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Please comment on Wikipedia:2015 administrator election reform/Phase II/RfC

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The Signpost: 09 December 2015

News and notes: ArbCom election results announced

The three scrutineers announced the results, a little more than three days after the close of voting.

Op-ed: Wikidata: Knowledge from different points of view

A response from Wikidata.

In the media: Political editing in the context of the US presidential primaries

Another election, another series of edit wars.

Gallery: Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 winners

The top 25 images.

Traffic report: So do you laugh, or does it cry?

Another death tops the report this week.

Featured content: Sports, ships, arts... and some other things

This week's featured content.

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Community technical news.

Error

Hello! So, i was going to add some helpful information i knew on a page, but it said it was not constructive. Please, disable it so i can add this important information. I just want to make wikia a better place. Thanks! --Troublemaker12345 (talk) 21:35, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello, could you please provide a diff please? Thanks :)--5 albert square (talk) 22:06, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

How? --Troublemaker12345 (talk) 22:13, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi, a diff is the difference between web pages. You'd need to go to the page and find the revision before yours. When you do that you should see the option for "newer revision". Click on this and then copy and paste the link that appears in the address bar to my talk page. 5 albert square (talk) 00:27, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

@Troublemaker12345:--5 albert square (talk) 22:53, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-51

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

Changes this week

Meta will be able to use information from Wikidata. [1]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 December. It will be on all Wikipedias from 17 December. (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 15 December at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is talking about the agenda for the Wikimedia Developer Summit. The meeting will be on 16 December at 22:00 (UTC). See how to join. [2]

Future changes

A new gadget manager will come next year. The new gadget system is called Gadgets 2.0. [3]

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17:42, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:In the news

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The Signpost: 16 December 2015

In focus: Drone photography: New possibilities and new challenges

Creating content in the sky.

In the media: Wales in China; #Edit2015

Jimmy Wales finds his words edited on the Internet.

Arbitration report: GMO case decided

Keeping up with the committee.

Featured content: An unusually slow week

Please comment on User talk:Edmund Patrick

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Merry Christmas

	Merry Christmas!!
	Hello, I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year, Thanks for all your help on the 'pedia! –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 16:15, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-52

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

Tech News

Because of the holidays, the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 11 January 2016.
The writers of the technical newsletter are asking for your opinion. Did you get the information you wanted this year? Did we miss important technical news in 2015? What kind of information was too late? Please tell us! You can write in your language. Thank you!

Recent changes

CompletionSuggester is a new suggestions algorithm for Search. It is available as a Beta feature since 17 December. (more information)
The Multimedia team is running an A/B test for the cross-wiki upload tool. They are testing four different interfaces. The test is running from 16-23 December. (more information)

Changes this week

There is no deployment of MediaWiki scheduled until 12 January 2016 (calendar).

Meetings

Should administrators and other users with advanced tools need stronger passwords? You can discuss about it in a Request for Comments.
No meeting with the VisualEditor team on 22 and 29 December, and 5 January.

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18:29, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia:2015 administrator election reform/Phase II/Clerking RfC

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Merry Christmas!

5 albert square, I hope you have a Merry Christmas and hope your day is full of the true spirit of the day.
Plus, good food, good family and good times. :) Have a Great Day! :) - Neutralhomer • Talk • 01:25, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Spread the joy of Christmas by adding {{subst:User:Neutralhomer/MerryChristmas}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Rubbish computer (Merry Christmas!: ...And a Happy New Year!) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

--Rubbish computer (Merry Christmas!: ...And a Happy New Year!) 16:14, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Discussion

Thought you'd like to be involved at a discussion, located here. Your participation is completely optional; hope you had a wonderful holiday, as well! livelikemusic ^{my talk page!} 23:14, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, I will take a look later. Hope Santa was good to you!!--5 albert square (talk) 00:28, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Haha, Santa was as good to me as he could be this year; I hadn't asked for anything, so anything I got was a truly genuine surprise! livelikemusic ^{my talk page!} 01:15, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Reference errors on 26 December

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Please comment on Talk:Censorship of Wikipedia

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The Signpost: 30 December 2015

News and notes: WMF Board dismisses community-elected trustee

In a monumental move, the Board ousted one of its own

Arbitration report: Second Arbitration Enforcement case concludes as another case is suspended

The latest news from ArbCom

Featured content: The post-Christmas edition

A report covering material promoted from 13 to 26 December

Traffic report: The Force we expected

In a development that should surprise no one, Star Wars takes the first place prize

Year in review: The top ten Wikipedia stories of 2015

We review the top ten stories that defined the Wikimedia movement in 2015

In the media: Wikipedia plagued by a "Basket of Deception"

The latest news coverage from around the movement

Gallery: It's that time of year again

Christmas time is here.

Happy New Year, 5 albert square!

Happy New Year!

5 albert square,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Rubbish computer (Merry Christmas!: ...And a Happy New Year!) 23:45, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Thank you, it's appreciated. The same to you :)--5 albert square (talk) 23:47, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Template talk:ShadowsCommons

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Question

Happy new years, 33aircharter speaking! I've been having a recent challenge with an anonymous user edits of Air Berlin between Barbados and two cities of Germany, can you give me an input or advise please? Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 33aircharter (talk • contribs)

Hi can you please provide diffs?--5 albert square (talk) 21:42, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

33aircharter speaking! No the Article I was mentioning was about the Air Berlin flight but seems as though someone solve that problem. i make a Sunwing Airline edit last week between Grantley Adams International Airport and Toronto-Pearson International Airport and was threaten to get block for a proven present ongoing flight — Preceding unsigned comment added by 33aircharter (talk • contribs)

OK, any edits like that, I would start a discussion on the talk page of the article. Find out why people don't want that in the article etc etc.--5 albert square (talk) 16:49, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors 2015 End of Year Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2015 End of Year Report

Our 2015 End of Year Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page;
New record lows in the article backlog and on the Requests page;
Coordinator election results;
Membership news;
Changes around the Guild's pages;
Plans for 2016.

– Your project coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978.

To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by Jonesey95 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:41, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 06 January 2016

News and notes: The WMF's age of discontent

Trouble with the Board of Trustees

In the media: Impenetrable science; Jimmy Wales back in the UAE

Wikipedia's science articles are "effectively incomprehensible"

Arbitration report: Catflap08 and Hijiri88 case been decided

Current Committee decisions

Featured content: Featured menagerie

Sian Blake

Regarding your recent revert of my edit on Sian Blake, surely it is original research stating that she was believed to have been killed in December? I know it is fairly obvious she was most likely killed in December but she could have been killed in January nonetheless. We have no sources that would contradict that as of now, and while I know there's a circa, I would recommend leaving her date of death being December 2015/ January 2016, unless you have any evidence that she was believed to have been killed in 2015.Theoosmond (talk) 18:11, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

It doesn't say that she was killed in December. It says that she was killed roughly December 2015, so therefore the date is not exact. Saying circa December 2015 is enough as that means it could be December or January. I daresay we will know more soon enough.--5 albert square (talk) 18:15, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

I've just noticed that you already had an explanation here regarding the circa date. If you're still disputing this, I would suggest that you open a discussion on the article talk page where everyone can see the discussion and join in.--5 albert square (talk) 18:19, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

No, I kept the circa date in my last edit edit, to mean around the two months. If it seems best for it to be like that, with the circa and the single month, it's best and I'll leave it at that. I was just concerned it might imply she was definitely killed in December 2015, and while that is the most likely scenario, she could have been killed in January. But if most editors don't seem to agree with that, I won't do anything. Thanks. Theoosmond (talk) 18:50, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 January 2016

Op-ed: Lila Tretikov: the WMF needs your input in developing our strategy

Participate in the new strategy initiative.

News and notes: Geshuri steps down from the Board

Newly appointed trustee leaves following a community outcry.

In the media: Media coverage of the Arnnon Geshuri no-confidence vote

Board turmoil gets the attention of journalists.

Recent research: Bursty edits; how politics beat religion but then lost to sports; notability as a glass ceiling

Current research involving Wikipedia.

Traffic report: Death and taxes

Some things never change.

Featured content: This week's featured content

Newly promoted content.

Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)

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Bad G5 deletions of Water & Bubbles, Jaws in Japan, and Virus Attack

These articles were not eligible for G5, since they weres created before either the sockmaster or the sock involved was blocked. They should therefore be restored. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by admins since 2006. (talk) 01:12, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Apologies, mis-read the dates so I've restored Water & Bubbles and Jaws in Japan. However, Virus Attack remains deleted because it was previously deleted following a deletion discussion. The attempt on it this time was the same word-for-word so there was no improvement.--5 albert square (talk) 01:24, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

OK, thanks for prompt corrective action. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by admins since 2006. (talk) 01:26, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for supporting my RfA

	Hawkeye7 RfA Appreciation award
	Thank you for participating in and supporting my RfA. It was very much appreciated. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:49, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

@Hawkeye7: No worries, it was an easy decision. I wasn't involved when you were desysopped but I reckon everyone deserves a second chance. If you need any help you know where I am :)--5 albert square (talk) 23:03, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-05

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

Problems

Sites with a wikimedia.org address were by mistake redirected to the Wikimedia Foundation wiki on 26 January. This included Meta and Wikimedia Commons. The mistake was fixed after an hour. [4]
Some users had problems logging in and out around 22 January. Bots also had problems and edit previews did not work properly. This was because of problems related to the new component SessionManager. It was undone on 23 January. [5][6]
Because of new problems with SessionManager the latest version of MediaWiki was removed from the Wikimedia wikis again on 31 January. The new version this week will be without SessionManager. [7]

Changes this week

The page history will get a help link. This will go to Help:Page history on Meta. Wikis can exchange it for a link to their local pages. [8]
Notifications will only show part of a page name if it is very long. You will also have another way to mark notifications as read. [9][10]
The Universal Language Selector input methods are now available with the visual editor. This means many who write in non-Latin scripts can now use the visual editor. [11]
The visual editor will now give you more tools to edit tables. You can move rows and columns in a table and copy parts of tables to make new ones. You can also copy and paste more than one cell at the same time. [12][13][14]
The visual editor has a new warning message when you leave a page you are editing without saving. Non-English wikis might need to translate it. [15][16]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 February. It will be on all wikis from 4 February (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 2 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is expiring watch list entries. The meeting will be on 3 February at 22:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

The rest.wikimedia.org domain will be shut down. This is planned to happen in March. You should use /api/rest_v1/ at each individual project domain instead. [17]

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21:02, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Aomi Muyock

Looks like a speedy deletion to me. 13:36, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Already done 5 albert square (talk) 03:14, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Ashleigh Brewer

Hey, do you think this article needs some protection? It looks like some people who have encountered User:Gillyh offline are attempting to add their own views about Brewer's career choices to the article's lead. - JuneGloom07 Talk 02:54, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Yup I agree. Give me a sec. 5 albert square (talk) 03:15, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

That's great. thanks. I think this is an issue that's going to keep cropping up since Gilly doesn't appear to be giving up her "Bring back Kate" protest anytime soon. - JuneGloom07 Talk 00:52, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

I didn't realise she'd moved on to Ashleigh/Kate now.--5 albert square (talk) 00:55, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

She's always been fixated on Ashleigh/Kate, as she's the only one for Mark. Ashleigh came back to Australia during a break from The Bold and the Beautiful, so apparently she's making a return to Neighbours (with Mark's daughter). - JuneGloom07 Talk 19:39, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Ah, for some reason I forgot about poor Ashleigh/Kate! The article is protected for a month, if it comes to it, after that I'll indefinitely protect it.--5 albert square (talk) 20:22, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Motorcycling/Conventions

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EastEnders Episodes

Hi 5 albert square I gather from you username you are a EastEnders fan, me and another few other editors are trying to create Lists of EastEnders Episodes on this page User:AnemoneProjectors/List of EastEnders episodes and discuss it on this page User_talk:AnemoneProjectors/List of EastEnders episodes. If you are interested in helping feel free to join in. ThanksKelvin 101 (talk) 15:00, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks.--5 albert square (talk) 17:08, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Magna Carta

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Tech News: 2016-06

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

Recent changes

Syntax highlighting support is now available for 53 more computer languages. [18]
When you get a notification that an edit has been reverted, the notification now quotes part of the edit summary. [19]
RESTBase is now using scrub_wikitext instead of scrubWikitext. [20]

Changes this week

Wikidata will have a new data type called "math". It will be used for formulas. [21][22]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 February. It will be on all wikis from 11 February (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 9 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is per-language URLs for pages of multilingual wikis. The meeting will be on 10 February at 22:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

Other sites will be able to tell when visitors come from links on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites. They used to be able to do this until we started using forced HTTPS in June 2015. This is planned to happen on 15 February. [23][24]
Wikidata will have a new data type called "external-id". It will be used for references to external resources. It will be enabled on February 16. Some properties will be changed to the new data type. [25][26][27]

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18:58, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 03 February 2016

From the editors: Help wanted

Help us continue to publish on a weekly (-ish) basis.

Special report: Board chair and new trustee speak with the Signpost

New member María Sefidari joins the Board of Trustees.

In focus: The Knight Foundation grant: a timeline and an email to the board

James Heilman speaks out about the events leading up to his dismissal from the Board.

Op-ed: So, what’s a knowledge engine anyway?

Examining the issues at the heart of recent Board disputes.

News and notes: Harassment survey 2015; Luis Villa to leave WMF; knowledge engine background

A survey released, another major departure from the Foundation.

Arbitration report: Catching up on arbitration

More cases, more problems.

Traffic report: Bowled

Some sort of sporting contest tops this week's traffic.

Featured content: This week's featured content

Newly promoted content.

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Reference desk

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The Signpost: 10 February 2016

Special report: New internal documents raise questions about the origins of the Knowledge Engine

In focus: An in-depth look at the special report's newly revealed documents

News and notes: Another WMF departure

In the media: Jeb Bush swings at Wikipedia and connects

Featured content: This week's featured content

Traffic report: A river of revilement

Blog: Wikimedia Foundation removes The Diary of Anne Frank due to copyright law requirements

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Tech News: 2016-07

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 changes

You can now edit pages on the mobile site version without JavaScript. [28]
You can now use the Math extension to write chemistry formulas. [29]

Problems

A few editors might have been logged in as someone else because of a bug. For security reasons everyone was logged out on 9 February. If you have seen this bug, you can report it. [30][31]

Changes this week

There is a beta feature that adds links to the subject on other Wikimedia projects. The plan was to have it leave beta testing and be enabled for everyone in January. It will happen on 16 February instead. Wikis that don't want this can decide to have it disabled. [32][33]
Cross-wiki notifications will be available as a beta feature on Wikidata, MediaWiki, Commons, and all Hebrew and French wikis on 19 February. [34]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 February. It will be on all wikis from 18 February (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 16 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

The search function on Wikimedia wikis will get a completion suggester that tries to find the right pages as the user is typing. It will also recognize some typos. This will probably happen in March. It is currently in beta. [35]

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16:16, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 17 February 2016

Special report: Search and destroy: the Knowledge Engine and the undoing of Lila Tretikov

Examining the impact of the knowledge engine

Op-ed: Shit I cannot believe we had to fucking write this month

A new column that examines the articles that are helping to fight systemic bias

Featured content: This week's featured content

One article, three lists, and five images attained featured status this past week

Traffic report: Super Bowling

The biggest annual event in America takes over Wikipedia viewership

Technology report: Tech news in brief

The news for the nerd inside of us

Blog: Antonin Scalia and the editor tracking his legacy

The American Supreme Court justice's impact on the life of a Wikipedia editor

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion

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February 2016

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Glasgow Girls (drama), from its old location at User:5 albert square/Glasgow Girls. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:23, 20 February 2016 (UTC)