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Thank you
thank you !!Fishantena (talk) 22:56, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Request for revocation of user right
Hello. I've had a bit of thinking, and I'd rather you remove my alternate account, 1174Abroad's extended confirmed permission, on the off chance that that account is compromised, I'd rather it not make any edits to bluelocked pages. Thanks. Zyc1174  chat?   what I did   13:48, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I confirm that I am operating this alternate account and I am Zyc1174. 1174Abroad   chat?   what I did  13:50, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ — xaosflux  Talk 13:57, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. Zyc1174  chat?   what I did   14:00, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Minor edit request
Hi, could you add to User:Bhadani. I nearly made an RPP until I saw the view source button. &#x2230; Bellezzasolo &#x2721;  Discuss  20:13, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ — xaosflux  Talk 22:09, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Noping
Noticed this comment; try noping. --Izno (talk) 19:15, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
 * thanks, I was on a tablet or something and didn't want to look it up :D — xaosflux  Talk 19:28, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2018-07
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Recent changes
 * TemplateStyles has been deployed to the Swedish Wikipedia. TemplateStyles is a feature to make it easy to add CSS to templates without administrator privileges. This allows for better adaptability to screen sizes, especially on mobile where are half our total page views. If your community would like to be the next to have the feature, please submit a task on Phabricator.
 * Registration pages now collect keyboard/mouse usage information for research on identifying spambots.

Changes later this week
 * You can opt in to a new beta feature that lets you use visual diffs on history pages.
 * The visual editor shows and lets you edit templates in one way, and reference lists in another. This meant that templates that only contain a fake reference list, like, would not get updated as you edited. Now they will update as you edit, but you will no longer be able to visually edit them as templates.
 * The abuse filter extension has a new feature  that you may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 February. It will be on all wikis from 15 February (calendar).

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 * The settings page and beta options for the mobile website are being improved.

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so sorry
Hi, Xaosflux, i'm so sorry that i cause you so much inconvenience. This wasn't my intention. I asked at the helpdesk before, but noone answered. Kind regards, --Gyanda (talk) 12:00, 17 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Replied on your talk - everything is OK. —  xaosflux  Talk 14:51, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2018-08
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Recent changes
 * The explanation of the abbreviations on the recent changes page could overlap with the list of changes. This has been fixed.
 * You can now see statistics for pageviews per wiki per country. You can see this on maps or in a table.

Problems
 * Linter is reporting estimated counts instead of actual counts for some wikis. This is because of performance problems. You might notice a false higher number in linter counts for some categories. This will be fixed as soon as the performance problem has been fixed.
 * Last week the way that Visual Editor displays references lists was changed. As a result, the references generated by specific templates like   are not visible in the references list whilst editing.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 20 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 21 February. It will be on all wikis from 22 February (calendar).

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Future changes
 * The way edit summaries and log comments are stored in the database is being changed. In the future this will make longer comments possible.
 * Edit conflicts could be solved in a different way in the future. You can test a new prototype.

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Tech News: 2018-09
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 * Checkusers and stewards can now view private data such as the IP address in the abuse log. This data is removed regularly.

Problems
 * Last week's MediaWiki version was rolled back because of a bug.
 * Since the deployment train last week until late evening on 20 February UTC, when you thanked someone for an edit, the thank went to the latest unthanked edit to that page. It didn't matter which edit you tried to give thanks for. This has been fixed.
 * Special:Statistics did not take newly created pages into account since 13 February 2018. Because of this the statistics are recreated.

Changes later this week
 * Users with version 10 of the Internet Explorer browser will no longer get JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis. If you use this browser on your computer, you can try upgrading to a newer version.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The Wikinews wikis will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 27 February. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Tidy will be removed in the middle of 2018.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 February. It will be on all wikis from 1 March (calendar).

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Need help for Wikipedia page update
Please guide me or update our upcoming Movie Page When obama loved Osama Aliya Pr (talk) 14:59, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * please see Article wizard for help getting a new article going. — xaosflux  Talk 15:36, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Lourdes†
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AngelOfSadness • Bhadani • Chris 73 • Coren • Friday • Midom • Mike V
 * † Lourdes has requested that her admin rights be temporarily removed, pending her return from travel.

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 * The autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) is scheduled to end on 14 March 2018. The results of the research collected can be read on Meta Wiki.
 * Community ban discussions must now stay open for at least 24 hours prior to being closed.
 * A change to the administrator inactivity policy has been proposed. Under the proposal, if an administrator has not used their admin tools for a period of five years and is subsequently desysopped for inactivity, the administrator would have to file a new RfA in order to regain the tools.
 * A change to the banning policy has been proposed which would specify conditions under which a repeat sockmaster may be considered de facto banned, reducing the need to start a community ban discussion for these users.

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 * CheckUsers are now able to view private data such as IP addresses from the edit filter log, e.g. when the filter prevents a user from creating an account. Previously, this information was unavailable to CheckUsers because access to it could not be logged.
 * The edit filter has a new feature  that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.

Miscellaneous
 * Following the 2018 Steward elections, the following users are our new stewards:, , , ,.

Obituaries
 * Bhadani (Gangadhar Bhadani) passed away on 8 February 2018. Bhadani joined Wikipedia in March 2005 and became an administrator in September 2005. While he was active, Bhadani was regarded as one of the most prolific Wikipedians from India.

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2FA
Hi Xaosflux, hope you are well. I was just wondering if there were any plans to introduce Two Factor Authentication to the wider community? Many thanks, Nicnote say hello!contribs 14:53, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
 * yes there are, and it has general overall support (see Requests for comment/Expand two-factor verification as an option for all users on all wikis) - HOWEVER there are many technical and process issues that need to be resolved first - notably that there is no practical way to save people from themselves when they break their 2FA. — xaosflux  Talk 22:05, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
 * This looks very exciting. My thought would have been to implement telephone/text verification as is the case with Google, Facebook, etc. but I imagine that would involve a lot of resources - money being the main one. Stewards seem to be an interesting idea. Nicnote say hello!contribs 12:59, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2018-10
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Recent changes
 * You can now make longer edit summaries.

Changes later this week
 * You can notify users in edit summaries. They will get a ping just as if they had been mentioned on a wiki page.
 * On Special:AbuseLog you can now choose to list only actions that actually made an edit. Other actions are when the filter warned the editor or blocked the edit from being made. There are also more search options.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Wikis can enable Citoid to provide automatic reference look-up in the visual editor and the 2017 wikitext editor, but it is complex. The tool will now warn in the JavaScript console if the configuration isn't correct. Soon Citoid will disable itself if the configuration isn't correct. Check that your wiki is configured correctly. You can ask for help if you need it.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 March. It will be on all wikis from 8 March (calendar).

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Tech News: 2018-11
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Recent changes
 * 3D models can now be uploaded to Commons.
 * Page Previews has been updated to use HTML for previews. This has fixed many issues. An A/B test was done on English and German Wikipedia to measure how it is used. Other changes were also made.
 * Some edits have to be checked against too many conditions before they can trigger an abuse filter. If that is the reason no filter is triggered the edit will be [ tagged] for review.
 * Auto-saving has been added to the visual editor and the 2017 wikitext editor. Right now it is meant to help if your browser crashes or if you accidentally close a tab.

Problems
 * The abuse filter did not tag all edits that should have been tagged after last week's MediaWiki version had come to the wikis. It was fixed on 9 March (UTC).

Changes later this week
 * You can notify users in edit summaries. They will get a ping just as if they had been mentioned on a wiki page. This was originally planned to happen last week.
 * It is now possible to specify the block parameters for each filter in Special:AbuseFilter. The parameters include block duration and if the user should be blocked from editing their own talk page. The block duration is separate for anonymous and registered users.
 * Octicons-tools.svg A hundred Wikimedia wikis will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 13 and 14 March. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Tidy will be removed in the middle of 2018.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 March. It will be on all wikis from 15 March (calendar).

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Your advice
Hi, Xaosflux. I have been thinking about starting a discussion to see if there is consensus to add a additional rule in the process of requesting page mover and template editor, "The discussion will be open at least 3 days", similar to EFH. What do you think about the idea? Do you think an RfC is needed, if so, how should I go about this? Thanks for your advice, Alex Shih (talk) 06:02, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't think its necessary, but that's just me. EFH is a very niche flag, and discussed in a non-standard forum - thus the need for a slight delay period. But if you want, start a discussion at WT:PERM and advertise it at: Wikipedia talk:Template editor, Wikipedia talk:Page mover, and WP:VPR. There are some very obvious 's that hit PERM because it is so big, holding them open for 3 days will just add to the page.  What is the problem you want to solve with the change? —  xaosflux  Talk 12:49, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Personally I don't think there is much of a problem either with the current system, but I have been discussing this with and I'll invite him to express his thoughts on this. To summarise my thoughts, WP:PERM/PM (95) and WP:PERM/TE (145) aren't really watched by many users. When qualified users are being approved by a single admin quickly without much discussion, usually it's not a problem (since nobody really knows about it) until that user runs into contentious situations. I think having 3 days window (obvious unqualified users should still be declined right away) will be the first step to invite more participants in PERM requests for these two user rights. Alex Shih (talk) 06:45, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
 * It seems like a harmless safety valve to me; three days won't create much of a backlog issue, but it's sufficient time for people to raise objections about any RM-related battlegrounding or consensus-thwarting behavior, some of which has gotten pretty shameful. What prompted my involvement in the question is that at least four people have the PM bit who have a history of such behavior, including: taking positions against/for particular moves unmistakably based on who is advocating/opposing rather than on the merits of the case; taking positions pro/con a move explicitly against their own view just to back up a wikiproject's desire to WP:OWN a topic; trying to cut "back-channel" deals to avoid RM discussions and instead get "permission" from a hand-selected group of insiders in a topic to agree to a move without broader discussion; and running what amounted to a private wikiproject-based "anti-RM", using pet admins in the wikiproject to mass-move articles to titles preferred by that project's then-current handful of editors, without RM discussion and against MoS/NC guidelines (eventually had to be settled by RM, MR, and RfC back to back – months of drama – which naturally concluded to follow the guidelines); among other such issues. RM exists to foster site-wide discussion of our article titles and to thwart false consensus by would-be controllers of particular topics, some of whom are remarkably tendentious. The PM bit – which can be used to circumvent RM and for other disruption for a considerable span of time until enough objection is raised to get the bit taken away – should not be made available to people with a penchant for such activities. Yet a quick rubber-stamping process with a low bar for entry has made it so, even if on average the editors granted the bit know what they're doing and aren't problematic.  That's the case largely because of increased scrutiny before granting it over the last year or so.  So, a small increase in scrutiny, by the community rather than a particular admin, seems like a good idea.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  16:07, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the update .  feel free to open a discussion on this, venues listed above.  I'm not super supportive of it, but am not opposed personally. (Because making someone wait 3 days is not expected to cause any harm). —  xaosflux  Talk 17:06, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

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account creator
hi - re: - not done bc I didn't reply -- sorry. I just missed the notification, I think. I'm involved in most of the events in greater Boston - this month, the ICA and MIT, plus a private event at a school that isn't listed. But this is a continuous activity - I work with classes in and out of the education program as well as many events. I am a long-time editor, and I think can be trusted to not misuse the flag :) Do you want me to repost the request? -- phoebe / (talk to me) 21:26, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
 * please just post again at WP:PERM - include the info from above. Thank you. — xaosflux  Talk 22:17, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

You win, but only on a technicality
I meant "thanked by them... --Floquenbeam (talk) 01:06, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
 * {. — xaosflux  Talk 01:09, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Hover highlighting
Hello Xaosflux, thank you for your assistance with templates. I would like your quick opinion on a feature. Please have a look here, in compare to here, to see the behavior difference on hovering over buttons/links. This has been enabled in Greek Wikipedia with this Mediawiki:Common.js code which has been tested for months and works fine there. By your experience, would a request for such an addition have any luck in English Wikipedia? ManosHacker talk 00:10, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I opened both of those links with a non-logged in browser, on elwiki for the most part hovering over "links" had no difference, and the button highlighting for the most part looked OK. I don't envision getting much support to but this type of styling in to articles (e.g. in collapsing navboxes), but it could have use elsewhere. The way to get this going in a non-push manner is to publish a userscript for it here, build some sample pages - then go float the idea at WP:VPI - if it gets moderate support an "opt-in" gadget could be tried to roll-out first. Happy editing, —  xaosflux  Talk 00:29, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello Xaosflux! Reading again, opt-in gadget is not useful for help tools for newbies, except if it is enabled by default, and the only usefullness as a gadget would be to give the option to disable it on user basis, if it was proven buggy somehow. In order to implement it as proposed, is it better to move it to technical, or proposals village pump?  ManosHacker  talk 19:31, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Spaces naming
Hello Xaosflux, I hope you are doing well! I wonder if you can assist me on a technical thing. I need to know where I can find the decleration of main space naming, for use with inputbox, for selective space searching. Spaces can be declared in inputbox to be searched, but I have a difficulty there. Spaces in other languages than English have different names. Main=Κύριος and User=Χρήστης in Greek. The magic word for main space returns returns an empty string, while for other spaces it returns a text. I know the name of main space in Greek and English, but how can I find it for other languages? Thanks in advance. ManosHacker talk 00:14, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * namespace 0 (The "main" namespace) doesn't have "prefix" like all the other namespaces (that's why our articles aren't called Main:ArticleName). It does have a translated name for use in control menus (such as the MOVE menu) and you can see that on a project at MediaWiki:Blanknamespace (e.g. w:el:MediaWiki:Blanknamespace returns λήμματα). Is that what you were looking for? —  xaosflux  Talk 00:42, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Also the SEARCH menus use a Boolean operator for each namespace, to include "main" you would use . —  xaosflux  Talk 00:45, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

This is the exact code, extracted from one of my project templates. I wish to search, deeper than main space, for a page before starting it. Please click above to understand. Main, User and Draft spaces change from lanuage to language. I would like to know (i.e.) how I can search Draft space in Greek Wikipedia, and Main space together with User space in Italian Wikipedia. ManosHacker talk 01:03, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * When using this code on other projects, do you plan to localize the code for each project? Please notes that some namespaces (e.g. Draft) are custom and do not exist by default. —  xaosflux  Talk 01:19, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I know Draft is only in English (for now). But what about searching, via inputbox, in Main and User space in Italian Wikipedia? If you find please leave a message. Yes, I am localizing the project in different languages. Thank you Xaosflux.  <span style="text-shadow:#ffffff 0em 0em 0.2em,#aabbdd -0.2em -0.2em 0.4em,#aabbdd 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em;color:#336699">ManosHacker  talk 02:54, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * take a look at w:it:Utente:Xaosflux/Sandbox. There is a hack with the namespace magicword that can be used for everything except the "main" mainspace. This works because the default mw language is english and everything else is just a localization, so you can use english keywords like namespaces on other projects.  See if that helps you along? —  xaosflux  Talk 03:48, 27 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Dear Xaosflux, thank you for your hack, I used it to save effort for porting to other languages. You also hinted me that "User" word works in all languages (I thought differently due to the example I was given in Greek), so I keep it as default and only use the Greek and Nepali translations I know (for now). I have also followed your advice in the idealab. Thank you for being so responsive and helpful. Best,  <span style="text-shadow:#ffffff 0em 0em 0.2em,#aabbdd -0.2em -0.2em 0.4em,#aabbdd 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em;color:#336699">ManosHacker  talk 09:00, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Humour
I don't know why I missed this. Probably because I'm a day ahead of the US where I am. There was even am oblique reference to our. It think it was excellent - and proves that even our 'crats have a sense of humour. I have a sense of humour too (although many would disagree - except all those who know me personally); maybe I should run for 'crat one of the days and help with closures rather than voting. BTW, did you see the WMF's results of ACTRIAL? That's also quite funny because it proves how completely wrong they have been (again). Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:00, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
 * that fake-RfA was meant to be funny with a side of truth! I'm not surprised by ACTRIAL at all and think we should leave it on for good.  —  xaosflux  Talk 03:06, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Bot denial

 * Ok. No problem :) It was meant more as a bot-account, not an automatic machine. My intention was to fix semi-manual errors like these where you find double words etc. Anyway, if its the comunity choice, so thank you for your time here :) Emptywords (talk) 14:33, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Courses Modules are being deprecated
Hello,

Your account is currently configured with an education program flag. This system (the Courses system) is being deprecated. As such, your account will soon be updated to remove these no longer supported flags. For details on the changes, and how to migrate to using the replacement system (the Programs and Events Dashboard) please see Education noticeboard/Archive 18.

Thank you! Sent by: xaosflux 20:28, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Request for account creator rights
Hi, Xaosflux. I will be helping to run a Wikipedia editathon in a few minutes. I am hoping to give User:Charamber account creator rights as soon as possible, even temporarily, so event participants can create new accounts upon their arrival. If you happen to be online, might you be able to help? --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 23:33, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I've added flags for 24 hours to Charamber's account - per your endorsement here. — xaosflux  Talk 23:38, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I don't see any user rights changes, but I'll assume you have a better understanding of the backend than I do. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 23:41, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
 * log entry. — xaosflux  Talk 23:45, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 23:48, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

This worked out perfectly. Thanks for your very quick help! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 05:02, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Content model change request
Hi Xaosflux. Please change the content model of User:JJMC89 bot/config/InactiveAdmins to JSON. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 01:37, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ — xaosflux  Talk 01:45, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Useight shouldn't be skipped anymore. — xaosflux  Talk 01:46, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've removed Useight and populated the messages. Feel free to make changes to the messages. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 02:04, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

DeprecatedFixerBot protection request
Could you please extended-confirmed protect the new bot's user page and control panel like you did for ? Thank you! --TheSandDoctor (talk) 22:31, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
 * User:DeprecatedFixerBot
 * User:DeprecatedFixerBot/status
 * ✅ — xaosflux  Talk 01:13, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Also hope you don't mind that I used your signature as inspiration for my own (love orange and green). Still trying to get the colours right. Is the green too bright in your opinion? I am thinking of picking a darker shade...
 * Anyhow, thanks for your help with the BRFA. Hopefully it passes soon so I (rather, it) can get cracking on that backlogged maintenance cat. --All the best, The SandDoctor  Talk 01:17, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

UPE
Hi Xao, could you  please check  this out. Cheers, Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:07, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I think - see your talk. — xaosflux  Talk 01:18, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Colors (Indian TV Channel)
Hi, I saw you reply to an editor at Talk:Colors TV denying a request to create/separate the page after it was merged. Another editor has created a new page on the same topic (I believe) with a different name. I redirected it once to Viacom 18 as was done with the previous article, but an IP editor has reverted my edit. Can you please check if it's the same article and redirect it again and possibly protect. Thanks, <font face="Forte">MT Train <font face="Segoe script">Talk 13:55, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * looks like someone has already changed it back. My suggestion was that if there is a standalone article that can be built it needs to be built out in draft space and discussed first, since this page has already had deletion discussions, etc. —  xaosflux  Talk 14:32, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I tried finding the discussion at several places, but could not. Do you, by any chance, know about it? <font face="Forte">MT Train <font face="Segoe script">Talk 14:52, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * It appears to be related to Articles for deletion/Colors Kannada. If these are all different topics, that are notable they can generally each have an article. —  xaosflux  Talk 15:28, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Table on Special:ListGroupRights
I figured I'd just ask you first before going to VPT (or starting Wikipedia_talk:Special:ListGroupRights) but do you know where the table for Special:ListGroupRights comes from? I can't find anything in AllMessages, is it just auto-generated by the software? ~ Amory <small style="color:#555"> (u • t • c) 20:25, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * it is from the software, most of the text on the page can be localized in one way or another. Just wondering or is something in need of updating? —  xaosflux  Talk 20:38, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Nothing major — the lists in "add groups" and "remove groups" are not sorted the same for 'crats and, quite egregiously, sysops. Went looking to fix it but hit a wall. ~  Amory <small style="color:#555"> (u • t • c) 20:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * It's a function of how they were added, I presume; same reason EFM/EFH are listed first while the rest are alphabetical. ~ Amory <small style="color:#555"> (u • t • c) 20:47, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * T29456 is an old WONTFIX for order on that page. They actually ARE alphabetical by canonical name, (e.g. "Edit filter managers" is a localization for the actual group name "abusefilter"). — xaosflux  Talk 00:24, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Useful, thanks. I suppose I'll have to open a new ticket to avoid the differential sort within adding/removing rights lists. ~  Amory <small style="color:#555"> (u • t • c) 00:30, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I expect any request to sort this by anything but canonical name will be denied, not it's not about adding/removing groups here - just the current display name of them. We can rename the project local name of the groups whenever we want to.  Your request would need to be for something like "sort by displayed name" localized alone isn't enough, because users can change their interface language and that would again require a new sort. —  xaosflux  Talk 00:56, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I think I muddled things with that second, throwaway comment. I was asking particularly about the lists of rights 'crats and sysops can add or remove; the sort order of those differ from each other.  For example, here's the bureaucrat list:
 * Add groups: Account creators, Administrators, Bureaucrats, Bots, Confirmed users and Pending changes reviewers
 * Remove groups: IP block exemptions, Administrators, Account creators, Bots, Confirmed users and Pending changes reviewers
 * The admin list is worse (EFM/EFH first in add list, Rollbackers and Account Creators first in the remove list, etc.). ~ Amory <small style="color:#555"> (u • t • c) 10:11, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm guessing there is no sort on that, you can file a phab to request. — xaosflux  Talk 11:05, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Message to Inactive Admins
I seem to recall that at some previous change in the inactive admin policy (maybe the three year period?), a message was posted on the talk page of affected users. Do you think this can/should be done for those subject to the new five year rule? -- Dolotta (talk) 01:31, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I think you have a point here. The details could be added to the message generally posted for inactive administrators; as anyway, the five year rule affects only those inactive administrators who are going to be removed for lack of activity. Lourdes  08:32, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi and, We have updated the text at  and the email boilerplates, so that handles everyone who gets deactivated now.  If you want someone to track down all the already inactivate admins and message them I think you should discuss this at Wikipedia talk:Administrators first. —  xaosflux  Talk 11:12, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * No. I think this is perfect. Had missed the udpate. Thanks, Lourdes  12:52, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2018-13
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 * Some of the interface icons and text sizes will change slightly, as part of the updates for improved accessibility and consistency. These icons are used in many features, including Notifications, Recent Changes, Beta Features, Visual Editor, 2017 Wikitext Editor, Code Editor, and others. While editor toolbars, dialogs, and menus will appear slightly bigger; elements on special pages will be slightly smaller. Functionality will not change.
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 * TemplateStyles will be deployed to the Wikivoyages on 28 March 2018.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 March. It will be on all wikis from 29 March (calendar).

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ACC flag
Hi, I won't be needing my account creation permissions for now. Thank you. Afents (talk) 19:02, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ removed the flag, if you have another event feel free to drop by WP:PERM to re-request. — xaosflux  Talk 02:45, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

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Hello, I have found out that your creation of some pages are not suitable for some audiences. Please do not create such pages. Mehcreeper (talk) 08:47, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello, my page creations are listed here, please let me know which specific pages you think are troublesome and I will look in to it. —  xaosflux  Talk 15:28, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

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Joke XfDs?
Is the proper procedure to speedy keep/close April fools day XfD nominations, just remove their transclusion from the logs, or just ignore them and never close? I have asked, however, they were unsure (but did state their instinct was to speedy close). My apologies for asking, I just (at the time) wasn't really aware of any jokes last year as I was still learning the ropes of the site and hadn't spent any time at XfDs at that point to be aware (had only had an account for ~3 months at that point). Thanks! -- The SandDoctor Talk 21:30, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
 * see Administrators'_noticeboard, for the most part they get speedy deleted on April 2, if they are exceptionally funny they could get archived. — xaosflux  Talk 21:44, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * Editors who have been found to have engaged in sockpuppetry on at least two occasions after an initial indefinite block, for whatever reason, are now automatically considered banned by the community without the need to start a ban discussion.
 * The notability guideline for organizations and companies has been substantially rewritten following the closure of this request for comment. Among the changes, the guideline more clearly defines the sourcing requirements needed for organizations and companies to be considered notable.
 * The six-month autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) ended on 14 March 2018. The post-trial research report has been published. A request for comment is now underway to determine whether the restrictions from ACTRIAL should be implemented permanently.

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Tech News: 2018-14
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Recent changes
 * Template Wizard script available for testing. It will show up as a puzzle-piece icon in the 2010 WikiEditor. You can click on the icon to insert a template.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The Wikimedia Communities and Contributors survey is to be sent to participants around the world this week. If you are volunteer developer, and have contributed code to any pieces of MediaWiki, gadgets, or tools, please take 20 to 40 minutes to complete the survey.

Problems
 * MediaWiki deployment train has been rolled back to version 1.31.0-wmf.26 on week 13, due to a multiplication of lost connections during MySQL queries. Some of the recent changes may have not been applied. They will be deployed next week.
 * The Notifications badge icons were overlapping other links. This has been fixed.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 April. It will be on all wikis from 5 April (calendar).
 * Octicons-tools.svg User subpages ending in  will now be protected from other people editing them, like   and   pages already are. If you have a tool that stores static configuration, you can now use a subpage like   to do this without concerns.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Tidy will be replaced by RemexHtml on the next set of wikis. On April 4, we plan to turn off Tidy on all Wikiquotes (except frwikiquote) and Wikimedia chapters and user groups wikis. 23 wikis will have Tidy replaced this time.
 * Octicons-tools.svg AbuseFilter will transition to use OOUI starting April 4, and the rule editor will also be changed to a CodeEditor (ACE) similar to what is found on user JavaScript pages. The move to OOUI will continue over the next few weeks.
 * In Special:Preferences, the preference "" is now only visible for users who have opt-out the New Filters for the Watchlist.
 * You can see names of individual abuse filters in Special:AbuseLog. Now if the name of an abuse filter contains some wikisyntax like links, it will not change to a link when displayed.
 * You can now search through filter patterns at Special:AbuseFilter. You may specify either a plain string or a regular expression and the matching filters will show a snippet of their pattern with the match highlighted.

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Tech News: 2018-15
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 * Some pages have templates that describe problems with that article. There is now more information for mobile readers and what is wrong with the article and how they could help fix it.
 * You can now thank users for many more actions than edits to a page. This was one of the top ten requests in the Wishlist Survey last year.
 * The sort order of categories will have errors for a short time starting Monday 9 April (UTC). We are upgrading versions of an internationalisation library (ICU) and using a script to update the database. This will take between a few hours and a few days depending on wiki size. You can read more details.
 * Tag filter titles will now work better on wikis where the tag filter title is in a language that is written in another direction than the language of that wiki. This could for example be an English title (written from left to right) on a Hebrew or an Arabic wiki (written from right to left).

Problems
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 * For a week in March rollbacks got both the  and the   tag on the recent changes page and other pages where you see tags. This has now been fixed.

Changes later this week
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 * Patrolled edits now have three states instead of two. Recent changes filters are updated to show unpatrolled, autopatrolled and manually patrolled edits.

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Future changes
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Tech News: 2018-16
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Changes later this week
 * Profiling statistics for an abuse filter tell how often edits match the filter. The statistics for the abuse filters were reset after 10000 actions. Wikis can now decide to reset it more or less often. They can file a phabricator task to do so.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Abuse filters will now treat integers and floats more precisely. For example, 5/2 was rounded down to 2 but will now be 2.5 and 2*4 will be the integer 8 and not the floating-point number 8.0. Division values are the only ones changed. For the rest only strict comparisons ( and  ) will be affected leaving the values unchanged.
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You've Got Mail
<u style="text-decoration:none;font:1.1em/1em Arial Black;letter-spacing:-0.09em"><u style="color:#3292a8">King <u style="color:#6b32a8">And <u style="color:#3292a8">God 14:27, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2018-17
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Recent changes
 * All Wikipedias now have Page Previews.
 * The iOS and Android apps now have synced reading lists. This means you can save articles to a private list that can be seen on your other devices if you use the apps.
 * The icons in the 2010 wikitext editor have changed.
 * The visual editor and the 2017 wikitext ask you to write an edit summary after you press . This button now also shows an ellipsis. This is to show that pressing   is not the last step.

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Portal:Bangladesh Premier League listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Portal:Bangladesh Premier League. Since you had some involvement with the Portal:Bangladesh Premier League redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Legacypac (talk) 05:50, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

You've got mail

 * - ygm. — xaosflux  Talk 02:14, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Permissions
There was a discussion on User talk:Fram, it mentioned you and your actions related with restoration of permissions. Discussion concerned unwarranted removal of permissions of OccultZone who never misused the user rights and the concerning account is his main account.

I am posting here since you are proficient in this matter and also due to restriction on forum shopping imposed on the editor.

Permissions were removed only for socking as per comments by desysoped admin, but such removal violates WP:INDEFRIGHTS as mentioned there. His removal of user rights while being involved and failure to restore them when the user asked about restoration while he was already unblocked, such happenings seem suspicious and more like a revenge.

Case is crystal clear and given your proficiency in WP:PERM I believe that you should consider restoring the user rights of OccultZone. It will probably also help in reducing potential drama. Capitals00 (talk) 19:08, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I replied there. I think it should be presented at the normal venue (WP:PERM). —  xaosflux  Talk 19:12, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Airports
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Restore request
I guess the creator of this page was not impressed. Draft_talk:Ryan_Christopher_Mouritsen. Could you restore it and let's do a notability check on the subject. Legacypac (talk) 20:24, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * in case you forgot why you nominated it, and why everyone agreed with you at MfD, see the text here: Special:PermaLink/836835218. Let me know if I can revdel that. — xaosflux  Talk 03:25, 17 April 2018 (UTC)


 * I handle so many pages. Ya IF he is notable that would need TNT. Thanks. Legacypac (talk) 03:29, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Germanic peoples
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dome with account creator
I'm done with the account creator flag. You granted it temporarily. For future knowledge, should I just allow time to pass or do I need to contact the admin in question? (I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.) Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 22:20, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
 * The flag will expire automatically at 26 March 23:37, so I think generally it's the former unless if the granting admin forgot to set a expiry date. Alex Shih (talk) 22:31, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, I hope your event went well! Now that we have expiration based rights available you can just let it fall off when it expires.  You are always welcome to request removal, and I processed your removal per this discussion - but its fine form to just let it lapse.  Happy editing, —  xaosflux  Talk 00:09, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Weird not-patrolled thing going on
Hey, I was talking with about some odd pages I've come across, namely José Angel Figueroa and Quartet Skaz. Both went through AFC, neither are indexed, but neither are marked as patrolled and I can't "un-patrol" them. Other than editing both of the pages (they're autopatrolled) what could possibly cause this issue? Primefac (talk) 22:05, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
 * so there was a lot going on with these pages, including some deletions, moves, etc. Lets look at your first problem first, neither are indexed.  The page information 1 & 2 says indexing is allowed, and a review of the source shows that neither one has the usual nodindex directive .  Why do you think we are preventing indexing? —  xaosflux  Talk 22:52, 24 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Regarding un-patrol - there is no mechanism for this, patrolling is a one-way action. —  xaosflux  Talk 23:10, 24 March 2018 (UTC)


 * FYI, we are the #1 hit on Google for Quartet Skaz and #4 for Figueroa when I search. — xaosflux  Talk 23:14, 24 March 2018 (UTC)


 * who is also involved a lot with T184485 may have a little more information. — xaosflux  Talk 23:13, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

I looked into this and realized what's going on, The pages are more than one month old (actually around one year old) and patrol status of pages won't stay more than one month (because they are being stored in the recentchanges table). Ladsgroupoverleg 14:39, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I thought the patrol status got reset when it was moved from draft to article, much the same as when a page goes from being a redirect to being an article? Primefac (talk) 16:10, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
 * No it doesn't reset. Ladsgroupoverleg 01:44, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
 * , it's supposed to... or at least that is the impression I and many others have been under (see xaosflux's second bullet point to me in this discussion). Also, somehow an article moved by to mainspace today ended up in the new pages feed. It shouldn't be as he's an admin. TonyBallioni (talk) 19:59, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm not saying it's the correct behaviour. It is definitely worth a pharicator ticket (or several) Ladsgroupoverleg 16:00, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah, since it's still happening. Primefac (talk) 15:09, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
 * If someone doesn’t get around to it sooner, I’ll file a ticket later today. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:13, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Xaosflux and see T195600. If one of you wouldn't mind putting the projects on and adding any technical details I missed, it would be appreciated. I can tell you what the end result should be, but the ones and zeros and the like are beyond me. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:52, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

MT:Captcha-addurl-whitelist
Hi, I noticed you making changes that require clue with the interface, could I tempt you to watchlist MediaWiki_talk:Captcha-addurl-whitelist? It gives us an opportunity to make things a little easier for goodfaith newbies by exempting sites that are unlikely to be spam from forcing newbies and IPs from having to do a capcha when they add a link to them.  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  07:55, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
 * watched, I put an edit request marker on your suggestion, I have no technical issues editing that but need to look over the reliable sources discussions. Outside of "nytimes\.com" all of the other issues are arguably "scholarly" sites, where sites like The Guardian, appear to be more general purpose.  Cross posting to Reliable sources/Noticeboard may be useful to ensure consensus. —  xaosflux  Talk 12:21, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Signpost
Hi xao. I'm sure you  will  have read the new issue of Signpost above. Together, Bri and I worked through the night  to  get  that  issue out. Although not  everyone leaves a comment  on  the articles, I'm  sure that  the newspaer has been conspicuous by its absence. Not only  does the publication  need a firm  editorial  board, but  it  also  needs  more contributors. One way to  approach  this would be to  make more users, especially  new ones, aware of its existence. As you maintain the watchlist notices, what  do  you  think of the possibility of a monthly watchlist notice on  the lines of: 'The new issue of our monthly newspaper The Signpost is now out. Register on its  mailing  list  to  get  your  copy delivered to  you  regularly' '' ? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:05, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't think a "monthly" notice is good for this, however a one-time notice provided that it can be coordinated with having the main SP editors ready to do something with anyone following the call-to-action seems reasonable. That second part should be ready first, or they may get an influx of people that won't be able to be engaged. How does that sound? —  xaosflux  Talk 02:34, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * The SP editors, such as they  are (we're trying  to  get  an  active team together -  and that  probably  won't  include me) would be aware of their schedule. What I meant  above was basically  the notice being  published as soon  as a new SP is published. The user comments to my op-ed include people  who apparently  only  became aware of the PS when they  saw it  on  other users'  talk  pages. Now that  a very  long  overdue issue is out, this might  be a good time to  test  the reaction (by  checking  the SP readership  hits).  Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:45, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * If the only "call to action" on the message would be "read this" is it really enough? "Read this" plus "learn how to contribute", or something like that - landing the users on the action link to the learning page may be. Also, while I would almost never recommend this venue, posting replies at User_talk:Jimbo_Wales could actually be useful in this case - and can be in pretty much any format. —  xaosflux  Talk 02:52, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I think anyone who is curious  enough  to  follow the link  to  the newspaper will  see the calls for contribuitions it  regularly  carries. I  don't  think Wales' tp  is a particulalry  good venue to  direct  new users to. I  very  rarely  comment  there myself. With  the exception  of Wales' own occasional  comments, I  consider it  as Wikipedia's soap.Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:59, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Was thinking of that for engaging new contributors. Got a sample of what you'd want the WL talk to look like? —  xaosflux  Talk 03:44, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * "Stay up to date with what's happening on and around Wikipedia. The new issue of The Signpost is out now."
 * This typical dialogue clearly reinforces the need for a watchlist notice. There is still time for the current issue. It's only been out for 3 days. I would suggest letting the notice run each time for 3 - 7 days. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 23:01, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I put a note on MediaWiki_talk:Watchlist-messages - if no objections after a day lets give it a try. You can evaluate the response, if you find it useful I suggest bringing it up at VPR for larger feedback to do a recurring message at least a week after it goes up. —  xaosflux  Talk 14:00, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Account creator
Hey Xaosflux, this is Montanabw logged into her alternate account. On the MontOther account, you tossed my account creator right due to "non-use." However, I only run editathons about once a year (this is Montana, not NYC) and I'm doing one TOMORROW (yes, I don't pay much attention to this account otherwise) so I would kindly ask you put the account creator right back, please? (While I can use the account creator on my main account, I use this account during editathons to keep a cleaner user interface, it's a real pain to log in and out between accounts if we hit the daily limit for the IP address). Thanks. MontOther (talk) 02:31, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ /  added for event.  If you plan an event in the future drop a note at WP:PERM and it will be ready in advance.  We are working on trying to make event coordination better and easier, and being able to track all the use is helpful.  Best of luck with your event. —  xaosflux  Talk 02:37, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm going in as the travelling wikivangelist here, others are doing the hard work of organizing! Montanabw (talk) 06:17, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

TickTockOnTheClock
I inderstand why your Fluxbot of User talk:TickTockOnTheClock was made, but it was unhelpful. I was informing the user that his/her signature generates a lint error and I provided a workaround. You zapped the old signature, which zapped the proof that my workaround signature was substantially the same. Fortunately, the user promptly complied anyway, but there was no way of knowing that would happen when Fluxbot did its thing. —Anomalocaris (talk) 10:08, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
 * thanks for the note, not sure what the a better way to do these examples is, having you introduce additional linter errors by adding bad code can't be the best either - what do you think? — xaosflux  Talk 11:26, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I have notified over 600 users on their talk pages that their signatures have lint errors, in every case reproducing their old signature. Yes, doing so adds at least one more lint error, but it serves to end an unlimited source of lint errors. Anti-lint bot operations should prioritize article space and de-prioritize user talk space.—Anomalocaris (talk) 17:32, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi in those cases are you cleaning up all the lint errors you are causing here? It looks like we're both on the same side of killing off Linter errors so that's good! I'll look at adding some delay on user_talk: to those users more time to review them first.  Special:LintErrors/self-closed-tag / Category:Pages_using_invalid_self-closed_HTML_tags is the only linter category I'm actively working on and it is now at 0 now as well. —  xaosflux  Talk 17:49, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Looking at the 10 earliest I notified, we find: Alternatives for Anomalocaris: My favored alternative is 1. The user's bad signature already appears all over the place. What's the point of deleting my one use of it leaving behind all the others? —Anomalocaris (talk) 00:50, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
 * User talk:KillerChihuahua: didn't comply, archived, I re-requested, still there, obsolete &lt;font> tag
 * User talk:Störm: complied, deleted, obsolete &lt;font> tag
 * User talk:RileyBugz: complied, still there, Tidy bug affecting font tags wrapping links & obsolete &lt;font> tag
 * User talk:J947: complied, still there, Tidy bug affecting font tags wrapping links & obsolete &lt;font> tag & Misnested
 * User talk:LeadSongDog: complied, archived, obsolete &lt;font> tag
 * User talk:Ponyo: complied, archived, obsolete &lt;font> tag
 * User talk:Odysseus1479: complied, still there, obsolete &lt;font> tag
 * User talk:Barbara (WVS): complied, archived, obsolete &lt;font> tag
 * User talk:Giano: didn't comply, still there, obsolete &lt;font> tag
 * User talk:SpacemanSpiff: complied, archived, obsolete &lt;font> tag
 * 1) Take no action to remove my copied bad sigs on user talk pages
 * 2) Delete my copied bad sigs from user talk pages but not archives after they comply
 * 3) Delete my copied bad sigs from user talk pages and archives after they comply
 * Those ~5million bad font tags are going to haunt us forever! I know I've cleaned up bad signatures on lots of pages, will certainly be on the look out for this use case and avoid spoiling it soon in the future. — xaosflux  Talk 01:50, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

"GamerGate(Controversy)" Article protetion level
In my opinion, the article on the Gamergate movement was largely made up of bias at the time that you gave it a protection level. The article portrayed the movement as being founded on hate instead of being a response to hate. The fact that it happened on the internet was the cause for the constant flame wars being started by each side of the controversy (not just the Gamergater side). Things have largely cooled down since the controversy started and I think people are ready to talk about the controversy in an unbiased way. Please consider updating it to a semi-protected level. Instead of not letting most people even try to improve it. Thanks. 111JoeI111 (talk)
 * Hi the Gamergate controversy article has been very contentious and been the subject a lot of behavioral issues.  Please note, while I am the last protecting admin, it was only in a technical aspect from what I can recall, prior to the extended confirmed protection levels existence we had a hack with the edit filter on certain pages - from what I can recall I migrated pages from the edit filter back to the new level when it was available.  That being said, I suggest you start a new topic at Talk:Gamergate controversy regarding your suggestion first to see where people more knowledgeable about the article and its related situations stand.  Best regards, —  xaosflux  Talk 03:11, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Signpost (2)
I thought you'd be interested in this. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 17:10, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Mass-mail subscription list shells
Hi! The list of pages uses "*". Can we change that to "#"? This way we'll have a count of subscribers. Thanks! – Lionel(talk) 04:36, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * that list page is generated automatically from Wikipedia talk:Mass message senders/Empty Shells, we can't specify the list type; and as for type actual lists (e.g. User:Xaosflux/SandboxMMS2) that is also software generated. To request a change on that you can ask at phabricator, to change the "list type" of massmessage contentmodel pages to "ordered list". —  xaosflux  Talk 11:48, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Translation question
hello, I noticed you work a lot with importing page histories, could you possibly take a look at AK-726 and make sure I did everything correctly with attribution back to the de.wiki, please? Also, does the page history need to be imported, or because I have expanded the article to make sufficiently different from the German version it is ok? Thanks, L3X1 ◊distænt write◊  00:51, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * hello and thank you for working on the translation! Having the edit summary and the translated tag on the talk page are "sufficient". I added the interwiki wikidata link to the page.  We certainly can import the dewiki history since this is new and the "ideas" on the page were presumably all developed on dewiki initially; also because the German Wikipedia really likes to use history imports it keeps up good relations with them. Would you like me to go ahead and import the history in from AK-726? —  xaosflux  Talk 00:56, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, please. Thanks, L3X1 ◊distænt write◊  01:39, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ If you have more of these in the future, just drop a line at WP:RFPI - for the most part only 2 of us work that page, but the backlog is low. Happy editing, —  xaosflux  Talk 01:47, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

self block of sys-op
Hi. After reading comment by 28bytes, I was wondering if it is possible for a sysop to block themselves. From the blocklog of Coffee, apparently it is possible. But what I am wondering now is: is it possible for them to remove their own block? It seems so. My actual doubt is, how is it possible? — <span class="monospaced" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">usernamekiran (talk)  18:15, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, administrators can block anyone using their  access.  Blocked users normally can't do much, however administrators can also unblock themselves because they have a special permission,  .  Note, the blocking does not have to be by themselves to unblock either. —  xaosflux  Talk 18:41, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

New pages patrol/Reviewers/Newsletter list‎
HI. I saw an alert recently that the number of entries has reached the limit and some newsletters were not sent. I have searched everywhere but I haven't come across anything about a technical limit to the list size. Do you know anything about it? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 21:16, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi there, I checked the mass message log back to 2015 and don't see any errors related to "limit" here or on meta:. I've personally processed mass mailings for 5000 recipients per list (most recently during WP:ACE2017).  A ticket search indicates that T192690 is open, it appears to only apply to wikidata right now, and is due to an error where the "bot" process was subject to the editor rate limit.  If this were to occur here the log error would look like this.  So nutshell: we should be fine but it is worth checking the log after sending. Hope that helps! —  xaosflux  Talk 21:29, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 21:35, 22 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Here it is again: 08:51, April 26, 2018‎ MediaWiki message delivery (talk | contribs | block)‎ . . (86,868 bytes) (+898)‎ . . (→‎The Signpost: 26 April 2018: new section) (undo) (Tags: condition limit reached, MassMessage delivery). Do you know what 'condition limit reached' means? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:08, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
 * that is something different, it means that something (like a mass message process) was to "fast" to get examined by the AbuseFilter. (Its actually much more complicated) - but it does not prevent anything from saving/delivering. It can help explain why something that would normally get stopped by the abuse filter did not get stopped that specific time. —  xaosflux  Talk 03:18, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Understood. Thanks again. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:27, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 April 2018
<div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:50, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)
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Template:Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ratings
Hi. I would like to start a new template for ratings of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. I plan to feature it on the show's main page. I have provided several references for each season's ratings. Here:. I hope to display this in the Ratings section of the page. Hope to hear a reply. MyNameIsASDF (talk) 03:08, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello . You can just make the template, if you want feedback on it before adding I suggest you ask at: Talk:Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..  Best regards, —  xaosflux  Talk 05:21, 27 April 2018 (UTC)


 * I can't edit the template yet as there is no edit function. There's a creation protection lock. Can I have access to edit the template? MyNameIsASDF (talk) 18:53, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Ahh ok, I see, that page was deleted by community discussion at Templates_for_discussion/Log/2017_April_22. To recreate you will need to discuss first, I'd start at Talk:Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. — xaosflux  Talk 19:11, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Signpost (3)
As you can see, and I have mnanaged to get yet another issue published. We still don;'t have a new editorial team though which is what we have to aim for if there is to be another issue. The short duration watchlist notice worked well last time. Could you put one up for us again please. The text is: Stay up to date with what's happening on and around Wikipedia. The new issue of The WP:Signpost is out now. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:26, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I think there was some pushback on it from last time, and also from last time I suggested that wider discussion at VP should occur to determine if this could be recurring? Did that ever happen? (See MediaWiki_talk:Watchlist-messages). At the least you should do this via edit request and look for feedback. Best regards, — xaosflux  Talk 13:04, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Compromised accounts
Fair point regarding forced vs. advisory password changes - you're quite right that it's important to remind users of the potential for compromised accounts to be kept 'on ice' as it were. <em style="font:bold 12px Verdana;"><font color="#186">Richard <font color="#186">0612 21:24, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't think "forced expiration" would ever work with our userbase. — xaosflux  Talk 22:26, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Agreed! <em style="font:bold 12px Verdana;"><font color="#186">Richard <font color="#186">0612 11:06, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-18
<section begin="technews-2018-W18"/> 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 parameter for unpatrolled edits in recent changes filters changed name. You might need to update saved filters and links.

Problems
 * Octicons-tools.svg We are migrating wikis from Tidy to Remex. Because of a bug the 250 wikis which do not yet use Remex were switched on 23 April. This is two months early. This meant that pages with broken wikitext showed wrongly to readers. The bug was undone the next day. You can help fix broken wikitext to avoid this problem when your wiki switches. Tidy will be removed on all wikis before July 2018. You can follow the process on Phabricator.

Changes later this week
 * You will be able use CodeMirror in the 2017 wikitext editor on all wikis. CodeMirror helps with syntax highlighting. It has previously been a beta feature and only available on wikis with scripts that are written from left to right.
 * When an administrator blocks someone they will have a calendar they can use to choose when the block ends. This is to make it easier to pick a specific date.
 * Octicons-tools.svg You can soon turn on the Performance Inspector in the section in your preferences. It shows information about the performance of pages. This could be the size of modules in the page, how many CSS selectors are defined on the page and how many are used, or the size of the images on the page. This tool is intended to help editors fix pages that load slowly.
 * Octicons-tools.svg There is a new abuse filter function called . You can use it to check if its first argument is equal  to any of the following ones. For example you can use it to check if the page's namespace is amongst a given set of values in a more compact way than you could earlier. You can read more on mediawiki.org.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 May. It will be on all wikis from 3 May (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 1 May at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
 * Octicons-sync.svg Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 2 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * The Wikimedia Cloud Services team is working on a new project called Toolhub. The goal is to make it easier for Wikimedians to discover software tools they can use. You can leave feedback on the talk page or email jhare@undefinedwikimedia.org to leave private feedback.
 * Octicons-tools.svg All wikis with fewer than 100 high-priority linter errors in all namespaces will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 2 May. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Wikibooks wikis with fewer than 100 high-priority linter errors in the main namespace will switch on 9 May. Tidy will be removed on all wikis before July 2018.

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Nomination for deletion of Module:Text
Module:Text, Module:WLink, and Module:Multilingual, which you imported from dewiki, have been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. &#123;&#123;3x&#124;p&#125;&#125;ery (talk) 20:02, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Music
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg None
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Chochopk • Coffee • Gryffindor • Jimp • Knowledge Seeker • Lankiveil • Peridon • Rjd0060

Guideline and policy news
 * The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is now indefinitely restricted to autoconfirmed users.
 * A proposal is being discussed which would create a new "event coordinator" right that would allow users to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit.

Technical news
 * AbuseFilter has received numerous improvements, including an OOUI overhaul, syntax highlighting, ability to search existing filters, and a few new functions. In particular, the search feature can be used to ensure there aren't existing filters for what you need, and the new  function can be used when checking multiple namespaces. One major upcoming change is the ability to see which filters are the slowest. This information is currently only available to those with access to Logstash.
 * When blocking anonymous users, a cookie will be applied that reloads the block if the user changes their IP. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. This currently only occurs when hard-blocking accounts.
 * The block notice shown on mobile will soon be more informative and point users to a help page on how to request an unblock, just as it currently does on desktop.
 * There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee is seeking additional clerks to help with the arbitration process.

Obituaries
 * (Craig Franklin) passed away in mid-April. Lankiveil joined Wikipedia on 12 August 2004 and became an administrator on 31 August 2008. During his time with the Wikimedia community, Lankiveil served as an oversighter for the English Wikipedia and as president of Wikimedia Australia.

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Tech News: 2018-19
<section begin="technews-2018-W19"/> 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 Wikimedia Commons mobile app has a new version. It is now easier to find nearby places that need pictures. It helps you with direct uploads and title and category suggestions. The app only works on Android phones.

Problems
 * Octicons-tools.svg The abuse filters had a problem with blocks where you had changed how long they last. It used the default length everywhere. This was in late April. Abuse filter users should make sure the right block length is used and change them if needed. This is only for filters where how long blocks last had been changed.

Changes later this week
 * The advanced search function beta feature will be on all Wikimedia wikis. It makes it easier to use some of the special search functions that most editors don't know exist.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 May. It will be on all wikis from 10 May (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 8 May at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
 * Octicons-sync.svg Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 9 May at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg All wikis with fewer than 100 high-priority linter errors in the main namespace will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 16 May. Other wikis will switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Tidy will be removed on all wikis before July 2018.

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Miscellany for deletion
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Edit notice creation request
I managed to create User:DeprecatedFixerBot/status/Editnotice, however, it does not show up and states it has an "invalid name". Upon further reading, I discovered that user subpage edit notices can only be created by admins/template editors. I am wondering if you could possibly create the edit notice with the content currently present in User:DeprecatedFixerBot/status/Editnotice? The edit notice is a "last warning" of sorts to keep entries json valid as the parser (in current state) needs all page text there to be json formatted or it will fail. Thank you for your time. -- The SandDoctor Talk 04:03, 11 May 2018 (UTC); edited 04:05, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I transcluded User:DeprecatedFixerBot/status/Editnotice in to Template:Editnotices/Page/User:DeprecatedFixerBot/status so you will be able to maintain this. — xaosflux  Talk 12:04, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * even better I can change the content storage model for that page, see User:DeprecatedFixerBot/status/sandbox as an example. — xaosflux  Talk 12:06, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for transcluding that. I was thinking of changing the formatting, but I wasn't sure how to (how did you?). I also want anyone (extended confirmed) to be able to edit it if they notice problems with the bot, which is the entire point of the status page as I don't personally need a control panel, it is for other users as a shutoff (I can always go 'CTRL + C' and kill it in the console). I don't think there is a way for JSON formatted pages to be editable by anyone other than the user they are a subpage of, but if I am wrong, I am all ears. Thanks again for your help . -- The SandDoctor Talk 13:47, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * ok take a look at User:DeprecatedFixerBot/status/sandbox - you can test who can edit on it as well. If you want the content model of the other page changed just let me explicitly know. —  xaosflux  Talk 14:11, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I can't edit it from this account, but can from the bot account. Thank you for the offer, but I think the edit notice is fine for the time being (thanks again for adding that and transcluding it so I can edit if need be). On a semi-related topic, when logged in as DeprecatedFixerBot viewing the history of the above linked sandbox, I had the option to "edit tags of selected revisions". I have never noticed that before. I don't have that on this account, so I assume that it is part of the bot flag? Likewise, is changing the content model part of the template editor/admin toolset? I have seen it done in the past, but I am unsure as to how it is done exactly. -- The SandDoctor Talk 21:50, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * changing applied tags is limited to bots, edit filter managers and admins. Normal users can add a tag only (and not natively in the webui).  Bots should only change existing tags when approved to do so in a BRFA.  Changing of content models is limited to admins. —  xaosflux  Talk 22:02, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

PERM sockmaster
For future reference since you just declined the extended confirmed request for a duck and he's pretty active requesting permissions: Sockpuppet investigations/Josh.172. TonyBallioni (talk) 13:28, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
 * thanks for the note, good thing I didn't approve it :D — xaosflux  Talk 14:46, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
 * No problem. Apparently it actually *isn’t* Josh, even though the overeager PERM thing matches up. Anyway, a good case to be familiar with since he frequents the area ;) TonyBallioni (talk) 14:53, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Although this time isn't, please continue paying attention on it in the future, maybe next time is. Hhhhhkohhhhh (talk) 15:18, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-20
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 * Dynamic maps are now available on most Wikipedias. Labels on maps can also be in different languages.
 * The new Advanced Search interface is now available as a Beta Feature on all wikis. This makes it easier to learn about and to use many of the powerful options in our search. Feedback is appreciated.

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Future changes
 * In the mobile view, warnings for when something is wrong with a page are not as clear as they should be. The developers are working on this. You can give feedback and suggestions.
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Your signature (Fluxbot)
Please be aware that your signature uses deprecated  tags, which are causing Obsolete HTML tags lint errors.

Please change
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to
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 * done, thanks for the note. — xaosflux  Talk 11:15, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! —Anomalocaris (talk) 17:01, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

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Allan Banford
Hi. It seems that you've deleted Allan Banford in error and restored it back. The page before your deletion consisted of only 6 revisions beginning with the March 2017 one but you've restored 290 other revisions that were deleted previously. Those revisions were deleted accordingly with reasons and I do not believe they should remain in the history. Could you re-delete the page and bring back just the 6 revisions please? <u style="text-decoration:none;font:1.1em/1em Arial Black;letter-spacing:-0.09em"><u style="color:#3292a8">King <u style="color:#6b32a8">And <u style="color:#3292a8">God 16:22, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * thanks for the note, please check and let me know if you see anything else in need of cleanup there. — xaosflux  Talk 17:25, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * The revisions were made hidden but they still appear in the history. The page has to be deleted and have the 6 latest revisions restored. Thanks. <u style="text-decoration:none;font:1.1em/1em Arial Black;letter-spacing:-0.09em"><u style="color:#3292a8">King <u style="color:#6b32a8">And <u style="color:#3292a8">God  19:19, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * check now. — xaosflux  Talk 19:39, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! <u style="text-decoration:none;font:1.1em/1em Arial Black;letter-spacing:-0.09em"><u style="color:#3292a8">King <u style="color:#6b32a8">And <u style="color:#3292a8">God  19:42, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Re edit notice
-- <i style="font-family: Kristen ITC; color: Green;">Tyw7</i> (☎ Contact me! •  Contributions ) 01:36, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

RfA
I want to use this image of yours in a piece I'm writing for the June Signpost. Could you correct the typo? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:18, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I think the typo is intentional. Whats the need of toolbox if there isnt any problem? — <span class="monospaced" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">usernamekiran (talk)  09:37, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Quite possibly, knowing his sense of humour (he's one of the few people on Wikipedia who make me smile). Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:49, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * It was intentional :D (I just uploaded a speeelchecked version to the history of File:Wikimopmeme.jpg, feel free to use any). —  xaosflux  Talk 10:57, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-21
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 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 May. It will be on all wikis from 24 May (calendar).

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 * It could become easier to reference different pages of a book in an article. You can give feedback. The last day for feedback is 27 May.

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Pending changes reviewer
HI Xaosflux ,
 * yes, you are right I had sock-puppetry but 3- 4 years ago . Now we are in 2018
 * I was wrong when i had sock-puppetry 4 years ago, give me one chance now.

I am now another person and want write in enwiki, arwiki. I hope give me this chance
 * ThANKS Kurdistantolive (talk) 10:12, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * (Duplicate) of post at Requests for permissions/Pending changes reviewer. Any admin may action it there. —  xaosflux  Talk 10:22, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * OK Kurdistantolive (talk) 11:01, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Account creator conversions
Just as an FYI since you’re the other person who’s been most active getting EVC up and running, I think I’ve finished sorting through the list of non-ACC members that has account creator assigned. All were either switched over to EVC if they were active or had it removed and given instructions how to apply if they weren’t. Just a heads up where we are on it :) TonyBallioni (talk) 02:37, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 May 2018
<div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:18, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for getting back to me so quickly with your response to my query at Village pump (technical). It is appreciated. User: Vorbee.
 * any luck getting your keyboard language fixed? — xaosflux  Talk 19:12, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Sadly, no, I am not having much joy in restoring the keyboard layout to how it was before. Luckily for me, the twenty-six letters of the Latin alphabet still correspond to how they were - it is just some extras that seem to be playing up. User: Vorbee.
 * what operating system are you using? — xaosflux  Talk 19:53, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

I think I am using Windows. I can get the four tildes if I click on “Symbols” and then click on the tilde sign there. Many thanks for your help, Vorbee (talk) 08:42, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2018-22
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Recent changes
 * You can now use global preferences on most wikis. This means you can set preferences for all wikis at the same time. Before this you had to change them on each individual wiki. Global preferences will come to the Wikipedias later this week.
 * It is now easier for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked.
 * Wikidata now supports lexicographical data. This helps describe words.
 * There is now a checkbox on Special:ListUsers to let you see only users in temporary user groups.
 * Some rare invisible Unicode characters have recently been banned from page titles. This includes soft hyphens (U+00AD) and left-to-right (U+2066) and right-to-left (U+2067) isolate markers. Existing pages with these characters will soon be moved by a script.
 * Octicons-tools.svg There's a new Wikimedia Foundation team to support the Wikimedia technical communities. It's called the Technical Engagement team. Most of the team members did similar work in other teams before this.

Problems
 * Some translatable pages are showing old translations instead of latest ones. The cause of this issue has been fixed. We will update all pages automatically to show the latest translations.

Changes later this week
 * There will be a new special page named PasswordPolicies. This page gives information about the password rules for each user group on that wiki.
 * A new way to see moved paragraphs in diffs is coming to most wikis. This is to make it easier to find the moved paragraphs and the changes in them.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 May. It will be on all wikis from 31 May (calendar).
 * Octicons-tools.svg Wikis can enable Citoid to provide automatic reference look-up in the visual editor and the 2017 wikitext editor. This is complex. The tool will now disable itself if the configuration isn't correct. It has warned about this in the JavaScript console since February. Check that your wiki is configured correctly. You can ask for help if you need it.

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 * A survey is collecting information on what users think about how Wikimedia wiki pages are loaded. This information could be used in future development.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Some wikis will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 30 May and 13 June. Wikis with fewer than 100 linter issues in the main namespace in all high-priority linter categories will switch. This includes Wikidata. Tidy will probably be removed on all wikis in the first week of July.

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Thanks for this
Thanks for pointing out the issue in your comment at T187299. I appreciate it. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 19:19, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

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Possible bug
I reverted FluxBots edit here as it had messed up the way I had formatted the comment. FluxBot deleted 2 closing - Perhaps the bug is elsewhere and what I did shouldn't have worked in the first place. - Rod57 (talk) 18:16, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
 * thanks for the note, I missed matching the opening looks good.  Best regards, —  xaosflux  Talk 21:08, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
 * It might be practical to just change illegal as this might be more likely to retain the intended formatting. - Rod57 (talk) 08:49, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree for sure, my edit was an error, I normally mach on an open tag, more, then a malformed closing tag. I had a prior cleanup that was resolving a one-off bad single tag only, from what I can see tell this was the only page hit by the error - but will be on the look out.  Thanks again, —  xaosflux  Talk 11:38, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2018-24
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Recent changes
 * In the Wikipedia app for Android or iOS users can create reading lists. The reading lists can be seen on different devices if you are logged in to your account. There is now a browser extension so you can add pages to your reading list from a web browser. At the moment it works with Firefox and Chrome.
 * Octicons-tools.svg There is a new version of Pywikibot. Pywikibot is a tool to automate tasks on MediaWiki wikis.

Problems
 * The MonoBook skin was changed to make it work better for mobile users. This caused some problems. The change was rolled back to fix them. The new version is now back on the wikis. MonoBook users can opt out from the new responsive design.

Changes later this week
 * The new filters for edit review tools and interface for watchlists will leave beta. For most wikis this will happen on 18 June. For the rest it will happen on 25 June.


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

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BAG?
Hi Xaosflux, what do you think about me applying (through RfBAG) to re-join BAG at some point in the near future? I used to be a member way back when (2009!) under my old username, and have re-acquainted myself with BOTPOL and the surrounding areas. I thought I'd ask you as, at the moment, you seem to be doing most of the work at BRFA! Thanks ƒirefly  ( t · c · who? ) 17:53, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi and welcome back.  We certainly can use the help!  My suggestion, give it until October assuming you keep active until then (so you can show ~6 months of recent activity) before applying. In the meantime, stay active and you are absolutely welcome to participate in BRFA's, posing operator questions and reviewing trial results is work that is always welcome.  Best regards, —  xaosflux  Talk 18:19, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for taking the time to look into it, and I shall follow your sage advice on all points. ƒirefly  ( t · c · who? ) 18:26, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

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Mina Sadati

 * Hi, can you see this article Mina Sadati

Kurdistantolive (talk) 10:42, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello, I'm not sure what you want me to look at there? That movie posted may not be appropriate due fair use concerns. —  xaosflux  Talk 12:54, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
 * She is a famous acteer in Iran, but I want you review this article Kurdistantolive (talk) 17:24, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't really do "general" article reviews. It looks like this was "patrolled" by  who may be able to steer you to the next best step. —  xaosflux  Talk 18:36, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks Kurdistantolive (talk) 18:45, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi, please help for this article, help me for this article to stay in Wikipedia, they want to remove this article .She is a famous acteer in Iran, please help me,  best regards Kurdistantolive (talk) 09:42, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
 * it looks like another editor canceled the removal request. — xaosflux  Talk 11:45, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Why Kurdistantolive (talk) 16:23, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Click here to see who has worked on that page so far. — xaosflux  Talk 19:20, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

Discussion at User:Kudpung/What do admins do?
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smelly
possibly no english... all edits in indonesian so far JarrahTree 15:01, 21 June 2018 (UTC)


 * my apology should have picked it up earlier - now at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Manda_1993 JarrahTree 14:18, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

User:A2soup/Don't use draftspace
I would like to cast an !vote in the deletion discussion regarding User:A2soup/Don't use draftspace. I believe this situation is extraordinary enough to warrant that, at the least: I have made substantial contributions to the page. In fact, I made some substantial contributions to it approximately 30 minutes before it was nominated for deletion. — Godsy (TALK<sub style="margin-left:-2.0ex;"> CONT ) 09:04, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
 * the terms of your ban explicitly bar your participation in that xfd and I don't see any extraordinary condition present. My best suggestion for you here, let it go. —  xaosflux  Talk 12:20, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

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Turning blue
I spoke  to  the editor by  email about  a year  ago proposing the same thing. I'm all  for  it. Perhaps we could share the task. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:20, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * certainly, assuming they are going to be around! — xaosflux  Talk 10:47, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * They are almosrtcertainly going to be around as together we are currently running a major project. Let's exchange ideas by email. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 13:37, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I started User:Xaosflux/SandboxR - maybe if we build it they will come :D — xaosflux  Talk 16:29, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm going off-line for about 10 hours - are you good with this going to the next step (actually moving the comments to the real page and asking them to do the needful? — xaosflux  Talk 04:18, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I think we need to ask  him  firs and show him  the noms by  email  which  is what  I  usually  do.. I'm  in  contact with  him  almost  round the clock  for  our  work  on  the magazine. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:31, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I'll link  him to  your  sanbox. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:32, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Sounds great - hope we can move this one forward! — xaosflux  Talk 12:41, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * any word back? — xaosflux  Talk 13:07, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes. He's sleeping on it. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 13:46, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Requesting protection for the Lindelöf hypothesis page
Many thanks for pointing out that the page isn't protected. I was trying to request protection owing repeated removals of one of the sections on what I believe to be inappropriate grounds. How can I do this? I thought the way was to add " " to the talk page but clearly I was mistaken. All I'm seeking is a protection of the main page while one or more administrators review what has been happening and advise on the best way to proceed. AlexanderTrampton (talk) 01:27, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi that template is to request that a change be made to a page that IS protected.  To request that a page become protected you may request at WP:RFPP. Happy editing, —  xaosflux  Talk 01:30, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. And my apologies for my error. I will now do it the proper way. AlexanderTrampton (talk) 01:34, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
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YGM
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2018). Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a successful request for comment, administrators are now able to add and remove editors to the "event coordinator" group. Users in the event coordinator group have the ability to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit. Users will no longer need to be in the "account creator" group if they are in the event coordinator group.
 * Following an AN discussion, all pages with content related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies, broadly construed, are now under indefinite general sanctions.

Technical news
 * IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in June. This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.
 * The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team will build granular types of blocks in 2018 (e.g. a block from uploading or editing specific pages, categories, or namespaces, as opposed to a full-site block). Feedback on the concept may be left at the talk page.
 * There is now a checkbox on Special:ListUsers to let you see only users in temporary user groups.
 * It is now easier for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked.

Arbitration
 * A recent technical issue with the Arbitration Committee's spam filter inadvertently caused all messages sent to the committee through Wikipedia (i.e. Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee) to be discarded. If you attempted to send an email to the Arbitration Committee via Wikipedia between May 16 and May 31, your message was not received and you are encouraged to resend it. Messages sent outside of these dates or directly to the Arbitration Committee email address were not affected by this issue.

Miscellaneous
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Tech News: 2018-23
<section begin="technews-2018-W23"/> 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 MonoBook skin has been optimised for mobile devices. It now looks different.
 * Planet Wikimedia collects blogs about Wikimedia. It will now use the Rawdog feed aggregator to do this instead of Planet.
 * Redirect links in Special:WhatLinksHere now link to the original page and not the target page. This was done earlier and changed the used messages on some pages. This was a problem for wikis that customized the message. A new change fixed this by using the old messages with one more parameter for customization. Wikis that already changed their customized messages will have to move the customization back again.

Problems
 * You will not be able to edit some wikis between 06:00 and 06:30 UTC on 13 June. You can see if your wiki is one of them.
 * MassMessage did not work 24–28 May. This is also why last week's Tech News was late.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 June. It will be on all wikis from 7 June (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 5 June at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
 * Octicons-sync.svg Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 6 June at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * The new filters for edit review tools and interface for watchlists will leave beta. This is planned to happen in June or early July.

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Request
I am making two requests:
 * These user rights be removed from my account: extended confirmed user (if appropriate), pending changes reviewer, rollbacker and new page reviewer
 * My account be indefinitely blocked to prevent any abuse. I saw your username at.

I hope you will honor my request.

Sincerely, JustBerry (talk) 17:36, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
 * all groups have been removed (ECU left as it is not designed to be revoked) and an account block has been placed. Should you return you may request unblocking at your own talk page.  I suggest you set your password to something strong and ensure your email is linked to a secure email address as well.  You can turn of the "allow others to email me" option in there, but still be able to use it for a password recovery.  Best wished, —  xaosflux  Talk 17:56, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-25
<section begin="technews-2018-W25"/> 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
 * Syntax highlighting has been a beta feature on Wikimedia wikis with text written from left to right. It is now a normal feature. It is based on CodeMirror.

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

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 19 June at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
 * Octicons-sync.svg Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 20 June at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Some old web browsers will not be able to read the Wikimedia wikis. This is because they use an insecure way to connect to them. This means that we get less security for everyone else too. This affects about 0.08% of all traffic to the Wikimedia wikis. This affects for example those who read Wikipedia on a PlayStation 3.
 * The new filters for edit review tools and interface for watchlists will leave beta. Because there is no new MediaWiki version this week it will happen on 25 June for most wikis. For the rest it will happen in early July.
 * Octicons-tools.svg All wikis that have not already done so will switch to use the Remex parsing library on 5 July. This is to replace Tidy. You can help fix remaining errors.

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Re: 718 Bot
Hi, this bot doesn't need its flag anymore. — <font color="#000">east718 &#124; <font color="#000">talk  &#124; 16:16, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Regarding QOTDBot
Wow, it's been a very long time since I've edited Wikipedia (aside from the occasional tweak or revert).

I'm not operating this bot any more. Feel free to strip the bot flags from it. --Frozen Wind (talk) 18:52, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-26
<section begin="technews-2018-W26"/> 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 PAWS, our JupyterHub system, got an upgrade and a logo. Several bugs should be fixed.

Problems
 * When a link text was in italics or had other formatting you could sometimes not edit it in the visual editor. This has now been fixed.

Changes later this week
 * Content translation users who translate between any two of Arabic, English, French, Japanese and Russian will be asked to be part of a research project. This is to create better tools for translating articles.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 June. It will be on all wikis from 28 June (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 26 June at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
 * Octicons-sync.svg Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 27 June at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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The Signpost: 29 June 2018
<div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:30, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

Unused MediaWiki page
Regarding Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/MediaWiki:Deletedtext/enGB, I also found MediaWiki:Deletedtext/enCA. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:44, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * ❌ —  xaosflux  Talk 22:49, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-27
<section begin="technews-2018-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
 * The database for tags will be changed. This will happen on 2 July on French Wikipedia and 9 July on all other wikis. Please report if recent changes get slower or you can't save edits. This could especially affect editors who use the database on ToolForge.

Problems
 * Last week's MediaWiki update was rolled back. This was because of a database problem.

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

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 3 July at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
 * Octicons-sync.svg Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 4 July at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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