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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2024-27[change source]
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Roller printing on fabrics is a textile printing process patented by Thomas Bell of Scotland in 1783 in an attempt to reduce the cost of the earlier copperplate printing. This method was used in Lancashire fabric mills to produce cotton dress fabrics from the 1790s, most often reproducing small monochrome patterns characterized by striped motifs and tiny dotted patterns called "machine grounds". Improvements in the technology resulted in more elaborate roller prints in bright, rich colours from the 1820s; Turkey red and chrome yellow were particularly popular.
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Removing warnings[change source]
It's legal to remove warnings on Wikipedia. You can make any edits you want to your user page and talk page, unless an administrator tells you not to. 2607:F140:6000:802A:FDB7:C795:7706:492 (talk) 02:46, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- oh okay. Thanks Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 02:47, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - June 2024 Newsletter[change source]
- User group news
- User group vote on the adoption of the Movement Charter (closes 7 July 23.59 UTC)
- Upcoming user group meeting 21 July
- User group meeting held in June - minutes
- The group was featured in the latest WikiAfrica Hour: #36: Does the Wikimedia movement contribute to the SDGs?
- Other news
- Stories from the anti-disinformation repository: How WikiProject COVID-19 and other Wikimedia initiatives counter health disinformation (SDG 3)
- Environment Centre Northern Territory Wikipedian in Residence (SDG 15)
- With AI can we increase transparency of companies' carbon footprints (in Swedish). Op-ed that mentions that the greenhouse gas emissions of the top 150 companies on the Stockholm stock exchange has been uploaded to Wikidata. The model is documented on WikiProject Climate Change on Wikidata. (SDG 13)
- Another Year in Review: Where is Wikimedia in the Climate Crisis? Seeing the impact of Wikimedia Projects (SDG 13)
- 46 scholars, self-advocates bring knowledge to Wikipedia’s disability healthcare content (SDG 3)
- Wikimedia Sverige publishes their 2023 climate impact report (in Swedish) (SDG 13)
- WikiProject Govdirectory has started weekly collaboration on countries (SDG 16)
- Events
- Wikimedia chapters and groups organise the first Sharks and Rays Wikimarathon (29 June, but edits in the weeks after are welcome) (SDG 14)
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Talkback[change source]
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MathXplore (talk) 12:14, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
When requesting CU[change source]
Please provide evidence as much as possible. The reason should be specific. Requests like Special:Diff/9624598 can be rejected. Please note this for your future CU requests. MathXplore (talk) 12:46, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
Our rule[change source]
Our rule is whatever spelling system is first used remains. Macdonald-ross (talk) 13:38, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-27[change source]
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Spelling[change source]
Both English and American spelling are permitted and, in general, neither should be changed. Macdonald-ross (talk) 16:53, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
Your signature[change source]
Hi, Cactus. Would you please remove the little cactus image from your signature? Images are not allowed in signatures, as explained in the signature policy at Wikipedia:Signatures#Images. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:48, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oh okay :( Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 23:23, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) @Auntof6: The cactus is an emoji rather than an image, meaning that most of the points in that section of the signature policy don't apply. Over at enwiki emojis have been explicitly allowed, though here we lack that clarification. It seems evident that both of us are fans of plain signatures but I'd still like to point out that emojis seem to be allowed in signatures. —76.212.74.243 (talk) 18:58, 2 July 2024 (UTC) (comment edited at 22:25, 2 July 2024 (UTC))
- Also see the signature of User:Vermont. 136.152.209.58 (talk) 22:04, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
- @76.212.74.243 I
Support Cactus spiky ouch 22:50, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
RfD nomination of Pink Grasshopper[change source]
An editor has requested deletion of Pink Grasshopper, a page you created. We appreciate your changes, but the nominator doesn't believe that the page meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").
Please comment on the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Pink Grasshopper and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).
You may also change the page during the discussion to address the nominator's concerns. But you should not remove the requests for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you very much. Auntof6 (talk) 08:50, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
RfD nomination of Category:Exotic[change source]
An editor has requested deletion of Category:Exotic, a page you created. We appreciate your changes, but the nominator doesn't believe that the page meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").
Please comment on the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Category:Exotic and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).
You may also change the page during the discussion to address the nominator's concerns. But you should not remove the requests for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you very much. Auntof6 (talk) 09:22, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
Banned user templates[change source]
Please don't use the {{banned user}} template on blocked user talk pages. Thanks. Operator873 connect 03:42, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- I meant blocked sorry Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 03:43, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- The {{blocked user}} really should only be used on the User page... but we don't really do that here because there's no need to grave dance. Note the important phrasing on the template page itself:
it should typically only be placed by the blocking administrator. If the blocker doesn't think it's needed, the odds are it isn't.
Operator873 connect 03:45, 6 July 2024 (UTC)- oh, okay Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 03:46, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- The {{blocked user}} really should only be used on the User page... but we don't really do that here because there's no need to grave dance. Note the important phrasing on the template page itself: