User talk:TheresNoTime/old/Archive 6

help needed asap
Sam could u tell me how do i cancel a draft i submitted for creation by mistake VarunFEB2003 (talk • contribs) 08:49, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, if you're referring to Draft:Constitution-Talca Ramal then there's no way of deactivating a submitted draft - you've got a couple of weeks until someone reviews it, and if it fails it won't be deleted or anything, you'll just get a message saying why it failed and what you can do to fix it. You'll then be able to continue to work on it. That being said, after a quick glance it looks very good and it may pass -- samtar talk or stalk 08:58, 20 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Thnx -- VarunFEB2003 (talk • contribs) 07:46, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

El Shorouk Academy
Sorry your experience with that editor was so bad. I've added back in the list of programs in each institute in prose with inline references that the editor did provide in one edit. I believe that that is acceptable. My translations of the entries from the references (as well as the title of the references is a combination of that editor and Google Translate, so I'm not *that* sure. I'll keep it on my watchlist.Naraht (talk) 21:08, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you ! I'm used to the behavior by now, just that editor irked me a bit with the amount of time I spent trying to help them :( thank you for improving the article -- samtar talk or stalk 21:18, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
 * And it still feels like the major issue is that the article in Arabic (rightly or wrongly) used lists for the programs.Naraht (talk) 01:31, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Gunwalloe


Hello, Samtar. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Gunwalloe".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the  or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing.  Puffin  Let's talk! 18:04, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi
help needed if u see this wiki page it has a section which has a box where u add ur name and it will get automatically added to the list. Can u pls give me its code(that whole code of the procedure of how to make a box where u type and it will get added to the lsit) Thanks And regards -- VarunFEB2003 (talk • contribs) 07:46, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi - I'm not sure how this page works, I would imagine it's the use of a module of some sort --  samtar talk or stalk 08:30, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Informal review of future GA
Hey samtar, what's up? I've been working on Laticauda colubrina recently with the aim to bring the mostly-neglected article to GA status. So far I've focused on the ==Venom== section down, and if those are done I can move on to the upper sections and opening which are in dire need of improvement. Since you do a lot of GA reviews, could you offer your informal opinion on whether Laticauda colubrina and the sections below ==Venom== would pass a GAN? Cheers. Sn1per (talk) 00:55, 19 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Sure, I'd be happy to Give me 20 minutes or so and I'll ping you with an opinion and any suggestions to improve --  samtar talk or stalk 09:19, 19 June 2016 (UTC)


 * This article has a good chance of passing the GA criteria, based on the following opinions:
 * Criteria 1a and 1b: I could not find any spelling or grammatical errors, though a lot of the language used is biology-specific so I can't be sure. ✅
 * Criteria 2a-d: All references are in-line and from reliable sources, with an absence of both original research and copyright violation. ✅
 * Criteria 3a and 3b: The headers used suggest the main aspects of the topic have been addressed, and does not seem to go into unnecessary detail. Biology is not an area I am confident to make technical reviews in, so I would possibly defer to a second editor, however for myself it's a ✅
 * Criteria 4: Difficult to review, however there does not seem to be any editorial bias. ✅
 * Criteria 5: Article is stable from content disputes. ✅
 * Criteria 6a and 6b: All the images are from commons, are relevant to the article and are captioned. ✅
 * I hope the above has helped, and thank you for your detailed additions to the article - regardless of attaining GA status you are helping make Wikipedia even better --  samtar talk or stalk 09:55, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your time, I really appreciate it. I'll go ahead and move on to the other sections and I expect to nominate for GA very soon. Cheers. Sn1per (talk) 16:01, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Windows Push Notification Service
&mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 12:01, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Help needed
Hi Sam, I am rewriting this article-Symbols of States of India In my second sandbox and I have created 3 tables in it which look like this on my computer.(in this pic below)- File: Image for help.png These tables arent compatible and look differently placed on differnt PC's laptops. Since an article should be compatible and should be equally viewed by all could you pls make the code for tables in a way that they look the same everywhere. On other computers they eithere overlap or move away from each other. Could u pls make them compatible. Thanks and Regards VarunFEB2003 (talk) 08:39, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
 * FYI, his attempts to do have have not been received with universal acclaim: as his own talkpage is testament to! Muffled Pocketed  08:48, 25 June 2016 (UTC)


 * FYI stands for - for ur info. am i right? if so then my attempts have not been eceived with universal acclaim what does it mean? Varun   &#9742;   13:00, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Pinging Fortuna in case I'm wrong I believe that Fortuna means that your attempts to rewrite it haven't been supported by everyone (as per the IP at the edit warring noticeboard and the discussion between you, JamesBWatson (not pinging on purpose as I see no need to involve him), Fortuna, and some other editors. Dat GuyTalkContribs 14:25, 25 June 2016 (UTC)


 * That issue was resolved. and i wasnt rewritting that article but i am rewritting symbols... article and an admin is supporting me on it. SAMTAR MY PROBLEM IS FIXED THANKS Varun  &#9742;   07:30, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Pablothepenguin
I have completed my tasks now. Pablothepenguin (talk) 21:00, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll have a look over them soon :) well done! -- samtar talk or stalk 11:59, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Have you finished looking at my answers yet? Pablothepenguin (talk) 18:32, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Answered at adoption page -- samtar talk or stalk 20:07, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

It's ANI, I guess
I'm off to bed. 'night Jim1138 (talk) 09:51, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Look forward to your breakfast reading Jim Muffled  Pocketed  09:59, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
 * They've been blocked now for multiple account abuse - such a lovely chap... -- samtar talk or stalk 12:00, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Midnight snack! With an editing style like that, I'm surprised it took that long. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 09:32, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aviation/Style guide/Lists
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aviation/Style guide/Lists. Legobot (talk) 04:25, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Compromised account
I would like to make clear that the message you saw on my talk page was purely fictional, my account must have been compromised. I can assure you that I am well and no action is required on that statement. I've chosen to leave Wikipedia after this incident, as shown by the retirement notices I put up yesterday. I apologise for any shock or sadness that message caused, but I can assure you that it wasn't me and I'm perfectly fine. I would like my account to be blocked indefinitely to encore my permanent wiki break.  Puffin  Let's talk! 11:56, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * (talk page stalker) That is incredibly good news. I was shocked to see the message on your talk page and I'm glad to see it wasn't true. I'm sorry that the whole ANI thread has driven you away from Wikipedia, best of luck with all your future endeavors.  Omni Flames  ( talk ) 12:15, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-26
 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
 * The ORES service has now moved to a new location. This should make it easier to use ORES. The ORES review service is now available as a beta feature on Wikidata and Persian Wikipedia. ORES is an artificial intelligence system for Wikimedia wikis to help editors.
 * The order of wikis in collapsed cross-wiki notifications was different than when the list was expanded. This is now fixed.
 * A new category for tracking pages with math errors was added:    :.

Problems
 * The Wikimedia Etherpad crashed on June 23. Some edits done that day have been lost. They can be found at etherpad-restore.wikimedia.org for another few days.

Changes this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 June. It will be on all wikis from 30 June (calendar).
 * The way to mark notifications as read or unread will be changed to be more clear.

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 28 June at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * The Collaboration team at the Wikimedia Foundation will look at developing better tools for edit review. This is because research suggests we scare away newcomers who want to help.
 * An e-mail from the Editing Department explains the technical work that is planned and being researched for the future. Items include better wikitext and visual editing, prompts for edits, language improvements, annotations, and meta-data separation.
 * The sorting of Notifications into the two fly-out menus is going to change on July 5 to 7. Bundled notifications should be easier to explore and mark as read individually.
 * Octicons-tools.svg From 29 June git.wikimedia.org (running Gitblit) will redirect all requests to Phabricator. The vast majority of requests should be correctly redirected.
 * Catalan and Polish Wikipedias will have Wikidata descriptions added to articles in the mobile view by default. This is currently a beta option for the mobile versions. This might come to other wikis later.

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Wikidata weekly summary #215
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.  Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 16:48, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Discussions
 * New request for comments: Verifiability and living persons, RfP voting eligibility
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Past: Wikimania! The Wikidata-related program parts including slides and notes can be found on the Wikidata Wikimania page.
 * TIB and HsH project approved: The replication of Open-Access images
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * EasyQuery is now a gadget that you can enable in your preferences. It gives you an icon next to each statement value. That gives you a list of other items with the same statement.
 * Stats have been updated and show a significant jump in references.
 * SQID now shows references (example)
 * INSPIRE HEP has been added to Mix'n'match
 * PAWS is now available. It lets you easily run a Jupyter notebook and much more.
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: language used, connector, Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers identifier, INSPIRE-HEP author ID, lighthouse range, memory capacity, water as percent of area, InterPro ID, domain of saint or deity
 * Query examples: sandwich ingredients (source), inventors killed by their own invention (source), objects with most mass (source), music genres (source), number of jurisdictions by driving side (source)
 * Development
 * The majority of the Wikidata developers team atteded Wikimania
 * You can now embed query results from query.wikidata.org in other websites (example)
 * Linking MediaInfo entities to media files in the "MediaInfo for Commons" prototype (T134473)
 * Tracking more statistics for the ArticlePlaceholder (T138500)
 * Adding support for quantity values with unknown uncertainty (T115269)
 * Worked on fix for bug where new entities can be created with wrong language (T138725)
 * Monthly Tasks
 * Hack on one of these.
 * Help develop the next summary here!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item
 * Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.

Editing News #2—2016
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Did you know?

It's quick and easy to insert a references list.

Place the cursor where you want to display the references list (usually at the bottom of the page). Open the "" menu and click the "" icon (three books).

If you are using several groups of references, which is relatively rare, you will have the opportunity to specify the group. If you do that, then only the references that belong to the specified group will be displayed in this list of references.

Finally, click "" in the dialog to insert the. This list will change as you add more footnotes to the page.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor team has fixed many bugs. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for Arabic and Indic scripts, and adapting the visual editor to the needs of the Wikivoyages and Wikisources.

Recent changes
The visual editor is now available to all users at most Wikivoyages. It was also enabled for all contributors at the French Wikinews.

The single edit tab feature combines the "" and "" tabs into a single "" tab. It has been deployed to several Wikipedias, including Hungarian, Polish, English and Japanese Wikipedias, as well as to all Wikivoyages. At these wikis, you can change your settings for this feature in the "" tab of Special:Preferences. The team is now reviewing the feedback and considering ways to improve the design before rolling it out to more people.

Future changes
The "" button will say "". This will affect both the visual and wikitext editing systems. More information is available on Meta.

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the remaining "Phase 6" Wikipedias during the next few months. The developers want to know whether typing in your language feels natural in the visual editor. Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. This will affect several languages, including: Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam, Urdu, Persian, Bengali, Assamese, Aramaic and others.

The team is working with the volunteer developers who power Wikisource to provide the visual editor there, for opt-in testing right now and eventually for all users. (T138966)

The team is working on a modern wikitext editor. It will look like the visual editor, and be able to use the citoid service and other modern tools. This new editing system may become available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices around September 2016. You can read about this project in a general status update on the Wikimedia mailing list.

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 * Learn how to improve the "automagical" citoid referencing system in the visual editor, by creating Zotero translators for popular sources in your language! Watch the Tech Talk by Sebastian Karcher for more information.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk), 21:10, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

How to add hyperlink to an image
So when i click on the image it links to a page Varun   &#9742;   14:04, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * there are instructions at Images linking to articles which will explain it better than I could! --  samtar talk or stalk 14:54, 29 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Thnx -- Varun  &#9742;   16:40, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

‎Pablothepenguin
Hi Samtar. I have blocked Pablothepenguin for one week per an ANI request pointing out they had violated their topic ban. You might want to work with them to make sure it doesn't happen again. --Neil N  talk to me 15:06, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know, I'll drop them a line -- samtar talk or stalk 15:08, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Just in case
Just in case my thanks for you reverting me causes confusion, I was unaware you'd posted the AN/I notice a couple minutes before I did. I never have the template on hand so I always open up the editor and then go looking for it heh. Cheers for fixing it up though. Mr rnddude (talk) 17:33, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * no drama! I actually note that above my notice the IP had actually informed the editor of the thread, so we were being doubly redundant! -- samtar talk or stalk 17:35, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Ahaha, that's hilarious, well done us. Mr rnddude (talk) 17:36, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #216
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; -webkit-column-width: 400px; -moz-column-width: 400px; column-width: 400px;"> <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 16:51, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Europeana280 Art History Challenge has finished
 * Europeana blog post
 * video
 * Wikimedia blog post
 * The life and times of Mr Herbert Ellerby: Linking Llandudno, Lancashire, and Moggill, Australia
 * Wikidata auf der GPN
 * Past: PSESHSF (You can sign up to be notified about more Wikidata workshops in France)
 * Past: Swiss Open Cultural Data Hackathon
 * Upcoming: office hour on IRC
 * Upcoming: State of the Map US in Seattle - http://stateofthemap.us/
 * Upcoming: Wikimedia UK AGM with Wikidata training
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * There is now a 100wikidatadays challenge based on the 100wikidays challenge for Wikipedia. The goal: convert 100 templates to make use of Wikidata over the course of 100 days.
 * Tobias started writing a tutorial on how to write infoboxes that make use of Wikidata's data and could use your help expanding it.
 * Thiemo wrote a user script to pre-fill "date retrieved" in a reference with the current date. Please test and let us know what you think ont he linked page. If you like it it can become a gadget.
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: British Book Trade Index ID, Plarr ID, warheroes.ru ID, Dailymotion channel ID, Munk's Roll ID, Catalogus Professorum Rostochensium ID, CageMatch tag team ID, Pleiades place type identifier, parliamentary term
 * Query examples: Ancestors of Guðni Jóhannesson (note the last names), movies with Bud Spencer (source), largest cities per country (source), longest river of each continent (source), rivers in Antarctica (source), continents (source), and some other continents (source), places with continent Antarctica more than 3000 km north of south pole (source), files used as “image” in more than 10 items (source), monuments historiques in Loire-Atlantique (source), music composers by birth place (source), places of whorship (source), teachers with most students (source), buildings in more than one country (source), sandwiches (source), 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composers and their most-used tonality] (source), former capitals (source), list of suicide attacks (source), birthplaces of people named Antoine (source), ||%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%28%3Fel%20%3C%20%3Fkm*3281%20%26%26%20%3Funit%20%3D%20wd%3AQ3710%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20||%20%28%3Fel%20%3C%20%3Fkm%20%26%26%20%3Funit%20%3D%20wd%3AQ828224%29%20%29.%20%0A%20%20%3Fp%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Flocation.%0A%20%20optional%20%7B%20%3Fp%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20%7D%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%7D%0A%7D%0A places that are below 10 meters above sea level (source)
 * Newest WikiProjects: Etymology, Knowledge Organization Systems
 * Newest external tools: Navel Gazer (users statement addition counts)
 * Development
 * More groundwork for Commons. We can now save a statement in the new MediaInfo entity type \o/ (Some minor issues still with the demo system but should be solved next week.)
 * Fixed a display issue with description tooltips in recent changes. Thanks Matěj Suchánek! (T89663)
 * Refactored quite some of the sitelinks-related JavaScript code (T127056 and 294687. This may break some existing gadgets and user scripts temporarily.
 * Updated the graphic representing the data model in Wikidata: long, medium, short
 * Fixed problem with editing statements on Wikidata, after last week's deployment (T138974)
 * Started interviews to find user needs and workflows for automated list generation (T139284)
 * Monthly Tasks
 * Hack on one of these.
 * Help develop the next summary here!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item
 * Help translate or proofread pages in your own language!
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Edit Filter Manager rights added

 * Hello Samtar, per the community discussion at WP:EFN you have had edit filter management access enabled for your account. Please keep in mind, this access can cause significant disruption to every editor.  Please be sure to review all of Edit filter and you may want to watchlist the Edit filter noticeboard.  When in doubt, ask first!  Happy editing. —  xaosflux  Talk 00:08, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Congratulations.  Omni Flames ( talk ) 05:49, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you --  samtar talk or stalk 06:19, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Yay! Another editor with the magic fairy dust that will stop vandals, sockpuppets, and LTAs cold. Right? Right? --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 05:56, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, fingers crossed eh? -- samtar talk or stalk 06:19, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
 * thank you, I've watchlisted the noticeboard and will most definitely be asking for advice if I'm ever unsure of anything -- samtar talk or stalk 06:19, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Round-robin
Hi Samtar, I saw you fulfilled some of the technical requests at WP:RMT with round-robin moves. Just an FYI, I made talk page redirects from the old pages to the new ones for the sake of completeness. recently pinged me about this issue about not breaking incoming talk page links, and I thought I'd share this with you as well.

For example, if page A had a talk page, 3 archives, and a good article nomination, swapping A and its subpages with B without the talk/subpages will turn the former A 's pages into redlinks. See WP:PMVR for the details. Hope this only helps! Thanks — Andy W. ( talk  · ctb) 21:41, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Drat! I'm so sorry, thank you for cleaning them up! It didn't occur to me to check sub-page - I'll re-review WP:PMVR and ensure this doesn't happen again. Thank you for your message -- samtar talk or stalk 06:12, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't worry about it Samtar, round-robin moves can be tricky. I made the same mistake as well .  Omni Flames ( talk ) 08:03, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 04 July 2016
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Adoption
I am still waiting for new topics. Pablothepenguin (talk) 19:53, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-27
<section begin="technews-2016-W27"/> 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
 * A daily email summary of notifications could be sent even when there were no notifications from the wiki. Now no email will be sent if there is no activity.

Changes this week
 * The "" button in the visual editor's toolbar will move into the "" menu except for Wikipedias, Wikibookses and Wikiversities. This is to make it less prominent on wikis that don't use it as much.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 July. It will be on all wikis from 7 July (calendar).

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 * You can take part in the next office hour for Wikidata on IRC on July 8 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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Please comment on Talk:Emmy Noether
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Emmy Noether. Legobot (talk) 04:25, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:David Mitchell (computer scientist)


Hello, Samtar. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "David Mitchell".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the  or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 08:21, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Thank You!
Hi Samtar, I just wanted to say a big "thank you" for the welcome, and for the info, tips, links and shortcuts on getting up to speed on Wikipedia, they are a big help.

--B2btech (talk) 14:38, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
 * not a problem you may wish to read up about our username policy, especially as yours could be mistaken to mean something like Business-to-business Technology --  samtar talk or stalk 14:44, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Afds
I know this isn't your fault, but the IP you helped is only retaliating against me for voting delete in an article he created as CrazyAces. He is using this unregistered account to avoid scrutiny and vote keep at his own articles.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 15:04, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
 * replied at Bish's talk, but the sentiment remains - if I had known I would have probably passed over the offers :( -- samtar talk or stalk 15:07, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Filter 777
Hello Samtar, I'm Redolta. I have been fighting vandalism just now, and you have recently created Filter 777, which is about Date-change vandalism. It works on some articles (like this one), but the majority of them are not date-change vandalism (like this one (a good faith edit) and this one (a vandalism edit)). Ranging from good edits to vandalism not related to dates, this edit filter needs to be changed, as that's basically the only thing popping up on the Abuse Log. Thank you for taking your time, and have a nice day. Red olta (talk) 15:44, 6 July 2016 (UTC)


 * welp! This is why we test them as log only to begin with! Thanks for letting me know, it's been disabled and I'll work on the filter -- samtar talk or stalk 15:50, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #217
<div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; -webkit-column-width: 400px; -moz-column-width: 400px; column-width: 400px;"> <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 15:33, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * Connecting OpenStreetMap and Wikidata, blog post by Mapbox
 * Past: office hour on IRC (log)
 * Now: ISMB 2016 Editathon
 * Upcoming: Viquimarató de Wikidata sobre Ramon Llull
 * Upcoming: OpenSym
 * Monitoring the Gender Gap with Wikidata Human Gender Indicators
 * An Empirical Evaluation of Property Recommender Systems for Wikidata and Collaborative Knowledge Bases
 * Mapping street names to Wikidata entities they refer to and enriching OpenStreetMap with linked data
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * The removal of Persondata from the English Wikipedia is completed. There are still much information to migrate to Wikidata at KasparBot's tool.
 * Tour de France data is coming from Wikidata in at least 3 Wikipedias
 * Freebase API will be shut down on August 31
 * TXT Werk is now using Wikidata to identify entities (previously Freebase)
 * Magnus' reference drag and drop script is now a gadget
 * Got an idea for a cool project around Wikidata but need some funding? A project grant might be an option.
 * There are several full PhD/postdoc positions available at TU Dresden with Markus including work on Wikidata
 * Magnus' Wiki Loves Monuments tool now also reads cultural identifiers from Wikidata and was switched to use SPARQL
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: archive date, permanent duplicated item, throughput, NAIF ID, point of penalty, Transferred Account Data Interchange Group Code, Estonian Research Portal person ID, bateau d'intérêt patrimonial, Cultural heritage database in Austria ObjektID, Nomisma ID, WikiTree ID, Estonian cultural monument ID, BacDive ID
 * Query examples: timeline of space probes (source), countries with most UNESCO World Heritage Sites (source), places in America named after places in England (source), emergency number by country size (source)
 * Development
 * Working on an infographic to represent the flow of data in Wikidata
 * Work on multi-content revisions in order to be able to store an entity (item, property, mediainfo) and wiki text in the same page (This is needed for Commons) (T107595)
 * Did more interviews with editors as preparation for the work on automated list generation for Wikipedia and co based on Wikidata data
 * Fixed a bug with data parsing in Korean and a few other languages (T139509)
 * Added "non" as a language code for monolingual text values (T137115)
 * Removed display of calendar model for dates with precision of 10 years or larger (T133973)
 * Fixed issues in some of the forms on special pages on mobile (T138413)
 * Disabled PDF export in item and property pages (T136814)
 * Worked on making it possible to have quantities with no bounds set (T115270)
 * Monthly Tasks
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Tech News: 2016-28
<section begin="technews-2016-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
 * A new image scaler fixed a number of bugs for showing SVG files. Some new problems turned up.
 * Notifications are grouped by types. They are now counted by number of notifications and not by unread groups. That change may increase the number of notifications displayed. The earlier way of counting was often incorrect. Unread notifications will also be displayed first.
 * Special:Notifications now has a maximum width for the notifications list on desktop computers. This allows long titles and descriptions to be cut properly. Notifications are now also better parsed.

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 * On 5 July Wikimedia Commons had problems and could not be edited for 20 minutes. For a short while after that the recent changes log and some gadgets were not working properly. It affected administrative actions on other projects too.
 * Users who have multiple unread notifications can mark them as read by visiting Special:Notifications page on their wiki.

Changes this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 July. It will be on all wikis from 14 July (calendar).

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Your message
Thank you for your message. No, I don't have any problem being neutral, but I am being harassed by someone who is not neutral, SLBedit. I need help, I have not done anything, can you please talk to this user? Thanks, Jerappelle (talk) 18:15, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

You can look at his talk page and Tbhotch talk page, he has scared my friend, accuses me of trolling, he is being aggressive with me. By the way I am not new, I have been off Wikipedia for years, and now it is sad to see something like this. At least SLBedit could make an effort to talk, instead of aggressively getting his friend to write me, calling me a troll (for what?) and refusing to provide any justification for a small edit. Feel free to write back, thanks man. Jerappelle (talk) 18:20, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Refrain from calling me unneutral. I don't care if Garrido made mistakes. It was me that improved the article while ago. See history page. SLBedit (talk) 18:36, 11 July 2016 (UTC)


 * I've had a quick look, and from what I can see this is regarding António Garrido (referee), correct? due to your personal relation with the article's subject, I'm sure you can appreciate that you may find it slightly more difficult to write from a neutral point of view. Could you describe the edits you wish to make? --  samtar talk or stalk 18:25, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * This has nothing to with neutrality. The user is adding a YouTube link as a reliable source. SLBedit (talk) 18:33, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Also, the other source is Italian, so there is a conflict of interest there. SLBedit (talk) 18:48, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

samtar, I have no personal relation with the subject, on the other hand SLBedit does, it is quite the opposite. The changes are there, I wrote many times to SLBedit and he called me a troll, he did not answer, etc. In any case, that is not the problem, a small paragraph was added by my friend (friend's son, really) with a reference. He now added another reference, to make it stronger. I am not sure what the problem is. I wrote to SLBedit to explain what the problem is, but he is now angry at me. I understand he writes only about portuguese teams and maybe he does not want a portuguese referee criticised, but there are other issues with this referee mentioned in the article, and anyway they are all well documented. I think he cannot be objective, the video is in clear, the news reference also, I don't understand why he is making such a huge deal. I can understand it coming from a 17 years old (friend who edited), but I think SLBedit is older, isn't he? I really just want this put to rest. And no, I am nt a troll, and SLBedit should stop saying that. Thanks Jerappelle (talk) 18:34, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

samtar, can you please look at his talk page, I asked him, is the Youtube link the problem? What is the problem? Who's the troll? I ask question, and he just undoes changes and goes to other people to complain about me. I am a reasonable person. If we cannot have Youtube links will take it down, but I don't think that is the policy. The link is in English, it is an interview, it shows the issue reported in the wikipedia page. Another reference was added (in a foreign language, but all other references are also in a foreign language). I find he is being very aggressive, and I don't understand why. Jerappelle (talk) 18:38, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I do not have any relation with the subject of the article. On the other hand, you have a personal relation with the person (IP) edit warring. Stop accusing me of being angry, not neutral and other bullshit. To me, you were trolling, but I did not call you a troll. Please stop playing victim. Thank you. SLBedit (talk) 18:40, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

On Tbhotch page you wrote: "Why are you trolling?" You also called me a "sockpuppet of the IP". I saw the changes, they made sense, they were supported. I don't write about portuguese football or italian football all the time like you do, it seems to me you are not very objective and a little too interested in that. Tbhotch also said "You are technically edit-warring too". I have not done anything, instead. I asked if I should take the Youtube link down, first you said it is not a valid reference, then you said it is because it is copyrighted material. I asked you to explain, if you don't, who is edit warring? If I ask questions and you don't answer and just overreact, I do feel you are being too aggressive. I apologise it that offended you, can we move on? Should I remove the youtube link and leave the other reference? Would that be okay? Jerappelle (talk) 18:58, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

And I was cheering for Portugal yesterday and I am glad you guys won, by the way! Jerappelle (talk) 18:59, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * YouTube source was already removed. SLBedit (talk) 19:06, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Eidetic memory
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Eidetic memory. Legobot (talk) 04:27, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Sir, please help me!
sir, u want to be an administration on wikipedia. please help me ! I need your help. I can't be adminitrator alone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Niezwmxa Boro (talk • contribs) 13:32, 12 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi, it would first be a good idea to withdraw your current request - after that I'd be more than happy to talk to you about why new editors aren't suited to be administrators. Don't be disappointed though, there's still a lot of maintenance tasks you can do without being an admin -- samtar talk or stalk 13:38, 12 July 2016 (UTC)


 * if you can leave me a note either below or at Requests for adminship/Niezwmxa Boro just saying "I'd like to withdraw this" we can work together to make you into an even more awesome Wikipedian -- samtar talk or stalk 13:43, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

My user page
Hi since u are a coder i needed a bit of ur help if u could. My user page has many things that are placed with absolute placement using margin top, bottom code. Due to this they are viewed differently on diff screen sizes and diff zoom. Can they be fixed at a position so that they dont change according to screen size.

What so u mean that thingy got added by mistake it is actually meant for something else i removed it when i typed it wrong Varun   &#9742;   13:33, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Let's get coding! <sub style="color:green;>Muffled <sup style="color:red;">Pocketed  13:34, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I aint getting anything Varun   &#9742;   13:35, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

Hi sam
If u see this thing :

<div class="boilerplate metadata plainlinks" style="background-color: lightblue; border: 2px solid black; width: 500px; margin: 0.0em; padding: 0.0em" align="left">

U will see that the box and calendar have extra space on left can that be reduced to the same amount as on top bottom. Leave right side as it is. If u could pls thnx. VarunFEB2003 (talk) 14:38, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Can't be done easily I'm afraid, the left side padding is added by the calendar template, you'd have to create your own userspace version of it and modify the template code -- samtar talk or stalk 14:48, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Since i am not a coder nor do i know how to do coding what code will i have to write could u help me on that VarunFEB2003 (talk) 11:28, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Intel Anti-Theft


Hello, Samtar. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Intel Anti-Theft".

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 15:55, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Question
I'm a bit confused. Is there any other user besides Tseung Kwan O you're suspicious of? You can answer here, or e-mail me again.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:08, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
 * No other editor, no, which I know means you can't perform any CUing. Just passing the message along as suggested, I'll let Risker decide what to do next, if anything. I guess keeping you in the loop might prove useful at a later stage? -- samtar talk or stalk 16:17, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually, I've already started doing a bit of work at my end (don't know what Risker is doing). You could help by e-mailing me again with a more detailed behavioral analysis of the user.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:44, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
 * emailed -- samtar talk or stalk 19:43, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

This article is an orphan
Dear Samtar,

i am not sure how you marked this article as orphan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eenu_Shree where as i can see all articles under category [Actresses in Bhojpuri cinema] are similar.

Thanks Yagya Shree — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yagyashree (talk • contribs) 14:39, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, we tag an article as an "orphan" when no other articles link to it. Orphan articles are a bit of an issue since because they have no links to them, they can be quite difficult to find. Perhaps you could suggest a couple of articles which could link to Eenu Shree? :) -- samtar talk or stalk 14:51, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Does the editor's name suggest a connection with the article's subject...? <sub style="color:green;>Muffled <sup style="color:red;">Pocketed  14:55, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Good spot! do you know Eenu Shree personally? It's not an issue if you do, but it would help if we knew. You may wish to read what a Conflict of Interest is --  samtar talk or stalk 15:02, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #218
<div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; -webkit-column-width: 400px; -moz-column-width: 400px; column-width: 400px;"> <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 17:06, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Events/Blogs/Press
 * From Damascus to Berlin: A very special internship at Wikimedia Deutschland
 * Wikidata als Universalbibliographie: ein Kommentar
 * First image, good image?
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Since Pokémon is all the rage at the moment here is a short reminder that we have WikiProject Pokémon for them
 * TIB is looking for a Wikimedian in Residence in the Open Science Lab
 * The code for the Primary Sources Tool has been moved from the Google to the Wikidata organisation on github.
 * The ISCB competition for 2016 has been announced
 * Use Wikipedia “article main images” to find candidate images for Wikidata
 * StrepHit fact extraction agent v.1.1-beta has been released
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: GCatholic church ID, GoodReads book ID, QUDT unit ID, Queensland Heritage Register ID, National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts, EU River Basin District code, right to vote, GoodReads author ID, title of chess player, BVPH ID
 * Query examples: letters with more than two forms (source), metro stations (source), railway incidents (source), pyramids in Egypt (source), women described as wife and men described as husband (source), neuroinformatics coauthor network (source), nationalities of people with an article in the Bavarian Wikipedia (source), Irish general elections and their winners (source), types of historical monuments (source), Alpine four-thousanders (source), Alpine peaks (source), language statements that point to a country instead of a language (source)
 * Newest database reports: list of people who died on their birthday
 * Development
 * Map layers are coming soon to the Query Service
 * A lot of clean-up under the hood for the user interface
 * More interviews with editors in preparation for automated list generation
 * Fixed a bug where forms on the mobile site looked broken (T138413)
 * More work on Citoid integration for easier reference adding
 * Added Cape Verdean Creole (T127435)
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Tech News: 2016-29
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Recent changes
 * Due to the rollback, new sorting of Notifications on the Fly-Out Menus has been deployed with a delay.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Due to the rollback, the daily special patch deployment process has been changed.
 * In notifications, "Messages" are now called "".

Problems
 * On July 12 all wikis were rolled back to MediaWiki 1.28.0-wmf.8 due to a problem in the log-in system.

Changes this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 July. It will be on all wikis from 21 July (calendar).
 * Special:Log now has a help link.
 * The RevisionSlider can be tested on the beta cluster. From 22 July, it will be available as a beta feature at:, ,

Meetings
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Future changes
 * User scripts and bots can no longer use http:// to edit wiki pages.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Gerrit is going to be updated. Developers are invited to test it.

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring
You have deleted my message on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Edit_warring screenshot. I use this link because it's suggested on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_administrator_attention screenshot. So why should I go to WP:ANI ? What MarnetteD did is completely edit war.

Username160611000000 (talk) 05:39, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Seems like Samtar is sleeping right now. Anyways, what MarnetteD did does not break the 3 revert rule. Do you have any other questions? Dat GuyTalkContribs 09:53, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * See on screenshot. On page is said "three-revert rule OR edit warred" Username160611000000 (talk) 10:34, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

How to prevent wikipedia to write down my IP to database? As you have written on my talk page, I can consult with you. I know, wikipedia collects base of all users' (logged in or not) IPs. I don't want wikipedia to know my IP (even in hidden base). But almost all proxy IPs are blocked. So what should I do, to enter to wikipedia?

And is this collecting legal? Where is the guarantee that you will not sell the database?

Username160611000000 (talk) 05:48, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Also, if you are blocked you should not create another account on a different proxy. Dat GuyTalkContribs 09:59, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * As I know blocking is personal, so person is blocked, not username or IP. If I am not blocked, why should I suffer? And this is not answer. I don't remember where, but I saw text that to hide my IP I can register. But it's not true, my IP will get into database in any case, using GeoIP you can find my geographical position. I don't want this. Username160611000000 (talk) 10:34, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Still, I do not believe that MarnetteD was edit warring. Please check out the edit warring page. You said that your proxy IPs are blocked. That means that you were the intended target of those blocks, as it ranged over your proxies. Therefore, you shouldn't user another proxy or VPN to edit. Read the blocking policy. Finally, if you are logged in (you currently are) then your IP is not visible. Dat GuyTalkContribs 10:54, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * "You said that your proxy IPs are blocked."-- I said proxy IPs are blocked. They are not mine. To hide IP I tried third-party proxies. But I saw message, that I'm using proxy, so I'm not allowed to edit wikipedia. Username160611000000 (talk) 11:17, 16 July 2016 (UTC)


 * As per Blocking IP addresses, Open proxies may be blocked on sight according to the policy on open proxies. Here is the policy. Dat GuyTalkContribs 11:23, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't bother about could or could not proxies be blocked. Just recommend, what way out I have. Username160611000000 (talk) 12:17, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * As I say below, you have no allowed way of editing here without your IP address being recorded - whether you want to try a prohibited method is up to you, but I don't think you are likely to get any help with that here. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:26, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * If you edit as an IP, your IP address is visible for all to see. If you edit from a logged-in account, your IP is not visible but is still recorded and is retained for a short period (I believe it is 90 days). During that time, only people with CheckUser or similar rights can see it - admins can not. If this is not acceptable to you, your only option is to not edit here. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 11:04, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Dat GuyTalkContribs 11:10, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Augustin-Louis Cauchy
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The Signpost: 21 July 2016
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can i change my username
Hi, You told me this is the username issue.Can i change my username?? Gopatholabs (talk) 12:22, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Of course you can, thank you for listening and taking our advice please see WP:RENAME and then follow the instructions here --  samtar talk or stalk 12:27, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Admin report
Hello, could you please warn them because they don't want to listen to me because they removed my message on their talk page as well? If you don't want to then you don't have to, thanks for suggesting me another route to fix the issue though. :) (101.160.50.41 (talk) 11:16, 19 July 2016 (UTC))
 * IP, having had a look at 's contributions to My Love from the Star, they've not edited since the 7th of July 2016 - what seems to be the issue? Please be aware that editors are allowed to remove warnings from their own talk pages. Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help, but I would reccomend finding another article to work on Is it me or are most South Korean TV series very similar!? --  samtar talk or stalk 11:21, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Comments by moved to below section


 * I noticed that after another user left a message. :) They removed a table detailing the international broadcast of the drama but I added the message back in and then I started a discussion with them in hope that they will tell me why they don't want it there, unfortunately I couldn't understand their edit summary so it made it hard to decipher why they were removing the information. Thanks again for cooperating with me. :) Sorry, I don't understand do you mean the nature of the Korean drama such as the story lines and themes? If you are meaning that, then yes haha they are quite similar, I like the thriller ones, they are a bit more different than the ones that are mainstream and popular. =D (101.160.50.41 (talk) 11:28, 19 July 2016 (UTC))
 * I understand, hopefully you can get an answer soon :) the general story lines of Korean TV series just seem very similar to me! I'm glad we have dedicated editors such as yourself and Oripaypaykim who work to improve these types of articles. Even though we may not always agree, working together with other Wikipedians and discussing disputes makes editing here a lot easier and even fun --  samtar talk or stalk 11:35, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah they are I think people really enjoy that. Thanks for the compliment and yes I hope we can get to an agreement. Thank you so much, my IP address always changes for some reason so my previous contributions aren't visible on this IP address but out of all the registered editors I have cooperated with, you have been the nicest one. Thank you so much for being a helpful and very friendly user to me. =D (101.160.50.41 (talk) 11:42, 19 July 2016 (UTC))
 * No worries I've declined the vandalism report as technically the original edits aren't all that bad and I think now you are talking it through we can all come to an agreement. Thank you for the compliment, and feel free to come back if you ever have any questions or concerns  --  samtar talk or stalk 11:48, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay yes that's the right thing to do. Thank you for the invitation and I will keep that I mind next time I need any help, thanks so much! (101.160.50.41 (talk) 11:51, 19 July 2016 (UTC))

Oripaypaykim assistance
I Think help is happened tells User:Philip J Fry something is removing to international aired about. Oripaypaykim (talk) 11:24, 19 July 2016 (UTC)


 * I think I understand - the IP has replied below, and would like to know why you did not want the table there. Wikipedia is great when we can all work together and discuss things we don't agree on, but it's important to work through things calmly :) -- samtar talk or stalk 11:35, 19 July 2016 (UTC)


 * the importance are removed some Filipino dubbed tells about I'm not good removed those table are importance did this happened. and he wants to talk him since is South Korea should not be removed International aired section. Oripaypaykim (talk) 11:51, 19 July 2016 (UTC)


 * I've moved your comments down here so it is less confusing. I'm struggling to understand you, is there a language you would prefer to speak? Gusto mo ginusto na nagsasalita ng ibang wika? -- samtar talk or stalk 11:56, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Spooky
The ghost of Wikipedia requests to steal part of your adoption page. . Dat GuyTalkContribs 15:47, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Be my guest, though I'm not sure which bit you're referring to - pretty sure I borrowed most of my design -- samtar talk or stalk 15:50, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I mean, not a lot Dat GuyTalkContribs 15:57, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh btw - Bots/Requests for approval/xphois & User:Samtar/dev/bt/uaahelper - I think this was your idea? :P -- samtar talk or stalk 16:02, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Wait, have you started working on it? If so, wow! I thought it would be abandoned. It was my idea, but you deserve all of the credit. That's truly amazing. Sadly I do not know PHP, so I can't help. Dat GuyTalkContribs 16:04, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Hey kid! Don't mass delete! And get off my lawn! :P Dat GuyTalkContribs 16:12, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * 'aving a clear out, it's too messy :P -- samtar talk or stalk 16:26, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

Hi A new idea
Hi Sam Like the collapse top or collapse bottom templates I wanted to create a template that collapsed text sideways, the same way it happens when you go to View History and click thank a user for his edit the text expands and shows another line. So I used Notepad++ and got the HTML code that produces the thank link. The code is as follows:

Now I wanted to know how can we do this for Wikipedia Can you help me out on that it would be a revolutionary thing for Wikipedia. Thanks VarunFEB2003 (talk) 13:42, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * That's Dianaa Thank (or something like that). Also, at least for me it's pretty confusing what you want to do. Dat GuyTalkContribs 14:10, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * go to view history and click thank you will see the text expanding and saying send thanks..etc. I want that. VarunFEB2003 (talk) 14:19, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * This?. Dat GuyTalkContribs 14:21, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I dont want that I want to create a template that collapses text sideways. The way it happens in History view. VarunFEB2003 (talk) 17:41, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #219
<div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; -webkit-column-width: 400px; -moz-column-width: 400px; column-width: 400px;"> <div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) 08:33, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
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 * Interview with Lydia for her upcoming keynote at the DBpedia conference
 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * The Olympic Games are coming up soon. Let's make Wikidata a good place to get open data about the Olympics!
 * StrepHit's grant is up for renewal and could use your endorsement
 * There is a sub-reddit for Wikidata
 * We now have P3000 and Q26000000!
 * Did you know?
 * Newest properties: marriageable age, age of consent, age of candidacy, age of majority, partition coefficient water/octanol, software quality assurance, IBSF ID, FIL ID, has grammatical case, GOST 7.67 cyrillic, Taekwondo Data ID, aircraft registration prefix, DSBE ID, Snapchat username, UNDP country code, UIC numerical country code, UIC alphabetical country code, ARLHS Lighthouse ID, Maritime identification digits, wheel arrangement, LBT person ID, patronym or matronym, host, habitat, Spenserians person ID, SNAP ID
 * Query examples: most cited Danish people (source), most self-citing authors (source), topics of series (source), human settlements, north of the Arctic Circle (source), poles of inaccessibility (source), people with the same family and given name (source), compositions for organ and orchestra/compositions for organ and anything else (source), people with a statement with start time / end time qualifiers over 100 years apart (source), causes of death for noble people (source), long-running noble families (source)
 * Numbers on Database reports/without claims by site for some projects decreased (e.g. dewiki), remained consistently low (e.g. nlwiki), or recently increased to new highs (e.g. enwiki).
 * Development
 * Finished first rough prototype for structured data on Commons. Wanted to sent out announcement on Friday but one configuration issue is still unsolved. Should be solved in the next 1 or 2 days.
 * We are adding a "no match found" message to the suggester that you get when selecting an item or property while adding a new statement for example (T140085)
 * When a query result contains a mathematical expression it will soon be rendered correctly (T137784)
 * Added support for Haida (hai) for monolingual text values (T138131)
 * Finalized the infographic on data flow. [[Media:Infographic on the flow of Wikidata (for offWiki usage).svg|For off-wiki usage]] and [[Media:Infographic on the flow of Wikidata (for onWiki usage).svg|For on- wiki usage]].
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Tech News: 2016-30
<section begin="technews-2016-W30"/> 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
 * Interactive maps have been enabled for Meta wiki and the Catalan, Hebrew, and Macedonian Wikipedias. Learn how to add interactive maps to wiki pages.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Last week's rollback is now documented.

Problems
 * Sometimes, the visual editor required saving twice. That problem is now fixed.

Changes this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 July. It will be on all wikis from 28 July (calendar).
 * It is now possible to mark all Notifications as read on Special:Notifications, by clicking on the cog icon.
 * Wikipedia search will now detect the language of your search if 2 or fewer results are found. It will then show results from the matching language Wikipedia, if any relevant article exists. It will start to roll out in 5 languages.

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 26 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
 * Octicons-tools.svg You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "an extension that implements an authenticated key-value store". The meeting will be on 27 July at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * The current icon for Notifications "" (in English "Notices") will be changed from a bubble-speech icon to a tray icon for consistency.
 * Special:Notifications page code will be changed to be more Mobile friendly.

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Talk:Ray of Light
Hi Samtar, can I have your input on this section? — I B  [ Poke  ] 11:14, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

Bots/Requests for approval/xphois
Your task has been approved for a limited trial, please see the request page for details. — xaosflux  Talk 04:23, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

New Tool
Hello again. I found this new tool MusikAnimal suggested in WT:AFC. Here's a link to it. It's very useful for checking against copyvios. Also, apparently I'm on the leaderboard. Hooray for me I guess! Dat GuyTalkContribs 23:24, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * It is pretty cool, Musik spoke to me about it recently, he's been a busy bee! -- samtar talk or stalk 18:49, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

bot request
Hi Samtar

I have made a bot request on Commons for adding a third category if an image appears in both categories. I have no idea if this would take 5 mins or a lot, but I would really appreciate it if you could take a look :)

Thanks

--John Cummings (talk) 12:15, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, good to hear from you again - I'll have a look! It looks like it would be quite easy, but I don't have any experience writing bots for Commons. I'll see if I can draft up an idea and will leave a comment there to help a more experienced bot operator get it going quicker. I've also just read that you work for UNESCO, that must be very interesting -- samtar talk or stalk 12:40, 25 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi :), amazingly your very quick reply was too slow and someone is already on the case, thanks for the reply though :) --John Cummings (talk) 12:53, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

BAGBot: Your bot request Xphoisbot
Someone has marked Bots/Requests for approval/Xphoisbot as needing your input. Please visit that page to reply to the requests. Thanks! AnomieBOT ⚡ 13:37, 26 July 2016 (UTC) <small style="color:gray">To opt out of these notifications, place  anywhere on this page.

Talk:Ray of Light
Sorry about this. I just felt like that bot action is not required and manually we can do it since the talk page is not that active. Hope I did not offend you? — I B  [ Poke  ] 11:50, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Nope no worries thank you for keeping an eye out! --  samtar talk or stalk 11:52, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Tagging User talk:Gopatholabs
OK, I didn't know there should be some delay between a user account rename and redir deletion. Anyway I understand such delay is necessary when someone changes the valid name to a new one, say after change from 'QuickBrownFox' to 'Jake Malcolm', and wants to keep the history, especially when there's lots of links to the old user page and talk page. In this case, however, the old name was invalid and had almost no links from other places in Wikipedia, so I am pretty sure the redir is actually useless and qualifies to immediate deletion. But I'm not going to insist on it, anyway. --CiaPan (talk) 09:01, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * There's still a small number of links which would no longer work if the page was deleted, and I don't really see any benefit in deleting the page -- samtar talk or stalk 09:10, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

WP:RFBOT
Your recent bot approvals request has been approved. Please see the request page for details.


 * Please see the request page for a suggestion for a second task you may want to request in the future. — xaosflux  Talk 18:27, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Hooray! Dat GuyTalkContribs 18:42, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Content (measure theory)
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Content (measure theory). Legobot (talk) 04:24, 29 July 2016 (UTC)