy to collaborate on a proposal together or something else!). Legoktm (talk) 16:51, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I have taken a look and I am interested in registering. However, the registration page is currently down. Let me know when it is back up. No, I will not register on Musk's bird website just to receive a notification when the registration page is back up. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:16, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Oof, I checked with @SuperHamster and it seems like the hosting provider was doing maintenance so just bad timing. It looks to be up now! (P.S. WCNA is on Mastodon, no need to register with Twitter X :)). Legoktm (talk) 01:07, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Good thing about the no-cost option, as well as the no-Musk option via Mastodon. I might attend the conference, which runs from November 9 to 12, 2023 at the Toronto Reference Library on Yonge Street just north of Bloor Street (and thus Bloor–Yonge station of the Toronto subway system) in Yorkville. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 04:20, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I have registered for the conference. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:21, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Awesome, I'm looking forward to meeting you!! Legoktm (talk) 21:32, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
 * You too! Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:07, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I am attending the conference today and tomorrow, though I am staying for only a few hours, mostly to say hello and attend some talks I am interested in, given that I have other commitments. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 14:59, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @Johnny Au: Are you inside the library right now? Or still outside? I'll try to find you. (Feel free to email me if you don't want to post it publicly) Legoktm (talk) 15:10, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I met you and it was great. We were with Annie as well. I even showed you my Pokémon Go account, which is very high level. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:37, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I made a post in the The One thread in the UrbanToronto forums with a shoutout to my Wikipedia contributions! Here is the link to the post. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 22:51, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Editing news 2023 #1
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This newsletter includes two key updates about the Editing team's work:


 * 1) The Editing team will finish adding new features to the Talk pages project and deploy it.
 * 2) They are beginning a new project, Edit check.

Talk pages project

The Editing team is nearly finished with this first phase of the Talk pages project. Nearly all new features are available now in the Beta Feature for.

It will show information about how active a discussion is, such as the date of the most recent comment. There will soon be a new "" button. You will be able to turn them off at Special:Preferences. Please tell them what you think.



An A/B test for on the mobile site has finished. Editors were more successful with. The Editing team is enabling these features for all editors on the mobile site.

New Project: Edit Check

The Editing team is beginning a project to help new editors of Wikipedia. It will help people identify some problems before they click "". The first tool will encourage people to add references when they add new content. Please watch that page for more information. You can join a conference call on 3 March 2023 from 17:00 to 18:30 UTC to learn more.

–Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:19, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
I saw on Database reports/Longest active user editing streaks that you've been editing every day for over half of my life and just wanted to tell you that you're awesome! Thank you!

VatBatCat (talk) 11:17, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for giving me this fluffy red kitten. My current streak is almost half my current age, given that I was born in the late 1980s. By the way, I have automated the kitten's feeding process and made it convert all bodily waste into energy. Oh, and this kitten is now immortal as long as I maintain my record editing streak. To prevent this kitten from dying, I have to make at least one edit on the English Wikipedia per day based on UTC. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 12:11, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

WikiCelebrate
 Celebrating... You! A star among stars. Thank you for your endless contributions to our movement and beyond. We celebrate you today and everyday. The Official WikiCelebrate Barnstar

Thank you for your amazing work and dedication to free knowledge. PS Your story is out there on the Diff blog for the wikiworld to be inspired. NSzafran-WMF (talk) 15:21, 28 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:30, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * You are very welcome, ! Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 23:03, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * You are also very welcome, ! Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 23:02, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for University of Toronto
University of Toronto has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 01:58, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Let me take a look at it then and wait for others to reply first as I mainly focus on the copyediting aspect rather than on the content. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:53, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I have taken a look at the University of Toronto article and much of that article does look a little outdated, to be very honest, given that there have been very few content-related changes and mainly minor edits, mostly from me. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 12:05, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
 * It is an unfortunate fact that it is no longer a good article and has been delisted as a result, given the lack of major cleanup edits other than my own mostly minor edits. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:08, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Congrats on sixteen years of daily editing!
You rock! Thanks for all you do for the pedia. Crunchydillpickle🥒 (talk) 20:01, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for your kind words! Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:36, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you
For your continuous contribution on Wikipedia. ~সাজিদ (আলাপ) 14:16, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * You are very welcome! Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 14:28, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

First Edit Day
Thank you so much for the First Edit Day cake! Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 15:26, 21 December 2023 (UTC)