User talk:Zchrykng/Archive 1

A belated welcome!
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Again, welcome! MPS1992 (talk) 20:03, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

RE:ANI
Indeed. It appeared as if users were ignoring the Breakdown (judging from two of the comments from the three users that replied so far), an integral part of my explanation of what occurred from my point of view. To be safe, I added an Underlined note stating exactly where the Breakdown ends and begins, which serves a similar role to the Collapse Box.  Dark Knight  2149  22:26, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you
I just want to thank you for starting this report in WP:AN/3, that IP has been a pain in my rear for quite a while. He's also doing the same in Bessborough Reservoir, Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, Ramon Nomar, Playa Vista, Los Angeles (where the IP is edit-warring with multiple editors). As you can tell, this is one troublesome IP. (N0n3up (talk) 11:35, 3 May 2018 (UTC)) Update, he just got blocked for 48 hours. (N0n3up (talk) 12:07, 3 May 2018 (UTC))

Speedy deletion declined: Christian Academy (Honolulu)
Hello Zchrykng, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Christian Academy (Honolulu), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A7 explicitly excludes educational institutions. If you are interested in learning more about how speedy deletion works, I have compiled a list of helpful pages at User:SoWhy/SDA. You can of course also contact me if you have questions. Thank you. SoWhy 07:47, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
 * That makes sense, thanks! Sorry I missed that exclusion. I will just go the PROD route, if that seems like the best way.   12:44, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Heinz Wolfgang Herzfeld
Hi Zchrykng, you put an A7 on a brand new article of mine. I had barely started it. Next time check with the filing editor how many articles they have created. The article was brand new. Your likely to get blocked if you keep making stupid mistakes like this again. scope_creep (talk) 06:16, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
 * nothing personal, but if I see something that is noncompliant with wikipedia policy I am going to tag it. Main space isn't for early non-compliant drafts that will eventually become compliant. That is what user space is for. If this was in your user space, I would be happy to help expand it when I have more time.   14:45, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Pending changes reviewer granted
Hello. Your account has been granted the "pending changes reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on pages protected by pending changes. The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges, while the list of articles that have pending changes protection turned on is located at Special:StablePages.

Being granted reviewer rights neither grants you status nor changes how you can edit articles. If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time.

See also: TonyBallioni (talk) 17:10, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Reviewing pending changes, the guideline on reviewing
 * Pending changes, the summary of the use of pending changes
 * Protection policy, the policy determining which pages can be given pending changes protection by administrators.
 * Thanks :)    20:21, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Evolver Music Inc.
Hello Zchrykng. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Evolver Music Inc., a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Having been founded by a notable person indicates importance/significance (WP:CCSI, WP:CCSI). Thank you. SoWhy 11:58, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
 * No problem, I wasn't the original tagger, just restored it when the editor who created the page removed it.   14:31, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Right you are. I'll leave a message with the original tagger as well. Regards SoWhy 14:59, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Michael Serwa
I think I removed most of the non neutral content and added citations. Can you tell me if its safe to remove the tabs. If not can you be specific on what you mean by non neutral. Notthesteps (talk) 22:44, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I removed most of the tags and did a little cleanup on spacing. Leaving the advert tag for now because of my reading of WP:PLUG, but someone with more experience than me should review it.   00:36, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Don't undo my edits
If you undo my valid sourced edits again or I will be forced to submit a ban user report. Psychedelia (talk) 18:43, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I would recommend you actually follow WP:BRD rather than edit warring. You are more than welcome to take the question of if YouTube qualifies as an WP:RS in this case to the talk page. Also, I wouldn't care if you were an admin, if I see an edit that I think violates policy (especially BLP) I am going to revert it.   18:54, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I am following the source guidelines. You're the one that likes to constantly moderate other peoples work on subjects you know nothing of. It's a constant trait upon reviewing your history here on Wikipedia. None of my edits violate the policy as they are clearly videos of the person in question and there is no editing of their words to change their message. It's one of the highest rated sources for such information. As I said, if you undo my edit of a verified source again you will be reported for vandalism (which there are many cases of you doing this in your contribs which I'd be glad to stack onto the report). Also I don't think OneAmerica would be happy to learn what you do during business hours. :) Psychedelia (talk) 18:59, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * if you make another comment like that -- and I mean especially the last sentence -- you are very likely to be blocked from editing. Please do not do anything like that ever again on this wiki. MPS1992 (talk) 19:06, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Have you heard of a thing called free speech? Thanks for trying to bully me into being silent but that doesn't work. If you bully me again I will be forced to report you for harassment. Psychedelia (talk) 19:09, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes I have heard of freedom of speech. Where I live -- the United Kingdom -- there are numerous sensible limitations on it, which appropriately restrict the rights of some few offensive north Americans (and others) to offend and upset people. Meanwhile, this wiki, and the nonprofit organization which hosts it, has its own rules regarding harassment. You will need to follow them if you wish to continue editing here. Feel free to report me to anyone you like. MPS1992 (talk) 19:17, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * if you think you have a case (I don't think you do, but that is beside the point) you are welcome to bring your concerns to AN/I. I would caution you about potential boomerangs though.   19:21, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Intellectual Dark Web


A tag has been placed on Intellectual Dark Web, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, such as at Articles for deletion. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:23, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for your help
I am getting some more info to add on for citations this week for the Institute of Lutheran Theology page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JimMcG89 (talk • contribs) 23:35, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * no worries. The article looked pretty good, just needs citations, figured bumping it to draft was better than letting someone tag it for deletion because it didn't have any references.   23:38, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Declined twice.

 * you also added "Hunterry" to Hirola. And you didn't actually add any citations or references to the article, you just put something in your edit summary. I have done some searching and have found zero evidence that you aren't just intentionally vandalizing the article. Please stop.   03:37, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

the lions
Hi, Zchrykng!! You may want to have a look at this discussion : Talk:Lion, so to get an idea on the recent history of the dispute. I'm so tired of this and not interested in continuing this fruitless and ridiculous discussion on names, and the back and forth moving of page titles by the other editor, who invented names at personal gusto. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 15:42, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

I did not invent them. More details in the talk-pages. Leo1pard (talk) 16:18, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you
How I can create an articcle on wikipedia without vioulate the rules?

I tried many times but always fail

If you have any detailed explaination it will be useful

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Waelabdelhamid (talk • contribs) 17:20, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * this guide is actually really good. After you have reviewed it, I can try to answer any questions you have, but it might be more useful to visit the tea house since I'm more focused on content review rather than content creation. Let me know how I can help. :)   19:36, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion notices
Hi, You are right, I got speedy Deletion Notice for changes I did to below pages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urvashi_Kalyana

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganeshana_Galate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha_I_Love_You

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha_Matte_Banda

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha_Matthe_Banda

Kindly undo my changes & revert them back to their older status.

Thanks in advance. Smjalageri (talk) 04:54, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Palmer Middle School
Hi. School notability is not very well defined in policy and guidelines, but quite well defined in practice. See WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. High schools are notable almost certainly, with minimal required sourcing much closer to WP:PLACE than WP:ORG. Lower schools are virtually never notable and must meet WP:ORG. In practice, the vast majority of lower schools that are notable are notable for reasons other than being a school. (Examples would be being located in a building that in itself is notable such as an architectural award winner or being on the NRHP).

A practice endorsed both in policy (ATD) and in school article guidelines and particularly appropriate for NPP is to simply BOLDly blank and redirect the article to the local school district for a public school, or to the education section of the appropriate settlement article for private schools or if as in this case a school district article doesn't exist. It saves a ton of adminstrative hocus pocus and editor time. If you get push back and your redirect is reverted, then go to AfD. When you boldly redirect a school article like that, please apply the template to it, which will automatically list it in the proper categories. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 04:58, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the tips!   05:20, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Hey, sorry...I just noticed I had some facts twisted between this lower school deletion and another one on my plate. This one should be a redirect to the school district....my bad. I'm going to boldly close the AfD. Since it ended up at AN due to weirdness and no fault of yours, it's been voted on heavily enough IMO that consensus is indicated. John from Idegon (talk) 06:03, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks again
Thanks for your answer& help :)

I will read your suggested articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Waelabdelhamid (talk • contribs) 22:29, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

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You totally can delete "Wiki to Wiki" in 2 hours
This was more of an experiment. Give me two hours to get what I need out of it and it can be gone forever. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Book81able (talk • contribs) 18:21, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:13, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

I have created article about open source software Minsky because I am user of that software. It was removed to draft because some reference issue. I have not much experience in making wikipedia articles so you are free to take my draft, edit it and write an article by yourself. You can also remove any reference which does not fit wikipedia standards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by K.G.K.G. (talk • contribs) 07:36, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Template Removal
Assuming you actually read the revision log, I clearly gave reasons for the removal of the templates in question. You are welcome to dispute the removals, however, your reverting the edit without stating a reason why will be regarded as an intentional destructive act, and will be reverted per Wikipedia policy on vandalism. USN007 (talk) 05:09, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
 * if you believe that restoring maintenance templates that were improperly removed is "vandalism" you are more than welcome to report me. I would suggest reading BOOMERANG first though.   15:47, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-41
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Request for assistance on The Club at Lac La Belle submission by User:IrishKopey
Not sure which phrases Zchryking believes is copyrighted material. many references were cited in research for the article. Sources used were references.IrishKopey (talk) 16:04, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Can you advise which part of article to which you refer that violates a copyright? Many references were used in research for the article. This wikipedia creation is new for me. I want to be correct with these submissions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IrishKopey (talk • contribs) 16:07, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
 * , it looked like most if not all of the content was copied from some other source. What lead me to believe that was how garbled the text formatting appeared and how much was added in a singled edit.
 * You might want to review WP:First article, it has many links to instructions on how to correctly create a Wikipedia article.   22:02, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
 * You might want to review WP:First article, it has many links to instructions on how to correctly create a Wikipedia article.   22:02, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

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Addition to article on "Waltzing Matilda"
Greetings...

Regarding my addition to your Wikipedia article on the song "Waltzing Matilda" and your kind email about it:

What kind of "citation" were you looking for? I really didn't have any "source" for my addition, apart from having watched the movie in question itself (On the Beach, 1959) several times and having been struck by the poignancy of the use of the song at that critical moment in the film. Should you have never seen the film (based on the novel by Nevil Shute and set in and around Melbourne, Australia), do give it a look, as I think it is a significant use of the song... perhaps you would prefer to write such an addition yourself, which I quite understand.

Anyhow: many thanks and all best regards, J.P. Marmaro, Spring Hill, Florida, USA — Preceding unsigned comment added by JP Marmaro (talk • contribs) 19:47, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * , everything in wikipedia has to follow WP:RS, WP:OR, and WP:V. I'm sure what you added is 100% true, but we don't make edits based on personal subjective feelings/opinions. I hope that helps. :)   19:51, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

Waltzing Matilda in On the Beach
Hi again

Thanks for the technical advice. Here are some references:

A video clip of the scene from On the Beach:

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=waltzing+matilda+on+the+beach&&view=detail&mid=9F999DE5063F998BB6F69F999DE5063F998BB6F6&&FORM=VRDGAR

from Wikipedia's own article on the film:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Beach_(1959_film)

''Frank Chacksfield's orchestral performance of the love theme from On the Beach was released as a single in 1960, reaching #47 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song "Waltzing Matilda" became popular everywhere, as a result of the film, with many folk singers recording their own versions, including Harry Belafonte, Jimmie Rodgers (who had recorded two different versions of the song), and Tim Morgan. The Seekers, who are from Australia, recorded this song several times.''

from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053137/reviews --

''The primary power of this great movie to me is how well it conveys the idea that for us, on this beach, love and tender kindness are all that matter in the end, and the end is always near. The sheer kindness that Ava and Gregory's characters express for each other is surely the key element of their triumphant relationship.

''The moment in which their relationship most completely triumphs, of course, occurs at the Narbethong Hotel. "On The Beach" achieves a cinematic moment of genius when the chorus singing "Waltzing Matilda" changes from a rowdy crowd of drunks to a magnificently harmonious group of fine male voices. As the sheer beauty of the music overwhelms us, it also overwhelms our characters, and we all unite together in a sublime moment of awareness that true love and kindness give us our only victory over imminent death. "You'll never take me alive," says the ghost.

The way Gregory Peck's character shifts from fumbling with the fire to turning toward Ava as the music inspires transcendence, and the way Ava smiles at him, make this scene unforgettably great.'' ''

From the TCM site:

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17688/On-the-Beach/articles.html

The basic formula for On the Beach proved successful enough for Kramer to repeat it again for two more acclaimed films, Inherit the Wind (1960) and Judgment at Nuremberg 91961), using a cast of stars to deliver a message many viewers weren't quite prepared to accept. It also generated worldwide awareness and popularity for its theme song, "Waltzing Matilda," an Australian standard adapted by composer Ernest Gold to increasingly chilling effect until its final haunting refrain in the unforgettable, desolate final scene.

Finally, a clip from the finale of the movie, again using the song:

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=waltzing+matilda+on+the+beach&view=detail&mid=CD4FA736A09C645BE0DECD4FA736A09C645BE0DE&FORM=VIRE — Preceding unsigned comment added by JP Marmaro (talk • contribs) 09:23, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

I wonder, is that sufficient support? You can see why I felt any article on the song should include mention of its use in the film.

Thanks again and best regards, J P Marmaro

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Tech News: 2018-43
<section begin="technews-2018-W43"/> Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 October. It will be on all wikis from 25 October (calendar).

Meetings
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Future changes
 * The Community Wishlist Survey begins on 29 October. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can post proposals from 29 October to 11 November. You can vote on proposals from 16 November to 30 November.

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NPR Newsletter No.14 21 October 2018
Hello, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

, there are 3650 unreviewed articles and the backlog now stretches back 51 days.
 * Backlog


 * Community Wishlist Proposal
 * There is currently an ongoing discussion regarding the drafting of a Community Wishlist Proposal for the purpose of requesting bug fixes and missing/useful features to be added to the New Page Feed and Curation Toolbar.
 * Please join the conversation as we only have until 29 October to draft this proposal!


 * Project updates
 * ORES predictions are now built-in to the feed. These automatically predict the class of an article as well as whether it may be spam, vandalism, or an attack page, and can be filtered by these criteria now allowing reviewers to better target articles that they prefer to review.
 * There are now tools being tested to automatically detect copyright violations in the feed. This detector may not be accurate all the time, though, so it shouldn't be relied on 100% and will only start working on new revisions to pages, not older pages in the backlog.


 * New scripts
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You're bizarrely obsessed
with preventing mildly POV additions to an article that is already, by necessity, overflowing with POV expressions about an opera star. Why haven't you deleted every single adjective and adverb from the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.147.61.36 (talk)
 * Don't have the time or inclination to fix the article, but I can keep it from getting worse. It only ended up on my watchlist from recent changes patrolling. You are more than welcome to make actual improvements to the article. zchrykng (talk) 22:22, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

I did. You deleted them arbitrarily based on some fantastical "non-neutral POV" mirage inside your own mind. Cite for me even one WP page for a famous singer that is "non-neutral POV". Please, go ahead and find a single entry for any singer ever that lives up to your fantasy.

Tech News: 2018-44
<section begin="technews-2018-W44"/> 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
 * You can post proposals for the Community Wishlist Survey. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can post proposals until 11 November. You can vote on proposals from 16 November to 30 November.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The wikis now have a content security policy report. This means that you might get a warning in your javascript console when you load external resources in your user scripts. For security reasons it is recommended that you don't do this. It might not be possible to load external resources in your scripts in the future.

Problems
 * Your watchlist can show which changes you have already seen. This did not work for a few days. It has been fixed.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 October. It will be on all wikis from 1 November (calendar).
 * The 2006 wikitext editor is no longer available. It will be removed from Special:Preferences. It has not been the standard editor for a long time. It was replaced by the 2010 wikitext editor.

Meetings
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Legal Project Management
Hi Zchrykng - thanks, first time contributor so sorry to cause problems - I've now commented on Praxidicae's talk page.

There is a issue with a small private consultant using this LPM page to mis-represent their position in the market (and Praxidicae had deleted their original content) - the content that I've provided is independently verifiable from multiple sources which are included.

I do have an industry voice on this area, so it's not me just shooting from the hip with opinions - but apologies if this has created the wrong impression.Pdombkins (talk) 04:46, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
 * , thanks for being receptive to correction about how things work on Wikipedia! (You might be surprised how rare that is, but I digress)
 * Let's keep the discussion on 's talk page for now, just to make everyone's lives easier. Just a heads up, I will be adding another template to your page with lines to Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines and how disclosures need to be handled. zchrykng (talk) 04:50, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
 * thanks Zchrykng; I'm hoping that we can get a degree of wider industry contribution to this page from the major top-tier law firms and large in-house teams, and have been reaching-out to make this happen. I thought my edits were useful, hopefully we can reach consensus. Pdombkins (talk) 04:56, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm sure that at least some of the information can be added back in, just need to discuss it first. And you want to put those four tildes (~) at the end of your post, not the beginning (WP:TALKPAGE and WP:SIGNATURE might be helpful) zchrykng (talk) 05:09, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Zchrykng- a quick follow-up: I do work for a large law firm where I am Head of Legal Project Management, and had included links to a number of LPM initiatives from competitors (as well as my own employer). Is this ok, and what is the correct procedure for me to disclose this? Pdombkins (talk) 05:00, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
 * The information I put on your talk page should have a link about how to disclose. As for which links are appropriate, lets discuss that on 's talk page. zchrykng (talk) 05:09, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
 * The information I put on your talk page should have a link about how to disclose. As for which links are appropriate, lets discuss that on 's talk page. zchrykng (talk) 05:09, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Zchrykng - as you'll see on Praxidicae's talk page, the existing contributor and I have resolved things amicably offline, and hope that we can move forward. Appreciate you holding my hand on this, I'll read the guides #noob Pdombkins (talk) 07:34, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2018).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Sir Sputnik
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Kudpung • Liz • Lourdes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Everyking • Jackmcbarn

Interface administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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Oversight changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Keilana

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment determined that non-administrators will not be able to request interface admin access.
 * A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the Mediation Committee should be closed and marked as historical.
 * A village pump discussion has been ongoing about whether the proposed deletion policy (PROD) should be clarified or amended.
 * A request for comment is in progress to determine whether pending changes protection should be applied automatically to today's featured article (TFA) in order to mitigate a recent trend of severe image vandalism.

Technical news
 * Partial blocks is now available for testing on the Test Wikipedia. The new functionality allows you to block users from editing specific pages. Bugs may exist and can be reported on the local talk page or on Meta. A discussion regarding deployment to English Wikipedia will be started by community liaisons sometime in the near future.
 * A user script is now available to quickly review unblock requests.
 * The 2019 Community Wishlist Survey is now accepting new proposals until November 11, 2018. The results of this survey will determine what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year. Voting on the proposals will take place from November 16 to November 30, 2018. Specifically, there is a proposal category for admins and stewards that may be of interest.

Arbitration
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 * The Arbitration Committee's email address has changed to arbcom-en@wikimedia.org. Other email lists, such as functionaries-en and clerks-l, remain unchanged.

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Tech News: 2021-10
<section begin="technews-2021-W10"/> 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
 * Section translation now works on Bengali Wikipedia. It helps mobile editors translate sections of articles. It will come to more wikis later. The first focus is active wikis with a smaller number of articles. You can test it and leave feedback.
 * Flagged revisions now give admins the review right.
 * When someone links to a Wikipedia article on Twitter this will now show a preview of the article.

Problems
 * Many graphs have JavaScript errors. Graph editors can check their graphs in their browser's developer console after editing.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
 * The New Discussion tool will soon be a new discussion tools beta feature for on most Wikipedias. The goal is to make it easier to start new discussions.

Future changes
 * There will be a number of changes to make it easier to work with templates. Some will come to the first wikis in March. Other changes will come to the first wikis in June. This is both for those who use templates and those who create or maintain them. You can read more.
 * Reference Previews will become a default feature on some wikis on 17 March. They will share a setting with Page Previews. If you prefer the Reference Tooltips or Navigation-Popups gadget you can keep using them. If so Reference Previews won't be shown.
 * New JavaScript-based functions will not work in Internet Explorer 11. This is because Internet Explorer is an old browser that doesn't work with how JavaScript is written today. Everything that works in Internet Explorer 11 today will continue working in Internet Explorer for now. You can read more.

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Tech News: 2021-11
<section begin="technews-2021-W11"/> 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
 * Wikis that are part of the desktop improvements project can now use a new search function. The desktop improvements and the new search will come to more wikis later. You can also test it early.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Editors who put up banners or change site-wide JavaScript code should use the client error graph to see that their changes has not caused problems. You can read more.

Problems
 * Due to database issues the Wikimedia Beta Cluster was read-only for over a day.

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

Future changes
 * You can add a newline or carriage return character to a custom signature if you use a template. There is a proposal to not allow them in the future. This is because they can cause formatting problems.
 * You will be able to read but not edit 12 wikis for a short period of time on at 06:00 (UTC). This could take 30 minutes but will probably be much faster.
 * Octicons-tools.svg You can use Quarry for SQL queries to the Wiki Replicas. Cross-database  will no longer work from 23 March. There will be a new field to specify the database to connect to. If you think this affects you and you need help you can post on Phabricator or on Wikitech. PAWS and other ways to do SQL queries to the Wiki Replicas will be affected later.

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Tech News: 2021-12
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Recent changes
 * There is a Wikipedia app for KaiOS phones. They don't have a touch screen so readers navigate with the phone keys. There is now a simulator so you can see what it looks like.
 * The reply tool and new discussion tool are now available as the "" beta feature in almost all wikis except German Wikipedia.

Problems
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Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).
 * Syntax highlighting colours will change to be easier to read. This will soon come to the first wikis.

Future changes
 * Flagged revisions will no longer have multiple tags like "tone" or "depth". It will also only have one tier. This was changed because very few wikis used these features and they make the tool difficult to maintain.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Gadgets and user scripts can access variables about the current page in JavaScript. In 2015 this was moved from  to  .   will soon no longer work.

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Tech News: 2021-13
<section begin="tech-newsletter-content"/> 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
 * Some very old web browsers don’t work well with the Wikimedia wikis. Some old code for browsers that used to be supported is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers.
 * Octicons-tools.svg IRC recent changes feeds have been moved to a new server. Make sure all tools automatically reconnect to  and not to the name of any specific server. Users should also consider switching to the more modern EventStreams.

Problems
 * When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split. It might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem.
 * Some translatable pages on Meta could not be edited. This was because of a bug in the translation tool. The new MediaWiki version was delayed because of problems like this.

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

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021). Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
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 * Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.

Technical news
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 * Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers.

Arbitration
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Tech News: 2021-14
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Recent changes
 * Editors can collapse part of an article so you have to click on it to see it. When you click a link to a section inside collapsed content it will now expand to show the section. The browser will scroll down to the section. Previously such links didn't work unless you manually expanded the content first.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-tools.svg The citoid API will use for example  instead of   for dates with a month but no days. This is because   could be confused with   instead of  . This is called level 1 instead of level 0 in the Extended Date/Time Format.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

Future changes
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Tech News: 2021-16
<section begin="tech-newsletter-content"/> 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
 * Email to the Wikimedia wikis are handled by groups of Wikimedia editors. These volunteer response teams now use Znuny instead of OTRS. The functions and interface remain the same. The volunteer administrators will give more details about the next steps soon.
 * If you use syntax highlighting, you can see line numbers in the 2010 and 2017 wikitext editors when editing templates. This is to make it easier to see line breaks or talk about specific lines. Line numbers will soon come to all namespaces.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Because of a technical change there could be problems with gadgets and scripts that have an edit summary area that looks similar to this one. If they look strange they should use  to go back to how they looked before.
 * The latest version of MediaWiki came to the Wikimedia wikis last week. There was no Tech News issue last week.

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

Future changes
 * The user group  will be renamed  . This is for technical reasons. This is the technical name. It doesn't affect what you call the editors with this user right on your wiki. This is planned to happen in two weeks. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.

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Tech News: 2021-17
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Recent changes
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Changes later this week
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021). Administrator changes
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Interface administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
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 * The 2021 Desysop Policy RfC was closed with no consensus. Consensus was found in a previous RfC for a community based desysop procedure, though the procedure proposed in the 2021 RfC did not gain consensus.

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Arbitration
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2021
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Interface administrator changes
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 * The 2021 Desysop Policy RfC was closed with no consensus. Consensus was found in a previous RfC for a community based desysop procedure, though the procedure proposed in the 2021 RfC did not gain consensus.

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Arbitration
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Hello, about whether S4 is the least model companion of IPC...
Hi,

What do you think of this https://math.stackexchange.com/a/1465533/590921

Isn't that saying that Chagrov proved that S3 is actually the least model companion of IPC?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.91.149.167 (talk) 16:24, 3 June 2021 (UTC)


 * I have no opinion on the quality of that link, but the article itself is not the place for discussion. Please comment on the article talk page instead. zchrykng (talk) 16:28, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

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