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Ferien is taking a long wikibreak and will be back on Wikipedia some later time.

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Self-minnow[change source]

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Letting random edit summaries escape into mainspace. --Ferien (talk) 20:12, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ferien Help please[change source]

Hello ferien, i hope you're fine, i humble request to you my Wikipedia article name (Nabeil Schaik) i solve this all problems in article so i requested you please don't delete my article. Wikiexpertma (talk) 08:28, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiexpertma, as ive already said above, all comments should be added to the RfD. I am not going to close the RfD or withdraw my nomination because notability is not a problem with the article that can be solved. --Ferien (talk) 10:25, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2024-18[change source]

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General elections were held in Serbia, a constituent federal unit of SFR Yugoslavia, on 12 November 1989 to elect the president of the presidency of the Socialist Republic of Serbia and delegates of the Assembly of SR Serbia. Voting for delegates also took place on 10 and 30 November 1989. In addition to the general elections, local elections were held simultaneously. These were the first direct elections conducted after the adoption of the 1974 Yugoslav Constitution and the delegate electoral system, and the last elections conducted under a one-party system.

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Tech News: 2024-18[change source]

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

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  • The appearance of talk pages changed for the following wikis: Azerbaijani Wikipedia, Bengali Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, Persian Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Dutch Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikipedia, Romanian Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Ukrainian Wikipedia, Vietnamese Wikipedia. These wikis participated to a test, where 50% of users got the new design, for one year. As this test gave positive results, the new design is deployed on these wikis as the default design. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at all wikis in the coming weeks. [1]
  • Seven new wikis have been created:
  • You can now watch message groups/projects on Translatewiki.net. Initially, this feature will notify you of added or deleted messages in these groups. [9]
  • Dark mode is now available on all wikis, on mobile web for logged-in users who opt into the advanced mode. This is the early release of the feature. Technical editors are invited to check for accessibility issues on wikis. See more detailed guidelines.

Problems

  • Kartographer maps can use an alternative visual style without labels, by using mapstyle="osm". This wasn't working in previews, creating the wrong impression that it wasn't supported. This has now been fixed. [10]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 May. It will be on all wikis from 2 May (calendar). [11][12]

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Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C[change source]

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Dear Wikimedian,

You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process.

This is a reminder that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) ends on May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.

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Request[change source]

@Ferien, please I want to know why https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Woman_in_This_Village_is_a_Liar was deleted. You didn't leave a note. Please don't be angry.

Usimite (talk) 13:26, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Usimite. Sorry I didn't explain the reason more fully. The page was deleted because there is no claim to notability, so the topic likely doesn't pass Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 13:29, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It was deleted under QD A4. DIVINE 13:30, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The subject passed WP: GNG , except they have changed it Usimite (talk) 14:03, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Usimite, I should note that passing WP:GNG and having a claim to notability/significance are different things, and in fact, the bar for A4 (A7,9,11 on enwiki) is intentionally much lower than the bar for notability. In that article, there was no claim that showed the subject was significant, let alone notable. If you can rewrite the article to prove otherwise, then it'd be kept. --Ferien (talk) 15:31, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting flood flag[change source]

Hi, could I please have flood flag so I can add "establishments" categories to counties in U.S. states (at least Colorado and Texas)? It will take less than one hour. Kk.urban (talk) 17:37, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Go for it. Let me know if you finish before the expiry and I'll remove it then. --Ferien (talk) 17:39, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Kk.urban (talk) 17:40, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ferien: This is slower than I thought it would be. If you're still around, I could use flood flag for another hour. If not, no worries! Kk.urban (talk) 18:28, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Kk.urban: Sorry, I was away for a few minutes. Do you still need it? --Ferien (talk) 18:35, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ferien: Yes, please. Kk.urban (talk) 18:36, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ferien: Thanks, I'm done now. Kk.urban (talk) 19:30, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Removed, thanks! --Ferien (talk) 19:32, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2024-19[change source]

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Heinrich Bünting (1545 – 1606) was a Protestant pastor and theologian. He is best known for his book of woodcut maps titled Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae (Travel book through Holy Scripture) first published in 1581.

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Tech News: 2024-19[change source]

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

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  • The appearance of talk pages changed for all wikis, except for Commons, Wikidata and most Wikipedias (a few have already received this design change). You can read the detail of the changes on Diff. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at remaining wikis in the coming weeks. [13][14]
  • Interface admins now have greater control over the styling of article components on mobile with the introduction of the SiteAdminHelper. More information on how styles can be disabled can be found at the extension's page. [15]
  • Wikimedia Enterprise has added article body sections in JSON format and a curated short description field to the existing parsed Infobox. This expansion to the API is also available via Wikimedia Cloud Services. [16]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 May. It will be on all wikis from 9 May (calendar). [17][18]
  • When you look at the Special:Log page, the first view is labelled "All public logs", but it only shows some logs. This label will now say "Main public logs". [19]

Future changes

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Removal of QD tags[change source]

Hi, Just wondering if you can look at Alex Lukason (actor). I've added QD tags a few times, only for them to be removed. Thanks! Yottie =talk= 16:59, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's resolved, thanks! --Ferien (talk) 17:00, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey[change source]

Can you add "Joseph Kony.png" to the wikipedia article about Joseph kony. Not the simple English Wikipedia article about Joseph kony, but on the main English Wikipedia article about him? MilkAndStrawberryPutin (talk) 14:57, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MilkAndStrawberryPutin, I'm sorry, but I am not going to do that for you. Please do not use this wiki as a tool to get proxy edits for enwiki. --Ferien (talk) 19:45, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What's proxy edits and what's the problem with them? MilkAndStrawberryPutin (talk) 20:51, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
MilkAndStrawberryPutin, that is explained on w:WP:PROXYING, over on enwiki. To quote from that page, Editors in turn are not permitted to post or edit material at the direction of a banned or blocked editor (sometimes called proxy editing or proxying) unless they are able to show that the changes are productive and they have independent reasons for making such edits. If an editor is blocked and another editor just makes the edits for them as though nothing happened, there isn't really a point in that first editor being blocked if the second editor is just going to be doing the same thing. --Ferien (talk) 20:56, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I was blocked because I got annoyed with another editor and I started acting like a jerk, I tried to make appeals but I don't think anyone's reading my newest one where I explained i changed. Also, in your quote, you said "unless they are able to show productive/independent reasons for edits." There's multiple definitions of the words independent and productive on Google, which definition are you talking about when you use those words? And how do I show that the edits are productive or independent once I find out which definition your talking about, who do I talk to? MilkAndStrawberryPutin (talk) 21:26, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
MilkAndStrawberryPutin, the changes need to be productive (I would interpret that as constructive/helpful) and the editors making the edits on behalf of the blocked editor need to have independent reasons for making such edits (ie their own reasons, not just the blocked editor's). --Ferien (talk) 11:38, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. I already talked to another editor and he did the edit for me but logged out of his account so he doesn't get blocked for making edits for a blocked editor. I think his edit was helpful because it shows the reader what Joseph Kony looks like and it makes the article look good. And the guy that made the edit had an independent reason for making the edit, he felt like it would make the page nicer and he agreed with me. So yeah, hopefully that edit doesn't get undone because it makes the article look good or something MilkAndStrawberryPutin (talk) 07:19, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Larry[change source]

Hi Ferien, Hope you're well, I'm confused by your edit summary here - How is reverting a globally-banned user edit warring ?, Should we stop reverting and allow the vandalism to stand until an admin comes on to block the IP whom in 5 minutes will be back adding his rants again?.... I'm baffled...., Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 17:02, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Davey2010, It doesn't meet the exact definition for edit warring, as it is vandalism and so should definitely be reverted, but entertaining him by reverting constantly actually makes the situation worse, by flooding the history and recent changes with his attacks that are very often eligible for RevDel and occasionally oversight. If it is left until he is blocked at least (per w:WP:BRI), there's nothing for him to do. But when he's reverted, it's a new roll of the dice for whether he'll decide to just revert back or produce an edit summary attacking editors, imo. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 17:07, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Ferien, So much I wanna say but per BEANS I'll keep hush, Your idea's a good one and one I will follow, Thank you for explaining that - it actually makes sense now you've explained it :), Many thanks, Warm regards, –Davey2010Talk 17:34, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
On a related topic, I would like to hear if you have any recommendations in light of this conversation on Meta-Wiki: meta:User talk:EPIC#SRG abuse filter. If not, that's fine. Kk.urban (talk) 17:38, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Feel free to email me if necessary. Kk.urban (talk) 17:39, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Kk.urban, this is probably somewhere where my personal views differ slightly from the steward team, in that it can be useful to block the IPs he uses in almost all cases, as long as it was used within the last few hours. Unless he's found some magical teleportation machine to travel between continents (surprised that's not one of his claims yet), the IPs he uses are almost definitely P2P proxies and there have been instances in the past where he's used the same IP a few days later. So generally, I prefer to block these IPs for about a week at a time, as they can either be used again a few days after or just go back to not being proxies. From a steward POV though, it is often quite difficult to block every IP GRP has been using (usually only on a single wiki), and when SRG is backlogged, reports can very easily become stale. They encourage IRC reports for that reason, to ping active stewards, although I disagree with that because all SRG reports are logged on IRC anyway, and using IRC shouldn't be a requirement. If a steward is active at the time, like EPIC was in this situation, then reports aren't needed as they are watching our wiki and helping out for us. I hope this answers your question. --Ferien (talk) 18:35, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PP Request[change source]

Hi @Ferien, Can you protect all of my userpages? Thankyou (: DIVINE (talk) 17:39, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DIVINE  Done :) --Ferien (talk) 18:19, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2024-20[change source]

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Ruyan (Persian: رویان), later known as Rustamdar (رستمدار), was the name of a mountainous district that encompassed the western part of Tabaristan/Mazandaran, a region on the Caspian coast of northern Iran. In Iranian mythology, Ruyan appears as one of the places that the legendary archer Arash shot his arrow from, reaching the edge of Khorasan to mark the border between Iran and Turan.

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Tech News: 2024-20[change source]

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Recent changes

  • On Wikisource there is a special page listing pages of works without corresponding scan images. Now you can use the new magic word __EXPECTWITHOUTSCANS__ to exclude certain pages (list of editions or translations of works) from that list. [21]
  • If you use the user-preference "Show preview without reloading the page", then the template-page feature "Preview page with this template" will now also work without reloading the page. [22]
  • Kartographer maps can now specify an alternative text via the alt= attribute. This is identical in usage to the alt= attribute in the image and gallery syntax. An exception for this feature is wikis like Wikivoyage where the miniature maps are interactive. [23]
  • The old Guided Tour for the "New Filters for Edit Review" feature has been removed. It was created in 2017 to show people with older accounts how the interface had changed, and has now been seen by most of the intended people. [24]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 May. It will be on all wikis from 16 May (calendar). [25][26]
  • The Special:Search results page will now use CSS flex attributes, for better accessibility, instead of a table. If you have a gadget or script that adjusts search results, you should update your script to the new HTML structure. [27]

Future changes

  • In the Vector 2022 skin, main pages will be displayed at full width (like special pages). The goal is to keep the number of characters per line large enough. This is related to the coming changes to typography in Vector 2022. Learn more. [28]
  • Two columns of the pagelinks database table (pl_namespace and pl_title) are being dropped soon. Users must use two columns of the new linktarget table instead (lt_namespace and lt_title). In your existing SQL queries:
    1. Replace JOIN pagelinks with JOIN linktarget and pl_ with lt_ in the ON statement
    2. Below that add JOIN pagelinks ON lt_id = pl_target_id

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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2024-21[change source]

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A turlough is a seasonal or periodic water body found mostly in limestone karst areas of Ireland, west of the River Shannon. [...] The water bodies fill and empty with the changes in the level of the water table, usually being very low or empty during summer and autumn and full in the winter. As groundwater levels drop the water drains away underground through cracks in the karstic limestone.

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Tech News: 2024-21[change source]

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Recent changes

  • The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. [31]
  • New changes have been made to the UploadWizard in Wikimedia Commons: the overall layout has been improved, by following new styling and spacing for the form and its fields; the headers and helper text for each of the fields was changed; the Caption field is now a required field, and there is an option for users to copy their caption into the media description. [32][33]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 May. It will be on all wikis from 23 May (calendar). [34][35]
  • The HTML used to render all headings is being changed to improve accessibility. It will change on 22 May in some skins (Timeless, Modern, CologneBlue, Nostalgia, and Monobook). Please test gadgets on your wiki on these skins and report any related problems so that they can be resolved before this change is made in all other skins. The developers are also considering the introduction of a Gadget API for adding buttons to section titles if that would be helpful to tool creators, and would appreciate any input you have on that.

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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2024-22[change source]

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Geiranger Church (Norwegian: Geiranger kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Geiranger, and the end of the famous Geirangerfjorden. It is the church for the Geiranger parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal design in 1842 using plans drawn up by the architect Hans Klipe. The church seats about 165 people.

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Tech News: 2024-22[change source]

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

  • Several bugs related to the latest updates to the UploadWizard on Wikimedia Commons have been fixed. For more information, see T365107 and T365119.
  • In March 2024 a new addPortlet API was added to allow gadgets to create new portlets (menus) in the skin. In certain skins this can be used to create dropdowns. Gadget developers are invited to try it and give feedback.
  • Some CSS in the Minerva skin has been removed to enable easier community configuration. Interface editors should check the rendering on mobile devices for aspects related to the classes: .collapsible, .multicol, .reflist, .coordinates, .topicon. Further details are available on replacement CSS if it is needed.

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 May. It will be on all wikis from 30 May (calendar). [36][37]
  • When you visit a wiki where you don't yet have a local account, local rules such as edit filters can sometimes prevent your account from being created. Starting this week, MediaWiki takes your global rights into account when evaluating whether you can override such local rules. [38]

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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2024-23[change source]

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Guillermo Larrazábal Arzubide (10 February 1907 – 1983) was a Spanish stained glass artist who was active in Ecuador. He is considered Ecuador's most important stained glass artist.

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Tech News: 2024-23[change source]

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Recent changes

  • It is now possible for local administrators to add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without JavaScript. Documentation is available. [39]
  • The message name for the definition of the tracking category of WikiHiero has changed from "MediaWiki:Wikhiero-usage-tracking-category" to "MediaWiki:Wikihiero-usage-tracking-category". [40]
  • One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Kadazandusun (w:dtp:) [41]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 June. It will be on all wikis from 6 June (calendar). [42][43]

Future changes

  • Next week, on wikis with the Vector 2022 skin as the default, logged-out desktop users will be able to choose between different font sizes. The default font size will also be increased for them. This is to make Wikimedia projects easier to read. Learn more.

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Tech News: 2024-24[change source]

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 software used to render SVG files has been updated to a new version, fixing many longstanding bugs in SVG rendering. [44]
  • The HTML used to render all headings is being changed to improve accessibility. It was changed last week in some skins (Vector legacy and Minerva). Please test gadgets on your wiki on these skins and report any related problems so that they can be resolved before this change is made in Vector-2022. The developers are still considering the introduction of a Gadget API for adding buttons to section titles if that would be helpful to tool creators, and would appreciate any input you have on that.
  • The HTML markup used for citations by Parsoid changed last week. In places where Parsoid previously added the mw-reference-text class, Parsoid now also adds the reference-text class for better compatibility with the legacy parser. More details are available. [45]

Problems

  • There was a bug with the Content Translation interface that caused the tools menus to appear in the wrong location. This has now been fixed. [46]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 June. It will be on all wikis from 13 June (calendar). [47][48]
  • The new version of MediaWiki includes another change to the HTML markup used for citations: Parsoid will now generate a <span class="mw-cite-backlink"> wrapper for both named and unnamed references for better compatibility with the legacy parser. Interface administrators should verify that gadgets that interact with citations are compatible with the new markup. More details are available. [49]
  • On multilingual wikis that use the <translate> system, there is a feature that shows potentially-outdated translations with a pink background until they are updated or confirmed. From this week, confirming translations will be logged, and there is a new user-right that can be required for confirming translations if the community requests it. [50]

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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2024-25[change source]

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Magdalena Zeger ([mak.da.ˈleː.na ˈt͡seː.gɐ], * 1491; † 16. January 1568 in Kolding) was a calendar maker, astronomer and astrologist. Her Hamburg almanacs and forecasts from 1561 and 1563 have been preserved. Zeger's calendars are the first independent publications by a woman in the field of astronomy.

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Tech News: 2024-25[change source]

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

  • People who attempt to add an external link in the visual editor will now receive immediate feedback if they attempt to link to a domain that a project has decided to block. Please see Edit check for more details. [51]
  • The new Community Configuration extension is available on Test Wikipedia. This extension allows communities to customize specific features to meet their local needs. Currently only Growth features are configurable, but the extension will support other Community Configuration use cases in the future. [52][53]
  • The dark mode beta feature is now available on category and help pages, as well as more special pages. There may be contrast issues. Please report bugs on the project talk page. [54]

Problems

  • Cloud Services tools were not available for 25 minutes last week. This was caused by a faulty hardware cable in the data center. [55]
  • Last week, styling updates were made to the Vector 2022 skin. This caused unforeseen issues with templates, hatnotes, and images. Changes to templates and hatnotes were reverted. Most issues with images were fixed. If you still see any, report them here. [56]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 June. It will be on all wikis from 20 June (calendar). [57][58]
  • Starting June 18, the Reference Edit Check will be deployed to a new set of Wikipedias. This feature is intended to help newcomers and to assist edit-patrollers by inviting people who are adding new content to a Wikipedia article to add a citation when they do not do so themselves. During a test at 11 wikis, the number of citations added more than doubled when Reference Check was shown to people. Reference Check is community configurable. [59]
  • Mailing lists will be unavailable for roughly two hours on Tuesday 10:00–12:00 UTC. This is to enable migration to a new server and upgrade its software. [60]

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Wikipedia translation of the week: 2024-26[change source]

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Koreans in Micronesia used to form a significant population before World War II, when most of the region was ruled as the South Seas Mandate of the Empire of Japan; for example, they formed 7.3% of the population of Palau in 1943. However, after the area came under the control of the United States as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, most Koreans returned to their homeland. As of 2013, about seven thousand South Korean expatriates & immigrants and Korean Americans reside in the Marianas (Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), which have remained under U.S. control, while only around two hundred South Korean expatriates reside in the independent countries of Micronesia.

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Tech News: 2024-26[change source]

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

  • Editors will notice that there have been some changes to the background color of text in the diff view, and the color of the byte-change numbers, last week. These changes are intended to make text more readable in both light mode and dark mode, and are part of a larger effort to increase accessibility. You can share your comments or questions on the project talkpage. [61]
  • The text colors that are used for visited-links, hovered-links, and active-links, were also slightly changed last week to improve their accessibility in both light mode and dark mode. [62]

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Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 June. It will be on all wikis from 27 June (calendar). [64][65]
  • Starting 26 June, all talk pages messages' timestamps will become a link at English Wikipedia, making this feature available for you to use at all wikis. This link is a permanent link to the comment. It allows users to find the comment they were linked to, even if this comment has since been moved elsewhere. You can read more about this feature on Diff or on Mediawiki.org. [66]

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