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Tech News: 2014-28
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Recent software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf12) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 3. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 8, and to all Wikipedias on July 10 (calendar).
 * CirrusSearch was enabled on July 1 as the primary search method on 36 new wikis, including the Norwegian (no), Portuguese (pt) and Ukrainian (uk) Wikipedias.
 * It is now possible to create Atom or RSS feeds for Word of the Day, Word of the Week and similar entries on Wiktionary wikis.
 * You can now use a graphical interface to edit TemplateData information on the English (en), French (fr) and Italian (it) Wikipedias.

VisualEditor news
 * Saving an edit with VisualEditor will now be much faster.
 * You can now add a caption when you add a file to a page with VisualEditor. You can also change the file to a different one and keep the existing caption.
 * When you switch to the Edit source tab, you are now asked to keep your changes. You no longer need to find the option in the menus.
 * The reference tool that adds empty  tags is now at the bottom of the Cite menu, below references that use templates like.
 * Context menus will no longer be shown over items that you can edit directly, for example formulæ.

Future software changes
 * Starting on July 9, it will be possible to globally rename global (SUL ) users. The feature was first scheduled for July 1, but was delayed due to bugs.
 * A plan to enable CirrusSearch as the primary search method on the 11 largest Wikimedia wikis has now been prepared.
 * If you use references on a page, you will soon always see them at the bottom of the page, even if you forget to add the  tag (or a template).
 * Black-and-white XCF images will soon display correctly.
 * Description pages of SVG files will soon always show download links for multiple resolutions (example). The links were previously shown only for SVG files in large original resolutions.

Problems
 * Between July 2-3, there were problems with loading pages on multiple wikis due to a configuration issue.
 * For a few hours on July 1, there were problems with uploading new files on Wikimedia Commons due to a configuration error.

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Active again
Welcome back!--Bbb23 (talk) 22:22, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Well, I've been active off and on, just not at SPI. --Rschen7754 22:24, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

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Question
After all the time I've spent clerking, I feel a little sheepish asking you this. Take a look at Sockpuppet investigations/L'Aquotique. As you can see, one report is closed, and one is open. If I archive it using the script, will it archive only the closed report and leave the other one open? Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:05, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, the script is not very useful when there are multiple reports open. --Rschen7754 01:20, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, good thing I resisted doing it. Because the script does more than one thing, undoing it would mean undoing all those steps. That's why I balked.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:56, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-29
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Recent software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf13) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 10. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 15, and to all Wikipedias on July 17 (calendar).
 * It is now possible to globally rename global (SUL ) users. Please go to the username changes page on Meta if you want to rename your account on all wikis.
 * You can now read a summary of the Wikimedia technical report for June 2014.
 * You can now read the latest issue of the Wikidata newsletter and translate it into your language.

VisualEditor news
 * The tool to add templates and citations will now work for templates that include HTML comments or templates in their titles.
 * The button to make images full size should now work correctly.
 * References will now be shown in the default font size again.

Future software changes
 * CirrusSearch will be enabled as the primary search method on the Dutch (nl) and Japanese (ja) Wikipedias on July 14, and on the Polish (pl) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias on July 16.
 * The Special:Version page will soon show the exact version of MediaWiki and all extensions installed on your wiki (example).
 * It will soon no longer be possible to order printed books of wiki articles via PediaPress. You will still be able to create PDF files.
 * Pages that use  more than once will soon show a warning. You can use   to hide it.
 * Pages that have the list of references added automatically will soon be added to a tracking category. Administrators will be able to configure the name of the category on their wikis.
 * Administrators will soon be able to easily merge histories of two pages using Special:MergeHistory.
 * Administrators will soon see links to delete files on Special:ListFiles.

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Tech News: 2014-30
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Recent software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf14) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 17. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 22, and to all Wikipedias on July 24 (calendar).
 * CirrusSearch was removed as the primary search method from Wikimedia Commons and the Spanish (es) Wikipedia due to a high server load. The plan to enable it on the Dutch (nl), Japanese (ja), Polish (pl) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias was also postponed to a later date.
 * The tool that stores information about languages (CLDR) was updated to its latest version. You can still help translate language names into your own language so they can be used in the sidebar and other places.
 * Translation memory for newly translatable pages should now offer more suggestions.
 * A tool to convert MediaWiki pages to LaTeX is now available on [//tools.wmflabs.org/ Tool Labs].

VisualEditor news
 * Tablet users visiting the mobile version of Wikimedia wikis will be able to use a special version of VisualEditor starting on July 31. You can test the new tool by choosing the beta version of the mobile view in the Settings menu. Feedback is welcome.
 * All windows in VisualEditor have now a new design. Main action buttons will always be located in the top bar and will use simple words rather than icons.
 * You can now easily open links inside the link editor, for example to see their target.
 * Several bugs related to the positioning of the cursor around some items (like images and references) were fixed last week.

Future software changes
 * It will soon be possible to watch individual discussions in the Topic namespace rather than whole pages for talk pages using Flow.
 * You can give comments about the new version of Winter, a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages.
 * An IRC meeting to organize Pywikibot bugs will take place from July 24 to July 27 on the channel #pywikibot on freenode.
 * A request for comments on how to improve MediaWiki API was re-started on MediaWiki.org. Your feedback is welcome.

Problems
 * Mailing lists were broken for about 16 hours between July 14 and July 15 due to a server problem.

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I did it because i got an informed opinion, based on policy, from another wikipedia editor. i had given up on the possibility of policy being applied to these articles, and had forgotten about it. when someone reassured me that i was correct in my application of wikipedia policy to wikiprojects, i went ahead and revisited the topic. Its really hard to assume any sort of good faith in this situation. its obvious from your comments that you think my intention is to undermine wikipedia and damage the integrity of other peoples work. I suggest if you feel this strongly, take your concerns to whatever forum can address it properly. i would be happy to let anyone know my understanding of this matter, and will abide by any decision made by people NOT associated with either the SFBA project or the roads project.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 07:04, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
 * "its obvious from your comments that you think my intention is to undermine wikipedia and damage the integrity of other peoples work" - can you please clarify where I have stated or implied this? This is a very strong accusation that you are making... --Rschen7754 07:09, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

State and sub-state project banners
I just restored the SFBA banner to Talk:California State Route 17. The project's members, few as they may be, find the banner useful for various reasons and it does not seem that placement of the USRoads banner provides the same functionality for us. It is clearly the right of a project to determine its own scope and to select the articles that are within that scope. Editors who have not signed up with a project are free to add banners, but I don't think that they should remove banners placed by a project without discussion. Please see the following guideline: WP:WikiProject coordination. I'll watch this page for any replies. Thanks, --Hjal (talk) 09:49, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
 * If I may ask, are you planning to improve said article? --Rschen7754 21:24, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * If I do any work on this it would probably be in the history section. There was a plan to extend the route to Point Reyes, which was one of the things that triggered the efforts to protect West Marin from development. I live in Fremont now, so I find the history of the Route through the East Bay interesting, but I haven't done any other reading about that subject yet.  If it needs any work in the sections of most interest to the Roads project, I'd be happy to see that go ahead, but I haven't done that much work in your arena, unless you count helping to save the Alemany Maze article.--Hjal (talk) 22:52, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

A clear stewarding notification mistake.
Hi Rschen!

I'm afraid you made a grave mistake, when you left a machine-translated message on sv-wikt a month ago. The link name was also translated, thus turning the link to garbage. Please go to sv:wikt:WT:BB in order to correct this, and thereby give us a chance to find the page you intended to link to!

I fear that you (and/or other stewards) may have some work to do, if you made the same sort of mistake in many projects. If so, I hope you can find a way to automatise the necessary corrections. JoergenB (talk) 02:00, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-31
 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 (1.24wmf15) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 24. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 29, and to all Wikipedias on July 31 (calendar).
 * You can now download the latest version of the anti-vandalism tool Huggle.

VisualEditor news
 * You can now create, edit, and view HTML comments in VisualEditor.
 * The cancel button in VisualEditor toolbar has been removed. You can still use the Read tab and the Back button in your browser to cancel your edit.
 * If you try to use a template which has no suggested or required parameters in TemplateData, you will now be asked to add the parameters.
 * You will no longer be able to edit a page if you can't create it, for example on pages protected against recreation.

Future software changes
 * You will soon be able to filter [//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=&hide_patrol_log=1&hide_review_log=1&hide_thanks_log=1 Meta-Wiki's user rights log] by wiki and user.
 * Wikidata will soon be able to store data about article status, for example "good article" or "featured article". If your wiki has highlighted content, please make sure it is on [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Development/Badges Wikidata's list].
 * It will soon be possible to directly create empty pages, for example in the user namespace.

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Anand.Hegde
Hi there. Just a heads up. This user that you blocked based on an SPI that I filed doesn't seem to be active currently, so I am not sure if the block serves its purpose. &mdash;  LeoFrank  Talk 03:17, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
 * They did edit July 8, so it's not too inactive, in my opinion. --Rschen7754 16:48, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

RfC - Galicia
Good morning. I opened an RfC on the talk page of Galicia (Eastern Europe). A user arbitrarily decided to rename the article during the process of the RFC. I am not really sure what to do (aside from reverting the page move). I am looking for some assistance on this, and to be clear, I am not trying to whip up votes, I simply need assistance with mediation. Thanks!

-- hmich 176 06:49, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I've seen this, but I will need to do some research on the background of this dispute. Ping me again if I haven't come back to this within a few days. --Rschen7754 16:46, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, doing some more research now, it is just as I thought: if you thought SRNC/USSH were bad, this is even worse :/ There have been three arbitration cases in the topic area: Requests for arbitration/Eastern Europe, Arbitration/Requests/Case/Eastern European mailing list, and Requests for arbitration/Eastern European disputes. This has led to discretionary sanctions being authorized for the entire Eastern Europe topic area; in short, any uninvolved administrator can issue sanctions to keep the process moving. Discretionary sanctions makes this eligible for WP:AE, and you can file a request there. On first look, I believe that the page move was disruptive and the editor should be warned, but then again I haven't done arb enforcement stuff in almost a year, and the rules changed recently and I haven't kept up on that. --Rschen7754 23:14, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I do remember SRNC/USSH and yeah, this is rather substantially more difficult. I found the page move to be disruptive, but I didn't want to move the page back and create an edit war. Thanks for taking a look into this, it is much appreciated! -- hmich 176 09:45, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Current steward action on the oc wikipedia
Hi, I'm Jean-François (French) or Joan Francés (occitan) Blanc, a sysop on the Occitan wikipedia. This morning (in France) I noticed you put some warning about sysop privileges on two sysop discussion pages, Gòranò and Cedric31. We have almost no community discussion here, the few active of us, because there is space enough to contribute, and we have not the same interests. But I'm keeping an eye on new contributions, trying to remind the basics (linguistic charter that is sort of a style guide, wiki syntax...) to newcomers and rare returning contributors. I do not mind about Gòranò status, he's really absent here from a long time. But Cedric31 did an edit on a template 1 month or 2 ago, and from time to time participate to discussions, and your statement about him not being here is somewhat contradicted by his contribution log. I'll nevertheless open a thread on the community portal and a call for new sysops. Thanks for your attention. To reach me faster please post on my discussion page on the oc.wikipedia or drop me an email. Regards, --— J. F. B. (me´n parlar) 04:36, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The warnings posted were for the sysop rights on oc.wiktionary; I also posted on oc.wikipedia just in case those two users monitor oc.wikipedia and not oc.wiktionary. --Rschen7754 17:17, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigations/BuickCenturyDriver/Archive
Why were the IPs blocked indefinitely? Most of them appear to belong to wireless carriers, likely dynamically assigned? &mdash; MusikAnimal talk 04:09, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, fixed now. --Rschen7754 17:19, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Socking
Do you mind taking a look at this? AcidSnow (talk) 16:36, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It seems another clerk has actioned it already. --Rschen7754 17:39, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

List of Interstate Highways in Michigan
Since you commented in the last nomination, I'm letting you know that it has been renominated, and your feedback would again be appreciated.  Imzadi 1979  →   08:38, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Still remember me?
Hi, do you still remember me? I left Wikipedia for more that a year because of my busy school days. I am back now and I want to know where should I start. :) --Gabrielchihonglee (talk) 08:21, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
 * hi! Content creation is always a good place to start, or vandal patrol. Wikidata is also good too. --Rschen7754 18:30, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh, thanks for your responds, I am interested in vandal patrol, how should I start? thanks! By the way, are you going to Wikimania? :) --Gabrielchihonglee (talk) 01:38, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * If you're interested in doing it crosswiki, there is #cvn-sw. Unfortunately, I am not going this year. --Rschen7754 20:15, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
 * oh, I am sorry to hear that. By the way, about vandal patrol, unfortunately, I don't know most of the languages in #cvn-sw, is there any job I may take in EN WIKIPEDIA? Thanks!--Gabrielchihonglee (talk) 11:59, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 7
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Reference Errors on 31 July
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Tech News: 2014-32
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Tech News updates


 * Tech News will be presented at the Wikimania 2014 conference in London! If you will be attending the conference, please join us in Auditorium 2 at 14:30 local time on Sunday, August 10.

Recent software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf16) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 31. Due to the Wikimania 2014 conference, it will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (calendar).
 * You can now test a new tool to render wiki pages as PDF files.
 * You can now download an update to the archive of Wikimedia Commons files (uploaded up to December 31, 2013). If you have free space on your computer, please help preserve the files.
 * New users using the mobile Commons site now need to make 75 edits before they can upload a file.

VisualEditor news
 * You will no longer see an edit confirmation message after making a null edit with VisualEditor.
 * VisualEditor will no longer change underscores to spaces in category sort keys.
 * Many bugs that resulted in inserting the pawn and snowman symbols were fixed last week.
 * Several bugs related to the use of references were also fixed.

Future software changes
 * You will soon have a user option to watch pages where you revert edits.
 * All Toolserver data will be deleted in September. If you want to back up your data, [mailto:ts-admins@toolserver.org contact Toolserver administrators] before August 31.
 * Pages in the  namespace on wikis using the Translate extension will no longer be indexed by search engines.

Problems
 * Wikivoyage wikis were broken for about 45 minutes on July 29 due to a configuration problem.
 * Some users were not able to log in on test wikis and MediaWiki.org between July 31 and August 1. The problem is now fixed.

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Piccici De Rothschild
FYI... You were. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:07, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
 * probably some random quote from a publicly-logged Wikimedia IRC channel (like #wikidata or #wikimedia-operations) in hopes of appealing to authority to keep the article. But honestly, the account and sock, and the IP sock should probably just be blocked at this point because they're obviously up to no good and have been reverted and warned several times. --Rschen7754 03:24, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, I agree. I closed the AfD as a snowball close. The article is likely a hoax so I left final warnings for the two accounts. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:40, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-33
<section begin="technews-2014-W33"/> 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 VisualEditor news
 * Due to the Wikimania 2014 conference, there were no MediaWiki changes this week. The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf16) will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (calendar).
 * Bureaucrats on all Wikivoyage wikis are no longer able to merge two accounts into one.
 * Tablet users visiting the mobile version of non-Wikipedia wikis will be able to use VisualEditor starting on August 12. The feature will also be enabled on all Wikipedias on August 14.

Future software changes
 * Internet Explorer 6 users will soon see a JavaScript-free version of Wikimedia wikis; JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work on that browser. If you use Internet Explorer 6, make sure to update to a newer browser!
 * If you visit a special page that requires you to be logged-in, you will soon be automatically redirected to the log-in page instead of seeing a warning.
 * You will now always see recent changes to the source language text when editing a translation with the Translate extension.
 * An IRC meeting to discuss VisualEditor will take place on August 14 at 09:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion).

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SPI Archive error
Something went wrong when you archived WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Murtazakhojami. The page is now blank with no link to archived cases. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 21:28, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
 * You just need to purge the page... --Rschen7754 02:00, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
 * My office makes me use IE9, which apparently doesn't purge very well. All good now.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 03:13, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

Admrboltz
Greetings Rschen7754! One USRD member and current administrator hasn't been edit or logged an action for nearly 6 months. Bit concerning, do you mind contacting him for a status? (I came to you because your one of the active members in the project) Best, ///Euro Car  GT  03:49, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Others have been in contact, and it appears to be real-life matters (unfortunately, I can't give too much more detail.) --Rschen7754 05:03, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks for being keen. ///Euro Car  GT  05:24, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Talkback
Hell in a Bucket (talk) 03:38, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Inactive sysops (tr. wiki)
Hi, do you remember this? One month passed. Only Lighterside made contribute 3 days ago, other inactive sysops didn't respond. --Bermanya (talk) 15:28, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

User Tristanb Hi. I still use Wikipedia. If you're able to take me off that list that would be much appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.29.30.99 (talk) 00:46, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you please login? Also, you do not need to have the administrator privileges to edit, or to read Wikipedia - if you are not using the tools, perhaps you should consider resigning? --Rschen7754 00:51, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-34
<section begin="technews-2014-W34"/> 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 (1.24wmf17) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on August 19, and on all Wikipedias on August 21 (calendar).
 * There is a new protection level called superprotection. At the moment, only some Wikimedia Foundation employees have access to it. Administrators can't edit "superprotected" pages. [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Superprotect_rights]
 * You can now create empty pages directly. A message asks you to confirm that you want to create an empty page.
 * You can search for Wikimedia tools using a new list of tools.
 * You can watch the first videos from Wikimania 2014. Some of them are about technical topics. More videos will come later.

Wikidata
 * After August 19, you can use Wikidata for inter language links on Wikinews.
 * After August 19, you can use Wikidata for badges like "good" or "featured" articles. Next week, you will be able to show the badges in the article sidebar on Wikipedia, Wikisource and Wikiquote.

Problems
 * There was an issue with ProofreadPage and WikiEditor on Wikisource wikis. It is now fixed.

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Admin on lo wiki
I posted my answer there, but just in case:

I became an admin as an emergency measure ages ago (maybe 10 years or so). I was a steward myself back then. I fully agree that I do not need the admin rights anymore. You might as well de-admin me now :) . I didn't even know I had admin rights anywhere still LOL. Waerth (talk) 19:36, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ and thanks for your service! --Rschen7754 02:35, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-35
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VisualEditor news
 * There was a error when you put your cursor directly after a reference list. It is now fixed.
 * You can now add colors to links in the editor using gadgets. You can do this to see links to redirects or disambiguation pages.
 * If you use Internet Explorer, you will soon be able to use VisualEditor.

Future software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf18) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 21. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on August 26, and on all Wikipedias on August 28 (calendar).
 * After August 26, you will have a central JavaScript and CSS page. They will be on Meta-Wiki and will work on all wikis. Read more on the help page.

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SPI archive link
For some reason the link to the archived case(s) doesn't show up at Sockpuppet investigations/Aesheticinfo. ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  16:29, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
 * (tps) That happens all the time - the page just needs purging. And...done. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 16:34, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Duh, obviously. I tried to see if it was missing a template by comparing with other SPIs with archived but didn't notice anything missing. I always forget that "purging" is a thing that can help. ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  16:41, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Inter-wiki spamming by paid editors
Hi Rschen7754. A paid editor/group has been trying to promote IronFX here for ages. We've taken care of all the en.wiki mess already, but I've just come across this list (why they've made this is beyond me) of articles over at de.wiki which shows that there are over 10 articles in other wikis. I've not come across this before and I'm not sure how to deal with it. Is this the sort of thing that you can take care of as a steward, or does each one need to be dealt with separately in each wiki? Thanks SmartSE (talk) 20:08, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * It depends on what wiki. A large one like de.wikipedia should have issues handled by people over there. If there's a smaller wiki with few admins, that's where stewards start getting involved. --Rschen7754 01:09, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok thanks. Looking at the wikis they are all relatively large so I guess that they need dealing with separately. Do you (or TPS) know of any mailing list which might expedite dealing with them? Working out how to deal with the German one is difficult enough, let alone the Japanese one! SmartSE (talk) 17:37, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Usually the trick is finding a steward or global sysop who also happens to be an admin at the respective wiki. Local CheckUsers can help too. (S, GS, CU). --Rschen7754 01:18, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Ah good thinking. Cheers SmartSE (talk) 21:49, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-36
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Recent software changes
 * You can now test a new Beta Feature to see links to other wikis in the sidebar. The links come from Wikidata.
 * You can now search pages that link to a page. Use the  keyword in your search.
 * A redirect to a section now changes the URL in the address bar of your browser. If "Dog" redirects to "Animals#Dog", you now see "Animals#Dog" instead of "Dog#Dog".
 * If you are testing Flow, you now have a Flow tab in your Notifications. It is called "Messages". [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Echo_(Notifications)/status#2014-08-monthly]

VisualEditor news
 * You can no longer delete required fields in templates.
 * We fixed many Internet Explorer bugs. If you use Internet Explorer 11, you will get VisualEditor next week. Support for earlier versions is coming next.
 * VisualEditor now looks better in Monobook.
 * We fixed a bug where some of your typing could be undone when you used "cut" (Ctrl+X).
 * You will no longer see empty or deleted categories among the suggestions when you add a category.

Future software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf19) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 2, and on all Wikipedias on September 4 (calendar).
 * There is a proposal to build a database on Commons for file data. It will make it easier to see the author, license and topics. You can give feedback on this idea. You can also come to the IRC chat on September 3 at 18:00 (UTC) in  at freenode.
 * You can give feedback on Media Viewer until September 7. You can say what needs to be improved and ask other people to give feedback too.
 * You can test a new version of the tool to show math. It uses MathML. Report bugs in bugzilla.
 * You will no longer be able to upload images from the mobile site.

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Tech News: 2014-37
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VisualEditor news
 * From Thursday, Internet Explorer 11 users will get VisualEditor. Support for earlier versions is coming next.

Future software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf20) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 9, and on all Wikipedias on September 11 (calendar).
 * You will soon confirm a "Thanks" inline instead of in a dialog.
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Topic-ban question on WP:ANI
Last October you implemented this topic ban. On ANI now, an editor is accused of the very things we were accused of, but almost no one there thinks that it's ban-worthy. I don't see how something that was ban-worthy a year ago no longer is. Please check this out on ANI and comment, if possible. Thank you. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 22:52, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't really do topic bans or anything related to AE anymore, (un)fortunately. --Rschen7754 01:19, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Talkback
Hell in a Bucket (talk) 14:06, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2014-38
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Recent software changes
 * You can now change the style of links to disambiguation pages. This is done with the  CSS class.
 * There was a problem on right-to-left wikis with Wikidata log entries. The text was messy in watchlists and recent changes. The problem is now fixed. The same problem will be fixed soon for user names.
 * New users are randomly chosen for a test on 12 Wikipedias. They get messages with ideas of articles to edit. The ideas come from what they have already edited.

Problems
 * There was a problem with loading images on September 10.

VisualEditor news
 * If you don't select text when you add a link, the link now shows a number.
 * The citation tool no longer offers to reuse a citation if there are none on the page yet.
 * You can now use help buttons in the "" menu to see what the options are for.

Future software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki ( 1.24wmf21 ) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 16, and on all Wikipedias on September 18 (calendar).
 * These changes are coming with the new version:
 * If you use Internet Explorer 7, JavaScript will no longer work. JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work in that browser. You should update to a newer browser. [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compatibility#Grade_C]

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Recent software changes
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 * Sites were down for users in the Pacific area around 7:00 UTC on September 20. It was due to a problem in the San Francisco data center.
 * There were two bad bugs messing up articles in some browsers in VisualEditor. We fixed the bugs and updated the sites.

Software changes this week
 * The new version of MediaWiki ( 1.24wmf22 ) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 23, and on all Wikipedias on September 25 (calendar).
 * If you have more than 2000 notifications, the oldest ones will be removed.
 * In the "Vector" skin, the icon used for users will show a neutral gender.
 * The VisualEditor template tool now tells you if a required field is missing.
 * The "Cancel" button of the VisualEditor save window is now called "Resume editing". This shows that you can still edit and you won't lose your changes.
 * There are new keyboard shortcuts in VisualEditor. Use Ctrl+Shift+6 for  and Ctrl+Shift+5 for strikethrough.
 * In VisualEditor, you can now see that you are switching to the source editing mode. Before, it was not clear it was happening.

Future site changes
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Activity
I will be inactive due to real-life matters; please take urgent stuff elsewhere. --Rschen7754 03:30, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-40
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Recent software changes
 * On Commons, you can now see what files are most used across all wikis. You can also see the same list for deleted or uncreated files.
 * There are now many more translations for language names.

Software changes this week
 * The new version of MediaWiki ( 1.25wmf1 ) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 30, and on all Wikipedias on October 2 (calendar).
 * Errors from Scribunto (Lua) are now shown on the page. Before, you had to click on "Script error" to see them.
 * You can add an "autovalue" for a field in TemplateData. When users add the template to a page, the value will be added automatically. An example is when a clean-up template shows the date it was added.
 * If you change a user preference but don't save it, it now asks if you want to save it.
 * The PDF export tool has changed. The new one has better language support but it doesn't offer ZIM and EPUB formats.

Future changes
 * You can watch a video showing Phabricator, the new tool to track bugs. You can also read more about the move from Bugzilla.
 * JavaScript authors: Many old methods will be removed soon. Please check your scripts and gadgets and replace the old methods by the new ones if needed.

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Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender Gap Task Force opened
You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender Gap Task Force. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender Gap Task Force/Evidence. Please add your evidence by October 17, 2014, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender Gap Task Force/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Ks0stm  (T•C•G•E) 14:38, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

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First 100,000 edits
Congrats. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 04:16, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Here you go :)
@ I think it was someone else who made the ranking system, but thanks!

As a general update, I will try and resume some form of regular activity early next week, but as has been the case for several months now, it won't be as active as I used to be. --Rschen7754 05:18, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh, you were one of the people who created the ranking system. But still, you were one of the people! Just for fun, can you give me the discussion that created the ranking system? Thanks! Phil  roc My contribs 14:16, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * It's probably in the WT:USRD/A or WT:USRD archives around 2006. --Rschen7754 17:07, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-41
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Recent changes
 * You can use the  and   interwikis to link to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org.
 * Some wikis have a template to track bugs in Bugzilla. You should update it to work with Phabricator. You can look at the one on mediawiki.org to see how.
 * You can look at Special:MediaStatistics to see what kind of files are on your wiki.
 * A new tool can now create thumbnails of large TIFF images. This concerns files larger than 50 megapixels. These thumbnails are also sharpened. You can comment on Commons.
 * The Media Viewer tool has a clearer link to the file page. It also has buttons to download, share and embed the file. You can enlarge images by clicking on them. [//www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?oldid=1203037#2014-09-monthly]

Changes this week
 * The new version of MediaWiki ( 1.25wmf2 ) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since 2 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 7 October, and on all Wikipedias from 9 October (calendar).
 * If you make a code mistake when editing a Lua script, you won't be able to save your edit.
 * We fixed some more Internet Explorer bugs. If you use Internet Explorer 10, you will be able to use VisualEditor next week. Support for earlier versions is coming next.
 * On Thursday, the tool to edit TemplateData will come to 30 more wikis. [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:TemplateData]
 * You can help sort bugs in the Book and PDF export tool on October 8.
 * 1% of logged-out readers are getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster.

Future changes
 * You can look at the plan of the Mobile team for their future work.
 * More changes to Media Viewer are coming. It will be easier to disable it, and you will see the caption below the image. [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia/Media_Viewer/Improvements] [//www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?oldid=1203037#2014-09-monthly]

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