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Tech News: 2020-51
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Recent changes
 * There is a Wikipedia app for KaiOS phones. It was released in India in September. It can now be downloaded in other countries too.

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The Signpost: 29 November 2020
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Center
I see that a few portals now use &lt;center>. Although readable and effective, that is deprecated. I'm not sure what the recommended replacement is: probably something involving &lt;div style="margin: auto">. Certes (talk) 15:10, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I like the function, because it's so easy to use. Hopefully it still continues to function despite being deprecated. However, this:

Hello World!
 * Creates this:

Hello World!
 * – Seems to be fine. North America1000 18:18, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I just noticed which can be maintained in one place if the recommendation changes.  Certes (talk) 20:06, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
 * That works too. As you know:
 * creates

Hello Certes!
 * Thanks, forgot about that one. It also works when "center" is spelled as "centre". North America1000 01:48, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-52
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Tech News
 * Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 11 January 2021.

Recent changes
 * The  template shows when a statement in a Wikipedia article needs a source. If you click on it when you edit with the visual editor there is a popup that explains this. Now it can also show the reason and when it was added.

Changes later this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.

Future changes
 * You can propose and discuss what technical improvements should be done for geographic information. This could be coordinates, maps or other related things.
 * Some wikis use LanguageConverter to switch between writing systems or variants of a language. This can only be done for the entire page. There will be a  tag that can convert a piece of text on a page.
 * Oversighters and stewards can hide entries in Special:AbuseLog. They can soon hide multiple entries at once using checkboxes. This works like hiding normal edits. It will happen in early January.

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Howard Wales
So, R.I.P. Howard Wales. Have you heard either of the albums he recorded with Jerry Garcia? (Here's Hooteroll?!) — Mudwater (Talk) 21:26, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Never really looked into much of that. Nice crisp studio sound there. Folks say that the live jams are where it's at, though. Yep. North America1000 06:20, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think that's right, the live jams would be where it's at. Maybe Side Trips, Volume One will be reissued some day.  Or perhaps it's out there somewhere on a file sharing site.  I know nothing of such matters, however.  — Mudwater (Talk) 23:23, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Sounds like you'd like to get your hands on that album, or maybe that you haven't heard it. For informational purposes for you (no, I'm not shilling for Amazon, or for deceased musicians), it's available on Amazon in MP3 format and CD (link). It's also available in streaming, which appears to be free if you have an Amazon account. If you hear it or get it, then you can consider improving the Side Trips, Volume One article a bit if you're into that, or if you haven't heard it yet, etc. North America1000 01:00, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * In hindsight, my previous post was kind of ambiguous. I have the CD, having bought it when it came out.  But, thanks for the tips.  Re Amazon, yes, they have it on CD, but from third-party sellers and a considerable markup.  I've bought new and used CDs from Amazon third-party sellers, and on eBay too.  But I don't get pricey ones.  I'm too cheap frugal for that.  Anyway, I haven't listened to my copy for a while, so that's on my "to do" list.  — Mudwater (Talk) 01:27, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Now I see. Cheers! North America1000 01:38, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Actually, here's all four tracks of Side Trips, Volume One, on YouTube.   1 2 3 4 — Mudwater (Talk) 01:42, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-02
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Recent changes
 * You can choose to be reminded when you have not added an edit summary. This can be done in your preferences. This could conflict with the CAPTCHA. This has now been fixed.
 * You can link to specific log entries. You can get these links for example by clicking the timestamps in the log. Until now, such links to private log entries showed no entry even if you had permission to view private log entries. The links now show the entry.
 * Admins can use the abuse filter tool to automatically prevent bad edits. Three changes happened last week:
 * The filter editing interface now shows syntax errors while you type. This is similar to JavaScript pages. It also shows a warning for regular expressions that match the empty string. New warnings will be added later.
 * Oversighters can now hide multiple filter log entries at once using checkboxes on Special:AbuseLog. This is how the usual revision deletion works.
 * When a filter matches too many actions after it has been changed it is "throttled". The most powerful actions are disabled. This is to avoid many editors getting blocked when an administrator made a mistake. The administrator will now get a notification about this "throttle".
 * Octicons-tools.svg There is a new tool to build new skins. You can also see existing skins. You can give feedback.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Bots using the API no longer watch pages automatically based on account preferences. Setting the  to   will still work. This is to reduce the size of the watchlist data in the database.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Scribunto's file metadata now includes length.
 * Octicons-tools.svg CSS and JavaScript code pages now have link anchors to line numbers. You can use wikilinks like w:en:MediaWiki:Common.js.
 * Octicons-sync.svg There was a new version of MediaWiki last week. You can read a detailed log of all 763 changes. Most of them are very small and will not affect you.

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"WP:CHURNALISM" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Wikipedia:CHURNALISM. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 January 9 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Geo Swan (talk) 05:18, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Happy New Year fireworks without header
Template:Happy New Year fireworks without header has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 07:34, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!


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I'm wishing you a Merry Christmas, because that is what I celebrate. Feel free to take a "Happy Holidays" or "Season's Greetings" if you prefer. :) BOZ (talk) 05:13, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Yo Ho Ho


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 * Thanks so much for the holiday cheer, and a cheery holiday season to you all as well. Stay safe and hope you all have a great 2021! North America1000 11:19, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Miss Nicaragua 2001
I was going to close this as a procedural keep based on your input (and looking at the delete !votes), but would that be considered a !supervote? Onel 5969  TT me 01:12, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Maybe, maybe not, depends on how various folks would interpret such as close, per their own stances, viewpoints, etc. toward such as close. As a non-admin closure, people could possibly be more apt to consider it as a supervote. I guess it's moot at this point anyway, since closed the discussion already. North America1000 12:24, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the response. It may be moot regarding that particular discussion, but I could always use your above guidance if I come across a similar situation.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:58, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 December 2020
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I found this beautiful 2016 template, and re-gifting it back to its creator seemed à propos!
Happy New Year! Hello Northamerica1000: Thanks for all of your contributions to Wikipedia, and have a great New Year! Cheers, —  W ILD S TAR  talk  23:07, 29 December 2020 (UTC) Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year snowman}} to people's talk pages with a friendly message.

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Articles for deletion/Kuwait Medical Professionals
FYI: I was bold, so I merged and redirected per your closure. Bearian (talk) 22:40, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for following through on it, and happy holidays to you and yours. North America1000 11:15, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , Happy New Year to you and yours. Bearian (talk) 15:38, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2021
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Arbitration
 * By motion, standard discretionary sanctions have been temporarily authorized for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes). The effectiveness of the discretionary sanctions can be evaluated on the request by any editor after March 1, 2021 (or sooner if for a good reason).
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FWIW Trampton and SwisterTwister sockpuppetry
I have that feature turned on that strikes out contributors who have been blocked. And, when I reviewed an old discussion recently, I noticed that SwisterTwister's wikiID was overstruck.

My recollection was that they could be unpleasant and accusatory, so I looked into why they were blocked.

Sockpuppetry.

I requested a listing of articles both SwisterTwister and their sockpuppet, Trampton had edited. Your talk page was one of the pages where both wikiIDs overlapped, within a short period. 

It seems to me they were using sockpuppetry to target you. I hate sockpuppetry. Maybe you already knew this. But, in case you didn't... Geo Swan (talk) 05:56, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Yep, I was aware of the sock posting on my page at the time, after the SPI, that is, which someone else initiated. North America1000 22:30, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Happy New Year!


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Happy New Year!

 * Thanks for the holiday greeting. Them's the breaks for Redfield, eh? Well, there have been a lot of Category:Feuds throughout history, and they will likely just continue onward forever. North America1000 06:23, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
 * The specifics demonstrate Schofield's virtuosity (and cunning). He painted it in England (probably from sketches and memory). He submitted it to an exhibition where Redfield was on the jury (and was outvoted). Redfield would be the only one to understand what he had done, at least initially. And complaining about it would just make Redfield look weak.
 * Still, Redfield may have gotten his revenge. His paintings regularly sell for 3X as much as Schofield's (although I find Schofield the more dynamic painter). == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 13:12, 29 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your addition to Walter Elmer Schofield. My impression (Am I wrong?) is that having a gallery of images all the way across the page is not optimal for hand-held devises. Can one use " " on a packed gallery?
 * First day of 2021, and nothing bad (so far). Best, == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 21:10, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure. One would think that at the end of the right side of the screen, any remaining images would then just auto-perrow onto the next line, as occurs when using wikipedia on a computer and the packed mode is present in a gallery. I don't surf using a phone, so I won't be checking how it looks. North America1000 05:34, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-03
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 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

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 * The Growth team plans to add features to get more visitors to edit to more Wikipedias. You can help translating the interface.
 * You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for a short time on at 07:00 (UTC).
 * MassMessage posts could be automatically timestamped in the future. This is because MassMessage senders can now send pages using MassMessage. Pages are more difficult to sign. If there are times when a MassMessage post should not be timestamped you can let the developers know.

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Tech News: 2021-04
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Problems
 * You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for a short time on at 07:00 (UTC). You will not be able to read or edit Wikitech for a short time on at 09:00 (UTC).

Changes later this week
 * Bracket matching will be added to the CodeMirror syntax highlighter on the first wikis. The first wikis are German and Catalan Wikipedia and maybe other Wikimedia wikis. This will happen on 27 January.
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Tech News: 2021-05
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Problems
 * IPv6 addresses were written in lowercase letters in diffs. This caused dead links since Special:Contributions only accepted uppercase letters for the IPs. This has been fixed.

Changes later this week
 * You can soon use Wikidata to link to pages on the multilingual Wikisource.
 * Often editors use a "non-breaking space" to make a gap between two items when reading but still show them together. This can be used to avoid a line break. You will now be able to add new ones via the special character tool in the 2010, 2017, and visual editors. The character will be shown in the visual editor as a space with a grey background.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Wikis use abuse filters to stop bad edits being made. Filter maintainers can now use syntax like  as well as the   syntax for IP ranges.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

Future changes
 * Minerva is the skin Wikimedia wikis use for mobile traffic. When a page is protected and you can't edit it you can normally read the source wikicode. This doesn't work on Minerva on mobile devices. This is being fixed. Some text might overlap. This is because your community needs to update MediaWiki:Protectedpagetext to work on mobile. You can read more.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Cloud VPS and Toolforge will change the IP address they use to contact the wikis. The new IP address will be . This will happen on February 8. You can read more.

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2021
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 * The standard discretionary sanctions authorized for American Politics were amended by motion to cover post-1992 politics of United States and closely related people, replacing the 1932 cutoff.

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Tech News: 2021-06
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Recent changes
 * The Wikipedia app for Android now has watchlists and talk pages in the app.

Changes later this week
 * You can see edits to chosen pages on Special:Watchlist. You can add pages to your watchlist on every wiki you like. The GlobalWatchlist extension will come to Meta on 11 February. There you can see entries on watched pages on different wikis on the same page. The new watchlist will be found on Special:GlobalWatchlist on Meta. You can choose which wikis to watch and other preferences on Special:GlobalWatchlistSettings on Meta. You can watch up to five wikis.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

Future changes
 * When admins protect pages the form will use the OOUI look. Special:Import will also get the new look. This will make them easier to use on mobile phones.
 * Some services will not work for a short period of time from 07:00 UTC on 17 February. There might be problems with new short links, new translations, new notifications, adding new items to your reading lists or recording email bounces. This is because of database maintenance.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Last week Tech News reported that the IP address Cloud VPS and Toolforge use to contact the wikis will change on 8 February. This is delayed. It will happen later instead.

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Tech News: 2021-07
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Problems
 * There were problems with recent versions of MediaWiki. Because the updates caused problems the developers rolled back to an earlier version. Some updates and new functions will come later than planned.
 * Some services will not work for a short period of time from 07:00 UTC on 17 February. There might be problems with new short links, new translations, new notifications, adding new items to your reading lists or recording email bounces. This is because of database maintenance.

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

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The Signpost: 31 January 2021
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Tech News: 2021-08
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Recent changes
 * The visual editor will now use MediaSearch to find images. You can search for images on Commons in the visual editor when you are looking for illustrations. This is to help editors find better images.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The syntax highlighter now works with more languages: Futhark, Graphviz/DOT, CDDL and AMDGPU.

Problems
 * Editing a timeline might have removed all text from it. This was because of a bug and has been fixed. You might need to edit the timeline again for it to show properly.

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

Future changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg There is a user group for developers and users interested in working on Wikimedia wikis with the Rust programming language. You can join or tell others who want to make your wiki better in the future.

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00:16, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Need a page move
Hi! I need Octavian Popescu (footballer, born 2002) to be moved to Octavian Popescu. Please help me, thanks! --End-of-season-updates (talk) 18:47, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm going to pass on becoming involved in this. You can post a request at WP:RM if you'd like. North America1000 04:19, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 February 2021
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