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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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Thank You
Hi Admin,

Thank you for your help :). May I ask on how do I issue a warning (if I can do it)?

Venomous Sniper (talk) 16:07, 24 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Venomous Sniper, a list of templated warning messages can be found here. Simply substitute those templates onto the user talk page of the user you would like to warn to send them a warning. Most warning messages can be issued by anybody.


 * If you have not already, I would encourage you to check out the Counter-Vandalism Unit Academy to learn more about combating vandalism on Wikipedia. — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 16:10, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Main Page
There is a big red link on the main page. -- Thegooduser  Let's Chat  🍁 20:22, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
 * -- Thegooduser  Let's Chat  🍁 20:23, 24 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Even though I got blocked for it, I feel at least honoured to have edited the Main Page for the first time. — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk  ·  Contributions ) 01:28, 25 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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National Archives of Ireland
Hi there! I was looking through the edit history of the National Archives of Ireland and I noticed you undid my edits to the page and then put them back the next minute. I'm a student doing this for a class and for the sake of learning, and sheer curiosity, can you tell me why that was done? Is there something I can correct on the edits? A better way to format them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Archivesjam (talk • contribs) 01:04, 28 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi Archivesjam, that revert was made by simple accident. I undid my own edit a minute later when I realized my mistake. Sorry if it caused any confusion! — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 01:31, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 December 2018
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A goat for you!
Folks often go through phases of refusing to eat certain foods, or at times refusing to eat anything at all. Understandably this can be a worrying and stressful time for parents like me let us eat together.

Dhagaade (talk) 06:55, 2 December 2018 (UTC) 

Administrators' newsletter – December 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Al Ameer son • Randykitty • Spartaz
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Boson • Daniel J. Leivick • Efe • Esanchez7587 • Fred Bauder • Garzo • Martijn Hoekstra • Orangemike

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svgk Chan

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, the Mediation Committee is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests.
 * A request for comment is in progress to determine whether members of the Bot Approvals Group should satisfy activity requirements in order to remain in that role.
 * A request for comment is in progress regarding whether to change the administrator inactivity policy, such that administrators "who have made no logged administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped". Currently, the policy states that administrators "who have made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped".
 * A proposal has been made to temporarily restrict editing of the Main Page to interface administrators in order to mitigate the impact of compromised accounts.

Technical news
 * Administrators and bureaucrats can no longer unblock themselves unless they placed the block initially. This change has been implemented globally. See also this ongoing village pump discussion (permalink).
 * To complement the aforementioned change, blocked administrators will soon have the ability to block the administrator that placed their block to mitigate the possibility of a compromised administrator account blocking all other active administrators.
 * Since deployment of Partial blocks on Test Wikipedia, several bugs were identified. Most of them are now fixed. Administrators are encouraged to test the new deployment and report new bugs on Phabricator or leave feedback on the Project's talk page. You can request administrator access on the Test Wiki here.

Arbitration
 * Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 3 December 2018. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

Miscellaneous
 * In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Wikipedia. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on a website that suffered a data breach. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
 * Wikipedia policy requires administrators to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

Obituaries
 * (Raymond Arritt) passed away on 14 November 2018. Boris joined Wikipedia as on 8 May 2006 and was an administrator from 30 July 2007 to 2 June 2008.

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Tech News: 2018-49
 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
 * Admins will not be able to unblock themselves if they are blocked by someone other than themselves. This is because it can cause damage if someone else takes over an admin account and other admins can't block them. If this is a problem for your community you can report it on Phabricator. You can also ask questions on Meta. There is a discussion on Phabricator about how to solve this if two admins fight with each other on a small wiki.
 * Small SVG images are now bigger when you see them in MediaViewer.
 * You can go to a section from the edit summary by clicking on the section name. Before this you had to click on the arrow.
 * When you jumped to a footnote that was referenced several times in an article it could be difficult to see where you were in the text. Now there are jump marks and highlights to help you find your way back.

Changes later this week Meetings
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
 * 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 5 December at 16:00 (UTC) and at 23:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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December 2018 GOCE newsletter
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:05, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

New article topic "Facebook Blueprint"
Hi i tried to creat an article Facebook Blueprint but it was removed beacuse i have no source. it`s a free online education website by facebook.

Now i have a source

https://www.facebook.com/blueprint https://india.pearsonvue.com/Clients/Facebook-Blueprint.aspx https://www.udemy.com/facebook-marketing-fusion-how-i-got-1806-likes-at-001-cpc/ https://www.youracclaim.com/org/facebook-blueprint/badge/facebook-blueprint-ambassador https://www.branex.ca/blog/facebook-blueprint-certification/ https://www.tripepismith.com/facebook-blueprint/

Will you help me to creat this one article ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mayur Bhatt Shiv (talk • contribs) 09:22, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Sorry about reverting your edit on Ferromagnetism
I was reverting vandalism on the page and didn't notice you had already done it, so I accidently [reverted your revert]. Sorry, my bad! --ChetvornoTALK 23:46, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Growth team updates #4
Welcome to the fourth newsletter for the new Growth team!

The Growth team's objective is to work on software changes that help retain new contributors in mid-size Wikimedia projects.

We need your feedback!

We have two requests for community members:


 * 1) Now that data is coming in for the welcome survey, we are planning how to use that data to personalize the newcomer's first day.  See our current thoughts here, and join the conversation here.
 * 2) Try out the help panel's interactive prototype, and read about how we're planning to roll it out, and post any thoughts or reactions here.

Two Growth team projects have been deployed (detailed updates here)


 * Personalized first day (welcome survey) was deployed on November 20 on both Czech and Korean Wikipedias.
 * The survey is now being shown to half of new users (A/B test). Responses are being recorded in the database. We'll report on initial results during December.
 * We are planning to test a second version of the survey, called "Variation C", which we think will maximize the number of users who complete the survey and stay on the wiki.
 * The original objective of this project was to give newcomers the materials they need to achieve their goals, and so now we are currently planning how we will use the information collected in the welcome survey to personalize the newcomer's experience. We hope community members will read our current thinking and join the conversation here.  Some of the plans we are considering include:
 * Making it easy for newcomers to see editing activity around the topic areas in which they indicated that they're interested.
 * Connecting interested newcomers to experienced editors.
 * Surfacing the help content most relevant to the reason for which the newcomers created their accounts.


 * Understanding first day (EditorJourney) was deployed on November 15 on both Czech and Korean Wikipedias. It has been done after a longer security review and final testing than expected. Data is now being recorded for all new users on those wikis, and we've been auditing the data and preparing to make initial reports during December. Stay tuned for the next newsletter!

Help panel is under construction


 * Focus on help desk (help panel) is planned to be deployed during the week of January 7 on both Czech and Korean Wikipedias.
 * This interactive prototype is the best way to see the design and wording in the feature.
 * We ran live user tests on the prototype, with results posted here.
 * In addition to giving the ability to ask a question, the help panel will also contain a set of links to existing help content. Our ambassadors on Czech and Korean Wikipedias are determining the right initial set of most helpful links in this task.
 * We encourage community members to try out the prototype and read about the rules for who will get the feature, and add any thoughts to this discussion.

We are still looking for volunteers

Do you want to participate to our experiments? We are looking for new communities to work with us (especially a new mid-size wiki), and people to become ambassadors to help us to communicate with the different communities. Discover how you can involve yourself or your community.

Also, please share this update with your community and interested people!

Learn more about us

You can visit our team page to find out why our team was formed and how we are thinking about new editors, and our project updates page for detailed updates on the projects we work on.

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Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:12, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-50
 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 11 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 December. It will be on all wikis from 13 December (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 12 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * New accounts will need passwords that are at least 8 characters long. Admins, interface admins, bureaucrats, oversighters, CentralNotice admins, global renamers, check users, stewards and some other user groups will need passwords that are at least 10 characters long. This is because an attacker could cause damage to the wikis if they took over these accounts.
 * When you hover over a footnote it will show you the reference as a pop-up. This is so you don't have to jump down to the bottom of the page to see a reference. This will happen in 2019. Some wikis already have gadgets that do this. You will be able to turn it off.

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Growth team updates #1
Welcome to the first newsletter for the new Growth team!

The Growth Team's objective is to work on software changes that help retain new contributors in mid-size Wikimedia projects. We will be starting with Wikipedias, but we hope these changes will benefit every community.

8 ideas we consider: tell us what you think about them!

We are considering new features to build, that could retain new editors in mid-size Wikipedias. We will be testing new ideas in Czech and Korean Wikipedias, and then we'll talk to more communities (yours!) about adopting the ideas that work well.

We have posted the 8 ideas we are considering. We would really appreciate your thoughts and the thoughts from your community. Please share the ideas, and tell us what do you and your community think of those ideas before September 9.

Share your experiences with newcomers

We want to hear about what is working and what is not working for new contributors in your wiki. We also want to hear any reactions, questions, or opinions on our work. Please post on the team’s talk page, in any language!

Learn more about us

You can visit our team page to find out why our team was formed and how we are thinking about new editors, and our project page for detailed updates on the first project we'll work on.

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WikiCup 2018 November newsletter
The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is, who over the course of the competition has amassed 147 GAs, 111 GARs, 9 DYKs, 4 FLs and 1 ITN. Our finalists were as follows:



All those who reached the final win awards, and awards will also be going to the following participants:


 * wins the FA prize, for three featured articles in round 2.
 * wins the GA prize, for 92 good articles in round 3.
 * wins the FL prize, for five featured lists overall.
 * wins the topic prize, for 30 articles in good topics overall.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 24 did you know articles in round 3.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 17 in the news articles overall.
 * wins the GAR prize, for 43 good article reviews in round 1.

Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition.

Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2019 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. ,, and. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MediaWiki message delivery (talk • contribs) 06:18, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Children's Lit WikiProject
Hey there. I found your name on this list and while I don't think Children's lit is your thing I thought I would invite you to join in case I had this wrong. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 17:12, 15 December 2018 (UTC)


 * I might've landed in the list because of anti-vandalism edits in that category. I do have a lot of children's books in my bookshelf (left over from my childhood days) so I guess I could, in theory, help out. I really don't think I'll be very active in there, though. — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 17:31, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I figured it was because of counter vandalism. I wouldn't have normally left you a message but figured in this case it wouldn't hurt. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 17:34, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-51
<section begin="technews-2018-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 7 January 2019.

Recent changes
 * Some templates that show notices about the content of the page will now be shown on the mobile website. In many cases they were hidden before.
 * Admins can no longer unblock themselves, except for self-blocks. A blocked admin can block the user who blocked them but no one else. This is so no one can block all admins on a wiki without being stopped.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The ParserMigration extension has been removed. It compared the result of two versions of the MediaWiki wikitext parsing pipeline. It was used when we moved to the Remex parsing library instead of Tidy.

Problems
 * tags can use parameters such as "name" or "group". For example . If a   tag has more than two parameters all parameters are ignored. You don't get a warning that they don't work. This will soon be fixed.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 December. It will be on all wikis from 20 December (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 19 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * The Wikimedia Foundation Android app team are working on making it easier to edit on mobile phones. You can read more about these plans. If you have an Android phone and speak at least two languages you can help testing in English. Tell Dchen (WMF) you want to be part of the testing by writing on her talk page or email her.
 * Octicons-tools.svg  and   will stop working. They have no maintainers and run an old operating system. Tools which use it could stop working. This includes the mapnik gadget, hill shading, and hike and bike layers. New maintainers could help out and keep it going.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. <section end="technews-2018-W51"/> 20:34, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Serius adnims like you deserve kittens!
Thank you for your continued helpful responses to community inquiries and attempts to cut down vandalism and deal with backlog. You’re defitnely serius about being an adnim. Also, at least you get more then a t-shirt for being an admin!

Best regards, Redactyll Letsa taco 'bou it, son! 02:04, 19 December 2018 (UTC) <br style="clear: both;"/>

Happy New Year!
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 K6ka , Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:54, 23 December 2018 (UTC)


 * – Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year}} to user talk pages.

The Signpost: 24 December 2018
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Merry Christmas!
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 * Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings1}} to send this message

Happy New Year, K6ka!
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Happy New Year! K6ka, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Hello K6ka: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a great New Year! Cheers, 5 albert square (talk) 23:45, 31 December 2018 (UTC) <small style="margin-left:15px">Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year snowman}} to people's talk pages with a friendly message.

Administrators' newsletter – January 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Galobtter
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Orangemike
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BorgQueen •  Davidruben • Ocee • Revolving Bugbear • Theda • There'sNoTime • Timc • Tijuana Brass • Tristessa de St Ange

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Addshore



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Joe Roe • SilkTork
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg AGK • Joe Roe • SilkTork
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Guideline and policy news
 * There are a number of new or changed speedy deletion criteria, each previously part of WP:CSD:
 * G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is db-disambig; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages.
 * R4 (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no file links) that have the same name as a file or redirect at Commons are now covered under the new R4 criterion (discussion).  This is db-redircom; the text is unchanged.
 * G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use db-blankdraft.
 * The Wikimedia Foundation now requires all interface administrators to enable two-factor authentication.
 * Members of the Bot Approvals Group (BAG) are now subject to an activity requirement. After two years without any bot-related activity (e.g. operating a bot, posting on a bot-related talk page), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice.

Technical news
 * Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length . All accounts must have a password:
 * At least 8 characters in length
 * Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the [//github.com/wikimedia/password-blacklist Password Blacklist library])
 * Different from their username
 * User accounts not meeting these requirements will be prompted to update their password accordingly. More information is available on MediaWiki.org.
 * Blocked administrators may now block the administrator that blocked them. This was done to mitigate the possibility that a compromised administrator account would block all other active administrators, complementing the removal of the ability to unblock oneself outside of self-imposed blocks. A request for comment is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change.
 * Copyvio-revdel now has a link to open the history with the RevDel checkboxes already filled in.

Arbitration
 * Following the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , ,.

Miscellaneous
 * Accounts continue to be compromised on a regular basis. Evidence shows this is entirely due to the accounts having the same password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately.
 * Around 22% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 20% in June 2018. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless of whether you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:38, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

FYI

 * Hhkohh (talk) 11:17, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Creat a new article
Hi, I am trying to creat a new article named "MJ Freeway". I have sources https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarabrittanysomerset/2018/09/20/mj-freeway-makes-a-comeback-with-10-million-in-series-c-financing/#728d53060098 http://www.cnbc.com/2015/03/24/how-techies-are-profiting-from-the-booming-pot-business.html http://fortune.com/2013/03/21/yes-we-cannabis/ http://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2014/02/13/marijuana-an-industry-shaped-curiously-enough-by-compliance/ https://www.wired.com/2014/04/high-tech/ http://money.cnn.com/video/smallbusiness/2013/03/21/sbiz-marijuana-software-business.cnnmoney http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/04/07/medical-marijuana-industry-growing-billion-dollar-business/2018759/ http://www.inc.com/profile/mj-freeway https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/233877

Will you please help me to create this article — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mayur Bhatt Shiv (talk • contribs) 11:51, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

User talk:NavjotSR
Thank you for talking to me before unblocking the user. I appreciate the courtesy, not to mention the compliance with policy.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:50, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I apologize for the dripping sarcasm. Regardless of my irritation, it was uncalled for. I would like to know, though, why you didn't first talk to me before unblocking. My assumption is I would not have objected to the unblock. Just so you know, the reason I picked a week is because much of the disruption, etc., was occurring at the AfD, so I figured a week would prevent the user from editing the AfD, which, of course, usually lasts a week. Otherwise, the block would have been shorter, and there is a good argument that it should have been shorter anyway. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 02:00, 6 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi Bbb23, and thanks for your apology. Perhaps I should apologize too for not pinging you first before unblocking. I had initially thought about doing so, but after reviewing the user's edits carefully, I felt that a week seemed a little too excessive; if a block was warranted, I might've expected 24 to 48 hours as being the appropriate duration. Since the user had already been blocked for a little over 72 hours, I decided that, given how I felt the block should've been shorter (and I think 72 hours would be the appropriate maximum duration) I decided to unblock. The user had actually come onto asking for someone to review the request which is how it came to my attention; I would probably not have even known about this incident otherwise. Thanks, — k6ka  <span title="Canadian!" style="color:red">🍁 ( Talk  ·  Contributions ) 02:44, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-02
<section begin="technews-2019-W02"/> 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 writers, editors and translators wish you a pleasant 2019 year.

Recent changes
 * RelatedSites extension has been undeployed. It was used to create interwiki links on Wikivoyage, now handled by Wikidata.
 * Octicons-tools.svg MediaWiki logstash logging is moving to a new infrastructure. This is an ongoing deployment.
 * Octicons-tools.svg codesearch.wmflabs.org has been updated, with new and updated repositories and a new search options for code.
 * Octicons-tools.svg On several wikis, an account named "" has been created on December 17 to perform some technical maintenance on AbuseFilter. This account has sysop rights but it's a system user and no human can use it. The account already existed on wikis where AbuseFilter can perform blocks, which are issued using this account. See T212268 for more information and future plans.

Problems
 * Octicons-tools.svg In AbuseFilter, the "" action takes three parameters: count, period and groups. They must now strictly respect the requirements listed on mediawiki.org. A list of broken filters is on Phabricator. If you're familiar with AbuseFilter, please take a look and fix them.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from January 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from January 9. It will be on all wikis from January 10 (calendar).

Meetings
 * Search Platform Office Hours is rescheduled to January 9. Check the details for time and date.

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Happy Adminship Anniversary!
<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; height: 50px; padding: 1em; border: solid 3px #2B547E; background-color: #E6E6FA;"> Wishing K6ka a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:54, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-03
<section begin="technews-2019-W03"/> 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 Google Translate in the content translation tool.
 * You can now add captions to files on Commons. Captions are short descriptions of the file. They can be translated to all languages we use. They can't use wikitext markup.
 * Earlier a quoted HTML attribute had to be followed by a space. Now it doesn't. This means that some pages could look different when you save them even if you didn't edit that part of the text.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Templates with   could not show the difference between the live template and the sandbox version when they were tested. This has now been fixed. has a new   parameter now. You can use it for selectors like.

Problems
 * When you see an edit in the recent changes feed or in the history of a page some of them have tags. Some tags are added automatically. You can also add tags manually. Tags for edits that have been added manually can be edited. This didn't work for a little while. This has now been fixed.

Changes later this week
 * You can move files from your wiki to Wikimedia Commons and keep the file history with the new FileExporter. It will be a beta feature on all wikis from 16 January. If you want to test it you activate it and check your wiki's configuration file.
 * Users who could cause more damage to the wikis if someone took over their account have to have more secure passwords. This includes administrators and other user groups. They can't use passwords that are in a list of common passwords. Accounts with common passwords are easy to take over. The list of common passwords was made longer a few weeks ago and has a different error message. Some user groups have been added to those who can't use common passwords. This is to protect all accounts with user rights that could cause damage.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The AbuseFilter variable  has been removed. It was deprecated in 2016. Now you can't use it. You can fix the filters using it. You can find them if you use the search bar on Special:AbuseFilter.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from January 15 <section end="technews-2019-W03"/> 17:54, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

Protection of Raashi Bawa
Yesturday night, you took the advantage of being an admin by protecting my sister ( Raashi Bawa) 's Wikipedia Page. You have power, it's your decision , I will not say anything , but... do you know her page was deleted with false conditions? You really made her upset. I will do nothing to you, but god is there and he will definitely protect my sister and give her justice one day... And before deleting this message, think what would you do if the same happened to your sister , hoping that you respect girls in your country.Thank you for reading this message.Jcphfc0001 (talk) 02:09, 17 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Jcphfc0001, Wikipedia's goals are not to make people happy or to give justice to people. Our goal is to build an encyclopedia, and there are things that we can and can not accept. We can only accept articles about figures who meet our standards for notability. You should be aware that the article was deleted after a community discussion, which formed the consensus that the subject was not notable for a Wikipedia article at this time. We consider going against consensus to be a form of disruption that prevents us from focusing on our goal of creating an encyclopedia, which is why the article was deleted after being recreated, and which is why I create protected the page to prevent further inappropriate recreations. You should also be aware that comments like "You made [someone] upset" or "you should respect [people] in your country" are off-topic and irrelevant to the very reason as to why the article was deleted, which was that the subject in question was not notable; making these comments serve no purpose other than to frustrate other people and don't address any of the reasons why the article was deleted. Lastly, you must remember to comment on content and not contributors, which includes avoiding religious threats or even suggestions that you will do something to an editor in real life in response to something they did on Wikipedia; these will not solve the problem and may result in blocks from editing or even local authorities being contacted if necessary. — k6ka  <span title="Canadian!" style="color:red">🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 03:27, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

User:K6ka I think you didn't get what I said. Firstly, I clearly specified thaylt I am nOT giving any Threat , so please don't comment on that. Secondly, I said that her page was deleted with reason that she worked in only one sitcom show , whereas the reality is that she has worked on 3 television shows , so the condition of deleting her page was totally false. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.88.26.236 (talk) 04:37, 17 January 2019 (UTC)


 * I will do nothing to you, but god is there and he will definitely protect my sister and give her justice one day sounds like you were implying a threat, which in any case is off-topic and should never have been mentioned in the first place. Secondly, nowhere in your first message did you ever mention the number of TV shows she worked on. Thirdly, you are not even logged in right now, so I am not even sure if I am responding to the right person. I won't continue this absurd discussion any longer. — k6ka  <span title="Canadian!" style="color:red">🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 15:26, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

♪♪You wanted a hippopotamus for christmas♪♪
♪♪But you got a whale instead♪♪ Kb03 (talk) 17:23, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

⛄
Hey how do i edit pages — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skai Kurana (talk • contribs) 18:38, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
 * , Editing can be complicated at times, I suggest you complete The Wikipedia Adventure and it should get you up and running. Kb03 (talk) 18:49, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Rename
Hello !

Not sure I'm using the right way to contact you - I hope it is -. I'm just sending this to confirm I'd like to be renamed. Thanks ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Orion.buffe (talk • contribs) 20:57, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-04
<section begin="technews-2019-W04"/> 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
 * Some people did not get last week's issue of Tech News. This was because of a problem with MassMessage. If you did not get last week's issue, you can read it on Meta.

Recent changes
 * The content translation tool can now use version 2 as the default version for users who turned on the beta feature. For example it adds the tracking category   to translations that might have used machine translations without fixing the problems. This is so others can find them. You can find this category in   on Wikipedias.
 * https://mediawiki2latex-large.wmflabs.org can now convert collects of up to 800 pages to PDF, EPUB or ODT. Previously this was 200 pages.

Problems
 * When a template was edited with the visual editor, it would sometimes put all information on one line. This makes it difficult to read for editors who use the wikitext editor. It also makes it more difficult to see what happened in a diff. This problem affected edits made between 8 and 17 January and is now fixed.
 * MassMessage is used to post a message to many pages. It has not been working reliably. Some messages have not been posted to everyone.
 * Because of a database problem that had to be fixed immediately you could not edit most wikis for a couple of minutes on 17 January (UTC). This has now been fixed.

Changes later this week
 * You will be able to use template styles in the  namespace.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 January. It will be on all wikis from 24 January (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 23 January at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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Enquiry about username taken
Hi K6ka, I have seen you are dealing with my user renaming. For what I've seen, the user that holds the other username has no activity and has not been active since 2009. Is there some way to somehow reclaim that unused username? By the way, that user was most probably me making some tests with a now extinct e-mail account, but I am not sure of that.

Thanks! --Luis andres gonzalez (talk) 00:27, 24 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi Luis andres gonzalez.


 * The username is eligible for usurpation, which you can request here. However, you only have three edits made over the course of nine years, so you would almost certainly not be considered eligible to request usurpation of another user account. In general, we prefer only granting usurpations to established editors, usually those with at least 400 total edits and be registered for at least six months. Usurpation would be the way of reclaiming unused usernames, but as of now you're not eligible to request for that at this time. — k6ka  <span title="Canadian!" style="color:red">🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 01:46, 24 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi! (I hope I am editing this the right way!, LOL). Sounds absolutely logic that rule. I guess I should start editing it right now! Thank you! Luis andres gonzalez (talk) 23:23, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Rename
Hi k6ka, I would like if my name were changed to Qwerty3.141592 Thanks 👍 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomas McGearty (talk • contribs) 17:08, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-05
<section begin="technews-2019-W05"/> 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 servers use HHVM to run the PHP code. They are going to use PHP7 and stop using HHVM. You can test PHP7 with a new beta feature. That way you can help find and report problems.

Problems
 * When someone moves a page to a name that already exists that page that had the name the article is moved to is deleted. For a couple of months this didn't always work. Some users saw an error message instead. This has now been fixed.

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 30 January at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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Rename
Hi K6ka, can you change my name to m.m.g.g.0202 please👍 Thanks Qwerty3.141592 (talk) 19:35, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
 * You have been renamed less than 24 hours ago. We won't accept repeated or frivolous requests, sorry. Please wait six months before making another request. You should not make requests for username changes without having thought it through. — k6ka  <span title="Canadian!" style="color:red">🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 10:54, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

Hello
Hi, sorry for the vandalism under this IP address last year, I discovered that recently on my new IP address. Thank you!--77.73.68.211 (talk) 17:32, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 January 2019
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GOCE 2018 Annual Report
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2019). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Enterprisey • JJMC89
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg BorgQueen
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Harro5 • Jenks24 • Graft • R. Baley

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svgprisey

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators.
 * Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent request for comment has amended the blocking policy to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
 * A request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.

Technical news
 * A discussion regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of Requests for page protection is in progress (permalink). The proposed changes will make it easier to create requests for those who are not using Twinkle. The workflow for administrators at this venue will largely be unchanged. Additionally, there are plans to archive requests similar to how it is done at WP:PERM, where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting in the 2019 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2019, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2019, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * A new IRC bot is available that allows you to subscribe to notifications when specific filters are tripped. This requires that your IRC handle be identified.

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Tech News: 2019-06
<section begin="technews-2019-W06"/> 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
 * It was easy to untick a box by accident in Special:Preferences. This will now be fixed.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 February. It will be on all wikis from 7 February (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 6 February at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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Thanks...
... for being one of the best we have (and for not making a fuss about it). Never stop. Widr (talk) 21:51, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-07
<section begin="technews-2019-W07"/> 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 use the  CSS class to show page issues to mobile readers. When you use   there are classes you can use.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 February. It will be on all wikis from 14 February (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 13 February at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. <section end="technews-2019-W07"/> 18:45, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Growth team updates #5
Welcome to the fifth newsletter for the new Growth team!

The Growth team's objective is to work on software changes that help retain new contributors in mid-size Wikimedia projects.

New projects for discussion
We began the "Personalized first day" project with the welcome survey so that we could gather information about what newcomers are trying to accomplish. The next step is to use that information to create experiences that help the newcomers accomplish their goal – actually personalizing their first day. We asked for community thoughts in the previous newsletter, and after discussing with community members and amongst our team, we are now planning two projects as next steps: "engagement emails" and "newcomer homepage".


 * Engagement emails: this project was first discussed positively by community members here back in September 2018, and the team how has bandwidth to pursue it. The idea is that newcomers who leave the wiki don't get encouraged to return to the wiki and edit.  We can engage them through emails that send them the specific information they need to be successful – such as contact from a mentor, the impact of their edits, or task recommendations.  Please read over the project page, and comment on its discussion page with any ideas, questions, or concerns.  Do you think this is a good idea?  Where could we go wrong?
 * Newcomer homepage: we developed the idea for this project after analyzing the data from the welcome survey and EditorJourney datasets. We saw that many newcomers seem to be looking for a place to get started – a place that collects their past work, options for future work, and ways to learn more.  We can build this place, and it can connect to the engagement emails.  The content of both could be guided by what newcomers say they need during their welcome survey, and contain things like contact from a mentor, impact of their edits, or task recommendations.  Please read over the project page, and comment on its discussion page with any ideas, questions, or concerns.  Do you think this is a good idea?  Where could we go wrong?

Initial reports on newcomer activity
We have published initial reports on each of the team's first two projects. These reports give the basic numbers from each project, and there are many more questions we will continue to answer in future reports. We're excited about these initial findings. They have already helped us define and design parts of our future projects.


 * Welcome survey: the initial report on welcome survey responses is available here. Some of the main findings:
 * Most users respond to the survey, giving it high response rates of 67% and 62% in Czech and Korean Wikipedias, respectively.
 * The survey does not cause newcomers to be less likely to edit.
 * The most common reason for creating an account in Korean Wikipedia is to read articles—not for editing—with 29% of Korean users giving that responses.
 * Large numbers of respondents said they are interested in being contacted to get help with editing: 36% in Czech and 53% in Korean.
 * Understanding first day: the initial report on what newcomers do on their first day is available here. Some of the main findings:
 * Large numbers of users view help or policy pages on their first day: 42% in Czech and 28% in Korean.
 * Large numbers of users view their own User or User Talk page on their first day: 34% in Czech and 39% in Korean.
 * A majority of new users open an editor on their first day – but about a quarter of them do not go on to save an edit during that time.

Help panel deployment
The help panel was deployed in Czech and Korean Wikipedias on January 10. Over the past four weeks:


 * About 400 newcomers in each wiki have seen the help panel button.
 * About 20% of them open up the help panel.
 * About 50% of those who open it up click on one of the links.
 * About 5% of Czech users ask questions, and about 1% of Korean users ask questions.

We think that the 20% open rate and 50% click rate are strong numbers, showing that a lot of people are looking for help, and many want to help themselves by looking at help pages. The somewhat lower numbers of asking questions (especially in Korean Wikipedia) has caused us to consider new features to allow people to help themselves. We're going to be adding a search bar to the help panel next, which will allow users to type a search that only looks for pages in the Help and Wikipedia namespaces.

How to create a good feedback page?
What is the way to built a good help page? What blocks you when writing an help page? Your replies will help to create better help contents to newcomers, that would be used on Help panel.

'' Growth team's newsletter prepared by the Growth team and posted by bot, 14:15, 13 February 2019 (UTC) • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. ''

Bajadera
Hi form Croatia. My name is Ana Maria Šuker and I work in the leading manufacturer of confectionery in south-eastern Europe - Kraš. Kraš is the owner of brand Bajadera, which is Croatian trademark - the brand and the name. On English version of Wikipedia stands that Bajadera is desert from Serbia. This is a violation of the trademark and I need to change that. I have requested that Bajadera page should be deleted. I would really appreciated your help in order to avoid any legal actions from our side. Kind regards. Ana Maria Digital Marketing Manager at Kraš d.d. Croatia Merien 1985 (talk) 17:54, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi, Wikipedia page on legal threats defines legal threat as “a threat to engage in an external (real life) legal or other governmental process that would target other editors”. In my comment there is no mention on engaging legal process targeting other editors, rather just a kind request for help from your side in order to avoid any legal processes that may occur. I believe that you are aware that companies are obliged to protect their brands, especially ones that are a trademark, which Bajadera certainly is for my company.

I am very sorry that you interpreted my kind request as a legal threat, as there was no element of threat in my comment. Therefore I suggest a fresh start between us and once again kindly ask for your support in resolving this issue.

Best regards,

Ana Maria Merien 1985 (talk) 13:21, 15 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Merien 1985, I'm sure you are aware that the message left on your talk page was not made by me, but by another administrator known as SQL. Nevertheless, I would still strongly urge you to refrain from mentioning "legal processes" of any kind, as Wikipedia editors are all volunteers to the project, and issues with content are resolved through a process known as dispute resolution, which involves discussion and consensus rather than legal action. Initiating legal action to change content on Wikipedia is strongly discouraged, since doing so harms the collaborative environment that Wikipedia depends on for its content.


 * Now, the first message I left for you was in response to copyrighted material having been added to the Bajadera article, which Wikipedia cannot accept. Because all text on Wikipedia needs to be compatible with the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license, any material that has been copied and pasted from another website with an incompatible license needs to be removed immediately (see Copyright violations). My message was not about incorrect or misleading information in the article, but rather an important Wikipedia guideline that must be followed.


 * Secondly, if you work for the company involved, please be sure you review the guidelines on editing with a conflict of interest, and if you are being paid to contribute to Wikipedia, you must follow the paid editing guidelines. This is important, because most of the content written on Wikipedia are from volunteer editors who are unpaid and typically have no or little connection with the subject they are writing about. We require that all contributions made follow the three basic guidelines of verifiability (is it supported by reliable sources?), notability (is it notable enough to be mentioned on Wikipedia?), and neutral point of view (is it written neutrally like an encyclopedia that just gives the facts rather than sounding like an advertisement?).


 * Thirdly, since I'm not affiliated with the subject matter in question (as my edits to the articles in question were of a maintenance capacity to ensure that Wikipedia's policies were being followed), you may want to raise your issue on the talk pages of the articles in question. You may want to raise your issue on the WikiProject Business's talk page for editor input.


 * If you are new to Wikipedia, I encourage you to play The Wikipedia Adventure, a fun and interactive way of learning the basics on how to edit. If you have any additional questions, you can ask me or ask at the Teahouse, which is a place specifically tailored for newcomers and is frequented by a multitude of friendly users that can help you. — k6ka  <span title="Canadian!" style="color:red">🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 13:45, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-08
<section begin="technews-2019-W08"/> 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
 * When you thank someone on the mobile web you will now have two seconds to cancel the thank. This is in case you clicked on the thank button by accident.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 February. It will be on all wikis from 21 February (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 20 February at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * There is a proposal to add a red link to mobile search results if there is no page with that name. This is how it works on desktop. You can leave feedback.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. <section end="technews-2019-W08"/> 23:13, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Talk to us about talking
The Wikimedia Foundation is planning a global consultation about communication. The goal is to bring Wikimedians and wiki-minded people together to improve tools for communication.

We want all contributors to be able to talk to each other on the wikis, whatever their experience, their skills or their devices.

We are looking for input from as many different parts of the Wikimedia community as possible. It will come from multiple projects, in multiple languages, and with multiple perspectives.

We are currently planning the consultation. We need your help.

We need volunteers to help talk to their communities or user groups.

You can help by hosting a discussion at your wiki. Here's what to do:
 * 1) First, sign up your group here.
 * 2) Next, create a page (or a section on a Village pump, or an e-mail thread – whatever is natural for your group) to collect information from other people in your group.  This is not a vote or decision-making discussion: we are just collecting feedback.
 * 3) Then ask people what they think about communication processes.  We want to hear stories and other information about how people communicate with each other on and off wiki.  Please consider asking these five questions:
 * 4) When you want to discuss a topic with your community, what tools work for you, and what problems block you?
 * 5) What about talk pages works for newcomers, and what blocks them?
 * 6) What do others struggle with in your community about talk pages?
 * 7) What do you wish you could do on talk pages, but can't due to the technical limitations?
 * 8) What are the important aspects of a "wiki discussion"?
 * 9) Finally, please go to Talk pages consultation 2019 on Mediawiki.org and report what you learned from your group.  Please include links if the discussion is available to the public.

You can also help build the list of the many different ways people talk to each other.

Not all groups active on wikis or around wikis use the same way to discuss things: it can happen on wiki, on social networks, through external tools... Tell us how your group communicates.

You can read more about the overall process on mediawiki.org. If you have questions or ideas, you can leave feedback about the consultation process in the language you prefer.

Thank you! We're looking forward to talking with you. Trizek (WMF) 15:08, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Pranamqwe et al
Just ftr,, , and  are socks of. It is very likely that is also a Nsmutte sock, but it could simply be a disruption-only account which Nsm saw being blocked and used the name in his regular impersonation attempts. It doesn't really matter, but in any case Pranamqwe is not the sockmaster of the others - it's either another sock of Nsmutte or an unrelated vandal. --bonadea contributions talk 17:56, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
 * They're all Nsmutte, plus a few more. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:28, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-09
<section begin="technews-2019-W09"/> 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 is a new version of the iOS Wikipedia app. It has for example syntax highlighting and new toolbars to make it easier to write wikitext. It also has night mode, a find-on-page function and other things. You can give feedback and suggestions.

Changes later this week
 * When you look at your watchlist or the recent changes page you can use the new filters for edit review. There you can choose tags to filter different edits. Empty tags will no longer be shown.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 February. It will be on all wikis from 28 February (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 27 February at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * The Wikipedia app for Android will invite users to add Wikidata descriptions to Wikidata objects that have Wikipedia articles but no Wikidata descriptions. It will only invite users who have added a number of Wikidata descriptions in the app without being reverted. This is to avoid spam and bad edits. You can read more and leave feedback.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. <section end="technews-2019-W09"/> 21:16, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
<div class="boilerplate metadata" id="SCOTW" style="background-color:#E6E6FA;border: 1px solid #7D00B3; margin: 0.5em; padding: 0.5em;width:90%;float:center"> Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary! From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 19:17, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Oops, it's my ninth anniversary on Wikipedia and I almost forgot about it. Oh well, I'll have something special next year :) — k6ka  <span title="Canadian!" style="color:red">🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 00:40, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 February 2019
<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) 11:16, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-10
<section begin="technews-2019-W10"/> 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 5 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 March. It will be on all wikis from 7 March (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 6 March at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * You can give feedback on the future of talk pages.
 * The mobile website will use the standard fonts on your computer or phone instead of a generic font. This will make it easier to read text in many scripts.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. <section end="technews-2019-W10"/> 16:38, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2019).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Evad37
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg There'sNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Alex Shih • Brian • Mushroom • Nakon • Oscarthecat • PeruvianLlama • Ragib • Reaper Eternal • Rossami • Tom

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Evad37 • Galobtter
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ritchie333



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg There'sNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Keegan • Ks0stm

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg There'sNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ks0stm • Sphilbrick

Guideline and policy news
 * The RfC on administrator activity requirements failed to reach consensus for any proposal.
 * Following discussions at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and Wikipedia talk:Administrators, an earlier change to the restoration of adminship policy was reverted. If requested, bureaucrats will not restore administrator permissions removed due to inactivity if there have been five years without a logged administrator action; this "five year rule" does not apply to permissions removed voluntarily.

Technical news
 * A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
 * <tt></tt> has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing.
 * <tt></tt> has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list.

Miscellaneous
 * Following the 2019 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Base, Einsbor, Jon Kolbert, Schniggendiller, and Wim b.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:13, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Renaming clarification -> DeeMark
Hey. I looked at the renaming rules and it said that a username that is similar to another could be allowed if the other user was inactive. I thought this was the case for me, but if it isn't please let me know. Thanks, dee (talk) 05:05, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-11
<section begin="technews-2019-W11"/> 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
 * Pages can use geocoordinates from Wikidata with the  Lua function or the   parser function. If they do, they will now be shown using  mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Kartographer if the wiki can use Kartographer. You can report bugs or ask questions on Phabricator.
 * There is now an EventStream to see when links are added or removed on Wikimedia wikis. You can read the discussions and plans.

Problems
 * Some wikis will not be able to edit for a short period of time on 19 March (UTC). This will start at 15:00 UTC. It will last up to 15 minutes but probably shorter. You can see the list of affected wikis. This is because of network maintenance. You can still read the wikis.
 * Editors who use Firefox to edit with the visual editor had a problem with copying text. When they tried to select text that included footnotes, templates or block images in the middle they would often only get part of the text. This has now been fixed.
 * Some maps didn't work for a while on 8 March. 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 12 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 March. It will be on all wikis from 14 March (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 13 March at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. <section end="technews-2019-W11"/> 19:29, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Dang, that was fast! Impressive...
Aw man, you should've read my message. That was incredibly fast, I'm impressed. Glad you believe in God, the number is thinning out. Bye173.67.139.14 (talk) 01:44, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Your Name
I see that you have deleted the draft article after all. Would it be unwise of me to recreate it? I get the user was a sock but I feel it was a valuable draft to build the article in. Rusted AutoParts 19:04, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I see the citing reason was to comply with speedy deletion G5 but I did have some substantial edits on that draft. Rusted AutoParts  19:09, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know! I was keeping an eye out for pages that had substantial edits by others but I probably missed that page. I've restored it for you at Draft:Your Name (upcoming film). — k6ka  <span title="Canadian!" style="color:red">🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 19:35, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Request for undeletion of Draft:The Trench (upcoming film)
Hello there. I noticed that you had deleted the Draft:The Trench (upcoming film) page because it was created by a blocked user. Now, I was wondering if you could undelete the page or at least allow me to recreate it copying the current version of the page so I could recreate it. I would just like to see this draft made with the version that I had been working on as I'm devoted to the page. Trailblazer101 (talk) 12:51, 16 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Sure! I've undeleted the page for you. — k6ka  <span title="Canadian!" style="color:red">🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 13:07, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Trailblazer101 (talk) 13:15, 16 March 2019 (UTC)