User talk:TheresNoTime/Archive 13

Congratulations
Congratulations on being elected as a steward   EN  - Jungwon  16:17, 26 February 2022 (UTC)


 * @EN-Jungwon: Thank you! ^^ -- TNT (talk • she/her) 16:21, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Seconding this, I'm sure you will do an excellent job! Trainsandotherthings (talk) 20:01, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * @Trainsandotherthings: Thank you! :3 -- TNT (talk • she/her) 04:12, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
 * You'll have to customize that userbox :) Glad you're back.  – SJ +  14:39, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * @Sj: Ah yes 😂 thank you! -- TNT (talk • she/her) 14:51, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, I just saw the news in the Admins Newsletter! Did you really need ANOTHER job here? LOL! I don't see how you have any free time. But so glad you volunteered to serve the larger project. We're lucky to have you. Liz Read! Talk! 02:16, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @Liz: Aww, thank you Liz! I do what I can to help—I'm sure my sleep schedule won't thank me for it! Pretty sure I did an alright job of stewarding last time, and hope to continue the trend 😊 -- TNT (talk • she/her) 02:20, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
 * And congrats from me as well! Thanks for all your good work on this project. Jusdafax (talk) 07:02, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
 * @Jusdafax: Thanks! ^^ -- TNT (talk • she/her) 04:12, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Rollback
Sigh...  Catfish  Jim  and the soapdish  15:05, 2 March 2022 (UTC)


 * @Catfish Jim and the soapdish: Indeed 🙁 -- TNT (talk • she/her) 15:37, 2 March 2022 (UTC

Proxy...
, according to IPChecker. wizzito &#124;  say hello!  05:26, 7 March 2022 (UTC)


 * done :) -- TNT (talk • she/her) 02:13, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

IP Editor Harassment
The same IP who had been harassing user:Cullen328 is now posting on my talk page. Can you page protect?— JlACEer ( talk ) 01:48, 9 March 2022 (UTC)


 * @JlACEer: done -- TNT (talk • she/her) 01:50, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the quick response.— JlACEer ( talk ) 01:50, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Your block of Mr. Horn Knee
You should revoke talk page access as well. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 16:27, 9 March 2022 (UTC)


 * done -- TNT (talk • she/her) 21:52, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Proxy
, recently abused by LTA. wizzito &#124;  say hello!  21:46, 9 March 2022 (UTC)


 * @Wizzito: Am I missing something or has the only IP in that /20 to edit in the last two years ? -- TNT (talk • she/her) 21:52, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, that is the LTA - Sockpuppet investigations/Dusty8686, they've hit the Deuterium page with numerical changes before and have a history of using proxies. wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  21:55, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I completely missed the "proxy" bit 🤦‍♀️ done -- TNT (talk • she/her) 22:00, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

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21:15, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Wikimedia Trust and safety team
Hey TNT! Question, what do I tell the T&S team when I Contact them? Only asking since I"m getting ready to contact them. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 02:04, 8 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I'd recommend just telling them exactly what happened — they'll follow up with any questions :) -- TNT (talk • she/her) 02:12, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Alright sounds good. Thanks! Uh.. what's the email I need to contact them at again? I forgot. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 02:14, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * ca@wikimedia.org (from Trust and safety) -- TNT (talk • she/her) 02:15, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah thank you. I'll make sure to email them when I get the chance (probably on Thursday). ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 02:42, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Copy of Mr.anjaan’s deleted userpage,
User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow Hi, Mr.anjaan is one of my mentees, he asked me why his Wikipedia page doesn’t show on google and I can answer it but in order to advise him against creating a page that will get it either G11 or U5 tagged I need to know what was on the page to figure out whether to say, don’t write about yourself or don’t write about your company, etc. Thanks, Zippybonzo (talk) 17:49, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * that page looked like a very small biography of a 19 year old "vedio creater" (sic), and the reasons were noted at User talk:Mr.anjaan. User pages is a good overview of what type of content is and is not appropriate for user pages. Help:Your first article contains information and a guide to help write articles. —  xaosflux  Talk 22:04, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks Zippybonzo (talk) 07:04, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

FYI
User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow phab:T302183 Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 00:33, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * ack -- TNT (talk • she/her) 00:45, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Ask for assistance in improving page on non-english LTA
User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow Hey TNT! Someone on the Teahouse recently asked a question pertaining to an LTA who is mainly on Japanese Wikipedia but is also on enWiki. The issue is, their enWiki page isn't all that good (written by an IP who admitted their english isn't very good). I noticed that the admin on jaWiki who blocked the most recent scok of the LTA is also here on enWiki (although they can only communicate in simple english). I'd like to ask them to assist me in improving the LTA page so that it's at least somewhat helpful, however I also don't want to violate WP:DENY or send them an email. What do you suggest I do in this case? ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 18:01, 9 March 2022 (UTC)


 * @Blaze Wolf: Hmm.. WP:LTA has been a point of contention for quite some time.. we should log these behaviours so we can easily spot them, but we should also be careful to not encourage LTAs to "get their name in the book". If you go ahead with it, please do try to pay attention to the "Cautionary notes" -- TNT (talk • she/her) 21:54, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Are you referring to the "cautionary notes" on the specific LTA's page? Cause if so I'm fairly sure that's only on this specific LTA's LTA page on jaWiki. ― <b style="background:#0d1125;color:#51aeff;padding:1q;border-radius:5q;">Blaze Wolf</b>Talk<sub title="Discord Username" style="margin-left:-22q;">Blaze Wolf#6545 21:56, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh wait nevermind I see it now. ― <b style="background:#0d1125;color:#51aeff;padding:1q;border-radius:5q;">Blaze Wolf</b>Talk<sub title="Discord Username" style="margin-left:-22q;">Blaze Wolf#6545 21:57, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you  -- TNT (talk • she/her) 23:11, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

That beer weed pizza guy
User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow I know that you know that I know that you know that they're a sock...sometimes you've just got to play the long game.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 23:22, 9 March 2022 (UTC)


 * @Ponyo: Its a "fun" ol' game.. -- TNT (talk • she/her) 03:23, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Oversight request
User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow Hey TNT! ― <b style="background:#0d1125;color:#51aeff;padding:1q;border-radius:5q;">Blaze Wolf</b>Talk<sub title="Discord Username" style="margin-left:-22q;">Blaze Wolf#6545 02:07, 11 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Hey, I set up my edit notice so that when people leave me a message, they see:
 * Please do not post requests for oversight here - use requests for oversight instead.
 * It's really important we take extra care when dealing with people's private information 🙂 -- TNT (talk • she/her) 03:33, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
 * , unfortunately TNT is probably asleep, so you get to hear this from me instead of from the gentle and understanding admin. You have made a complete and utter mess of things:
 * Posting publicly about a suppression request on an oversighter's talk page (watched by 275 people) and providing enough context that it is obvious both who you are talking about and what they did that needs suppression (please take a moment to read about the Streisand effect).
 * Removing private information with edit summaries that draw attention to the fact that said content contains private information.
 * Using edit summaries that directly mention the sort of personally identifiable information that you are removing.
 * Continuing to discuss the fact of this private information after it was suppressed.
 * All of this made the oversight team's job harder, not easier. And no, I am not an oversighter, but I had to grab one to get things cleaned up quickly after you drew extra attention to the situation. I cannot make this any clearer: you, of all people, have no business doing anything around private information. Next time you see this kind of thing, email in an oversight request, then do nothing else. Do not remove it. Do not offer "helpful" advice to the editor. Do not post on an oversighter's talk page about your request. Just stop. Somebody who understands how to handle this situation will take it from there. GeneralNotability (talk) 03:34, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

I hope you don't mind
User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow In light of Firefly's recent success, I have updated a page in your userspace. I hope you don't mind. Scorpions13256 (talk) 16:02, 11 March 2022 (UTC)


 * @Scorpions13256: That's quite alright, thank you! -- TNT (talk • she/her) 05:38, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Blocked user at it again.
User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow The /41 user personally attacking me has done it again. Does he really have anything better to do? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wallkill_Valley_Railroad&oldid=1076777109 wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  17:19, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
 * BTW the LTA Blah blah blah vandal is on a new range at their usual behavior, this time w/o the signature edit summary:  wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  18:14, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
 * TNT, see ., see your email (in a few minutes). Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 22:14, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Cheers  -- TNT (talk • she/her) 04:41, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Webhost
User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow - GoDaddy wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  19:55, 14 March 2022 (UTC)


 * @Wizzito: You're going to get a quicker reply at the WikiProject on open proxies a lot of the time 🙃 -- TNT (talk • she/her) 04:40, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Went there, just that there are a lot of proxy ranges that I find and I don't wish to create a backlog (some reports there have been sitting for about a month undone) wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  05:09, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

I'm tired
Chesapeake77 refuses to listen to any compromise or anything at all I have to say. And I don't intend to carry this on for days until he listens. He wouldn't even have engaged had I not complained and you had locked the article. I'm tired of this, please do something. AbsolutelyFiring (talk) 11:31, 17 March 2022 (UTC)


 * We've reached a compromise as you can see on the article talk page. You can unlock the article now. AbsolutelyFiring (talk) 10:23, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

mishloach manot for you!
User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow
 * Thank you! ~TNT (talk • she/her) 13:33, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Editor deadnaming
User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow Hello,

I want to bring to your attention an IP that is engaging in misgendering/deadnaming mischief regarding Lia Thomas through a redirect. I don’t know if I have the power to warn or discipline but this edit seems to have escaped others’ eyes. Granted the IP has made only one edit but it’s pretty bad.

Diff https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Will_Thomas&diff=1077731775&oldid=933249798 (I have reverted the change since; I don’t think deadnames are appropriate redirects except in some cases, I think, unless I am mistaken here)

Thank you, -TenorTwelve (talk) 01:41, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I think that redirects from deadnames might be fine if they were known by their deadname before they transitioned (e.g. Elliot Page)? wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  01:47, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
 * FYI it looks like the IP is registered to the University of Pennsylvania. wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  01:47, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
 * the /64 might not represent the same user, but it's made 2 other edits; restoring a typo on Madagascan rousette (last month) and making an unsourced relationship claim on Cristina Vee (August 2020) wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  01:50, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

On second thought, it’s probably too harsh and I don’t think they are going to be repeat offenders. -TenorTwelve (talk) 02:31, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Hindi cinema
Can you please move Category:Bollywood accordingly? Shahid •  Talk 2 me  13:10, 24 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I see its tagged now, always better to ensure consensus of these things 🙂 ~TNT (talk • she/her) 21:10, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Mail Notice
Celestina007 (talk) 19:26, 26 March 2022 (UTC)


 * @Celestina007: Replied 😊 ~TNT (talk • she/her) 21:10, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I love you to bits TNT 💗. Celestina007 (talk) 23:38, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * That's very sweet ✨ ~TNT (talk • she/her) 09:09, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Mail Notice
Celestina007 (talk) 11:56, 27 March 2022 (UTC)


 * @Celestina007: Just letting you know that I've read your email, and will reply to you shortly 🙂 ~TNT (talk • she/her) 12:17, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I've just replied asking you a question :) ~TNT (talk • she/her) 12:25, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Replied . Celestina007 (talk) 12:46, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

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19:53, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

WikiProject Tropical Storms arbitration case opened
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Thank you for your post at ANI
Hey TNT, newbie user/ANI stalker here. I saw this post at ANI, and wanted to thank you. Aside from helping to keep Wikipedia civil, I also learned quite a bit about historical transgender groups! While I'm not sure that IP is willing to learn, you did help teach me something new, so thank you! EducatedRedneck (talk) 12:09, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * You're very welcome ~TNT (talk • she/her) 03:35, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Blacklist
Can my username please be added to the username blacklist? I have a request @ meta:Talk:Title_blacklist. 3 separate LTAs have made it their goal to impersonate and bully me by using my username as theirs in the past few months; seriously thinking about giving up anti-vandal/LTA work for some time if this isn't resolved. Thanks. wizzito &#124;  say hello!  04:44, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I've just added it—its horrid when this happens, and I'm sorry its happening to you ~TNT (talk • she/her) 03:34, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
 * P.S. remember ProTaylorCraft who you CU blocked some months ago? He seems to be back. wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  04:01, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Question
Just saw this ANI post now about the whole weather... thing. As the admin on the ground there, I was just wondering if you considered this "Noah"'s account as possibly compromised, with all the persistent begging to be indef'd, along with 15-20 others as well. It just seemed weird... Cheers -  wolf  03:18, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I doubt they were compromised ~TNT (talk • she/her) 03:36, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay then, good to know. Thanks for the quick reply. Cheers -  wolf  03:45, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

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19:43, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 6
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Sorry about that
My tabs got mixed up and I accidentally did that to you. I apologize. ··· 日本穣 ·  投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 18:40, 13 April 2022 (UTC)


 * And here I was about to get you locked as compromised... 😬 ~TNT (talk • she/her) 18:42, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Nope, not compromised. Just clicked the wrong link on the wrong tab. This may be the first time I've ever done that in all my years as an admin. I don't remember (it's been about 15 years or so). Sorry for the shock. ··· 日本穣  ·  投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 18:45, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Lol! About time! Your block log still isn't a patch on mine, TNT. (I'm very proud of it.) Bishonen &#124; tålk 19:03, 13 April 2022 (UTC).

Teyora - Development first look!
Hi! I'm Ed6767, the original creator of RedWarn, now one of the most popular tools on the English Wikipedia that's been used by over 1,000 Wikimedians to make over 300,000 edits since mid-2020 that's been praised for its user friendliness and ease of use, but criticised for its limited functionality. I'm leaving this message as I think it may be of interest here - I left the RedWarn project in November to develop Teyora, my successor to RedWarn (alongside Chlod's UltraViolet). It's a new in development web app that uses some of the latest web technologies to create a highly extendable all in one editing tool with a focus on administration, counter vandalism and general patrolling - not to mention, it'll work on every Wikimedia project without any prior configuration and can be used by any user with at least auto-confirmed rights*. Now, I'm ready to give the Wikimedia community a first look at what I've been doing over the past six months and what to expect going forward.

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Tag for Ultraviolet
Hi, @TheresNoTime! Thank you for creating MediaWiki:Tag-Ultraviolet. I noticed that it contains the acronym for UV instead of its full name. I understand that we did have a discussion on WT:RW a while back regarding the name "RedWarn" being BITEy for new users, but I don't find anything about the new name problematic (namely we don't have "warn" in the name anymore). Would it be alright if it were changed to include the full name? In addition, can the redirect also by bypassed to avoid someone from retargeting the link? Chlod <small style="font-size:calc(1em - 2pt)">(say hi!) 06:46, 16 April 2022 (UTC)


 * @Chlod: done in Special:Diff/1083566248 ~TNT (talk • she/her) 13:41, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

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22:54, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

UTRS limbo
Hello, there are a number of seemingly un-unblockables languishing at UTRS. After seeing your helpfulness at irc-help, I was wondering if you could look at them. Thanks, -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 20:03, 30 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I am unlikely to be able to take a look at this for the time being, apologies — TNT (talk • she/her) 16:31, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Removal of Rollback
Hi TheresNoTime,

This is more than likely not the proper way to do this, but I couldn't find where to ask and I saw you were recently active so figured I would ask here. I do not plan on being active anymore so would like the Rollback right removed from my account.

Best, Rin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rin (talk • contribs)
 * Done — if you ever want the right back, please point an admin at this message and they should reassign it no questions asked :) — TNT (talk • she/her) 18:41, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Block
I am ready to be blocked until June 25 with talk page access revoked and email disabled. I would also like to lose access to the Discord server. Please ping me when you are ready if you are willing to do it. Thanks. Scorpions13256 (talk) 02:27, 13 May 2022 (UTC)


 * @Scorpions13256: Hey — I have a very relaxed policy towards self-requested blocks (so relaxed that I don't list anything anywhere), but I do shy away from the idea of doing a self-requested block on someone with whom I have had a previous disagreement, even if things are okay now. Doesn't "feel right" to do that 🙂 I'd suggest reaching out to someone on this list (perhaps ?) — TNT (talk • she/her) 07:37, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * No problem. Beeblebrox has said he is willing to do it. Scorpions13256 (talk) 10:27, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * @Scorpions13256@ @Beeblebrox@ I'm a little wary of issuing this block, as it's been requested and then removed multiple times from multiple administrators in the past week. Do you want to be blocked or no...? -- ferret (talk) 13:45, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes. I removed it from Ferret's talk page because Beeblebrox already responded to me. I removed it from TNT's talk page due to the awkwardness and the lack of response. None of it was due to actual reluctance. Yes, I do want to be blocked. Scorpions13256 (talk) 15:22, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * 12 years ago today you joined wikipedia. Thank you for your service, hope to see you again on june 25th. Cheers. PerryPerryD  Talk To Me 15:27, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Pinging just in case. Scorpions13256 (talk) 15:38, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Hey thanks for getting us back into actually editing wikipedia so now instead of grumbling about the article issues we have, we just fix them :D

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Tech News: 2022-20
<section begin="technews-2022-W20"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week
 * Some wikis can soon use the add a link feature. This will start on Wednesday. The wikis are . This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally.
 * The Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 will take place online on May 20–22. It will be in English. There are also local hackathon meetups in Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Nigeria and the United States. Technically interested Wikimedians can work on software projects and learn new skills. You can also host a session or post a project you want to work on.
 * 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
 * You can soon edit translatable pages in the visual editor. Translatable pages exist on for examples Meta and Commons.

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18:57, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

linkThings doesn't work with 2017 source editor under certain conditions
Hello there! I was looking at the source code for linkThings trying to figure out how existing scripts modify VE, and noticed it suffers from an issue I'd had in my own script: when the script is loaded, it checks whether the user is editing, and does nothing otherwise. But opening the 2017 editor doesn't navigate, unlike opening the old editor, so the script has already executed and decided not to do anything at that point. The user has to either directly navigate to a  URL or reload the page for linkThings to load correctly. My recommended fix would be to just remove that check altogether – the s will never be fired when the user isn't editing, anyway. <span style="font-weight:normal;background:linear-gradient(90deg,#e40303,#ff8c00,#ffed00,#008026,#004dff,#750787);color:transparent;background-clip:text;-webkit-background-clip:text;">Rummskartoffel 18:58, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Courtesy notification
Administrators' noticeboard -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 14:36, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

A well earned barnstar

 * @Curb Safe Charmer: Aw, thank you :-) hoping to work on it some more soon — TNT (talk • she/her) 13:40, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-22
<section begin="technews-2022-W22"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg In the AbuseFilter extension, an   function has been introduced to check if an IP is in any of the ranges. Wikis are advised to combine multiple   expressions joined by   into a single expression for better performance. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage.
 * The IP Info feature which helps abuse fighters access information about IPs, has been deployed to all wikis as a beta feature. This comes after weeks of beta testing on test.wikipedia.org.

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).
 * Octicons-sync.svg Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
 * The New Topic Tool will be deployed for all editors at most wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The list=usercontribs API will support fetching contributions from an IP range soon. API users can set the   parameter to get contributions from any IP range within the limit.
 * A new parser function will be introduced: <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> . It will replace existing templates named "=". It will insert an equal sign. This can be used to escape the equal sign in the parameter values of templates.

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20:27, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Editing newsletter 2022 – #1
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The New topic tool helps editors create new ==Sections== on discussion pages. New editors are more successful with this new tool. You can read the report. Soon, the Editing team will offer this to all editors at most WMF-hosted wikis. You can join the discussion about this tool for the English Wikipedia is at Village pump (proposals). You will be able to turn it off in the tool or at Special:Preferences.

The Editing team plans to change the appearance of talk pages. These are separate from the changes made by the Desktop improvements project and will appear in both Vector 2010 and Vector 2022. The goal is to add some information and make discussions look visibly different from encyclopedia articles. You can see some ideas at Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)

23:15, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

thank you so much....
Dear TheresNoTime (and I agree :))

I just wanted to say thank you so much for playing fair - I made my first edit 6 months ago but was stunned by the experience and so I left a message and then left wikipedia and did not come back till today!

If I ever write anything inappropriate or incorrect I will be very happy for someone like you to make a judgment and correct me - I fully expect to be held by the same standard as others and I believe with editors like you I will be.

Thank you again for sticking up for me - I honestly felt bullied and just thought I would leave rather than face the stress.

Keep it up..

Kind regards

Y V — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yorkshire views (talk • contribs) 00:53, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Tamzin
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Barek • Darkwind • Geometry guy • ProcseeBot • RoyBoy • Sean Whitton • Valereee • Visorstuff • WAvegetarian
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ivanvector

Guideline and policy news
 * Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.

Technical news
 * Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages.
 * The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under . Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
 * An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.

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Tech News: 2022-23
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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).
 * Octicons-tools.svg A new <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"> function can be used in abuse filters to replace parts of text using a regular expression.

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02:45, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Request
Hey TNT, hope you are well. I was wondering if it would be possible if you revision delete every edit on my user page up to this one, and to remove the edit summary of the first edit please? The reason is because I feel that I have revealed too much personal info which I have now decided I want to keep to myself. If you could help it would be muchly appreciated. Thank you Blanchey (talk) 15:21, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * @Blanchey As it's your own userpage, you can also tag it for deletion, or request that here, and I'll be happy to do it if Sammy isn't around. -- ferret (talk) 15:29, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * that would be perfect, thanks! Blanchey (talk) 15:33, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * @Blanchey I deleted your userpage for you, that's the cleanest way on these - feel free to recreate it. — xaosflux  Talk 15:35, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * beat me to it. -- ferret (talk) 15:35, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * thank you so much, you are all amazing 😊 Blanchey (talk) 15:38, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * since you are also an Oversighter, would it be possible for you to remove the (automatic) edit summary from this log please? Blanchey (talk) 15:41, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * @Blanchey it's borderline, but I did it. Please don't make a habit of that. —  xaosflux  Talk 15:44, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * thanks, and don’t worry I won’t be putting it again. Blanchey (talk) 15:46, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I have corrected the indentation of this conversation to make it more readable (and more accessible for people who use screen readers). please have a look at Indentation. Thanks! --Blablubbs (talk) 16:00, 7 June 2022 (UTC)


 * hi, sorry about that! I am aware of this and when I am using desktop browser, it does it automatically although on mobile it doesn’t sadly. I did it manually when posting my response. Blanchey (talk) 16:11, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * No worries. For what it's worth, DiscussionTools (which should be either enabled by default or available in the beta preferences, I'm not entirely sure), should automatically take care of the indentation as well. --Blablubbs (talk) 16:15, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

help
um why am i banned in the wikimedia discord server cos i didnt recieve the ban reason account moved to viwiki 04:06, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-24
<section begin="technews-2022-W24"/> 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
 * All wikis can now use Kartographer maps. Kartographer maps now also work on pages with pending changes.

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).
 * Octicons-sync.svg Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on at 06:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
 * Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" . This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally.
 * The New Topic Tool will be deployed for all editors at Commons, Wikidata, and some other wikis soon. You will be able to opt out from within the tool and in Preferences.

Future meetings
 * The next open meeting with the Web team about Vector (2022) will take place today (13 June). The following meetings will take place on: 28 June, 12 July, 26 July.

Future changes
 * By the end of July, the Vector 2022 skin should be ready to become the default across all wikis. Discussions on how to adjust it to the communities' needs will begin in the next weeks. It will always be possible to revert to the previous version on an individual basis. Learn more.

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16:57, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

New message from Dove's talk
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri. Dove&#39;s talk (talk) 18:33, 15 June 2022 (UTC)