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Tech News: 2018-18
 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 parameter for unpatrolled edits in recent changes filters changed name. You might need to update saved filters and links.

Problems
 * Octicons-tools.svg We are migrating wikis from Tidy to Remex. Because of a bug the 250 wikis which do not yet use Remex were switched on 23 April. This is two months early. This meant that pages with broken wikitext showed wrongly to readers. The bug was undone the next day. You can help fix broken wikitext to avoid this problem when your wiki switches. Tidy will be removed on all wikis before July 2018. You can follow the process on Phabricator.

Changes later this week
 * You will be able use CodeMirror in the 2017 wikitext editor on all wikis. CodeMirror helps with syntax highlighting. It has previously been a beta feature and only available on wikis with scripts that are written from left to right.
 * When an administrator blocks someone they will have a calendar they can use to choose when the block ends. This is to make it easier to pick a specific date.
 * Octicons-tools.svg You can soon turn on the Performance Inspector in the section in your preferences. It shows information about the performance of pages. This could be the size of modules in the page, how many CSS selectors are defined on the page and how many are used, or the size of the images on the page. This tool is intended to help editors fix pages that load slowly.
 * Octicons-tools.svg There is a new abuse filter function called . You can use it to check if its first argument is equal  to any of the following ones. For example you can use it to check if the page's namespace is amongst a given set of values in a more compact way than you could earlier. You can read more on mediawiki.org.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 May. It will be on all wikis from 3 May (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 1 May at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
 * 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 2 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * The Wikimedia Cloud Services team is working on a new project called Toolhub. The goal is to make it easier for Wikimedians to discover software tools they can use. You can leave feedback on the talk page or email jhare@undefinedwikimedia.org to leave private feedback.
 * Octicons-tools.svg All wikis with fewer than 100 high-priority linter errors in all namespaces will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 2 May. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Wikibooks wikis with fewer than 100 high-priority linter errors in the main namespace will switch on 9 May. Tidy will be removed on all wikis before July 2018.

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WikiCup 2018 May newsletter
The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
 * Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
 * 🇮🇳 Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
 * SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
 * 🇺🇸 Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
 * Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
 * Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Have you even read the source?
I added my own wording to Indo-Aryan migration. Some wording might be similar because I can't make up my own interpretation, but I didn't copy it verbatrim. As for "outdated" translation of the verse, the verse is still translated so. This 2014 translation translates it in the similar manner (https://books.google.com/books?id=5-i0AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA484).

Your claims are bad faith. I don't have any problem if your issues are genuine. But don't make up false claims and accusations. I am not going to be cowed down by any threats. If you have real issues, then I wouldn't have minded you undoing me. But your reasons are not genuine.

If you do have real issues then we can discuss. I suggest you first read the source. Then explain how there is a violation. I can change the wording in case there is. Besides I had made the edit just once. But if you have no real issues, I suggest you don't censor others. MonsterHunter32 (talk) 04:54, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Here's your text: "Irfan Habib and Vijay Kumar Thakur state that the distinctions presented in the Rig Veda between the Dasyus and the Aryans who spoke Indo-Iranian dialects, suggest that they hadn't moved in from the cooler highlands and higher altitudes much earlier, thus still preserving a distinction in their complexion from the older inhabitants of the tropical plains. They consider a verse from Rig Veda's Mandala VI (47.20-21) as evidently evoking a time of such migration"
 * Here's the relevant excerpt from the source: "All this strongly suggests that the Aryans, as speakers of Indo-Iranian dialects, had not much earlier moved in from cooler highlands or higher latitudes so as still to preserve a sense of distinction between their complexionand that of the older inhabitants of the tropical plains. The following verse from Rig- veda's Mandala VI (47.20-21) evidently evokes a time of such migration"
 * That's clear copyright violation. And, like I said, the translation is outdated too. See, for example, this book from 1958 that use the same translation. There is no modern reliable source that use this outdated translation. You should better know how much scholarships have changed in these many decades regarding these translations, that's why we can't use an outdated translation as it will contradict nearly whole article.  MBlaze Lightning  talk 12:35, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh, and for your own sake, watch your tone and lay off the censorship accusations, or you will find yourself at WP:ANI. You've been warned before.
 *  MBlaze Lightning  talk 12:40, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Anatolia
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Another Kkm010 sock?
Is Special:Contributions/Genevieve99 another sock of Sockpuppet investigations/Kkm010? Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 06:29, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's definitely him.  MBlaze Lightning  talk 14:22, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

Email reply
Hi, I'm afraid that I'm not familiar with that editor's conduct. I'd suggest that you start a report at WP:SPI setting out the evidence. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 11:41, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Dawenkou culture
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Yoni
Please leave edit summaries. I'm tempted to block the IP, but I can't block them in good faith when you're doing the same thing, and you've reverted them four times already. , that goes for you too. Neither of you left explanations/edit summaries, neither of you tried to talk the IP editor--y'all didn't even template them for edit warring or whatever. Now that I look at the rest of their edits I see that there is plenty of reason for me to block them, but if you two had been more diligent and didn't take the easy way out I wouldn't have to be wasting my time here or investigating the other edits the IP editor made. Drmies (talk) 17:30, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I said in my first edit summary that I was reverting a sock of a blocked user. Perhaps you overlooked it?  MBlaze Lightning  talk 17:48, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, but look at that history--that's 20 edits down the page. I see it now, but that's not easy. Please make these things easy for us. And who? Can you link an SPI? All of that helps. In the meantime I placed a range block. Drmies (talk) 17:52, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
 * , he just switched to a new IP address, . Can you block it as well?  MBlaze Lightning  talk 18:00, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2018-19
 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 Commons mobile app has a new version. It is now easier to find nearby places that need pictures. It helps you with direct uploads and title and category suggestions. The app only works on Android phones.

Problems
 * Octicons-tools.svg The abuse filters had a problem with blocks where you had changed how long they last. It used the default length everywhere. This was in late April. Abuse filter users should make sure the right block length is used and change them if needed. This is only for filters where how long blocks last had been changed.

Changes later this week
 * The advanced search function beta feature will be on all Wikimedia wikis. It makes it easier to use some of the special search functions that most editors don't know exist.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 May. It will be on all wikis from 10 May (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 8 May at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
 * 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 9 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg All wikis with fewer than 100 high-priority linter errors in the main namespace will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 16 May. Other wikis will switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Tidy will be removed on all wikis before July 2018.

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Stalking IP
Hi, who is this IP which seems to be following a set of editors around? Do we have anything about them? Thanks. Adamgerber80 (talk) 17:37, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
 * It's this guy.  MBlaze Lightning  talk 17:39, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Okay. I get their POV pushing direction. What triggered this vicious stalking? Recent block of their sock? Adamgerber80 (talk) 17:44, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
 * MBlaze reverted him on an article just like you did, and this sock went crazy after realizing that its impossible for him to get his POV accepted here. Capitals00 (talk) 17:48, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Okay. I have dealt with a different vicious stalking IP (Taiwan articles related) back in the day and was briefly part of it. We might have to consider creating a page like this User:Mfb/Taiwanese articles if it persists for a few more days. The page helped in creating a central place where, all IPs being used, could be logged (since it is not feasible to create a SPI for every IP) and a good reference point for admins to block the IP off. Adamgerber80 (talk) 17:55, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me.  MBlaze Lightning  talk 07:41, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Gomutra
I've blocked the IP editor warring over the article for block evasion. That said, I would strongly advise against reinstating content like this without first finding reliable sources. The page comes under the jurisdiction of ARBIPA, and you really don't want to be adding original research. Vanamonde (talk) 06:59, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
 * as you can see, I was merely reverting the sock IP (see Sockpuppet_investigations/Wikiexplorer13) who has been causing massive vandalism and disruption across many articles. The content that the IP was removing seemed unsourced, but not incorrect; it didn't struck me as a violation of WP:BLP, WP:COPYVIO, etc. Anyway, has added sources, so I think we can put this to bed.   MBlaze Lightning  talk 08:09, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I can see that; that's why I haven't hauled you off to ANI. My point is that reverting a blocked sock isn't a license to revert anything; you still have to be careful, especially about core policies in an area covered by discretionary sanctions. I have no intentions of taking this further; this is a warning for the future, because it's a scenario likely to recur with other pages and other socks. Vanamonde (talk) 08:22, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Jacques Goulet
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This Month in GLAM: April 2018
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Please comment on Talk:Basketball Federation of Serbia
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The Bugle: Issue CXLIV, May 2018
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Tech News: 2018-20
 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
 * Dynamic maps are now available on most Wikipedias. Labels on maps can also be in different languages.
 * The new Advanced Search interface is now available as a Beta Feature on all wikis. This makes it easier to learn about and to use many of the powerful options in our search. Feedback is appreciated.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 May. It will be on all wikis from 17 May (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 16 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * In the mobile view, warnings for when something is wrong with a page are not as clear as they should be. The developers are working on this. You can give feedback and suggestions.
 * The developers are working on making the Wikipedia Android app available in more languages. You can give feedback, suggestions and help test it. Read more on mediawiki.org

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Tech News: 2018-21
 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 22 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 May. It will be on all wikis from 24 May (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 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * It could become easier to reference different pages of a book in an article. You can give feedback. The last day for feedback is 27 May.

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Please comment on Talk:Collaboration in German-occupied Poland
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Clarification and Amendment
See Arbitration/Requests/Clarification_and_Amendment regarding the ARE decision that affected you. — MapSGV (talk) 20:17, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2018-22
 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 global preferences on most wikis. This means you can set preferences for all wikis at the same time. Before this you had to change them on each individual wiki. Global preferences will come to the Wikipedias later this week.
 * It is now easier for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked.
 * Wikidata now supports lexicographical data. This helps describe words.
 * There is now a checkbox on Special:ListUsers to let you see only users in temporary user groups.
 * Some rare invisible Unicode characters have recently been banned from page titles. This includes soft hyphens (U+00AD) and left-to-right (U+2066) and right-to-left (U+2067) isolate markers. Existing pages with these characters will soon be moved by a script.
 * Octicons-tools.svg There's a new Wikimedia Foundation team to support the Wikimedia technical communities. It's called the Technical Engagement team. Most of the team members did similar work in other teams before this.

Problems
 * Some translatable pages are showing old translations instead of latest ones. The cause of this issue has been fixed. We will update all pages automatically to show the latest translations.

Changes later this week
 * There will be a new special page named PasswordPolicies. This page gives information about the password rules for each user group on that wiki.
 * A new way to see moved paragraphs in diffs is coming to most wikis. This is to make it easier to find the moved paragraphs and the changes in them.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 May. It will be on all wikis from 31 May (calendar).
 * Octicons-tools.svg Wikis can enable Citoid to provide automatic reference look-up in the visual editor and the 2017 wikitext editor. This is complex. The tool will now disable itself if the configuration isn't correct. It has warned about this in the JavaScript console since February. Check that your wiki is configured correctly. You can ask for help if you need it.

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 29 May at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
 * 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 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Content Translation drafts which have not been updated in over a year will be removed. This allows other users to translate those articles.
 * A survey is collecting information on what users think about how Wikimedia wiki pages are loaded. This information could be used in future development.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Some wikis will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 30 May and 13 June. Wikis with fewer than 100 linter issues in the main namespace in all high-priority linter categories will switch. This includes Wikidata. Tidy will probably be removed on all wikis in the first week of July.

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Please comment on Talk:List of flags by number of colors
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Please comment on Talk:Alaska
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Please comment on Talk:Jabel Mukaber
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June 2018 GOCE newsletter
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Please comment on Talk:Claude of France (1547–1575)
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India-Pakistan arbitration amendment request closed
The India-Pakistan arbitration amendment request filed on 23 May 2018 (the appeal of certain arbitration enforcement actions by GoldenRing) has been closed as unsuccessful. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 02:05, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: May 2018
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West Indian cricket team in England in 1991
Hi,

My change is correct - the sentence "England, by contrast with the previous disastrous tour of 1998, were a far more settled side...", and here 1998 makes no sense given that this page is about the 1991 tour. 1988 is definitely correct if you look at that page and read about what happened on the 1988 tour. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.26.115.33 (talk) 14:00, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I see. Thanks, IP.  MBlaze Lightning  talk 14:13, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Pune
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The Bugle: Issue CXLVI, June 2018
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Please comment on Talk:Mumbai
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