User talk:King of Hearts/Archive/2015/02

RfC - Helper Script access

An RfC has been opened at RfC to physically restrict access to the Helper Script. You are invited to comment. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 16:32, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2015-06

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 a security issue on Wikimedia Labs. Many Labs tools were down after the issue was fixed. [1]

Software changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 4 (calendar).
The "Save page" button in the VisualEditor toolbar is now blue rather than green. This is the same as on the mobile site. [2]
You can now edit pages on the draft namespace with VisualEditor on the Russian Wikipedia and Hebrew Wikipedia. You can ask to get VisualEditor for a namespace on your wiki. When your community agrees, ask in Phabricator. [3] [4]

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16:31, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Dulwich Hill FC

Hey King of Hearts, I'm writing this at 7:00am in the morning (after being awake all night), so I apologise if it doesn't make a great deal of sense!

I was just wondering about a previous article that you deleted after an AFD, wherein the slight majority of votes seemed to indicate a keep. With a relative line-ball situation like this, I'm guessing that the page probably needed a few more sources in order to pass notoriety guidelines. Since then, the rise of footballer Fabio Ferreira has seen a lot of articles written about his past, after being a part of Chelsea, and then eventually finding himself a few years later in the NSW second division with Dulwich Hill, followed by a resurgence to the A-League. Here's several links listing this information, from extremely creditable sources:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/adelaide-united-and-ffa-clash-after-fabio-ferreira-departs-for-central-coast-mariners/story-fnibbvew-1227198173703 http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2012/08/27/ferreira-treasures-mourinhos-tip http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/football/fabio-ferreira-steps-up-from-dulwich-hill-to-adelaide-united/story-fn63e0vj-1226493981389 http://www.goal.com/en-au/news/4016/main/2014/10/04/5155188/from-chelsea-to-the-a-league-via-dulwich-hill

Does this extra information justify reopening up the Dulwich Hill FC page to be severely editted (by me) and have it back online? Cheers! - J man708 (talk) 20:41, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid that none of the sources you mentioned constitute significant coverage of the subject. Dulwich Hill is mentioned only in the context of Fabio Ferreira, and nothing meaningful is said about it other than the fact that Ferreira had been part of it. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:48, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Further sockpuppets

On 2nd December 2014 You blocked user Betfairmole for operating multiple sockpuppet accounts. The only editing activity engaged in by those sockpuppets was to the article Betfair adding in non-neutral WP:NPOV allegations against a number of former Betfair employees, usually without any citation, or making allegations unsubstantiated by the links cited WP:SYN, and using weasel words WP:WEASEL.

Since the block two new accounts have miraculously joined Wikipedia, rolfeguy (created 10th January) and PeteFox1 (created 24th January). If you look at their edit histories, their ONLY activity has been to make identical or nearly identical edits to only ONE Wikipedia article, Betfair. Based on their broadly identical edit activity it would appear that they are also sockpuppets of Betfairmole. Could I please ask you to review? DJBumfun (talk) 18:33, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 04 February 2015

News and notes: No men beyond this point: the proposal to create a no-men space on Wikipedia

Op-ed: Is Wikipedia for sale?

In the media: Gamergate and Muhammad controversies continue

Traffic report: The American Heartland

Featured content: It's raining men!

Arbitration report: Slamming shut the GamerGate

WikiProject report: Dicing with death – on Wikipedia?

Technology report: Security issue fixed; VisualEditor changes

Gallery: Langston Hughes

Tech News: 2015-07

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 use {{#lsth: PageName | SectionName }} to transclude a section with its title. [5]

Problems

MediaWiki was reverted to the previous version on February 4. It was because of a performance issue. It was restored later. [6]
UploadWizard was broken on February 4 because of the revert of MediaWiki. [7]
All sites were broken for 30 minutes on February 5. It was due to a network problem. [8]

Software changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 11 (calendar).
You can have one user page for all wikis. Your Meta user page will show if you don't have a user page on a wiki. You can test this tool on test wikis. [9] [10] [11]
You can search for media files in VisualEditor more easily. Images are bigger and you see the size and license. [12] [13]
It is easier to review your changes when you save the page in VisualEditor. The window is wider. [14]
You can read the latest news about VisualEditor. You can now join weekly meetings with developers. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The first meeting is on February 11 at 20:00 (UTC).

Future changes

Administrators will soon be able to delete change tags used fewer than 5,000 times. [15]
In the future you will be able to have personal lists of articles on the mobile site. [16]

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16:27, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 February 2015

From the editors: We want to know what you think!

News and notes: One editor faces likely ban for work on Wikipedia; Jimmy Wales awarded $1 million

In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself?

Featured content: A grizzly bear, Operation Mascot, Freedom Planet & Liberty Island, cosmic dust clouds, a cricket five-wicket list, more fine art, & a terrible, terrible opera...

Traffic report: Bowled over

WikiProject report: Brand new WikiProjects profiled

Gallery: Feel the love

More copyvio issues from Billy Hathorn

Per your [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Billy_Hathorn/Archive|prior involvement with this user]: see here. I noticed a few sentences that were copied verbatim; that dupe detector picked up more stuff. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 19:00, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2015-08

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

Software changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 18 (calendar).
On Wednesday your Meta user page will be shown if you don't have a user page on a wiki. [17] [18] [19]
You can now change the order of categories in VisualEditor using drag-and-drop. [20]
In VisualEditor, you now need to make a change before you can "Apply Changes" to citations and templates. [21]
The way the cursor moves in VisualEditor is changing. Your browser now handles the cursor directly. Most of you will see no change. In right-to-left text, the cursor now moves in a 'visible' rather than 'logical' way. This is like other sites but you may be surprised at first. [22]

Meetings

The VisualEditor Team had their first public bug triage meeting on February 11. They will post the results on the meeting page. [23]
You can join the second weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 18 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join. [24]
You can join a meeting with the developers of the Content Translation tool. It will be on February 18 at 13:00 (UTC). [25]

Future changes

You can comment on a proposal about abandoned Labs tools.

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17:57, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 February 2015

Editorial: Recent retirements typify problem of admin attrition

In the media: Students' use and perception of Wikipedia

Special report: Revision scoring as a service

Gallery: Darwin Day

Traffic report: February is for lovers

Featured content: A load of bull-sized breakfast behind the restaurant, Koi feeding, a moray eel, Spaghetti Nebula and other fishy, fishy fish

Arbitration report: We've built the nuclear reactor; now what colour should we paint the bikeshed?

SF edit-a-thons on March 7 and 8

ArtAndFeminism (3/7) and International Women's Day (3/8)!

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

In celebration of WikiWomen's History Month, the SF Bay Area Wikipedia community has two events in early March -- please consider attending!

First, we have an ArtAndFeminism edit-a-thon, which will take place at the Kadist Art Foundation from 12 noon to 6pm on Saturday, March 7. We'll be one of many sites worldwide participating in this edit-a-thon on March 7th. So join us as we help improve Wikipedia's coverage of women artists and their works!

Second, we will be celebrating International Women's Day with the International Women's Day edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 8 from 1pm to 5pm at the Wikimedia Foundation. Our editing focus will be on women, of course!

I hope to see you there! Rosiestep (talk) - via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:06, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Tech News: 2015-09

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 new accounts are now global. [26]
Your Meta user page is now shown if you don't have a user page on a wiki. You can report problems if you see any. You can ask a bot to delete your old user pages. [27] [28] [29]

Software changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 25. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 26 (calendar).
It is now easier to see template fields in VisualEditor. The fields are bigger. [30]
It is now easier to see when a button is disabled in VisualEditor. [31]
Sometimes when you copy-pasted a template in VisualEditor, it was replaced by HTML. This problem is now fixed. [32]
Tools in Labs will stop working for a few hours on February 24. [33]

Meetings

You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 26 at 00:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

At the moment you need to log in to edit Wikimedia wikis on mobile devices. You can say if anyone should be allowed to edit on the mobile sites. The discussion ends on March 15.
Images in the interface will soon work better in Opera 12. [34]

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16:28, 23 February 2015 (UTC)