User:DannyS712/copyvio-check.js
Hey DannyS712, it seems the copyvio check script you maintain triggers a full search every time the curation toolbar is opened. Do you think you could change it to require confirmation for each page (e.g. a button to run the check)? The reason is that it seems to be the cause of some heavy load due to making automatic expensive requests even if the user did not want to run a check. See T303088. Thanks! — The Earwig (talk) 04:29, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
- @The Earwig should be done, requires manually triggering the check. I saw on the phab task something about not knowing where the requests were coming from. Is there an api header I should be setting? DannyS712 (talk) 05:01, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the quick response. For API requests I normally look at the User-Agent or Referer, but I realize now both are fixed by the browser and can't be changed in the AJAX request (at least on Chrome, I think). Don't worry about it for now. In the future I may add another header. — The Earwig (talk) 05:19, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher) @The Earwig and DannyS712, hey, I just was updating the docs on this a few days ago! The MW API recognizes the special header Api-User-Agent for this purpose, so maybe you could recycle that. See meta:User-Agent policy, which I recently expanded. Enterprisey (talk!) 09:00, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
- Ah, that would work. Thanks Enterprisey! — The Earwig (talk) 01:53, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- @The Earwig okay, let me know once you have that header supported and what I should do to use it DannyS712 (talk) 01:54, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- Ah, that would work. Thanks Enterprisey! — The Earwig (talk) 01:53, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher) @The Earwig and DannyS712, hey, I just was updating the docs on this a few days ago! The MW API recognizes the special header Api-User-Agent for this purpose, so maybe you could recycle that. See meta:User-Agent policy, which I recently expanded. Enterprisey (talk!) 09:00, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the quick response. For API requests I normally look at the User-Agent or Referer, but I realize now both are fixed by the browser and can't be changed in the AJAX request (at least on Chrome, I think). Don't worry about it for now. In the future I may add another header. — The Earwig (talk) 05:19, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
User:DannyS712/Draft no cat
I have no problem with changing "[[Category: foo]]" to "[[:Category:foo]]". However, it is not appropriate to change "[[Category bar]]" to "[[:Category bar]]"; the later is not a Wikipedia:Categorization, because it does not have a colon after "Category". --Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 00:23, 6 March 2022 (UTC).
- @Chatul makes sense - do you have an examples where this happened? DannyS712 (talk) 01:18, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, User:Chatul/Sandbox/Differential (Mathematics):
Latest revision as of 16:00, 5 March 2022 (edit) (undo) (thank)
UnitedStatesian (talk | contribs)
m (@Chatul: Disable the categories on this page while it is still a draft, per WP:DRAFTNOCAT/WP:USERNOCAT (using Draft no cat v1.7). The easiest way to do this is by converting them to links, by adding a colon: "[[Category:" → "[[:Category:")- The link category of sets should have been left as-is. --Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 01:58, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- @Chatul
Done DannyS712 (talk) 02:01, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- Question for DS712: have you modified the DNC script so it will ignore these instances going forward? If so, do I have to reimport the modified script into my common.js page? UnitedStatesian (talk) 04:30, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- @UnitedStatesian Yes - I fixed the script, Special:Diff/1075485739. Your common.js imports the live version rather than a specific version with a permalink, so you should be good to go DannyS712 (talk) 04:40, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- Awesome, you are the best. UnitedStatesian (talk) 04:43, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- @UnitedStatesian Yes - I fixed the script, Special:Diff/1075485739. Your common.js imports the live version rather than a specific version with a permalink, so you should be good to go DannyS712 (talk) 04:40, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- Might be more reliable to catch
/\[\[\s*Category\s*:/gi
, @DannyS712. 1234 kb of .rar files (is this dangerous?) 12:18, 6 March 2022 (UTC)- @DannyS712 if you want a quick copy-paste, I've got a fork at User:EpicPupper/Draft no cat.js. Here's a diff. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 03:32, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
- Question for DS712: have you modified the DNC script so it will ignore these instances going forward? If so, do I have to reimport the modified script into my common.js page? UnitedStatesian (talk) 04:30, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
- @Chatul
Tech News: 2022-10
21:15, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
On [2]
A "[r]eversed e" can be either reversed horizontally or vertically, not necessarily horizontally.
Tech News: 2022-11
22:06, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
Review of Sbircia la Notizia Magazine article
Hi DannyS712, could you please review the page Sbircia la Notizia Magazine? Thank you --Basilio007 (talk) 22:45, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
- Sorry, its not a subject I'm familiar with - it'll get reviewed eventually in the normal process DannyS712 (talk) 02:30, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
Edit filter false positives response helper needs updated
Hey! Your script needs to be updated as a new template has been added relating to edits to the "Notable people" sections of articles. Just figured I'd let you know. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 02:22, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
- @Blaze Wolf Can you link to an example edit using this template? Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 02:31, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
- Here. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 12:50, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
- I'll add that when I get a chance DannyS712 (talk) 17:23, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
- Alright sounds good. Thanks! ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 17:43, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
- Another thing, I noticed that when selecting the option to indicate that the user has been blocked, when clicking "done" nothing happens and it doesn't work. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 18:05, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- I'm planning to eventually rewrite this script, I'll keep that in mind DannyS712 (talk) 18:31, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- Just noticed this section. I have the change ready in the below section for the short-term, although a complete rewrite is definitely welcome :) 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 03:23, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
- I'm planning to eventually rewrite this script, I'll keep that in mind DannyS712 (talk) 18:31, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- Another thing, I noticed that when selecting the option to indicate that the user has been blocked, when clicking "done" nothing happens and it doesn't work. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 18:05, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- Alright sounds good. Thanks! ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 17:43, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
- I'll add that when I get a chance DannyS712 (talk) 17:23, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
- Here. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 12:50, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
March songs
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Thank you for support in the RfC for DYK - music with a chance to listen, - the piece by Anna Korsun begins after about one hour, and the voices afterwards call "Freiheit!" instead of "Freude". Music every day, pictured in songs. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:00, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the link --DannyS712 (talk) 00:23, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
- The Prayer is on the Main page, finally + new flowers --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:41, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-12
15:59, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
Adding "notable people" option to EFFPRH
Hi @DannyS712! Could the "notable people" option be added to EFFPRH, please? I have a fork ready here, see the diff. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 03:20, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
- @EpicPupper
Done DannyS712 (talk) 23:20, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
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- Deletion report: Ukraine, werewolves, Ukraine, YouTube pundits, and Ukraine
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- Essay: Yes, the sky is blue
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21:00, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022).
- An RfC is open proposing a change to the minimum activity requirements for administrators.
- Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the
deletelogentry
anddeletedhistory
rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928) - When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. (T284114)
- Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures § Opening of proceedings has been updated to reflect current practice following a motion.
- A arbitration case regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing has been closed.
- A arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been opened.
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines has closed, and the results were that 56.98% of voters supported the guidelines. The results of this vote mean the Wikimedia Foundation Board will now review the guidelines.
Tech News: 2022-15
19:43, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
GOCE April 2022 newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors April 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the April newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2021. Election results: Jonesey95 retired as lead coordinator. Reidgreg was approved to fill this role after an 18-month absence from the coordinator team, and Baffle gab1978 was chosen as an assistant coordinator following a one-year break. Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu continued on as long-standing assistant coordinators. January Drive: Of the 22 editors who signed up, 16 editors claimed 146 copy edits including 45 requests. (details) February Blitz: This one-week effort focused on requests and a theme of Africa and African diaspora history. Of the 12 editors who signed up, 6 editors recorded 21 copy edits, including 4 requests. (details) March Drive: Of the 28 editors who signed up, 18 claimed 116 copy edits including 25 requests. (details) April Blitz: This one-week copy editing event has been scheduled for 17–23 April, sign up now! Progress report: As of 11 April, copy editors have removed approximately 500 articles from the backlog and completed 127 copy-editing requests during 2022. The backlog has been hovering at about 1,100 tagged articles for the past six months. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Tech News: 2022-16
23:10, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
Script bug
Hi, I just wanted to let you know, a discussion about your script, EFFPRH is taking place at Wikipedia talk:Edit filter/False positives § Script responds to 2 questions at once. Rusty4321 talk contributions log 00:50, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
Bot PR
Hi there, please review PR 13 for DannyS712 bot III. The autopatrol list was moved following an RM. Thanks! 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 20:13, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, but I'm going to just do the page name updates at the moment, so I'll make the change myself DannyS712 (talk) 22:00, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
- Sounds good, please also change the comments 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 22:25, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
- (as in, the start/end comment that the bot looks for) 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 22:25, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
- Sounds good, please also change the comments 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 22:25, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
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22:54, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
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19:32, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
WikiCup 2022 May newsletter
The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.
Our top scorers in round 2 were:
Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.
The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-19
15:21, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).
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- Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
- Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.
- The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
- A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.
- Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.
Francois Turenne des Pres
Hi Danny, Dannybot orphaned this page however there are external links. Can or will this be noted and the notice removed on the page? What can I do to make this better. I don’t want to just remove the notification…or am I allowed to? Bebfire (talk) 01:55, 14 May 2022 (UTC)bebfire
- @Bebfire I'm not sure I understand. If this is about François Turenne des Pres the bot doesn't appear to have edited that page DannyS712 (talk) 04:41, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
script
Hey, Danny! I keep getting a little message telling me a script I'm importing has been deprecated and there's a fork at User:DannyS712/copyvio-check. I think it's telling me there's been an update I need to install. Is this something I can just uninstall/reinstall at WP:User scripts list? I can't seem to figure out which script I'm looking for there in order to uninstall it. Thanks for any help! valereee (talk) 13:33, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Valereee its likely User:FR30799386/copyvio-check.js that you are using that is deprecated DannyS712 (talk) 16:06, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
- Is there an easy way to fix it? I usually install scripts from the scripts list simply by clicking install or uninstall. valereee (talk) 16:22, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Valereee at User:Valereee/common.js remove the fourth line that imports that script, then add
importScript( 'User:DannyS712/copyvio-check.js' );// [[User:DannyS712/copyvio-check.js]]
instead DannyS712 (talk) 05:40, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Valereee at User:Valereee/common.js remove the fourth line that imports that script, then add
- Is there an easy way to fix it? I usually install scripts from the scripts list simply by clicking install or uninstall. valereee (talk) 16:22, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-20
18:56, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022
Hello DannyS712,
At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.
Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.
In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently 725 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 1029 administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.
This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.
If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do suggest they help the effort by placing {{subst:NPR invite}}
on their talk page.
If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.
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Tech News: 2022-21
00:19, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
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Automatic reminder: 2022-05-30
Hello DannyS712.
You have scheduled a reminder for yourself for today, shown below:
User:DannyS712/RemindMe: Should be posted?
You can now remove the reminder from your schedule at the /RemindMe.json subpage of your userpage.
Thanks, --DannyS712 bot (talk) 12:00, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-22
20:27, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
Reminder Bot (Task 68)
Hi DannyS712, thanks for your note on VPI. Your reminding bot worked fine when I went to use it, but I think less technical users will have trouble still. Maybe I'm missing a step? Looks like the current requirements to get a reminder are:
- Put {{PleaseRemindMe}} on your talk page
- Put an entry in your User:*/RemindMe.json
- This can be script assisted.
Is #1 still required? (Does it need to be? Perhaps a Enabled::TRUE/FALSE on the json would do?)
- @Xaosflux the reason the template is needed is because otherwise the bot would need to search for all pages with the correct title, whereas with the template its trivially narrowed down to the pages of the users that transclude the template. I can look into if its possible for JSON pages to have templates that count as transclusion in the database though? Then the template could go in the JSON as a dummy entry DannyS712 (talk) 19:30, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hmm, can the script check if the template is on your usertalk and add it if it is not (just to the "top" - user could always move it lower)? I think your bot task could be a lot more popular than it is right now - seems like there is a lot of demand for this but I don't think many editor know about it - but before any heavy advertising happens would want to make it as idiot-proof as possible. — xaosflux Talk 19:44, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
- Well I personally have it on my user page, but it should be possible to check both and then put it on one (probably the talk page) if not there. DannyS712 (talk) 19:46, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
- Possible enhancement - a "recurring" setting of some sort. (Even if something simple like "monthly but only on days 1-28"). Don't mean to task you with stuff - just think this is very underated as these features are missing from the backend. — xaosflux Talk 19:47, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
- Didn't understand why {{PleaseRemindMe}} is needed. You can just query for all existing /RemindMe.json pages. – SD0001 (talk) 10:58, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hmm, can the script check if the template is on your usertalk and add it if it is not (just to the "top" - user could always move it lower)? I think your bot task could be a lot more popular than it is right now - seems like there is a lot of demand for this but I don't think many editor know about it - but before any heavy advertising happens would want to make it as idiot-proof as possible. — xaosflux Talk 19:44, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
- Also it would help if there's an option for notifications to be delivered via email – rather than as highly public talk page messages. (I understand the json page is still public, but a random user page is a lot less visible than the main talk page). – SD0001 (talk) 11:02, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
short-tabs fork
Danny, I forked your excellent short-tabs.js to further shorten my tabs. Cheers. — Guarapiranga ☎ 03:07, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).
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- Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.
- Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
- The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.
- Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
- An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.
Tech News: 2022-23
02:44, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
Bots down?
Hello Danny – something seems to have gone awry with your bots. For instance, DannyS712 bot III, which usually runs every 15 minutes, hasn't run since 18:30 yesterday, and it was down for over 48 hours before that. (I created Albert P. Blaustein on the 10th, for example, and it still hasn't been patrolled.) Just wanted to let you know so you could take a look: hopefully it's an easy fix! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:26, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Extraordinary Writ seems to be running again, not sure what happened - it doesn't do anything if there are no redirects to patrol. --DannyS712 (talk) 21:37, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-24
16:57, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
June GOCE newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors June 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the June 2022 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since April 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Blitz: of the 16 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, 12 completed at least one copy-edit, and between them removed 21 articles from the copy-editing backlog. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 27 editors signed up for our May Backlog Elimination Drive; of these, 20 copy-edited at least one article. 144 articles were copy-edited, and 88 articles from our target months August and September 2021 were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: our June Copy Editing Blitz, starting at 00:01, 19 June and closing at 00:59, 25 June (UTC), will focus on articles tagged for copy edit in September and October 2021, and requests from March, April and May 2022. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 07:12, 14 June 2022 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 209 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,404 articles. Election news: Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators continues until 23:50 on 15 June (UTC), after which, voting will commence until 23:59, 30 June (UTC). All Wikipedians in good standing (active and not blocked, banned, or under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Tenryuu To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Tech News: 2022-25
20:17, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
About draft:Petek_Saraciye
Hello Danny. Thank you for your category advice on my first article. I'm trying to write articles about centennial companies who have been established before 1900's or companies that have served for more than a hundred years. Mostly in Balkans and Eurasia, i would really appreciate if you could guide me a little bit more in my first article.
I wrote it a month ago, but it's still not published or reviewed by any other users except you and 2 other friends. And someone did a little contribution on url editing.
What do i have to do? What am i missing.
Thank you for your attention.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Petek_Saraciye — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skarabul (talk • contribs) 11:18, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Skarabul you need to submit the article to WP:AFC for it to be reviewed. If you add
{{subst:AfC submission/draftnew}}
to the top of the draft and save it, you'll see instructions on how to do that. --DannyS712 (talk) 19:15, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022
Hello DannyS712,
- Backlog status
At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000[a] at the end of May.
Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.[b]
In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).
While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).
- Backlog drive
A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. Barnstars will be awarded.
- TIP – New school articles
Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.
- Misc
There is a new template available, {{NPP backlog}}
, to show the current backlog. You can place it on your user or talk page as a reminder:
>Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 9737 pages according to DatBot as of 12:00, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.
- Reminders
- Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
- If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing
{{subst:NPR invite}}
on their talk page. - If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.
- To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.
- Notes
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The Signpost: 26 June 2022
- News and notes: WMF inks new rules on government-ordered takedowns, blasts Russian feds' censor demands, spends big bucks
- In the media: Editor given three-year sentence, big RfA makes news, Guy Standing takes it sitting down
- Special report: "Wikipedia's independence" or "Wikimedia's pile of dosh"?
- Discussion report: MoS rules on CCP name mulled, XRV axe plea nulled, mass drafting bid pulled
- Featured content: Articles on Scots' clash, Yank's tux, Austrian's action flick deemed brilliant prose
- Recent research: Wikipedia versus academia (again), tables' "immortality" probed
- Serendipity: Was she really a Swiss lesbian automobile racer?
- News from the WMF: Wikimedia Enterprise signs first deals
- Gallery: Celebration of summer, winter
Tech News: 2022-26
20:01, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
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WikiCup 2022 July newsletter
The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.
Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-27
19:30, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).
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user_global_editcount
is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)
- An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.
- The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.
Tech News: 2022-28
19:23, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
Ultimate Hunting
Hello DannyS712,
I saw that you updated Draft:Ultimate Hunting
I would like to inform that Ultimate Hunting is now a registred trademark. How long does it take to publish Wikipedia entry? I would like to have our product page on wiki live asap.
Regards,
Rafał Raintek (talk) 16:01, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
- I only made a cleanup edit to the page, I didn't actually review it. See Wikipedia:Articles for creation for how drafts get reviewed. DannyS712 (talk) 22:19, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-29
22:58, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Tech News: 2022-30
19:25, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Copyright problems clerking
Hi Danny, I've been going through Copyright problems/CCI documentation/procedures, and was wondering if you still had an interest in clerking either boards (as the clerk roles are being merged). No worries if you are not and want to be removed, just want to check :) Sennecaster (Chat) 23:09, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Sennecaster I occasionally get an urge to go process some copyvios, so I'd prefer to still be listed as a clerk --DannyS712 (talk) 22:30, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
The Signpost: 1 August 2022
- From the editors: Rise of the machines, or something
- News and notes: Information considered harmful
- In the media: Censorship, medieval hoaxes, "pathetic supervillains", FB-WMF AI TL bid, dirty duchess deeds done dirt cheap
- Op-Ed: The "recession" affair
- Eyewitness Wikimedian – Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (part 3)
- Community view: Youth culture and notability
- Opinion: Criminals among us
- Arbitration report: Winds of change blow for cyclone editors, deletion dustup draws toward denouement
- Deletion report: This is Gonzo Country
- Discussion report: Notability for train stations, notices for mobile editors, noticeboards for the rest of us
- Featured content: A little list with surprisingly few lists
- Tips and tricks: Cleaning up awful citations with Citation bot
- On the bright side: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war — three (more) stories
- Essay: How to research an image
- Recent research: A century of rulemaking on Wikipedia analyzed
- Serendipity: Don't cite Wikipedia
- Gallery: A backstage pass
- From the archives: 2012 Russian Wikipedia shutdown as it happened
Tech News: 2022-31
21:20, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).
Valereee
Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara
- An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
- An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.
- The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
- Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)
- The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.
- You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
- Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
- Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.
New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022
Hello DannyS712,
- Backlog status
After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.
- Coordination
- MB and Novem Linguae have taken on some of the coordination tasks. Please let them know if you are interested in helping out. MPGuy2824 will be handling recognition, and will be retroactively awarding the annual barnstars that have not been issued for a few years.
- Open letter to the WMF
- The Page Curation software needs urgent attention. There are dozens of bug fixes and enhancements that are stalled (listed at Suggested improvements). We have written a letter to be sent to the WMF and we encourage as many patrollers as possible to sign it here. We are also in negotiation with the Board of Trustees to press for assistance. Better software will make the active reviewers we have more productive.
- TIP - Reviewing by subject
- Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages by their most familiar subjects can do so from the regularly updated sorted topic list.
- New reviewers
- The NPP School is being underused. The learning curve for NPP is quite steep, but a detailed and easy-to-read tutorial exists, and the Curation Tool's many features are fully described and illustrated on the updated page here.
- Reminders
- Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
- If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing
{{subst:NPR invite}}
on their talk page. - If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.
- To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.
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Tech News: 2022-32
19:48, 8 August 2022 (UTC)