User talk:Joseph2302/Archives/2021/June

CallMeCarson in 2020.png
File:CallMeCarson in 2020.png has been nominated for deletion since January 8, 2021, and is still up. There has not been a proper response on the deletion nomination page since the same day. I left two messages, May 18 and May 30, on the nomination page. KullyKeemaKa (talk) 23:51, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not particularly active on Commons, but this would need an admin to look at and close as keep or delete. There is somewhere on Commons to request admins to look at deletion requests, but I can't remember where off hand, sorry. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:25, 31 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.

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 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

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17:04, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Margaret Saurin
I only brought up the discussion on the ERRORS page because I figured that if simply pulling the hook entirely for discussion was the best option, Amakuru would have done it instead of keeping the discussion there for over a day and half - to the point that there was only one hour left until the set went live. A few other editors that I respect didn't bother to mention that option either. I barely ever post on ERRORS and I'm sorry that I made a mistake in using it. SL93 (talk) 21:32, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
 * No hard feelings, I was mostly annoyed that the replacement hook was factually incorrect, because an admin wrote their own hook (that was different to the ones being discussed). And once the hook was on the front page, that was too late for it to be pulled. Joseph2302 (talk) 08:31, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

re.: Gerard Schurmann
Can the piece I wrote about Gerard Schurmann now be re-installed? The Gramophone authorized a link to his obituary which is now on the site. The piece I wrote is my copyright. Lasovich (talk) 19:36, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Bernie Willock
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Eilidh McIntyre
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:04, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

Ollie Robinson (cricketer, born 1993)
Greetings! I think that your concept of creating a 'Personal life' section is a cool idea that nicely holds the present position. However, if Robinson does get sanctioned by the ECB then that moves the saga firmly into his professional (sporting) life and out of his personal life. It would also substantially raise the status of this incident and we should need to reconsider how to structure it. HTH. 77.99.37.105 (talk) 23:26, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Agreed, if it has an impact on his cricketing career then it would probably be appropriate to put it in one of the cricket career sections. Joseph2302 (talk) 12:35, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
 * It;s now in the "International career" section, as he's been suspended from international matches only by the ECB. Joseph<b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 09:01, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-23
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 * 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)

2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Hi - hope you are well. Thanks for the reverts and requesting page protection. I was just about to do the latter!  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 14:57, 8 June 2021 (UTC)


 * No worries- it's what happens when stupid magazines jump the gun and tell everyone it's definitely moving to UAE and Oman. <b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b><b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 15:05, 8 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Ha! Probably the same sources that "definitely" named the venues before the BCCI...  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 17:48, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Caitlin Rooskrantz
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Jack Carson (cricketer)
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

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)

DYK for Lisa Höpink
—valereee (talk) 00:02, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

Women in Europe contest now with centenarians
Hi there, Joseph2302, and thanks for participating in the contest. You might be interested in covering one or more of the centenarians in 's detailed redlist. We have decided to target them for the remainder of the contest as all but one are from Europe. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 12:16, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks will take a look later. <b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b><b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 12:33, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Rod Bonella
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 20 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)

Commons:User talk:Iggy the Swan
I've just requested some protection on my Commons talk page just now as an LTA which you're tired of by now had emerged earlier this morning. Fingers crossed protection happens. The history of mine is much longer than yours but thankfully with the Commons link you'd provided had helped me to find where the requests for protection lies. Iggy ( Swan ) (Contribs) 20:28, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hopefully it'll stop them, but I doubt it. It's a shame that there doesn't seem to be a way to semi-protect user talkpages on every wiki, as that would slow them down. <b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b><b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 10:24, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
 * One day the trolling will stop which is good news for us. Iggy  ( Swan ) (Contribs) 06:00, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 June 2021
<div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:15, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

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)

DYK for Loretta Doyle
— Maile (talk) 00:03, 30 June 2021 (UTC)