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Tech News: 2016-20
 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
 * Some image thumbnails now load faster on mobile. They also take up less bandwidth.

Problems
 * Last week's MediaWiki version was late on some wikis.

Changes this week
 * Special:Notifications will have "mark as read" buttons for each day. The non-JavaScript version will get it this week. A JavaScript version will come later.
 * Wikis can now locally decide what wikitext they want the signature button to produce.
 * A one-time welcome message for users will now be shown in the wikitext editor. This will include existing users.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from May 17. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from May 18. It will be on all wikis from May 19 (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-tools.svg You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topics this week are "Requirements for change propagation". The meeting will be on May 18 at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Using self-closing tags like  and   to mean   and   will not work in the future. Templates and pages that use these tags should be fixed. When Phabricator ticket T134423 is fixed these tags will parse as   and   instead. This is normal in HTML5.

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EF Variables
Hi MA, I don't think there is, but am I missing anything here. Can we interrogate  or the like EF variables to see what categories they are in? There is a proposal to do something about edits that are to disambig pages. I know these are just "articles" from the mediawiki point of view and do not have consistent names (e.g. the ones with issues do not contain the string "disambiguation"), so I'm trying to find something to latch on to for real time analysis. Thanks for any feedback, — xaosflux  Talk 18:58, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Cool idea but I don't think an edit filter will work. added_links is for external links, but either way you can't get any info about the target page. The proposal is sensible, but I don't see a way to implement it without JavaScript. It's definitely doable, but could be very slow, and we'd have to figure out a solid UI, as Window.confirm won't be too nice, and OOjs UI is a lot of code to do a simple thing. My thoughts are to talk with the VisualEditor team and get it added to core. It's only a matter of time before much of the mainspace editing will be done in VE, except these old-timers of course. The wikitext diehards can learn to review their edits or install a script like User:Anomie/linkclassifier, or User:ערן/autocomplete.js &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  23:51, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Well I'll be. Turns out the core MediaWiki adds the CSS class mw-disambig to links to disambiguation pages!!! Mind = blown. See Special:Permalink/715705562. And I actually don't think the OOjs would be too hard &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  00:03, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually, you can use the new_html EF variable and look for mw-disambig. Thing is old_html has been disabled for performance reasons, so we wouldn't be able to tell if the disambig link was introduced by the given edit. Additionally I think parsing new_html for every edit in the mainspace will be super expensive :( &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  00:29, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Yea, I was hoping EF would work, but the data isn't really there, making a super expensive EF isn't a good solution for something like this either. An after the fact, or even a preview view solution probably isn't going to fix the core issue they were talking about. —  xaosflux  Talk 01:20, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Page mover
per your editnotice

Hi, this is early, but the new "page mover" right is now policy.

I think should start clerking at this page. Thanks, that's all I got

(Stuff like editnotices and preload has been taken care of.) :) Cheers, — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 00:30, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh boy. Two new user rights in nearly a 30-day period! Guess I have my work cut out for me &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  00:32, 19 May 2016 (UTC)


 * That and extended confirmed! Etimena 15:00, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Got your email
Thanks. That's better than I had hoped. -- Jayron 32 15:53, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Blocked of User:CPAT
Hello, I recently can hear that User:CPAT is doing a vandalism to Wikipedia a lot. In recently, this user did not respect the Wikipedia policy at all. This user needs to be blocked for at least 24 hours for now if possible, Thanks. ZJOEY (talk) 15:07, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Seems warranted. Blocked for 24 hours &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  18:22, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

uw-copyright-org
Hi MusikAnimal. I just noticed that the changes you made to this template to include a message about paid editing aren't displaying. This morning I used it at User talk:Larry-upper90fctraining with "coi=yes", but the paid editing message didn't show up. Could you have another look at this sometime? Thanks. --Drm310 (talk) 14:44, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I think I've fixed it! :) &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  18:37, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

 * Thanks! This definitely has been the most fun and rewarding Wikimedia tech project I've worked on. I hope to continue to improve and expand upon it, thanks to input and encouragement from the community. one new "secret" project (beta) in the Pageviews suite of tools is Massviews Analysis. This allows you to provide a Page Pile ID and get the view counts and averages for those pages. I understand this Page Pile system is popular amongst outreach programs, so thought it might interest you. Feedback welcomed. I know there's the annoying API limitations, so usage is throttled, but hopefully that will be resolved soon &mdash;  MusikAnimal  talk  20:39, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
 * This is fantastic and what I needed. A lot of people need this. I created a page pile, generated a massviews analysis for a group of articles, and copy/pasted the results in my own spreadsheet report which links to individual pageviews reports.
 * I need documentation for this and am willing to write some. It would be best to centralize feedback in a community place along with community-maintained instructions and guides. Can you tell me - do you already have documentation pages for either pageviews or massviews? If you do not, then I want to start them on meta. If you already have these, then please share with me what you have.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  16:04, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * The "massviews" tool is a work in progress. First, you'll be able to download the data as CSV, so you don't have to do that yourself. If by documentation you mean the URL structure, then yes, I'll have that documented for you as well. I'm working on some fixes, but hope to have the new version out soon. I will keep you updated! &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  17:37, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * With langviews and massviews you can now export as CSV or JSON. Each app has a different (but similar) URL structure, so just click on the "URL structure" link at the bottom. Additionally after you run a query, there's a "permalink" at the bottom. Copy and paste that URL for a permanent link to the data you see. E.g. by default the tool shows the latest data. Finally, for Massviews I'm going to add the ability to view pages in a category, and also a system where you can create a list of pages on a wiki page, and have the tool go off of that. Stay tuned! &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  16:19, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I am slow to follow some of this - I am not sure what you mean by documentation for the URL structure. Whatever it is, I want it when you have it.
 * I am interested in documentation explaining the tools for casual users. This kind of documentation would explain what the tool does, who might use it, and why, then link to whatever technical documentation exists. At meta:Community Tech/Pageview stats tool there is a sort of introduction to the Pageview stats tool. Are you aware of other prose descriptions of what you are doing, or anything related, anywhere else?
 * I am thinking of writing a prose explanation of this content on meta. I started a general page on the concept collecting information about tools at meta:Traffic reporting. I was just recently excited about a tool with similar functionality to what your tool does, meta:Wikipedia Tools for Google Spreadsheets, so I made a page for it on meta to establish a place for discussion and referencing the tool. Do you already have any base prose explanations for anything that you have done?
 * I am still coming to terms with what your tool means and how it can be used. Thanks.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  16:10, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

There's more general documentation for the main Pageviews tool at WP:PAGEVIEWS. My work encompasses five individual tools that provide Pageviews data. Browse to pageviews (the main app) and see the links at the bottom. We also have "Langviews", "Topviews", "Siteviews" and "Massviews". There will be a short description of what the tool does under the heading. E.g. if you go to topviews you'll see "Most viewed pages of a project" under the "Topviews Analysis" heading. Meanwhile siteviews shows the total pageviews of the given projects (or unique devices, which can be changed in the "Data source" dropdown).

Each tool also has it's own FAQ, just click the link at the bottom. E.g. for Pageviews it's at pageviews/faq, for Massviews it's massviews/faq. Finally, the "URL structure" documents how you can link to specific data. Typically you'll just use the tool and copy the "Permalink" at the bottom to get a permanent link to the data you are seeing, but if you want to construct the URL yourself you can go by that documentation. E.g. perhaps you're wondering how to link to the tool on your home wiki, have a look at pageviews/url_structure (or the /url_structure for the other tools) and it explains how to do this.

Hope this helps. I'm happy to help with more documentation. The suite of tools I've created is intended to be comprehensive, and I realize there's room for improvement as far as documentation goes &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  16:32, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Also, again, don't forget there is a "Export as CSV" link at the bottom! No need to manually copy and paste :) &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  20:09, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * You are a BEAST! Now there is support for categories?! This tool is AWESOME!  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  19:30, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

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userRightsManager will need update
Following the creation of the  user group, an update should be made to User:MusikAnimal/userRightsManager.js to include the new user group. &mdash; Music1201  talk  21:29, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-21
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * You now see a warning message on pages that try to use but it doesn't work because it doesn't match the page's actual title.

Problems
 * Commons had problems with server lag. This meant that it took longer time for files to turn up in categories.

Changes this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 May. It will be on all wikis from 26 May (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on May 24 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg All HTTP access to Wikimedia sites and APIs will stop working. Some bots still use HTTP. They will need to use HTTPS instead. This will happen on June 12.

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Tech News: 2016-22
 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
 * Octicons-tools.svg There is now a standard way to get the target of a redirect page from a Lua module.

Problems
 * A new way to handle rollback was introduced. It broke some tools and scripts and was reverted. This will be re-planned after review.
 * CentralNotice didn't work in some older browsers. This has now been fixed.

Changes this week
 * When you edit a file or category page with the visual editor the rest of the page will be shown in its normal place.
 * The Translate extension will get an edit summary field.
 * A change to the  feature could break some user scripts. Contact Bawolff if the "click to insert special characters" links in the edit window break on your wiki.
 * Elasticsearch will be upgraded on Wikimedia wikis this week. This should not affect you, but if you have problems with the search function this is probably the reason.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 June. It will be on all wikis from 2 June (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 31 May at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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Pageview Analysis
Thanks for nice tool. Can we compare combined pageviews of topics/items across different languages version of wikipedias? So we can know the most viewed topic/item across all language versions of Wikipedia. Wikidata can be helpful and your tool already provides Langviews. Its small improvement I think.--Nizil (talk) 07:03, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry for taking so long to get back to you! If I understand you correctly, by items you mean using langviews but for multiple pages? I'm not sure what you mean by "topics". Either way, the short answer for langviews is no, unfortunately :( The API is super overloaded and we currently have to cap everything at 500 requests per use of the tool. That means 500 pages, so if you had 10 pages that you wanted to see combined pageviews across all languages, that could amount to 2,500+ individual API requests -- something we simply can't allow, or if we did, it'd take a considerably long time to process. I know it's annoying, but one workaround would be to use Langviews for each article you want, export as CSV, then use your CSV software (such as Excel or Google Sheets) to compute the totals and averages. That's about the best I can offer. I believe the analytics team is taking more measures to improve API performance, but for the time being we'll have to deal with these limitations. Sorry! &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  21:59, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Hope you don't mind if I abduct this header for an issue (I don't have a GitHub account)... I noticed that the pageview graph is smoothed, which is not appropriate for this type of data. It implies that the data are continuous on both axes between each pair of daily values (which is not true), plus the line goes under the x axis to negative values when you have two consecutive days of 0 views followed by a day with large non-zero value (which is simply ridiculous). I suggest introducing simple straight lines between points again, or, even more appropriate, changing it into a bar graph. — Yerpo Eh? 09:38, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * You've sold me on ditching the smoothing! Though while the existing data is not continuous, the numbers they represent are, right? E.g. pageviews happen 24/7 and not just once a day. On a purely aesthetic level, would you find it more appealing? Very curious and appreciative of the feedback. As for the chart type, you can change this at the bottom-left, and your preference will be retained on the same computer and browser. People seem to miss the links at the bottom. Any suggestions on how to eloquently make them more prominent? Maybe I could change them to be buttons? Thanks! &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  15:22, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, the pageviews do happen 24/7, but if they are only counted once per day, we do not know how this cumulative value progressed throughout the day. Perhaps there were one or two views until 8 PM, then a thousand in 15 minutes because the subject was in the news. Whereas the line implies regular growth. Also, they are not truly continuous, but happen in the steps of 1. If you have 0 one day and 1 the next day, the line will imply fractions of pageviews between that. To be honest, straight lines could also be interpreted as representing continuous data, but there's less chance of misunderstanding because it is normally assumed that the lines serve only to connect the dots and make them more visible (even more fool-proof way would be to make the lines dashed). I think that's more important than aesthetics.
 * You're right, I completely missed the option to change graph type. Perhaps it would be better if you moved the line with settings beneath the field for entering the page(s)? — Yerpo Eh? 17:40, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

BLP edit counter
Hi MusikAnimal, FYI, the web service for the BLP edit counter does not appear to be running; the tool returns an error page. Best, —Prhartcom ♥ 05:30, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * This is only the third time my tools have gone down, and just like the last two times, I'm on holiday! So weird that they choose to go to into hibernation when I'm away, I guess they just miss me... Anyway I'll have them booted back up on 31 May when I'm home from wikibreak. Also going to try to add some automatic restarting mechanism, and also maybe recruit a second maintainer &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  14:13, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * They do miss you. :-) Maybe I could help; I'm a software developer, not sure how the script is written but just throwing that out there; you're welcome to email me later. —Prhartcom ♥ 14:56, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Should be up and running! Sorry for the lengthy downtime. I'll get back to you about the offer as a second maintainer. Going to take a stab at an auto-restart script first. Cheers &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  22:04, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Twinkle sizing?
Hi Musik, I hope all is well with you. Regarding this Twinkle feature request, I was curious if you'd had a chance to look into the request for Twinkle to remember my window size preferences across a variety of devices. No pressure, just following up because the impression I got was that it wasn't terribly difficult. Regards and thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:08, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * On the to-dos! Unfortunately low-priority, though. I'm currently swamped with other technical work. You might try posting at WT:TW, perhaps another maintainer or contributor could help &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  16:07, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

World Wide Web
Hello there!

Edit protection had been instigated for a period on the World Wide Web page due to edit warring and suspected sock puppetry. I note that the protection has been removed - and the problem has almost immediately returned. I would be grateful if you would consider reinstating edit protection for a longer period.

Many thanks. (Etheldavis (talk) 16:06, 26 May 2016 (UTC))
 * Sorry, I was on wikibreak. Looks like Nyttend has taken care of it &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  16:09, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Another bizarre problem
Now you're back, please take a look at this post and let me know if you have any ideas. Just fyi, if you stretch your brain way back, I was going to try Chrome to fix my age-old lag problem, which I finally decided was due to Firefox, or at least something about my Firefox. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:17, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Wow that is strange! Hopefully the VPT folks can help. Off the top of my head I'm not sure what could be causing it. There's no reason why that would happen; Chrome and Firefox use different rendering engines, so to speak, but they both conform to web standards. The fact that it only happens on Wikipedia tells me it's not Chrome. Maybe there's some script you have that's targeted toward Firefox (or Chrome)? &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  16:11, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * No, I think the thread will die. Whatever scripts I have are because other users recommended them and I found them useful. I haven't changed my scripts, and the mess started happening only after I downloaded and installed Chrome. I've left out intermediate details because so little of it makes sense. At some point I'll probably forget the details because I spent hours on Sunday working on it trying different things. I can give you the details if you wish, but I didn't want to tire people out, so I figured I'd just start with the present problem rather than trace the history.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:42, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Overall the best troubleshooting tip would be to try editing Wikipedia on a different computer entirely. Use whatever browser you're comfortable with, so Firefox but with no add-ons. If you see the same problems we know it's your settings on Wikipedia. If you don't see the same issues, try adding your preferred Firefox add-ons or extensions and see if the problem surfaces. If you end up with the same browser settings and still no issues, we know it's the other computer. From there I would try reinstalling Firefox on the original computer, starting with no add-ons, and repeat the aforementioned steps.Your time here on Wikipedia is highly valued by the community; you shouldn't have to deal with these headaches. Contributing should be easy and straightforward, so as much of a pain in the ass it is may be, it's probably worth the time to figure out what's going on. Do you attend any Wikimedia events? There might be some tech-savvy folks there who could help. If you live in the NYC area or are able to attend NYC events, I'm already upset that we haven't met, and once we do meet and you apologize for not coming to prior events, I'd be happy to sit down and help you :) &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  17:57, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's a FF problem (I think the lag is). I think it's a Chrome problem. Some recent history. I downloaded and installed Chrome. Wikipedia suddenly had all sorts of pieces that were italicized. Searching the web released a large number of people with similar problems and with Google doing zilch to help. So, everyone was trying different things. If it was easy and at least kind of plausible, I tried it. Nothing worked. I then saw a developers forum that suggested two steps. The first was to uninstall Press Reader. Surprisingly, I had Press Reader installed, although for the life of me I can't remember why I installed it, and I don't use it. So, that seemed a no brainer. I uninstalled it. The second stop was to apply a "patch" provided by Press Reader. That couldn't be done because the link to the patch no longer worked, and I couldn't find the patch. At that point I get hazy as to why I did what I did, but most people said to install fonts for those that were italicized. Everyone said to download them from a trusted site, but no one, including good old Microsoft, mentioned a trusted site. So, I had a friend who has the same OS as I do e-mail them to me. Then I had a problem I hadn't had in a very long time, which was a Windows system folder, in this case c:Windows/font, wouldn't let me touch certain fonts (not all of them, mind you, only a few) because it was system protected and I didn't have admin privileges, which is nonsense as I'm the only user on my PC and I have all privileges. Anyway, through doing a system restore to get back to where I was at an earlier point and then installing only the font that was supposedly corrupt (Arial regular), which it let me do, I was able to get to where I am now. Chrome has the article title problem, and Firefox, which throughout, was unaffected by most of my changes and worked as it always had, had to have a setting changed to make it work: Options/Content/Fonts & Colors/Advanced. Before I had the box "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above" checked. I had to uncheck it to make Firefox work, although I believe now, outside of Wikipedia, I get fonts I didn't get before because I changed it. Not a big deal, but I have no idea why FF needed that change. So much for not giving you detail.
 * As for New York, I'm thousands of miles away, and I have no intention of going there for any reason in the foreseeable future. So I don't have to apologize. :-) --Bbb23 (talk) 18:36, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * My condolences on reaching 100,000 edits. I just reached 100K myself, although I'm a bit behind you because you didn't just reach 100K. Must be something about admins from NYC. We relish being miserable. When you reach 200K, let me know if you're still breathing.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:44, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Haha thanks you both! it's true I reached 100K according to the edit counting tools a while back, but going by the API I'm at exactly 100K, and you're still at 98597, so yeah, I win! :D The counters go off of the replication database, which for some reason always has a higher edit count. Both account for deleted edits, so it's unclear why they differ... who knows! But for those who use popups they'll see my contribs at exactly 100K, and I'm going to keep it that way for a few days, just for kicks &mdash;  MusikVarmint  talk  20:38, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Remove Edit and Move Protection Templates from Disney's Zootopia
Click protect by clicking more in Zootopia, by editing, allow all with duration time of indefinite, by moving, allow all with duration time of indefinite. 112.134.80.255 (talk) 07:25, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

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Pecan Pie relapse
I see your bot is still having trouble telling which projects are interested in which articles. Your edit. WP:Maps is not interested in Whirlpools. You're still parsing data from the ToDo box :( --Tagishsimon (talk) 00:14, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I got sidetracked and never fixed that issue. I will get to that as soon as I return from wikibreak :) That won't be until 31 May though, so the overzealous bot might nag a few more unrelated WikiProjects &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  20:40, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe I have this fixed. We'll find out on Sunday! :) &mdash; MusikVarmint  talk  16:30, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Congrats
Congratulations on 100,000 edits! Here's some soda and chips:

(BTW, I bought new soda and chips. They aren't the same ones you gave me. Don't worry about it - all refreshments are on me. ) Happy 100,000 edits, my friend! Kylo, Rey, &#38; Finn Consortium (formerly epicgenius) (talk) 20:00, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Haha thanks ! Glad you're not re-gifting food that would be very stale and possibly unsafe to consume :) FYI editing under MusikVarmint to keep my edit count at exactly 100,000 for a while =P &mdash; MusikVarmint  talk  20:32, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * No problem . Do you want some pizza as well? We New Yorkers can't enjoy a good 100,000-edit day without some good old pizza! Kylo, Rey, &#38; Finn Consortium (formerly epicgenius) (talk) 20:55, 31 May 2016 (UTC)


 * YUMM!!!!! You read my mind! :) &mdash; MusikVarmint  talk  16:30, 1 June 2016 (UTC)


 * This just looks perfect! Congrats and hope the first day at the job went great as well. - NQ (talk)  17:38, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

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see this thead
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Explain_this_block_to_me I'm trying to get a general understanding of things and not get involved in the actual case...but I was told to inform you..68.48.241.158 (talk) 15:12, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Massview analysis - alphabetization strangeness?

 * I see the problem. I should sort by page title to alphabetize, not "#". But what is sorting by "#"? That produces a sort of alphabetized order.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  20:44, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
 * # sorts by the original order the page pile or category was in. That was your request! &mdash; MusikVarmint  talk  22:55, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I am unable to make this work for me. The first column is titled "#". I fail to recognize what is being sorted here, but it is not the original order. I am examining pagepile 3282 which starts with words that have first letters I, I, S, A, so original order is retained in the page pile. In Massviews, first letter alphabetization happens in the "#" column, but I cannot see a sense in the order beyond that because it is not alphabetical beyond the first letter. I see no relationship between the # column and the pagepile order.
 * Thanks a lot for attempting to fulfill my request. Are you able to replicate this difficulty? Am I missing something? I see nothing that I can do to keep the original pagepile order.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  14:22, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, I am sorry! You are correct it is not in the original order. It looks like the PagePile API is doing the weird sorting. I will ask User:Magnus Manske if there is a way we retain the original through the API. In the meantime, I'm afraid that bit of functionality isn't possible :( Sorry for the inconvenience &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  15:00, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I am tickled by every part of your involvement in this. I can now submit traffic reports to partner organizations quickly and easily. I used to use Henrik's tool hundreds of times on individual articles, and lots of other Wikipedians did the same. This is the basis for expert partnerships, and I am thrilled that this is available.
 * I can use alphabetical order. Original order would be nice, or maybe somehow I could learn to manipulate my spreadsheets better to match rows. I am not entirely sure what I need even though I do this a lot. I appreciate your interest in this a lot. I definitely would not complain about a software oddity, but am glad that I identified something that might be a problem and the cause of things is identified. Thanks so much.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  15:25, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

oops
It looks like you clobbered some other text in this edit:. Probably an uncaught edit conflict. HighInBC 15:33, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I was wondering how Xaosflux's comment ended up after mine... First time this has happened to me. Hopefully there's a phab on this, the software should have disallowed the edit from saving &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  15:38, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The software has been rarely missing edit conflicts for about 10 years now. I have lost all hope that it will ever completely stop. HighInBC 15:40, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Must be my super edit lock gadget :D — xaosflux  Talk 15:46, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

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108.162.157.141
Hello. I am reviewing the block as 108.162.157.141. The initial block is correct, and I am aware of the previous reviews and the thread at AN. Since then I believe the block has had the intended effect.

Specifically the user has agreed not to edit war. They also now seem to be aware that a disagreement over content(talk page or otherwise) is not consider vandalism and not exempt from 3RR. Their explanation that they "genuinely believed it to be an exception to the 3RR rule" seems plausible for a new user given our rather unique definition of vandalism.

What do you think about me unblocking? I will watch the IPs talk page and make myself available to them in the event they encounter a future dispute. If it turns out I am wrong about this I have no problem with the block being returned later. HighInBC 14:10, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for contacting me. There has been a long history of similar behaviour from this anon, but perhaps there are a few more takeaways this time around. They've identified the issues that lead to this block and what they should and should not do moving forward, so an unblock seems appropriate, especially given their eagerness to contribute &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  15:09, 4 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I will reiterate our expectations and keep an eye on them. <b style="color:OrangeRed">HighInBC</b> 15:11, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

userRightsManager.js
Howdy, something went wrong today when I was granting a user the "confirmed" user right. Would you be able to diagnose what happened at ? I'm still on Monobook if that could be the problem. Thanks, Nakon  00:41, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Confirmed has no user talk template, so the script substituted a blank string. I thought I had that part taken care of, but anyway it's fixed now. I saw what you manually wrote at User_talk:Dominick8, should we turn that into Confirmed granted?Also, another secret, should you ever want to grant the right manually, you can still do so by right-clicking "Assign permissions" and "open in new window/tab". This will bypass the script &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  17:28, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

TAFI
Hi MusikAnimal: Sorry to bother you, but it appears that MusikBot may not be archiving unapproved entries at the TAFI nominations page. One of them has been sitting there since 21 May 2016. Just a heads up. Cheers, North America1000 06:04, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that! Should be good now &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  17:30, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Deleting image
Hey MusikAnimal. Can you delete or tag for deletion the old version of Skidrow-st.jpg because it is not used anymore? I couldn't find the template so I thought you can help me out. Have a nice day.--Retrohead (talk) 15:08, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
 * -- Red rose64 (talk) 15:26, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Per WP:F5 I think we're supposed to wait the seven day period, but here I think we can use common sense and see there's no chance the older version will be used &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  17:35, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Heads up
Hey there, how are you? Just wanted to give you a heads up that an IP has opened a discussion about you at AN and had failed to notify you. FYI. Sergecross73  msg me  14:56, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Super delayed thank you! &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  17:37, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

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Autopatrol
Firstly thanks! Then I will immediately show my ignorance...Does this mean that I don't have to put the template at the top of new pages that I create anymore? best regards Mztourist (talk) 02:58, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The "autopatrolled" right only affects how newly-created pages are listed at Special:NewPages - they go straight to a white background, without going through the yellow stage ([//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:NewPages?username=Mztourist examples]). Your page creations will also be recorded in the patrol log. -- Red rose64 (talk) 08:49, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Noted, thanks Mztourist (talk) 11:18, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

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EFM question
Hi, a while back I requested the EFM right and you rightly said I should help out and learn a bit more - do you think I am at a point where I could re-apply? I've constructed a couple of regexs for the requested filters, as well as getting my head around the syntax. Hope you're doing well, and thanks --  samtar talk or stalk 11:42, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
 * It's tough to say. I think you understand regex just fine, but is there a "clear, demonstrated need for the right"? It may seem silly to be so strict about giving the right out to non-admins, but it's just that admins have already gone through rigorous evaluation by the community. If I were you I'd do some more work at WP:EFM, to have more of a track record. When you feel that you're ready, a request for the right can be made a WP:EFN. But honestly, if you're truly fit for a edit filter manager, you're probably fit for an admin! If you want to be one. Give that some thought too :)Completely unrelated, I understand you're a software developer of sorts. Have you worked on any MediaWiki-related projects? We should chat more on IRC. I'm musikanimal on there, as you might have guessed &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  16:42, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the comments I completely understand the reasoning behind the strictness of the EFM right, so I'll again take your advice and help where I can.  As for developing, yeah I do a fair amount (actually mentoring for this year's GSoC) - I tend to idle as myrcx on IRC so I'll see you there :) --  samtar talk or stalk 17:04, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Ilya Illyin
This was the source on the page. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 20:11, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
 * My apologies, I was looking at an earlier diff! I've semi'd for 2 days, best &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  20:13, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

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Sound list
Hi MusikAnimal, I've gotten from A to Z in the WP:Sound/list so maybe sometime in the next few months the list could use another batch of music from commons. If you have time and interest, and you still have the code, your help with that would be appreciated. Then I could insert music into more articles. Cheers.Anythingyouwant (talk) 22:56, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Gladly! Let me know when you think enough time has passed, and I should be able to just hit the Go button and let the bot do it's thing &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  00:42, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Great! Anytime would be fine.  Or, we could wait until the end of the year if you think there might not be enough new stuff to bother with right now.  I should mention that, in my opinion, there are a lot of problems with the templates for music that are in use at Commons.  Sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972 are protected solely by state law instead of federal law in the U.S., and in many states the protection is perpetual, so that a recording even as early as 1905 (for example) still has state-law copyright protection in some states.  But it's unclear to me which state's law we're supposed to follow.  I admit to not having researched it in great detail, but enough to know that the templates we're using are deficient.  I'm considering focusing for awhile on uploading music that is clearly 100% public domain, like stuff performed by U.S. military bands, and stuff explicitly donated by copyright holders.  Much of the stuff at the Sound/list consists of very old recordings that I'm afraid shouldn't be at Commons in the first place; if someone put stuff at Commons, I'm not sure that I'm doing anything wrong by linking to it, even if it's not supposed to be at Commons.  Oh well.Anythingyouwant (talk) 01:09, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

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Unblock request on hold
There's an unblock request at User talk:TripleAhashbrown, relating to a block that you placed back in October 2014. I am inclined to give the editor another chance, but do you have anything to say about it? The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:54, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Seems fine. A year and a half ago is long enough for me to give a last chance, but they should know WP:AGF may not apply to them &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  15:28, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes. I always regard any unblock in this sort of situation as a kind of probationary unblock, with a reblock being poised ready to drop into place if necessary. However, I shall unblock, and see what happens. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:42, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I have unblocked, and in my messaging accepting the request I warned the editor hat he/she may not be given the benefit of the doubt by admins in view of the history. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:53, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

MusikBot error?
I don't understand why but MusikBot removed a pp template from 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting with this edit even though a one-week protection template was placed by NeilN earlier today. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 03:00, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Wow, any ideas? The page somehow lost protection, see the protection log. The last entry was me adding move-protection, which I think is what caused this. However I checked both pages in the move log and they are not protected &mdash;  MusikAnimal  talk  03:06, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thx for fixing that so quickly. So nice to have the flood of vandalism stemmed somewhat. Shearonink (talk) 03:09, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I think it was the move(s). Do protections survive single or double page moves? I've seen logs where admins have had to transfer protection after moves. --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 03:49, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Protections should be preserved with a move, and after the move both the moved page and the redirect created during the move should have the same protection as each other; but there have been occasional instances over the last few months where a prot was lost during a move. I suspect a ticket may be needed to draw the attention of the devs. -- Red rose64 (talk) 12:28, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * As far as I know, the "transferred protection settings" log messages are automatic transfers, I don't think there's a manual way to do it without manually re-protecting. nyuszika7h (talk) 12:49, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, they're automatic, and there should be one for every move of a page that had any level of prot other than "allow all users" for both edit and move actions. See WP:MOVE, item 4. -- Red rose64 (talk) 13:34, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * This was discussed last year at this thread Category talk:Wikipedia pages with incorrect protection templates and there was a phabricator thread about it. I don't know if it was ever resolved. I know these are old discussions that may not apply to the current situation but I thought I would add these links as background info for those who are unaware of them. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 14:00, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Interesting. I will try to reproduce on testwiki then post on the phab &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  14:27, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi MA. back when I was doing these I would use an edit summary noting when a page move had caused a protection to be dropped. Since December I have done over 10000 edits on my new wikignome project so it wouldn't be easy to locate them in my editing history. I can guesstimate that there was at least one page move causing a protection drop roughly every two weeks. Your bot may have encountered these as well but, since it would be using its usual edit summary, you might not be able to discover how often this is occurring. Again this may be old news but I am trying to give you all the info that I can on the off chance that it can be useful. Cheers. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 16:03, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

NPP / AfC
Hi. Just a reminder that in just over a week at Wikimania there's going to be a cross-Wiki discussion about the systems of control of new pages. This is a round-table rather than a presentation or a lecture. On the agenda are reforms to the new article reviewing systems and ways to help new users better understand our content policies. If you are going to Italy and would like to take part, please check out the conference schedule, and I look forward to seeing you there. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 17:55, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I wish I could make it, and get a chance to finally meet you! Maybe you can ask about remote participation? I'd happily chime in :) &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  19:02, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

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responseHelper
UAA is missing the  notation for  Could you add that please? - NQ (talk)  14:33, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. Thank you! &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  02:11, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

She's back
User talk:MaryKember2011 is back as User talk:MaryKember2013. She's been blocked for vandalism and disruptive editing in the past. She's up to her old tricks. <font color=" #0D98BA">Crash <font color="Purple">Under <font color="Purple">ride  10:39, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Found a whole lot of socks and blocked all of them, along with the sockmaster. I think it's clear at this point they are WP:NOTHERE to work collaboratively, or just simply don't get the point that their edits are disruptive. If you see similar edits come up again, especially from an account with a similar name, please let me know. Best &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  14:52, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Hot dog. FINALLY! lol, we can hope she won't be back, but...lol. <font color=" #0D98BA">Crash <font color="Purple">Under <font color="Purple">ride  00:09, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * User:Marykenney.kember, range block? She clearly doesn't get the hint!!! <font color=" #0D98BA">Crash <font color="Purple">Under <font color="Purple">ride  07:07, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
 * That account was already there when I did the last round of blocking, but they hadn't made any edits so I was unable to conclude it was MaryKember. I've blocked them and one other sock that I missed. A rangeblock would require checkuser intervention, which I'm not sure is necessary right now &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  20:47, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
 * She's really starting to get annoying. lol. <font color=" #0D98BA">Crash <font color="Purple">Under <font color="Purple">ride  06:12, 20 June 2016 (UTC)