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Autopatrolled

Hi Jim Cartar. I would certainly recommend that you ask for autopatrolled rights. It's not a request for permission that I typically deal with, but from the requirements, it looks like you'd qualify and it looks like you'd benefit from the flag. Thanks for bringing your article Early Nationalists to my attention; I enjoyed the read. All the best -- Samir 02:06, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Samir, it's nice of you to suggest this, and I am a big fan of Jim Cartar, but I don't think he meets the criteria yet. The guideline suggests that you should have created 50 articles to get the Autopatrolled right, and I don't think Jim Cartar is close to that yet. It can't hurt to ask, but there's a good possibility it might not be granted. Not yet. (I once nominated someone for Autopatrolled, and the admin granted it with some hesitation, since the person had only created 46 articles.) --MelanieN (talk) 02:14, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

I agree with Melanie. :) Jim Carter ^(talk) 10:08, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

"Did you know...?" nomination

Hi, Jim Carter, and congratulations on your article! I have nominated it for Did You Know. The nomination is here: Template:Did you know nominations/Early Nationalists. --MelanieN (talk) 16:02, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2014)

Kazimierz Nowak on exploration through the Rwenzori Mountains in Africa Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Exploration Previous selections: Festival • Lobamba Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of Evad37 (talk) 02:50, 21 April 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-17

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Tech News updates

• You can now subscribe to an Atom or RSS feed to read Tech News in your news aggregator. The newsletter will now also show on the English Planet Wikimedia every Monday. [1]
• We are looking for contributors to help write a new issue every week. If you would like to help, please contact us.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf1) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on April 17. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on April 22, and all Wikipedias on April 24 (calendar).
• CirrusSearch was enabled as a beta feature on 27 new wikis on April 18. [2] [3]
• Problems with various fonts in SVG files were fixed last week. Files that use DejaVu Sans Condensed, DejaVu Serif Condensed, DejaVu Sans Light, Kochi Gothic and Kochi Mincho fonts now show correctly. [4] [5] [6] [7]
• The page view statistics site developed by Henrik (stats.grok.se) should now work faster. [8]
• You can read a summary of the Wikimedia technical report for March 2014. [9]

VisualEditor news

• If you try to add a category which redirects to another category, VisualEditor will now suggest adding the target category directly. [10] [11]
• VisualEditor tabs will no longer appear on Education Program pages. [12] [13]
• You can now use VisualEditor on Meta-Wiki and the French Wikinews by enabling it in your preferences. [14] [15] [16]

Future software changes

• MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on the Czech (cs), Estonian (et), Finnish (fi), Hebrew (he), Polish (pl), Romanian (ro), Slovak (sk), Thai (th) and Vietnamese (vi) Wikipedias on April 24. Feedback is welcome. [17]
• Edits by anonymous users will now be marked with a new CSS class (mw-anonuserlink). This way, you can easily make those edits use a different color, font or background. [18] [19]
• The user preference to remember login will soon be removed from all wikis. The edit review preferences will be moved to the recent changes tab, and the preference for the WikiLove tool will be moved to the editing tab. [20] [21] [22] [23]
• You will soon be able to give parameters to preloaded templates. [24] [25]
• You will soon be able to use CodeEditor in read-only mode on pages that you cannot edit. [26] [27]
• It is now proposed to replace Bugzilla, Gerrit and other tools by a single tool called Phabricator. You can test Phabricator and add your opinion on MediaWiki.org. [28]
• An IRC discussion about Phabricator will take place on April 22 at 03:30 AM UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion). [29]

Problems

• For about 40 minutes on April 17, there were problems with page loading due to high server load.
• There is a problem with the rendering of formulas with MathJax. If you enabled MathJax in your preferences, you might need to turn it off and on again. [30]

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08:34, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2014)

Filming of a travel documentary Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Travel documentary Previous selections: Grocery store • Exploration Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 01:25, 5 May 2014 (UTC) •

Please don't do speedy deletion with my page

Hello, anything wrong with my page? I just create for introduction and for some kind of communication purpose. Hope you can understand and remove speedy deletion. Thank you K.b.cheng (talk) 11:20, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Hello K.b.cheng, thank you for the message, see your page Kho Boon Cheng is more likely an advertisement than a article. Wikipedia is not a place for advertisement. We delete articles which fails our policy of notability and your article is about a subject which is not notable. If you think that your article is notable then please add some reference. You can see this to know more about references. And am sorry if you're hurt, but notability is our fundamental policy. Thank you for your understanding, P.S You may contest the deletion, but never delete the deletion tag. Thank you again. Jim Carter ^(talk) 11:39, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

I have re-tagged the article for deletion, please do not delete the tag again. Jim Carter ^(talk) 11:47, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

On a separate but related note: Jim, your claims in this edit summary are entirely incorrect. Under WP:OWNTALK K.b.cheng is perfectly entitled to remove both warnings and speedy deletion notices from their talkpage. The only things that cannot be removed from a user's own talkpage are: declined unblock requests which relate to a currently active block, notices of confirmed (not suspected) sockpuppetry and MFD/speedy deletion tags (not notifications). Everything else can be removed after reading; it's not preferred (archiving is the better option) but it's not disallowed. Please don't restore comments on a user's talkpage when that user has removed them, unless they fall into one of the above categories. Yunshui ^雲_水 12:23, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

OK, Jim Carter ^(talk) 12:32, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-19

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf3) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 1. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 6, and all Wikipedias on May 8 (calendar).
• The Compact Personal Bar was added as a beta feature to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 1. It will be added as a beta feature to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 6, and to all Wikipedias on May 8. To test it, you can enable it now in your preferences on MediaWiki.org. [31]
• It is now easier to disable the CodeEditor tool. [32]

VisualEditor news

• External links in VisualEditor are now in the same light blue color as in MediaWiki. [33]
• The template tool now tells you if a parameter is obsolete. [34]
• You can now add "suggested" parameters in TemplateData; VisualEditor will add them like required ones. [35]
• There is a new type for TemplateData parameters: wiki-file-name for file names. [36][37]
• Editing formulae in VisualEditor will soon be enabled for all users. [38] [39]
• You will soon be able to try a new beta feature to edit text in another language. [40] [41]

Future software changes

• MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on the Japanese (ja), Portuguese (pt), Spanish (es), Swedish (sv) and Telugu (te) Wikipedias on May 8. Feedback is welcome. [42]
• You can help translate about 100 new language names that have been added to our data source. They are used, for example, as hover text for interwiki links. Send an e-mail to Nemo if you want to help.
• If you click on a redirect page in your watchlist, you will soon access the redirect itself. [43] [44]

Problems

• For about 40 minutes around 00:20 UTC on April 29, there were problems with page loading due to high server load.

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07:29, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2014)

The Battle of Varoux, part of the French Revolutionary Wars Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: French Revolutionary Wars Previous selections: Forests of Australia • Travel documentary Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:36, 19 May 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-21

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Tech News updates

• Tech News is one year old this week; thank you for being with us!

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf5) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 15. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 20, and all Wikipedias on May 22 (calendar).
• The jQuery JavaScript library was updated on May 16. Please check that your gadgets and scripts still work. [45] [46] [47]
• MediaViewer was enabled for all users on the Kannada (kn) and Telugu (te) Wikipedias on May 13. It will be enabled on the German (de), English (en), Italian (it) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias and on all Wikisource wikis on May 22. Feedback is welcome. [48] [49]
• VisualEditor was added as a beta feature to Wikimedia Commons on May 15. You can enable it in your preferences. [50] [51]
• You can read a summary of the Wikimedia technical report for April 2014.

VisualEditor news

• VisualEditor's buttons and icons can now be accessed using keyboard keys. [52] [53]
• VisualEditor's new citation tool now matches templates like {{cite_web}} and not just {{Cite web}}. [54] [55]
• VisualEditor's welcome message will no longer be shown to users who have already seen it. [56] [57]
• VisualEditor now shows a clearer message when you cancel an edit. [58]
• The toolbar of the PageTriage extension will no longer be visible inside VisualEditor. [59] [60]

Future software changes

• User ID number will no longer be visible in preferences. [61] [62]

Problems

• For several hours on May 16, there were problems with loading gadgets on some wikis due to a server problem. [63]

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07:18, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2014-22

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf6) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 22. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 27, and all Wikipedias on May 29 (calendar).
• MediaViewer will be enabled on all Wikisource wikis on May 29, and on the German (de) and English (en) Wikipedias on June 3. Feedback is welcome.

VisualEditor news

• VisualEditor's welcome message and wikitext warning now say that you can switch to source mode editing and keep your edits without saving them. [64] [65] [66] [67]
• A bug that caused files not to appear after saving edits in the File: namespace was fixed last week. [68] [69]
• VisualEditor tabs will no longer appear in namespaces where VisualEditor is disabled. [70] [71]
• It is now possible to edit inline images with VisualEditor; many minor bugs related to images have also been fixed. [72]
• VisualEditor will no longer convert spaces to underscores inside links to pages in namespaces that include spaces in their names. [73]

Future software changes

• Wikimedia Labs will stop working for about 10 minutes around 18:00 UTC on May 30 due to a server upgrade. [74]
• It will soon no longer be possible to upload different files under the same name at the same time using the UploadWizard tool. [75] [76]
• Links to TIFF, DjVu or PDF files created with the syntax [[File:Name.ext|thumb|page 15 is my favourite]] will now show an image caption if there is any text after page number; previously they caused the given page to appear. [77] [78] [79]
• You will soon see information about global blocks for IP addresses on their contributions page on your local wiki. [80] [81]

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08:29, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-23

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf7) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 29. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on June 3, and to all Wikipedias on June 5 (calendar).
• CirrusSearch was enabled as the primary search method on all Wikipedias with less than 100,000 pages on May 30. [82]

VisualEditor news

• Templates that redirect to other templates now get the TemplateData of their target. [83]
• The toolbar of the PageTriage extension will no longer be visible after you save an edit with VisualEditor. [84] [85]
• VisualEditor now checks if your browser supports SVG files to avoid displaying broken icons. [86]
• There is now a new type for TemplateData parameters: date for dates and times in the ISO 8601 format. [87]

Future software changes

• MediaViewer will be enabled on the German (de) and English (en) Wikipedias on June 3. Feedback is welcome.
• You will soon see a warning if you visit a contributions page for a user that does not exist. [88] [89]
• The search tab will soon be removed from user preferences. You will be able to set your search preferences on Special:Search. [90] [91]
• You will soon see a label next to the little triangle arrow for the Actions menu in the Vector skin (screenshot). [92] [93]

Problems

• For about 20 minutes on May 29, all wikis were broken due to a configuration error. [94]

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08:07, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-26

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf10) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 19. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on June 24, and to all Wikipedias on June 26 (calendar).

VisualEditor news

• You can now drag-and-drop selections of content, not just files and templates. [95] [96]
• When dragging an item, you will now see a line that helps you to drop it. [97] [98]
• You can now only move an image to the start of a paragraph, not to the middle of it, so you don't accidentally split it. [99] [100]
• You will now be warned if you add wikitext to file captions and references. [101] [102]

Future software changes

• You will no longer be able to upload files on wikis that do not have any copyright tags. [103] [104]
• CirrusSearch will be enabled as the primary search method on additional 70 new wikis, including Meta-Wiki and Wikimedia Incubator, during the next week. [105]
• CirrusSearch results will soon take into account categories, the first paragraph and the wikitext of a page. You will also be able to use regular expressions to search the wikitext. It will take a few days for the changes to be enabled on all wikis. [106]
• You will soon be able to watch translations for e-mail notifications without receiving an e-mail when they are reviewed by another translator. [107] [108]
• An IRC meeting to organize old high priority MediaWiki bug reports will take place on June 24 at 17:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion). [109]

Problems

• On June 19, all wikis were broken for about 15 minutes due to a high server load.
• Between June 13 and June 15 there were problems with the scaling of video files due to a configuration error. [110]

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07:20, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-25

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Reminder

• You can subscribe to the wikitech-ambassadors mailing list to get news more quickly and to send feedback or report problems.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf9) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 12. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on June 17, and to all Wikipedias on June 19 (calendar).
• You can now read a summary of the Wikimedia technical report for May 2014.

VisualEditor news

• You can now easily see the target of a link or other information using the context menu. [111]
• When you edit a reference, you can now empty it and click the "use an existing reference" button to switch it to re-use another reference. [112] [113]
• You can now add and edit {{DISPLAYTITLE}} and __DISAMBIG__ in the page settings menu. [114] [115] [116] [117]
• The tool to insert special characters is now wider and simpler; the order of mathematical symbols is now correct. [118] [119] [120]

Future software changes

• Media Viewer will be enabled by default on all wikis on June 19. Feedback is welcome. [121]
• You will no longer be able to use navigation popups and Hovercards at the same time. [122]
• You will no longer see image thumbnails on search results pages on Wikibooks and Wikisource wikis. [123] [124]
• It will soon be possible to globally rename global (SUL) users. [125] [126]
• Tablet users will be redirected to the mobile view of Wikimedia wikis starting on June 17. [127]
• The special page that lists most linked-to templates will soon include pages from all namespaces; it will also be renamed to Special:MostTranscludedPages. [128]
• An IRC discussion about Phabricator will take place on June 17 at 17:30 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion). You can also read a blog post about the upcoming switch to Phabricator.
• You can now comment on the draft 2014-15 goals of the Wikimedia Foundation engineering department. [129]

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07:13, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2014)

Reconstruction of the head of Java Man Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Java Man Previous selections: Anubis • National Library of China Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 01:45, 30 June 2014 (UTC) •

Translation notification: Wikimedia Highlights, May 2014

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Tech News: 2014-27

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf11) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 26. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 1, and to all Wikipedias on July 3 (calendar).

VisualEditor news

• Context menus in VisualEditor will no longer flicker and disappear when you insert a new reference, formula, image, etc. [130] [131]
• A bug that prevented relocating items due to cache was fixed last week. [132] [133]
• VisualEditor will no longer scroll to the bottom of the page when you try to edit section 0. When you try to add a formula, VisualEditor will no longer scroll to the top of the page. [134] [135] [136] [137]
• Links to category pages or file pages added with VisualEditor will now work correctly. [138] [139]

Future software changes

• You will no longer be able to upload files on wikis that do not have any copyright tags. [140] [141]
• Toolserver tools will be stopped on June 30. Please make sure to change gadgets that link to the Toolserver to point to Tool Labs instead.
• CirrusSearch will be enabled on June 30 as the primary search method on 34 new wikis, including the Czech (cs), Danish (da), Finnish (fi) and Hebrew (he) Wikipedias. [142]
• All Wikimedia wikis will be using a security method called perfect forward secrecy starting on July 1. If you see a problem, please report it. [143] [144]
• Starting on July 1, it will be possible to globally rename global (SUL) users. [145]
• You will soon see block information when you visit the contributions page or try to edit the user page or user talk page of a user who is affected by an IP range block. [146] [147]
• You will soon be able to use {{!}} as a magic word to produce the pipe character, for instance for use in tables. [148]

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06:53, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2014-28

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Tech News updates

• We are looking for contributors to help write a new issue every week. If you would like to help, please contact us.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf12) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 3. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 8, and to all Wikipedias on July 10 (calendar).
• CirrusSearch was enabled on July 1 as the primary search method on 36 new wikis, including the Norwegian (no), Portuguese (pt) and Ukrainian (uk) Wikipedias. [149]
• It is now possible to create Atom or RSS feeds for Word of the Day, Word of the Week and similar entries on Wiktionary wikis. [150] [151]
• You can now use a graphical interface to edit TemplateData information on the English (en), French (fr) and Italian (it) Wikipedias. [152] [153]

VisualEditor news

• Saving an edit with VisualEditor will now be much faster. [154] [155]
• You can now add a caption when you add a file to a page with VisualEditor. You can also change the file to a different one and keep the existing caption. [156] [157] [158]
• When you switch to the Edit source tab, you are now asked to keep your changes. You no longer need to find the option in the menus. [159] [160] [161]
• The reference tool that adds empty <ref></ref> tags is now at the bottom of the Cite menu, below references that use templates like {{Cite web}}. [162]
• Context menus will no longer be shown over items that you can edit directly, for example formulæ. [163] [164] [165]

Future software changes

• Starting on July 9, it will be possible to globally rename global (SUL) users. The feature was first scheduled for July 1, but was delayed due to bugs.
• A plan to enable CirrusSearch as the primary search method on the 11 largest Wikimedia wikis has now been prepared. [166]
• If you use references on a page, you will soon always see them at the bottom of the page, even if you forget to add the <references /> tag (or a template). [167] [168]
• Black-and-white XCF images will soon display correctly. [169] [170]
• Description pages of SVG files will soon always show download links for multiple resolutions (example). The links were previously shown only for SVG files in large original resolutions. [171] [172]

Problems

• Between July 2-3, there were problems with loading pages on multiple wikis due to a configuration issue. [173] [174]
• For a few hours on July 1, there were problems with uploading new files on Wikimedia Commons due to a configuration error. [175] [176]

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07:07, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Greenwood Cemetery

OK, I took a look at the article. I found a couple of problems you need to deal with. 1) That photo you used, which you uploaded as "own work" - how is that possible? And... taken in 1994??? 2) There is a lot of direct copying or close paraphrasing, for example from here. That will have to be reworded so that is it in your own words. Also the "notable interments" is copied from here. 3) I think you should actually add more from the Greenwood Cemetery site: the fact that he became an undertaker (especially if Taylor Funeral Company is still in business, which it sounds like it might be), and that he left the cemetery to his church and it is still run by a nonoprofit. 4) In one place you say it is the first African American cemetery in Nashville, and in another place you say it is the second oldest such cemetery - need to straighten that out.

Now: since you were concerned about the length, it sounds like you are planning to send it to DYK. I don't really recommend that. DYK is seriously broken right now. Instead of someone reviewing it and that's that, there are a lot of people adding additional comments and requirements even after the item has been approved. Lots of second-guessing and third-guessing, sometimes even pulling the item out of the queue after it has already been scheduled. You can see the process in action at my last two DYK nominations, here and here. And you can see lots of discussion about it here. Bottom line is I don't recommend submitting DYK nominations until things calm down. Of course there is no rush since you still have this in userspace. You could wait a while before launching it as an article - to see if DYK stops being so unfriendly. But I am seriously not recommending DYK right now. --MelanieN (talk) 22:36, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

@MelanieN: Melanie, I have solved those problems.

1. That photo you used, which you uploaded as "own work" - how is that possible?

A. I don't know anything how commons work. Copyright of image is confusing. I have got it some where in the internet. I polished the image by Picasa and uploaded it. I was unaware of the "deliberate work" policy. The date is actually my date of birth Whenever I edit a photo through Picasa software, it adds my personal information in Meta data. And when uploaded, the informations appear here. I have placed a deletion tag, it will be deleted shortly. Jim Carter ^(talk) 09:55, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

1. There is a lot of direct copying or close paraphrasing, for example from here.

A. When creating an article. I generally copy text from other website and paste it in the edit box. Then I start rewriting the text by my own words. Once it is complete, I save the page. But in this case, I forgot to do a complete rewrite. Now I have rewritten the draft. Please take a look.

1. I think you should actually add more from the Greenwood Cemetery site: the fact that he became an undertaker (especially if Taylor Funeral Company is still in business, which it sounds like it might be), and that he left the cemetery to his church and it is still run by a nonoprofit

A. I will add it.

1. In one place you say it is the first African American cemetery in Nashville, and in another place you say it is the second oldest such cemetery - need to straighten that out.0

A. I think you haven't read it properly. Taylor have founded one cemetery and a park. I have mentioned it on the draft. The park i.e. Greenwood Park, was the first African American Park in Nashville and Greenwood cemetery was the second oldest cemetery for African American in Nashville. Haven't you noticed Park and Cemetery??

Hmm. I have also seen the discussion on Dennis's talk page. I will wait untill things come down. I don't understand why people poke there nose on every good stuff. You have done a great job on your DYKs and I'm sure it passes all the criteria untill someone adds extra rules in the criteria. Thank you for the message. Jim Carter ^(talk) 09:55, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

P. S Please take a look on the draft now. Jim Carter ^(talk) 09:55, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Hey, I'm sorry for the way I just dumped all these corrections on you. That was kind of harsh. I must have been spending too much time at DYK and their style rubbed off on me. :-( Anyhow, thanks for the changes. I have never really understood images and copyright policy here myself, but I am under the impression that "own work" means you actually took the photo - and I wondered how you had pulled that off! You are good, but... 0;-D Now it is clear about the park and the cemetery. Preston Taylor was quite a guy, wasn't he? One thing that strikes me (although it can't go in the article, it would be Original Research): if he was born to slave parents in Louisiana in 1849, he must have been a slave himself! and freed by the Emancipation Proclamation when he was a teenager. And went on to do very well for himself and his community. Wish I knew more about him - sounds like an inspiring story. Anyhow the cemetery he founded is certainly notable and this article will be a good addition to Wikipedia. (I wonder if the park still exists?) --MelanieN (talk) 15:14, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

@MelanieN: Melanie, that was not harsh. You are good as always. I know you are frustrated by the system, but remember poisonous environment can never live forever. I assure you that DYK will get back its original friendly environment. I'm more concerned about newbie’s; they will never like that unfriendly place. They might even get involved in personal attacks which are very bad for Wikipedia. Anyways, I have a suggestion for you. Take some rest, I'm not telling this as a fellow editor. But personally, you should take some rest and keep yourself away from DYK for some time. I don't want my friend to become rude like them. You were good, you are good and I have full confidence that their style is not going to affect your kindness. :-)

Actually I have uploaded through this link by my mobile. And I can't find any copyright tags other than {{Own work}}. Actually the process is very confusing. I was thinking to create an article about very inspiring, Preston Taylor. He seems to be notable. I'm also interested in creating the Greenwood park article. Jim Carter ^(talk) 07:31, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Do it! And here's a great resource for your article: http://ww2.tnstate.edu/library/digital/taylorp.htm There even appears to be a community or housing development in Nashville named for him: Preston Taylor Homes. Have fun! --MelanieN (talk) 14:00, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Melanie: Hmm thanks for the resource. I will create all those eligable articles which don't have one. I just now saw the museum article's DYK. I'm very unhappy on how EENG is messing everything, very unhappy. I thought of creating and sending lots of articles at DYK. But no, I will never take part in DYK untill this kind on things permanently stops. Jim Carter ^(talk) 19:36, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Social norms

Aloha. I recently read about the mass messaging incident you were involved in. I know you were trying to help Anna, but do you understand the concept of social norms? On Wikipedia, many editors do not like to be contacted with automated messages. It's within the realm of possibility that by doing so, you angered a lot of people who then visited the Village Pump and voted "oppose" because they were upset about the unsolicited message you sent, not necessarily because they felt strongly about Anna's proposal. So for example, it's possible that if you had not sent out such a message, there might not have been such strong opposition to Anna's idea. It's important to remember 1) your audience, and 2) how you address them. Contacting a thousand admins with an unsolicited message goes against our social norms, even if you and I think it is harmless. Just something to think about the next time you decide to take the initiative. This is a variation on "it's not what you say, it's how you say it". For more information, please read Wikipedia:Canvassing. Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 20:07, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

I forgot to mention, in the future, please ask the person you are trying to help first. Obviously, Anna said she doesn't want you to help her, but this applies to everyone, not just Anna. Always ask first. Viriditas (talk) 04:28, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, Viriditas. I agree. There's a good life lesson here. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:08, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you Viriditas for your kind message. I understand... And I'm really very sorry for that. I will never ever ever ever click on Send mass message link untill there is a BLD on our project. (We only send messages to those who opt-in them here)

I'm never going to help any one again. Every time, I try to help; something wrong happens. Thank you again Viriditas for the message.

Anna Frodesiak I'm sorry again Jim Carter ^(talk) 05:47, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

No need to be sorry any more and no need to go to extremes. The best plan is to do what I did: take a long, long time to learn about something before helping others in that area, and spend a long, long time watching how others do things in the community. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:51, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Anna Frodesiak honestly I'm a bit unlucky not only here but in my real life too. I try to help = something goes wrong. So I decided not to help. But I will obey what you said earlier; i.e creating lots of article. Yes, I have started creating articles and Philg88 has always helped me with copyediting etc. Thank you very much Viriditus & Anna, I will never forget what you both said. Jim Carter ^(talk) 06:09, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Try to change the way you think. If you think you are unlucky, you will be unlucky. Viriditas (talk) 07:06, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Jim, what is your favorite food? (There is a reason I'm asking.) Viriditas (talk) 06:03, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

@Viriditas: Let me think... Maybe Chicken burger. But why? Jim Carter ^(talk) 06:25, 2 June 2014 (UTC) Jim Carter ^(talk) 06:36, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Great. So, if you have a bad chicken burger at a restaurant, do you say, "I will never have a chicken burger ever again!" Or do you wait a while and then try another one, maybe at a better restaurant? All I'm saying is, just because you had bad "luck" helping people, maybe the problem isn't helping people itself (just like the problem isn't all chicken burgers, just the one chicken burger you had that was bad) but the way you go about helping people (like the way you visited the restaurant. Would you keep going back to the same place that served you bad food?) So, if maybe the way you are helping people isn't working, instead of never helping people ever again, what would happen if you changed the way you help? I said that maybe you should ask others next time, if they need help. And Anna said, try to learn more about Wikipedia before you help others, that way you will be knowledgeable and experienced and in a position where you will help others from a place of wisdom, rather than ignorance. In the same way, if you do some research on chicken burgers and find out who makes the best ones or better yet, how to make them yourself, then you can guarantee that you will have the best chicken burger ever. And there's no need to go back to the restaurant that served you the bad chicken burger in the past. So, change the way you help people, ask people if they want help first, and help people from a place of knowledge and experience. But let's face facts. Sometimes bad things happen. Sometimes you will get burned or hurt helping people. The beautiful Clare Boothe Luce once said, "No good deed goes unpunished". This is a popular expression in America. There's also a film, Pay It Forward, (based on a book) that you might enjoy that gives credence to this quip. Viriditas (talk) 07:22, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Very much inspirational and a good lesson. Thank you Viriditas for those precious words. I'm happy that I have friends like you. I will never forget what you said. And BTW can I use your above message as quotation in my userpage? Jim Carter ^(talk) 09:29, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Let's keep it as a conversation just between friends. Instead of glorifying our words, let's try to glorify our lives and relationships with others and the world. Instead of attaching significance to our words, let's make our actions important. We don't need to pat ourselves on the back, we simply have to do the hard work of becoming better people, more involved, more open to each other, and more human. Viriditas (talk) 22:34, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Very good words, honestly Viriditas, you are a true Wikipedian. I'm happy and glad that you are my friend. Please keep my talk page on your watchlist so that if I mistake again (I will try not to make a mistake but if I ever), you can help me. Thank you very very much. Jim Carter ^(talk) 13:41, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

My user rights

What are you doing with my user rights and why? Who asked you to change my user rights at Test Wiki? I NEVER use it. Also be informed "trusted user" with 0 revert is not a reason to grant rollback rights. --Tito☸Dutta 13:29, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Titodutta Restored. I was testing something. Jim Carter ^(talk) 13:37, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

• That means another email notification. There is nothing to test in most/all of the admin tools. Those protect/unprotect/delete/unelete tools are much simpler than Twinkle. Do one thing, create your own Wiki with Mediawiki sotware and test anything and everything you want, not on other users' accounts. --Tito☸Dutta 13:43, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

No no @Titodutta:... I know how it works. But actually someone has created a tool that will change user right on a single click. So I was testing it. And I think you will not get two notifications until you login yourself at test wiki. BTW I don't know how MediaWiki software works. Jim Carter ^(talk) 13:58, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Jim, please remember to ask first. If you are interested in learning how MediaWiki software works, simply download it and start hacking away. It's easy to download and install. Viriditas (talk) 22:43, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

This was not my fault, the script was very confusing. Do you know how to install the software? I can't find any installer in the .zip? Jim Carter ^(talk) 13:47, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Everything you need to know is here. Viriditas (talk) 23:24, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2014)

File:Elmo-cockpit xltn.jpg The Tickle Me Elmo toy was based on the Sesame Street character Elmo Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Tickle Me Elmo Previous selections: Amazon Basin • Film criticism Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:09, 9 June 2014 (UTC) •

This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2014)

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This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2014)

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This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2014)

Fresh produce in a grocery store Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Grocery store Previous selections: Exploration • Festival Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of Evad37 (talk) 11:39, 28 April 2014 (UTC) •

Edit summary

What's with the edit summary "added orphan tag; using AWB" when you added this section on Mr. Stradivarius' talk page? --AmaryllisGardener ^talk 12:56, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Oops sorry AmaryllisGardener, I haven't noticed. Actually I was using WP:AWB and the default edit summary was set as added orphan tag; using AWB; And when adding the section I forgot to change it, hence its showing that. Sorry again. Jim Carter ^(talk) 13:17, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

That's okay, I figured it was something like that. --AmaryllisGardener ^talk 13:20, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

I will take more care while using AWB. Thank you. :) Jim Carter ^(talk) 13:25, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Please read the WP:AWB rules of use, esp. #4. Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 11:01, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Ah...sorry Lugnuts, thank you for bring it to my attention. Jim Carter ^(talk) 11:23, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Dear Jim, three times today and yesterday, you have edited an article I created and the edit summary did not match the edit [177] [178] [179]. Also two changes of these edits did not change anything in the article besides spacebars and capital letters, which is an unnecessary edit. I do not know English guidelines, but on the Dutch Wikipedia these edits are not allowed when using a bot or AWB. Thanks for your attention. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 11:13, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi Taketa thank you for the message, I guess my AWB is having a problem i.e. It automatically saving minor changes, I will not use it any more. Thank you for bringing it to my notice. Jim Carter ^(talk) 11:19, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Looks like you are still using AWB - and it is still adding inappropriate edit summaries.[180] I suspect this tool is causing you more problems than it is solving. --MelanieN (talk) 15:15, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

O.. I again forgot to change the edit summary. Damn! Jim Carter ^(talk) 15:45, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

AWB addicted :P Jim Carter ^(talk) 17:07, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2014)

Arches were used in Ancient Roman architecture to build aqueducts, such as the Aqueduct of Segovia Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Ancient Roman architecture Previous selections: Consumer electronics • Raven Tales Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:03, 15 September 2014 (UTC) •

Sorry to be blunt

I agreed and promised not to use AWB to fix typo, matter ends there

Sorry to be blunt, but since you seem to be brushing away every previous occasion someone points out your abuse of automated tools, I'm going to have to do this formally: This is a final warning, and if you continue to misuse WP:AWB I will request that your access to automated tools be withdrawn. You're clearly machine-gunning the "save" button without bothering to check the "corrections" you're making. Today alone (I haven't checked previous days) you've 'corrected' Dick Stealy's name to "Steally", corrected a typo without noticing that the sentence in which it was situated was gibberish (this sounds trivial but it's a real issue, as it makes it much harder to identify and clean up after problem editors), again failed to notice that a sentence was gibberish while additionally changing one hyphenated date-range to an en-dash without changing the others, made a "grammar fix" that doesn't make the least sense and replaced a still-comprehensible typo with nonsense. AWB isn't a fire-and-forget tool, and YOU NEED TO CHECK EVERY EDIT YOU MAKE BEFORE YOU PRESS SAVE. Please, stop doing this, as while I've no doubt at all you're acting in good faith, you're starting to slip well onto the wrong side of the line between "well intentioned with the occasional error" and "disruptive editor who refuses to learn from their mistakes". See Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Rich Farmbrough for an idea of where this is likely to be heading if you don't slow down and understand that one well-considered edit is of a lot more value than a dozen rushed ones. Mogism (talk) 19:47, 26 September 2014 (UTC) @Mogism: Thanks for the note. And I can obviously brush away previous messages as I have read them per OWNTALK. Some of the above edits are AWB issues (ex: name changing) we should report it. And the others are my fault, sorry and I promise not to use AWB for typo fixing. Thank you for your message. Jim Carter (from public cyber) 20:04, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2014)

Arches were used in Ancient Roman architecture to build aqueducts, such as the Aqueduct of Segovia Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Ancient Roman architecture Previous selections: Ancient Roman architecture • Consumer electronics Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:03, 22 September 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-36

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• You can now test a new Beta Feature to see links to other wikis in the sidebar. The links come from Wikidata. [181] [182]
• You can now search pages that link to a page. Use the linksto: keyword in your search. [183] [184]
• A redirect to a section now changes the URL in the address bar of your browser. If "Dog" redirects to "Animals#Dog", you now see "Animals#Dog" instead of "Dog#Dog". [185] [186]
• If you are testing Flow, you now have a Flow tab in your Notifications. It is called "Messages". [187]

VisualEditor news

• You can no longer delete required fields in templates. [188]
• We fixed many Internet Explorer bugs. If you use Internet Explorer 11, you will get VisualEditor next week. Support for earlier versions is coming next. [189] [190] [191]
• VisualEditor now looks better in Monobook. [192]
• We fixed a bug where some of your typing could be undone when you used "cut" (Ctrl+X). [193]
• You will no longer see empty or deleted categories among the suggestions when you add a category. [194]

Future software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf19) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 2, and on all Wikipedias on September 4 (calendar).
• There is a proposal to build a database on Commons for file data. It will make it easier to see the author, license and topics. You can give feedback on this idea. You can also come to the IRC chat on September 3 at 18:00 (UTC) in #wikimedia-office at freenode. [195]
• You can give feedback on Media Viewer until September 7. You can say what needs to be improved and ask other people to give feedback too. [196]
• You can test a new version of the tool to show math. It uses MathML. Report bugs in bugzilla.
• You will no longer be able to upload images from the mobile site. [197]

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Tech News: 2014-41

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 use the phab: and phabricator: interwikis to link to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org. [198] [199]
• Some wikis have a template to track bugs in Bugzilla. You should update it to work with Phabricator. You can look at the one on mediawiki.org to see how. [200] [201]
• You can look at Special:MediaStatistics to see what kind of files are on your wiki. [202]
• A new tool can now create thumbnails of large TIFF images. This concerns files larger than 50 megapixels. These thumbnails are also sharpened. You can comment on Commons. [203]
• The Media Viewer tool has a clearer link to the file page. It also has buttons to download, share and embed the file. You can enlarge images by clicking on them. [204]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf2) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since 2 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 7 October, and on all Wikipedias from 9 October (calendar).
• If you make a code mistake when editing a Lua script, you won't be able to save your edit. [205] [206]
• We fixed some more Internet Explorer bugs. If you use Internet Explorer 10, you will be able to use VisualEditor next week. Support for earlier versions is coming next. [207]
• On Thursday, the tool to edit TemplateData will come to 30 more wikis. [208] [209]
• You can help sort bugs in the Book and PDF export tool on October 8. [210]
• 1% of logged-out readers are getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. [211]

Future changes

• You can look at the plan of the Mobile team for their future work. [212]
• More changes to Media Viewer are coming. It will be easier to disable it, and you will see the caption below the image. [213] [214]

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This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2014)

Seasoned and chargrilled lamb fillet steak Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Steak Previous selections: International airport • Ancient Roman architecture Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:03, 6 October 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-40

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 software changes

• On Commons, you can now see what files are most used across all wikis. You can also see the same list for deleted or uncreated files. [215] [216]
• There are now many more translations for language names. [217]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf1) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 30, and on all Wikipedias on October 2 (calendar).
• Errors from Scribunto (Lua) are now shown on the page. Before, you had to click on "Script error" to see them. [218] [219]
• You can add an "autovalue" for a field in TemplateData. When users add the template to a page, the value will be added automatically. An example is when a clean-up template shows the date it was added. [220]
• If you change a user preference but don't save it, it now asks if you want to save it. [221] [222]
• The PDF export tool has changed. The new one has better language support but it doesn't offer ZIM and EPUB formats. [223]

Future changes

• You can watch a video showing Phabricator, the new tool to track bugs. You can also read more about the move from Bugzilla.
• JavaScript authors: Many old methods will be removed soon. Please check your scripts and gadgets and replace the old methods by the new ones if needed. [224]

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Tech News: 2014-20

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf4) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on May 8. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 13, and all Wikipedias on May 15 (calendar).

VisualEditor news

• A new citation system in VisualEditor was enabled on the English Wikipedia. It will soon be enabled on more wikis. [225]
• Templates that were previously broken in VisualEditor should now appear correctly. [226]

Future software changes

• It will soon be possible to move category description pages. Pages in changed categories will still have to be moved independently. [227] [228]
• You will soon be able to clear your watchlist with one click or through the API. [229] [230] [231] [232]
• You will soon be able to link to Flow posts and workflows with Special:Flow. [233] [234]
• The jQuery JavaScript library will soon be updated. Please check that your gadgets and scripts will still work. [235]
• The Vector skin will work faster, as the sidebar will no longer collapse partly after being loaded. [236] [237] [238]
• MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on Wikimedia Commons on May 15. Feedback is welcome.
• An IRC discussion about Phabricator will take place on May 14 at 18:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion). [239]
• Toolserver tools will be stopped on June 30. Please make sure to change gadgets that link to the Toolserver to point to Tool Labs instead. [240]

Problems

• There were problems with generating file thumbnails for all wikis between May 3 and May 6 due to a configuration error. [241] [242]

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Tech News: 2014-18

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf2) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on April 24. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on April 29, and all Wikipedias on May 1 (calendar).
• You can now use interwiki prefix c: to link to pages on Wikimedia Commons. [243]

VisualEditor news

• You will soon be able to set content language and direction with VisualEditor. [244]
• VisualEditor now works on all Wikipedias after broken MediaWiki:Common.js pages (and similar) were fixed last week. [245]
• VisualEditor dialogs now use an animation of moving lines rather than animated GIF images.

Future software changes

• CirrusSearch will be enabled as a beta feature on 41 new wikis, including Meta-Wiki and the Swedish (sv), Russian (ru), Polish (pl), Japanese (ja) and Chinese (zh) Wikipedias next week. This change means that CirrusSearch will now be enabled on all Wikimedia wikis.
• MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on the French (fr) and Dutch (nl) Wikipedias on May 1. Feedback is welcome. [246]
• The mobile version of Wikimedia wikis will soon include filters to limit the number of uploaded files that are copyright violations. [247]
• CodeEditor will soon have a status bar about errors and warnings. [248] [249]
• You can test a new version of Winter, a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. Comments are welcome. [250]

Problems

• For about 30 minutes on April 21, there were problems with image scaling due to a high server load. [251] [252]
• On April 22, it was not possible to use the Collection extension for about 90 minutes due to a server move. [253] [254]

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This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2014)

Hopetoun Falls in Beech Forest, a forest in Australia Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Forests of Australia Previous selections: Travel documentary • Grocery store Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:06, 12 May 2014 (UTC) •

This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2014)

Roger Ebert, well known for his contributions to film criticism. Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Film criticism Previous selections: French Revolutionary Wars • Forests of Australia Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:04, 26 May 2014 (UTC) •

This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2014)

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, the world's first national park Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: National park Previous selections: Ice hotel • Central America Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:04, 27 October 2014 (UTC) •

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. You can read translations.

Recent changes

• You can test a new system to see math using MathML. Go to your display options and choose "⧼mw math mathml⧽".
• You can add badges in Wikidata for quality articles and featured lists. [258] [259]

File information cleanup

• You can join a wiki project to help tools read file information. It will help people reuse files.
• See how to fix metadata. You can fix it by adding markers to templates and adding templates to files.
• You can see a list of files missing machine-readable information on your wiki.
• The files missing readable data are also in these categories: no license, no description, no author or no source. [260]

Problems

• Developers fixed a security problem. If you use Internet Explorer 6, you won't be able to log in any more. You should use a newer browser. [261]

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf4) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 16. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 21, and on all Wikipedias from October 23 (calendar).
• 10% of logged-out readers are getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. You can also test it as a Beta Feature. [262]
• If you add the same parameter twice in a template, it now puts the page in a tracking category. [263] [264]

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13:48, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2014)

Inside an ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Ice hotel Previous selections: Central America • Steak Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:04, 20 October 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-42

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 software changes

• You can now log into Phabricator, the new tool to track bugs. Create your account and add your Bugzilla email address. We are copying the bugs from Bugzilla. Bugzilla is still open. [265] [266]
• You will now get the VisualEditor newsletter in your language if someone has translated it. You can add translations. You can know about the next translations by joining the translators list or asking Elitre (WMF).

Problems

• 10% of Tool Labs was down on October 7. [267]
• Tool Labs was also broken on October 11. [268]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf3) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since 9 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from 14 October, and on all Wikipedias from 16 October (calendar).
• 5% of logged-out readers are getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. You can also test it as a Beta Feature. [269]

Meetings

• You can join a meeting with Language developers on October 15, 2014 at 17:00 (UTC). [270]
• There is a proposal to organize file pages better. It would use the same tools as Wikidata. You can join a meeting about it on October 16, 2014 at 18:00 (UTC). [271]
• You can join a meeting about VisualEditor on October 18, 2014 at 18:00 (UTC). [272]

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08:54, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2014)

Central America is the geographic region that connects North America and South America. Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Central America Previous selections: Steak • International airport Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:04, 13 October 2014 (UTC) •

This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2014)

The Amazon Basin, pictured in yellow, holds the largest rainforest in the world. Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Amazon Basin Previous selections: Film criticism • French Revolutionary Wars Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:02, 2 June 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-24

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf8) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 5. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on June 10, and to all Wikipedias on June 12 (calendar).
• You can now use guided tours on the Arabic (ar), Bengali (bn) and Norwegian (no) Wikipedias. If you want this tool on your wiki, you need to translate it and ask in Bugzilla. [273] [274]

VisualEditor news

• You should no longer be able to add empty references with VisualEditor. [275] [276]
• The "use an existing reference" button in the reference tool is now shown as disabled, rather than hidden, when the reference has content. [277] [278] [279]
• You will now see category contents again after saving an edit to a category page with VisualEditor. [280] [281]

Future software changes

• MediaViewer will be enabled by default on all wikis on June 12. Feedback is welcome. [282]
• You will be able to use information from Wikidata directly in Wikiquote pages starting on June 10. [283]
• On wikis with the Translate extension enabled, translation administrators will soon be able to use the page migration tool to import existing translations to the new system. [284] [285]
• You will soon see metadata on file description pages for Ogg files (example video, example audio). Some metadata with non-English characters may need to be purged or transcoded to UTF-8 before they show correctly. [286] [287]
• Templates containing <ref> or <references> tags will no longer need dummy parameters to prevent caching. [288] [289] [290]
• You will no longer be able to use Special:Thanks directly. The page will soon show an error message when you visit it. [291] [292]
• Hovercards will no longer flicker. [293]

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07:39, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2014)

Stir frying in a wok Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Stir frying Previous selections: Java Man • Anubis Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:05, 7 July 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-28

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Tech News updates

• We are looking for contributors to help write a new issue every week. If you would like to help, please contact us.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf12) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 3. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 8, and to all Wikipedias on July 10 (calendar).
• CirrusSearch was enabled on July 1 as the primary search method on 36 new wikis, including the Norwegian (no), Portuguese (pt) and Ukrainian (uk) Wikipedias. [294]
• It is now possible to create Atom or RSS feeds for Word of the Day, Word of the Week and similar entries on Wiktionary wikis. [295] [296]
• You can now use a graphical interface to edit TemplateData information on the English (en), French (fr) and Italian (it) Wikipedias. [297] [298]

VisualEditor news

• Saving an edit with VisualEditor will now be much faster. [299] [300]
• You can now add a caption when you add a file to a page with VisualEditor. You can also change the file to a different one and keep the existing caption. [301] [302] [303]
• When you switch to the Edit source tab, you are now asked to keep your changes. You no longer need to find the option in the menus. [304] [305] [306]
• The reference tool that adds empty <ref></ref> tags is now at the bottom of the Cite menu, below references that use templates like {{Cite web}}. [307]
• Context menus will no longer be shown over items that you can edit directly, for example formulæ. [308] [309] [310]

Future software changes

• Starting on July 9, it will be possible to globally rename global (SUL) users. The feature was first scheduled for July 1, but was delayed due to bugs.
• A plan to enable CirrusSearch as the primary search method on the 11 largest Wikimedia wikis has now been prepared. [311]
• If you use references on a page, you will soon always see them at the bottom of the page, even if you forget to add the <references /> tag (or a template). [312] [313]
• Black-and-white XCF images will soon display correctly. [314] [315]
• Description pages of SVG files will soon always show download links for multiple resolutions (example). The links were previously shown only for SVG files in large original resolutions. [316] [317]

Problems

• Between July 2-3, there were problems with loading pages on multiple wikis due to a configuration issue. [318] [319]
• For a few hours on July 1, there were problems with uploading new files on Wikimedia Commons due to a configuration error. [320] [321]

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07:07, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2014)

Inserting blasting caps into blocks of C-4 Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: C-4 (explosive) Previous selections: Stir frying • Java Man Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:24, 14 July 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-29

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf13) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 10. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 15, and to all Wikipedias on July 17 (calendar).
• It is now possible to globally rename global (SUL) users. Please go to the username changes page on Meta if you want to rename your account on all wikis. [322] [323]
• You can now read a summary of the Wikimedia technical report for June 2014.
• You can now read the latest issue of the Wikidata newsletter and translate it into your language.

VisualEditor news

• The tool to add templates and citations will now work for templates that include HTML comments or templates in their titles. [324] [325]
• The button to make images full size should now work correctly. [326] [327] [328]
• References will now be shown in the default font size again. [329]

Future software changes

• CirrusSearch will be enabled as the primary search method on the Dutch (nl) and Japanese (ja) Wikipedias on July 14, and on the Polish (pl) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias on July 16. [330]
• The Special:Version page will soon show the exact version of MediaWiki and all extensions installed on your wiki (example). [331] [332]
• It will soon no longer be possible to order printed books of wiki articles via PediaPress. You will still be able to create PDF files. [333]
• Pages that use {{DISPLAYTITLE:''title''}} more than once will soon show a warning. You can use {{DISPLAYTITLE:''title''|noerror}} to hide it. [334] [335]
• Pages that have the list of references added automatically will soon be added to a tracking category. Administrators will be able to configure the name of the category on their wikis. [336] [337]
• Administrators will soon be able to easily merge histories of two pages using Special:MergeHistory. [338] [339]
• Administrators will soon see links to delete files on Special:ListFiles. [340]

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07:48, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2014)

A Jazz band plays in a park festival Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Jazz band Previous selections: C-4 (explosive) • Stir frying Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 03:02, 21 July 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-30

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf14) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 17. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 22, and to all Wikipedias on July 24 (calendar).
• CirrusSearch was removed as the primary search method from Wikimedia Commons and the Spanish (es) Wikipedia due to a high server load. The plan to enable it on the Dutch (nl), Japanese (ja), Polish (pl) and Russian (ru) Wikipedias was also postponed to a later date. [341] [342] [343]
• The tool that stores information about languages (CLDR) was updated to its latest version. You can still help translate language names into your own language so they can be used in the sidebar and other places. [344]
• Translation memory for newly translatable pages should now offer more suggestions. [345] [346]
• A tool to convert MediaWiki pages to LaTeX is now available on Tool Labs. [347]

VisualEditor news

• Tablet users visiting the mobile version of Wikimedia wikis will be able to use a special version of VisualEditor starting on July 31. You can test the new tool by choosing the beta version of the mobile view in the Settings menu. Feedback is welcome. [348]
• All windows in VisualEditor have now a new design. Main action buttons will always be located in the top bar and will use simple words rather than icons. [349]
• You can now easily open links inside the link editor, for example to see their target. [350]
• Several bugs related to the positioning of the cursor around some items (like images and references) were fixed last week. [351] [352] [353] [354] [355] [356]

Future software changes

• It will soon be possible to watch individual discussions in the Topic namespace rather than whole pages for talk pages using Flow. [357]
• You can give comments about the new version of Winter, a proposal to have a fixed toolbar at the top of wiki pages. [358]
• An IRC meeting to organize Pywikibot bugs will take place from July 24 to July 27 on the channel #pywikibot on freenode. [359]
• A request for comments on how to improve MediaWiki API was re-started on MediaWiki.org. Your feedback is welcome.

Problems

• Mailing lists were broken for about 16 hours between July 14 and July 15 due to a server problem. [360]

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07:42, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2014)

The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Vatican Library Previous selections: Jazz band • C-4 (explosive) Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 01:18, 28 July 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-31

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf15) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 24. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on July 29, and to all Wikipedias on July 31 (calendar).
• You can now download the latest version of the anti-vandalism tool Huggle.

VisualEditor news

• You can now create, edit, and view HTML comments in VisualEditor. [361] [362]
• The cancel button in VisualEditor toolbar has been removed. You can still use the Read tab and the Back button in your browser to cancel your edit. [363]
• If you try to use a template which has no suggested or required parameters in TemplateData, you will now be asked to add the parameters. [364] [365]
• You will no longer be able to edit a page if you can't create it, for example on pages protected against recreation. [366] [367]

Future software changes

• You will soon be able to filter Meta-Wiki's user rights log by wiki and user. [368] [369]
• Wikidata will soon be able to store data about article status, for example "good article" or "featured article". If your wiki has highlighted content, please make sure it is on Wikidata's list. [370]
• It will soon be possible to directly create empty pages, for example in the user namespace. [371] [372]

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08:09, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2014)

Lucky the Dinosaur at Walt Disney World was the first animatronic creation to walk on land Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Animatronics Previous selections: Vatican Library • Jazz band Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:03, 4 August 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-32

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Tech News updates

• Tech News will be presented at the Wikimania 2014 conference in London! If you will be attending the conference, please join us in Auditorium 2 at 14:30 local time on Sunday, August 10.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf16) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 31. Due to the Wikimania 2014 conference, it will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (calendar). [373]
• You can now test a new tool to render wiki pages as PDF files. [374] [375] [376]
• You can now download an update to the archive of Wikimedia Commons files (uploaded up to December 31, 2013). If you have free space on your computer, please help preserve the files. [377]
• New users using the mobile Commons site now need to make 75 edits before they can upload a file. [378] [379]

VisualEditor news

• You will no longer see an edit confirmation message after making a null edit with VisualEditor. [380] [381]
• VisualEditor will no longer change underscores to spaces in category sort keys. [382]
• Many bugs that resulted in inserting the pawn and snowman symbols were fixed last week. [383] [384] [385] [386]
• Several bugs related to the use of references were also fixed. [387] [388] [389] [390]

Future software changes

• You will soon have a user option to watch pages where you revert edits. [391] [392]
• All Toolserver data will be deleted in September. If you want to back up your data, contact Toolserver administrators before August 31. [393]
• Pages in the Translations: namespace on wikis using the Translate extension will no longer be indexed by search engines. [394]

Problems

• Wikivoyage wikis were broken for about 45 minutes on July 29 due to a configuration problem. [395]
• Some users were not able to log in on test wikis and MediaWiki.org between July 31 and August 1. The problem is now fixed. [396]

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07:37, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2014)

Sheridan Le Fanu was one of the leading ghost story writers of the nineteenth century Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Ghost story Previous selections: Animatronics • Vatican Library Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:01, 11 August 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-33

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• Due to the Wikimania 2014 conference, there were no MediaWiki changes this week. The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf16) will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (calendar). [397]
• Bureaucrats on all Wikivoyage wikis are no longer able to merge two accounts into one. [398]

VisualEditor news

• Tablet users visiting the mobile version of non-Wikipedia wikis will be able to use VisualEditor starting on August 12. The feature will also be enabled on all Wikipedias on August 14. [399]

Future software changes

• Internet Explorer 6 users will soon see a JavaScript-free version of Wikimedia wikis; JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work on that browser. If you use Internet Explorer 6, make sure to update to a newer browser! [400] [401] [402]
• If you visit a special page that requires you to be logged-in, you will soon be automatically redirected to the log-in page instead of seeing a warning. [403] [404]
• You will now always see recent changes to the source language text when editing a translation with the Translate extension. [405] [406]
• An IRC meeting to discuss VisualEditor will take place on August 14 at 09:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion). [407]

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07:43, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2014)

A historical map of West Africa from 1707 Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: History of West Africa Previous selections: Ghost story • Animatronics Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:11, 18 August 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-34

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf17) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on August 19, and on all Wikipedias on August 21 (calendar).
• There is a new protection level called superprotection. At the moment, only some Wikimedia Foundation employees have access to it. Administrators can't edit "superprotected" pages. [408] [409] [410]
• You can now create empty pages directly. A message asks you to confirm that you want to create an empty page. [411] [412]
• You can search for Wikimedia tools using a new list of tools. [413]
• You can watch the first videos from Wikimania 2014. Some of them are about technical topics. More videos will come later.

Wikidata

• After August 19, you can use Wikidata for inter language links on Wikinews. [414]
• After August 19, you can use Wikidata for badges like "good" or "featured" articles. Next week, you will be able to show the badges in the article sidebar on Wikipedia, Wikisource and Wikiquote. [415]

Problems

• There was an issue with ProofreadPage and WikiEditor on Wikisource wikis. It is now fixed. [416] [417]

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07:17, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2014)

A solar flare erupts from the Sun, an example of solar activity. Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Solar activity Previous selections: History of West Africa • Ghost story Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:03, 25 August 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-35

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

VisualEditor news

• There was a error when you put your cursor directly after a reference list. It is now fixed. [418]
• You can now add colors to links in the editor using gadgets. You can do this to see links to redirects or disambiguation pages. [419]
• If you use Internet Explorer, you will soon be able to use VisualEditor. [420] [421] [422]

Future software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf18) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 21. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on August 26, and on all Wikipedias on August 28 (calendar).
• After August 26, you will have a central JavaScript and CSS page. They will be on Meta-Wiki and will work on all wikis. Read more on the help page. [423]

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09:21, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2014)

A Nunivak Cup'ig man with raven maskette – in the Raven Tales the raven is the Creator god Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Raven Tales Previous selections: Solar activity • History of West Africa Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:01, 1 September 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-44

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

• There was an issue with files from Commons on October 21. You could only see those with names between 140 and 159 characters by visiting Commons itself. [424]
• There was a problem with cut and paste in VisualEditor in Firefox. It was fixed quickly. [425]
• There was a problem with editing math in VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [426]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will now come to Wikipedia sites every Wednesday, instead of every Thursday. [427]
• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf5) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 28, and on all Wikipedias from October 29 (calendar).
• VisualEditor now uses autovalues for templates if they are in TemplateData. [428] [429] [430]
• VisualEditor's menu items now show their shortcuts beside them. [431]
• VisualEditor now opens faster when you click "edit". [432]
• The rules for plurals in translations changed in some languages. Interface translations are currently not being updated from translatewiki.net; this process will start again on November 6. [433]

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05:20, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

==Halloween cheer!==

Happy Halloween!

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Hello Jim Cartar:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
    – The Herald 12:01, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Send Halloween cheer by adding {{subst:Happy Halloween}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.

Tech News: 2014-44

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

• There was an issue with files from Commons on October 21. You could only see those with names between 140 and 159 characters by visiting Commons itself. [434]
• There was a problem with cut and paste in VisualEditor in Firefox. It was fixed quickly. [435]
• There was a problem with editing math in VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [436]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will now come to Wikipedia sites every Wednesday, instead of every Thursday. [437]
• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf5) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 23. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 28, and on all Wikipedias from October 29 (calendar).
• VisualEditor now uses autovalues for templates if they are in TemplateData. [438] [439] [440]
• VisualEditor's menu items now show their shortcuts beside them. [441]
• VisualEditor now opens faster when you click "edit". [442]
• The rules for plurals in translations changed in some languages. Interface translations are currently not being updated from translatewiki.net; this process will start again on November 6. [443]

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05:20, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2014)

A pizza is an oven-baked flat bread typically topped with tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Pizza Previous selections: National park • Ice hotel Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:23, 3 November 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-38

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 software changes

• You can now change the style of links to disambiguation pages. This is done with the mw-disambig CSS class. [444] [445]
• There was a problem on right-to-left wikis with Wikidata log entries. The text was messy in watchlists and recent changes. The problem is now fixed. The same problem will be fixed soon for user names. [446] [447] [448]
• New users are randomly chosen for a test on 12 Wikipedias. They get messages with ideas of articles to edit. The ideas come from what they have already edited. [449]

Problems

• There was a problem with loading images on September 10. [450]

VisualEditor news

• If you don't select text when you add a link, the link now shows a number. [451]
• The citation tool no longer offers to reuse a citation if there are none on the page yet. [452] [453]
• You can now use help buttons in the "Page settings" menu to see what the options are for. [454]

Future software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf21) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 16, and on all Wikipedias on September 18 (calendar).
• These changes are coming with the new version:
  • If you use Internet Explorer 7, JavaScript will no longer work. JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work in that browser. You should update to a newer browser. [455] [456] [457]

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08:34, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2014)

The Mexico–United States border spans six Mexican states and four U.S. states, with a total length of 3,145 km (1,954 mi). Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Mexico–United States border Previous selections: Tourism in the Caribbean • Military technology Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:36, 1 December 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-47

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf8) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 12. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 18, and on all Wikipedias from November 19 (calendar).
• The new search tool ("CirrusSearch") will be on the English Wikipedia from November 19. [458]

Move from Bugzilla to Phabricator

• The tool to track bugs will change on November 21.
• You won't be able to add or edit bugs between November 21 and November 24.
• You can make the change easier for you by creating your account.
• Bugzilla will be frozen after the change. You will see, edit and report bugs in Phabricator.
• You can join two IRC chats to learn more about the change. The chats will be on Tuesday, November 18 at 16:00 (UTC) and 23:00 UTC. [459]

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18:28, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2014)

Military aviation and missile guidance are examples of modern military technology. Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Military technology Previous selections: Everyday life • Pizza Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:18, 17 November 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-46

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 software changes

• You may see a new tool on the mobile site of the English Wikipedia. It asks simple questions to make the article better. In the future, your answers will go to Wikidata. [460] [461]
• The MediaWiki API now shows information in a nice format. You can translate it in translatewiki.net. [462]

File information cleanup

• Reminder: You can help fix file information on your wiki. It will help robots understand the information. After that, it will be easier for you to search files and re-use them.
• You can join two IRC chats this week to learn more about the file cleanup project. One will be on Wednesday at 18:00 (UTC) and the other on Thursday at 04:00 (UTC). You can ask questions during the chat if you need help to fix files on your wiki.
• You can see a list of files to fix on the Labs tool. You can report bugs and ask questions on the talk page.

Problems

• Wikimedia Labs was broken for a few hours on Thursday. It was due to a hardware problem. [463]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf7) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 11, and on all Wikipedias from November 12 (calendar).
• You can now use more editing tools for tables in VisualEditor. You can add rows and columns, merge cells, and edit table captions. [464] [465]
• The style and insert menus in the toolbar of VisualEditor now show fewer tools. This helps you see the most common tasks. You can see all items by clicking "More". [466]
• The way windows inside VisualEditor work has changed. VisualEditor should be faster and have fewer bugs. [467]

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15:00, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2014)

Sleeping is part of everyday life Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Everyday life Previous selections: Pizza • National park Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:16, 10 November 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-45

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 software changes

• The "Special:Cite" page is now called "Special:CiteThisPage". That way, you know it's to cite the page, not to add a reference. [468]
• You can no longer use the insource: keyword for text searches. It caused issues with the new search tool. It will come back later. [469] [470]

Problems

• There was a bug in VisualEditor with Internet Explorer. It hid tools like the link editor when you opened them. The bug was fixed on Monday. [471]
• Issues with the new search tool caused geo data code to show up on pages on Monday and Friday. The mobile "nearby" tool was also broken. The problem is now fixed. [472] [473] [474]
• HHVM caused server issues on Thursday. They are now fixed.

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf5) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since October 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 4, and on all Wikipedias from November 5 (calendar).
• Some wikis have icons at the top of a page to show if it is protected or featured. Icons show up using CSS. You can now use the <indicator> tag in these templates instead to add the icons. [475] [476]
• VisualEditor now tells you if you're editing a re-used reference. This helps you avoid changing it if you just want to add a new one. [477]
• The icons in VisualEditor's template editor tool for adding more fields are back, along with other fixes. [478] [479] [480] [481] [482]
• After November 6, all wikis will have the tool to edit TemplateData. [483] [484] [485]

Future changes

• The new search tool will come to the last wikis in the coming weeks. This includes Wikipedia in French, Chinese, German and English. [486]

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17:28, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2014)

Aerial photograph of George Bush Intercontinental Airport, an international airport in Houston, United States Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: International airport Previous selections: Ancient Roman architecture • Ancient Roman architecture Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:03, 29 September 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2014-37

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

VisualEditor news

• From Thursday, Internet Explorer 11 users will get VisualEditor. Support for earlier versions is coming next. [487] [488] [489]

Future software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf20) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 9, and on all Wikipedias on September 11 (calendar).
• You will soon confirm a "Thanks" inline instead of in a dialog. [490]
• You can read more about the plan to move to Phabricator, a tool that will help people develop the MediaWiki software and report bugs. [491]

Problems

• There were problems with JavaScript and CSS on Friday, September 5 because of a code error.

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09:33, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2014)

File:Jvc gz-mg555-02.jpg A handheld camcorder ia a typical consumer electronics device Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Consumer electronics Previous selections: Raven Tales • Solar activity Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:02, 8 September 2014 (UTC) •

Translation notification: Single User Login finalisation announcement/RenameUser announcement

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Tech News: 2014-50

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 software changes

• All users are now getting pages from servers that run the HHVM tool. HHVM should make pages load faster. [492]
• You can join a video chat about Phabricator on December 11 at 18:00 (UTC). Phabricator is the new tool to report issues. [493]

Problems

• There was a problem with Phabricator on November 29. It was due to a network issue. [494]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf11) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since December 3. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from December 9. It will be on all Wikipedias from December 10 (calendar). [495]
• You can now exit VisualEditor by pressing the "Esc" key. [496]
• It is now easier to use VisualEditor with IMEs. Typing in Malayalam now works better. [497] [498]
• The new version of OOjs UI fixed many issues with the size and layout of buttons in dialogs. [499] [500] [501]
• (Lua) You can no longer use mw.text.unstrip to get the HTML from special page transclusion. You can see a list of scripts to fix. [502] [503]

Future changes

• Starting next week JavaScript tools won't work if they use jQuery Migrate. [504]

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17:11, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2014)

Game design is the art of creating rules and mechanics to facilitate interactions between players in a game. Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Game design Previous selections: Mexico–United States border • Tourism in the Caribbean Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:25, 8 December 2014 (UTC) •

This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2014)

A plate of spaghetti and meatballs. Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Spaghetti Previous selections: Game design • Mexico–United States border Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:22, 15 December 2014 (UTC) •

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Tech News: 2014-51

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 software changes

• You may see a new tool tested on the mobile site of the English Wikipedia. It asks simple questions to make the article better. In the future, your answers will go to Wikidata. [505]
• You can watch a video to learn how to use Phabricator to manage projects. [506]
• You can test a new version of the Content Translation tool.

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf12) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since December 10. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from December 16. It will be on all Wikipedias from December 17 (calendar). [507]
• You can now find and replace text in VisualEditor. You can open the tool via the menu, Ctrl+F or Cmd+F. [508]
• VisualEditor now doesn't change the space at the end of a text that you make bold. [509]
• The "Apply changes" button in the reference window of VisualEditor is now disabled until you make a change. [510]

Future changes

• The star image of the watchlist may change soon. [511] [512]
• You won't be able to use Phabricator on December 18, 2014. It will be down between 00:00 and 08:00 (UTC). [513] [514]

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16:43, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

Translation notification: Admin activity review/2014/Notice to inactive right holders

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Tech News: 2014-52

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 software changes

• The Technical Operations team is now using Phabricator to track their tasks. The Operations team manages the Wikimedia servers. In the future you will be able to see the tasks that are not private. [515]

Software changes this week

• There will be no software changes this week and next week. This is because of the end-of-year holidays. The next update of MediaWiki will be on January 6. [516]

Future changes

• The system that displays citations will change in the future. The new system will not change the style of citations. [517]
• A new design for VisualEditor will come in January. You can try it now on test wikis. [518]

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16:52, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2014)

An aurora is a natural phenomenon. Hello, Jim Cartar. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Natural phenomenon Previous selections: Spaghetti • Game design Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:07, 22 December 2014 (UTC) •

This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2015)

The skyline of Frankfurt, Germany Hello, Jim Carter. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Skyline Previous selections: Natural phenomenon • Spaghetti Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:18, 29 December 2014 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2015-01

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Software changes

• There are no technical changes this week.

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16:52, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-03

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 software changes

• Rotated PDF files in landscape format used to show too small. They will now display correctly. You may need to purge older files. [519]
• You can now use the {{!}} magic word instead of Template:!. Many wikis used the template to create a pipe (|) in tables and templates. You can delete the template. [520]

Software changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf14) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from January 13. It will be on all Wikipedias from January 14 (calendar).
• A bug in VisualEditor sometimes added a ☀ (Sun) character. This is now fixed. [521]
• The search and replace tool in VisualEditor is now much faster in long pages. [522]
• The TemplateData editor now uses the same design as VisualEditor. [523] [524] [525]
• The thumb option is now shown in your language in the help of the classic editor toolbar. [526]

Future changes

• You can sign up to answer questions from designers. It will help them make editing easier. [527]

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16:47, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Translation notification: Stewards/Elections 2015

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I apologize for the delay, but the 2015 Steward election banners are now available for translation. They consist of two banners with a few short phrases:

• Banner displayed to sysops regarding nominations (direct translation link)
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This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2015)

The history of Mongolia includes the foundation, expansion, and fragmentation of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century Hello, Jim Carter. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: History of Mongolia Previous selections: Dishwashing liquid • Skyline Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:09, 12 January 2015 (UTC) •

This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2015)

Dishwashing liquid is a detergent used in dishwashing Hello, Jim Carter. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Dishwashing liquid Previous selections: Skyline • Natural phenomenon Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:18, 5 January 2015 (UTC) •

This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2015)

An example of prose, a type of writing that simulates the natural flow of language Hello, Jim Carter. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Prose Previous selections: History of Mongolia • Dishwashing liquid Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:22, 19 January 2015 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2015-04

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 download the new version of the Wikipedia app for Android. The new version shows lead images, better galleries and content from Wikidata. It also has many other new features.[528] [529]
• Programs and bots still can't read information about images on many wikis. You can see the list of wikis with the most files to fix. Wikipedia in Italian, Indonesian and Japanese language have the most files to fix. On the biggest wikis you should use bots. Bots can add information templates to groups of files. You can ask other tech users to help you.

Problems

• All JavaScript on Commons was broken for a few minutes on Tuesday. It was because of old code in the HotCat tool. The same problem happened on some Wikipedias on Wednesday. It is now fixed. [530]

Software changes this week

• There are no software changes this week and next week due to annual meetings. [531]

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18:13, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2015)

The opening of the Beethoven Symphony No. 5, a famous symphony. Hello, Jim Carter. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Symphony Previous selections: Prose • History of Mongolia Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:33, 26 January 2015 (UTC) •

Tech News: 2015-05

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 software changes

• You can now translate articles with the new ContentTranslation tool on several wikis. [532]

This week

• There are no software changes this week due to annual meetings. [533]

Future changes

• You can join a project to improve WikiProjects. [534]
• The Compact Personal Bar will be removed for now. It has a bug that breaks the tool to choose your language. It will come back when the bug is fixed. [535]

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16:08, 26 January 2015 (UTC)