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Question from The Ravens of Odin (13:44, 19 March 2024)
Hi I'm Pablo and I hear you are going to be my mentor. I there any way to reach you other than Wikipedia? --The Ravens of Odin (talk) 13:44, 19 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Not as such, sorry for the rather late reply. Sohom (talk) 01:02, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Annettemlesure (07:04, 20 March 2024)
Hi, I messed up on my username. How can I fix it? --Annettemlesure (talk) 07:04, 20 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @Annettemlesure You can change your username at Special:GlobalRenameRequest. Sohom (talk) 01:03, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of DOM clobbering
The article DOM clobbering you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:DOM clobbering for comments about the article, and Talk:DOM clobbering/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Elli -- Elli (talk) 18:43, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from HaloSpartanCats (23:22, 26 March 2024)
Hello! I wish to cite a source in an infobox, but when I tried to do that it just added the citation as text instead of a citation. Do you know how to properly add a citation to an infobox? --HaloSpartanCats (talk) 23:22, 26 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @HaloSpartanCats It's really complicated to do this in the Visual Editor (which is what I assume you are using). You will need to create the citation and then use the source editor to move the citations (the citation should start with  and end with  ) into the correct template parameter for the infobox (i.e. if there is a infobox like   and if you wanted to add a citation to the death field you would effectively make the code  ) Sohom (talk) 01:33, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

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GA of Yahoo Data Breaches
Hey, thanks for all the work you put into reviewing Yahoo!_data_breaches. Totally agree with all your points (some are my carelessness and some are my timidness) I'll rewrite and try again in a little while: I certainly think I couldn't have moved much further forward without another editor encouraging an even deeper revision than I've already done. Much appreciated. Joe (talk) 18:29, 31 March 2024 (UTC)


 * I look forward to seeing the article back at GA at some point :) Sohom (talk) 20:11, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Cookie stuffing
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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024
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WikiCup 2024 April newsletter
We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:


 * with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
 * with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
 * with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
 * with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
 * with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
 * with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

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Discussion
Please reply to the message at the talk page of Filmfare Award Bangla for Best Supporting Actress. Sahajitbro (talk) 06:32, 14 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I have replied at the AFD expanding on my rationale. Sohom (talk) 22:30, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Kunee01 (18:28, 17 April 2024)
Write the history of wali dan nasani --Kunee01 (talk) 18:28, 17 April 2024 (UTC)


 * @Kunee01 Feel free to add it yourself :) This is after all the encyclopedia that anyone can edit :) Sohom (talk) 20:59, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Yahoo! data breaches/GA1
Hi Sohom Dotta. I just started reviewing Talk:Yahoo! data breaches/GA2 when I noticed you had reviewed GA1 not too long ago and had expressed a willingness to re-review it after improvements had been made. I didn't mean to steal your thunder. You are welcome to jump in. Best. Schierbecker (talk) 18:22, 22 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the notice, I'm a bit busy right now, but I'll follow the discussion and try to jump in and give insight as and when I can. Sohom (talk) 22:19, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Myres Johnson 256 (22:43, 24 April 2024)
Hello, how can I upload my autobiography --Myres Johnson 256 (talk) 22:43, 24 April 2024 (UTC)


 * @Myres Johnson 256 You really shouldn't be publishing your autobiography on Wikipedia. Wait until some editor writes about your independently. Sohom (talk) 19:34, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2024 May newsletter
The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:
 * with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
 * with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
 * with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
 * with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
 * with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

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Your GA nomination of Physics Wallah
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 * @Sohom Datta Awaiting your response at the GA discussion page where I have left a few comments which I hope will be addressed soon. Regards MSincccc (talk) 15:33, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I'll get to this in a bit (~today/tomorrow). Sohom (talk) 22:16, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

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 * Done Sohom (talk) 03:49, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

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See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron (talk), via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:09, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
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Go programming
Can you help me better understand how the modules work with Go and Github? I constantly get an error like this. Reading that thread doesn't really help me understand what causes the problem or how to fix it--I tried everything they suggested. The main problem for me is that I don't really understand how Go identifies which modules to download to a local directory, how it knows it has the "right" copy, etc. The documentation I looked at for Go modules is either too detailed or too general. For example, it put this in the go.mod file:
 * github.com/DavidTornheim/ybtools/v2 v2.0.0-20240505063049-1508c8717f87

The "v2.0.0-20240505063049-1508c8717f87" seems to be some version number of the code on Github or a hash # of some sort. How exactly did it come up with that number? If I could better understand the key steps Go uses when it runs a command like "go mod init" or "go mod tidy" when working with code stored on github, that might help. I need to understand the relationship between the original on github and the copy it downloaded, which will help me understand why the local copy is missing something it needs (or some path is incorrect).

I'm more used to "# include" statements of C, where the path is explicit. These implied paths are confusing. --David Tornheim (talk) 20:24, 5 May 2024 (UTC)


 * @David Tornheim To my understanding Golang pins specific versions of dependencies using Github commit hashes (to prevent Supply chain attacks). The string  has multiple parts,   denotes the repository,   denotes to Golang that the v2 version of the module was specifically required. The rest of the string is a pseudo version number generated by Golang that denotes the specific commit/state of the module when the module was required. It's of the form  . The base version prefix is the last version published in the repository (in this case 2.0.0), the timestamp corresponds to the timestamp of the last commit to the repository (i.e. 5 May 2024 etc) and the commit hash is 1508c8717f87. Google has published a pretty well specified doc about this at https://go.dev/doc/modules/version-numbers and https://go.dev/doc/modules/gomod-ref which are also pretty good resources on the topic :)
 * Wrt to your specific case, I think Golang objecting to/complaining about the fact that  does not actually have a published v2 version as specified by the string. Sohom (talk) 20:52, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you. That's helpful.  I'll probably have a couple of more questions.  Hopefully, I'll make some progress with the information you provided.--David Tornheim (talk) 22:35, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, I'm still having trouble. When I type:
 * go get github.com/DavidTornheim/yapperbot-frs
 * I get this error:
 * go: github.com/DavidTornheim/yapperbot-frs@upgrade (v0.0.0-20240505230953-00203c1cab87) requires github.com/DavidTornheim/yapperbot-frs@v0.0.0-20240505230953-00203c1cab87: parsing go.mod: go.mod:12: usage: require module/path v1.2.3
 * go.mod:13:2: usage: require module/path v1.2.3
 * I believe it is parsing: https://github.com/DavidTornheim/yapperbot-frs/blob/master/go.mod
 * But that file does not ask for v1.2.3 of anything (and not at line 12 or 13). I can't find anything in my code (or the original) that asks for v1.2.3. Is it trying to parse an older version of go.mod?  If so, is there a reason it is not getting the newest version?  Is there a way to look at v0.0.0-20240505230953-00203c1cab87?
 * --David Tornheim (talk) 00:35, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @David Tornheim I don't think it's looking for v1.2.3, I think it cannot parse line 12 and 13 and is telling you to correct the lines 12 and 13 to be in the format . Based on looking at https://github.com/DavidTornheim/yapperbot-frs/blob/master/go.mod line 12 doesn't have any version number, and line 13 is getting tripped up because   is not considered a valid character (A comment string in go.mod would need to start with  ) Sohom (talk) 00:53, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I changed the # to //, but the error is exactly the same. --David Tornheim (talk) 01:02, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @David Tornheim Line 14 still doesn't conform to the  format. Maybe you can switch that line for   (which is what Golang generates when I try to add ybtools to the fresh project). Sohom (talk) 01:06, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * That fixed it! Thanks so much for your help.  If Go's error messages were a little more clear and specific--like your explanations--I probably could have figured it out on my own!   --David Tornheim (talk) 01:20, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * On Wikisource there is a special page listing pages of works without corresponding scan images. Now you can use the new magic word <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> to exclude certain pages (list of editions or translations of works) from that list.
 * If you use the user-preference "", then the template-page feature "" will now also work without reloading the page.
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:56, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Cool article
From one creator of a Gen Z slang article to another, thanks for slaying the house down boots and passing the vibe check. Very skibidi of you :-) Crunchydillpickle🥒 (talk) 10:03, 14 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you, and wishing you the same :) (I'm not that fluent in Gen Z slang yet lol) <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 20:48, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Seelers (00:33, 15 May 2024)
Hello, I have today been amending false/unreliable information on a page and my edit was removed with the reason "take it to the talk page". Is this sufficient reason to remove an edit which had sources to back it up? --Seelers (talk) 00:33, 15 May 2024 (UTC)


 * @Seelers If prior discussion has occured around the subject, or if the subject is controversial, then I think that's a pretty acceptable response (see the policy page on edit-revert-discuss which is a core pillar of Wikipedia). Coming to the sources, sportskeeda, instagram and facebook are generally (read: always) avoided as sources because of their tendency to be outright wrong or unverifiable in most aspects. I think the editor is justified in reverting you and asking you to discuss the subject on a talk page where you might be able to show more reliable sources to support your edit. <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 03:05, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

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On CSD
In general "no longer needed" is not a WP:CSD except in your own userspace, and even then with some exceptions see WP:U1, so you should avoid using it. That does not preclude deletion by listing at XFD, it is merely a reflection of the fact that all CSD are specific and narrow, WP:!G6 is also good reading. In that one specific case WP:RDRAFT means it won't be deleted even at WP:RFD, however in general uselessness is one factor that can be considered when evaluating pages at RFD, WP:TFD, and WP:MFD, thank you. 2601:5CC:8300:A7F0:A165:7AFC:68F9:104D (talk) 18:22, 16 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Point taken, I'm fine with the page being around until it gets deleted. I'll just note that a similar page in my userspace would have been deleted under U1/G6. <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 18:30, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Namespaces are central to how CSD is organized, hence only articles can be deleted under WP:ACSD and only files under WP:FCSD etc. In this specific case the community has decided to retain draft to main redirects as a result of an WP:RFC that resulted in WP:RDRAFT, but has not chosen to do so for user to main redirects. There are also some projecttalkspace to main redirects that are retained as a legacy from when that was an allowed staging area for drafts. All of which is to say deletion can be complicated which is why I decided to drop a friendly note here. 2601:5CC:8300:A7F0:A165:7AFC:68F9:104D (talk) 18:36, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
 * yeah looks like deleting draft redirects are more trouble than they are worth I guess :( <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 18:45, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Snappyboi54 (23:25, 21 May 2024)
Cannot upload to non free uploads need the logo for CMF by Nothing uploaded properly. The one I have currently uploaded will get removed --Snappyboi54 (talk) 23:25, 21 May 2024 (UTC)


 * @Snappyboi54 Wikipedia has some pretty strict guidelines on how non-free images like logos can be uploaded. If you don't follow them while uploading, your upload can (and will get removed). Given that you are relatively new, I would just try to get the Draft:CMF by Nothing article right. You can upload the logo later. <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 03:01, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

link-dispenser (Heraclitus)
This tool appeared to be working, but then, before completion, it generated an error report with instructions to share the link here. It's not necessary for my GA review, but I'm just following the instructions in case it's something that requires your attention.

Cheers, Patrick (talk) 19:19, 22 May 2024 (UTC)


 * @Patrick Welsh Yeah, I'm aware of the issue, there are some issues surrounding the technologies used by the tool (Redis). Generally, when those errors show up you should be able to reload and get the cached result. <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 22:37, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Formatmatters (23:30, 25 May 2024)
Hi Sohom, I have some questions about formatting numbers. The manual of style seems adamant on using the dot as a decimal separator and comma for thousands, though the international standard says to use spaces for thousands and either of the two options for decimal separators. Is it unacceptable to write 12 345 instead of 12,345? The majority of the world uses the comma as a decimal separator and using it to separate thousands can cause confusion and tends to be less readable. And one other thing: I've seen articles using currency symbols placed before the numeric value. I am aware that this is quite common in the case of the US dollar and the sterling, as these are associated with countries that use this format. This, however, is not the case for the euro, which is always placed after the number (e.g. 2.35 €). The manual of style is fine with symbols being placed after the number in other foreign currencies, but treats the euro as in the case of dollars or pounds. Not to mention that it is simply more logical and readable for the symbol to follow after the amount. Why does Wikipedia have a problem with this or the use of space as a thousands separator? Shouldn't we adhere to international standards rather than country-specific formats, especially in the case of a de facto international language?

Thank you, regards. --Formatmatters (talk) 23:30, 25 May 2024 (UTC)


 * @Formatmatters Short answer, take a look at Manual of Style/Dates and numbers. There are some pretty detailed guidelines surrounding how to format these numerical values that have been decided after being discussed for eons by multiple editors. I believe 12 345 is fine, I will ask you to find a citation for The majority of the world uses the comma as a decimal separator In my experience, the opposite is true (I recognize that if you've lived in european countries the format we use might seem confusing, but the rest of the world (the Americas, Asia and Oceania) uses the comma to separate digits.) The same goes for using the currency at the end of the numbers. While it might be more readable to you, having lived most of my life outside of european countries, I find the use of currency symbols at the end of numbers positively unsettling :) <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 03:14, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Veritasjudic (16:26, 26 May 2024)
Hello I tried to add a piece on the medical evidence in the Letby trial. I was on the talk page. How do I add it to the main article. Kind regards, Peter --Veritasjudic (talk) 16:26, 26 May 2024 (UTC)


 * I don't see any other edits from you so I'm unsure of what you mean. If you are multiple accounts, I will ask you to immediately stop doing that. <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 03:24, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery 00:13, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Boroline
Nice job!<span id="LunaEclipse:1716940921098:User_talkFTTCLNSohom_Datta" class="FTTCmt"> — 🌙E cl i ps e (talk) (contribs) 00:02, 29 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you :) (I love that this whole thing started out as a offhanded joke comment) <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 02:58, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Boroline
Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

FAC
I had listed Catherine, Princess of Wales at FAC last month. Hopefully you could leave a few comments at the FAC discussion page and hence extend your support for my nomination. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 03:31, 29 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Sure, I'll take a look at it this week and try to leave some comments if I feel confident. Tho, tbh, British politics is very very far from my normal comfort zone of stuff that I edit. <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 03:36, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @Sohom Datta It's more about a member of the British royal family and hence you will hardly find politics-related stuff within the article. Furthermore, it would be a good read and if possible, please do leave your comments before the end of this month. Looking forward to your response. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 04:12, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @Sohom Datta Would you consider reviewing Catherine's FAC? If you're interested, I assure you it will be a good read, to say the least. I would greatly appreciate any comments that could help improve the article's quality. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 14:53, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @MSincccc I do intend to take a look (as I mentioned previously), I'll try to get to it in the next two days :) <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 15:02, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @Sohom Datta Thank you for offering to review the article and leave your suggestions. Tomorrow will be the third day. In the meantime, please let me know if you are interested in any future collaborations. I would be happy to assist. Looking forward to your response. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 17:57, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @Sohom Datta Thank you for your comments at the FAC. Given that the article covers her public life as well as other significant aspects of her life to date, it is somewhat longer than most other articles. Nonetheless, I have recently removed information I found irrelevant and will continue to do so. I hope to address all your comments and improve the quality of the article. Thank you for your time once again. I look forward to further suggestions and await your response. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 03:40, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @Sohom Datta Would you kindly consider leaving a closing note on Catherine's FAC if you have no additional suggestions for the article? We have endeavoured to address all your concerns regarding the article effectively, and we would appreciate any further input you may have. If not, I anticipate your final opinion. Looking forward to your response soon. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 06:31, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I do have more comments to add, will get to it tmrw. <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 06:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @Sohom Datta Do you have any further suggestions for Catherine's FAC? If there are no further suggestions, kindly indicate so on the discussion page. Regards and yours faithfully, MSincccc (talk) 15:31, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I'll take a look at it again, I saw that you had other reviewers and did not want to step on their toes. (Also got sidetracked by Firefox :) <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 15:43, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Also btw, (since you mentioned collaborating) if you are interested in tech/wanna work on something tech related after your current FAC I'd appreciate some help over at Firefox 😆 (I'm hoping to take it to a GA at some point in the distant future. <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 15:55, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I already have Mark Zuckerberg at GAN and am presently preparing Bill Gates' article for FAC. If you can help you are most welcome to do so. Regards. MSincccc (talk) 17:01, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks like the FAC got archived before I got to it, I'll keep a eye out for Bill Gates :) <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 19:46, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Context
I think Julius Caesar (play) is what was referencing. Clovermoss 🍀 (talk) 15:21, 31 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Oh that comment does make more sense now :) <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 15:35, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

Just five more!
Hi Sohom. When you have 5 more edits to the template namespace (including sandboxes but not talk pages), I would encourage you to restore your permission request. SilverLocust 💬 10:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)


 * It looks like I went above the threshold with this morning's edits, will restore. :) <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 14:15, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:33, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Welcome ...
... to WP:QAI! List your articles for review on top of the project talk, - and review ;) - I noticed only now that you joined, sorry, - click on places to see that 28 May was a pleasantly busy day, with the visit of Graham87. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:23, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the warm welcome, will definitely take a look and around and try and contribute whatever I can :) <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 13:17, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Congratulations to being autopatrolled! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:20, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, will try to use it wisely. :) <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 21:30, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I am sure you will! Misclicks happen because it's a feature where you are not asked if you really mean it, but they are no serious problem. A project member's article is TFA today, and I have an interesting biography in the DYK section, enjoy reading as well as writing! I offer a daily "story", check them out ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:19, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
 * That was a interesting read, also Peter Demetz has reminded me take a look at the notability of some academics who primarily work in computing, Giovanni Vigna (a academic who works on computer security and privacy) is on my bucket list of articles to create when I get the time to do so :) <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 21:26, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Good plan! - Today is "the day" for James Joyce, also for Bach's fourth chorale cantata (and why does it come before the third?) - the new pics have a mammal I had to look up. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:50, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * New pics of food and flowers come with the story of Noye's Fludde (premiered on 18 June), written by Brian Boulton. I nominated Éric Tappy because he died, and it needs support today! I nominated another women for GA in the Women in Green June run, - review welcome, and more noms planned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:57, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for improving article quality in June! - Today we have a centenarian story (documentation about it by Percy Adlon) and an article that had two sentences yesterday and was up for deletion, and needs a few more citations. --

Question from Sjava21 (17:34, 6 June 2024)
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I was the part of everything that was happening via Website and data file etc..

My accounts, apps, personal information and email, Was stolen by someone hacking me. They're was so many hackers

I love to share my stories!

Thank you Mpho Msimango --Sjava21 (talk) 17:35, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * Thank you, will definitely keep these in mind when editing template pages. <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 15:56, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
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MediaWiki message delivery 20:18, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you, always happy to help :) <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 16:23, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:47, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Module:RFX report
Hi @Sohom Datta R1F4T (talk) 16:15, 22 June 2024 (UTC)


 * @R1F4T I've taken a few stabs at it, the major things remaining is to come up with a regex to parse the timestamp at bn:মডিউল:Rfx. Do you have a regex handly to swap it in ? <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 17:08, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
 * bn:User:Sohom Datta/sandbox is how it looks now. <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 17:09, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
 * What is a regex? R1F4T (talk) 03:29, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @Sohom Datta if we convert the date in english I think we can use the default regex R1F4T (talk) 05:00, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @Sohom Datta? R1F4T (talk) 16:03, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * How do you plan to convert the date to English ? It will require changing the RFA template on bnwiki right? <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 16:09, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @R1F4T ? <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 16:09, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @Sohom Datta as in bangla wiki all the dates and time is in bangla the module can't Abel to evaluate R1F4T (talk) 16:36, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yeah that makes sense, I've gone ahead and made some modifications which should allow for the dates to be parsed correctly, you'll probably need to figure out how unsuccessful and successful RFAs are marked and also translate the rest of the UI, but overall it should work now. <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 19:07, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * thanks a lot R1F4T (talk) 19:47, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Healthcare dot goof (21:44, 23 June 2024)
Hi Sohom! I've enjoyed completing the tasks suggested to me and, occasionally, researching and writing more thorough sections to those articles. When and how should I decide whether to remove the issues tags on those pages? See for example Alan Bircher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bircher — I added more thorough documentation of his awards, updated his current employment status, and added a more thorough section about his firing from a prestigious swim team. --Healthcare dot goof (talk) 21:44, 23 June 2024 (UTC)


 * @Healthcare dot goof Your contributions look great, I've gone ahead and removed the tags (you could have done them as well when you think the problem has been adequately addressed). Two points of feedback, make sure to add links to terms that a person might not be familiar with and keep our biography of living people policy in mind when editing anything controversial (unless proven, always mention that the action was alleged etc). <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 22:11, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Super helpful, I'll keep that in mind. Thank you! Healthcare dot goof (talk) 23:04, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-26
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Recent changes
 * Editors will notice that there have been some changes to the background color of text in the diff view, and the color of the byte-change numbers, last week. These changes are intended to make text more readable in both light mode and dark mode, and are part of a larger effort to increase accessibility. You can share your comments or questions on the project talkpage.
 * The text colors that are used for visited-links, hovered-links, and active-links, were also slightly changed last week to improve their accessibility in both light mode and dark mode.

Problems
 * You can copy permanent links to talk page comments by clicking on a comment's timestamp. This feature did not always work when the topic title was very long and the link was used as a wikitext link. This has been fixed. Thanks to Lofhi for submitting the bug.

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).
 * Starting 26 June, all talk pages messages' timestamps will become a link at English Wikipedia, making this feature available for you to use at all wikis. This link is a permanent link to the comment. It allows users to find the comment they were linked to, even if this comment has since been moved elsewhere. You can read more about this feature on Diff or on Mediawiki.org.

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WikiCup 2024 July newsletter
The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:


 * with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
 * with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
 * with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
 * with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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Welcome to the DCWC!


Welcome to the 2024 Developing Countries WikiContest, Sohom Datta! The contest is now open for submissions. List your work at your submissions page to earn points. If you haven't done so already, please review the following:


 * Got open nominations? List them at review requests.
 * Looking for a topic to work on? Check out suggested articles and eligible reviews.
 * Not sure if your article qualifies? See the guidelines for more information or contact a coordinator for verification.
 * New to Wikipedia? Many experienced editors are part of this contest and willing to help; feel free to ask questions about the contest on the talk page.
 * Know someone else who might be interested? Sign-ups remain open until 15 July, so don't hesitate to invite other editors!

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Tech News: 2024-27
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Recent changes
 * Over the next three weeks, dark mode will become available for all users, both logged-in and logged-out, starting with the mobile web version. This fulfils one of the top-requested community wishes, and improves low-contrast reading and usage in low-light settings. As part of these changes, dark mode will also work on User-pages and Portals. There is more information in the latest Web team update.
 * Logged-in users can now set global preferences for the text-size and dark-mode, thanks to a combined effort across Foundation teams. This allows Wikimedians using multiple wikis to set up a consistent reading experience easily, for example by switching between light and dark mode only once for all wikis.
 * If you use a very old web browser some features might not work on the Wikimedia wikis. This affects Internet Explorer 11 and versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari older than 2016. This change makes it possible to use new CSS features and to send less code to all readers.
 * Wikipedia Admins can customize local wiki configuration options easily using Community Configuration. Community Configuration was created to allow communities to customize how some features work, because each language wiki has unique needs. At the moment, admins can configure Growth features on their home wikis, in order to better recruit and retain new editors. More options will be provided in the coming months.
 * Editors interested in language issues that are related to Unicode standards, can now discuss those topics at a new conversation space in MediaWiki.org. The Wikimedia Foundation is now a member of the Unicode Consortium, and the coordination group can collaboratively review the issues discussed and, where appropriate, bring them to the attention of the Unicode Consortium.
 * One new wiki has been created: a in Mandailing

Problems
 * Editors can once again click on links within the visual editor's citation-preview, thanks to a bug fix by the Editing Team.

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Question from Trbhmn (13:29, 2 July 2024)
Hello my mentor, I wanted to ask which is the best way to access a draft in wikipedia? from my understanding I think the only way to access a previously written draft is to just go on my watchlist and click on the raw pages, then just follow the link on my previously written drafts. Is this the way to access it? Thank you so much! --Trbhmn (talk) 13:29, 2 July 2024 (UTC)


 * @Trbhmn I think that is a valid way of navigating to a draft, I personally often just type the name of the article/draft in the top search bar as well. I find that to be quicker since I have a lot of watchlisted pages. <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 18:12, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2024-28
<section begin="technews-2024-W28"/> 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
 * At the Wikimedia Foundation a new task force was formed to replace the disabled Graph with more secure, easy to use, and extensible Chart. You can subscribe to the newsletter to get notified about new project updates and other news about Chart.
 * The CampaignEvents extension is now available on Meta-wiki, Igbo Wikipedia, and Swahili Wikipedia, and can be requested on your wiki. This extension helps in managing and making events more visible, giving Event organizers the ability to use tools like the Event registration tool. To learn more about the deployment status and how to request this extension for your wiki, visit the CampaignEvents page on Meta-wiki.
 * Editors using the iOS Wikipedia app who have more than 50 edits can now use the Add an Image feature. This feature presents opportunities for small but useful contributions to Wikipedia.
 * Thank you to all of the authors who have contributed to MediaWiki Core. As a result of these contributions, the percentage of authors contributing more than 5 patches has increased by 25% since last year, which helps ensure the sustainability of the platform for the Wikimedia projects.

Problems
 * A problem with the color of the talkpage tabs always showing as blue, even for non-existent pages which should have been red, affecting the Vector 2022 skin, has been fixed.

Future changes
 * The Trust and Safety Product team wants to introduce temporary accounts with as little disruption to tools and workflows as possible. Volunteer developers, including gadget and user-script maintainers, are kindly asked to update the code of their tools and features to handle temporary accounts. The team has created documentation explaining how to do the update. Learn more.

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Tech News: 2024-29
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 * Please help us to improve Tech News by taking this short survey. The goal is to better meet the needs of the various types of people who read Tech News. The survey will be open for 3 more days. The survey is covered by this privacy statement. Some translations are available.

Recent changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg Wikimedia developers can now officially continue to use both Gerrit and GitLab, due to a June 24 decision by the Wikimedia Foundation to support software development on both platforms. Gerrit and GitLab are both code repositories used by developers to write, review, and deploy the software code that supports the MediaWiki software that the wiki projects are built on, as well as the tools used by editors to create and improve content. This decision will safeguard the productivity of our developers and prevent problems in code review from affecting our users. More details are available in the Migration status page.
 * The Wikimedia Foundation seeks applicants for the Product and Technology Advisory Council (PTAC). This group will bring technical contributors and Wikimedia Foundation together to co-define a more resilient, future-proof technological platform. Council members will evaluate and consult on the movement's product and technical activities, so that we develop multi-generational projects. We are looking for a range of technical contributors across the globe, from a variety of Wikimedia projects. Please apply here by August 10.
 * Editors with rollback user-rights who use the Wikipedia App for Android can use the new Edit Patrol features. These features include a new feed of Recent Changes, related links such as Undo and Rollback, and the ability to create and save a personal library of user talk messages to use while patrolling. If your wiki wants to make these features available to users who do not have rollback rights but have reached a certain edit threshold, you can contact the team. You can read more about this project on Diff blog.
 * Editors who have access to The Wikipedia Library can once again use non-open access content in SpringerLinks, after the Foundation contacted them to restore access. You can read more about this and 21 other community-submitted tasks that were completed last week.

Changes later this week
 * This week, dark mode will be available on a number of Wikipedias, both desktop and mobile, for logged-in and logged-out users. Interface admins and user script maintainers are encouraged to check gadgets and user scripts in the dark mode, to find any hard-coded colors and fix them. There are some recommendations for dark mode compatibility to help.

Future changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg Next week, functionaries, volunteers maintaining tools, and software development teams are invited to test the temporary accounts feature on testwiki. Temporary accounts is a feature that will help improve privacy on the wikis. No further temporary account deployments are scheduled yet. Please share your opinions and questions on the project talk page.
 * Editors who upload files cross-wiki, or teach other people how to do so, may wish to join a Wikimedia Commons discussion. The Commons community is discussing limiting who can upload files through the cross-wiki upload/Upload dialog feature to users auto-confirmed on Wikimedia Commons. This is due to the large amount of copyright violations uploaded this way. There is a short summary at Commons:Cross-wiki upload and discussion at Commons:Village Pump.

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:29, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Soumen Mitra
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Soumen Mitra you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Queen of Hearts -- Queen of Hearts (talk) 18:41, 16 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Yay! Thank you for taking this on :) <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 15:45, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from IND123456 (10:59, 20 July 2024)
Please sir, can you tell me how to add iucn status to the pages related to different species of plants and animals. Thank you. --IND123456 (talk) 10:59, 20 July 2024 (UTC)


 * @IND123456 I'm not that familiar with articles about animals and plants, however, my understanding is that you can use something like:
 * to add a iucn status. <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 17:23, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
 * to add a iucn status. <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 17:23, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

July thanks
Thank you for improving article quality in July! - Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's was a great mezzo, and on Thursday we watched a sublime ballerina. If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:21, 20 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Thomas Hoepker was a interesting read :) I wasn't that active this month, however I did manage to do some work on Soumen Mitra, a former police commissioner with a affinity for restoring old historic buildings in Kolkata. <b style="color:#795cb2;">Sohom</b> ( talk ) 17:14, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

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