User talk:King of Hearts/Archive/2016/07
In 2011, after closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shinese (3rd nomination) as a delete, you userified the page to User:Theornamentalist/Shinese. It is currently up at MFD since it has not been improved in that time period. The discussion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Theornamentalist/Shinese seems to indicate a failure on your part to consider WP:BEFORE and other issues. Given that you can delete it again at your own discretion, would you reconsider this four year old userification? -- Ricky81682 (talk) 09:58, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 04 July 2016
[edit]- News and notes: Board unanimously appoints Katherine Maher as new WMF executive director; Wikimedia lawsuits in France and Germany
- Op-ed: Two policies in conflict?
- In the media: Terrorism database cites Wikipedia as a source
- Featured content: Triple fun of featured content
- Traffic report: Goalposts; Oy vexit
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Recent changes
- A daily email summary of notifications could be sent even when there were no notifications from the wiki. Now no email will be sent if there is no activity. [1]
Changes this week
- The "⧼citoid-citefromidtool-title⧽" button in the visual editor's toolbar will move into the "Insert" menu except for Wikipedias, Wikibookses and Wikiversities. This is to make it less prominent on wikis that don't use it as much. [2]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 July. It will be on all wikis from 7 July (calendar).
Meetings
- You can take part in the next office hour for Wikidata on IRC on July 8 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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19:45, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
Sunday July 10: WikNYC Picnic @ Central Park
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Recent changes
- A new image scaler fixed a number of bugs for showing SVG files. Some new problems turned up. [3][4][5]
- Notifications are grouped by types. They are now counted by number of notifications and not by unread groups. That change may increase the number of notifications displayed. The earlier way of counting was often incorrect. Unread notifications will also be displayed first. [6][7][8]
- Special:Notifications now has a maximum width for the notifications list on desktop computers. This allows long titles and descriptions to be cut properly. Notifications are now also better parsed. [9][10][11]
Problems
- On 5 July Wikimedia Commons had problems and could not be edited for 20 minutes. For a short while after that the recent changes log and some gadgets were not working properly. It affected administrative actions on other projects too. [12]
- Users who have multiple unread notifications can mark them as read by visiting Special:Notifications page on their wiki.
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 July. It will be on all wikis from 14 July (calendar).
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 12 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
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15:14, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
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
- Due to the rollback, new sorting of Notifications on the Fly-Out Menus has been deployed with a delay. [13]
Due to the rollback, the daily special patch deployment process has been changed. [14]- In notifications, "Messages" are now called "Notices". [15]
Problems
- On July 12 all wikis were rolled back to MediaWiki 1.28.0-wmf.8 due to a problem in the log-in system. [16][17]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 July. It will be on all wikis from 21 July (calendar).
- Special:Log now has a help link. [18]
- The RevisionSlider can be tested on the beta cluster. From 22 July, it will be available as a beta feature at: German Wikipedia, Arabic Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 19 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "Devise plan for a cross-wiki watchlist back-end". The meeting will be on 20 July at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join. [19]
Future changes
- User scripts and bots can no longer use http:// to edit wiki pages. [20][21]
- Gerrit is going to be updated. Developers are invited to test it. [22]
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12:01, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
The Signpost: 21 July 2016
[edit]- Discussion report: Busy month for discussions
- Featured content: A wide variety from the best
- Traffic report: Sports and esports
- Arbitration report: Script writers appointed for clerks
- Recent research: Using deep learning to predict article quality
02:30, 21 February 2016 King of Hearts (talk | contribs) deleted page Dream Factory Foundation (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dream Factory Foundation closed as delete)
[edit]Hi- I would like to add the page for Dream Factory Foundation. It was deleted based on the understanding that there were not enough notable sources. Since then the works of the foundation were noted in a number of independent sources including: 1. South African Government - http://www.gov.za/speeches/second-annual-dsd-youth-excellence-awards-addressed-mec-fritz-21-jun-2016-0000 2. TFG Club - Foschini Group - http://www.tfgclub.co.za/2015/02/dare-dream/ 3. The Newspaper (Stories that are changing lives) - http://www.thenewspaper.co.za/western-cape-department-of-social-development-ministerial-youth-excellence-awards/ 4. SABC 2 - National broadcaster in South Africa - http://www.hn9.co.za/blogs/tags/dream%20factory 5. My Hands and Heart - http://www.myhandsandheart.org/opp/bmbDUxbgQ7mEnDKSL_rSJw/info 6. http://habitat.org.za/message-of-hope-pelican-park-community-talent-day/ For me this is a proud story of how young black South Africans are making a difference in the lives of the underprivileged. It is a story of defiance in a country overwhelmed by negativity.
I have no doubt in my mind that we world needs such stories and platforms like Wikipedia, whose focus is factual information, should allow entities such as Dream Factory Foundation. Please let me know if this is sufficient to allow the page on Wikipedia. Regards L Nyere — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lnyere (talk • contribs) 13:05, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
- The guideline states that there must be "significant coverage in reliable sources." Unfortunately, each of the links you listed mentions the subject only once or a few times, so it is insufficient. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:47, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
Hi King of ♥ ♦ ♣- Please check this radio interview http://iono.fm/e/317163. i am sure this is independent and done by one of the national radio station.
i am sure this covers the notability requirements.
i would also like to know if there is someone else who should look at these links and provide independent advice?
regards, L Nyere
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
- Interactive maps have been enabled for Meta wiki and the Catalan, Hebrew, and Macedonian Wikipedias. Learn how to add interactive maps to wiki pages.
- Last week's rollback is now documented. [23]
Problems
- Sometimes, the visual editor required saving twice. That problem is now fixed. [24]
Changes this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 July. It will be on all wikis from 28 July (calendar).
- It is now possible to mark all Notifications as read on Special:Notifications, by clicking on the cog icon. [25]
- Wikipedia search will now detect the language of your search if 2 or fewer results are found. It will then show results from the matching language Wikipedia, if any relevant article exists. It will start to roll out in 5 languages. [26]
Meetings
- You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 26 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
- You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is "an extension that implements an authenticated key-value store". The meeting will be on 27 July at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join. [27]
Future changes
- The current icon for Notifications "Notices" (in English "Notices") will be changed from a bubble-speech icon to a tray icon for consistency. [28]
- Special:Notifications page code will be changed to be more Mobile friendly. [29]
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19:54, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
Request To Recreate the Page KENNETH UWADI
[edit]Hi King of Hearts, I seek to recreate the page KENNETH UWADI that you deleted in 2008. I want to recreate it with verifiable sources and I seek your permission (talk) 16:11, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
- You will need to show how he meets the notability guidelines. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:01, 28 July 2016 (UTC)