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DYK for Deon Lendore

On 30 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Deon Lendore, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 2014, Trinidadian sprinter Deon Lendore won the highest award in National Collegiate Athletic Association track and field while at Texas A&M University? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Deon Lendore. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Deon Lendore), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

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Sinhalese names

Hi, how are you doing? I have seen you have edited some Sinhalese name articles. For example, Shanaka. I got the feeling you are unfamiliar with Sinhala naming conventions. So I thought of giving you a brief intro. Before the 16th century, Sinhala personal name had the following order.

  • Family names + Personal names

The family name is called the ge name because they usually end with the suffix ge, Sinhalese possessive suffix. After the Portuguese contact in 1505, the naming convention mixed with European naming conventions.

  • Family names (some used/some did not) + Personal names + European surname (Mostly Portuguese ones, rarely British. Only those who lived in maritime provinces influenced by this) + Sinhalese Surname

Here are some examples.

Team Colombo (2022 National Super League)
Article Family names Personal names European Surname Sinhalese Surname
Dasun Shanaka Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka
Dimuth Karunaratne Frank Dimuth Madushanka Karunaratne
Danushka Gunathilaka Mashtayage Danushka Gunathilaka
Avishka Fernando Weerahandige Inol Avishka Fernando
Krishan Arachchige Wijesuriya Arachchige Krishan Sanjula
Ashen Bandara Koralegedera Nadeeja Ashen Bandara
Charith Asalanka Kariyawasam Indipalage Charith Asalanka
Shammu Ashan Shammu Ashan
Kusal Mendis Balapuwaduge Kusal Gimhan Mendis
Lahiru Madushanka Lahiru Dilshan Madushanka
Kalana Perera Kopiyawattege Kalana Vichithra Perera
Himesh Ramanayake Himesh Hewage Ramanayake

Hope you find this useful. Regards--Chanaka L (talk) 05:01, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the information Chanakal, and apologies for being incorrect on the Shanaka dab page. In future, I'll probably leave it to people who know more on the subject (as there's no way I'd be able to tell which of those names is the "surname", if any). Joseph2302 (talk) 09:03, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
    • I can understand that foreigners would find it difficult to identify the surname by contemporary Sinahala naming customs. You don't need to apologise for that. I recently learned that in Korean names, family name precedes given names only after watching the movie, Parasite. We are all more or less, unfamiliar with foreign naming conventions. Cheers.--Chanaka L (talk) 09:40, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

February with Women in Red

Women in Red Feb 2022, Vol 8, Issue 2, Nos 214, 217, 220, 221, 222


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Tech News: 2022-05

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Recent changes

  • If a gadget should support the new ?withgadget URL parameter that was announced 3 weeks ago, then it must now also specify supportsUrlLoad in the gadget definition (documentation). [1]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 February. It will be on all wikis from 3 February (calendar).

Future changes

  • A change that was announced last year was delayed. It is now ready to move ahead:
    • The user group oversight will be renamed suppress. This is for technical reasons. This is the technical name. It doesn't affect what you call the editors with this user right on your wiki. This is planned to happen in three weeks. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections. As usual, these labels can be translated on translatewiki (direct links are available) or by administrators on your wiki.

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17:41, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-06

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  • English Wikipedia recently set up a gadget for dark mode. You can enable it there, or request help from an interface administrator to set it up on your wiki (instructions and screenshot).
  • Category counts are sometimes wrong. They will now be completely recounted at the beginning of every month. [2]

Problems

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  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 February. It will be on all wikis from 10 February (calendar).

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21:14, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Reverted bot

Hi! You reverted my bot here as a cosmetic edit. This is not cosmetic - short descriptions are displayed in several different locations (search results, related articles, {{Annotated link}}) and the convention is to capitalise them. ― Qwerfjkltalk 07:08, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

I know but However, the term cosmetic edit is often used to encompass all edits of such little value that the community deems them to not be worth making in bulk, even though those edits might change the output HTML or readable text in subtle ways. I don't see the value in bulk changing the capitalisation on short descriptions, because most readers wouldn't know the difference, so I don't see how this adds any value. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:30, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Edits to change articles to conform to MOS, or in this case WP:SDFORMAT, are not cosmetic. This bot was approved in a BRFA. It can be appealed through the appropriate venue. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:54, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
What would be the most appropriate venue for discussing this? The Bot approval pages seem as clear as mud to me, not clear where the correct place to discuss would be. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:09, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Probably Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard (or maybe the talk page of the BRFA?). @ProcrastinatingReader who approved this task. ― Qwerfjkltalk 16:45, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of Trevor Kirczenow for deletion

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. ✗plicit 01:35, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Trevor Kirczenow

Trevor Kirczenow (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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A deletion alert for this article was posted a while ago by an account which is now blocked. That being said there are questions about the notability of this Wikipedia page. The article remains on Wikipedia primarily for the subject's notability as a researcher that may be the case, though arguably not. It appears that this page is on Wikipedia as a researcher, though the article seems to be written almost as a political candidate page/flyer. Looking at the subject's name on Wikipedia, though only appear as a political candidate on various pages. The subject of the page has only run as a candidate in multiple elections, finishing second. As a politician this subject does not meet WP:NOTABILITY at all. The work as a researcher and as an advocate does appear to be substantive. The question remains as to whether this really meets notability to remain on Wikipedia. If the conclusion is the article meets notability, it should be rewritten to a neutral tone and all deletion templates removed.

For my part I doubt this article is a notable one and it appears to be a page to boost political profile of a secondary political candidate. I would nominate to delete though I would love to hear others opinions to resolve. Words in the Wind(talk) 22:11, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 23:43, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

  • Keep. This is such an obvious WP:GNG pass I don't really know what else to say. -- asilvering (talk) 03:51, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
    I guess I will add, for anyone reading this who is unfamiliar with Canadian politics, that the "boost political profile of a secondary political candidate" assertion has no real basis - the riding he runs in hasn't flipped since 2000, and is in no serious danger of doing so in the 2025 federal election either. A Wikipedia article isn't going to make much of a difference to his political profile. -- asilvering (talk) 03:57, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
  • Keep: definitely meets GNG. There is sufficient significant coverage by independent, reliable, secondary sources including The Atlantic, The Guardian, and The National Post. No comment on any issues with the article, except to say that they aren't issues for AfD and none seem significant enough that WP:TNT would be reasonable. Firefangledfeathers 06:12, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

Words in the Wind(talk) 22:22, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-07

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  • Purging a category page with fewer than 5,000 members will now recount it completely. This will allow editors to fix incorrect counts when it is wrong. [3]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 February. It will be on all wikis from 17 February (calendar).
  • Advanced item In the AbuseFilter extension, the rmspecials() function has been updated so that it does not remove the "space" character. Wikis are advised to wrap all the uses of rmspecials() with rmwhitespace() wherever necessary to keep filters' behavior unchanged. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage. [4]

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19:17, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Request

Joseph, please stop attacking me personally, such as in sneaky snide remarks via the supposedly hidden edit summary, which isn't hidden from knowledgeable users.

I've never said any IP user had an "obligation to create an account." I only suggested that the person at issue "consider registering as a user."

In commenting on that suggestion, you in effect implied something that's not true. That's beneath the fairness expected of an administrator.

Truce. – Sca (talk) 23:28, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

You claimed the IP user only had 4 edits, all there- which is clearly wrong, as they explained to you, their IP address changes. And every post, you tell them to register. And almost all your editing is at WP:ITNC, that is a fact, not an attack. Joseph2302 (talk) 08:17, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
Yes Sca, you do nothing but post banal “jokes” at ITNC. You should find something more constructive to do, otherwise you’ll find yourself on the receiving end of a WP:NOTHERE ban. 125.209.128.126 (talk) 08:56, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
Ridiculous. I make many comments on the editorial merits of nominations at ITN/C, and elsewhere. From now on, I will not respond to any of the (invariably) derogatory and offensive comments you post about me. Goodbye. – Sca (talk) 13:12, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
Whatever. But I and others will call you out when you make pointless comments on ITNC. And if you cared about the encyclopedia, maybe you'd actually write some article content..... Joseph2302 (talk) 13:48, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

WP:AFC Helper News

Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.

  • AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
  • The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Katie Vesterstein

On 20 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Katie Vesterstein, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when American-born skier Katie Vesterstein chose to compete for Estonia, she had only visited the country once, and did not speak the language? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Katie Vesterstein. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Katie Vesterstein), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-08

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

  • Special:Nuke will now provide the standard deletion reasons (editable at MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown) to use when mass-deleting pages. This was a request in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey. [5]
  • At Wikipedias, all new accounts now get the Growth features by default when creating an account. Communities are encouraged to update their help resources. Previously, only 80% of new accounts would get the Growth features. A few Wikipedias remain unaffected by this change. [6]
  • You can now prevent specific images that are used in a page from appearing in other locations, such as within PagePreviews or Search results. This is done with the markup class=notpageimage. For example, [[File:Example.png|class=notpageimage]]. [7]
  • There has been a change to the HTML of Special:Contributions, Special:MergeHistory, and History pages, to support the grouping of changes by date in the mobile skin. While unlikely, this may affect gadgets and user scripts. A list of all the HTML changes is on Phabricator.

Events

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 February. It will be on all wikis from 24 February (calendar).

Future changes

  • The software to play videos and audio files on pages will change soon on all wikis. The old player will be removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [8][9]
  • Toolforge's underlying operating system is being updated. If you maintain any tools there, there are two options for migrating your tools into the new system. There are details, deadlines, and instructions on Wikitech. [10]
  • Administrators will soon have the option to delete/undelete the associated "talk" page when they are deleting a given page. An API endpoint with this option will also be available. This was a request from the 2021 Wishlist Survey.

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19:10, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Kirsty Muir

On 23 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kirsty Muir, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that freestyle skier Kirsty Muir was the youngest Team GB competitor at the 2022 Winter Olympics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kirsty Muir. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kirsty Muir), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Joséphine Pagnier

On 24 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Joséphine Pagnier, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that ski jumper Joséphine Pagnier (pictured), who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, won two medals at the Winter Youth Olympics two years ago? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Joséphine Pagnier. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Joséphine Pagnier), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

March editathons

Women in Red Mar 2022, Vol 8, Issue 3, Nos 214, 217, 222, 223, 224, 225


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