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Use a colon instead of a period

Could User:Ahecht/Scripts/pageswap-core.js please be updated so that when one of the common move reasons at the "Swap" form is selected, it will be followed by a colon instead of a period in the move log entries (like at Special:Redirect/logid/164530745, for example)? The behavior is currently inconsistent with the one at Special:MovePage, where a colon (not a period) would appear in the move log entries, e.g., at Special:Redirect/logid/164552365. GTrang (talk) 00:59, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@GTrang I've implemented that in the sandbox version. Feel free to try it out. It will get copied over to the main script the next time I am making revisions. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 16:37, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@GTrang

Done. The change is now present in the main version as of v2.3.3. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 18:19, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

mapframe directly so it doesn't count as Lua time

That looks like an interesting trick. May prevent so much use of cache purging to clean up pages as more than about 5 seconds usual Lua time use can break pages badly after an edit if the back end server infrastructure has problems. I will see how it works on a heavily edited page by vandals perhaps best after you have pointed me towards the #tag documentation and then roll out to the other pages that I know call big raw geojson templates ChaseKiwi (talk) 23:35, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChaseKiwi It wasn't my idea -- it's documented in the first bullet point under "Note:" at the top of Template:Maplink/doc. You can thank Jackmcbarn for that. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 00:27, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ta - I must have glanced over that point one day early on in my use of mapframe functionality. ChaseKiwi (talk) 01:28, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Scripts/refresh

Hi :) I noticed that the script does not allow null editing in the links here of a category, would it be possible to enable that? --GryffindorD (talk) 20:08, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@GryffindorD I've modified the sandbox version at User:Ahecht/sandbox/Scripts/refresh.js so that it works from pages such as Special:WhatLinksHere/Category:X or Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:X to null edit linking pages instead of transcluding pages (for templates) or category members. Please try it out and let me know if it works as expected, and I'll copy it over to the main script. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 23:23, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Works! Thank you very much :D GryffindorD (talk) 03:56, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ircredirect

Hi Ahecht, it looks like KiwiIRC.com is down (again, and again for a few days), so the redirector isn't working. I've opened a PR to use Libera Chat's own hosted instance which I think is a bit more stable for any connections to Libera Chat, though I would consider having some configurable target webchat instance a better option for the longer term. Please can you take a look when you get chance, and if you're happy merge it and deploy it to Toolforge? Thanks muchly :) stwalkerster (talk) 18:20, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Stwalkerster I'd want to get consensus on-wiki first. I'm not sure when/where the original decision to use kiwiirc was made, but I'll post something to Wikipedia talk:IRC help disclaimer. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 00:14, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Stwalkerster Scratch that. Looks like the backup link on Wikipedia:IRC help disclaimer has been pointing to web.libera.chat without controversy for some time now. I went ahead and implemented the change. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 00:40, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! stwalkerster (talk) 10:26, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RFA2024 update: Discussion-only period now open for review

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Nomination of AEK Athens F.C. results in European football for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article AEK Athens F.C. results in European football is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AEK Athens F.C. results in European football until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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S.A. Julio (talk) 18:03, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@S.A. Julio My only role in the creation of these pages was splitting them off from AEK Athens F.C. in European football for technical reasons after BEN917 added them. I would suggest leaving a notification on their talk page as well. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 18:12, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah I see, thanks for the heads up! S.A. Julio (talk) 19:13, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Admin elections

Hello friend. If you intend to run in the admin elections, I think you'll probably want to remake your candidate page. It looks like you created Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Candidates/YOUR USERNAME HERE but it ended up messed up. Probably best to start from scratch. Let me know if you need any help. Thank you. –Novem Linguae (talk) 22:26, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Novem Linguae I created that page intentionally as a warning message, the same way that Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/USERNAME is a warning message. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 02:38, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Church of light.jpg

A Featured Picture you co-nominated File:Church of light.jpg is now nominated for delisting because of excessive photo manipulation (FP criterion #8). You can see the delist nomination at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Aurora over Víkurkirkja church. Bammesk (talk) 18:29, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

D'oh! --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 22:59, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Administrator Elections: Candidate instructions

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