User talk:Man77

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concerning File:Yangier.jpg a sysop should please look in the old (local, not on commons!) page history if there was a valid licence. Thanks in advance. → «« Man77 »» 21:10, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
 * The file was uploaded to en:wp on 15 April 2006 by, and the only license information was "" . Absent any reason or supporting evidence, I guess that is not valid. JohnCD (talk) 22:01, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Geography of Cambodia
Danke fuer den edit - good job Wikirictor (talk) 21:54, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

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Global watchlist - Update 1
 Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script:


 * General announcements
 * Management has migrated to phabricator; to report a bug or request a feature, please create a new task with the script's tag
 * Message translation has been reduced; for common messages that are already translated in mediawiki core, the system translations are used, in order to reduce duplication of efforts


 * Recent additions
 * New pages are shown at the start of a site's feed
 * Log entries are shown at the end of a site's feed
 * Basic validation has been added to user settings, applied before saving
 * Site validation has also been added; a site (excluding unique projects like wikidata, meta, commons, etc.) is considered to be valid if it is the form of "language.project", where both the language code and project name are valid. It does not, however, check that the actual site is valid; only that it could be. In other words, even though  refers to a site that doesn't exist, it is considered valid, because   is a valid language code (  is a working site) and   is a valid project.


 * Announcements
 * BREAKING CHANGE: Backwards compatibility supporting the use of sites as  (like 'en.wikipedia.org' or 'meta.wikimedia.org'), deprecated in version 1.7.5, will be removed soon; all sites should now be saved as   (like 'de.wikinews' or 'fr.wikisource')
 * BREAKING CHANGE: Storing user sites as, deprecated in version version 1.11.11, will be removed soon; all settings should be stored in the   object
 * Both of these breaking changes will be implemented alongside version 4.0; until then, any use of the config page (m:Special:BlankPage/GlobalWatchlistConfig) will result in saving settings in the newest format

Version 4.0 should be released in around a week. It will include the new features mentioned above, as well as removal of backwards compatibility for settings and sites.
 * Next release

I've sent this first message to users that participated in the discussion at m:Community Wishlist Survey 2019/Watchlists/Revive Crosswatch tool or otherwise shown interest in the script. To subscribe or unsubscribe from future updates, see the distribution list.

Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 16:03, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

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Global watchlist - Update 2
 Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script:


 * General notes
 * To report a bug or request a feature, please create a new task on Phabricator with the script's tag


 * Recent additions
 * Site validation has been tightened. Previously, only the language code and project name had to be valid - now, they must be a valid combination (i.e.  exists, and so is valid, but   is not valid, because no such wiki exists).
 * When the global watchlist feed is loading, an OOUI widget will be shown, rather than an animated gif.
 * An option has been added to no longer group edits to the same page. For now, this isn't very useful, since metadata for the edits (editor, summary, tags, etc.) are not yet shown, but they will be soon. Until then, ungrouped edits are treated the same as pages with only 1 edit - the minor and bot flags are displayed if applicable. If edits are grouped, the minor and bot flags are only shown if they apply to all of the edits.


 * Upcoming changes
 * Starting with version 5.0, there will be an option at the settings page to switch to and from a "stable" version of the script. When activated, the script import in your global.js should be replaced, and then the page refreshed with the new script loaded. The stable script will live at m:User:DannyS712/Global watchlist/stable.js, and will be updated with each full release. Otherwise, it shouldn't be edited, providing a version that is less prone to bugs as the script is developed.


 * Announcements
 * WARNING: Starting with version 5.1, the option to mark the pages of a site as seen be implemented using the  API option, rather than manually listing the titles. This is being done to simplify the implementation code. This will result in the same functionality as marking all pages as seen via Special:Watchlist (i.e. even if the page isn't visible due to your filter choices, it will still be marked as seen). If you would like to keep using the current method for a while, please switch to the stable branch.

Version 5.0 has just gone live. It includes the new features mentioned above.
 * Next release

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Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 22:43, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

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Global watchlist - Update 3
 Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script:


 * Survey
 * I am investigating adding more context to each entry that is shown (such as the edit summaries, tags, patrol marks, the user who made the edit, etc.). Is there any desire for such additions? If so, what should be added first, and what is a low priority? Please leave feedback on the relevant phabricator task, T238300.


 * Recent additions
 * Site validation has been overhauled. Rather than hard-coding a list of valid sites, users will be able to watch any site where they have an attached local user account. If a site is rejected as invalid, please ensure that there is indeed a local account attached to your global account.
 * Users will now be alerted regarding the results of attempting to update their settings.
 * Live updates have been added - when activated, the script will refresh in the background, and then load the new feed, every 7.5 seconds. In the future, this frequency may be configurable.
 * OOUI icons have been added to most buttons.
 * There is now an option to eliminate the confirmation dialog when marking all sites as seen.


 * Announcements
 * WARNING: Starting with version 6.1, site aliases currently used when saving settings will be removed, and only sites in the form of `lang.project` will be accepted.
 * As noted in the last update, marking a site as seen now uses, which means that any changes to watched pages between when the watchlist was loaded and when the site was "marked as seen" may be ignored.

Version 6.0 was just finalized for the development and stable branches of the script.
 * Next release

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Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 21:03, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

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Global watchlist - Update 4
 Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script:


 * Recent additions
 * A new "fast" mode has been introduced. When used, the watchlist serves as just a list of pages that have been modified, and no longer includes context about the edits themselves.
 * More information has been added to entries. When edits are not grouped by page, or when there is only 1 edit to a page, minor and bot flags are shown, as well as the user who made the edit, the summary used, and any tags that were applied. When multiple entries are grouped, bot and minor flags are only shown if all of the grouped edits were made by bots or where marked as minor. If only 1 user edited the page, that user's name is still shown, but no summaries or tags are included.
 * All watchlists are now fetched in parallel, rather than in series, greatly reducing load time.


 * Technical notes
 * Most of the source code is now annotated with jsdoc notes, allowing others to more clearly understand and review the code.
 * I will be looking into creating guidelines to let others contribute to the script; see T238298.


 * Translations
 * There is now proper qqq documentation for translations. Translation takes place at m:User:DannyS712/Global watchlist/Translate, and help is appreciated.
 * Newly translated messages are added to the script when I notice them; if you have translated messages that aren't showing up, please let me know at m:User talk:DannyS712.

Version 7.0 was just finalized for the development and stable branches of the script.
 * Next release

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Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 04:37, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

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Global watchlist - Update 5
 Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script:


 * Future development
 * I have requested a grant to fund conversion of this script into an extension, as well as further development. Please see m:Grants:Project/Create a global watchlist extension.
 * If anyone is interested in reviewing the code and making suggestions regarding coding style, techniques, or something else, please let me know. See T234507 for more.


 * Recent additions
 * I have added basic tests for the script, so bugs should be less likely to make their way to the deployed versions of the script (both the unstable development version, and the stable release version).
 * If there is an error with the script, the user will be notified and and the console will include a stack trace of the issue.


 * Translations
 * Many thanks to those that have contributed translations for the script's messages. Translation takes place at m:User:DannyS712/Global watchlist/Translate, and help is appreciated.
 * Newly translated messages are added to the script when I notice them; if you have translated messages that aren't showing up, please let me know at m:User talk:DannyS712.


 * Next release
 * Version 8.0 was just finalized for the development and stable branches of the script.

To subscribe or unsubscribe from future updates, see the distribution list.

Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 18:25, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

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Global watchlist - Update 6
 Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script:


 * Future development
 * I have requested a grant to fund conversion of this script into an extension, as well as further development. Please see m:Grants:Project/DannyS712/Create a global watchlist extension.
 * If anyone is interested in reviewing the code and making suggestions regarding coding style, techniques, or something else, please let me know. See T234507 for more.


 * Recent additions
 * The results for each site, as well as the list of sites without changes, can be collapsed; the list of sites without changes starts collapsed.
 * When the username associated with an edit has been hidden (either via revision deletion or suppression) this is now properly shown in the output, rather than showing "undefined".
 * Links to view changes open in new tabs.
 * When marking a site (or all sites) as seen, only changes made prior to the watchlist loading will be marked as seen, so that any changes since then are not missed.
 * There is now a help link in the upper right hand corner that links to m:User:DannyS712/Global watchlist, though it doesn't have the normal help icon.


 * Translations
 * Many thanks to those that have contributed translations for the script's messages. Translation takes place at m:User:DannyS712/Global watchlist/Translate, and help is appreciated.
 * Newly translated messages are added to the script when I notice them; if you have translated messages that aren't showing up, please let me know at m:User talk:DannyS712.


 * Next release
 * Version 9.0.0 was just finalized for the development and stable branches of the script.

To subscribe or unsubscribe from future updates, see the distribution list.

Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 03:11, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

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Global watchlist - Update 7
 Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script and the Global watchlist extension:

I have received a grant from the WMF to develop this script into an extension. As a result, I do not plan on any further developments being made to the user script. Please see the grant page for more information. Those interested in reviewing and providing feedback for the extension should follow the new phabricator board, tag/mediawiki-extensions-globalwatchlist.
 * Future development

Many thanks to those that have contributed translations for the script's messages. Now that I am working on an extension, translation has migrated to translatewiki. Please see:
 * Translations
 * translatewiki:Special:Translate/ext-globalwatchlist
 * translatewiki:Special:Translate/ext-globalwatchlist-api
 * translatewiki:Special:Translate/ext-globalwatchlist-script

To subscribe or unsubscribe from future updates, see the distribution list.

Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 04:41, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

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Abdurauf Fitrat
Hallo hallo! Ich hab gerade das erste mal gesehen, dass du die englische Version von Abdurauf Fitrat als guten Artikel nominiert hast und wollte dir deshalb erstmal noch mal für den sehr guten deutschen Artikel danken. Ist immer wieder schön, in so dünn besetzten Gebieten wie zentralasiatischen Intellektuellen des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts auf solche Perlen zu stoßen. Hat deshalb auch wirklich Spaß gemacht, ihn zu übersetzen - freut mich, dass dir die englische Version gefallen hat! Viel Glück deshalb auch mit der Nominierung als guter Artikel hier. Ach ja, und falls es dich interessiert: Sobald ich mal wieder mehr Zeit habe, werde ich an diesem Entwurf zur Ittifaq, der muslimischen Partei im späten russischen Kaiserreich, weiterarbeiten. Wenn dich das interessiert, kannst du da gerne auch mal nen Blick reinwerfen. Bin immer dankbar für Literatur, Bilder, Text etc! Zarasophos (talk) 14:03, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Servus Zarasophos und (wenn auch spät) danke für deine netten Worte.
 * Inhaltlich mach ich in dieser Sprachversion der Wikipedia ja eigentlich sehr wenig, steh dir aber gern zur Verfügung, wenn du Feedback brauchst. Ich bin über mein Studium auf das muslimisch geprägte Zentralasien aufmerksam geworden. Ich bin zwar kein Experte auf dem Gebiet, aber immer gern bereit, da noch ein bisschen was dazuzulernen.
 * Ich bin gespannt, was aus der Nominierung noch wird. Es scheint ja länger zu dauern ;-)
 * Schönen Gruß, → «« Man77 »» 15:16, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

GA nomination
Man77, there have been a couple of "citation needed" tags added to the article. You will want to address these as soon as possible.

In addition, I should point out that the article fails to meet MOS:LEAD, which is one of the GA criteria. In particular, this is a very short lead section, only a single paragraph, which does not cover the major sections of the article. It should run around three paragraphs based on the length of the article, and could probably be four if the expansion runs that long.

I regret that this is currently the oldest unreviewed nomination, over eight months without a reviewer. Part of that may be due to your long note, which in part seems to indicate that the article could use some more work—reviewers are generally not eager to take on a nomination that is not fully ready for GAN, or that appear not to meet the criteria in significant ways. It's always better when known shortcomings are addressed prior to the review starting.

Best of luck. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:34, 7 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for this notification. I'll see what I can do. → «« Man77 »» 19:28, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Global watchlist - Update 8
 Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script and the Global watchlist extension:

As I noted in the last issue, I received a grant from the WMF to develop the global watchlist script into an extension. That extension has now been deployed on Meta. Visit m:Special:GlobalWatchlistSettings to get started.

I do not plan on any further developments being made to the user script. I have released version 9.1.0 to both the dev and stable versions, which includes a notification about the extension being available when you use the user script. You can dismiss the notification, and the script still works, but it will no longer be maintained.

Those interested in providing feedback for the extension should use the phabricator board, tag/mediawiki-extensions-globalwatchlist. Any bug reports about the extension should be filed there.

This will likely be the last update sent to this list.

Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 19:42, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Abdurauf Fitrat
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Abdurauf Fitrat you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kaiser matias -- Kaiser matias (talk) 01:00, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi Kaiser matias, I think you should know that (firstly) I have already been given the hint that the lead section needs an expansion and that (secondly) I recently discovered additional sources which I intend to incorporate to the existing article in the next week or two. If you want to wait, that's totally fine for me. Best regards, → «« Man77 »» 15:48, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the update. I'm more than happy to wait for you to work on the article. I know you've been waiting a long time to get it reviewed, and would hate to make you start all over again. Just ping me when you feel ready, and I'll start then. Kaiser matias (talk) 16:39, 13 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi again, Kaiser matias. Due to other obligations I haven't yet managed to thoroughly go through all the new material. However, I promise that I'll be ready before May ends. Thanks for your patience ;-) → «« Man77 »» 16:06, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Not a problem. Due to some personal issues I've been away from here the past few weeks, but am happy to wait for you until you are ready. Kaiser matias (talk) 17:43, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
 * To give you another update: May is ending and I am pretty far, but not done. There is one more article I need to incorporate. I still need to translate a couple of additions I have already made to the German article. And I need to work on the lead section. It won't be long, though. → «« Man77 »» 21:32, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Global watchlist - Update 9
 Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script and the Global watchlist extension:

Hi everyone. As I noted in the last issue, I received a grant last year from the WMF to develop the global watchlist script into an extension. That extension has now been deployed on Meta. Visit m:Special:GlobalWatchlistSettings to get started.

That grant has ended, and I have requested another grant to continue development of the extension, and figured subscribers of the newsletter about the user script might be interested. You can see and comment on the grant request at m:Grants:Project/DannyS712/Continued work on GlobalWatchlist extension - if you support this, I hope you'll consider endorsing the request.

Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 00:28, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Abdurauf Fitrat
The article Abdurauf Fitrat you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Abdurauf Fitrat for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kaiser matias -- Kaiser matias (talk) 14:21, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Abdurauf Fitrat
The article Abdurauf Fitrat you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Abdurauf Fitrat for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kaiser matias -- Kaiser matias (talk) 02:40, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

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