User talk:Mdann52/Archive 11

Tech News: 2014-05
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes


 * Pages from Wikimedia sites now load faster in your browser thanks to "module storage", a way for your browser to save data like JavaScript and CSS on your computer to avoid downloading them again. See video.
 * The code used to show videos has changed. You should be able to play the video on the page, with the play button on top of the video. If you see the play button on the right of the video, or if clicking on the video leads you to the original file, please file a bug or tell User:Bawolff. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/55550]
 * The  page will be removed because it's too slow. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/107988]
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf11) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 16. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on January 28, and all Wikipedia wikis on January 30 (calendar).

Problems
 * On January 21, Universal Language Selector was turned off on all Wikimedia sites because it makes pages load slowly. If you want to use web fonts, or write in scripts that aren't on your keyboard, you need to add it as an option in your preferences. It will be turned back on when the issues are resolved. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/56433]
 * For about 20 minutes on the same day, there were problems with CSS and JavaScript due to high server load.

Future software changes
 * You can give comments about the new version of "Winter", a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages.

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Vrishasen Dabholkar
hi, the article - Vrishasen Dabholkar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Vrishasen_Dabholkar is tagged as orphan. i have added links of this page on 2 other pages.

can you help remove the orphan notice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.19.20.14 (talk) 05:35, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  07:33, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

thanks, that was quick :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.19.20.14 (talk) 08:53, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

hi, can you tell me who can help add photo to this article. i have created by login id but it says i have to do 10 edits to be allowed to upload photo. i dont have 10 edits to do. how do i go about dong this. photos of Vrishasen Dabholkar are availbale on google search. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.19.20.14 (talk) 04:43, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * You can request it be uploaded at WP:FFU. Please note it has to be under a free licence (such as CC-BY-SA. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  07:32, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Concern about "Reported to WMF"
I have no intentions, just a troubled soul (I believe this is of enough concern).--78.156.109.166 (talk) 20:51, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * What do you mean? I closed it as the general consensus is to suppress stuff like that when the WMF is aware, and as they had been emailed, I felt no need to let any drama continue. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  21:07, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The "reported to wmf" is in RDMATH/Talk but also in ANI. No intentions about suicide, I am just a cursed angel. Please don't take offense. I mean more than this, but that's all for now.User:Mdann52--78.156.109.166 (talk) 15:41, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * At the end of the day, some people may have overreacted over this. I, however, just hid a stale discussion. I hope you can understand why we do what we do in situations such as this, but as I am unaware of the full background of the situation, I feel I can not comment any further on it. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  15:46, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks.User:Mdann52--78.156.109.166 (talk) 15:57, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Closing "Some accused Bitcoin of being a species of a Ponzi scheme"
date: 11:39, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

I read: "Closing as premature. Not discussed on talk page first." - I see the discussion on the talk page. How can I make sure the subject will look as "discussed"? Ladislav Mecir (talk) 18:29, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * By discussing it on the talk page. The concern noted at DRN wasn't addressed in any form on the article's talk page, so DRN is a premature route to take at this point. - Aoidh (talk) 23:10, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

CVUA Comment
Shall we get started again? Sorry for my impromptu wikibreak - IRL stuff was making me really stressed.

the one  sean  17:29, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure thing :) -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  11:03, 24 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Yay! the  one  sean  21:28, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-06
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf12) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on January 30. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 4, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 6 (calendar).
 * Global AbuseFilter rules are now active on all [//noc.wikimedia.org/conf/small.dblist small wikis]. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60408] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/109435/]
 * The buttons used in pages like log-in, account creation and search are now using the same colors and styles. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58297] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/103494/]
 * You can now link to diffs using  and similar links. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/63395/]
 * There is no longer an option to hide tables of contents on all pages. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52813]
 * Searching in the  namespace on Wikimedia Commons is now faster, after a bug was fixed on January 29. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/110191/]
 * All Wikimedia wikis now have high-resolution favicons. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45036]

VisualEditor news
 * You can now see a list of keyboard shortcuts by pressing Ctrl +/ inside VisualEditor. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/107153/]

Future software changes
 * Edits and files hidden with the Oversight tool will be moved to the RevisionDelete system. The Oversight tool will then be removed from Wikimedia wikis. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60373] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18598] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/18229/]
 * For languages where not all sister projects exist, you will be able to link to other language projects using double interwikis (, , etc.). [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/94716/]
 * It will soon be possible to use the GettingStarted tool on other wikis than the English Wikipedia. You can translate it on [//translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&x=D&group=ext-gettingstarted&suppressempty=1&language= Translatewiki.net].
 * You will soon be able to include the Special:Contributions page into other pages. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/106320/]
 * You will be able to see where a file is used inside MultimediaViewer, the new tool for viewing media files. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60087] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/107993/]
 * It will soon be possible to send MassMessage messages using the API. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/87311/]
 * You will soon see audio statistics on the Special:TimedMediaHandler page. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/97998/]

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BAGBot: Your bot request Mdann52 bot 2
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FYI
A proposal has been made to  create  a Live Feed to  enhance the processing  of Articles for Creation and Drafts. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/RfC to create a 'Special:NewDraftsFeed' system. Your comments are welcome. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 06:41, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

AFC drive awards.
Greetings, Mdann52. I just wanted to inquire if, when the awards for the AFC backlog drive participants are handed out, I may be given awards for both the October and December-January drives, seeing as in each drive I reviewed 15+ AFCs, but I did not receive an award for October. That is, of course, unless there is something wrong with my reviews? Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 19:24, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * it is AFCBuddy that has the problem, not you. It didn't update your score on the drives page, so I didn't see you had 15 reviews. I will mail you a brownie as soon as I have access to a proper computer. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  21:54, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you! :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 22:39, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-07
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf13) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on February 6. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 11, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 13 (calendar).
 * The Vector search box was changed to fix old display and accessibility issues; for example, you can now use full-text search even if you have disabled JavaScript. Please report any problems you see. The option to disable the "simplified search bar" on Vector will also be removed. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/50660] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/25127] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/24248] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/82100/] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/99422/]
 * You are now notified when someone adds a link to your user page on wikis where it didn't work before (wikis with dates in the year-month-day order, including Hungarian, Japanese, Korean and some variants of Chinese). [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/108329/]

VisualEditor news
 * You can now set media items' alt text and position, and directly set their size, in the media tool. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/38129] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/51293]
 * The gallery tool was improved and several issues were fixed. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/60307] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/60502] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/60779]

Problems
 * On February 3, all wikis were broken for about an hour due to a traffic balancing issue. [//wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_documentation/20140203-LVS]
 * On February 6, some wikis were broken for about half an hour in total due to a problem with the Math extension.

Future software changes
 * Some methods from Scribunto's mw.message library will be removed after February 18. If you use them in your templates or modules, please check to make sure that things will not break. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/60758] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/110983/]
 * You will soon be able to use GettingStarted on 23 new Wikipedias. It helps new users by listing possible tasks and giving help. The new version was also added to the English Wikipedia on February 7th. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/111460/]
 * You will soon see results from other wikis when you use the new search tool (CirrusSearch). [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/44420] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/105986/]
 * The WikiLove tool was redesigned and should also load faster.
 * Edits made with WikiLove or after a GettingStarted suggestion will be tagged. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/60911] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/110315/]
 * It will soon no longer be possible to hide section editing links in your preferences. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/52811]
 * You will soon be able to use the revision deletion feature via the API. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/23005]
 * You will soon be able to choose mobile view on non-mobile devices using a Beta Feature option. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/36636] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/102866/]
 * If you have questions about Universal Language Selector, you can join an IRC meeting on February 12 at 17:00 UTC, in the #wikimedia-office channel on Freenode.
 * Developers are preparing for Google Summer of Code 2014. You can propose ideas.
 * bugzilla.wikimedia.org will be updated this week. You won't be able to access it from 22:00 UTC on February 12 until 01:00 UTC on February 13 at the latest.
 * The  tag will be renamed to  . The old tag will still work.

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Duplication
Seems we both reported the same user on the 3rr board. Yours is more informative though. Cheers, Vsmith (talk) 14:54, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-08
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf14) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on February 13. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 18, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 20 (calendar).
 * You can now use the list of active users again. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41078] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/111258/]
 * The new search tool (CirrusSearch) now gives more importance to content namespaces if you search in several namespaces. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61053]
 * You can now directly link to files viewed with MultimediaViewer, the new tool for viewing media files. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56469]
 * You can read the summary of the Wikimedia technical report for January 2014.

Problems
 * On February 9, Wikimedia Labs was broken for about 2 hours due to an XFS file system problem.
 * On February 11, there were problems with VisualEditor for about 20 minutes due to a server logging issue.
 * On the same day, for about 20 minutes there were issues with page loading due to database problems.
 * There were issues with page loading between 21:00 UTC on February 13 and 11:00 UTC on February 14 for users in Europe. It was due to a cache server problem.
 * On February 14, all sites were broken for about 15 minutes for users in Southeast Asia, Oceania and the western part of North America. It was due to problems with cache servers.

VisualEditor news
 * The link tool now tells you when you're linking to a disambiguation or redirect page. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50240]
 * You can now change image display (like thumbnail, frame and frameless) with VisualEditor. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38129]
 * Wikitext warnings will now hide when you remove wikitext from paragraphs you are editing. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51701]
 * You will soon be able to create and edit redirect pages with VisualEditor. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50878] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47328] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57173]

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Articles for deletion/Alibaba Akporobome
User:Mdann52

Hi Mdann52, You have nominated an article I submitted about a person, for speedy deletion on the basis of copyright violations attributed to his personal website, I have tried to look this website and found nothing in the regards or any other form of violations.

Tundealuko (talk) 12:57, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Please comment on changes to the AfC mailing list
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Tech News: 2014-09
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf15) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on February 20. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on February 25, and all Wikipedia wikis on February 27 (calendar).
 * The new search tool (CirrusSearch) was added to the Italian Wikiquote and all Wikiversity projects. Users can now enable it in their Beta options. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/114156/] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/114169/]
 * The Universal Language Selector was enabled on all Wikimedia wikis again. You can enable web fonts in your ULS options (see how).

VisualEditor news
 * You will soon be able to add and edit, and in the page settings menu. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57173] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57167] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57168]
 * You will soon be able to use the Ctrl +Alt +S or ⌘ +<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap" style="border:1px solid #AAA;background:#F9F9F9;padding:1px 3px">Opt +<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap" style="border:1px solid #AAA;background:#F9F9F9;padding:1px 3px">S shortcuts to open the save window in VisualEditor. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50897] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/110434/]
 * You will soon be able to preview your edit summary when checking your changes in the save window. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42139] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/112490/]

Future software changes
 * You will soon be able to use the tag again. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59798]
 * You will soon be able to post messages with the MassMessage tool in all talk namespaces. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60132] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/94698/]
 * Notifications will soon work in all namespaces. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55491][//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56311][//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/93508/]

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WikiProject Articles for creation March 2014 Backlog Elimination Drive
<div style="border: 2px solid #484898; background: #FFF; background-color:#98FB98; padding: 1ex 1ex 1ex 1.5ex; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em; font-size: 99%"> Hello Mdann52:

WikiProject AFC is holding a  month long Backlog Elimination Drive!

The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from March 1, 2014 to March 31, 2014.

Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!

A new version of our AfC helper script has been released! It includes many bug fixes, new improvements and features, code enhancements, and more. If you want to see a full list of changes, visit the changelog. Please report bugs and feature requests there, too! Thanks. Posted by on 02:12, 28 February 2014 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk), on behalf of WikiProject Articles for creation

Re: You reversal of my edit on "Sent By Ravens"
I'm unsure of why this occured. Maybe it was just a bot, I don't know. I was simply trying to give a backstory to the band name, and that was flagged down with a vandalism warning. Can you give me a reason?
 * Do you have a source for the change? -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  16:49, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * It depends on what you consider a source. The Bible verse itself could be a source, as could this http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Sent_By_Ravens_The_posthardcore_band_guarding_the_words_they_speak/48061/p1/, or this interview with the band: http://www.chron.com/life/houston-belief/article/Music-Sent-by-Ravens-to-do-God-s-work-1711386.php. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nspqr2915 (talk • contribs) 16:55, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Those two look fine. See WP:REFB for instructions on how to cite them. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  16:58, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-10
<section begin="technews-2014-W10"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available. <section begin="tech-newsletter-software-news"/> Recent software changes


 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf16) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on February 27. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on March 4, and all Wikipedia wikis on March 6 (calendar).
 * When users enable web fonts by default, Universal Language Selector will now log if they don't have fonts to display pages correctly. This information will be used by developers to improve font support in the future. Read more about missing fonts. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/113876/]
 * You can now use Guided tours on the Czech and Japanese Wikipedia. If you want this tool on your wiki, you need to [//translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:Translate&group=ext-guidedtour&filter=&language=&action=translate translate it] and ask in [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org Bugzilla]. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/115824/]
 * You can now use information from Wikidata in all Wikisource wikis. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/115393/]
 * The multimedia team is now posting weekly updates on their mailing list.

VisualEditor news
 * You can now change image size to default for your wiki. If you add new images to pages, they will also be default size. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47804] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50379] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/114420/]
 * If you switch from VisualEditor to wikitext editing, your edit will now be tagged. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56465]
 * Template parameters now have a bigger, auto-sizing input box for easier editing. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61289]
 * VisualEditor now has Arabic, Finnish and Kölsch icons for text styling. If you want icons for your language, ask in Bugzilla. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/115636/] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/115512/] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/115424/]

Future software changes <section end="tech-newsletter-software-news"/> Problems
 * The new tool for viewing media files will soon show a progress bar and a thumbnail while loading full images. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/113963/] [//wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/multimedia/cards/146]
 * You will soon be able to make user contributions show only page creations. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42026] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/115189/]
 * Article Feedback Tool will be removed from the English and French Wikipedias on March 3. It will also no longer be possible to add this tool to any Wikimedia wiki. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61163]
 * Wikis using the new search tool will come back to the old tool for a few hours starting at 00:00 UTC on March 6. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61879]
 * For about an hour on February 23, there were problems with page loading due to a MediaWiki bug. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/114994/]

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Stephen Colbert webpage
User:Mdann52 The information concerning Stephen Colbert's father as Dean of the Washington University Medical School is mistaken. James W. Colbert was Dean of Saint Louis University Medical School from 1953-1961. See AAUP Bulletin 42.1 (Spring, 1956), p. 108, n.1: www.jstor.org/stable/40222005

Thanks,

Philip Gavitt Professor of History Saint Louis University gavitt@slu.edu — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.134.140.103 (talk) 22:26, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I believe my revert was to the Dean of the school currently, not historically. Of course, this was a while back, so I am not 100% sure. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  08:32, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Peter Salerno Re-Submission
Hello Mdann52, thank you for your patience with me as a "newbie" Wikipedia author. I have done my best to eliminate "PR language" and subjectively worded text from the Peter Salerno article as requested. I hope I have done a satisfactory job - if not, please feel free to offer further critique and I will be sure to amend the piece as needed. I'm a first-time Wikipedia submitter, and I thank you again for your patience and tolerance of my mistakes.Pinksquirrelcreative (talk) 20:28, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
 * WP:AFCHD may be a better venue for this request - I have stepped back from AFC for a bit, for various reasons. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  08:37, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Dec-Jan AFC backlog drive.
Greetings, Mdann52! I'm inquiring about the awards for participation in the December 2013-January 2014 AFC backlog drive. When I reminded you about my participation in the October drive, you gave me my award for then, but I haven't received one for the latest drive yet. I remember you saying after one of the drives last year that you usually wait a while after the drives until something is cleared up, so is it time for distribution yet? If not, was there something wrong with my contributions? Thanks in advance! As you’ll see, I’ve added some shortening to my sig! (talk) 19:16, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * did them this time - they should be able to let you know what happened. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  19:21, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks! :) As you’ll see, I’ve added some shortening to my sig! (talk) 00:35, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-11
<section begin="technews-2014-W11"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available. <section begin="tech-newsletter-software-news"/> Recent software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf17) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 6. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on March 11, and all Wikipedia wikis on March 13 (calendar).
 * You can now use the new search tool (CirrusSearch) on all Wikiquote projects. You can now enable it in your Beta options. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/116919/] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/116992/]

VisualEditor news
 * It is now easier to edit templates. Complex tools are now in the "advanced" mode. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61822] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55434]
 * It is also easier to edit images. You now have more options and they are explained better. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61059]
 * VisualEditor adds fake blank lines so you can put your cursor there. They are now smaller and animated to be different from actual blank lines. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47790]
 * We have improved the tool to add special characters. The buttons are now larger. More changes are coming. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/116661/]
 * You can now use new keyboard shortcuts to undo the last action, clear formatting, and show the shortcut help window. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53356] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52140] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56453]

Future software changes <section end="tech-newsletter-software-news"/> Tech news prepared by tech ambassadors and posted by MediaWiki message delivery • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. <section end="technews-2014-W11"/> 09:10, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * You will soon be able to use a Beta option to show a shorter list of language links. That way, Universal Language Selector will only show languages that are relevant to you. You will still be able to search for other languages. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/116726/]
 * CirrusSearch will soon automatically index newly imported pages. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60053] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/116896/]
 * It will soon be possible to use CSS to style buttons in templates on all Wikimedia wikis, without needing JavaScript. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/114085/]
 * An IRC discussion with the Wikimedia Foundation Language Engineering team will take place on March 12 at 17:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on Freenode (time conversion).

Talk:Alishan Bairamian
Hello,

I am the original author of a Talk that was initiated on entry Alishan Bairamian. I was unfortunately unaware of the talk and was unable to participate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Alishan_Bairamian

Nevertheless, the conclusion drawn by you was that the consensus was to leave the entry the way it originally was. According to the comments, that wasn't the case.

Two people commented opposed keeping the maiden name of Sylvia in the entry and two people, one of whom was the person who started the Talk, supported it.

If I may, I would like to lodge my own opposition to it on the grounds that this is information that can be harmful, as User:NinjaRobotPirate stated, to the privacy of the currently living offspring of Sylvia because of the now public availability of her maiden name which is often used by offspring for security questions. I would like to again request that this be removed.

User:BDD also noted that it is not vital information and I'm not sure about the reason for Jackmcbarn's insistence that it be included, particularly given that I was the one who provided the original information and subsequently edited it after I realized it was a mistake.

Please reconsider the issue and advise me on how this issue may be remedied.

Thank you.

Ironladle (talk) 00:48, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I did not do a direct count, instead considering all the comments on their own merits. The conclusion I reached, on this occasion, was that it would do no harm to retain the material. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  08:33, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

User:Mdann52 Not sure why my explanation is continuously ignored. This is a privacy issue for the person in question's offspring. 1) I put the information in there. 2) I realized it was a mistake because it was a security issue. 3) Plus, the information is not integral to the article. 4) I removed the information.

Why is it so important to those commenting to keep this piece of information in there? I think I have been reasonable in explaining why this information should be removed. Ironladle (talk) 23:20, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Consensus is what Wikipedia runs on. Feel free to ask at WP:AN if you think this was inappropriate. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  11:11, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Untitled section
I don't know why the Lawrin Armstrong page is under discussion again. I wrote such a page several years ago, but it was deleted after some discussion and I accepted that. Now there are two notices, apparently from you, about its re-deletion on my talk page. Do you have any idea who re-created it? All I can say is: wasn't me, and the noitices struck me as strange. --Christofurio (talk) 03:27, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The deletion log seems strange - it was deleted, then restored by an admin without explanation. I suspect this was nothing to do with you, so feel free to disregard the messages. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  08:21, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Wind
Yes, you made a mistake. But no worries, and thanks for patrolling the recent changes. Cheers, Gilliam (talk) 13:23, 12 March 2014 (UTC)


 * I guess you are better at button clicking than me then -- Mdann  52   talk to me!  13:26, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Isaac Moore Afd
I suspect you have the wrong person. I restored an AfD notice on Isaac More, which has now been deleted, not deleted one. Regards  Velella  Velella Talk 13:22, 12 March 2014 (UTC)


 * I must of pressed the button on the software I am using WP:VADA at the same time as you restored it... I apologise for this. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  13:28, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-12
<section begin="technews-2014-W12"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available. <section begin="tech-newsletter-software-news"/> Recent software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf18) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on March 13. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on March 18, and all Wikipedia wikis on March 20 (calendar).
 * You can now view smaller versions of PNG images bigger than 20 megapixels. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/117809/]
 * You can now use the new search tool (CirrusSearch) on all [//noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=small.dblist small] wikis. You can now enable it in your Beta options. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/118482/] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/118638/]
 * You can read a summary of the Wikimedia technical report for February 2014.

VisualEditor news
 * Searching for template parameters in now case-insensitive. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51673] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/117305/]
 * Required template parameters now have an asterisk (*) next to their edit boxes. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/117327/]
 * Several template dialogs are now smaller, and their insert buttons have changed wording. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50998]

Future software changes <section end="tech-newsletter-software-news"/> Problems
 * You will soon see an error message if you try to log-in or register with an invalid or taken username. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/117437/]
 * You can now test first version of a tool that includes OpenStreetMap maps inside the UploadWizard. Comments are welcome.
 * You will soon be able to use the Hovercards tool as a beta feature.
 * VisualEditor was slow to load on March 13 because of an API issue.

Tech news prepared by tech ambassadors and posted by MediaWiki message delivery • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. <section end="technews-2014-W12"/> 07:14, 17 March 2014 (UTC)