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WikiCup 2022 July newsletter

The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  • Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
  • Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-27

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

Changes later this week

  • 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).
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 5 July at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 7 July at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
  • The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.
  • This change only affects pages in the main namespace in Wikisource. The Javascript config variable proofreadpage_source_href will be removed from mw.config and be replaced with the variable prpSourceIndexPage. [1]

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19:30, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: July 2022

WikiProject Scouting | June 2022


Notes for June:

Other ways to participate:

--evrik (talk) 22:13, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

I love Memphis

There is an article that needs disambiguation. I love Memphis is an event and cultural website. Long running, much longer that Richard has been a not famous rapper trying to use various music and cultural site webnames. It is complete internet clutter. People are looking for the event and music site not Richard. Whether I am looking for I love Memphis the even blog or Iheart radios Memphis music channel. Richard is internet hijacking and wasting peoples time. And the advertising money of legit concerns. Metal Recording Services (talk) 15:15, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

I am aware you're blocked, but if you see this message please look at PSCOI. ~ Matthewrb Talk to me · Changes I've made 04:36, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).

Technical news

  • user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:29, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-28

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

Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 12 July at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

Future changes

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19:23, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

New page reviewer granted

Hi Matthewrb. Your account has been added to the "New page reviewers" user group. Please check back at WP:PERM in case your user right is time limited or probationary. This user group allows you to review new pages through the Curation system and mark them as patrolled, tag them for maintenance issues, or nominate them for deletion. The list of articles awaiting review is located at the New Pages Feed. New page reviewing is vital to maintaining the integrity of the encyclopedia. If you have not already done so, you must read the tutorial at New Pages Review, the linked guides and essays, and fully understand the deletion policy. If you need any help or want to discuss the process, you are welcome to use the new page reviewer talk page. In addition, please remember:

  • Be nice to new editors. They are usually not aware that they are doing anything wrong. Do make use of the message feature when tagging pages for maintenance so that they are aware.
  • You will frequently be asked by users to explain why their page is being deleted. Please be formal and polite in your approach to them – even if they are not.
  • If you are not sure what to do with a page, don't review it – just leave it for another reviewer.
  • Accuracy is more important than speed. Take your time to patrol each page. Use the message feature to communicate with article creators and offer advice as much as possible.

The reviewer right does not change your status or how you can edit articles. If you no longer want this user right, you also may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. In cases of abuse or persistent inaccuracy of reviewing, or long-term inactivity, the right may be withdrawn at administrator discretion. Barkeep49 (talk) 14:58, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi, Matt - thank you for volunteering & congrats for getting the rights. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. I will admit that when I saw that you were a software engineer, my motives for endorsing you may have been a little selfish in that NPP needs reviewers like you who can help make suggestions to automate some of our most mundane tasks. We are currently working with WMF techs, who have been kind and generous, but are swamped with so many other tasks they can't possibly dedicate themselves to our needs only. Please proceed and get those 20+ reviews done so you will have a better idea of what we've been discussing here. Best of luck! Atsme 💬 📧 18:20, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

@Atsme: Hello, and thank you for your endorsement! I am flattered!
I have been following the AI discussion. While I am not very experienced yet, and I have already discovered some areas where automation is useful. For example, why does the "New Page Reviewer" right not have "suppressredirect"? I've already draftified an article and had to take an extra 15 seconds to R2 the existing redirect. Which is also a new article, so someone else may review it, wasting more time.
I will definitely be participating in WT:NPP/R as I become more familiar with the system. ~ Matthewrb Talk to me · Changes I've made 19:04, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
About suppressredirect - I think that was mentioned in prior discussions. Perhaps Novem L or DannyS (not their full user names) can elaborate. Happy editing! Atsme 💬 📧 19:34, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-29

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

  • The feature on mobile web for Nearby Pages was missing last week. It will be fixed this week. [4]

Changes later 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).

Future changes

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22:58, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Red Hat

Hi, First of all thank you so much for improving List of leaders of Red Hat. I wonder if you have seen how Matt Hicks (engineer) who is the current CEO of the company is a red link and wanted to ask if you can help me improve its draft to be notable enough to be created. Thank you again. Have a nice day! Comrade-yutyo (talk) 20:48, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

@Comrade-yutyo Thank you for the ping! I will take a look at the draft and see what I can do. ~ Matthewrb Talk to me · Changes I've made 23:49, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you reviewed

Hello, Matthewrb

Thank you for creating Mina Kumari Pokharel.

User:Usedtobecool, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Hello Matt, this fails NPOL and GNG as far as I can tell. Did you find some sources?

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|Usedtobecool}}. Please remember to sign your reply with ~~~~ .

(Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

Usedtobecool ☎️ 06:01, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

@Usedtobecool Hello! Thank you for the feedback, I will definitely keep it in mind. Appears to be a moot point though, as the article was G5ed. ~ Matthewrb Talk to me · Changes I've made 16:38, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Yes, the creator was blocked shortly afterwards, fortunate for us. Nepal recently had municipal elections. So, you should expect to find more of these articles though. Nepalese "cities" are not the kind of cities that we can assume notability for the mayors of. So, I would ask for GNG to be met for all of them. Balen Shah and Renu Dahal are the only notable notable mayors in Nepal, and they already have articles. Regards! Usedtobecool ☎️ 02:13, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Sounds great! Thank you for taking the time to explain, I learned something new today. ~ Matthewrb Talk to me · Changes I've made 06:24, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-30

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

Problems

  • Last week, some wikis were in read-only mode for a few minutes because of an emergency switch of their main database (targeted wikis). [6]

Changes later 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).
  • The external link icon will change slightly in the skins Vector legacy and Vector 2022. The new icon uses simpler shapes to be more recognizable on low-fidelity screens. [7]
  • Administrators will now see buttons on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. [8]

Future meetings

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19:26, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

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