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[[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 16:24, 28 October 2009 (UTC) </div> __TOC__ <br style="clear:both;"/> {{User:MiszaBot/config |archive = User talk:Bawolff/archives/%(counter)d |algo = old(21d) |counter = 6 |maxarchivesize = 450K |archiveheader = <noinclude>{{user:Bawolff/archive}}</noinclude> |minthreadstoarchive = 5 }} == note to self == Do something about the sight button for new articles. == write rss toolserver thingy and/or yell at wikinewsies who let their ts account expire. == note to self for adding to todo list. == error == [[User:Amgine/apcerror]] == Regards from portugal == Hi Bawolff how are you :) Can you please check your email? You have a msg from [http://wikilusa.com] and your expertise is welcome. Regards. Joanl == Regards from portugal == Hi Bawolff how are you :) Can you please check your email? You have a msg from [http://wikilusa.com] and your expertise is welcome. Regards. Joanl d219kxxxy40b49beued5cki51y6ddqy 100 33098 4685006 1052008 2022-07-25T22:20:56Z 101.112.3.118 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Portal:Australia/in depth header}} __NOTOC__ Here is how Wikipedia summarises the [[w:Mifepristone|RU486 abortion pill]] debate: :''In late 2005, Australian Democrats introduced an amendment to the Australian Senate to remove this statutory provision and transfer the power of approval to the Therapeutic Goods Administration. The move caused much debate in the Australian media and amongst politicians. In addition to the Democrats, the Bill attracted public support from the Australian Greens and several individual members of the Labor, Liberal and National parties. Neither the Labor Opposition nor the Coalition parties took a party stand in favour or in opposition of the Bill and allowed for a conscience vote. The Family First Party and Coalition Senators Barnaby Joyce, Bill Heffernan and Ron Boswell signalled their strong opposition. The Health Minister Tony Abbott, a pro-lifer, was targeted by supporters of the amendment.'' :''The Bill has passed the Australian Senate on 10 February 2006, causing Minister Abbott to label it a no confidence vote in him and the Government. The Australian House of Representatives has considered the bill, and two amendments proposed during the debate, rejecting the both of them, and passing the bill unamended. If approved by the TGA, the availability of the drug may be assisted with listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.'' ==Wikinews Australia coverage== ===18 January 2006=== *[[Australian senate inquiry receives 4,000 submisions on abortion pill]] :''The Australian Senate has been flooded with submissions into an inquiry about the possible use of the abortion drug Mifepristone (known as RU486) in Australia. The senate committee is to consider a private members bill, introduced by a group of female senators and MPs to strip the Australian health minister of his control over the drug. If successful, the drug would then have to be approved by the Threrapeutic Goods Administration before it would be allowed to be used in Australia.'' ===3 February 2006=== *[[RU486 Abortion pill hearings begin in Australia]] :''An Australian Senate inquiry into the abortion pill "RU486" has started public hearings in Melbourne. A controversial conscience vote on the issue to overturn laws which prohibit Australian women's access to the drug, will be held in Federal parliament on February 9. The Senate committee is considering a bill to remove ministerial control of the abortifacient drug Mifepristone - or RU486. Health Minister Tony Abbott says the issue of whether to allow women access to the drug "is one of principle." Abbott, who is against abortion, insists he is the right person to control the drug's use in Australia.'' ===8 February 2006=== *[[RU486 debate enters Australian Senate]] :''The looming debate on whether the Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott or the Theraputic Goods Administration (TGA) should regulate mifepristone, RU486, has entered the Australian Senate, February 8. A free vote is due to be conducted on this issue. The first speakers have been all women speaking in support of passing control from the Health Minister to the TGA: Australian National Party Senator Fiona Nash, Australian Democrats Senator Lyn Ellison, Australian Labor Party Senator Claire Moore. They have drawn attention to the fact that abortion is already legal in Australia, the inappropriateness of a Parliament minister to regulate a single drug versus a scientific and independent body, and if RU486 is an unsafe drug then the TGA will not approve the drug.'' ===15 February 2006=== *[[RU486 debate complicates with amendments posed in Australian House of Representatives]] :''The ongoing debate over whether the Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott, or the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) regulate the abortifacient mifepristone (RU486) has complicated with a number of members proposing amendments to the Senate bill, now in the House of Representatives. Jackie Kelly (Australian Liberal Party, Lindsay) has said that "There should be a transparent process in which the minister is accountable for his or her decision" on so-called restricted goods (of which RU486 is such a good) as listed in the TGA legislation. Kelly has proposed an amendment with points stating that "the Minister for Health and Ageing continuing to have the decision making role in relation to the approval of restricted goods...", "the Minister being required to obtain written advice from the Therapeutic Goods Administration prior to giving written approval or refusal to approve", "the Minister's decision being subject to disallowance".'' ===16 February 2006=== *[[Repeal of ministerial control of RU486 bill passes Australian House of Representatives]] :''The Australian House of Representatives have considered the bill regarding whether the Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott, or the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) regulate the abortifacient mifepristone (RU486), and has passed the bill unamended. Earlier today, the Prime Minister John Howard (Australian Liberal Party, Bennelong) has spoken on the amendments earlier proposed by Jackie Kelly (Liberal, Lindsay) and Andrew Laming (Liberal, Bowman), speaking in favour of the Laming amendments and reiterating his support for Abbott, stating that he is the "best friend that Medicare ever had", Abbott's usual phrase he states in Question Time in support of the Government's handling of Medicare.'' 3z8xrq7lvxxoyq54bxl5z76pf17wppx 4685007 4685006 2022-07-25T22:21:26Z 101.112.3.118 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Portal:Australia/in depth header}} __NOTOC__ Here is how Wikipedia summarises the [[w:Mifepristone|RU486 abortion pill]] debate: :''In late 2005, Australian Democrats introduced an amendment to the Australian Senate to remove this statutory provision and transfer the power of approval to the Therapeutic Goods Administration. The move caused much debate in the Australian media and amongst politicians. In addition to the Democrats, the Bill attracted public support from the Australian Greens and several individual members of the Labor, Liberal and National parties. Neither the Labor Opposition nor the Coalition parties took a party stand in favour or in opposition of the Bill and allowed for a conscience vote. The Family First Party and Coalition Senators Barnaby Joyce, Bill Heffernan and Ron Boswell signalled their strong opposition. The Health Minister Tony Abbott, a pro-life, was targeted by supporters of the amendment.'' :''The Bill has passed the Australian Senate on 10 February 2006, causing Minister Abbott to label it a no confidence vote in him and the Government. The Australian House of Representatives has considered the bill, and two amendments proposed during the debate, rejecting the both of them, and passing the bill unamended. If approved by the TGA, the availability of the drug may be assisted with listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.'' ==Wikinews Australia coverage== ===18 January 2006=== *[[Australian senate inquiry receives 4,000 submisions on abortion pill]] :''The Australian Senate has been flooded with submissions into an inquiry about the possible use of the abortion drug Mifepristone (known as RU486) in Australia. The senate committee is to consider a private members bill, introduced by a group of female senators and MPs to strip the Australian health minister of his control over the drug. If successful, the drug would then have to be approved by the Threrapeutic Goods Administration before it would be allowed to be used in Australia.'' ===3 February 2006=== *[[RU486 Abortion pill hearings begin in Australia]] :''An Australian Senate inquiry into the abortion pill "RU486" has started public hearings in Melbourne. A controversial conscience vote on the issue to overturn laws which prohibit Australian women's access to the drug, will be held in Federal parliament on February 9. The Senate committee is considering a bill to remove ministerial control of the abortifacient drug Mifepristone - or RU486. Health Minister Tony Abbott says the issue of whether to allow women access to the drug "is one of principle." Abbott, who is against abortion, insists he is the right person to control the drug's use in Australia.'' ===8 February 2006=== *[[RU486 debate enters Australian Senate]] :''The looming debate on whether the Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott or the Theraputic Goods Administration (TGA) should regulate mifepristone, RU486, has entered the Australian Senate, February 8. A free vote is due to be conducted on this issue. The first speakers have been all women speaking in support of passing control from the Health Minister to the TGA: Australian National Party Senator Fiona Nash, Australian Democrats Senator Lyn Ellison, Australian Labor Party Senator Claire Moore. They have drawn attention to the fact that abortion is already legal in Australia, the inappropriateness of a Parliament minister to regulate a single drug versus a scientific and independent body, and if RU486 is an unsafe drug then the TGA will not approve the drug.'' ===15 February 2006=== *[[RU486 debate complicates with amendments posed in Australian House of Representatives]] :''The ongoing debate over whether the Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott, or the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) regulate the abortifacient mifepristone (RU486) has complicated with a number of members proposing amendments to the Senate bill, now in the House of Representatives. Jackie Kelly (Australian Liberal Party, Lindsay) has said that "There should be a transparent process in which the minister is accountable for his or her decision" on so-called restricted goods (of which RU486 is such a good) as listed in the TGA legislation. Kelly has proposed an amendment with points stating that "the Minister for Health and Ageing continuing to have the decision making role in relation to the approval of restricted goods...", "the Minister being required to obtain written advice from the Therapeutic Goods Administration prior to giving written approval or refusal to approve", "the Minister's decision being subject to disallowance".'' ===16 February 2006=== *[[Repeal of ministerial control of RU486 bill passes Australian House of Representatives]] :''The Australian House of Representatives have considered the bill regarding whether the Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott, or the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) regulate the abortifacient mifepristone (RU486), and has passed the bill unamended. Earlier today, the Prime Minister John Howard (Australian Liberal Party, Bennelong) has spoken on the amendments earlier proposed by Jackie Kelly (Liberal, Lindsay) and Andrew Laming (Liberal, Bowman), speaking in favour of the Laming amendments and reiterating his support for Abbott, stating that he is the "best friend that Medicare ever had", Abbott's usual phrase he states in Question Time in support of the Government's handling of Medicare.'' brfmtkuhw75qbfxn7k5y357ymslv7lx 4685023 4685007 2022-07-26T01:33:39Z SVTCobra 9158 Reverted edit(s) by [[Special:Contributions/101.112.3.118|101.112.3.118]] ([[User talk:101.112.3.118|talk]]) to last version by Cirt wikitext text/x-wiki {{Portal:Australia/in depth header}} __NOTOC__ Here is how Wikipedia summarises the [[w:Mifepristone|RU486 abortion pill]] debate: :''In late 2005, Australian Democrats introduced an amendment to the Australian Senate to remove this statutory provision and transfer the power of approval to the Therapeutic Goods Administration. The move caused much debate in the Australian media and amongst politicians. In addition to the Democrats, the Bill attracted public support from the Australian Greens and several individual members of the Labor, Liberal and National parties. Neither the Labor Opposition nor the Coalition parties took a party stand in favour or in opposition of the Bill and allowed for a conscience vote. The Family First Party and Coalition Senators Barnaby Joyce, Bill Heffernan and Ron Boswell signalled their strong opposition. The Health Minister Tony Abbott, a pro-lifer, was targetted by supporters of the amendment.'' :''The Bill has passed the Australian Senate[1] on 10 February 2006, causing Minister Abbott to label it a no confidence vote in him and the Government[2]. The Australian House of Representatives has considered the bill, and two amendments proposed during the debate, rejecting the both of them, and passing the bill unamended. If approved by the TGA, the availability of the drug may be assisted with listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.'' ==Wikinews Australia coverage== ===January 18, 2006=== *[[Australian senate inquiry receives 4,000 submisions on abortion pill]] :''The Australian Senate has been flooded with submissions into an inquiry about the possible use of the abortion drug Mifepristone (known as RU486) in Australia. The senate committee is to consider a private members bill, introduced by a group of female senators and MPs to strip the Australian health minister of his control over the drug. If successful, the drug would then have to be approved by the Threrapeutic Goods Administration before it would be allowed to be used in Australia.'' ===February 3, 2006=== *[[RU486 Abortion pill hearings begin in Australia]] :''An Australian Senate inquiry into the abortion pill "RU486" has started public hearings in Melbourne. A controversial conscience vote on the issue to overturn laws which prohibit Australian women's access to the drug, will be held in Federal parliament on February 9. The Senate committee is considering a bill to remove ministerial control of the abortifacient drug Mifepristone - or RU486. Health Minister Tony Abbott says the issue of whether to allow women access to the drug "is one of principle." Abbott, who is against abortion, insists he is the right person to control the drug's use in Australia.'' ===February 8, 2006=== *[[RU486 debate enters Australian Senate]] :''The looming debate on whether the Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott or the Theraputic Goods Administration (TGA) should regulate mifepristone, RU486, has entered the Australian Senate, February 8. A free vote is due to be conducted on this issue. The first speakers have been all women speaking in support of passing control from the Health Minister to the TGA: Australian National Party Senator Fiona Nash, Australian Democrats Senator Lyn Ellison, Australian Labor Party Senator Claire Moore. They have drawn attention to the fact that abortion is already legal in Australia, the inappropriateness of a Parliament minister to regulate a single drug versus a scientific and independent body, and if RU486 is an unsafe drug then the TGA will not approve the drug.'' ===February 15, 2006=== *[[RU486 debate complicates with amendments posed in Australian House of Representatives]] :''The ongoing debate over whether the Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott, or the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) regulate the abortifacient mifepristone (RU486) has complicated with a number of members proposing amendments to the Senate bill, now in the House of Representatives. Jackie Kelly (Australian Liberal Party, Lindsay) has said that "There should be a transparent process in which the minister is accountable for his or her decision" on so-called restricted goods (of which RU486 is such a good) as listed in the TGA legislation. Kelly has proposed an amendment with points stating that "the Minister for Health and Ageing continuing to have the decision making role in relation to the approval of restricted goods...", "the Minister being required to obtain written advice from the Therapeutic Goods Administration prior to giving written approval or refusal to approve", "the Minister's decision being subject to disallowance".'' ===February 16, 2006=== *[[Repeal of ministerial control of RU486 bill passes Australian House of Representatives]] :''The Australian House of Representatives have considered the bill regarding whether the Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott, or the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) regulate the abortifacient mifepristone (RU486), and has passed the bill unamended. Earlier today, the Prime Minister John Howard (Australian Liberal Party, Bennelong) has spoken on the amendments earlier proposed by Jackie Kelly (Liberal, Lindsay) and Andrew Laming (Liberal, Bowman), speaking in favour of the Laming amendments and reiterating his support for Abbott, stating that he is the "best friend that Medicare ever had", Abbott's usual phrase he states in Question Time in support of the Government's handling of Medicare.'' mjh11xg0k32ti3g9sfw8pkser6x2oi9 4685043 4685023 2022-07-26T06:13:41Z 103.255.6.86 Portals were deprecated wikitext text/x-wiki #REDIRECT [[Category:Mifepristone]] lsjg7ksdyjesczz9zrq8uf8t7y4lh7t 4685055 4685043 2022-07-26T11:51:47Z SVTCobra 9158 added [[Category:Redirected obsolete portals]] using [[Help:Gadget-HotCat|HotCat]] wikitext text/x-wiki #REDIRECT [[Category:Mifepristone]] [[Category:Redirected obsolete portals]] rws5m7hncxti54saq9bcs92bd8jsd78 3 52168 4684971 4656254 2022-07-25T15:50:21Z Bddpaux 112744 /* So... */ new section wikitext text/x-wiki {{User talk:Amgine/archbx}}This user left Wikinews, so leaving any messages on this page will be pointless. Further, this user refuses to acknowledge LQT, and does not use it. [[Category:Opted-out of message delivery]] == [[WN:DR#Wikinews interviews specialists on China, Iran, Russia support for al-Assad/fr]] == Since you were the page creator, thought I'd leave a note here of the discussion. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 11:43, 11 September 2014 (UTC) == For Entertainment Purposes Only == You'll probably recall the short, and overly-informal, email I received from a certain solicitor last year. Regrettably, their client has decided to ignore the caution given. Following my handling of another successful takedown over IP infringement, xe's gone back to putting defamatory nonsense on Farcebook. Tsk, tsk. You know what they say about "a fool and their money", ... So, I'm sitting looking at a "Form G1" from the [http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/taking-action/ordinary-cause Scottish Courts] website. A bit of a doozy to fill in properly, and I clearly need to spend some time in the public gallery to learn from watching proceedings. I'm sure the matter will entertain; not just yourself, but [[User:Blood Red Sandman|BRS]] and [[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] too. Need to resurrect my 'spare' Farcebook account to take a look at a couple of pages I've been blocked from. Clearly things could be, or end up, uglier than the ineptly Photoshopped caricature being employed to try and bait me. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / ^{[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]} 14:32, 27 January 2016 (UTC) == [[India discontinues ₹500, ₹1000 denominations; releases ₹2000 and new ₹500 bills]] == I need to update the story. The article is within 24 hour mark. So, if I update note, can you please check the edits after verifying?<br>[[User:AGastya|<span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:#000000;">Agastya Chandrakant</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:AGastya|<span style=" font-family:Helvetica; color:#333;font-size:125%">⚽️ 🏆 🎾 🎬 🎤 📰</span>]] 04:16, 15 November 2016 (UTC) == [[Wikinews:Story preparation/Evidence of bias: Media coverage of Comey memos]] == This article, [[Wikinews:Story preparation/Evidence of bias: Media coverage of Comey memos]], was created months ago. There is already a new article, "[[Former U.S. FBI Director James Comey testifies about President Trump]]", though it's slightly different involving two similar parties. What are you going to do with it? --[[User:George Ho|George Ho]] ([[User talk:George Ho|talk]]) 20:48, 12 June 2017 (UTC) Just one question: how will it be developed into a newer story if we can't do anything about it? --[[User:George Ho|George Ho]] ([[User talk:George Ho|talk]]) 00:57, 13 June 2017 (UTC) Requested deletion. --[[User:George Ho|George Ho]] ([[User talk:George Ho|talk]]) 01:47, 13 June 2017 (UTC) :I deleted the article under the [[WN:CSD#A-oldprep]] criterion, quicker than a DR. The Comey memo that was uploaded was probably in the public domain since it was the work of a government officer. —[[User:Mikemoral|mikemoral]] ([[User talk:Mikemoral|talk]]) 07:44, 13 June 2017 (UTC) == DynamicPageList == Hi, I am a user from Turkish Wiktionary, and lately I have been working on the category tree module. I wasn't able to copy the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Module:category_tree English version] into Turkish Wikt., it was so complex. So, I decided to create [https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mod%C3%BCl:kategori_a%C4%9Fac%C4%B1 a new one]. It works very well at this point. We started using the module through some templates on most categories. But there is an addition in the English version of the module. As you can see [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:en:Linguistics here], there is a table at the right of the page gives us info about recent additions and oldest pages. I want to do the same thing on Turkish Wiktionary, but to do that I need to activate (I guess) DynamicPageList feature. Found a page on MediaWiki: [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DynamicPageList_(Wikimedia) Extension:DynamicPageList (Wikimedia)], it talks about the exact same thing, but it cannot be used on Turkish Wiktionary. Saw your name in the page, and if you could help me how to use this extension on our wiki, I would be very pleased. Thanks! <span style="color:#2c9f20; font-weight: bold;">~ [[Kullanıcı:HastaLaVi2|<span style="color:#2c9f20; font-weight: bold;">Z</span>]] ([[Kullanıcı mesaj:HastaLaVi2|<span style="color:#2c9f20; font-weight: bold;">m</span>]])</span> 16:57, 28 September 2017 (UTC) :Thanks for your quick answer. :) I will follow the instructions you gave and hopefully we will start using this extension. It really is an amazing one. Have a fully wikiday! <span style="color:#2c9f20; font-weight: bold;">~ [[Kullanıcı:HastaLaVi2|<span style="color:#2c9f20; font-weight: bold;">Z</span>]] ([[Kullanıcı mesaj:HastaLaVi2|<span style="color:#2c9f20; font-weight: bold;">m</span>]])</span> 17:34, 28 September 2017 (UTC) == Weird feature I do not understand == Why does [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Special:NewsFeed&feed=rss&categories=Internet|Crime%20and%20law&namespace=0&count=60&hourcount=99924&ordermethod=categoryadd&stablepages=include&notcategory=Published] include a ton of published articles? I said 'notcategory=Published', this should not happen? --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 18:34, 4 March 2019 (UTC) :Do you think [[:mw:Extension:IssueTracker_2.0|Extension:IssueTracker_2.0]] is likely to be installed at a Wikimedia wiki? Could it be a useful tool for collaborating on articles? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 01:32, 16 April 2019 (UTC) == Userspace drafts == Hello. I realise that you are not as active here as you used to be but I thought it worth asking you first. I’ve come across a number of draft articles in userspace. They include the following ones that are in your userspace. * [[:User:Amgine/dwfb]] * [[:User:Amgine/Latest leak review]] * [[:User:Amgine/Penguin fired by WMF: Escorted from premises]] There’s no immediate hurry but please could you let me know if you intend to work on them or if we can delete them. Many thanks. --[[User:Green Giant|Green Giant]] ([[User talk:Green Giant|talk]]) 22:00, 1 August 2021 (UTC) == Welcome Back == Long time no see around here mate. Welcome back - [[User:Cartman02au|Cartman02au]] <SMALL>([[User_talk:Cartman02au|Talk]])([[Australia|AU Portal]])</SMALL> 12:27, 12 January 2022 (UTC) == So... == ...are you ''here'', or are you considering your "reboot" page to be your home now?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:50, 25 July 2022 (UTC) j2ho8odr2cmb72udxr5er12za9nyf5c 4 85978 4684975 4684658 2022-07-25T16:19:58Z MediaWiki message delivery 944628 /* Let's talk about the Desktop Improvements */ new section wikitext text/x-wiki '''{{refresh}}''' __NEWSECTIONLINK__ [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous/Archive|Archive]] <inputbox> bgcolor=transparent type=fulltext prefix=Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous break=yes width=50 searchbuttonlabel=Search current discussions and archives </inputbox> ---- {{User:MiszaBot/config |archive = Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous/archives/%(year)d/%(monthname)s |algo = old(30d) |counter = 1 |minthreadsleft = 1 }} {{Archivebox| {{hidden|2009|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2009}}}} {{hidden|2010|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2010}}}} {{hidden|2011|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2011}}}} {{hidden|2012|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2012}}}} {{hidden|2013|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2013}}}} {{hidden|2014|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2014}}}} {{hidden|2015|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2015}}}} {{hidden|2016|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2016}}}} {{hidden|2017|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2017}}}} {{hidden|2018|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2018}}}} {{hidden|2019|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2019}}}} {{hidden|2020|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2020}}}} {{hidden|2021|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2021}}}} {{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2022}} }}<noinclude> __TOC__</noinclude> <!-- Don't touch anything above this line. --> == Would invisible comments help expedite the review process? == It is my understanding that reviewing an article can take some time because the reviewer has to check all the sources. I imagine the process is complicated by the fact that we don't use inline citations like on Wikipedia. So this made me wonder: would it be useful to put sources in HTML comments? Although the comments would be invisible to normal readers, reviewers would be able to use them to check the source of each statement. --[[User:Ixfd64|Ixfd64]] ([[User talk:Ixfd64|talk]]) 22:16, 30 May 2022 (UTC) :: Interesting point. I also wonder if Wikinews has guidelines for reviewers, and if so can someone please provide a link, thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 18:32, 13 June 2022 (UTC) :::{{re|Ixfd64}} Apologies for the delayed response. Invisible comments help the reviewer immensely. If the comments just say exactly where in the source the information is from, it saves the reviewer having to look through each source for each piece of information. I know it shifts the onus to the article writers but it is a method I use professionally in my paid employment. I’m sure there are people who can zoom through a thousand words with photographic memories and light-speed scanning but I’m not one of those people. Even if have read a source, I’m still going to need to go back several times to check if I read something there. The shortest articles (150-200 words with two sources) are very easy to review (may be half an hour). However, if it is 1,000+ words with potentially a dozen sources and no hidden comments, a reviewer could be looking at 2-3 hours of checking. So, yes, please do add the hidden comments after every piece of information and help cut the reviewing time. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 12:41, 26 June 2022 (UTC) ::::Thanks for the information. This is very good to know! --[[User:Ixfd64|Ixfd64]] ([[User talk:Ixfd64|talk]]) 16:16, 26 June 2022 (UTC) :::{{re|Ottawahitech}} I’m not sure if there are specific guidelines on hidden comments but we have [[:WN:Reviewing articles]] as the main policy and some other out of date pages. Other policies and guidelines also play a part, such as [[:WN:NPOV]]. The general expectation of potential new reviewers has been to "learn on the job", i.e. if you can regularly craft articles that pass review, then you’ve probably got a good grasp of the reviewing process. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 12:53, 26 June 2022 (UTC) == Desktop Improvements update == [[File:Table of contents shown on English Wikipedia 02.webm|thumb]] ; Making this the new default Hello. I wanted to give you an update about the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements|Desktop Improvements]] project, which the Wikimedia Foundation Web team has been working on for the past few years. Our work is almost finished! 🎉 We would love to see these improvements become the default for readers and editors across all wikis. <span style="background-color:#fc3;">In the coming weeks, we will begin conversations on more wikis, including yours. 🗓️</span> We will gladly read your suggestions! The goals of the project are to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. The project consists of a series of feature improvements which make it easier to read and learn, navigate within the page, search, switch between languages, use article tabs and the user menu, and more. The improvements are already visible by default for readers and editors on more than 30 wikis, including Wikipedias in [[:fr:|French]], [[:pt:|Portuguese]], and [[:fa:|Persian]]. The changes apply to the [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}|useskin=vector}} Vector] skin only, although it will always be possible to revert to the previous version on an individual basis. [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}|useskin=monobook}} Monobook] or [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}|useskin=timeless}} Timeless] users will not notice any changes. ; The newest features * [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Features/Table of contents|Table of contents]] - our version is easier to reach, gain context of the page, and navigate throughout the page without needing to scroll. It is currently tested across our pilot wikis. It is also available for editors who have opted into the Vector 2022 skin. * [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Features/Page tools|Page tools]] - now, there are two types of links in the sidebar. There are actions and tools for individual pages (like [[Special:RecentChangesLinked|Related changes]]) and links of the wiki-wide nature (like [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]]). We are going to separate these into two intuitive menus. ; How to enable/disable the improvements [[File:Desktop Improvements - how to enable globally.png|thumb|[[Special:GlobalPreferences#mw-prefsection-rendering|{{int:globalpreferences}}]]]] * It is possible to opt-in individually [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering|in the appearance tab within the preferences]] by selecting "{{int:skinname-vector-2022}}". Also, it is possible to opt-in on all wikis using the [[Special:GlobalPreferences#mw-prefsection-rendering|global preferences]]. * On wikis where the changes are visible by default for all, logged-in users can always opt-out to the Legacy Vector. There is an easily accessible link in the sidebar of the new Vector. ; Learn more and join our events If you would like to follow the progress of our project, you can [[mw:Special:Newsletter/28/subscribe|subscribe to our newsletter]]. You can read the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements|pages of the project]], check [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Frequently_asked_questions|our FAQ]], write on the [[mw:Talk:Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements|project talk page]], and [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Updates/Talk to Web|join an online meeting with us]]. Thank you! [[User:SGrabarczuk (WMF)|SGrabarczuk (WMF)]] ([[User talk:SGrabarczuk (WMF)|talk]]) 16:59, 21 June 2022 (UTC) <!-- Message sent by User:SGrabarczuk (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:SGrabarczuk_(WMF)/sandbox/MM/En_fallback&oldid=23430301 --> == Tech News: 2022-26 == <section begin="technews-2022-W26"/><div class="plainlinks"> Latest '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/26|Translations]] are available. '''Recent changes''' * [[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=|alt=|Advanced item]] [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Enterprise|Wikimedia Enterprise]] API service now has self-service accounts with free on-demand requests and monthly snapshots ([https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/ API documentation]). Community access [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Enterprise/FAQ#community-access|via database dumps & Wikimedia Cloud Services]] continues. * [[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=|alt=|Advanced item]] [[d:Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Wiktionary#lua|All Wikimedia wikis can now use Wikidata Lexemes in Lua]] after creating local modules and templates. Discussions are welcome [[d:Wikidata_talk:Lexicographical_data#You_can_now_reuse_Wikidata_Lexemes_on_all_wikis|on the project talk page]]. '''Changes later this week''' * [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=|alt=|Recurrent item]] The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.39/wmf.18|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from {{#time:j xg|2022-06-28|en}}. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from {{#time:j xg|2022-06-29|en}}. It will be on all wikis from {{#time:j xg|2022-06-30|en}} ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.39/Roadmap|calendar]]). * [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=|alt=|Recurrent item]] Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on {{#time:j xg|2022-06-28|en}} at 06:00 UTC ([https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/s7.dblist targeted wikis]). [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T311033] * Some global and cross-wiki services will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on {{#time:j xg|2022-06-30|en}} at 06:00 UTC. This will impact ContentTranslation, Echo, StructuredDiscussions, Growth experiments and a few more services. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T300472] * Users will be able to sort columns within sortable tables in the mobile skin. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T233340] '''Future meetings''' * The next [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Updates/Talk to Web|open meeting with the Web team]] about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (28 June). The following meetings will take place on 12 July and 26 July. 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[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/27|Translations]] are available. '''Changes later this week''' * [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=|alt=|Recurrent item]] The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.39/wmf.19|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from {{#time:j xg|2022-07-05|en}}. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from {{#time:j xg|2022-07-06|en}}. It will be on all wikis from {{#time:j xg|2022-07-07|en}} ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.39/Roadmap|calendar]]). * [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=|alt=|Recurrent item]] Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on {{#time:j xg|2022-07-05|en}} at 07:00 UTC ([https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/s6.dblist targeted wikis]) and on {{#time:j xg|2022-07-07|en}} at 7:00 UTC ([https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/s4.dblist targeted wikis]). * The Beta Feature for [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools|DiscussionTools]] will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Talk pages project/Usability/Prototype|some of the proposed changes]]. * [[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=|alt=| Advanced item]] This change only affects pages in the main namespace in Wikisource. The Javascript config variable <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>proofreadpage_source_href</code></bdi> will be removed from <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>[[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Interface/JavaScript#mw.config|mw.config]]</code></bdi> and be replaced with the variable <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>prpSourceIndexPage</code></bdi>. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T309490] '''''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|Tech news]]''' prepared by [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers|Tech News writers]] and posted by [[m:Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki message delivery|bot]]&nbsp;• [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute|Contribute]]&nbsp;• [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/27|Translate]]&nbsp;• [[m:Tech|Get help]]&nbsp;• [[m:Talk:Tech/News|Give feedback]]&nbsp;• [[m:Global message delivery/Targets/Tech ambassadors|Subscribe or unsubscribe]].'' </div><section end="technews-2022-W27"/> 19:32, 4 July 2022 (UTC) <!-- Message sent by User:Quiddity (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambassadors&oldid=23466250 --> == Tech News: 2022-28 == <section begin="technews-2022-W28"/><div class="plainlinks"> Latest '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/28|Translations]] are available. '''Recent changes''' * In the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements|Vector 2022 skin]], the page title is now displayed above the tabs such as Discussion, Read, Edit, View history, or More. [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Updates#Page title/tabs switch|Learn more]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T303549] * [[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=|alt=|Advanced item]] It is now possible to easily view most of the configuration settings that apply to just one wiki, and to compare settings between two wikis if those settings are different. For example: [https://noc.wikimedia.org/wiki.php?wiki=jawiktionary Japanese Wiktionary settings], or [https://noc.wikimedia.org/wiki.php?wiki=eswiki&compare=eowiki settings that are different between the Spanish and Esperanto Wikipedias]. Local communities may want to [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Requesting_wiki_configuration_changes|discuss and propose changes]] to their local settings. Details about each of the named settings can be found by [[mw:Special:Search|searching MediaWiki.org]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T308932] *The Anti-Harassment Tools team [[m:Special:MyLanguage/IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation/IP Info feature#May|recently deployed]] the IP Info Feature as a [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures|Beta Feature at all wikis]]. This feature allows abuse fighters to access information about IP addresses. Please check our update on [[m:Special:MyLanguage/IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation/IP Info feature#April|how to find and use the tool]]. Please share your feedback using a link you will be given within the tool itself. '''Changes later this week''' * There is no new MediaWiki version this week. * [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=|alt=|Recurrent item]] Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on {{#time:j xg|2022-07-12|en}} at 07:00 UTC ([https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/s3.dblist targeted wikis]). '''Future changes''' * The Beta Feature for [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools|DiscussionTools]] will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Talk pages project/Usability/Prototype|some of the proposed changes]]. '''''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|Tech news]]''' prepared by [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers|Tech News writers]] and posted by [[m:Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki message delivery|bot]]&nbsp;• [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute|Contribute]]&nbsp;• [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/28|Translate]]&nbsp;• [[m:Tech|Get help]]&nbsp;• [[m:Talk:Tech/News|Give feedback]]&nbsp;• [[m:Global message delivery/Targets/Tech ambassadors|Subscribe or unsubscribe]].'' </div><section end="technews-2022-W28"/> 19:24, 11 July 2022 (UTC) <!-- Message sent by User:Quiddity (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambassadors&oldid=23502519 --> == Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election 2022 - Propose statements for the 2022 Election Compass == <section begin="announcement-content" /> : ''[[metawiki:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections/2022/Announcement/Propose statements for the 2022 Election Compass| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.</span>]]'' : ''<div class="plainlinks">[[metawiki:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections/2022/Announcement/Propose statements for the 2022 Election Compass|{{int:interlanguage-link-mul}}]] • [https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-{{urlencode:Wikimedia Foundation elections/2022/Announcement/Propose statements for the 2022 Election Compass}}&language=&action=page&filter= {{int:please-translate}}]</div>'' <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Hi all,</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Community members in the [[metawiki:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections/2022|2022 Board of Trustees election]] are invited to [[metawiki:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Community_Voting/Election_Compass|propose statements to use in the Election Compass.]]</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">An Election Compass is a tool to help voters select the candidates that best align with their beliefs and views. The community members will propose statements for the candidates to answer using a Lickert scale (agree/neutral/disagree). The candidates’ answers to the statements will be loaded into the Election Compass tool. Voters will use the tool by entering in their answer to the statements (agree/disagree/neutral). The results will show the candidates that best align with the voter’s beliefs and views.</span> ;<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Here is the timeline for the Election Compass:</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">July 8 - 20: Community members propose statements for the Election Compass</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">July 21 - 22: Elections Committee reviews statements for clarity and removes off-topic statements</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">July 23 - August 1: Volunteers vote on the statements</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">August 2 - 4: Elections Committee selects the top 15 statements</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">August 5 - 12: candidates align themselves with the statements</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">August 15: The Election Compass opens for voters to use to help guide their voting decision</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The Elections Committee will select the top 15 statements at the beginning of August. The Elections Committee will oversee the process, supported by the Movement Strategy and Governance team. MSG will check that the questions are clear, there are no duplicates, no typos, and so on.</span> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Best, </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Movement Strategy and Governance </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> <small>''This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee''</small> </div> <section end="announcement-content" />[[User:MNadzikiewicz (WMF)|MNadzikiewicz (WMF)]] ([[User talk:MNadzikiewicz (WMF)|talk]]) 13:41, 12 July 2022 (UTC) == 15-year-old article featured on main page? == The main page is showing the article [[Tour de France: Cédric Vasseur wins stage 10]], which was published in July 2007. Is there a reason for this? --[[User:Ixfd64|Ixfd64]] ([[User talk:Ixfd64|talk]]) 18:44, 13 July 2022 (UTC) :Thanks {{re|Ixfd64}} No idea how that happened but I’ve removed it. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 18:53, 13 July 2022 (UTC) ::It looks as if the [[Template:published]] template was only recently added to the article. I've noticed it is also appearing near the top of lists and templates, e.g. [[Template:Europe]] --[[User:CSJJ104|CSJJ104]] ([[User talk:CSJJ104|talk]]) 13:14, 17 July 2022 (UTC) :::I am pretty sure it is because {{tl|Publish}} was changed to {{tl|Published}}, making it look like it was published recently. {{tl|Publish}} is the main template while {{tl|Published}} is pretty much a redirect and serves as an alternative. I don't have the technical knowledge to say how or where the date of adding the template is stored, but it affects pages which rely on DPL. It has, for example, also affected [[:Category:2007 Tour de France]]'s "Latest stories" section. Cheers, [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 00:51, 19 July 2022 (UTC) == Tech News: 2022-29 == <section begin="technews-2022-W29"/><div class="plainlinks"> Latest '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/29|Translations]] are available. '''Problems''' * The feature on mobile web for [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:NearbyPages|Nearby Pages]] was missing last week. It will be fixed this week. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T312864] '''Changes later this week''' * [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=|alt=|Recurrent item]] The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.39/wmf.21|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from {{#time:j xg|2022-07-19|en}}. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from {{#time:j xg|2022-07-20|en}}. It will be on all wikis from {{#time:j xg|2022-07-21|en}} ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.39/Roadmap|calendar]]). '''Future changes''' * The [[mw:Technical_decision_making/Forum|Technical Decision Forum]] is seeking [[mw:Technical_decision_making/Community_representation|community representatives]]. You can apply on wiki or by emailing <span class="mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr">TDFSupport@wikimedia.org</span> before 12 August. '''''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|Tech news]]''' prepared by [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers|Tech News writers]] and posted by [[m:Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki message delivery|bot]]&nbsp;• [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute|Contribute]]&nbsp;• [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/29|Translate]]&nbsp;• [[m:Tech|Get help]]&nbsp;• [[m:Talk:Tech/News|Give feedback]]&nbsp;• [[m:Global message delivery/Targets/Tech ambassadors|Subscribe or unsubscribe]].'' </div><section end="technews-2022-W29"/> 22:59, 18 July 2022 (UTC) <!-- Message sent by User:Quiddity (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambassadors&oldid=23517957 --> == Image and media stuff? == Commons (and assorted images) has been on my mind lately. Just curious: ''Anyone here aware of any type/class of images over there for which there is a robust selection?'' Just thinking and mulling stuff over. Here is a bit: My recent article about Texas wildfires, I noticed how hard it was to find anything that would fit (settled on a Fire Engine for the city of Austin, Texas).--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:11, 19 July 2022 (UTC) :Best shot is with Commons. With my article on UK obesity, I really went through loads of categories and searched photos all over to settle on a supermarket advertising processed meats, which I guess is junk food? In your (your?) latest on monkeypox, I just went with a map which included Virginia. Sometimes, 'good enough' has to do. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 15:26, 19 July 2022 (UTC) :Similar to what JJ said, I find it best to wade through Commons categories, rather than relying on the search feature. Did you find [[:Commons:Category:Wildfires in Texas]] while searching? Cheers, [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 15:48, 19 July 2022 (UTC) ::No I didn't! But I know about it now. Thanks!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:08, 22 July 2022 (UTC) == Let's talk about the Desktop Improvements == [[File:Vector 2022 showing language menu with a blue menu trigger and blue menu items 01.jpg|thumb]] Join an online meeting with the team working on the [[mw:Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements|Desktop Improvements]]! It will take place on '''26 July 2022 at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20220726T1200 12:00 UTC] and [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20220726T1900 19:00 UTC]''' on Zoom. '''[https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/5304280674 Click here to join]'''. Meeting ID: 5304280674. [https://wikimedia.zoom.us/u/kc2hamfYz9 Dial by your location]. [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Updates/Talk to Web|Read more]]. See you! [[User:SGrabarczuk (WMF)|SGrabarczuk (WMF)]] ([[User talk:SGrabarczuk (WMF)|talk]]) 16:19, 25 July 2022 (UTC) <!-- Message sent by User:SGrabarczuk (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:SGrabarczuk_(WMF)/sandbox/MM/En_fallback&oldid=23430301 --> ad5wbz3qmt9eb9oxopncemjx9p28f5r 4684993 4684975 2022-07-25T19:27:19Z MediaWiki message delivery 944628 /* Tech News: 2022-30 */ new section wikitext text/x-wiki '''{{refresh}}''' __NEWSECTIONLINK__ [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous/Archive|Archive]] <inputbox> bgcolor=transparent type=fulltext prefix=Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous break=yes width=50 searchbuttonlabel=Search current discussions and archives </inputbox> ---- {{User:MiszaBot/config |archive = Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous/archives/%(year)d/%(monthname)s |algo = old(30d) |counter = 1 |minthreadsleft = 1 }} {{Archivebox| {{hidden|2009|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2009}}}} {{hidden|2010|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2010}}}} {{hidden|2011|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2011}}}} {{hidden|2012|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2012}}}} {{hidden|2013|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2013}}}} {{hidden|2014|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2014}}}} {{hidden|2015|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2015}}}} {{hidden|2016|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2016}}}} {{hidden|2017|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2017}}}} {{hidden|2018|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2018}}}} {{hidden|2019|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2019}}}} {{hidden|2020|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2020}}}} {{hidden|2021|{{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2021}}}} {{Archive months| archives=archives | year=2022}} }}<noinclude> __TOC__</noinclude> <!-- Don't touch anything above this line. --> == Would invisible comments help expedite the review process? == It is my understanding that reviewing an article can take some time because the reviewer has to check all the sources. I imagine the process is complicated by the fact that we don't use inline citations like on Wikipedia. So this made me wonder: would it be useful to put sources in HTML comments? Although the comments would be invisible to normal readers, reviewers would be able to use them to check the source of each statement. --[[User:Ixfd64|Ixfd64]] ([[User talk:Ixfd64|talk]]) 22:16, 30 May 2022 (UTC) :: Interesting point. I also wonder if Wikinews has guidelines for reviewers, and if so can someone please provide a link, thanks in advance, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 18:32, 13 June 2022 (UTC) :::{{re|Ixfd64}} Apologies for the delayed response. Invisible comments help the reviewer immensely. If the comments just say exactly where in the source the information is from, it saves the reviewer having to look through each source for each piece of information. I know it shifts the onus to the article writers but it is a method I use professionally in my paid employment. I’m sure there are people who can zoom through a thousand words with photographic memories and light-speed scanning but I’m not one of those people. Even if have read a source, I’m still going to need to go back several times to check if I read something there. The shortest articles (150-200 words with two sources) are very easy to review (may be half an hour). However, if it is 1,000+ words with potentially a dozen sources and no hidden comments, a reviewer could be looking at 2-3 hours of checking. So, yes, please do add the hidden comments after every piece of information and help cut the reviewing time. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 12:41, 26 June 2022 (UTC) ::::Thanks for the information. This is very good to know! --[[User:Ixfd64|Ixfd64]] ([[User talk:Ixfd64|talk]]) 16:16, 26 June 2022 (UTC) :::{{re|Ottawahitech}} I’m not sure if there are specific guidelines on hidden comments but we have [[:WN:Reviewing articles]] as the main policy and some other out of date pages. Other policies and guidelines also play a part, such as [[:WN:NPOV]]. The general expectation of potential new reviewers has been to "learn on the job", i.e. if you can regularly craft articles that pass review, then you’ve probably got a good grasp of the reviewing process. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 12:53, 26 June 2022 (UTC) == Desktop Improvements update == [[File:Table of contents shown on English Wikipedia 02.webm|thumb]] ; Making this the new default Hello. I wanted to give you an update about the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements|Desktop Improvements]] project, which the Wikimedia Foundation Web team has been working on for the past few years. Our work is almost finished! 🎉 We would love to see these improvements become the default for readers and editors across all wikis. <span style="background-color:#fc3;">In the coming weeks, we will begin conversations on more wikis, including yours. 🗓️</span> We will gladly read your suggestions! The goals of the project are to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. The project consists of a series of feature improvements which make it easier to read and learn, navigate within the page, search, switch between languages, use article tabs and the user menu, and more. The improvements are already visible by default for readers and editors on more than 30 wikis, including Wikipedias in [[:fr:|French]], [[:pt:|Portuguese]], and [[:fa:|Persian]]. The changes apply to the [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}|useskin=vector}} Vector] skin only, although it will always be possible to revert to the previous version on an individual basis. [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}|useskin=monobook}} Monobook] or [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}|useskin=timeless}} Timeless] users will not notice any changes. ; The newest features * [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Features/Table of contents|Table of contents]] - our version is easier to reach, gain context of the page, and navigate throughout the page without needing to scroll. It is currently tested across our pilot wikis. It is also available for editors who have opted into the Vector 2022 skin. * [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Features/Page tools|Page tools]] - now, there are two types of links in the sidebar. There are actions and tools for individual pages (like [[Special:RecentChangesLinked|Related changes]]) and links of the wiki-wide nature (like [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]]). We are going to separate these into two intuitive menus. ; How to enable/disable the improvements [[File:Desktop Improvements - how to enable globally.png|thumb|[[Special:GlobalPreferences#mw-prefsection-rendering|{{int:globalpreferences}}]]]] * It is possible to opt-in individually [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering|in the appearance tab within the preferences]] by selecting "{{int:skinname-vector-2022}}". Also, it is possible to opt-in on all wikis using the [[Special:GlobalPreferences#mw-prefsection-rendering|global preferences]]. * On wikis where the changes are visible by default for all, logged-in users can always opt-out to the Legacy Vector. There is an easily accessible link in the sidebar of the new Vector. ; Learn more and join our events If you would like to follow the progress of our project, you can [[mw:Special:Newsletter/28/subscribe|subscribe to our newsletter]]. You can read the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements|pages of the project]], check [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements/Frequently_asked_questions|our FAQ]], write on the [[mw:Talk:Reading/Web/Desktop_Improvements|project talk page]], and [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Updates/Talk to Web|join an online meeting with us]]. Thank you! [[User:SGrabarczuk (WMF)|SGrabarczuk (WMF)]] ([[User talk:SGrabarczuk (WMF)|talk]]) 16:59, 21 June 2022 (UTC) <!-- Message sent by User:SGrabarczuk (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:SGrabarczuk_(WMF)/sandbox/MM/En_fallback&oldid=23430301 --> == Tech News: 2022-26 == <section begin="technews-2022-W26"/><div class="plainlinks"> Latest '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/26|Translations]] are available. '''Recent changes''' * [[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=|alt=|Advanced item]] [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Enterprise|Wikimedia Enterprise]] API service now has self-service accounts with free on-demand requests and monthly snapshots ([https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/ API documentation]). Community access [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Enterprise/FAQ#community-access|via database dumps & Wikimedia Cloud Services]] continues. * [[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=|alt=|Advanced item]] [[d:Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Wiktionary#lua|All Wikimedia wikis can now use Wikidata Lexemes in Lua]] after creating local modules and templates. Discussions are welcome [[d:Wikidata_talk:Lexicographical_data#You_can_now_reuse_Wikidata_Lexemes_on_all_wikis|on the project talk page]]. '''Changes later this week''' * [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=|alt=|Recurrent item]] The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.39/wmf.18|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from {{#time:j xg|2022-06-28|en}}. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from {{#time:j xg|2022-06-29|en}}. It will be on all wikis from {{#time:j xg|2022-06-30|en}} ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.39/Roadmap|calendar]]). * [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=|alt=|Recurrent item]] Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on {{#time:j xg|2022-06-28|en}} at 06:00 UTC ([https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/s7.dblist targeted wikis]). [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T311033] * Some global and cross-wiki services will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on {{#time:j xg|2022-06-30|en}} at 06:00 UTC. This will impact ContentTranslation, Echo, StructuredDiscussions, Growth experiments and a few more services. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T300472] * Users will be able to sort columns within sortable tables in the mobile skin. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T233340] '''Future meetings''' * The next [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Updates/Talk to Web|open meeting with the Web team]] about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (28 June). The following meetings will take place on 12 July and 26 July. '''''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|Tech news]]''' prepared by [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers|Tech News writers]] and posted by [[m:Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki message delivery|bot]]&nbsp;• [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute|Contribute]]&nbsp;• [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/26|Translate]]&nbsp;• [[m:Tech|Get help]]&nbsp;• [[m:Talk:Tech/News|Give feedback]]&nbsp;• [[m:Global message delivery/Targets/Tech ambassadors|Subscribe or unsubscribe]].'' </div><section end="technews-2022-W26"/> 20:02, 27 June 2022 (UTC) <!-- Message sent by User:Quiddity (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambassadors&oldid=23453785 --> == Tech News: 2022-27 == <section begin="technews-2022-W27"/><div class="plainlinks"> Latest '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/27|Translations]] are available. '''Changes later this week''' * [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=|alt=|Recurrent item]] The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.39/wmf.19|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from {{#time:j xg|2022-07-05|en}}. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from {{#time:j xg|2022-07-06|en}}. It will be on all wikis from {{#time:j xg|2022-07-07|en}} ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.39/Roadmap|calendar]]). * [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=|alt=|Recurrent item]] Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on {{#time:j xg|2022-07-05|en}} at 07:00 UTC ([https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/s6.dblist targeted wikis]) and on {{#time:j xg|2022-07-07|en}} at 7:00 UTC ([https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/s4.dblist targeted wikis]). * The Beta Feature for [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools|DiscussionTools]] will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Talk pages project/Usability/Prototype|some of the proposed changes]]. * [[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=|alt=| Advanced item]] This change only affects pages in the main namespace in Wikisource. The Javascript config variable <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>proofreadpage_source_href</code></bdi> will be removed from <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>[[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Interface/JavaScript#mw.config|mw.config]]</code></bdi> and be replaced with the variable <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code>prpSourceIndexPage</code></bdi>. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T309490] '''''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|Tech news]]''' prepared by [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers|Tech News writers]] and posted by [[m:Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki message delivery|bot]]&nbsp;• [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute|Contribute]]&nbsp;• [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/27|Translate]]&nbsp;• [[m:Tech|Get help]]&nbsp;• [[m:Talk:Tech/News|Give feedback]]&nbsp;• [[m:Global message delivery/Targets/Tech ambassadors|Subscribe or unsubscribe]].'' </div><section end="technews-2022-W27"/> 19:32, 4 July 2022 (UTC) <!-- Message sent by User:Quiddity (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambassadors&oldid=23466250 --> == Tech News: 2022-28 == <section begin="technews-2022-W28"/><div class="plainlinks"> Latest '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/28|Translations]] are available. '''Recent changes''' * In the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements|Vector 2022 skin]], the page title is now displayed above the tabs such as Discussion, Read, Edit, View history, or More. [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Updates#Page title/tabs switch|Learn more]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T303549] * [[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=|alt=|Advanced item]] It is now possible to easily view most of the configuration settings that apply to just one wiki, and to compare settings between two wikis if those settings are different. For example: [https://noc.wikimedia.org/wiki.php?wiki=jawiktionary Japanese Wiktionary settings], or [https://noc.wikimedia.org/wiki.php?wiki=eswiki&compare=eowiki settings that are different between the Spanish and Esperanto Wikipedias]. Local communities may want to [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Requesting_wiki_configuration_changes|discuss and propose changes]] to their local settings. Details about each of the named settings can be found by [[mw:Special:Search|searching MediaWiki.org]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T308932] *The Anti-Harassment Tools team [[m:Special:MyLanguage/IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation/IP Info feature#May|recently deployed]] the IP Info Feature as a [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures|Beta Feature at all wikis]]. This feature allows abuse fighters to access information about IP addresses. Please check our update on [[m:Special:MyLanguage/IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation/IP Info feature#April|how to find and use the tool]]. Please share your feedback using a link you will be given within the tool itself. '''Changes later this week''' * There is no new MediaWiki version this week. * [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=|alt=|Recurrent item]] Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on {{#time:j xg|2022-07-12|en}} at 07:00 UTC ([https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/s3.dblist targeted wikis]). '''Future changes''' * The Beta Feature for [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools|DiscussionTools]] will be updated throughout July. Discussions will look different. You can see [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Talk pages project/Usability/Prototype|some of the proposed changes]]. '''''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|Tech news]]''' prepared by [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers|Tech News writers]] and posted by [[m:Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki message delivery|bot]]&nbsp;• [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute|Contribute]]&nbsp;• [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/28|Translate]]&nbsp;• [[m:Tech|Get help]]&nbsp;• [[m:Talk:Tech/News|Give feedback]]&nbsp;• [[m:Global message delivery/Targets/Tech ambassadors|Subscribe or unsubscribe]].'' </div><section end="technews-2022-W28"/> 19:24, 11 July 2022 (UTC) <!-- Message sent by User:Quiddity (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambassadors&oldid=23502519 --> == Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election 2022 - Propose statements for the 2022 Election Compass == <section begin="announcement-content" /> : ''[[metawiki:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections/2022/Announcement/Propose statements for the 2022 Election Compass| <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.</span>]]'' : ''<div class="plainlinks">[[metawiki:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections/2022/Announcement/Propose statements for the 2022 Election Compass|{{int:interlanguage-link-mul}}]] • [https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-{{urlencode:Wikimedia Foundation elections/2022/Announcement/Propose statements for the 2022 Election Compass}}&language=&action=page&filter= {{int:please-translate}}]</div>'' <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Hi all,</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Community members in the [[metawiki:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections/2022|2022 Board of Trustees election]] are invited to [[metawiki:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Community_Voting/Election_Compass|propose statements to use in the Election Compass.]]</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">An Election Compass is a tool to help voters select the candidates that best align with their beliefs and views. The community members will propose statements for the candidates to answer using a Lickert scale (agree/neutral/disagree). The candidates’ answers to the statements will be loaded into the Election Compass tool. Voters will use the tool by entering in their answer to the statements (agree/disagree/neutral). The results will show the candidates that best align with the voter’s beliefs and views.</span> ;<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Here is the timeline for the Election Compass:</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">July 8 - 20: Community members propose statements for the Election Compass</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">July 21 - 22: Elections Committee reviews statements for clarity and removes off-topic statements</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">July 23 - August 1: Volunteers vote on the statements</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">August 2 - 4: Elections Committee selects the top 15 statements</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">August 5 - 12: candidates align themselves with the statements</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">August 15: The Election Compass opens for voters to use to help guide their voting decision</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The Elections Committee will select the top 15 statements at the beginning of August. The Elections Committee will oversee the process, supported by the Movement Strategy and Governance team. MSG will check that the questions are clear, there are no duplicates, no typos, and so on.</span> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Best, </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> Movement Strategy and Governance </div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"> <small>''This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee''</small> </div> <section end="announcement-content" />[[User:MNadzikiewicz (WMF)|MNadzikiewicz (WMF)]] ([[User talk:MNadzikiewicz (WMF)|talk]]) 13:41, 12 July 2022 (UTC) == 15-year-old article featured on main page? == The main page is showing the article [[Tour de France: Cédric Vasseur wins stage 10]], which was published in July 2007. Is there a reason for this? --[[User:Ixfd64|Ixfd64]] ([[User talk:Ixfd64|talk]]) 18:44, 13 July 2022 (UTC) :Thanks {{re|Ixfd64}} No idea how that happened but I’ve removed it. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 18:53, 13 July 2022 (UTC) ::It looks as if the [[Template:published]] template was only recently added to the article. I've noticed it is also appearing near the top of lists and templates, e.g. [[Template:Europe]] --[[User:CSJJ104|CSJJ104]] ([[User talk:CSJJ104|talk]]) 13:14, 17 July 2022 (UTC) :::I am pretty sure it is because {{tl|Publish}} was changed to {{tl|Published}}, making it look like it was published recently. {{tl|Publish}} is the main template while {{tl|Published}} is pretty much a redirect and serves as an alternative. I don't have the technical knowledge to say how or where the date of adding the template is stored, but it affects pages which rely on DPL. It has, for example, also affected [[:Category:2007 Tour de France]]'s "Latest stories" section. Cheers, [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 00:51, 19 July 2022 (UTC) == Tech News: 2022-29 == <section begin="technews-2022-W29"/><div class="plainlinks"> Latest '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/29|Translations]] are available. '''Problems''' * The feature on mobile web for [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:NearbyPages|Nearby Pages]] was missing last week. It will be fixed this week. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T312864] '''Changes later this week''' * [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=|alt=|Recurrent item]] The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.39/wmf.21|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from {{#time:j xg|2022-07-19|en}}. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from {{#time:j xg|2022-07-20|en}}. It will be on all wikis from {{#time:j xg|2022-07-21|en}} ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.39/Roadmap|calendar]]). '''Future changes''' * The [[mw:Technical_decision_making/Forum|Technical Decision Forum]] is seeking [[mw:Technical_decision_making/Community_representation|community representatives]]. You can apply on wiki or by emailing <span class="mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr">TDFSupport@wikimedia.org</span> before 12 August. '''''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|Tech news]]''' prepared by [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Writers|Tech News writers]] and posted by [[m:Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki message delivery|bot]]&nbsp;• [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News#contribute|Contribute]]&nbsp;• [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/29|Translate]]&nbsp;• [[m:Tech|Get help]]&nbsp;• [[m:Talk:Tech/News|Give feedback]]&nbsp;• [[m:Global message delivery/Targets/Tech ambassadors|Subscribe or unsubscribe]].'' </div><section end="technews-2022-W29"/> 22:59, 18 July 2022 (UTC) <!-- Message sent by User:Quiddity (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_message_delivery/Targets/Tech_ambassadors&oldid=23517957 --> == Image and media stuff? == Commons (and assorted images) has been on my mind lately. Just curious: ''Anyone here aware of any type/class of images over there for which there is a robust selection?'' Just thinking and mulling stuff over. Here is a bit: My recent article about Texas wildfires, I noticed how hard it was to find anything that would fit (settled on a Fire Engine for the city of Austin, Texas).--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:11, 19 July 2022 (UTC) :Best shot is with Commons. With my article on UK obesity, I really went through loads of categories and searched photos all over to settle on a supermarket advertising processed meats, which I guess is junk food? In your (your?) latest on monkeypox, I just went with a map which included Virginia. Sometimes, 'good enough' has to do. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 15:26, 19 July 2022 (UTC) :Similar to what JJ said, I find it best to wade through Commons categories, rather than relying on the search feature. Did you find [[:Commons:Category:Wildfires in Texas]] while searching? Cheers, [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 15:48, 19 July 2022 (UTC) ::No I didn't! But I know about it now. Thanks!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:08, 22 July 2022 (UTC) == Let's talk about the Desktop Improvements == [[File:Vector 2022 showing language menu with a blue menu trigger and blue menu items 01.jpg|thumb]] Join an online meeting with the team working on the [[mw:Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements|Desktop Improvements]]! It will take place on '''26 July 2022 at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20220726T1200 12:00 UTC] and [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20220726T1900 19:00 UTC]''' on Zoom. '''[https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/5304280674 Click here to join]'''. Meeting ID: 5304280674. [https://wikimedia.zoom.us/u/kc2hamfYz9 Dial by your location]. [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Updates/Talk to Web|Read more]]. See you! [[User:SGrabarczuk (WMF)|SGrabarczuk (WMF)]] ([[User talk:SGrabarczuk (WMF)|talk]]) 16:19, 25 July 2022 (UTC) <!-- Message sent by User:SGrabarczuk (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:SGrabarczuk_(WMF)/sandbox/MM/En_fallback&oldid=23430301 --> == Tech News: 2022-30 == <section begin="technews-2022-W30"/><div class="plainlinks"> Latest '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2022/30|Translations]] are available. '''Recent changes''' * The <span class="mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr">[https://www.wikibooks.org/ www.wikibooks.org]</span> and <span class="mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr">[https://www.wikiquote.org/ www.wikiquote.org]</span> portal pages now use an automated update system. Other [[m:Project_portals|project portals]] will be updated over the next few months. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T273179] '''Problems''' * Last week, some wikis were in read-only mode for a few minutes because of an emergency switch of their main database ([https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/s7.dblist targeted wikis]). [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T313383] '''Changes later this week''' * [[File:Octicons-sync.svg|12px|link=|alt=|Recurrent item]] The [[mw:MediaWiki 1.39/wmf.22|new version]] of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from {{#time:j xg|2022-07-26|en}}. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from {{#time:j xg|2022-07-27|en}}. It will be on all wikis from {{#time:j xg|2022-07-28|en}} ([[mw:MediaWiki 1.39/Roadmap|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. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T261391] * Administrators will now see buttons on user pages for "{{int:changeblockip}}" and "{{int:unblockip}}" instead of just "{{int:blockip}}" if the user is already blocked. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T308570] '''Future meetings''' * The next [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Updates/Talk to Web|open meeting with the Web team]] about Vector (2022) will take place tomorrow (26 July). 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I hadn't noticed you'd tagged it under review; I was doing some copyediting on the sources. I was thinking of not-ready'ing it on the grounds the lede says something is going to happen, instead of describing any event that has already happened, such as somebody ''saying'' that was going to happen. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:03, 18 March 2015 (UTC) ::Well, yeah.....I just tried to 'shift' that a teeny bit onto something that 'did' happen. I'll back off on my review now and you can take action on it. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:06, 18 March 2015 (UTC) ::: I'll take a look and try to do so in a bit; I'm now tackling one of the others. It's always a bit of a scramble, I've found, when a whole bunch of students submit simultaneously, presumably in coordination with something to do with their weekly class schedule; there are generally a bunch of the submissions that have serious problems so they should be not-ready'd promptly. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:19, 18 March 2015 (UTC) == Auto-Block == My account was compromised during my absence - please enable an indefinite block to prevent further damage to wiki projects. Thanks for collaborating. --[[User:BScMScMD|BScMScMD]] ([[User talk:BScMScMD|talk]]) 18:59, 7 April 2015 (UTC) == userspacing == Just to point out. The preferred way to userspace an article is for an admin to move it, and not leave a redirect behind. Non-admins don't have the option of not leaving behind a redirect; but when an admin moves a page, there's a box, checked by default, for "Leave a redirect behind"; just uncheck it.&nbsp;:-)&nbsp; --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 22:25, 8 April 2015 (UTC) == Barcelona and La-liga == I have removed much of the content, which was not exactly related to the article. Which was just at the border. I hope, now it fits the guidelines. Please have a look.<br>[[User:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Scriptina Pro; color:#000000;">aGastya</span>]]&nbsp; [[User talk:Acagastya|<span style=" font-size:90%; font-family:Century Gothic; color:#F20056">&#9993; Dicere Aliquid </span>]]:) 11:12, 19 May 2015 (UTC) == Knowing terms == I read your comments. But how am I supposed to explain hat trick? It is a common term (I believe). And majority of the Europeans and South Americans are aware of Ronaldo. Still, do I need to explain about it?<br>[[User:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Scriptina Pro; color:#000000;">aGastya</span>]]&nbsp; [[User talk:Acagastya|<span style=" font-size:90%; font-family:Century Gothic; color:#F20056">&#9993; Dicere Aliquid </span>]]:) 15:10, 19 May 2015 (UTC) :Well, see, that's kind of the trick: ''Wikinewns'' is international, so we try to write for EVERYONE. Not everyone knows the term hat-trick. We also write so that an English-speaking person in Thailand can understand what we're saying; a truck driver in Manila; a school teacher in Canada; a chef in Nepal; know what I'm trying to say?? We have to write for EVERYONE (as best we can). I'd bet a European football fan knows TOTALLY what you're talking about, but I know LOADS OF PEOPLE who aren't European football fans. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:14, 19 May 2015 (UTC) :If not all are football fans, but still, Ronaldo. People knows him. Still, I've made the change. But, people, can, still click the links to know about that particular topic. We had this discussion at WP's main page.<br>[[User:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Scriptina Pro; color:#000000;">aGastya</span>]]&nbsp; [[User talk:Acagastya|<span style=" font-size:90%; font-family:Century Gothic; color:#F20056">&#9993; Dicere Aliquid </span>]]:) 15:23, 19 May 2015 (UTC) == Nigerian suicide bomber article == Hi, I have responded to your review on the collaboration page of the article. Due to the time lapse between now and when the article was written, I don't expect it to be deemed newsworthy now. However, at the time of the review you must have missed that the actual focal event of the story occurred the day before the story was written (or on the day of, if you take time zones into account), not 10 days before as you claimed. Apologies about the late reply. [[User:Hb881uow|Hb881uow]] ([[User talk:Hb881uow|talk]]) 12:10, 25 May 2015 (UTC) : I responded to this where it was also raised on the article's talk page, but I'll repeat here. :* There was a misunderstanding, but it looks as if the article was legitimately past [[WN:freshness|freshness]] at the time of review. The focal event seems to have taken place on the 16th, and the review was on the 20th. Sometimes we have more articles submitted in a short time than we can handle, and that's been a constant state of things for the past couple of weeks or so, with UoW student articles. (I've seen articles lost this way even when there are lots more reviewers; there's a lot of latent demand for what Wikinews supplies, so that however much reviewer labor we can bring to bear on a regular basis, after a while the volume of submission will expand to exceed supply. We do need to improve the efficiency of our operation, so we can do more with the same amount of reviewer labor, and I have some plans I'm pursuing for how we might do that; but even if I succeed, we'll do better, things will pick up, and ''still'' I expect some articles will get missed from time to time.) :* It's clear how the misunderstanding would have happened about being ten days old at the time of review. Our [[WN:style guide|style guide]] specifies that sources are to be listed from newest to oldest, so that the first one listed is the most recently published source; in this case, though, the articles were in the opposite order, with the oldest first; and the oldest was indeed about ten days before the article was submitted. : --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 14:18, 25 May 2015 (UTC) == Anthrax article == ...is stale. :-( &nbsp;--[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:16, 4 June 2015 (UTC) == Hey how are ya == Hey Bddpaux, glad to see you're active on the wiki and especially nice to see your participation and help over at [[Wikinews:Featured article candidates]], much appreciated! I was wondering if perhaps you could review this new article I wrote, [[Texas student Ahmed Mohamed inspires social movement]] ? Thank you for your time and your contributions to the project, -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 14:23, 22 September 2015 (UTC) == A barnstar == [[File:Team Barnstar Hires.png|thumb|left|I, [[Special:Contributions/14.139.242.195|14.139.242.195]] ([[User talk:14.139.242.195|talk]]) (the IP of acagastya) award you the team barnstar for the tireless contribution to keep Wikinews updated!<br>[[Special:Contributions/14.139.242.195|14.139.242.195]] ([[User talk:14.139.242.195|talk]]) 02:03, 29 September 2015 (UTC)]] <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> == Wikinews interviews painter Pricasso on his art and freedom of expression == *[[Wikinews interviews painter Pricasso on his art and freedom of expression]] It took me a while to research, do the interview, and put this all together. It was quite a coup to get a response back from the interviewee. It's a nice piece related to {{w|freedom of speech}} and issues of {{w|censorship}}. Do you think you could review it? Thank you for your time, -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 08:38, 10 October 2015 (UTC) == [[Defense attorney refutes DNA evidence in 'Grim Sleeper' trial]] == Hi. I'd noticed you were writing something, of course, but hadn't had a chance to look at it. Finally taking a preliminary look at it, I'm uncomfortable with a couple of aspects of the sourcing. '''[[Talk:Defense attorney refutes DNA evidence in 'Grim Sleeper' trial#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4203193 [Not ready]}}|Review comments]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 20:40, 31 March 2016 (UTC) == Election results == The election committee should set up a page of the {{nowrap|[[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2016 election/Results|election results]]}} (see [[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2015 election/Results|last year's]], but the list is different this year), and certify the results at {{nowrap|[[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy#ArbCom elections|the water cooler thread]]}}. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 20:24, 30 July 2016 (UTC) == More details emerge in Alpine, Texas school shooting == I've prodded this as [[Template:Aband|abandoned]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:24, 24 September 2016 (UTC) == [[Search expands for missing Texas woman]] == Hi. I'm quite interested in this story. Unfortunately there were some shortcomings in the current version, and I suspect the problem of [[WN:freshness|freshness]] may be getting more difficult as we pass into Friday on Wikinews (which happens in about twenty minutes from now). Perhaps some further opportunity will come along on this ongoing story. See my [[Talk:Search expands for missing Texas woman#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4258918 [Not ready]}}|review comments]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 23:48, 27 October 2016 (UTC) == [[Wikinews attends ComiCon in Tyler, Texas]] == It was pointed out that the article didn't actually explain what a ComiCon is. Realizing that we were already quite close to the 24-hour horizon for substantive edits after publication, I made a small edit to try to explain a bit. Gryllida sighted it. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 22:46, 2 November 2016 (UTC) == [[Prominent Texas attorney dead, just days following daughter's suicide]] == Published. I did have concerns that sourcing was a bit thin. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 19:44, 6 December 2016 (UTC) == Share your experience and feedback as a Wikimedian in this global survey == <div class="plainlinks mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr"> Hello! The Wikimedia Foundation is asking for your feedback in a survey. We want to know how well we are supporting your work on and off wiki, and how we can change or improve things in the future.<nowiki><ref>This survey is primarily meant to get feedback on the Wikimedia Foundation's current work, not long-term strategy.</ref></nowiki> The opinions you share will directly affect the current and future work of the Wikimedia Foundation. 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It seems ''probably'' not a COI problem you've been somewhat involved in the show &mdash; the up-front disclosure takes a lot of curse off that &mdash; but it might have some effect on your perception of the relevance. Something seems wanted in the way of, well, background I guess, to show the reader the relevance in a larger context; otherwise the piece could feel a bit promotional. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:26, 14 February 2017 (UTC) : Yeah, I'm trying to address that. Technically, I think anything creative-wise, at least, with a far reaching audience that hits 100 serialized episodes/releases etc. is newsworthy. I'm just trying to make sure I'm making it 'global' enough. In terms of the station itself, I made a bit of 'lunch money' on a show I did there last year [Sergeant Mambo's Apple Tree of Weirdness] but the show [and the meager bit of $] are both long gone by now! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:39, 14 February 2017 (UTC) :: It occurs to me the lede, while it mentions the 100th episode part, might be tweaked a bit to acknowledge the audience aspect, since, as you note, that ''is'' part of what gives the piece its basic relevance. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 16:23, 14 February 2017 (UTC) == Your feedback matters: Final reminder to take the global Wikimedia survey == (''Sorry to write in Engilsh'') <div class="plainlinks mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr"> Hello! This is a final reminder that the Wikimedia Foundation survey will close on '''28 February, 2017 (23:59 UTC)'''. The survey is available in various languages and will take between 20 and 40 minutes. 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'''About the Wikimedia Foundation:''' The [[:wmf:Home|Wikimedia Foundation]] supports you by working on the software and technology to keep the sites fast, secure, and accessible, as well as supports Wikimedia programs and initiatives to expand access and support free knowledge globally. Thank you! --[[:m:User:EGalvez (WMF)|EGalvez (WMF)]] ([[:m:User talk:EGalvez (WMF)|talk]]) 08:23, 24 February 2017 (UTC) </div> <!-- Message sent by User:EGalvez (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Community_Engagement_Insights/MassMessages/Lists/2016/19-AEOP&oldid=16205365 --> == Home pregnancy article == Just a note. I noticed, on the article you'd published, the lede didn't specify the day on which the focal event happened... and I suspect it was, in fact, five days ago (so, not fresh; which is of course an important part of why I'm a stickler, myself, for specifying the day in the lede). Pretty sure the sky isn't going to fall in; thought I'm mention it, though. (Btw, a lot of these students don't have the hang of using-sources-without-copying-from-them; worth keeping an eye on.) Thanks for helping out; as you see, I've been pretty swamped. I'm thinking it'd be good if I take a look at your article tomorrow morning, when I'm fresh. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 23:28, 27 March 2017 (UTC) :Yeah, guilty as charged.....I think I'm actually to blame for the day thing. I really pushed the envelope in terms of freshness there! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 13:47, 28 March 2017 (UTC) == [[Wikinews visits set of indie film 'Dead on Set']] == After thinking about it carefully (glad I waited till morning when my thinking is hopefully at its sharpest!), I've asked on the article talk for further clarifications re your role in the film; '''[[Talk:Wikinews visits set of indie film 'Dead on Set'#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4299890 [Not ready]}}|review comments]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 14:40, 28 March 2017 (UTC) : (Sorry if my concern caught you by surprise; it's a nice enough little piece, but I was uncomfortable, and figured I really shouldn't try to make a final call in either direction without understanding better.) --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:59, 28 March 2017 (UTC) :: No sweat, we need to apply our policies fairly here, after all. See my response on the talk page. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:04, 28 March 2017 (UTC) ::: I consulted on this one; didn't want my ''own'' familiarity with the reporter to skew my judgement, either. My precise measure was to publish with a discreet talk-page hatnote, in the style of {{tl|WikimediaMention}} (except WM goes on the article itself). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 18:21, 28 March 2017 (UTC) == [[Meth usage in Australia on the rise]] == That's a very stale article. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 18:45, 30 March 2017 (UTC) : I'm atm trying to go through the entire queue and not-ready all articles that have obvious problems to do with the date of the event or lack of multiple independent sources. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 19:58, 30 March 2017 (UTC) == Furries == I userspaced it rather than deleting it. There's a field on the {{tl|abandoned}} template to specify a user whose space the article should be moved to, like {{tl|abandoned|2=userspace=Zanimum}}. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:53, 5 April 2017 (UTC) == [[User:Bddpaux/At least four dead, as tornadoes strike parts of Northeast Texas|At least four dead, as tornadoes strike parts of Northeast Texas]] == I feel bad about this; if I'd gotten to this much faster it might have just sailed through review. It might be rescuable, at this point. '''[[User talk:Bddpaux/At least four dead, as tornadoes strike parts of Northeast Texas#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4311436 [Not ready]}}|Review comments]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 04:31, 3 May 2017 (UTC) :Meh, no biggie.....I'll see if I can muster up a spin off! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 00:56, 7 May 2017 (UTC) :: Userspaced this article. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 02:45, 24 May 2017 (UTC) == ArbCom 2017 == Acagastya has suggested you for the election committee ([[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy#ArbCom elections|here]]), as you did last year. Are you willing to serve? --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 11:45, 24 June 2017 (UTC) == Block == I hope you have the admin rights. Please block [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Dave_Schmedrick this] vandal indefinitely.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:rgb(153, 68, 2);">acagastya</span>]] PING ME! 19:03, 11 August 2017 (UTC) == Do you know whose… == User page said "think before you write an article: will this story affect a teacher in Manila? If not, you are wasting your time". Also, that page had this thing which said if you can not grab attention of the reader with the first sentence, there is no point writing the second. I really hate when I can't remember things. Let me know if you know.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:rgb(153, 68, 2);">acagastya</span>]] PING ME! 17:59, 1 September 2017 (UTC) :Almost forgot to mention this: you should archive some discussions from this page.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:rgb(153, 68, 2);">acagastya</span>]] PING ME! 18:00, 1 September 2017 (UTC) == Re: [[US: New flu strain continues epidemic sweeping across Texas]] == Tips: * When starting to write about an event, ''double-check'' what and when happened; some mainstream media will be confused about it themselves and not provide links to the report which they are re-reporting, or its publish date. Story is marked as abandoned; to be deleted on March 7 (in 2 days), if work on it does not resume. --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:50, 5 March 2018 (UTC) == Email == Hello, Bddpaux. According to scoop (after I survived that scary failure message from scoop), your wikinewsie email seems to be full. OBTW, remember when you helped me get my first article published, on May 20, 2015 -- I got my 300th published ten days ago.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 10:21, 23 May 2018 (UTC) :I'll get in there this weekend and clear out some stuff. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:12, 25 May 2018 (UTC) == tagging abandoned articles == Hi. {{tl|abandoned}} has a date parameter so we can know when it was tagged and when the warning has expired. The easiest way to tag with a date is to add <nowiki>{{subst:aband}}</nowiki> to the article. It automatically fills in the date. Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 15:32, 29 May 2018 (UTC) == Reviewing some articles == World Cup coverage is exhausting me, and we are hardly getting anything else published. I was wondering if you could review some non sports articles for a month. Match reports are really exhausting, and having just one reviewer could make it very difficult.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 21:48, 18 June 2018 (UTC) == It is great to have you back, Bddpaux! == Just the day before, I said, it would be great to have Bddpaux back. Looks like "the good god above all" listened to my request. :-D<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 19:43, 26 June 2018 (UTC) == Election committee for ArbCom 2018 == Would you be willing to be on the election committee again this year? If so, please sign up at [[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2018 election#Election committee members]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 16:06, 2 July 2018 (UTC) : Looks as if, this year, we have plenty of volunteers for the election committee alread. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 11:50, 4 July 2018 (UTC) == 2018 ArbCom == I'd like to nominate you for ArbCom this year. Are you willing to accept the nomination?<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 03:32, 6 July 2018 (UTC) :Not this year, sorry. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:48, 6 July 2018 (UTC) == [[US Attorney indicts thirteen for using false documents to secure jobs]] == Hi. Some difficulties, which I wrote up in my '''[[Talk:US Attorney indicts thirteen for using false documents to secure jobs#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4429966 [Not ready]}}|review comments]]''' (my thoughts were a bit scattered this evening, I guess; I had to edit the review comments several times to add things). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 01:52, 1 September 2018 (UTC) == [[Police Captain's son gets 20 year prison sentence for terrorist plot]] == Hi. Encountered some snags; I'm hoping it's reparable, though alas we're now T plus two days. '''[[Talk:Police Captain's son gets 20 year prison sentence for terrorist plot#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4431192 [Not ready]}}|Review comments]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 12:16, 7 September 2018 (UTC) == IMAP and SMTP servers == Any idea how can I get the information about my "@wikinewsie.org" mail to connect to a mail client? It is that time of the year when I need to ask for media accreditation, so please let me know as soon as possible.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 13:28, 18 September 2018 (UTC) == ¿tu hablas español? == Before the end of this week, I am supposed to notify Wikimedians from Argentina to get photos for Argentina Pride. While I can do it in English, and ping {{ping|Ezarate}}, I think the event itself might not receive MSM coverage in English and we would have to use Spanish sources. What is your proficiency in Spanish? (Also pinging {{ping|SVTCobra}})<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 05:48, 2 November 2018 (UTC) :Although I had Spanish in school for two years, I am not able to write anything which would sound official. Sorry, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 13:33, 2 November 2018 (UTC) ::My proficiency in Spanish is VERY high level beginner. However, I will not be assisting with ANYTHING pertaining to a Pride event, '''of that you can be assured'''. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:35, 5 November 2018 (UTC) == To your question: Perhaps some guidance == I'm posting here because you asked me what ArbCom could do to help. I think I just got a retaliatory review rejection. I was fully expecting that if any specific reviewers don't want to work with me ''for any reason'' that they just wouldn't review my work, and drafts I composed would have a smaller pool of reviewers, making them more likely to age out. That's not great, but what can you do? I was not expecting someone to hit reject just because they're pissed off at me, and I think that's what just happened. The reviewer said, among other things, that the words "black" and "white" are too non-neutral to use in Wikinews' voice (it's an article that ties into the Ferguson riots, in which race featured heavily). This same reviewer has approved articles that used those words in Wikinews' voice before, with no mention of any inherent neutrality problems. I think it's because I corrected a previous reviewer when they thought my grammar was wrong (it wasn't, and to said previous reviewer's credit, they seem to be politely entertaining the sources I showed them on English usage, though I don't think I changed their mind). So my request of ArbCom is this: What should a drafter do when given a review that they reasonably believe was made for reasons other than the suitability of the article? Like you said, we're all volunteers here. What is the customary dispute resolution process? [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 05:26, 3 November 2018 (UTC) :Well, FWIW, I remember the first time when I had to write "black" for a person with darker skin complexion. It was very hard, as for writing in my journal, I could add comments for explaining to myself, but when transferring to on-wiki, I did not say "black", tried to explain it, which became complex, and added a comment, which I would generally not do (as I am generally available on IRC for discussing any issues with the reviewer). The reviewer, replaced that entire explanation and said in the summary that "usage of 'black' was okay in this context." The thing to learn is: is it okay in the context? And just because something was done once does not automatically mean same thing can be repeated again. (We all learn from what happened in the past).<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 06:25, 3 November 2018 (UTC) ::Yeeeeeeah, context does matter, but when the reviewer says "The lede doesn't say when the death took place" and it's right there "October 17" and "the lede doesn't say who McKinnies is" and it's right there "the victim is the son of activist Melissa McKinnies" and "hey this isn't attributed" when it says right there "according to a federal report," I start to think maybe the reviewer showed up to reject the article. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 06:46, 3 November 2018 (UTC) :::If that was the thing bugging you more than the NPOV issue of "black", that is what you should have told Bddpaux to strengthen your case.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 06:57, 3 November 2018 (UTC) ::::[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=La_La_Land_receives_record-equalling_fourteen_Oscar_nominations;_Hacksaw_Ridge_gets_six&diff=4282551&oldid=4282549 Might be useful].<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 08:40, 3 November 2018 (UTC) == I could use some help de-escalating a situation == I've tried to pull back and keep my comments to a minimum and not make things personal, but that doesn't work when I'm the only one doing it. Any tips on how to keep the matter of the style guide proposal from spilling any further out of control? I'm worried the matter will get tag-teamed into an artificial closure before the community has a chance to judge it on its merits. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 04:35, 3 March 2019 (UTC) :The relevant link [[Wikinews_talk:Style_guide#Disputes_about_use_of_present_tense_could_be_avoided_by_updating_this_guide|here]] [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:02, 3 March 2019 (UTC) == [[Former Trump advisor, Paul Manafort, receives second sentence in U.S. Federal Court]] == Thanks for writing this story. It appears to be published now. --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 18:59, 15 March 2019 (UTC) : I've submitted an edit to the article, which is now pending review. {{hidden use|User:Gryllida}} --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 19:16, 15 March 2019 (UTC) == [[User_talk:Zanimum#Fur_Suit%3F%3F|replied]] == --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 18:44, 21 March 2019 (UTC) == Thank you for looking at the reports, Bddpaux == [[File:Fancy Mouse.jpg|thumb|right]] Thank you for generously and attentively looking at the reports today, and for asking questions at their talk pages and at the talk pages of the authors. I really appreciate it! --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 19:08, 21 March 2019 (UTC) == Heated moment on fire article: A request == I would like you to remove your talk page post on the "small fire" article. It includes name-calling. There's other stuff there, of course, but I picked that to mention because it's not subjective, and it would be enough by itself. I'd like to take your complaints seriously, but I don't feel I can do that if they come in that form. That post puts me in a position in which I feel I have to defend myself, or at least redirect the conversation. I do not mind if you delete this post of mine with this request. Might be better if you did. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 01:26, 28 March 2019 (UTC) :Defend yourself from what? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:35, 28 March 2019 (UTC) ::From the stuff in B's post. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 02:37, 28 March 2019 (UTC) :::There is something to defend from in it? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 03:11, 28 March 2019 (UTC) ::::Yes. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 03:49, 28 March 2019 (UTC) :::::Defending implies denial, and no progress. Is there a better reaction? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 19:26, 28 March 2019 (UTC) :Tell you what: nope, I won't. Yeah, about 2 hours after I posted it, I felt slightly badly about it, and sure, it's a bit uncivil. But:''you're a lot of trouble to deal with''...you are. So here's the deal: You want it gone? You delete it. I'm not deleting it. I said it and that's that. Furthermore, I'm not engaging in ANY direct dialog with you for the next 90 days....won't do it. How's that for 'creepy'? I will try to do minor editing to improve your pending articles, but I won't review any of your articles or engage in any discussions involving you during that time. Consider yourself ghost'ed by me for the next 90. How 'bout you just report the news for a while? That'd be nice....I'll do a bit of janitorial work for you during that time....but you and I? We're on a 'break'. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 04:04, 28 March 2019 (UTC) == For the Facebook leak story, the notes are available in scoop. Sorry that they were not detailed at the article talk page: they are discussed at the author's talk page... Please re-review the story as soon as you can. Thank you. == --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 04:11, 5 April 2019 (UTC) == Please review == Hi Bddpaux Please review: Current review queue as of 22:51, 18 April 2019 (UTC): * 18 April 2019: [[Donation drive raises over US$1 million to rebuild Louisiana churches after Notre Dame de Paris also catches fire]] * 17 April 2019: [[Sudanese protesters protect defense ministry sit-in]] * 17 April 2019: [[Officials find fire alarm sounded 23 minutes before the fire was reported in Notre Dame, Paris]] * 7 April 2019: [[Students compete in world's second Neurosurgery Olympiad in Tyumen, Russia]] For inspiration here is a Kołacz and some honey: [[File:Kołacz.JPG|x200px|{{image source|KitkatJohn1}}]] [[File:Med u sacu karlovic1.jpg|x200px|{{image source|akarlovic}}]] Happy holidays, --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:51, 18 April 2019 (UTC) == Re: [[Talk:Wikinews_attends_Maker_Faire_in_Tyler,_Texas(US)]] == Hi Bddpaux :-) There are a couple remarks at the talk page. I hope you are able to find the attendance count for this event. What is your time zone? --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:16, 30 April 2019 (UTC) == User:Dehgel accreditation request == If you wish to ask this user something that is relevant to the request, please do so at [[Wikinews:Accreditation requests/Deh Saaduddin]]. Asking on their talk page is not helpful to others when evaluating how to vote and is burdensome for the applicant if everyone needs to be answered individually. Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 20:16, 22 August 2019 (UTC) == [[Dozens dead in California boat fire]] == {{user:Bawolff/card|Thanks for your hard work reviewing this story, fact checking, cleaning the layout and clarifying the dates. This is amazing. 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I pinged you previously, but there was no response. This may be the last notification before the vote is closed. Also, merry Christmas! --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 19:46, 25 December 2019 (UTC) == [[Talk:Tom Hanks and his wife catch coronavirus]] == Could you please delete this talk page? I've moved the old one to userspace, as the article is going to get deleted. [[User:ICameHereForNews|ICameHereForNews]] ([[User talk:ICameHereForNews|talk]]) 21:34, 22 March 2020 (UTC) :Appears to've been deleted already......wow.... I guess I really am ''that'' amazing!! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:59, 25 March 2020 (UTC) == Authentication? == I sent you another email re documentation for the interview, but haven't heard back from you... --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 23:18, 25 March 2020 (UTC) :Responded to your email. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:01, 26 March 2020 (UTC) :: Got it. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 16:51, 26 March 2020 (UTC) == Good to have you back, Bddpaux! == Hi, it is soo good to see you [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User:Bddpaux&diff=4579197&oldid=4554022 back!] Are we getting some good ORs? {{smiley}} What was your masters about? also, do you mind joining IRC later this morning? It will be good to have a reunion -- please register your nick, though. Again, welcome back!<br>[[Special:Contributions/103.254.128.138|103.254.128.138]] ([[User talk:103.254.128.138|talk]]) 10:17, 22 August 2020 (UTC) :Many thanks for helping with [[Wikinews 2020: An 'Original reporting' year in review|original reporting this year]]. Happy New Year. --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 20:51, 1 January 2021 (UTC) == Your criteria == Hi {{PAGENAME}} Re:<blockquote>ask yourself, "Would a school teacher in Manila care about this? What about a waiter in Sydney or a young mother in Hong Kong?" The answer should be a quick 'Yes', or you might be wasting your time here </blockquote> The articles on he main page today are: * [[Football: Chelsea appoints Thomas Tuchel as manager following Lampard sacking]] * [[Football: Chelsea sacks Frank Lampard as club's manager]] * [[World Trade Organization declares US tariff hike illegal, rules in South Korea's favour]] * [[Explosion after gas leakage in Madrid residential building kills four]] * [[Uruguayan Language Academy rejects FA sanction against Edinson Cavani as 'poverty of cultural and linguistic knowledge']] * [[Wikinews 2020: An 'Original reporting' year in review]] I doubt any of those are of interest to the waiter or the mother above Cheers, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 02:45, 3 February 2021 (UTC) :{{re|Ottawahitech}} Let's keep football articles aside, because football is the most popular sport, and people in any country do care about their favourite clubs. OR year in review contains tonnes of OR, some of them are from Australia, so satisfies the waiter in Sydney. Uruguayan Language academy news is relevant to people with different language, and how a first-world organisation treats other's traditions, and customs (checks for school teacher in Manila as well as young mother in Hong Kong. Explosion article is again, relevant to the waiter, who might want to reconsider asking the restaurant to check if their cooking area complies with health and safety regulation. WTO's article seems relevant for people in the South East Asia, how their commute might be affected by this decision. Think about it.<br>[[Special:Contributions/103.48.106.16|103.48.106.16]] ([[User talk:103.48.106.16|talk]]) 06:20, 3 February 2021 (UTC) ::{{re|Ottawahitech}} The three that I wrote made international news. Indeed, I am not in Spain but it was in my country's news. English football is followed across the world. I don't think the comment is supposed to be taken so literally, I think the ''spirit'' of what he is trying to say is make sure people in different countries will care. --[[User:ImprovedWikiImprovment|IWI]] ([[User talk:ImprovedWikiImprovment|talk]]) 12:27, 3 February 2021 (UTC) :Ummmmmmm, yes:''exactly''. But: I'm happy to see someone engaged in the project! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:39, 3 February 2021 (UTC) ::: We do publish local news, the lower bound mentioned in the guidelines being the [[WN:CARCRASH|car-crash test]]. My understanding of writing for an international audience is that an international reader should be able to understand what the article is about and understand why the story would be of interest to some readers (beyond which it becomes a matter of personal interest or curiosity). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 12:53, 3 February 2021 (UTC) == iMsg == Hi, Bddpaux, I have send an iMessage to your number (mentioned on your userpage).<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 17:32, 18 February 2021 (UTC) == Any shot at reviewing an interview? == Hey, Bddpaux. I was wondering if you could review [[Living with HIV during COVID-19: Wikinews talks to HIV-positive sex workers about how pandemic has affected their lives]] by any chance? I really worked hard, collaboaring with a friend of mine, and it would be a great favour if you can review it!<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 17:24, 9 March 2021 (UTC) == Heads up == Im going to attempt to make a article but i go slow and sorry but i need to edit in spurts. If im a problem please revert my edits, thank you. [[User:Durantnba|Durantnba]] ([[User talk:Durantnba|talk]]) 03:16, 16 June 2021 (UTC) == "A bit more time" == Why? Why give them extra time? --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 03:32, 16 June 2021 (UTC) :"Abandoned articles — Unpublished articles that have not been edited for four days should be marked with {{tl|subst:aband}} and deleted two days later, permitting that no other edits have been made since then. (Per common sense, removing the abandoned article template doesn't count as an edit, unless it is bundled with another change.)" See [[WN:ABANDON]]. It had been < three days when you marked it "delete".<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 03:41, 16 June 2021 (UTC) ::Firstly: I appreciate your eagerness [no sarcasm!!]....I do! For a newbie, your output has been in the upper stratosphere and of excellent quality too! I think you RAWK! But: at the end of the day....a wiki is supposed to be about ''community''. Now, there are ALL MANNER of goofballs, etc. who show up here and want to be thought of as a Rockstar within 15 minutes....and that doesn't work. One has to establish their 'street cred', as-it-were. So, the simple answer is: I'm extended a bit of niceness. Do I think that will turn into a publishable article? Absolutely not. But we have time (so-to-speak) to give the contributor a gentle nudge. As Acagastya points out, the rule is 4 days. If my math is right, I think you dropped in the template about 65 hours after first submission, which is a hair too quick. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:08, 16 June 2021 (UTC) == Somalia article == Could you review it? --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 18:47, 16 June 2021 (UTC) :I'm sorry. I'm swamped with work stuff right now. I will be afk for about the next 20 hours, or so.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:06, 16 June 2021 (UTC) ::I understand, thanks. --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 21:23, 16 June 2021 (UTC) == Heyy == Thanks for the information you gave me, it's been really helpful 😇❤️ [[User:Chelsea Jafta|Chelsea Jafta]] ([[User talk:Chelsea Jafta|talk]]) 12:09, 19 June 2021 (UTC) == July Halloween == Just an acknowledgement (ACK), I got the email sent to scoop about it. Looking forward to it! Though be careful!<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 15:59, 16 July 2021 (UTC) :Thanks. It will be fun!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:14, 16 July 2021 (UTC) == Checkuser vote == Hello. Please could you close my [[:WN:Requests for permissions#Green Giant (talk · contribs) — Checkuser|Checkuser vote]]. It has been open for just over 2 weeks, with 25 support votes. This meets the minimum requirements set out on the page and at Meta. I have closed the vote for Acagastya. Cheers. --[[User:Green Giant|Green Giant]] ([[User talk:Green Giant|talk]]) 21:49, 27 July 2021 (UTC) :Sure thing. Busy now. Give me 24 hours. Could you also remind (''pressure, even'')Gryllida to close/deal with our 'Crat nominations? We need more 'Crats around here.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 22:39, 27 July 2021 (UTC) == More userspace pages == Hi. These are the other pages I found in your userspace after searching for draft articles: * [[:User:Bddpaux/At least four dead, as tornadoes strike parts of Northeast Texas]] - April/May 2017 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Citizens express both praise and worries over Texas rains]] - June/July 2014 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Drought conditions across much of US impacting fracking activity]] - August 2012 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Much of Texas plagued by weather problems]] - May/June 2013 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Noted magician, Aldo Colombini dies following stroke]] - February 2014 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Reports indicate US retail sales brisk despite much disapproval of early 'Black Friday' store openings]] - November 2012 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Texas woman celebrates 40 years in state public service]] - August 2012 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Wikinews interviews member of the Texas Nationalist Movement]] - December 2012 --[[User:Green Giant|Green Giant]] ([[User talk:Green Giant|talk]]) 23:49, 27 July 2021 (UTC) :Gotcha. Give me a few days and I'll zap them myself.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 00:10, 28 July 2021 (UTC) == Re the communications == Hi, Bddpaux. If you are seeking admin/crat assistance, you could let the people know via IRC, if they don't check their talk pages as frequently. In case if you are having trouble with IRC, let me know -- I can help you with it.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 04:02, 28 July 2021 (UTC) :OK, I've never been a big IRC person, but I may do that.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 11:40, 28 July 2021 (UTC) == ArbCom 2021 == Hi Bddpaux. I was wondering if you'd be willing to stand for [[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2021 election/Nominations and voting|ArbCom]] this year? If you don't wish to nominate yourself, I would be happy to nominate you.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 07:50, 29 July 2021 (UTC) *Sure.....feel free to nominate me.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:06, 29 July 2021 (UTC) == page protection == Hi, post-publication, edit=autoconfirmed (indef) and move=admin (indef) please -- you are keeping edit=admin (indef).<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 16:59, 30 July 2021 (UTC) : OK—[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:00, 30 July 2021 (UTC) == 'crat granted == Hello Bddpaux, Congratulations - you're now a bureaucrat. I am most grateful for your commitment and dedication to the admin and reviewing responsibilities here. Keep up the great work. Regards, --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:35, 1 August 2021 (UTC) == I am new here == Hello. I am a Nigerian Blogger and a Journalist. I want to Update Wikinews for Nigeria. How do I go about it. I have made 4 updates already but I want to become a registered user or member. Thanks == What to do? == Can you suggest what can I do with the omicron article? No major news is available currently for it. Shall I put it for deletion? [[User:2006nishan178713|2006nishan178713]] ([[User talk:2006nishan178713|talk]]) 17:35, 12 December 2021 (UTC) :Well, there are a number of things you could do....you could use it as the framework for a recent article about an outbreak in some city (as one example). So I Google'd "Omicron +largest +outbreak" and got about 70 articles from the past 24 hours. Freshening up an article is a bit of an art form unto itself.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 21:07, 12 December 2021 (UTC) ::Okay! 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At the end of the trial the requirements will return to normal (3 paragraphs etc) and there will be an evaluation discussion about the trial. Happy reviewing! ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 23:18, 31 January 2022 (UTC) :Yep! Great!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC) == Publishing after review == Hi. Don't forget to protect published articles per the standard protection policy (edit=auto-confirmed and move=admin only). Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 15:03, 28 February 2022 (UTC) == Justin Bieber postpones three Justice tour dates due to illness == Hi {{PAGENAME}}, I just noticed that [[Justin Bieber postpones three Justice tour dates due to illness]], which you placed an '''abandoned''' tag on at '''21:05, 13 June 2022‎''', is now showing up in the queue for '''Collaboration requests''' in the newsroom. Is this intentional? 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['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 17:39, 4 July 2022 (UTC) == [[:High potential for wildfires across Texas for several days]] == Published. Nice article. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 17:08, 13 July 2022 (UTC) == E-mail == I saw you asked someone else about e-mail and it became clear that it was because you are having problems using it. Are you trying to use a wikinewsie.org address? If so, I think that domain has probably lapsed. I think Acagastya took the lead in recovering data from there and setting up the newer [wn-reporters.org]. We can probably ping Acagastya if you have something to ask them. [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 19:35, 25 July 2022 (UTC) f3wcvnywq5585vr2a1tpo5ax0vudqon 4684997 4684994 2022-07-25T20:15:00Z Bddpaux 112744 /* E-mail */ wikitext text/x-wiki == My talk archive #1 == [[User:Bddpaux/Archive 1]] == My talk archive #2 == [[User:Bddpaux/Archive 2]] == My talk archive #3 == [[User:Bddpaux/Archive 3]] == Cyclone Pam article == Hi. I hadn't noticed you'd tagged it under review; I was doing some copyediting on the sources. I was thinking of not-ready'ing it on the grounds the lede says something is going to happen, instead of describing any event that has already happened, such as somebody ''saying'' that was going to happen. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:03, 18 March 2015 (UTC) ::Well, yeah.....I just tried to 'shift' that a teeny bit onto something that 'did' happen. I'll back off on my review now and you can take action on it. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:06, 18 March 2015 (UTC) ::: I'll take a look and try to do so in a bit; I'm now tackling one of the others. It's always a bit of a scramble, I've found, when a whole bunch of students submit simultaneously, presumably in coordination with something to do with their weekly class schedule; there are generally a bunch of the submissions that have serious problems so they should be not-ready'd promptly. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:19, 18 March 2015 (UTC) == Auto-Block == My account was compromised during my absence - please enable an indefinite block to prevent further damage to wiki projects. Thanks for collaborating. --[[User:BScMScMD|BScMScMD]] ([[User talk:BScMScMD|talk]]) 18:59, 7 April 2015 (UTC) == userspacing == Just to point out. The preferred way to userspace an article is for an admin to move it, and not leave a redirect behind. Non-admins don't have the option of not leaving behind a redirect; but when an admin moves a page, there's a box, checked by default, for "Leave a redirect behind"; just uncheck it.&nbsp;:-)&nbsp; --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 22:25, 8 April 2015 (UTC) == Barcelona and La-liga == I have removed much of the content, which was not exactly related to the article. Which was just at the border. I hope, now it fits the guidelines. Please have a look.<br>[[User:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Scriptina Pro; color:#000000;">aGastya</span>]]&nbsp; [[User talk:Acagastya|<span style=" font-size:90%; font-family:Century Gothic; color:#F20056">&#9993; Dicere Aliquid </span>]]:) 11:12, 19 May 2015 (UTC) == Knowing terms == I read your comments. But how am I supposed to explain hat trick? It is a common term (I believe). And majority of the Europeans and South Americans are aware of Ronaldo. Still, do I need to explain about it?<br>[[User:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Scriptina Pro; color:#000000;">aGastya</span>]]&nbsp; [[User talk:Acagastya|<span style=" font-size:90%; font-family:Century Gothic; color:#F20056">&#9993; Dicere Aliquid </span>]]:) 15:10, 19 May 2015 (UTC) :Well, see, that's kind of the trick: ''Wikinewns'' is international, so we try to write for EVERYONE. Not everyone knows the term hat-trick. We also write so that an English-speaking person in Thailand can understand what we're saying; a truck driver in Manila; a school teacher in Canada; a chef in Nepal; know what I'm trying to say?? We have to write for EVERYONE (as best we can). I'd bet a European football fan knows TOTALLY what you're talking about, but I know LOADS OF PEOPLE who aren't European football fans. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:14, 19 May 2015 (UTC) :If not all are football fans, but still, Ronaldo. People knows him. Still, I've made the change. But, people, can, still click the links to know about that particular topic. We had this discussion at WP's main page.<br>[[User:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Scriptina Pro; color:#000000;">aGastya</span>]]&nbsp; [[User talk:Acagastya|<span style=" font-size:90%; font-family:Century Gothic; color:#F20056">&#9993; Dicere Aliquid </span>]]:) 15:23, 19 May 2015 (UTC) == Nigerian suicide bomber article == Hi, I have responded to your review on the collaboration page of the article. Due to the time lapse between now and when the article was written, I don't expect it to be deemed newsworthy now. However, at the time of the review you must have missed that the actual focal event of the story occurred the day before the story was written (or on the day of, if you take time zones into account), not 10 days before as you claimed. Apologies about the late reply. [[User:Hb881uow|Hb881uow]] ([[User talk:Hb881uow|talk]]) 12:10, 25 May 2015 (UTC) : I responded to this where it was also raised on the article's talk page, but I'll repeat here. :* There was a misunderstanding, but it looks as if the article was legitimately past [[WN:freshness|freshness]] at the time of review. The focal event seems to have taken place on the 16th, and the review was on the 20th. Sometimes we have more articles submitted in a short time than we can handle, and that's been a constant state of things for the past couple of weeks or so, with UoW student articles. (I've seen articles lost this way even when there are lots more reviewers; there's a lot of latent demand for what Wikinews supplies, so that however much reviewer labor we can bring to bear on a regular basis, after a while the volume of submission will expand to exceed supply. We do need to improve the efficiency of our operation, so we can do more with the same amount of reviewer labor, and I have some plans I'm pursuing for how we might do that; but even if I succeed, we'll do better, things will pick up, and ''still'' I expect some articles will get missed from time to time.) :* It's clear how the misunderstanding would have happened about being ten days old at the time of review. Our [[WN:style guide|style guide]] specifies that sources are to be listed from newest to oldest, so that the first one listed is the most recently published source; in this case, though, the articles were in the opposite order, with the oldest first; and the oldest was indeed about ten days before the article was submitted. : --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 14:18, 25 May 2015 (UTC) == Anthrax article == ...is stale. :-( &nbsp;--[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:16, 4 June 2015 (UTC) == Hey how are ya == Hey Bddpaux, glad to see you're active on the wiki and especially nice to see your participation and help over at [[Wikinews:Featured article candidates]], much appreciated! I was wondering if perhaps you could review this new article I wrote, [[Texas student Ahmed Mohamed inspires social movement]] ? 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Do you think you could review it? Thank you for your time, -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 08:38, 10 October 2015 (UTC) == [[Defense attorney refutes DNA evidence in 'Grim Sleeper' trial]] == Hi. I'd noticed you were writing something, of course, but hadn't had a chance to look at it. Finally taking a preliminary look at it, I'm uncomfortable with a couple of aspects of the sourcing. '''[[Talk:Defense attorney refutes DNA evidence in 'Grim Sleeper' trial#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4203193 [Not ready]}}|Review comments]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 20:40, 31 March 2016 (UTC) == Election results == The election committee should set up a page of the {{nowrap|[[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2016 election/Results|election results]]}} (see [[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2015 election/Results|last year's]], but the list is different this year), and certify the results at {{nowrap|[[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy#ArbCom elections|the water cooler thread]]}}. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 20:24, 30 July 2016 (UTC) == More details emerge in Alpine, Texas school shooting == I've prodded this as [[Template:Aband|abandoned]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:24, 24 September 2016 (UTC) == [[Search expands for missing Texas woman]] == Hi. I'm quite interested in this story. Unfortunately there were some shortcomings in the current version, and I suspect the problem of [[WN:freshness|freshness]] may be getting more difficult as we pass into Friday on Wikinews (which happens in about twenty minutes from now). Perhaps some further opportunity will come along on this ongoing story. See my [[Talk:Search expands for missing Texas woman#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4258918 [Not ready]}}|review comments]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 23:48, 27 October 2016 (UTC) == [[Wikinews attends ComiCon in Tyler, Texas]] == It was pointed out that the article didn't actually explain what a ComiCon is. Realizing that we were already quite close to the 24-hour horizon for substantive edits after publication, I made a small edit to try to explain a bit. 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It seems ''probably'' not a COI problem you've been somewhat involved in the show &mdash; the up-front disclosure takes a lot of curse off that &mdash; but it might have some effect on your perception of the relevance. Something seems wanted in the way of, well, background I guess, to show the reader the relevance in a larger context; otherwise the piece could feel a bit promotional. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:26, 14 February 2017 (UTC) : Yeah, I'm trying to address that. Technically, I think anything creative-wise, at least, with a far reaching audience that hits 100 serialized episodes/releases etc. is newsworthy. I'm just trying to make sure I'm making it 'global' enough. 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Pretty sure the sky isn't going to fall in; thought I'm mention it, though. (Btw, a lot of these students don't have the hang of using-sources-without-copying-from-them; worth keeping an eye on.) Thanks for helping out; as you see, I've been pretty swamped. I'm thinking it'd be good if I take a look at your article tomorrow morning, when I'm fresh. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 23:28, 27 March 2017 (UTC) :Yeah, guilty as charged.....I think I'm actually to blame for the day thing. I really pushed the envelope in terms of freshness there! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 13:47, 28 March 2017 (UTC) == [[Wikinews visits set of indie film 'Dead on Set']] == After thinking about it carefully (glad I waited till morning when my thinking is hopefully at its sharpest!), I've asked on the article talk for further clarifications re your role in the film; '''[[Talk:Wikinews visits set of indie film 'Dead on Set'#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4299890 [Not ready]}}|review comments]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 14:40, 28 March 2017 (UTC) : (Sorry if my concern caught you by surprise; it's a nice enough little piece, but I was uncomfortable, and figured I really shouldn't try to make a final call in either direction without understanding better.) --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:59, 28 March 2017 (UTC) :: No sweat, we need to apply our policies fairly here, after all. See my response on the talk page. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:04, 28 March 2017 (UTC) ::: I consulted on this one; didn't want my ''own'' familiarity with the reporter to skew my judgement, either. My precise measure was to publish with a discreet talk-page hatnote, in the style of {{tl|WikimediaMention}} (except WM goes on the article itself). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 18:21, 28 March 2017 (UTC) == [[Meth usage in Australia on the rise]] == That's a very stale article. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 18:45, 30 March 2017 (UTC) : I'm atm trying to go through the entire queue and not-ready all articles that have obvious problems to do with the date of the event or lack of multiple independent sources. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 19:58, 30 March 2017 (UTC) == Furries == I userspaced it rather than deleting it. There's a field on the {{tl|abandoned}} template to specify a user whose space the article should be moved to, like {{tl|abandoned|2=userspace=Zanimum}}. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:53, 5 April 2017 (UTC) == [[User:Bddpaux/At least four dead, as tornadoes strike parts of Northeast Texas|At least four dead, as tornadoes strike parts of Northeast Texas]] == I feel bad about this; if I'd gotten to this much faster it might have just sailed through review. It might be rescuable, at this point. '''[[User talk:Bddpaux/At least four dead, as tornadoes strike parts of Northeast Texas#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4311436 [Not ready]}}|Review comments]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 04:31, 3 May 2017 (UTC) :Meh, no biggie.....I'll see if I can muster up a spin off! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 00:56, 7 May 2017 (UTC) :: Userspaced this article. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 02:45, 24 May 2017 (UTC) == ArbCom 2017 == Acagastya has suggested you for the election committee ([[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy#ArbCom elections|here]]), as you did last year. Are you willing to serve? --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 11:45, 24 June 2017 (UTC) == Block == I hope you have the admin rights. Please block [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Dave_Schmedrick this] vandal indefinitely.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:rgb(153, 68, 2);">acagastya</span>]] PING ME! 19:03, 11 August 2017 (UTC) == Do you know whose… == User page said "think before you write an article: will this story affect a teacher in Manila? If not, you are wasting your time". Also, that page had this thing which said if you can not grab attention of the reader with the first sentence, there is no point writing the second. I really hate when I can't remember things. Let me know if you know.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:rgb(153, 68, 2);">acagastya</span>]] PING ME! 17:59, 1 September 2017 (UTC) :Almost forgot to mention this: you should archive some discussions from this page.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:rgb(153, 68, 2);">acagastya</span>]] PING ME! 18:00, 1 September 2017 (UTC) == Re: [[US: New flu strain continues epidemic sweeping across Texas]] == Tips: * When starting to write about an event, ''double-check'' what and when happened; some mainstream media will be confused about it themselves and not provide links to the report which they are re-reporting, or its publish date. Story is marked as abandoned; to be deleted on March 7 (in 2 days), if work on it does not resume. --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:50, 5 March 2018 (UTC) == Email == Hello, Bddpaux. According to scoop (after I survived that scary failure message from scoop), your wikinewsie email seems to be full. OBTW, remember when you helped me get my first article published, on May 20, 2015 -- I got my 300th published ten days ago.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 10:21, 23 May 2018 (UTC) :I'll get in there this weekend and clear out some stuff. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:12, 25 May 2018 (UTC) == tagging abandoned articles == Hi. {{tl|abandoned}} has a date parameter so we can know when it was tagged and when the warning has expired. The easiest way to tag with a date is to add <nowiki>{{subst:aband}}</nowiki> to the article. It automatically fills in the date. Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 15:32, 29 May 2018 (UTC) == Reviewing some articles == World Cup coverage is exhausting me, and we are hardly getting anything else published. I was wondering if you could review some non sports articles for a month. Match reports are really exhausting, and having just one reviewer could make it very difficult.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 21:48, 18 June 2018 (UTC) == It is great to have you back, Bddpaux! == Just the day before, I said, it would be great to have Bddpaux back. Looks like "the good god above all" listened to my request. :-D<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 19:43, 26 June 2018 (UTC) == Election committee for ArbCom 2018 == Would you be willing to be on the election committee again this year? If so, please sign up at [[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2018 election#Election committee members]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 16:06, 2 July 2018 (UTC) : Looks as if, this year, we have plenty of volunteers for the election committee alread. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 11:50, 4 July 2018 (UTC) == 2018 ArbCom == I'd like to nominate you for ArbCom this year. Are you willing to accept the nomination?<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 03:32, 6 July 2018 (UTC) :Not this year, sorry. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:48, 6 July 2018 (UTC) == [[US Attorney indicts thirteen for using false documents to secure jobs]] == Hi. Some difficulties, which I wrote up in my '''[[Talk:US Attorney indicts thirteen for using false documents to secure jobs#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4429966 [Not ready]}}|review comments]]''' (my thoughts were a bit scattered this evening, I guess; I had to edit the review comments several times to add things). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 01:52, 1 September 2018 (UTC) == [[Police Captain's son gets 20 year prison sentence for terrorist plot]] == Hi. Encountered some snags; I'm hoping it's reparable, though alas we're now T plus two days. '''[[Talk:Police Captain's son gets 20 year prison sentence for terrorist plot#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4431192 [Not ready]}}|Review comments]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 12:16, 7 September 2018 (UTC) == IMAP and SMTP servers == Any idea how can I get the information about my "@wikinewsie.org" mail to connect to a mail client? It is that time of the year when I need to ask for media accreditation, so please let me know as soon as possible.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 13:28, 18 September 2018 (UTC) == ¿tu hablas español? == Before the end of this week, I am supposed to notify Wikimedians from Argentina to get photos for Argentina Pride. While I can do it in English, and ping {{ping|Ezarate}}, I think the event itself might not receive MSM coverage in English and we would have to use Spanish sources. What is your proficiency in Spanish? (Also pinging {{ping|SVTCobra}})<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 05:48, 2 November 2018 (UTC) :Although I had Spanish in school for two years, I am not able to write anything which would sound official. Sorry, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 13:33, 2 November 2018 (UTC) ::My proficiency in Spanish is VERY high level beginner. However, I will not be assisting with ANYTHING pertaining to a Pride event, '''of that you can be assured'''. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:35, 5 November 2018 (UTC) == To your question: Perhaps some guidance == I'm posting here because you asked me what ArbCom could do to help. I think I just got a retaliatory review rejection. I was fully expecting that if any specific reviewers don't want to work with me ''for any reason'' that they just wouldn't review my work, and drafts I composed would have a smaller pool of reviewers, making them more likely to age out. That's not great, but what can you do? I was not expecting someone to hit reject just because they're pissed off at me, and I think that's what just happened. The reviewer said, among other things, that the words "black" and "white" are too non-neutral to use in Wikinews' voice (it's an article that ties into the Ferguson riots, in which race featured heavily). This same reviewer has approved articles that used those words in Wikinews' voice before, with no mention of any inherent neutrality problems. I think it's because I corrected a previous reviewer when they thought my grammar was wrong (it wasn't, and to said previous reviewer's credit, they seem to be politely entertaining the sources I showed them on English usage, though I don't think I changed their mind). So my request of ArbCom is this: What should a drafter do when given a review that they reasonably believe was made for reasons other than the suitability of the article? Like you said, we're all volunteers here. What is the customary dispute resolution process? [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 05:26, 3 November 2018 (UTC) :Well, FWIW, I remember the first time when I had to write "black" for a person with darker skin complexion. It was very hard, as for writing in my journal, I could add comments for explaining to myself, but when transferring to on-wiki, I did not say "black", tried to explain it, which became complex, and added a comment, which I would generally not do (as I am generally available on IRC for discussing any issues with the reviewer). The reviewer, replaced that entire explanation and said in the summary that "usage of 'black' was okay in this context." The thing to learn is: is it okay in the context? And just because something was done once does not automatically mean same thing can be repeated again. (We all learn from what happened in the past).<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 06:25, 3 November 2018 (UTC) ::Yeeeeeeah, context does matter, but when the reviewer says "The lede doesn't say when the death took place" and it's right there "October 17" and "the lede doesn't say who McKinnies is" and it's right there "the victim is the son of activist Melissa McKinnies" and "hey this isn't attributed" when it says right there "according to a federal report," I start to think maybe the reviewer showed up to reject the article. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 06:46, 3 November 2018 (UTC) :::If that was the thing bugging you more than the NPOV issue of "black", that is what you should have told Bddpaux to strengthen your case.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 06:57, 3 November 2018 (UTC) ::::[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=La_La_Land_receives_record-equalling_fourteen_Oscar_nominations;_Hacksaw_Ridge_gets_six&diff=4282551&oldid=4282549 Might be useful].<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 08:40, 3 November 2018 (UTC) == I could use some help de-escalating a situation == I've tried to pull back and keep my comments to a minimum and not make things personal, but that doesn't work when I'm the only one doing it. Any tips on how to keep the matter of the style guide proposal from spilling any further out of control? I'm worried the matter will get tag-teamed into an artificial closure before the community has a chance to judge it on its merits. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 04:35, 3 March 2019 (UTC) :The relevant link [[Wikinews_talk:Style_guide#Disputes_about_use_of_present_tense_could_be_avoided_by_updating_this_guide|here]] [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:02, 3 March 2019 (UTC) == [[Former Trump advisor, Paul Manafort, receives second sentence in U.S. Federal Court]] == Thanks for writing this story. It appears to be published now. --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 18:59, 15 March 2019 (UTC) : I've submitted an edit to the article, which is now pending review. {{hidden use|User:Gryllida}} --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 19:16, 15 March 2019 (UTC) == [[User_talk:Zanimum#Fur_Suit%3F%3F|replied]] == --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 18:44, 21 March 2019 (UTC) == Thank you for looking at the reports, Bddpaux == [[File:Fancy Mouse.jpg|thumb|right]] Thank you for generously and attentively looking at the reports today, and for asking questions at their talk pages and at the talk pages of the authors. I really appreciate it! --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 19:08, 21 March 2019 (UTC) == Heated moment on fire article: A request == I would like you to remove your talk page post on the "small fire" article. It includes name-calling. There's other stuff there, of course, but I picked that to mention because it's not subjective, and it would be enough by itself. I'd like to take your complaints seriously, but I don't feel I can do that if they come in that form. That post puts me in a position in which I feel I have to defend myself, or at least redirect the conversation. I do not mind if you delete this post of mine with this request. Might be better if you did. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 01:26, 28 March 2019 (UTC) :Defend yourself from what? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:35, 28 March 2019 (UTC) ::From the stuff in B's post. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 02:37, 28 March 2019 (UTC) :::There is something to defend from in it? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 03:11, 28 March 2019 (UTC) ::::Yes. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 03:49, 28 March 2019 (UTC) :::::Defending implies denial, and no progress. Is there a better reaction? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 19:26, 28 March 2019 (UTC) :Tell you what: nope, I won't. Yeah, about 2 hours after I posted it, I felt slightly badly about it, and sure, it's a bit uncivil. But:''you're a lot of trouble to deal with''...you are. So here's the deal: You want it gone? You delete it. I'm not deleting it. I said it and that's that. Furthermore, I'm not engaging in ANY direct dialog with you for the next 90 days....won't do it. How's that for 'creepy'? I will try to do minor editing to improve your pending articles, but I won't review any of your articles or engage in any discussions involving you during that time. Consider yourself ghost'ed by me for the next 90. How 'bout you just report the news for a while? That'd be nice....I'll do a bit of janitorial work for you during that time....but you and I? We're on a 'break'. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 04:04, 28 March 2019 (UTC) == For the Facebook leak story, the notes are available in scoop. Sorry that they were not detailed at the article talk page: they are discussed at the author's talk page... Please re-review the story as soon as you can. Thank you. == --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 04:11, 5 April 2019 (UTC) == Please review == Hi Bddpaux Please review: Current review queue as of 22:51, 18 April 2019 (UTC): * 18 April 2019: [[Donation drive raises over US$1 million to rebuild Louisiana churches after Notre Dame de Paris also catches fire]] * 17 April 2019: [[Sudanese protesters protect defense ministry sit-in]] * 17 April 2019: [[Officials find fire alarm sounded 23 minutes before the fire was reported in Notre Dame, Paris]] * 7 April 2019: [[Students compete in world's second Neurosurgery Olympiad in Tyumen, Russia]] For inspiration here is a Kołacz and some honey: [[File:Kołacz.JPG|x200px|{{image source|KitkatJohn1}}]] [[File:Med u sacu karlovic1.jpg|x200px|{{image source|akarlovic}}]] Happy holidays, --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:51, 18 April 2019 (UTC) == Re: [[Talk:Wikinews_attends_Maker_Faire_in_Tyler,_Texas(US)]] == Hi Bddpaux :-) There are a couple remarks at the talk page. I hope you are able to find the attendance count for this event. What is your time zone? --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:16, 30 April 2019 (UTC) == User:Dehgel accreditation request == If you wish to ask this user something that is relevant to the request, please do so at [[Wikinews:Accreditation requests/Deh Saaduddin]]. Asking on their talk page is not helpful to others when evaluating how to vote and is burdensome for the applicant if everyone needs to be answered individually. Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 20:16, 22 August 2019 (UTC) == [[Dozens dead in California boat fire]] == {{user:Bawolff/card|Thanks for your hard work reviewing this story, fact checking, cleaning the layout and clarifying the dates. This is amazing. 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I pinged you previously, but there was no response. This may be the last notification before the vote is closed. Also, merry Christmas! --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 19:46, 25 December 2019 (UTC) == [[Talk:Tom Hanks and his wife catch coronavirus]] == Could you please delete this talk page? I've moved the old one to userspace, as the article is going to get deleted. [[User:ICameHereForNews|ICameHereForNews]] ([[User talk:ICameHereForNews|talk]]) 21:34, 22 March 2020 (UTC) :Appears to've been deleted already......wow.... I guess I really am ''that'' amazing!! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:59, 25 March 2020 (UTC) == Authentication? == I sent you another email re documentation for the interview, but haven't heard back from you... --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 23:18, 25 March 2020 (UTC) :Responded to your email. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:01, 26 March 2020 (UTC) :: Got it. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 16:51, 26 March 2020 (UTC) == Good to have you back, Bddpaux! == Hi, it is soo good to see you [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User:Bddpaux&diff=4579197&oldid=4554022 back!] Are we getting some good ORs? {{smiley}} What was your masters about? also, do you mind joining IRC later this morning? It will be good to have a reunion -- please register your nick, though. Again, welcome back!<br>[[Special:Contributions/103.254.128.138|103.254.128.138]] ([[User talk:103.254.128.138|talk]]) 10:17, 22 August 2020 (UTC) :Many thanks for helping with [[Wikinews 2020: An 'Original reporting' year in review|original reporting this year]]. Happy New Year. --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 20:51, 1 January 2021 (UTC) == Your criteria == Hi {{PAGENAME}} Re:<blockquote>ask yourself, "Would a school teacher in Manila care about this? What about a waiter in Sydney or a young mother in Hong Kong?" The answer should be a quick 'Yes', or you might be wasting your time here </blockquote> The articles on he main page today are: * [[Football: Chelsea appoints Thomas Tuchel as manager following Lampard sacking]] * [[Football: Chelsea sacks Frank Lampard as club's manager]] * [[World Trade Organization declares US tariff hike illegal, rules in South Korea's favour]] * [[Explosion after gas leakage in Madrid residential building kills four]] * [[Uruguayan Language Academy rejects FA sanction against Edinson Cavani as 'poverty of cultural and linguistic knowledge']] * [[Wikinews 2020: An 'Original reporting' year in review]] I doubt any of those are of interest to the waiter or the mother above Cheers, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 02:45, 3 February 2021 (UTC) :{{re|Ottawahitech}} Let's keep football articles aside, because football is the most popular sport, and people in any country do care about their favourite clubs. OR year in review contains tonnes of OR, some of them are from Australia, so satisfies the waiter in Sydney. Uruguayan Language academy news is relevant to people with different language, and how a first-world organisation treats other's traditions, and customs (checks for school teacher in Manila as well as young mother in Hong Kong. Explosion article is again, relevant to the waiter, who might want to reconsider asking the restaurant to check if their cooking area complies with health and safety regulation. WTO's article seems relevant for people in the South East Asia, how their commute might be affected by this decision. Think about it.<br>[[Special:Contributions/103.48.106.16|103.48.106.16]] ([[User talk:103.48.106.16|talk]]) 06:20, 3 February 2021 (UTC) ::{{re|Ottawahitech}} The three that I wrote made international news. Indeed, I am not in Spain but it was in my country's news. English football is followed across the world. I don't think the comment is supposed to be taken so literally, I think the ''spirit'' of what he is trying to say is make sure people in different countries will care. --[[User:ImprovedWikiImprovment|IWI]] ([[User talk:ImprovedWikiImprovment|talk]]) 12:27, 3 February 2021 (UTC) :Ummmmmmm, yes:''exactly''. But: I'm happy to see someone engaged in the project! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:39, 3 February 2021 (UTC) ::: We do publish local news, the lower bound mentioned in the guidelines being the [[WN:CARCRASH|car-crash test]]. My understanding of writing for an international audience is that an international reader should be able to understand what the article is about and understand why the story would be of interest to some readers (beyond which it becomes a matter of personal interest or curiosity). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 12:53, 3 February 2021 (UTC) == iMsg == Hi, Bddpaux, I have send an iMessage to your number (mentioned on your userpage).<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 17:32, 18 February 2021 (UTC) == Any shot at reviewing an interview? == Hey, Bddpaux. I was wondering if you could review [[Living with HIV during COVID-19: Wikinews talks to HIV-positive sex workers about how pandemic has affected their lives]] by any chance? I really worked hard, collaboaring with a friend of mine, and it would be a great favour if you can review it!<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 17:24, 9 March 2021 (UTC) == Heads up == Im going to attempt to make a article but i go slow and sorry but i need to edit in spurts. If im a problem please revert my edits, thank you. [[User:Durantnba|Durantnba]] ([[User talk:Durantnba|talk]]) 03:16, 16 June 2021 (UTC) == "A bit more time" == Why? Why give them extra time? --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 03:32, 16 June 2021 (UTC) :"Abandoned articles — Unpublished articles that have not been edited for four days should be marked with {{tl|subst:aband}} and deleted two days later, permitting that no other edits have been made since then. (Per common sense, removing the abandoned article template doesn't count as an edit, unless it is bundled with another change.)" See [[WN:ABANDON]]. It had been < three days when you marked it "delete".<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 03:41, 16 June 2021 (UTC) ::Firstly: I appreciate your eagerness [no sarcasm!!]....I do! For a newbie, your output has been in the upper stratosphere and of excellent quality too! I think you RAWK! But: at the end of the day....a wiki is supposed to be about ''community''. Now, there are ALL MANNER of goofballs, etc. who show up here and want to be thought of as a Rockstar within 15 minutes....and that doesn't work. One has to establish their 'street cred', as-it-were. So, the simple answer is: I'm extended a bit of niceness. Do I think that will turn into a publishable article? Absolutely not. But we have time (so-to-speak) to give the contributor a gentle nudge. As Acagastya points out, the rule is 4 days. If my math is right, I think you dropped in the template about 65 hours after first submission, which is a hair too quick. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:08, 16 June 2021 (UTC) == Somalia article == Could you review it? --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 18:47, 16 June 2021 (UTC) :I'm sorry. I'm swamped with work stuff right now. I will be afk for about the next 20 hours, or so.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:06, 16 June 2021 (UTC) ::I understand, thanks. --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 21:23, 16 June 2021 (UTC) == Heyy == Thanks for the information you gave me, it's been really helpful 😇❤️ [[User:Chelsea Jafta|Chelsea Jafta]] ([[User talk:Chelsea Jafta|talk]]) 12:09, 19 June 2021 (UTC) == July Halloween == Just an acknowledgement (ACK), I got the email sent to scoop about it. Looking forward to it! Though be careful!<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 15:59, 16 July 2021 (UTC) :Thanks. It will be fun!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:14, 16 July 2021 (UTC) == Checkuser vote == Hello. Please could you close my [[:WN:Requests for permissions#Green Giant (talk · contribs) — Checkuser|Checkuser vote]]. It has been open for just over 2 weeks, with 25 support votes. This meets the minimum requirements set out on the page and at Meta. I have closed the vote for Acagastya. Cheers. --[[User:Green Giant|Green Giant]] ([[User talk:Green Giant|talk]]) 21:49, 27 July 2021 (UTC) :Sure thing. Busy now. Give me 24 hours. Could you also remind (''pressure, even'')Gryllida to close/deal with our 'Crat nominations? We need more 'Crats around here.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 22:39, 27 July 2021 (UTC) == More userspace pages == Hi. These are the other pages I found in your userspace after searching for draft articles: * [[:User:Bddpaux/At least four dead, as tornadoes strike parts of Northeast Texas]] - April/May 2017 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Citizens express both praise and worries over Texas rains]] - June/July 2014 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Drought conditions across much of US impacting fracking activity]] - August 2012 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Much of Texas plagued by weather problems]] - May/June 2013 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Noted magician, Aldo Colombini dies following stroke]] - February 2014 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Reports indicate US retail sales brisk despite much disapproval of early 'Black Friday' store openings]] - November 2012 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Texas woman celebrates 40 years in state public service]] - August 2012 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Wikinews interviews member of the Texas Nationalist Movement]] - December 2012 --[[User:Green Giant|Green Giant]] ([[User talk:Green Giant|talk]]) 23:49, 27 July 2021 (UTC) :Gotcha. Give me a few days and I'll zap them myself.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 00:10, 28 July 2021 (UTC) == Re the communications == Hi, Bddpaux. If you are seeking admin/crat assistance, you could let the people know via IRC, if they don't check their talk pages as frequently. In case if you are having trouble with IRC, let me know -- I can help you with it.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 04:02, 28 July 2021 (UTC) :OK, I've never been a big IRC person, but I may do that.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 11:40, 28 July 2021 (UTC) == ArbCom 2021 == Hi Bddpaux. I was wondering if you'd be willing to stand for [[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2021 election/Nominations and voting|ArbCom]] this year? If you don't wish to nominate yourself, I would be happy to nominate you.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 07:50, 29 July 2021 (UTC) *Sure.....feel free to nominate me.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:06, 29 July 2021 (UTC) == page protection == Hi, post-publication, edit=autoconfirmed (indef) and move=admin (indef) please -- you are keeping edit=admin (indef).<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 16:59, 30 July 2021 (UTC) : OK—[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:00, 30 July 2021 (UTC) == 'crat granted == Hello Bddpaux, Congratulations - you're now a bureaucrat. I am most grateful for your commitment and dedication to the admin and reviewing responsibilities here. Keep up the great work. Regards, --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:35, 1 August 2021 (UTC) == I am new here == Hello. I am a Nigerian Blogger and a Journalist. I want to Update Wikinews for Nigeria. How do I go about it. I have made 4 updates already but I want to become a registered user or member. Thanks == What to do? == Can you suggest what can I do with the omicron article? No major news is available currently for it. Shall I put it for deletion? [[User:2006nishan178713|2006nishan178713]] ([[User talk:2006nishan178713|talk]]) 17:35, 12 December 2021 (UTC) :Well, there are a number of things you could do....you could use it as the framework for a recent article about an outbreak in some city (as one example). So I Google'd "Omicron +largest +outbreak" and got about 70 articles from the past 24 hours. Freshening up an article is a bit of an art form unto itself.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 21:07, 12 December 2021 (UTC) ::Okay! 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Thank you. /[[m:User:Johan (WMF)|Johan (WMF)]]<section end=content/> 18:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC) <!-- Message sent by User:Johan (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Johan_(WMF)/Target_lists/Admins2022(3)&oldid=22532499 --> == [[American Museum of Natural History removes statue of Theodore Roosevelt]] == Hi, since you reviewed this article, I think you may be in the best position sight the subsequent edits. Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 06:11, 29 January 2022 (UTC) == Temporary change to article length == Hello. I know you know this but just as a courtesy, this note is to let you know we are implementing a trial from February 1 to April 30 to encourage more articles to be published per the outcome of a current [[:Special:Diff/4659525|proposal]]. The minimum requirements for [[:WN:LENGTH|article length]] will be one paragraph of at least a hundred words. At the end of the trial the requirements will return to normal (3 paragraphs etc) and there will be an evaluation discussion about the trial. Happy reviewing! ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 23:18, 31 January 2022 (UTC) :Yep! Great!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC) == Publishing after review == Hi. Don't forget to protect published articles per the standard protection policy (edit=auto-confirmed and move=admin only). Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 15:03, 28 February 2022 (UTC) == Justin Bieber postpones three Justice tour dates due to illness == Hi {{PAGENAME}}, I just noticed that [[Justin Bieber postpones three Justice tour dates due to illness]], which you placed an '''abandoned''' tag on at '''21:05, 13 June 2022‎''', is now showing up in the queue for '''Collaboration requests''' in the newsroom. Is this intentional? Just curious, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 19:26, 14 June 2022 (UTC) :{{re|Ottawahitech}} yes that is intentional. It happens with the Aband template and aims to encourage others to help "un-abandon" the article. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 20:04, 14 June 2022 (UTC) ::Hmmmmm, news to me...but:that's clever!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:28, 14 June 2022 (UTC) == Temporary change to freshness == Hello. As a reviewer, this note is just to let you know we are implementing a trial from July 4 to October 4 to enable more articles to be reviewed per the outcome of a current [[:Special:Diff/4682800|proposal]]. The freshness window is being extended to about five to seven days. At the end of the trial the window will continue to be at 5-7 days while we discuss whether to adopt the change permanently or not. Happy reviewing! ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 17:39, 4 July 2022 (UTC) == [[:High potential for wildfires across Texas for several days]] == Published. Nice article. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 17:08, 13 July 2022 (UTC) == E-mail == I saw you asked someone else about e-mail and it became clear that it was because you are having problems using it. Are you trying to use a wikinewsie.org address? If so, I think that domain has probably lapsed. I think Acagastya took the lead in recovering data from there and setting up the newer [wn-reporters.org]. We can probably ping Acagastya if you have something to ask them. [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 19:35, 25 July 2022 (UTC) :Yeah, I did. No response. I just want to know if he's stopped paying for it, or what.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:14, 25 July 2022 (UTC) 8hyf8kw1i1t1ekgermax31kmnlrlzvo 4685037 4684997 2022-07-26T04:09:29Z Amgine 980 /* Re: User talk:Amgine#So...| */ new section wikitext text/x-wiki == My talk archive #1 == [[User:Bddpaux/Archive 1]] == My talk archive #2 == [[User:Bddpaux/Archive 2]] == My talk archive #3 == [[User:Bddpaux/Archive 3]] == Cyclone Pam article == Hi. I hadn't noticed you'd tagged it under review; I was doing some copyediting on the sources. I was thinking of not-ready'ing it on the grounds the lede says something is going to happen, instead of describing any event that has already happened, such as somebody ''saying'' that was going to happen. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:03, 18 March 2015 (UTC) ::Well, yeah.....I just tried to 'shift' that a teeny bit onto something that 'did' happen. I'll back off on my review now and you can take action on it. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:06, 18 March 2015 (UTC) ::: I'll take a look and try to do so in a bit; I'm now tackling one of the others. It's always a bit of a scramble, I've found, when a whole bunch of students submit simultaneously, presumably in coordination with something to do with their weekly class schedule; there are generally a bunch of the submissions that have serious problems so they should be not-ready'd promptly. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:19, 18 March 2015 (UTC) == Auto-Block == My account was compromised during my absence - please enable an indefinite block to prevent further damage to wiki projects. Thanks for collaborating. --[[User:BScMScMD|BScMScMD]] ([[User talk:BScMScMD|talk]]) 18:59, 7 April 2015 (UTC) == userspacing == Just to point out. The preferred way to userspace an article is for an admin to move it, and not leave a redirect behind. Non-admins don't have the option of not leaving behind a redirect; but when an admin moves a page, there's a box, checked by default, for "Leave a redirect behind"; just uncheck it.&nbsp;:-)&nbsp; --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 22:25, 8 April 2015 (UTC) == Barcelona and La-liga == I have removed much of the content, which was not exactly related to the article. Which was just at the border. I hope, now it fits the guidelines. Please have a look.<br>[[User:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Scriptina Pro; color:#000000;">aGastya</span>]]&nbsp; [[User talk:Acagastya|<span style=" font-size:90%; font-family:Century Gothic; color:#F20056">&#9993; Dicere Aliquid </span>]]:) 11:12, 19 May 2015 (UTC) == Knowing terms == I read your comments. But how am I supposed to explain hat trick? It is a common term (I believe). And majority of the Europeans and South Americans are aware of Ronaldo. Still, do I need to explain about it?<br>[[User:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Scriptina Pro; color:#000000;">aGastya</span>]]&nbsp; [[User talk:Acagastya|<span style=" font-size:90%; font-family:Century Gothic; color:#F20056">&#9993; Dicere Aliquid </span>]]:) 15:10, 19 May 2015 (UTC) :Well, see, that's kind of the trick: ''Wikinewns'' is international, so we try to write for EVERYONE. Not everyone knows the term hat-trick. We also write so that an English-speaking person in Thailand can understand what we're saying; a truck driver in Manila; a school teacher in Canada; a chef in Nepal; know what I'm trying to say?? We have to write for EVERYONE (as best we can). I'd bet a European football fan knows TOTALLY what you're talking about, but I know LOADS OF PEOPLE who aren't European football fans. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:14, 19 May 2015 (UTC) :If not all are football fans, but still, Ronaldo. People knows him. Still, I've made the change. But, people, can, still click the links to know about that particular topic. We had this discussion at WP's main page.<br>[[User:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Scriptina Pro; color:#000000;">aGastya</span>]]&nbsp; [[User talk:Acagastya|<span style=" font-size:90%; font-family:Century Gothic; color:#F20056">&#9993; Dicere Aliquid </span>]]:) 15:23, 19 May 2015 (UTC) == Nigerian suicide bomber article == Hi, I have responded to your review on the collaboration page of the article. Due to the time lapse between now and when the article was written, I don't expect it to be deemed newsworthy now. However, at the time of the review you must have missed that the actual focal event of the story occurred the day before the story was written (or on the day of, if you take time zones into account), not 10 days before as you claimed. Apologies about the late reply. [[User:Hb881uow|Hb881uow]] ([[User talk:Hb881uow|talk]]) 12:10, 25 May 2015 (UTC) : I responded to this where it was also raised on the article's talk page, but I'll repeat here. :* There was a misunderstanding, but it looks as if the article was legitimately past [[WN:freshness|freshness]] at the time of review. The focal event seems to have taken place on the 16th, and the review was on the 20th. Sometimes we have more articles submitted in a short time than we can handle, and that's been a constant state of things for the past couple of weeks or so, with UoW student articles. (I've seen articles lost this way even when there are lots more reviewers; there's a lot of latent demand for what Wikinews supplies, so that however much reviewer labor we can bring to bear on a regular basis, after a while the volume of submission will expand to exceed supply. We do need to improve the efficiency of our operation, so we can do more with the same amount of reviewer labor, and I have some plans I'm pursuing for how we might do that; but even if I succeed, we'll do better, things will pick up, and ''still'' I expect some articles will get missed from time to time.) :* It's clear how the misunderstanding would have happened about being ten days old at the time of review. Our [[WN:style guide|style guide]] specifies that sources are to be listed from newest to oldest, so that the first one listed is the most recently published source; in this case, though, the articles were in the opposite order, with the oldest first; and the oldest was indeed about ten days before the article was submitted. : --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 14:18, 25 May 2015 (UTC) == Anthrax article == ...is stale. :-( &nbsp;--[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:16, 4 June 2015 (UTC) == Hey how are ya == Hey Bddpaux, glad to see you're active on the wiki and especially nice to see your participation and help over at [[Wikinews:Featured article candidates]], much appreciated! I was wondering if perhaps you could review this new article I wrote, [[Texas student Ahmed Mohamed inspires social movement]] ? Thank you for your time and your contributions to the project, -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 14:23, 22 September 2015 (UTC) == A barnstar == [[File:Team Barnstar Hires.png|thumb|left|I, [[Special:Contributions/14.139.242.195|14.139.242.195]] ([[User talk:14.139.242.195|talk]]) (the IP of acagastya) award you the team barnstar for the tireless contribution to keep Wikinews updated!<br>[[Special:Contributions/14.139.242.195|14.139.242.195]] ([[User talk:14.139.242.195|talk]]) 02:03, 29 September 2015 (UTC)]] <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> == Wikinews interviews painter Pricasso on his art and freedom of expression == *[[Wikinews interviews painter Pricasso on his art and freedom of expression]] It took me a while to research, do the interview, and put this all together. It was quite a coup to get a response back from the interviewee. It's a nice piece related to {{w|freedom of speech}} and issues of {{w|censorship}}. Do you think you could review it? Thank you for your time, -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 08:38, 10 October 2015 (UTC) == [[Defense attorney refutes DNA evidence in 'Grim Sleeper' trial]] == Hi. I'd noticed you were writing something, of course, but hadn't had a chance to look at it. Finally taking a preliminary look at it, I'm uncomfortable with a couple of aspects of the sourcing. '''[[Talk:Defense attorney refutes DNA evidence in 'Grim Sleeper' trial#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4203193 [Not ready]}}|Review comments]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 20:40, 31 March 2016 (UTC) == Election results == The election committee should set up a page of the {{nowrap|[[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2016 election/Results|election results]]}} (see [[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2015 election/Results|last year's]], but the list is different this year), and certify the results at {{nowrap|[[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy#ArbCom elections|the water cooler thread]]}}. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 20:24, 30 July 2016 (UTC) == More details emerge in Alpine, Texas school shooting == I've prodded this as [[Template:Aband|abandoned]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:24, 24 September 2016 (UTC) == [[Search expands for missing Texas woman]] == Hi. I'm quite interested in this story. Unfortunately there were some shortcomings in the current version, and I suspect the problem of [[WN:freshness|freshness]] may be getting more difficult as we pass into Friday on Wikinews (which happens in about twenty minutes from now). Perhaps some further opportunity will come along on this ongoing story. See my [[Talk:Search expands for missing Texas woman#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4258918 [Not ready]}}|review comments]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 23:48, 27 October 2016 (UTC) == [[Wikinews attends ComiCon in Tyler, Texas]] == It was pointed out that the article didn't actually explain what a ComiCon is. Realizing that we were already quite close to the 24-hour horizon for substantive edits after publication, I made a small edit to try to explain a bit. 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It seems ''probably'' not a COI problem you've been somewhat involved in the show &mdash; the up-front disclosure takes a lot of curse off that &mdash; but it might have some effect on your perception of the relevance. Something seems wanted in the way of, well, background I guess, to show the reader the relevance in a larger context; otherwise the piece could feel a bit promotional. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:26, 14 February 2017 (UTC) : Yeah, I'm trying to address that. Technically, I think anything creative-wise, at least, with a far reaching audience that hits 100 serialized episodes/releases etc. is newsworthy. I'm just trying to make sure I'm making it 'global' enough. 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'''About the Wikimedia Foundation:''' The [[:wmf:Home|Wikimedia Foundation]] supports you by working on the software and technology to keep the sites fast, secure, and accessible, as well as supports Wikimedia programs and initiatives to expand access and support free knowledge globally. Thank you! --[[:m:User:EGalvez (WMF)|EGalvez (WMF)]] ([[:m:User talk:EGalvez (WMF)|talk]]) 08:23, 24 February 2017 (UTC) </div> <!-- Message sent by User:EGalvez (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Community_Engagement_Insights/MassMessages/Lists/2016/19-AEOP&oldid=16205365 --> == Home pregnancy article == Just a note. I noticed, on the article you'd published, the lede didn't specify the day on which the focal event happened... and I suspect it was, in fact, five days ago (so, not fresh; which is of course an important part of why I'm a stickler, myself, for specifying the day in the lede). Pretty sure the sky isn't going to fall in; thought I'm mention it, though. (Btw, a lot of these students don't have the hang of using-sources-without-copying-from-them; worth keeping an eye on.) Thanks for helping out; as you see, I've been pretty swamped. I'm thinking it'd be good if I take a look at your article tomorrow morning, when I'm fresh. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 23:28, 27 March 2017 (UTC) :Yeah, guilty as charged.....I think I'm actually to blame for the day thing. I really pushed the envelope in terms of freshness there! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 13:47, 28 March 2017 (UTC) == [[Wikinews visits set of indie film 'Dead on Set']] == After thinking about it carefully (glad I waited till morning when my thinking is hopefully at its sharpest!), I've asked on the article talk for further clarifications re your role in the film; '''[[Talk:Wikinews visits set of indie film 'Dead on Set'#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4299890 [Not ready]}}|review comments]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 14:40, 28 March 2017 (UTC) : (Sorry if my concern caught you by surprise; it's a nice enough little piece, but I was uncomfortable, and figured I really shouldn't try to make a final call in either direction without understanding better.) --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:59, 28 March 2017 (UTC) :: No sweat, we need to apply our policies fairly here, after all. See my response on the talk page. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:04, 28 March 2017 (UTC) ::: I consulted on this one; didn't want my ''own'' familiarity with the reporter to skew my judgement, either. My precise measure was to publish with a discreet talk-page hatnote, in the style of {{tl|WikimediaMention}} (except WM goes on the article itself). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 18:21, 28 March 2017 (UTC) == [[Meth usage in Australia on the rise]] == That's a very stale article. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 18:45, 30 March 2017 (UTC) : I'm atm trying to go through the entire queue and not-ready all articles that have obvious problems to do with the date of the event or lack of multiple independent sources. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 19:58, 30 March 2017 (UTC) == Furries == I userspaced it rather than deleting it. There's a field on the {{tl|abandoned}} template to specify a user whose space the article should be moved to, like {{tl|abandoned|2=userspace=Zanimum}}. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:53, 5 April 2017 (UTC) == [[User:Bddpaux/At least four dead, as tornadoes strike parts of Northeast Texas|At least four dead, as tornadoes strike parts of Northeast Texas]] == I feel bad about this; if I'd gotten to this much faster it might have just sailed through review. It might be rescuable, at this point. '''[[User talk:Bddpaux/At least four dead, as tornadoes strike parts of Northeast Texas#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4311436 [Not ready]}}|Review comments]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 04:31, 3 May 2017 (UTC) :Meh, no biggie.....I'll see if I can muster up a spin off! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 00:56, 7 May 2017 (UTC) :: Userspaced this article. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 02:45, 24 May 2017 (UTC) == ArbCom 2017 == Acagastya has suggested you for the election committee ([[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy#ArbCom elections|here]]), as you did last year. Are you willing to serve? --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 11:45, 24 June 2017 (UTC) == Block == I hope you have the admin rights. Please block [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Dave_Schmedrick this] vandal indefinitely.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:rgb(153, 68, 2);">acagastya</span>]] PING ME! 19:03, 11 August 2017 (UTC) == Do you know whose… == User page said "think before you write an article: will this story affect a teacher in Manila? If not, you are wasting your time". Also, that page had this thing which said if you can not grab attention of the reader with the first sentence, there is no point writing the second. I really hate when I can't remember things. Let me know if you know.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:rgb(153, 68, 2);">acagastya</span>]] PING ME! 17:59, 1 September 2017 (UTC) :Almost forgot to mention this: you should archive some discussions from this page.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:rgb(153, 68, 2);">acagastya</span>]] PING ME! 18:00, 1 September 2017 (UTC) == Re: [[US: New flu strain continues epidemic sweeping across Texas]] == Tips: * When starting to write about an event, ''double-check'' what and when happened; some mainstream media will be confused about it themselves and not provide links to the report which they are re-reporting, or its publish date. Story is marked as abandoned; to be deleted on March 7 (in 2 days), if work on it does not resume. --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:50, 5 March 2018 (UTC) == Email == Hello, Bddpaux. According to scoop (after I survived that scary failure message from scoop), your wikinewsie email seems to be full. OBTW, remember when you helped me get my first article published, on May 20, 2015 -- I got my 300th published ten days ago.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 10:21, 23 May 2018 (UTC) :I'll get in there this weekend and clear out some stuff. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:12, 25 May 2018 (UTC) == tagging abandoned articles == Hi. {{tl|abandoned}} has a date parameter so we can know when it was tagged and when the warning has expired. The easiest way to tag with a date is to add <nowiki>{{subst:aband}}</nowiki> to the article. It automatically fills in the date. Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 15:32, 29 May 2018 (UTC) == Reviewing some articles == World Cup coverage is exhausting me, and we are hardly getting anything else published. I was wondering if you could review some non sports articles for a month. Match reports are really exhausting, and having just one reviewer could make it very difficult.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 21:48, 18 June 2018 (UTC) == It is great to have you back, Bddpaux! == Just the day before, I said, it would be great to have Bddpaux back. Looks like "the good god above all" listened to my request. :-D<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 19:43, 26 June 2018 (UTC) == Election committee for ArbCom 2018 == Would you be willing to be on the election committee again this year? If so, please sign up at [[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2018 election#Election committee members]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 16:06, 2 July 2018 (UTC) : Looks as if, this year, we have plenty of volunteers for the election committee alread. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 11:50, 4 July 2018 (UTC) == 2018 ArbCom == I'd like to nominate you for ArbCom this year. Are you willing to accept the nomination?<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 03:32, 6 July 2018 (UTC) :Not this year, sorry. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:48, 6 July 2018 (UTC) == [[US Attorney indicts thirteen for using false documents to secure jobs]] == Hi. Some difficulties, which I wrote up in my '''[[Talk:US Attorney indicts thirteen for using false documents to secure jobs#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4429966 [Not ready]}}|review comments]]''' (my thoughts were a bit scattered this evening, I guess; I had to edit the review comments several times to add things). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 01:52, 1 September 2018 (UTC) == [[Police Captain's son gets 20 year prison sentence for terrorist plot]] == Hi. Encountered some snags; I'm hoping it's reparable, though alas we're now T plus two days. '''[[Talk:Police Captain's son gets 20 year prison sentence for terrorist plot#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4431192 [Not ready]}}|Review comments]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 12:16, 7 September 2018 (UTC) == IMAP and SMTP servers == Any idea how can I get the information about my "@wikinewsie.org" mail to connect to a mail client? It is that time of the year when I need to ask for media accreditation, so please let me know as soon as possible.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 13:28, 18 September 2018 (UTC) == ¿tu hablas español? == Before the end of this week, I am supposed to notify Wikimedians from Argentina to get photos for Argentina Pride. While I can do it in English, and ping {{ping|Ezarate}}, I think the event itself might not receive MSM coverage in English and we would have to use Spanish sources. What is your proficiency in Spanish? (Also pinging {{ping|SVTCobra}})<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 05:48, 2 November 2018 (UTC) :Although I had Spanish in school for two years, I am not able to write anything which would sound official. Sorry, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 13:33, 2 November 2018 (UTC) ::My proficiency in Spanish is VERY high level beginner. However, I will not be assisting with ANYTHING pertaining to a Pride event, '''of that you can be assured'''. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:35, 5 November 2018 (UTC) == To your question: Perhaps some guidance == I'm posting here because you asked me what ArbCom could do to help. I think I just got a retaliatory review rejection. I was fully expecting that if any specific reviewers don't want to work with me ''for any reason'' that they just wouldn't review my work, and drafts I composed would have a smaller pool of reviewers, making them more likely to age out. That's not great, but what can you do? I was not expecting someone to hit reject just because they're pissed off at me, and I think that's what just happened. The reviewer said, among other things, that the words "black" and "white" are too non-neutral to use in Wikinews' voice (it's an article that ties into the Ferguson riots, in which race featured heavily). This same reviewer has approved articles that used those words in Wikinews' voice before, with no mention of any inherent neutrality problems. I think it's because I corrected a previous reviewer when they thought my grammar was wrong (it wasn't, and to said previous reviewer's credit, they seem to be politely entertaining the sources I showed them on English usage, though I don't think I changed their mind). So my request of ArbCom is this: What should a drafter do when given a review that they reasonably believe was made for reasons other than the suitability of the article? Like you said, we're all volunteers here. What is the customary dispute resolution process? [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 05:26, 3 November 2018 (UTC) :Well, FWIW, I remember the first time when I had to write "black" for a person with darker skin complexion. It was very hard, as for writing in my journal, I could add comments for explaining to myself, but when transferring to on-wiki, I did not say "black", tried to explain it, which became complex, and added a comment, which I would generally not do (as I am generally available on IRC for discussing any issues with the reviewer). The reviewer, replaced that entire explanation and said in the summary that "usage of 'black' was okay in this context." The thing to learn is: is it okay in the context? And just because something was done once does not automatically mean same thing can be repeated again. (We all learn from what happened in the past).<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 06:25, 3 November 2018 (UTC) ::Yeeeeeeah, context does matter, but when the reviewer says "The lede doesn't say when the death took place" and it's right there "October 17" and "the lede doesn't say who McKinnies is" and it's right there "the victim is the son of activist Melissa McKinnies" and "hey this isn't attributed" when it says right there "according to a federal report," I start to think maybe the reviewer showed up to reject the article. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 06:46, 3 November 2018 (UTC) :::If that was the thing bugging you more than the NPOV issue of "black", that is what you should have told Bddpaux to strengthen your case.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 06:57, 3 November 2018 (UTC) ::::[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=La_La_Land_receives_record-equalling_fourteen_Oscar_nominations;_Hacksaw_Ridge_gets_six&diff=4282551&oldid=4282549 Might be useful].<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 08:40, 3 November 2018 (UTC) == I could use some help de-escalating a situation == I've tried to pull back and keep my comments to a minimum and not make things personal, but that doesn't work when I'm the only one doing it. Any tips on how to keep the matter of the style guide proposal from spilling any further out of control? I'm worried the matter will get tag-teamed into an artificial closure before the community has a chance to judge it on its merits. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 04:35, 3 March 2019 (UTC) :The relevant link [[Wikinews_talk:Style_guide#Disputes_about_use_of_present_tense_could_be_avoided_by_updating_this_guide|here]] [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:02, 3 March 2019 (UTC) == [[Former Trump advisor, Paul Manafort, receives second sentence in U.S. Federal Court]] == Thanks for writing this story. It appears to be published now. --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 18:59, 15 March 2019 (UTC) : I've submitted an edit to the article, which is now pending review. {{hidden use|User:Gryllida}} --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 19:16, 15 March 2019 (UTC) == [[User_talk:Zanimum#Fur_Suit%3F%3F|replied]] == --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 18:44, 21 March 2019 (UTC) == Thank you for looking at the reports, Bddpaux == [[File:Fancy Mouse.jpg|thumb|right]] Thank you for generously and attentively looking at the reports today, and for asking questions at their talk pages and at the talk pages of the authors. I really appreciate it! --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 19:08, 21 March 2019 (UTC) == Heated moment on fire article: A request == I would like you to remove your talk page post on the "small fire" article. It includes name-calling. There's other stuff there, of course, but I picked that to mention because it's not subjective, and it would be enough by itself. I'd like to take your complaints seriously, but I don't feel I can do that if they come in that form. That post puts me in a position in which I feel I have to defend myself, or at least redirect the conversation. I do not mind if you delete this post of mine with this request. Might be better if you did. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 01:26, 28 March 2019 (UTC) :Defend yourself from what? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:35, 28 March 2019 (UTC) ::From the stuff in B's post. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 02:37, 28 March 2019 (UTC) :::There is something to defend from in it? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 03:11, 28 March 2019 (UTC) ::::Yes. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 03:49, 28 March 2019 (UTC) :::::Defending implies denial, and no progress. Is there a better reaction? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 19:26, 28 March 2019 (UTC) :Tell you what: nope, I won't. Yeah, about 2 hours after I posted it, I felt slightly badly about it, and sure, it's a bit uncivil. But:''you're a lot of trouble to deal with''...you are. So here's the deal: You want it gone? You delete it. I'm not deleting it. I said it and that's that. Furthermore, I'm not engaging in ANY direct dialog with you for the next 90 days....won't do it. How's that for 'creepy'? I will try to do minor editing to improve your pending articles, but I won't review any of your articles or engage in any discussions involving you during that time. Consider yourself ghost'ed by me for the next 90. How 'bout you just report the news for a while? That'd be nice....I'll do a bit of janitorial work for you during that time....but you and I? We're on a 'break'. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 04:04, 28 March 2019 (UTC) == For the Facebook leak story, the notes are available in scoop. Sorry that they were not detailed at the article talk page: they are discussed at the author's talk page... Please re-review the story as soon as you can. Thank you. == --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 04:11, 5 April 2019 (UTC) == Please review == Hi Bddpaux Please review: Current review queue as of 22:51, 18 April 2019 (UTC): * 18 April 2019: [[Donation drive raises over US$1 million to rebuild Louisiana churches after Notre Dame de Paris also catches fire]] * 17 April 2019: [[Sudanese protesters protect defense ministry sit-in]] * 17 April 2019: [[Officials find fire alarm sounded 23 minutes before the fire was reported in Notre Dame, Paris]] * 7 April 2019: [[Students compete in world's second Neurosurgery Olympiad in Tyumen, Russia]] For inspiration here is a Kołacz and some honey: [[File:Kołacz.JPG|x200px|{{image source|KitkatJohn1}}]] [[File:Med u sacu karlovic1.jpg|x200px|{{image source|akarlovic}}]] Happy holidays, --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:51, 18 April 2019 (UTC) == Re: [[Talk:Wikinews_attends_Maker_Faire_in_Tyler,_Texas(US)]] == Hi Bddpaux :-) There are a couple remarks at the talk page. I hope you are able to find the attendance count for this event. What is your time zone? --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:16, 30 April 2019 (UTC) == User:Dehgel accreditation request == If you wish to ask this user something that is relevant to the request, please do so at [[Wikinews:Accreditation requests/Deh Saaduddin]]. Asking on their talk page is not helpful to others when evaluating how to vote and is burdensome for the applicant if everyone needs to be answered individually. Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 20:16, 22 August 2019 (UTC) == [[Dozens dead in California boat fire]] == {{user:Bawolff/card|Thanks for your hard work reviewing this story, fact checking, cleaning the layout and clarifying the dates. This is amazing. 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I pinged you previously, but there was no response. This may be the last notification before the vote is closed. Also, merry Christmas! --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 19:46, 25 December 2019 (UTC) == [[Talk:Tom Hanks and his wife catch coronavirus]] == Could you please delete this talk page? I've moved the old one to userspace, as the article is going to get deleted. [[User:ICameHereForNews|ICameHereForNews]] ([[User talk:ICameHereForNews|talk]]) 21:34, 22 March 2020 (UTC) :Appears to've been deleted already......wow.... I guess I really am ''that'' amazing!! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:59, 25 March 2020 (UTC) == Authentication? == I sent you another email re documentation for the interview, but haven't heard back from you... --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 23:18, 25 March 2020 (UTC) :Responded to your email. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:01, 26 March 2020 (UTC) :: Got it. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 16:51, 26 March 2020 (UTC) == Good to have you back, Bddpaux! == Hi, it is soo good to see you [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User:Bddpaux&diff=4579197&oldid=4554022 back!] Are we getting some good ORs? {{smiley}} What was your masters about? also, do you mind joining IRC later this morning? It will be good to have a reunion -- please register your nick, though. Again, welcome back!<br>[[Special:Contributions/103.254.128.138|103.254.128.138]] ([[User talk:103.254.128.138|talk]]) 10:17, 22 August 2020 (UTC) :Many thanks for helping with [[Wikinews 2020: An 'Original reporting' year in review|original reporting this year]]. Happy New Year. --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 20:51, 1 January 2021 (UTC) == Your criteria == Hi {{PAGENAME}} Re:<blockquote>ask yourself, "Would a school teacher in Manila care about this? What about a waiter in Sydney or a young mother in Hong Kong?" The answer should be a quick 'Yes', or you might be wasting your time here </blockquote> The articles on he main page today are: * [[Football: Chelsea appoints Thomas Tuchel as manager following Lampard sacking]] * [[Football: Chelsea sacks Frank Lampard as club's manager]] * [[World Trade Organization declares US tariff hike illegal, rules in South Korea's favour]] * [[Explosion after gas leakage in Madrid residential building kills four]] * [[Uruguayan Language Academy rejects FA sanction against Edinson Cavani as 'poverty of cultural and linguistic knowledge']] * [[Wikinews 2020: An 'Original reporting' year in review]] I doubt any of those are of interest to the waiter or the mother above Cheers, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 02:45, 3 February 2021 (UTC) :{{re|Ottawahitech}} Let's keep football articles aside, because football is the most popular sport, and people in any country do care about their favourite clubs. OR year in review contains tonnes of OR, some of them are from Australia, so satisfies the waiter in Sydney. Uruguayan Language academy news is relevant to people with different language, and how a first-world organisation treats other's traditions, and customs (checks for school teacher in Manila as well as young mother in Hong Kong. Explosion article is again, relevant to the waiter, who might want to reconsider asking the restaurant to check if their cooking area complies with health and safety regulation. WTO's article seems relevant for people in the South East Asia, how their commute might be affected by this decision. Think about it.<br>[[Special:Contributions/103.48.106.16|103.48.106.16]] ([[User talk:103.48.106.16|talk]]) 06:20, 3 February 2021 (UTC) ::{{re|Ottawahitech}} The three that I wrote made international news. Indeed, I am not in Spain but it was in my country's news. English football is followed across the world. I don't think the comment is supposed to be taken so literally, I think the ''spirit'' of what he is trying to say is make sure people in different countries will care. --[[User:ImprovedWikiImprovment|IWI]] ([[User talk:ImprovedWikiImprovment|talk]]) 12:27, 3 February 2021 (UTC) :Ummmmmmm, yes:''exactly''. But: I'm happy to see someone engaged in the project! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:39, 3 February 2021 (UTC) ::: We do publish local news, the lower bound mentioned in the guidelines being the [[WN:CARCRASH|car-crash test]]. My understanding of writing for an international audience is that an international reader should be able to understand what the article is about and understand why the story would be of interest to some readers (beyond which it becomes a matter of personal interest or curiosity). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 12:53, 3 February 2021 (UTC) == iMsg == Hi, Bddpaux, I have send an iMessage to your number (mentioned on your userpage).<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 17:32, 18 February 2021 (UTC) == Any shot at reviewing an interview? == Hey, Bddpaux. I was wondering if you could review [[Living with HIV during COVID-19: Wikinews talks to HIV-positive sex workers about how pandemic has affected their lives]] by any chance? I really worked hard, collaboaring with a friend of mine, and it would be a great favour if you can review it!<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 17:24, 9 March 2021 (UTC) == Heads up == Im going to attempt to make a article but i go slow and sorry but i need to edit in spurts. If im a problem please revert my edits, thank you. [[User:Durantnba|Durantnba]] ([[User talk:Durantnba|talk]]) 03:16, 16 June 2021 (UTC) == "A bit more time" == Why? Why give them extra time? --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 03:32, 16 June 2021 (UTC) :"Abandoned articles — Unpublished articles that have not been edited for four days should be marked with {{tl|subst:aband}} and deleted two days later, permitting that no other edits have been made since then. (Per common sense, removing the abandoned article template doesn't count as an edit, unless it is bundled with another change.)" See [[WN:ABANDON]]. It had been < three days when you marked it "delete".<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 03:41, 16 June 2021 (UTC) ::Firstly: I appreciate your eagerness [no sarcasm!!]....I do! For a newbie, your output has been in the upper stratosphere and of excellent quality too! I think you RAWK! But: at the end of the day....a wiki is supposed to be about ''community''. Now, there are ALL MANNER of goofballs, etc. who show up here and want to be thought of as a Rockstar within 15 minutes....and that doesn't work. One has to establish their 'street cred', as-it-were. So, the simple answer is: I'm extended a bit of niceness. Do I think that will turn into a publishable article? Absolutely not. But we have time (so-to-speak) to give the contributor a gentle nudge. As Acagastya points out, the rule is 4 days. If my math is right, I think you dropped in the template about 65 hours after first submission, which is a hair too quick. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:08, 16 June 2021 (UTC) == Somalia article == Could you review it? --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 18:47, 16 June 2021 (UTC) :I'm sorry. I'm swamped with work stuff right now. I will be afk for about the next 20 hours, or so.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:06, 16 June 2021 (UTC) ::I understand, thanks. --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 21:23, 16 June 2021 (UTC) == Heyy == Thanks for the information you gave me, it's been really helpful 😇❤️ [[User:Chelsea Jafta|Chelsea Jafta]] ([[User talk:Chelsea Jafta|talk]]) 12:09, 19 June 2021 (UTC) == July Halloween == Just an acknowledgement (ACK), I got the email sent to scoop about it. Looking forward to it! Though be careful!<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 15:59, 16 July 2021 (UTC) :Thanks. It will be fun!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:14, 16 July 2021 (UTC) == Checkuser vote == Hello. Please could you close my [[:WN:Requests for permissions#Green Giant (talk · contribs) — Checkuser|Checkuser vote]]. It has been open for just over 2 weeks, with 25 support votes. This meets the minimum requirements set out on the page and at Meta. I have closed the vote for Acagastya. Cheers. --[[User:Green Giant|Green Giant]] ([[User talk:Green Giant|talk]]) 21:49, 27 July 2021 (UTC) :Sure thing. Busy now. Give me 24 hours. Could you also remind (''pressure, even'')Gryllida to close/deal with our 'Crat nominations? We need more 'Crats around here.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 22:39, 27 July 2021 (UTC) == More userspace pages == Hi. These are the other pages I found in your userspace after searching for draft articles: * [[:User:Bddpaux/At least four dead, as tornadoes strike parts of Northeast Texas]] - April/May 2017 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Citizens express both praise and worries over Texas rains]] - June/July 2014 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Drought conditions across much of US impacting fracking activity]] - August 2012 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Much of Texas plagued by weather problems]] - May/June 2013 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Noted magician, Aldo Colombini dies following stroke]] - February 2014 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Reports indicate US retail sales brisk despite much disapproval of early 'Black Friday' store openings]] - November 2012 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Texas woman celebrates 40 years in state public service]] - August 2012 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Wikinews interviews member of the Texas Nationalist Movement]] - December 2012 --[[User:Green Giant|Green Giant]] ([[User talk:Green Giant|talk]]) 23:49, 27 July 2021 (UTC) :Gotcha. Give me a few days and I'll zap them myself.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 00:10, 28 July 2021 (UTC) == Re the communications == Hi, Bddpaux. If you are seeking admin/crat assistance, you could let the people know via IRC, if they don't check their talk pages as frequently. In case if you are having trouble with IRC, let me know -- I can help you with it.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 04:02, 28 July 2021 (UTC) :OK, I've never been a big IRC person, but I may do that.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 11:40, 28 July 2021 (UTC) == ArbCom 2021 == Hi Bddpaux. I was wondering if you'd be willing to stand for [[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2021 election/Nominations and voting|ArbCom]] this year? If you don't wish to nominate yourself, I would be happy to nominate you.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 07:50, 29 July 2021 (UTC) *Sure.....feel free to nominate me.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:06, 29 July 2021 (UTC) == page protection == Hi, post-publication, edit=autoconfirmed (indef) and move=admin (indef) please -- you are keeping edit=admin (indef).<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 16:59, 30 July 2021 (UTC) : OK—[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:00, 30 July 2021 (UTC) == 'crat granted == Hello Bddpaux, Congratulations - you're now a bureaucrat. I am most grateful for your commitment and dedication to the admin and reviewing responsibilities here. Keep up the great work. Regards, --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:35, 1 August 2021 (UTC) == I am new here == Hello. I am a Nigerian Blogger and a Journalist. I want to Update Wikinews for Nigeria. How do I go about it. I have made 4 updates already but I want to become a registered user or member. Thanks == What to do? == Can you suggest what can I do with the omicron article? No major news is available currently for it. Shall I put it for deletion? [[User:2006nishan178713|2006nishan178713]] ([[User talk:2006nishan178713|talk]]) 17:35, 12 December 2021 (UTC) :Well, there are a number of things you could do....you could use it as the framework for a recent article about an outbreak in some city (as one example). So I Google'd "Omicron +largest +outbreak" and got about 70 articles from the past 24 hours. Freshening up an article is a bit of an art form unto itself.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 21:07, 12 December 2021 (UTC) ::Okay! 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At the end of the trial the requirements will return to normal (3 paragraphs etc) and there will be an evaluation discussion about the trial. Happy reviewing! ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 23:18, 31 January 2022 (UTC) :Yep! Great!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC) == Publishing after review == Hi. Don't forget to protect published articles per the standard protection policy (edit=auto-confirmed and move=admin only). Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 15:03, 28 February 2022 (UTC) == Justin Bieber postpones three Justice tour dates due to illness == Hi {{PAGENAME}}, I just noticed that [[Justin Bieber postpones three Justice tour dates due to illness]], which you placed an '''abandoned''' tag on at '''21:05, 13 June 2022‎''', is now showing up in the queue for '''Collaboration requests''' in the newsroom. Is this intentional? Just curious, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 19:26, 14 June 2022 (UTC) :{{re|Ottawahitech}} yes that is intentional. It happens with the Aband template and aims to encourage others to help "un-abandon" the article. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 20:04, 14 June 2022 (UTC) ::Hmmmmm, news to me...but:that's clever!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:28, 14 June 2022 (UTC) == Temporary change to freshness == Hello. As a reviewer, this note is just to let you know we are implementing a trial from July 4 to October 4 to enable more articles to be reviewed per the outcome of a current [[:Special:Diff/4682800|proposal]]. The freshness window is being extended to about five to seven days. At the end of the trial the window will continue to be at 5-7 days while we discuss whether to adopt the change permanently or not. Happy reviewing! ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 17:39, 4 July 2022 (UTC) == [[:High potential for wildfires across Texas for several days]] == Published. Nice article. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 17:08, 13 July 2022 (UTC) == E-mail == I saw you asked someone else about e-mail and it became clear that it was because you are having problems using it. Are you trying to use a wikinewsie.org address? If so, I think that domain has probably lapsed. I think Acagastya took the lead in recovering data from there and setting up the newer [wn-reporters.org]. We can probably ping Acagastya if you have something to ask them. [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 19:35, 25 July 2022 (UTC) :Yeah, I did. No response. I just want to know if he's stopped paying for it, or what.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:14, 25 July 2022 (UTC) == Re: [[User talk:Amgine#So...|]] == <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Water_cooler/miscellaneous&diff=prev&oldid=4656266 Challenge]</span>, [[User:Amgine/Reboot]]. &lt;?php if( (api.php?action=query&titles=User:Amgine/Reboot&rvpropr=timestamp) + (60*60*24*7) > time() ) { // Sprint complete, assess results } ?> <span style="font: brush 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <span style="position: relative; top: -0.5em; font-size: 80%;">[[User talk:Amgine|t]]</span></span> 04:09, 26 July 2022 (UTC) ixmtq2l6bfn1te1um3zph8pk2dn624d 4685038 4685037 2022-07-26T04:13:43Z Amgine 980 /* Re: User talk:Amgine#So...| +oldid wikitext text/x-wiki == My talk archive #1 == [[User:Bddpaux/Archive 1]] == My talk archive #2 == [[User:Bddpaux/Archive 2]] == My talk archive #3 == [[User:Bddpaux/Archive 3]] == Cyclone Pam article == Hi. I hadn't noticed you'd tagged it under review; I was doing some copyediting on the sources. I was thinking of not-ready'ing it on the grounds the lede says something is going to happen, instead of describing any event that has already happened, such as somebody ''saying'' that was going to happen. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:03, 18 March 2015 (UTC) ::Well, yeah.....I just tried to 'shift' that a teeny bit onto something that 'did' happen. I'll back off on my review now and you can take action on it. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:06, 18 March 2015 (UTC) ::: I'll take a look and try to do so in a bit; I'm now tackling one of the others. It's always a bit of a scramble, I've found, when a whole bunch of students submit simultaneously, presumably in coordination with something to do with their weekly class schedule; there are generally a bunch of the submissions that have serious problems so they should be not-ready'd promptly. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:19, 18 March 2015 (UTC) == Auto-Block == My account was compromised during my absence - please enable an indefinite block to prevent further damage to wiki projects. Thanks for collaborating. --[[User:BScMScMD|BScMScMD]] ([[User talk:BScMScMD|talk]]) 18:59, 7 April 2015 (UTC) == userspacing == Just to point out. The preferred way to userspace an article is for an admin to move it, and not leave a redirect behind. Non-admins don't have the option of not leaving behind a redirect; but when an admin moves a page, there's a box, checked by default, for "Leave a redirect behind"; just uncheck it.&nbsp;:-)&nbsp; --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 22:25, 8 April 2015 (UTC) == Barcelona and La-liga == I have removed much of the content, which was not exactly related to the article. Which was just at the border. I hope, now it fits the guidelines. Please have a look.<br>[[User:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Scriptina Pro; color:#000000;">aGastya</span>]]&nbsp; [[User talk:Acagastya|<span style=" font-size:90%; font-family:Century Gothic; color:#F20056">&#9993; Dicere Aliquid </span>]]:) 11:12, 19 May 2015 (UTC) == Knowing terms == I read your comments. But how am I supposed to explain hat trick? It is a common term (I believe). And majority of the Europeans and South Americans are aware of Ronaldo. Still, do I need to explain about it?<br>[[User:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Scriptina Pro; color:#000000;">aGastya</span>]]&nbsp; [[User talk:Acagastya|<span style=" font-size:90%; font-family:Century Gothic; color:#F20056">&#9993; Dicere Aliquid </span>]]:) 15:10, 19 May 2015 (UTC) :Well, see, that's kind of the trick: ''Wikinewns'' is international, so we try to write for EVERYONE. Not everyone knows the term hat-trick. We also write so that an English-speaking person in Thailand can understand what we're saying; a truck driver in Manila; a school teacher in Canada; a chef in Nepal; know what I'm trying to say?? We have to write for EVERYONE (as best we can). I'd bet a European football fan knows TOTALLY what you're talking about, but I know LOADS OF PEOPLE who aren't European football fans. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:14, 19 May 2015 (UTC) :If not all are football fans, but still, Ronaldo. People knows him. Still, I've made the change. But, people, can, still click the links to know about that particular topic. We had this discussion at WP's main page.<br>[[User:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Scriptina Pro; color:#000000;">aGastya</span>]]&nbsp; [[User talk:Acagastya|<span style=" font-size:90%; font-family:Century Gothic; color:#F20056">&#9993; Dicere Aliquid </span>]]:) 15:23, 19 May 2015 (UTC) == Nigerian suicide bomber article == Hi, I have responded to your review on the collaboration page of the article. Due to the time lapse between now and when the article was written, I don't expect it to be deemed newsworthy now. However, at the time of the review you must have missed that the actual focal event of the story occurred the day before the story was written (or on the day of, if you take time zones into account), not 10 days before as you claimed. Apologies about the late reply. [[User:Hb881uow|Hb881uow]] ([[User talk:Hb881uow|talk]]) 12:10, 25 May 2015 (UTC) : I responded to this where it was also raised on the article's talk page, but I'll repeat here. :* There was a misunderstanding, but it looks as if the article was legitimately past [[WN:freshness|freshness]] at the time of review. The focal event seems to have taken place on the 16th, and the review was on the 20th. Sometimes we have more articles submitted in a short time than we can handle, and that's been a constant state of things for the past couple of weeks or so, with UoW student articles. (I've seen articles lost this way even when there are lots more reviewers; there's a lot of latent demand for what Wikinews supplies, so that however much reviewer labor we can bring to bear on a regular basis, after a while the volume of submission will expand to exceed supply. We do need to improve the efficiency of our operation, so we can do more with the same amount of reviewer labor, and I have some plans I'm pursuing for how we might do that; but even if I succeed, we'll do better, things will pick up, and ''still'' I expect some articles will get missed from time to time.) :* It's clear how the misunderstanding would have happened about being ten days old at the time of review. Our [[WN:style guide|style guide]] specifies that sources are to be listed from newest to oldest, so that the first one listed is the most recently published source; in this case, though, the articles were in the opposite order, with the oldest first; and the oldest was indeed about ten days before the article was submitted. : --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 14:18, 25 May 2015 (UTC) == Anthrax article == ...is stale. :-( &nbsp;--[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:16, 4 June 2015 (UTC) == Hey how are ya == Hey Bddpaux, glad to see you're active on the wiki and especially nice to see your participation and help over at [[Wikinews:Featured article candidates]], much appreciated! I was wondering if perhaps you could review this new article I wrote, [[Texas student Ahmed Mohamed inspires social movement]] ? 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Do you think you could review it? Thank you for your time, -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 08:38, 10 October 2015 (UTC) == [[Defense attorney refutes DNA evidence in 'Grim Sleeper' trial]] == Hi. I'd noticed you were writing something, of course, but hadn't had a chance to look at it. Finally taking a preliminary look at it, I'm uncomfortable with a couple of aspects of the sourcing. '''[[Talk:Defense attorney refutes DNA evidence in 'Grim Sleeper' trial#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4203193 [Not ready]}}|Review comments]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 20:40, 31 March 2016 (UTC) == Election results == The election committee should set up a page of the {{nowrap|[[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2016 election/Results|election results]]}} (see [[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2015 election/Results|last year's]], but the list is different this year), and certify the results at {{nowrap|[[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy#ArbCom elections|the water cooler thread]]}}. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 20:24, 30 July 2016 (UTC) == More details emerge in Alpine, Texas school shooting == I've prodded this as [[Template:Aband|abandoned]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:24, 24 September 2016 (UTC) == [[Search expands for missing Texas woman]] == Hi. I'm quite interested in this story. Unfortunately there were some shortcomings in the current version, and I suspect the problem of [[WN:freshness|freshness]] may be getting more difficult as we pass into Friday on Wikinews (which happens in about twenty minutes from now). Perhaps some further opportunity will come along on this ongoing story. See my [[Talk:Search expands for missing Texas woman#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4258918 [Not ready]}}|review comments]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 23:48, 27 October 2016 (UTC) == [[Wikinews attends ComiCon in Tyler, Texas]] == It was pointed out that the article didn't actually explain what a ComiCon is. Realizing that we were already quite close to the 24-hour horizon for substantive edits after publication, I made a small edit to try to explain a bit. 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It seems ''probably'' not a COI problem you've been somewhat involved in the show &mdash; the up-front disclosure takes a lot of curse off that &mdash; but it might have some effect on your perception of the relevance. Something seems wanted in the way of, well, background I guess, to show the reader the relevance in a larger context; otherwise the piece could feel a bit promotional. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:26, 14 February 2017 (UTC) : Yeah, I'm trying to address that. Technically, I think anything creative-wise, at least, with a far reaching audience that hits 100 serialized episodes/releases etc. is newsworthy. I'm just trying to make sure I'm making it 'global' enough. 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'''About the Wikimedia Foundation:''' The [[:wmf:Home|Wikimedia Foundation]] supports you by working on the software and technology to keep the sites fast, secure, and accessible, as well as supports Wikimedia programs and initiatives to expand access and support free knowledge globally. Thank you! --[[:m:User:EGalvez (WMF)|EGalvez (WMF)]] ([[:m:User talk:EGalvez (WMF)|talk]]) 08:23, 24 February 2017 (UTC) </div> <!-- Message sent by User:EGalvez (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Community_Engagement_Insights/MassMessages/Lists/2016/19-AEOP&oldid=16205365 --> == Home pregnancy article == Just a note. I noticed, on the article you'd published, the lede didn't specify the day on which the focal event happened... and I suspect it was, in fact, five days ago (so, not fresh; which is of course an important part of why I'm a stickler, myself, for specifying the day in the lede). Pretty sure the sky isn't going to fall in; thought I'm mention it, though. (Btw, a lot of these students don't have the hang of using-sources-without-copying-from-them; worth keeping an eye on.) Thanks for helping out; as you see, I've been pretty swamped. I'm thinking it'd be good if I take a look at your article tomorrow morning, when I'm fresh. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 23:28, 27 March 2017 (UTC) :Yeah, guilty as charged.....I think I'm actually to blame for the day thing. I really pushed the envelope in terms of freshness there! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 13:47, 28 March 2017 (UTC) == [[Wikinews visits set of indie film 'Dead on Set']] == After thinking about it carefully (glad I waited till morning when my thinking is hopefully at its sharpest!), I've asked on the article talk for further clarifications re your role in the film; '''[[Talk:Wikinews visits set of indie film 'Dead on Set'#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4299890 [Not ready]}}|review comments]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 14:40, 28 March 2017 (UTC) : (Sorry if my concern caught you by surprise; it's a nice enough little piece, but I was uncomfortable, and figured I really shouldn't try to make a final call in either direction without understanding better.) --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:59, 28 March 2017 (UTC) :: No sweat, we need to apply our policies fairly here, after all. See my response on the talk page. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:04, 28 March 2017 (UTC) ::: I consulted on this one; didn't want my ''own'' familiarity with the reporter to skew my judgement, either. My precise measure was to publish with a discreet talk-page hatnote, in the style of {{tl|WikimediaMention}} (except WM goes on the article itself). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 18:21, 28 March 2017 (UTC) == [[Meth usage in Australia on the rise]] == That's a very stale article. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 18:45, 30 March 2017 (UTC) : I'm atm trying to go through the entire queue and not-ready all articles that have obvious problems to do with the date of the event or lack of multiple independent sources. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 19:58, 30 March 2017 (UTC) == Furries == I userspaced it rather than deleting it. There's a field on the {{tl|abandoned}} template to specify a user whose space the article should be moved to, like {{tl|abandoned|2=userspace=Zanimum}}. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:53, 5 April 2017 (UTC) == [[User:Bddpaux/At least four dead, as tornadoes strike parts of Northeast Texas|At least four dead, as tornadoes strike parts of Northeast Texas]] == I feel bad about this; if I'd gotten to this much faster it might have just sailed through review. It might be rescuable, at this point. '''[[User talk:Bddpaux/At least four dead, as tornadoes strike parts of Northeast Texas#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4311436 [Not ready]}}|Review comments]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 04:31, 3 May 2017 (UTC) :Meh, no biggie.....I'll see if I can muster up a spin off! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 00:56, 7 May 2017 (UTC) :: Userspaced this article. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 02:45, 24 May 2017 (UTC) == ArbCom 2017 == Acagastya has suggested you for the election committee ([[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy#ArbCom elections|here]]), as you did last year. Are you willing to serve? --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 11:45, 24 June 2017 (UTC) == Block == I hope you have the admin rights. Please block [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Dave_Schmedrick this] vandal indefinitely.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:rgb(153, 68, 2);">acagastya</span>]] PING ME! 19:03, 11 August 2017 (UTC) == Do you know whose… == User page said "think before you write an article: will this story affect a teacher in Manila? If not, you are wasting your time". Also, that page had this thing which said if you can not grab attention of the reader with the first sentence, there is no point writing the second. I really hate when I can't remember things. Let me know if you know.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:rgb(153, 68, 2);">acagastya</span>]] PING ME! 17:59, 1 September 2017 (UTC) :Almost forgot to mention this: you should archive some discussions from this page.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:rgb(153, 68, 2);">acagastya</span>]] PING ME! 18:00, 1 September 2017 (UTC) == Re: [[US: New flu strain continues epidemic sweeping across Texas]] == Tips: * When starting to write about an event, ''double-check'' what and when happened; some mainstream media will be confused about it themselves and not provide links to the report which they are re-reporting, or its publish date. Story is marked as abandoned; to be deleted on March 7 (in 2 days), if work on it does not resume. --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:50, 5 March 2018 (UTC) == Email == Hello, Bddpaux. According to scoop (after I survived that scary failure message from scoop), your wikinewsie email seems to be full. OBTW, remember when you helped me get my first article published, on May 20, 2015 -- I got my 300th published ten days ago.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 10:21, 23 May 2018 (UTC) :I'll get in there this weekend and clear out some stuff. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:12, 25 May 2018 (UTC) == tagging abandoned articles == Hi. {{tl|abandoned}} has a date parameter so we can know when it was tagged and when the warning has expired. The easiest way to tag with a date is to add <nowiki>{{subst:aband}}</nowiki> to the article. It automatically fills in the date. Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 15:32, 29 May 2018 (UTC) == Reviewing some articles == World Cup coverage is exhausting me, and we are hardly getting anything else published. I was wondering if you could review some non sports articles for a month. Match reports are really exhausting, and having just one reviewer could make it very difficult.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 21:48, 18 June 2018 (UTC) == It is great to have you back, Bddpaux! == Just the day before, I said, it would be great to have Bddpaux back. Looks like "the good god above all" listened to my request. :-D<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 19:43, 26 June 2018 (UTC) == Election committee for ArbCom 2018 == Would you be willing to be on the election committee again this year? If so, please sign up at [[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2018 election#Election committee members]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 16:06, 2 July 2018 (UTC) : Looks as if, this year, we have plenty of volunteers for the election committee alread. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 11:50, 4 July 2018 (UTC) == 2018 ArbCom == I'd like to nominate you for ArbCom this year. Are you willing to accept the nomination?<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 03:32, 6 July 2018 (UTC) :Not this year, sorry. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:48, 6 July 2018 (UTC) == [[US Attorney indicts thirteen for using false documents to secure jobs]] == Hi. Some difficulties, which I wrote up in my '''[[Talk:US Attorney indicts thirteen for using false documents to secure jobs#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4429966 [Not ready]}}|review comments]]''' (my thoughts were a bit scattered this evening, I guess; I had to edit the review comments several times to add things). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 01:52, 1 September 2018 (UTC) == [[Police Captain's son gets 20 year prison sentence for terrorist plot]] == Hi. Encountered some snags; I'm hoping it's reparable, though alas we're now T plus two days. '''[[Talk:Police Captain's son gets 20 year prison sentence for terrorist plot#{{anchorencode:Review of revision 4431192 [Not ready]}}|Review comments]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 12:16, 7 September 2018 (UTC) == IMAP and SMTP servers == Any idea how can I get the information about my "@wikinewsie.org" mail to connect to a mail client? It is that time of the year when I need to ask for media accreditation, so please let me know as soon as possible.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 13:28, 18 September 2018 (UTC) == ¿tu hablas español? == Before the end of this week, I am supposed to notify Wikimedians from Argentina to get photos for Argentina Pride. While I can do it in English, and ping {{ping|Ezarate}}, I think the event itself might not receive MSM coverage in English and we would have to use Spanish sources. What is your proficiency in Spanish? (Also pinging {{ping|SVTCobra}})<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 05:48, 2 November 2018 (UTC) :Although I had Spanish in school for two years, I am not able to write anything which would sound official. Sorry, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 13:33, 2 November 2018 (UTC) ::My proficiency in Spanish is VERY high level beginner. However, I will not be assisting with ANYTHING pertaining to a Pride event, '''of that you can be assured'''. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:35, 5 November 2018 (UTC) == To your question: Perhaps some guidance == I'm posting here because you asked me what ArbCom could do to help. I think I just got a retaliatory review rejection. I was fully expecting that if any specific reviewers don't want to work with me ''for any reason'' that they just wouldn't review my work, and drafts I composed would have a smaller pool of reviewers, making them more likely to age out. That's not great, but what can you do? I was not expecting someone to hit reject just because they're pissed off at me, and I think that's what just happened. The reviewer said, among other things, that the words "black" and "white" are too non-neutral to use in Wikinews' voice (it's an article that ties into the Ferguson riots, in which race featured heavily). This same reviewer has approved articles that used those words in Wikinews' voice before, with no mention of any inherent neutrality problems. I think it's because I corrected a previous reviewer when they thought my grammar was wrong (it wasn't, and to said previous reviewer's credit, they seem to be politely entertaining the sources I showed them on English usage, though I don't think I changed their mind). So my request of ArbCom is this: What should a drafter do when given a review that they reasonably believe was made for reasons other than the suitability of the article? Like you said, we're all volunteers here. What is the customary dispute resolution process? [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 05:26, 3 November 2018 (UTC) :Well, FWIW, I remember the first time when I had to write "black" for a person with darker skin complexion. It was very hard, as for writing in my journal, I could add comments for explaining to myself, but when transferring to on-wiki, I did not say "black", tried to explain it, which became complex, and added a comment, which I would generally not do (as I am generally available on IRC for discussing any issues with the reviewer). The reviewer, replaced that entire explanation and said in the summary that "usage of 'black' was okay in this context." The thing to learn is: is it okay in the context? And just because something was done once does not automatically mean same thing can be repeated again. (We all learn from what happened in the past).<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 06:25, 3 November 2018 (UTC) ::Yeeeeeeah, context does matter, but when the reviewer says "The lede doesn't say when the death took place" and it's right there "October 17" and "the lede doesn't say who McKinnies is" and it's right there "the victim is the son of activist Melissa McKinnies" and "hey this isn't attributed" when it says right there "according to a federal report," I start to think maybe the reviewer showed up to reject the article. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 06:46, 3 November 2018 (UTC) :::If that was the thing bugging you more than the NPOV issue of "black", that is what you should have told Bddpaux to strengthen your case.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 06:57, 3 November 2018 (UTC) ::::[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=La_La_Land_receives_record-equalling_fourteen_Oscar_nominations;_Hacksaw_Ridge_gets_six&diff=4282551&oldid=4282549 Might be useful].<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 08:40, 3 November 2018 (UTC) == I could use some help de-escalating a situation == I've tried to pull back and keep my comments to a minimum and not make things personal, but that doesn't work when I'm the only one doing it. Any tips on how to keep the matter of the style guide proposal from spilling any further out of control? I'm worried the matter will get tag-teamed into an artificial closure before the community has a chance to judge it on its merits. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 04:35, 3 March 2019 (UTC) :The relevant link [[Wikinews_talk:Style_guide#Disputes_about_use_of_present_tense_could_be_avoided_by_updating_this_guide|here]] [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:02, 3 March 2019 (UTC) == [[Former Trump advisor, Paul Manafort, receives second sentence in U.S. Federal Court]] == Thanks for writing this story. It appears to be published now. --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 18:59, 15 March 2019 (UTC) : I've submitted an edit to the article, which is now pending review. {{hidden use|User:Gryllida}} --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 19:16, 15 March 2019 (UTC) == [[User_talk:Zanimum#Fur_Suit%3F%3F|replied]] == --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 18:44, 21 March 2019 (UTC) == Thank you for looking at the reports, Bddpaux == [[File:Fancy Mouse.jpg|thumb|right]] Thank you for generously and attentively looking at the reports today, and for asking questions at their talk pages and at the talk pages of the authors. I really appreciate it! --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 19:08, 21 March 2019 (UTC) == Heated moment on fire article: A request == I would like you to remove your talk page post on the "small fire" article. It includes name-calling. There's other stuff there, of course, but I picked that to mention because it's not subjective, and it would be enough by itself. I'd like to take your complaints seriously, but I don't feel I can do that if they come in that form. That post puts me in a position in which I feel I have to defend myself, or at least redirect the conversation. I do not mind if you delete this post of mine with this request. Might be better if you did. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 01:26, 28 March 2019 (UTC) :Defend yourself from what? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:35, 28 March 2019 (UTC) ::From the stuff in B's post. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 02:37, 28 March 2019 (UTC) :::There is something to defend from in it? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 03:11, 28 March 2019 (UTC) ::::Yes. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 03:49, 28 March 2019 (UTC) :::::Defending implies denial, and no progress. Is there a better reaction? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 19:26, 28 March 2019 (UTC) :Tell you what: nope, I won't. Yeah, about 2 hours after I posted it, I felt slightly badly about it, and sure, it's a bit uncivil. But:''you're a lot of trouble to deal with''...you are. So here's the deal: You want it gone? You delete it. I'm not deleting it. I said it and that's that. Furthermore, I'm not engaging in ANY direct dialog with you for the next 90 days....won't do it. How's that for 'creepy'? I will try to do minor editing to improve your pending articles, but I won't review any of your articles or engage in any discussions involving you during that time. Consider yourself ghost'ed by me for the next 90. How 'bout you just report the news for a while? That'd be nice....I'll do a bit of janitorial work for you during that time....but you and I? We're on a 'break'. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 04:04, 28 March 2019 (UTC) == For the Facebook leak story, the notes are available in scoop. Sorry that they were not detailed at the article talk page: they are discussed at the author's talk page... Please re-review the story as soon as you can. Thank you. == --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 04:11, 5 April 2019 (UTC) == Please review == Hi Bddpaux Please review: Current review queue as of 22:51, 18 April 2019 (UTC): * 18 April 2019: [[Donation drive raises over US$1 million to rebuild Louisiana churches after Notre Dame de Paris also catches fire]] * 17 April 2019: [[Sudanese protesters protect defense ministry sit-in]] * 17 April 2019: [[Officials find fire alarm sounded 23 minutes before the fire was reported in Notre Dame, Paris]] * 7 April 2019: [[Students compete in world's second Neurosurgery Olympiad in Tyumen, Russia]] For inspiration here is a Kołacz and some honey: [[File:Kołacz.JPG|x200px|{{image source|KitkatJohn1}}]] [[File:Med u sacu karlovic1.jpg|x200px|{{image source|akarlovic}}]] Happy holidays, --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:51, 18 April 2019 (UTC) == Re: [[Talk:Wikinews_attends_Maker_Faire_in_Tyler,_Texas(US)]] == Hi Bddpaux :-) There are a couple remarks at the talk page. I hope you are able to find the attendance count for this event. What is your time zone? --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:16, 30 April 2019 (UTC) == User:Dehgel accreditation request == If you wish to ask this user something that is relevant to the request, please do so at [[Wikinews:Accreditation requests/Deh Saaduddin]]. Asking on their talk page is not helpful to others when evaluating how to vote and is burdensome for the applicant if everyone needs to be answered individually. Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 20:16, 22 August 2019 (UTC) == [[Dozens dead in California boat fire]] == {{user:Bawolff/card|Thanks for your hard work reviewing this story, fact checking, cleaning the layout and clarifying the dates. This is amazing. 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I pinged you previously, but there was no response. This may be the last notification before the vote is closed. Also, merry Christmas! --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 19:46, 25 December 2019 (UTC) == [[Talk:Tom Hanks and his wife catch coronavirus]] == Could you please delete this talk page? I've moved the old one to userspace, as the article is going to get deleted. [[User:ICameHereForNews|ICameHereForNews]] ([[User talk:ICameHereForNews|talk]]) 21:34, 22 March 2020 (UTC) :Appears to've been deleted already......wow.... I guess I really am ''that'' amazing!! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:59, 25 March 2020 (UTC) == Authentication? == I sent you another email re documentation for the interview, but haven't heard back from you... --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 23:18, 25 March 2020 (UTC) :Responded to your email. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:01, 26 March 2020 (UTC) :: Got it. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 16:51, 26 March 2020 (UTC) == Good to have you back, Bddpaux! == Hi, it is soo good to see you [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User:Bddpaux&diff=4579197&oldid=4554022 back!] Are we getting some good ORs? {{smiley}} What was your masters about? also, do you mind joining IRC later this morning? It will be good to have a reunion -- please register your nick, though. Again, welcome back!<br>[[Special:Contributions/103.254.128.138|103.254.128.138]] ([[User talk:103.254.128.138|talk]]) 10:17, 22 August 2020 (UTC) :Many thanks for helping with [[Wikinews 2020: An 'Original reporting' year in review|original reporting this year]]. Happy New Year. --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 20:51, 1 January 2021 (UTC) == Your criteria == Hi {{PAGENAME}} Re:<blockquote>ask yourself, "Would a school teacher in Manila care about this? What about a waiter in Sydney or a young mother in Hong Kong?" The answer should be a quick 'Yes', or you might be wasting your time here </blockquote> The articles on he main page today are: * [[Football: Chelsea appoints Thomas Tuchel as manager following Lampard sacking]] * [[Football: Chelsea sacks Frank Lampard as club's manager]] * [[World Trade Organization declares US tariff hike illegal, rules in South Korea's favour]] * [[Explosion after gas leakage in Madrid residential building kills four]] * [[Uruguayan Language Academy rejects FA sanction against Edinson Cavani as 'poverty of cultural and linguistic knowledge']] * [[Wikinews 2020: An 'Original reporting' year in review]] I doubt any of those are of interest to the waiter or the mother above Cheers, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 02:45, 3 February 2021 (UTC) :{{re|Ottawahitech}} Let's keep football articles aside, because football is the most popular sport, and people in any country do care about their favourite clubs. OR year in review contains tonnes of OR, some of them are from Australia, so satisfies the waiter in Sydney. Uruguayan Language academy news is relevant to people with different language, and how a first-world organisation treats other's traditions, and customs (checks for school teacher in Manila as well as young mother in Hong Kong. Explosion article is again, relevant to the waiter, who might want to reconsider asking the restaurant to check if their cooking area complies with health and safety regulation. WTO's article seems relevant for people in the South East Asia, how their commute might be affected by this decision. Think about it.<br>[[Special:Contributions/103.48.106.16|103.48.106.16]] ([[User talk:103.48.106.16|talk]]) 06:20, 3 February 2021 (UTC) ::{{re|Ottawahitech}} The three that I wrote made international news. Indeed, I am not in Spain but it was in my country's news. English football is followed across the world. I don't think the comment is supposed to be taken so literally, I think the ''spirit'' of what he is trying to say is make sure people in different countries will care. --[[User:ImprovedWikiImprovment|IWI]] ([[User talk:ImprovedWikiImprovment|talk]]) 12:27, 3 February 2021 (UTC) :Ummmmmmm, yes:''exactly''. But: I'm happy to see someone engaged in the project! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:39, 3 February 2021 (UTC) ::: We do publish local news, the lower bound mentioned in the guidelines being the [[WN:CARCRASH|car-crash test]]. My understanding of writing for an international audience is that an international reader should be able to understand what the article is about and understand why the story would be of interest to some readers (beyond which it becomes a matter of personal interest or curiosity). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 12:53, 3 February 2021 (UTC) == iMsg == Hi, Bddpaux, I have send an iMessage to your number (mentioned on your userpage).<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 17:32, 18 February 2021 (UTC) == Any shot at reviewing an interview? == Hey, Bddpaux. I was wondering if you could review [[Living with HIV during COVID-19: Wikinews talks to HIV-positive sex workers about how pandemic has affected their lives]] by any chance? I really worked hard, collaboaring with a friend of mine, and it would be a great favour if you can review it!<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 17:24, 9 March 2021 (UTC) == Heads up == Im going to attempt to make a article but i go slow and sorry but i need to edit in spurts. If im a problem please revert my edits, thank you. [[User:Durantnba|Durantnba]] ([[User talk:Durantnba|talk]]) 03:16, 16 June 2021 (UTC) == "A bit more time" == Why? Why give them extra time? --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 03:32, 16 June 2021 (UTC) :"Abandoned articles — Unpublished articles that have not been edited for four days should be marked with {{tl|subst:aband}} and deleted two days later, permitting that no other edits have been made since then. (Per common sense, removing the abandoned article template doesn't count as an edit, unless it is bundled with another change.)" See [[WN:ABANDON]]. It had been < three days when you marked it "delete".<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 03:41, 16 June 2021 (UTC) ::Firstly: I appreciate your eagerness [no sarcasm!!]....I do! For a newbie, your output has been in the upper stratosphere and of excellent quality too! I think you RAWK! But: at the end of the day....a wiki is supposed to be about ''community''. Now, there are ALL MANNER of goofballs, etc. who show up here and want to be thought of as a Rockstar within 15 minutes....and that doesn't work. One has to establish their 'street cred', as-it-were. So, the simple answer is: I'm extended a bit of niceness. Do I think that will turn into a publishable article? Absolutely not. But we have time (so-to-speak) to give the contributor a gentle nudge. As Acagastya points out, the rule is 4 days. If my math is right, I think you dropped in the template about 65 hours after first submission, which is a hair too quick. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:08, 16 June 2021 (UTC) == Somalia article == Could you review it? --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 18:47, 16 June 2021 (UTC) :I'm sorry. I'm swamped with work stuff right now. I will be afk for about the next 20 hours, or so.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:06, 16 June 2021 (UTC) ::I understand, thanks. --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 21:23, 16 June 2021 (UTC) == Heyy == Thanks for the information you gave me, it's been really helpful 😇❤️ [[User:Chelsea Jafta|Chelsea Jafta]] ([[User talk:Chelsea Jafta|talk]]) 12:09, 19 June 2021 (UTC) == July Halloween == Just an acknowledgement (ACK), I got the email sent to scoop about it. Looking forward to it! Though be careful!<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 15:59, 16 July 2021 (UTC) :Thanks. It will be fun!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:14, 16 July 2021 (UTC) == Checkuser vote == Hello. Please could you close my [[:WN:Requests for permissions#Green Giant (talk · contribs) — Checkuser|Checkuser vote]]. It has been open for just over 2 weeks, with 25 support votes. This meets the minimum requirements set out on the page and at Meta. I have closed the vote for Acagastya. Cheers. --[[User:Green Giant|Green Giant]] ([[User talk:Green Giant|talk]]) 21:49, 27 July 2021 (UTC) :Sure thing. Busy now. Give me 24 hours. Could you also remind (''pressure, even'')Gryllida to close/deal with our 'Crat nominations? We need more 'Crats around here.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 22:39, 27 July 2021 (UTC) == More userspace pages == Hi. These are the other pages I found in your userspace after searching for draft articles: * [[:User:Bddpaux/At least four dead, as tornadoes strike parts of Northeast Texas]] - April/May 2017 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Citizens express both praise and worries over Texas rains]] - June/July 2014 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Drought conditions across much of US impacting fracking activity]] - August 2012 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Much of Texas plagued by weather problems]] - May/June 2013 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Noted magician, Aldo Colombini dies following stroke]] - February 2014 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Reports indicate US retail sales brisk despite much disapproval of early 'Black Friday' store openings]] - November 2012 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Texas woman celebrates 40 years in state public service]] - August 2012 * [[:User:Bddpaux/Wikinews interviews member of the Texas Nationalist Movement]] - December 2012 --[[User:Green Giant|Green Giant]] ([[User talk:Green Giant|talk]]) 23:49, 27 July 2021 (UTC) :Gotcha. Give me a few days and I'll zap them myself.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 00:10, 28 July 2021 (UTC) == Re the communications == Hi, Bddpaux. If you are seeking admin/crat assistance, you could let the people know via IRC, if they don't check their talk pages as frequently. In case if you are having trouble with IRC, let me know -- I can help you with it.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 04:02, 28 July 2021 (UTC) :OK, I've never been a big IRC person, but I may do that.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 11:40, 28 July 2021 (UTC) == ArbCom 2021 == Hi Bddpaux. I was wondering if you'd be willing to stand for [[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2021 election/Nominations and voting|ArbCom]] this year? If you don't wish to nominate yourself, I would be happy to nominate you.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 07:50, 29 July 2021 (UTC) *Sure.....feel free to nominate me.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:06, 29 July 2021 (UTC) == page protection == Hi, post-publication, edit=autoconfirmed (indef) and move=admin (indef) please -- you are keeping edit=admin (indef).<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 16:59, 30 July 2021 (UTC) : OK—[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:00, 30 July 2021 (UTC) == 'crat granted == Hello Bddpaux, Congratulations - you're now a bureaucrat. I am most grateful for your commitment and dedication to the admin and reviewing responsibilities here. Keep up the great work. Regards, --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:35, 1 August 2021 (UTC) == I am new here == Hello. I am a Nigerian Blogger and a Journalist. I want to Update Wikinews for Nigeria. How do I go about it. I have made 4 updates already but I want to become a registered user or member. Thanks == What to do? == Can you suggest what can I do with the omicron article? No major news is available currently for it. Shall I put it for deletion? [[User:2006nishan178713|2006nishan178713]] ([[User talk:2006nishan178713|talk]]) 17:35, 12 December 2021 (UTC) :Well, there are a number of things you could do....you could use it as the framework for a recent article about an outbreak in some city (as one example). So I Google'd "Omicron +largest +outbreak" and got about 70 articles from the past 24 hours. Freshening up an article is a bit of an art form unto itself.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 21:07, 12 December 2021 (UTC) ::Okay! [[User:2006nishan178713|2006nishan178713]] ([[User talk:2006nishan178713|talk]]) 15:57, 14 December 2021 (UTC) == How we will see unregistered users == <section begin=content/> Hi! You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki. When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed. Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin '''will still be able to access the IP'''. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on [[m:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation/Improving tools|better tools]] to help. If you have not seen it before, you can [[m:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation|read more on Meta]]. If you want to make sure you don’t miss technical changes on the Wikimedia wikis, you can [[m:Global message delivery/Targets/Tech ambassadors|subscribe]] to [[m:Tech/News|the weekly technical newsletter]]. We have [[m:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation#IP Masking Implementation Approaches (FAQ)|two suggested ways]] this identity could work. '''We would appreciate your feedback''' on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can [[m:Talk:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation|let us know on the talk page]]. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January. Thank you. /[[m:User:Johan (WMF)|Johan (WMF)]]<section end=content/> 18:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC) <!-- Message sent by User:Johan (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Johan_(WMF)/Target_lists/Admins2022(3)&oldid=22532499 --> == [[American Museum of Natural History removes statue of Theodore Roosevelt]] == Hi, since you reviewed this article, I think you may be in the best position sight the subsequent edits. Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 06:11, 29 January 2022 (UTC) == Temporary change to article length == Hello. I know you know this but just as a courtesy, this note is to let you know we are implementing a trial from February 1 to April 30 to encourage more articles to be published per the outcome of a current [[:Special:Diff/4659525|proposal]]. The minimum requirements for [[:WN:LENGTH|article length]] will be one paragraph of at least a hundred words. At the end of the trial the requirements will return to normal (3 paragraphs etc) and there will be an evaluation discussion about the trial. Happy reviewing! ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 23:18, 31 January 2022 (UTC) :Yep! Great!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC) == Publishing after review == Hi. Don't forget to protect published articles per the standard protection policy (edit=auto-confirmed and move=admin only). Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 15:03, 28 February 2022 (UTC) == Justin Bieber postpones three Justice tour dates due to illness == Hi {{PAGENAME}}, I just noticed that [[Justin Bieber postpones three Justice tour dates due to illness]], which you placed an '''abandoned''' tag on at '''21:05, 13 June 2022‎''', is now showing up in the queue for '''Collaboration requests''' in the newsroom. Is this intentional? Just curious, [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 19:26, 14 June 2022 (UTC) :{{re|Ottawahitech}} yes that is intentional. It happens with the Aband template and aims to encourage others to help "un-abandon" the article. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 20:04, 14 June 2022 (UTC) ::Hmmmmm, news to me...but:that's clever!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:28, 14 June 2022 (UTC) == Temporary change to freshness == Hello. As a reviewer, this note is just to let you know we are implementing a trial from July 4 to October 4 to enable more articles to be reviewed per the outcome of a current [[:Special:Diff/4682800|proposal]]. The freshness window is being extended to about five to seven days. At the end of the trial the window will continue to be at 5-7 days while we discuss whether to adopt the change permanently or not. Happy reviewing! ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 17:39, 4 July 2022 (UTC) == [[:High potential for wildfires across Texas for several days]] == Published. Nice article. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 17:08, 13 July 2022 (UTC) == E-mail == I saw you asked someone else about e-mail and it became clear that it was because you are having problems using it. Are you trying to use a wikinewsie.org address? If so, I think that domain has probably lapsed. I think Acagastya took the lead in recovering data from there and setting up the newer [wn-reporters.org]. We can probably ping Acagastya if you have something to ask them. [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 19:35, 25 July 2022 (UTC) :Yeah, I did. No response. I just want to know if he's stopped paying for it, or what.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:14, 25 July 2022 (UTC) == Re: [[User talk:Amgine#So...|]] == <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Water_cooler/miscellaneous&diff=prev&oldid=4656266 Challenge]</span>, [[User:Amgine/Reboot]]. &lt;?php if( (api.php?action=query&titles=User:Amgine/Reboot&prop=4656268&rvpropr=timestamp) + (60*60*24*7) > time() ) { // Sprint complete, assess results } ?> <span style="font: brush 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <span style="position: relative; top: -0.5em; font-size: 80%;">[[User talk:Amgine|t]]</span></span> 04:09, 26 July 2022 (UTC) 4a4uckaxdwa8wcf3zdomkigxt9cr2tp 3 216743 4685032 4602697 2022-07-26T03:02:26Z Revibot I 1627724 Bot: Archiving 5 threads from [[User talk:Bawolff]] wikitext text/x-wiki {{talkarchive}} <noinclude> {{user:Bawolff/archive}} </noinclude> == Ez Review with IE6 == Hi Bawolff, Do you know of any easy way to run the peer review gadget when using IE6? Alas, that's the default browser here at work to cope with some systems that can't readily be updated to suit better browsers. It seems that with the Vector skin I can't get the drop-down menu to let me at it. I'd be happy just to pull up a page in any namespace (MediaWiki?) and plug in the article name. --'' [[Brian McNeil|Brian McNeil <small>(alt. account)</small>]] ''/^{'''[[User:Scots Don|talk]]'''} 16:44, 17 March 2010 (UTC) :I havn't done significant (read any) testing in IE6, but no reason why it should not work. Just go to whatever page you want to review, and type <code>javascript:Bawolff.review.start()</code> in the address bar, and hit enter (this also skips all the checks to make sure you're not reviewing an already published article, so make sure not to double publish something). Alternatively you can add the following code to your [[special:mypage/vector.js]]: <pre> addOnloadHook(function () { if (document.getElementById(Bawolff.review_i18n.trigger_id) || Bawolff.review_i18n.trigger_func()) { addPortletLink("p-views", "javascript:Bawolff.review.start();void%200;", Bawolff.review_i18n.review_tab, "ca-peerReview-2", Bawolff.review_i18n.review_tab_tooltip); } }); </pre> cheers. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 23:53, 17 March 2010 (UTC) == auto-lead generator request == Hia Bawolff, I was wondering if I could request a new feature for the lead generator? Basically, what I'd like is to have an option to use the infobox image for a lead if there's no embedded image in the corresponding article. Right now, if an article doesn't have an embedded image, then the default WN logo appears on the lead, which in my opinion looks abysmal. (does that make sense?) Earlier today, several leads had the logo after Shaka published some articles, and I had a little fight with him in IRC because I got upset that he doesn't like to add an image manually. :-( Anyways, I don't know how easy or if it's even possible do implement something like that, but thought i'd ask anyway. Cheers. [[User:Tempodivalse|<font face="Georgia">'''Tempodivalse'''</font>]] [[User talk:Tempodivalse#top|<font face="Georgia">[talk]</font>]] 18:14, 18 March 2010 (UTC) :If you give me a list of infobox (or category) -> image, its very easy. Its harder to make the script look inside the infobox to find the right image (i guess i could make a script to generate the infobox-> image list...). Currently it recognizes the following infoboxes: <pre> Bawolff.leadGen.imgMap = { "UK" : "Flag of the United Kingdom.svg", "United Kingdom": "Flag of the United Kingdom.svg", "United States": "Flag of the United States.svg", "Canada": "Flag of Canada.svg", "Mexico": "Flag of Mexico.svg", "Computing": "Computer-aj aj ashton 01.svg", "Google": "Google logo png.png", "Obituary": "Wikinews tag obituary.png", "Science and technology infobox": "Science-symbol-2.svg", "Science and technology": "Science-symbol-2.svg" } </pre> [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 19:14, 18 March 2010 (UTC) ::OK, that doesn't seem to be overtly difficult, although I'd prefer that we used maps as opposed to flags ... Thanks though. [[User:Tempodivalse|<font face="Georgia">'''Tempodivalse'''</font>]] [[User talk:Tempodivalse#top|<font face="Georgia">[talk]</font>]] 19:41, 18 March 2010 (UTC) == Errors == A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: permissiondenied: Permission denied <241:http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ABawolff%2Fmwapilib.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&scrver=7> browser=Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.19) Gecko/2010040116 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.19 [[User:Netscr1be|Netscr1be]] ([[User talk:Netscr1be|talk]]) 10:50, 1 July 2010 (UTC) Per your request: A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: unknownerror: Unknown error: ``$1'' <238:http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ABawolff%2Fmwapilib.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&scrver=5> --[[User:ShakataGaNai|<span style="color:#8B0000">'''S'''hakata'''</span><span style="color:#006400">G'''a</span><span style="color:#00008B">'''N'''ai</span>]] <sup>[[User Talk:ShakataGaNai|^_^]]</sup> 07:39, 30 March 2010 (UTC) == Review gadget problem == Problem with passing [[Body of Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan found in Moroccan lake]]: <blockquote> A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: internal_api_error_DBQueryError: Database query error <undefined:undefined> </blockquote> [[User:Benny the mascot|Benny the mascot]] ([[User talk:Benny the mascot|talk]]) 18:04, 30 March 2010 (UTC) :Ditto. In big letters with an intimidating red border this time. On [[Double bomb blasts kill at least twelve in northern Caucasus]]. [[User:C628|C628]] ([[User talk:C628|talk]]) 16:22, 31 March 2010 (UTC) :Now with Make Lead. "A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: badtoken: Invalid token <undefined:undefined>" Same article. I don't think Google Chrome likes Wikinews very much. :( [[User:C628|C628]] ([[User talk:C628|talk]]) 16:24, 31 March 2010 (UTC) ::The invalid token one is possibly the fault of my gadget, the other two are definitely the devs fault. If it continues to happen, let me know. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 08:21, 1 April 2010 (UTC) :Same as above, on [[Four dead after US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan]]. Didn't show up on the "latest news" column on the main page, at least not initially, even after purging it. I'm sorry, I should really remember to review stuff using Opera and not bother you. Thanks, [[User:C628|C628]] ([[User talk:C628|talk]]) 03:58, 10 April 2010 (UTC) ::Hi. That article didn't show on the main page because EPR did't sight it; I sighted it, a bit later, after I noticed it under [[Newsroom#Articles improperly published]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 04:25, 10 April 2010 (UTC) == Make lead == "A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: TypeError: Object doesn't support this property or method <undefined:undefined>" Just after posting [[UK Prime Minister announces date for general election]] to main page, lead three, which worked fine. Message came after page reloaded. Using Internet Explorer. Cheers, [[User:C628|C628]] ([[User talk:C628|talk]]) 14:01, 6 April 2010 (UTC) == Make lead posting to wrong page [resolved] == *Hey.... when using make lead, I set it to lead 3 and when I saved it set the article to lead 1. That's a problem <span style="background:#0F4D92;color:white;padding:1px 4px;">[[User:Irunongames|<span style="color:white;font-variant:Small-caps;">'''Irunongames'''</span>]]{{•}}[[User talk:Irunongames|<span style="color:Silver;font-size:80%;">play</span>]]</span> 13:45, 11 April 2010 (UTC) ::I don't think it did. at 13:39 you used make lead to update lead 3 to [[Clashes leave eighteen dead in Thai capital]] - [http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Lead_article_3&diff=prev&oldid=994414], three minutes prior, at 13:37, Rayboy also updated lead 1 to [[Clashes leave eighteen dead in Thai capital]] [http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3ALead_article_1&action=historysubmit&diff=994412&oldid=994064]. Thus it looked like you updated lead 1, when really you updated the third lead, and the first lead was just coincidently changed to the same article by Rayboy8. I looked through your contribs, and it does not appear that you touched lead 1 prior to writing this message, so I'm chalking this one up to coincidence. (I geuss in order for this to happen, it means make lead is a popular success :D ). Cheers. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 02:10, 12 April 2010 (UTC) == Feedback Thought == In cases like [http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?diff=996048&oldid=635547&rcid=1023637 this] where it isn't going to LQT. Perhaps adding a<nowiki> --~~~~</nowiki> sig would be in order? --[[User:ShakataGaNai|<span style="color:#8B0000">'''S'''hakata'''</span><span style="color:#006400">G'''a</span><span style="color:#00008B">'''N'''ai</span>]] <sup>[[User Talk:ShakataGaNai|^_^]]</sup> 18:56, 13 April 2010 (UTC) :Good idea. (It originally did that, then i turned it off for lqt). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 20:23, 13 April 2010 (UTC) == Wikimedia privacy policy == Hi Bawolff, I comment here on your blog post on rating system (your blog is somewhat restrictive in identifications allowed for commenters). Anyway: Nice work, rating system. I am however a bit worried by the extension publishing ip addresses of all visitors that do rating, does that comply with our privacy policy? Cheers, [[User:Erik Zachte|Erik Zachte]] ([[User talk:Erik Zachte|talk]]) 07:57, 15 April 2010 (UTC) : It doesn't publish who says what, only their comments to threads. The js isn't recording anything special, it is just the same if they hit edit & save. --[[User:ShakataGaNai|<span style="color:#8B0000">'''S'''hakata'''</span><span style="color:#006400">G'''a</span><span style="color:#00008B">'''N'''ai</span>]] <sup>[[User Talk:ShakataGaNai|^_^]]</sup> 08:02, 15 April 2010 (UTC) ::Yep, agree with Shaka. A non-registered user's IP would have been revealed anyway if he had edited a page. [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy#IP_and_other_technical_information The official WMF policy page] has more info on this stuff. [[User:Tempodivalse|<font face="Georgia">'''Tempodivalse'''</font>]] [[User talk:Tempodivalse#top|<font face="Georgia">[talk]</font>]] 13:40, 15 April 2010 (UTC) :Hi Erik (/me feels honoured, important people are talking to me) - I'm not intemently familiar with our privacy policy, so I don't know for certain, but given that the extension was enabled in the first place I would assume so (for the ips that appear on [[special:ratinghistory]] ). I just made some of the front end more visually appealing, the core extension itself was written by werdna and enabled ages ago. I did add the comment box, which I have no idea if it should be considered any different from editing a page. It did not occur to me that it would be, but again I don't have intimate knowledge of the policy. I really hope it is not in violation of the policy. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 14:20, 16 April 2010 (UTC) == Easy Peer Review Error Messagw == Bawolff, Got the following error when reviewing [[Son of Illinois Senate President charged with driving under the influence|this article]]: "A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: TypeError: Bawolff.review.isError is not a function <521:http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-easyPeerReview.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&270z52> browser=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)" Thanks, [[User:Calebrw|Calebrw]] ([[User talk:Calebrw|talk]]) 02:01, 19 April 2010 (UTC) :It should be noted that the reviewed template was added to the collaboration page of the article, but the {{tl|publish}} template had to be added manually to the article. [[User:Calebrw|Calebrw]] ([[User talk:Calebrw|talk]]) 02:05, 19 April 2010 (UTC) ::{{done}}. Should be fixed now. Slightly too much of the point counter code got disabled after the contest ended. Cheers. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 02:27, 19 April 2010 (UTC) The following came up as I reviewed [[Fourteen dead in two attacks in Somalia]]: A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: TypeError: Result of expression 'Bawolff.review.isError' [undefined] is not a function. <undefined:undefined> browser=Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_1_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile/7D11 Safari/528.16 [[User:Benny the mascot|Benny the mascot]] ([[User talk:Benny the mascot|talk]]) 02:43, 19 April 2010 (UTC) :probably have just a cached version of script (same issue as above). try doing a hard refresh before reviewing your next article. Cheers. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 02:52, 19 April 2010 (UTC) ::I'm still having a problem with creating the comments pages. (Check my recent reviews if you don't understand what I'm saying) How exactly does one do a hard refresh? [[User:Benny the mascot|Benny the mascot]] ([[User talk:Benny the mascot|talk]]) 14:26, 24 April 2010 (UTC) :::Sorry if i'm butting in here, but as Bawolff seems to be away, thought I'd pop in. Shift+refresh button should do it on most browsers. [[User:Tempodivalse|<font face="Georgia">'''Tempodivalse'''</font>]] [[User talk:Tempodivalse#top|<font face="Georgia">[talk]</font>]] 14:36, 24 April 2010 (UTC) ::::I'm using an iPhone. ;) Any other suggestions? [[User:Benny the mascot|Benny the mascot]] ([[User talk:Benny the mascot|talk]]) 14:52, 24 April 2010 (UTC) :::::Hmm, not sure. You could try the following: *Navigate to some page that is currently up for review: *In the address bar type: javascript:location.reload(true) *Hit enter Not sure if that will work, but it might. If that doesn't work, let me know, and we'll try something else. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 03:18, 25 April 2010 (UTC) :Nope, doesn't work. I think I'll try using my PC next time, just to check whether this is just a problem with my phone. I'll keep you posted. [[User:Benny the mascot|Benny the mascot]] ([[User talk:Benny the mascot|talk]]) 14:47, 25 April 2010 (UTC) == Anything like a possible now? == (OK very short paragraphs but it is basically still breaking news) [[User:SatuSuro|SatuSuro]] ([[User talk:SatuSuro|talk]]) 02:44, 20 April 2010 (UTC) :Paragraphs should really be longer... [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 02:47, 20 April 2010 (UTC) ::Overcat is a crime on other wiki's - is it allowable here? (Australia and Western Australia) [[User:SatuSuro|SatuSuro]] ([[User talk:SatuSuro|talk]]) 02:49, 20 April 2010 (UTC) :::Not sure what overcat means, but i assume you mean putting it in subcategories and the parent categories. Over here we use categories in a slightly different manner. Because we are a news site, if someone looks up [[:category:Australia]] we assume they want the latest news for australia, not just the latest news for things about australia that don't fit in another category. Thus we have a more categories the merrier philosophy. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 02:59, 20 April 2010 (UTC) :: - we have an as reliable Geosciences australia :) http://www.ga.gov.au/earthquakes/[[User:SatuSuro|SatuSuro]] ([[User talk:SatuSuro|talk]]) 03:20, 20 April 2010 (UTC) :::lol. Geoscience australia is just as good. I used USGS as i knew the url off hand, and some of the sources were saying different things, so better to go to a more direct source. feel free to change it if you want. By the way, when writing the article, make sure to put the most important details near the top (injuries come before background about the tetonic stabiltity of the region) (inverted-pyramid style) [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 03:26, 20 April 2010 (UTC) :Yeah well I thought for all the geographically challenged who either edit or read here or elsewhere - regional context might be on... but hey i have to get off - could you factor in http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/earthquake.pl?title=W%20of%20Kalgoorlie,%20WA.&;magnitude=5.0&;depth=0&;station=KMBL&;xy=121.429,-30.830&;date=20,04,2010&;time=00,17,09&;bg1=eqrisk_lm&;zoom=500 please ? - thanks if you can - cheers - the real world beckons [[User:SatuSuro|SatuSuro]] ([[User talk:SatuSuro|talk]]) 03:28, 20 April 2010 (UTC) ::Hmm accoding the that source, the page is only available for 90 days, which seems kind of stupid (It also doesn't preform any validation. For example here is a magnitude 11 earthquake - [http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/earthquake.pl?title=W%20of%20Kalgoorlie,%20WA.&;magnitude=11&;depth=0&;station=KMBL&;xy=121.429,-30.830&;date=20,04,2010&;time=00,17,09&;bg1=eqrisk_lm&;zoom=500]. if they're dynamic i'm not sure why it is not valid after 90 days). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 03:34, 20 April 2010 (UTC) BTW - thank you very much for your considered patience with a newcomer - it is appreciated - have been registered for a very long time - but first try of sorts - thank you [[User:SatuSuro|SatuSuro]] ([[User talk:SatuSuro|talk]]) 03:33, 20 April 2010 (UTC) :No problem. We are all new at one point. Welcome to Wikinews. 03:34, 20 April 2010 (UTC) Hope you dont mind - I have left a comment at the admin general page, julians talk and figure somebody might need to create a remedy for such - if one gets in unchecked - wow - every phenomenon known to 'uman kind might have a seer telling us he is here (or she depending on the contents of theirtheir breakfast I suppose) - I would suggest a remedy might be something like ''WP:SPAM'' on wp en - as it does link to a blog [[User:SatuSuro|SatuSuro]] ([[User talk:SatuSuro|talk]]) 04:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC) :Yeah, thats fine. The main thing is that its unclear if we should moderate comment space or not except in extreme cases. This is more a case of potentially spam then anything else. I think i'll leave it for now, and let others decide. It is kind of an edge case. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 04:38, 20 April 2010 (UTC) :heheheh I like thatmaybe san diego slipping slowly into the pacific - on the edge literally :) [[User:SatuSuro|SatuSuro]] ([[User talk:SatuSuro|talk]]) 04:41, 20 April 2010 (UTC) == Expanding Ticker == Hi Bawolff<br /> I've tried to expand your [[Template:ticker|ticker]] to [http://donkpedia.org/wiki/ my wiki] but I failed. I copied [[MediaWiki:ticker2.js]], the [[MediaWiki:common.js]] and [[MediaWiki:common.css]] rows but nothing appears. I've exported similar stuff before and I kinda know the basic, but I failed on this. Do you have any ideas why it wouldn't work out? I would be very thankful for answers and advices.<br />-- [[User:Nintendere|Nintendere]] ([[User talk:Nintendere|talk]]) 19:00, 21 April 2010 (UTC) :Hi. To make it work, change line 36 (or somewhere around there) of you Common.js from addLoadEvent(function () {if ((window.disable_ticker2 !== true) && (document.getElementById("singleTickerForPage") || document.getElementById('enableTickers'))) importScript("MediaWiki:ticker2.js");}); to addOnloadHook(function () {if ((window.disable_ticker2 !== true) && (document.getElementById("singleTickerForPage") || document.getElementById('enableTickers'))) importScript("MediaWiki:ticker2.js");}); Cheers. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 20:18, 21 April 2010 (UTC) :Thank you very, very much! It works. Thanks again for your fast help! :[[User:Nintendere|Nintendere]] ([[User talk:Nintendere|talk]]) 20:42, 21 April 2010 (UTC) == Audio News Briefs file issues == I seem to be having some issues with the news brief files and naming conventions. First of all, when I go to [[:Category:April 19, 2010]] the news brief takes up the entire top of the page and everything else that is linked to that date is at the bottom (this is an issue for all dates starting on April 15). Also, there is a problem with the April 19th news brief itself. You mentioned in your comment to me a couple of days ago that we use the ''News briefs:Monthname day, year'' not ''News briefs:Monthname, day year''. I must have just put a comma in the wrong place, but now there are 2 pages - one is [[News briefs:April 19, 2010]] and the other is [[News briefs:April, 19 2010]]. I see there is a redirect but, well, .... I think I'm just confused because now I don't even know how to ask the question :) If you have a few moments, if you could look at what I'm doing wrong then I'll fix it all up, but I'm just so confused now I don;t even know where to begin. Thanks for your help [[User:Turtlestack|Turtlestack]] ([[User talk:Turtlestack|talk]]) 16:47, 22 April 2010 (UTC) == Javascript analysis for forensics == If I can get you some Zeus 'sploit code & logs, tonight or sometime tomorrow, how fast can you work out what its doing? --'' [[Brian McNeil|Brian McNeil <small>(alt. account)</small>]] ''/<sup>'''[[User talk:Scots Don|alt-talk]]''' &bull; '''[[User talk:Brian McNeil|main talk]]''''</sup> 12:32, 24 April 2010 (UTC) :Depends on what its doing, how complicated it is, how obfuscated the code is, etc. I can certainly try. The javascript part is probably only a minor part of the virus though. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:54, 24 April 2010 (UTC) == Widget bug == Bawolff, I received the following in EZPR today: A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: badtoken: Invalid token <241:http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ABawolff%2Fmwapilib.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&scrver=6> token=5a6f0e030c1c99ca553e592ae2d2e9d2+\; browser=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) The article also failed to autosight. Cheers, [[User:Tempodivalse|<font face="Georgia">'''Tempodivalse'''</font>]] [[User talk:Tempodivalse#top|<font face="Georgia">[talk]</font>]] 23:44, 25 April 2010 (UTC) : I've got the same problem too. --[[User:Diego Grez|Diego Grez]] <sup>[[User talk:Diego Grez|let's talk]]</sup> 00:48, 26 April 2010 (UTC) ::Thats odd, as it says its submitting a token (but then erroring on lack of a token)... I'll look into that further. Possibly an issue with the api itself. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 02:52, 27 April 2010 (UTC) :::So far can't reproduce. Tell me if it continues to happen. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 05:43, 27 April 2010 (UTC) == Contest == Shouldn't the review script be fixed to add to the ''new'' article log and reflect the new point values and user cat naming? --[[User:Mikemoral|<span style="color: green">Mike</span>]][[User talk:Mikemoral|<span style="color: #21421E">moral</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Mikemoral|<span style="color: #01796F">♪♫</span>]] 23:19, 1 May 2010 (UTC) == I think I broked it == Yeah, this showed up on Make Lead: A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: TypeError: pageText is undefined <81:http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ABawolff%2Fsanbox%2FleadGenerator.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&scrver=7> browser=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) --[[User:TUFKAAP|Patrick M (TUFKAAP) ]] ([[User talk:TUFKAAP|talk]]) 04:28, 7 May 2010 (UTC) :Which page were you trying to use make lead with (that error can happen when it has trouble finding a lead paragraph). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 13:43, 7 May 2010 (UTC) == Use of the secure portal == Review works on the secure portal; Makelead doesn't. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 23:23, 12 May 2010 (UTC) :<S>[http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?diff=1018367&oldid=1017482&rcid=1038988] was done from the secure portal, so works for me. What error are you getting?</s> [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 03:16, 13 May 2010 (UTC) ::{{done}} Link was wrong, should be fixed now. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 03:34, 13 May 2010 (UTC) ::* Out of curiosity, is there any way to stay totally within the secure site? I notice that if I click a commons or enwp link I invariably end up off the secure site, ''and logged out''. Not particularly good. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 15:42, 13 May 2010 (UTC) :::I came across some js on Wikipedia that would automatically correct URLs. [[w:WP:JS]] I think. [[User:Mikemoral|<span style="color: green">Mike</span>]][[User talk:Mikemoral|<span style="color: #21421E">moral</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Mikemoral|<span style="color: #01796F">♪♫</span>]] 22:53, 13 May 2010 (UTC) ::::I've imported 'pedia's js as a gadget. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 02:23, 14 May 2010 (UTC) == Weird EPR behaviour == On [[Talk:Airliner escorted by military aircraft after bomb threat|this]] article EPR posted 2 reviews of the article. I didn't click the back button or anything, so I'm not sure why that happened. I'm using FF3.6.3 if that helps. This has happened to me before, but I've never been certain before that I hadn't accidentally clicked "back", and screwed with the script. [[User:Gopher65|Gopher65]]<sub><small>[[User_talk:Gopher65|<font color="green">talk</font>]]</small></sub> 02:06, 16 May 2010 (UTC) :You can read all this if you want. It's all relevant, but it's a giant rambling mess, and it will probably just confuse you, so I struck it out. [[User:Gopher65|Gopher65]]<sub><small>[[User_talk:Gopher65|<font color="green">talk</font>]]</small></sub> 02:47, 16 May 2010 (UTC) :<s>Whoa. Also the revisions on the "Revision XXXXXXXX of this article has been reviewed by Gopher65" part are totally screwed up now. That's odd. When I failed the article it didn't have an image. In fact, the second review listed there (the first "pass") is actually the revision that I failed. The final version that I passed is the last one reviewed, and the first one, the one that says "failed", is actually in intermediate revision that I never reviewed... [[User:Gopher65|Gopher65]]<sub><small>[[User_talk:Gopher65|<font color="green">talk</font>]]</small></sub> 02:25, 16 May 2010 (UTC) ::I'll note that at one point I attempted to review the article, but there was an edit conflict and it didn't go through (I checked the talk page after the review failed". But, strangely, the version I tried to review actually *isn't one of the ones listed there*, and is actually the version directly before the intermediate revision that I didn't pass.[[User:Gopher65|Gopher65]]<sub><small>[[User_talk:Gopher65|<font color="green">talk</font>]]</small></sub> 02:29, 16 May 2010 (UTC)</s> <unindent> So that was a random ramble. Here's my detailed description of the chain of events: *1) I fail [[Airliner escorted by military aircraft after bomb threat|this]] article. (rev 1020964) *2) He fixes article. (rev 1020972) *3) He clicks the "move article to review" button on the "tasks" template and has a very strange Javascript, browser, ISP, or other error. The article is somehow reverted to the pre-review rev 1020957. (rev 1020977) *4) He notices something is different, but thinks that it was just the image gone missing. He readds image. (rev 1020979) *6) At the same time I try and review the article, thinking I'm reviewing his fixed version. I edit conflict with his "readd image" edit. *7) We have a "WTF just happened" discussion on IRC and then I revert the article to his fixed version for him. (rev 1020983) *8) I push the "move this article to review" Javascript button on the "tasks" template. (rev 1020984) *9) I review the article. (rev 1020987) *10) I notice the extra review template, and the mixed up revision numbers on all three review templates. None of the templates have the correct revision number. *11) I post here. [[User:Gopher65|Gopher65]]<sub><small>[[User_talk:Gopher65|<font color="green">talk</font>]]</small></sub> 02:43, 16 May 2010 (UTC) :Ok, here's what i think happened (not sure, this is all really odd): #At 01:24 G628 moved the article to review using button. This worked fine. #Gopher65 did some copyedits #Gopher65 failed article at 01:34, (this worked fine) #C628 does some edit #C628 moves back to review using the button at 01:53 (this is where bad stuff starts to happen) #*For some reason, that acts on the revision from 01:23 not 01:48. #*This is the revision from last time C628 moved it to review #*Thus perhaps the revision was cached #Gopher65 tries to review that revision, but there is an edit conflict with C628. For some reason, the peer reviewed message gets posted to talk page (shouldn't have happened probably), but article is not published, not sighted, and opinion page is not created. #Gopher fixes up the issue from the broken move to review, essentially reverting things #Gopher reviews, everything works. So basically there were two issues: *The move to review button got the wrong revision. (probably cache related) This is surprising, i need to look into that futher. *Easy Peer review's edit conflict handling somewhat sucks. Its always sucks and should be fixed. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 02:01, 17 May 2010 (UTC) == A bug to be squished == I found [[https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6092 bug 6092]]!!! If fixed, and my guess at the code is right (haven't looked, see timestamp), You could use <nowiki>{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP:{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Lead n}}</nowiki> in your date arithmetic, and either drop the number of leads parameter for a 'degrading' portal, or just have it as a maximum value. Ideally, and it may already be possible, you can do a check if the page exists as well. Oh, and looking at your code - ''that'' is what's wrong with it; the leads are embedded within the portal page itself. If someone just changes one, when three were previously auto-suppressed, then they'll all reappear. Late here, you try and make sense of which magic words need hacked, I look at your code again, my over-cluttered brain thinks back to assembly, using macros, and avoiding the crud that came with imposing C, Java, and C++ syntaxes everywhere. Same as HTML was supposedly not readable enough, wikimarkup was born, and we're futzing with templates like mine. :S P.S. Not hacked below the leads, yet... --'' [[Brian McNeil|Brian McNeil <small>(alt. account)</small>]] ''/<sup>'''[[User talk:Scots Don|alt-talk]]''' &bull; '''[[User talk:Brian McNeil|main talk]]''''</sup> 02:06, 27 May 2010 (UTC) :<nowiki>{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}</nowiki> is the current time right now (subject to caching). I think you're thinking of <nowiki>{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}</nowiki>. The fix for that bug was reverted by tim with the comment "''Reverted r49575, <nowiki>{{revisionid:...}}</nowiki> due to unresolved CR comments and the general cache-breaking insanity of the concept.''". The bug if fixed would probably help with this, however even if fixed today, it would take a while to become live on Wikinews (and in all probability, it will not be fixed for a little bit), thus we probably should not hold out for it. I put all the lead templates directly in the template call because it can detect when edited. I figure that if anyone edits the portal, they can remove the old leads. There's also the issue of where we put the lead template subpages - in the category namespace seems wrong, but putting it in a different namespace from the category also seems wrong. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 05:03, 27 May 2010 (UTC) ::p.s. You can check for page existence using <nowiki>{{#ifexist:some page|exists|does not}}</nowiki>. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 05:03, 27 May 2010 (UTC) ::* Right. So, ... :::# All Portal templates constrained to a maximum of one lead (I don't trust people not to bollox a multi-lead template. :::# I see if I can log into bugzilla from work, read that stupid bug-reversion, and clarify what I posted at OMGam. :::# We need a MakeLead for the Portal template, but let me work on mine. I'll save my now-functional 1..5 lead code. ::: I will properly document the templates I've been creating, and then we can talk about what we need to do to put this everywhere. I, personally, and if the bot can be hacked together quickly enough, would favour the whole lot being changed to redirects to categories - ''but only if a few people are committed to taking the next step to getting professional portals set up''. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 10:06, 27 May 2010 (UTC) ::::If we can make [[WN:ML]] work for portals (a definite future goal, but not something happening this very instant), the concern of people messing around with multi-lead portals where one of these leads is super-old could be mitigated by [[WN:ML]] checking how old the leads are, and removing old ones. I don't think the bot would take too much effort to hack up. I definitly agree that are portals have looked way too unprofessional for far too long. I like the idea of them fitting in stylistically with the main page. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 10:18, 27 May 2010 (UTC) :::::<edit conflict due to me having to evacuate in fire alarm drill> I was just trying to add an afterthought that a portal-specific makelead could fix the problem. I'm going to keep working on my look-n-feel solution, but a single-lead version should be "mostly hackable" from that right now. For the full-blown thing, I've got the conditional inclusion of 1..5 leads working fine. Now I'm on to tweaking out some of the other bits 'n' pieces. :::::A passing query would be, is there any way to put the date of an article in the DPL in really small text, and a condensed format? Eg <font size="-3">[YYYY-MM-DD]</font>.? --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 11:30, 27 May 2010 (UTC) ::::::yeah, its slightly hackish though, and must be done in the external css. Basically put the dpl in some div with a specific class name, and then do div.yourclass li {font-size:smaller;whaterever else} div.yourclass li a{ font-size: normal} . [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 11:39, 27 May 2010 (UTC) ::::::*Is that havkery that'd shrink [date] and leave the following, linked, article title? --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 14:54, 27 May 2010 (UTC) :::::::Yeah, basic idea is select all the list items that make up a dpl, shrink them, then unshrink anything in a link, leaving just the date shrunk. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 15:24, 27 May 2010 (UTC) === Moar Wikicode questionzzzz === Can you look at [[Template:NewPortal/Header]]. How do I make the "graphic" parameter work and put a flag over the top of the existing graphic? --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 18:23, 30 May 2010 (UTC) :Define over-top. Like where the wikinews logo background is currently? In the middle like in the new years version [http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Main_page_header&oldid=930480]? [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:54, 30 May 2010 (UTC) :: Er, perhaps I should've used the word "overlaid". That is, in-line like the text and on top of the background graphic that's in the template. :: Oh, and I borked the table code around the damn thing. :: The next thing I want to do, and have two days off to hack about with (dependent on getting a doc's appointment for some strong painkillers), is to develop DPL-based content templates to replace where we've most popular, original, &c. That, for a geographic portal, would be the main Politics & conflicts, Health, Crime and law, &c. topical areas as seen on the current Africa portal. :: Like all programming languages, the issue with wiki markup using heavy parserfunction stuff is practice. As you'll see in the current version, I am managing to get a lot of the complexity moved down a level or two. I've yet to be brave enough to suss out {{tl|tasks}} and re-use that wackiness to have [[Portal:United Kingdom]] drill-down into regions; however, you can probably see where I'd like to go with that. :: Lastly, 1. where's/what's the ticket code? 2. We can do most-popular in categories, right? The latter is much further down the priority list, but a full portal-system implementation should be able to include "most popular in Europe/North America/...". --'' [[Brian McNeil|Brian McNeil <small>(alt. account)</small>]] ''/<sup>'''[[User talk:Scots Don|alt-talk]]''' &bull; '''[[User talk:Brian McNeil|main talk]]'''</sup> 00:00, 31 May 2010 (UTC) :::yeah, wiki-table syntax is less than ideal. Personally i prefer html tables to it. parser functions in general have the problem of no variables. In ordinary programming if you have some complicated thing you do <code>var complicatedThing = blah();</code> in wikisyntax you can't do that which reduced readability. The whitespace being significant (sometimes) also doesn't help readability. {{tl|tasks}} is actually fairly simple. just one giant switch statement. for the dpl content templates, you might want to look at {{tl|portals suck}}, it will be similar to what you want to do. I'll have a look at the graphic. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 01:11, 31 May 2010 (UTC) :::Also, ticker code is at {{tl|ticker}}. It can take any wiki list as a ticker. {{tl|Popular articles}} could concievably be made per-category, would require coding though (not that much though), also has larger issue that some categories simply will not have any popular articles at a given time. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 01:18, 31 May 2010 (UTC) :::* Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs! :P ::::If wikisyntax was Turing-Complete, you could wreak havoc with poor coding. :::: P.S. Thanks for the pointers! I'll likely pick up more, and bug you once I've had some sleep. Must also devote some time to watching "Going Postal". --'' [[Brian McNeil|Brian McNeil <small>(alt. account)</small>]] ''/<sup>'''[[User talk:Scots Don|alt-talk]]''' &bull; '''[[User talk:Brian McNeil|main talk]]'''</sup> 03:45, 31 May 2010 (UTC) :::: P.P.S. I can't figure out why the DPL is partway down displayed lead 1 on [[Portal:Scotland]]. What it should now be compared to is the actual main page; I have started moving the more complex, and extablished, coding into subpages. So, it should just be getting the formatting tweaked. Is that solved by saying [[User:ShakataGaNai|ShakataGaNai]] three times? :P --'' [[Brian McNeil|Brian McNeil <small>(alt. account)</small>]] ''/<sup>'''[[User talk:Scots Don|alt-talk]]''' &bull; '''[[User talk:Brian McNeil|main talk]]'''</sup> 03:58, 31 May 2010 (UTC) :::::lol, all things are solved by invoking shakataGaNai's name. I hate to disappoint you, but supposedly wiki-syntax is turring complete (even before tim added parser functions. something to with the fact you can use a parameter to specify the name of another template to be transcluded can be exploited to make an if statement or something). The dpl is in the middle as tables default to a vertical-alignment of middle. to make it go to the top you have to apply the css <code>vertical-align: top</code> to the table cell containing the dpl. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 06:25, 31 May 2010 (UTC) ::::::ok, I looked at the graphic problem. I removed the float (the left value in the image syntax). I also made the link a local one, so as to work on the secure server. You may want to fiddle with the size and vertical-alignment of the image (however baseline (Default) seemed to be the best vertical alignment in my testing). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 06:36, 31 May 2010 (UTC) * Shaka would've trouted me... [[:MediaWiki:Common.css/Portal:Scotland]] was missing. Can I do Portal:* for the CSS? --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 12:39, 31 May 2010 (UTC) ::At that point we put it in the main css. (you can do by namespace in the main css, but really its not the best idea. people don't like it when things behave differently on different page. Its better to use the subpage thing for specific testing, and then when ready for prime time, but it into [[mediawiki:Common.css]]. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 13:56, 31 May 2010 (UTC) ::* It is looking quite promising for me having this 95% finished in my couple of days off. I could really do with getting a 'private' chat with you and Shaka in IRC to nail down specifications for tools to maintain portals and have stale leads "degrade" elegantly. ::: At the moment, I'm abusing [[Portal:Scotland]] - so far, so good. That's geographic, and on that front I'd want to be able to have [[Portal:Europe]] have drill-down into individual country portals. On a topical side, I'll likely abuse [[Portal:Health]], or Education, and have that drill-down into 'continent' portals. ::: This is going to be quite, quite, complex, but,... gotta keep ahead of the bot on my edit count. ;-) --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 14:32, 31 May 2010 (UTC) ::::lol. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 14:35, 31 May 2010 (UTC) == Additional comments tab == Hi Bawolff, I have a question in regards to setting up the additional 'comments' tab. You suggested to try the extensions 'CommentPages' or perform a js-hack. It seems that we couldn't get the commentary-extension to work, so I am wondering if you are happy to send me the code and instructions for the js-hack? A bit more details about what we need: First of all, we only want to have this additional 'Comment'tab in one of our customised namespaces. The namespace is called 'guidelines'. Everyone has 'read' access to articles and discussion, but only certain groups have editing permissions for articles in that namespace and the respective 'talk'-column... We are using 'Lockdown to restrict those permissions. So is it possible to set up this additional 'comment'-tab in the 'guideline' namespace only and give everyone access to post comments there? However, they only have reading access for the articles and discussion of the 'guidelines'-namespace? Not sure if you get what I mean, but let me know if anything comes to mind. :Hi. So you want to give people the ability to post comments to a certain namespace, but not the ability to read the comments that they post? I'm not sure if you can grant edit privs without read privs, but if you can make lockdown do that, then you should be able to make it work. It would probably work much better if people were allowed to both read and edit the comments namespace, as mediawiki really wasn't designed for allowing editing without reading. For the javascript code, do something like (you may have to make sure i got the plural right on the namespace names): The following js in mediawiki:common.js <source lang="javascript"> addOnloadHook(function () { if (wgCanonicalNamespace === "Guidelines" || wgCanonicalNamespace === "Guidelines_talk") { addPortletLink('p-cactions', wgServer + wgScript + '?action=edit&section=new&title=' + 'Comments:' + encodeURIComponent(wgTitle), 'New comment', 'ca-comments-tab', 'Post a new comment on this guideline', null, document.getElementById('ca-talk')); } if (wgCanonicalNamespace === 'Comments') { addPortletLink('p-cactions', wgServer + wgScript + '?title=' + 'Guidelines:' + encodeURIComponent(wgTitle), 'Guideline', 'ca-guideline-tab', 'View guideline', null, document.getElementById('ca-talk')); addPortletLink('p-cactions', wgServer + wgScript + '?title=' + 'Guidelines_talk:' + encodeURIComponent(wgTitle), 'Talk', 'ca-guideline-talk-tab', 'View guideline', null, document.getElementById('ca-talk')); } }); </source> The following css in Mediawiki:Common.css <source lang="css"> /* replace the 100 after the body.ns- with whatever namespace number you use for the public_comments: namespace */ body.ns-100 #ca-talk {display: none} </source> Note the above code won't make redlinks for non-exisitant pages, for your use i don't think thats important. Also this assumes the skin is Monobook. some other skins won't work as good with this code. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 09:06, 28 May 2010 (UTC) ::: Thank you. Sorry, I probably wasn't too clear with my description about the user rights. Everyone should definitely be able to '''post''' and '''read''' the comments that they post in this additional comment-tab. However, they only have '''reading''' permission for the 'guidelines'-articles and default 'guidelines'-talk pages. This additional tab should basically collect 'public' comments.[[User:Juttavd|Juttavd]] ([[User talk:Juttavd|talk]]) ::::In that case it should work fine. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 00:24, 31 May 2010 (UTC) :::::Just by looking at the code as a layperson, I am wondering if the suggested change in Mediawiki:Common.css would hide all talk-pages. This is definitely not what should happen. The regular 'talk column' should still appear when you are in the 'guidelines'-namespace. Also, if we call the new namespace 'Public_comment' do I need to change everything that is 'comments' in the code you sent to 'Public_comment"? So it would read: <source lang="javascript"> addOnloadHook(function () { if (wgCanonicalNamespace === "Guidelines" || wgCanonicalNamespace === "Guidelines_talk") { addPortletLink('p-cactions', wgServer + wgScript + '?action=edit&section=new&title=' + 'Public_comment:' + encodeURIComponent(wgTitle), 'New public comment', 'ca-public_comment-tab', 'Post a new comment on this guideline', null, document.getElementById('ca-talk')); } if (wgCanonicalNamespace === 'Public_comment') { addPortletLink('p-cactions', wgServer + wgScript + '?title=' + 'Guidelines:' + encodeURIComponent(wgTitle), 'Guideline', 'ca-guideline-tab', 'View guideline', null, document.getElementById('ca-talk')); addPortletLink('p-cactions', wgServer + wgScript + '?title=' + 'Guidelines_talk:' + encodeURIComponent(wgTitle), 'Talk', 'ca-guideline-talk-tab', 'View guideline', null, document.getElementById('ca-talk')); } }); </source> Could you have a look at the modified code and send any corrections? If we implement the code, can we jump back and forth between article, talk and public-comment-tab as seen on wikinews? Last question: If we set up the custom namespace 'Public comment', do we still need to create 'Public_comment_talk" even though we don't want it or is this already specified in the code of the hack? Sorry about all those questions. Thanks in advance. [[User:Juttavd|Juttavd]] ([[User talk:Juttavd|talk]]) :yeah, you still have to create the extra namespace. Mediawiki expects namespaces to come in pairs, and doesn't work well without the associated talk. However with this code the tab won't appear for it, and it will be mostly invisible. (for example on wikinews we have comments: and comments_talk:, but most people don't know comments_talk: exists) [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 01:09, 31 May 2010 (UTC) ::p.s. as a side note, we (here) also now use liquid threads for the comment namespace, it might be something you might consider looking into. (can't remember if i mentioned that previously) [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] : Thanks for clarifying. So the code that you sent me includes the 'supression' of the 'comments_talk' pages? So is it ok if I change everything that reads 'comments' in the js-code to 'public comment? I think I need to learn code. Would be so much easier to understand it all... :Regarding Liquid Threads: Not sure if we can install it. I understand that you would need console access?! Unfortunately, we don't have that with our current web host, but we might be able to convince them to install it for us. I really like that extension... ::yes, feel free to change the namespace names to whatever you want them to be. In the code above, the part that goes into mediawiki:Common.css is the part that suppress the links to comments_talk: page (Which no that I look at it is actually wrong..ok, fixed now, but you'll need to change the namespace number to whatever namespace you're using for the public_comments namespace). As for liquid threads - yes it requires shell access to install. This is to add tables to the database. Technically if you sql access you can do that by hand without the shell, but its a little more difficult (you have to add db prefixes to table names, and such). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 06:59, 31 May 2010 (UTC) == Arabic MakeLead == '''Hi there''', Idk if you still remember me, I asked you a while ago to work on the Arabian Make Lead. Anyways, You posted on my talk page that i need to add importScript('user:Bawolff/leadGen.js') on the bottom of this page [http://ar.wikinews.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A:Common.js Common.js], But since I can only view the source and not able to edit, what do you think i should do ? Please reply on my [http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B4_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85:%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88 Arabic Wikipedia page], '''Thanks'''. --[[User:عمرو|عمرو]] ([[User talk:عمرو|talk]]) 04:39, 30 May 2010 (UTC) :'''Hi my friend!''' So sorry for disturbing but as you can see, Make Lead is not working on [http://ar.wikinews.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1:Make_lead there] It just looks different than the one you have, I'm sorry but what else do i have to do to make it working well? --[[User:عمرو|عمرو]] ([[User talk:عمرو|talk]]) 20:46, 1 June 2010 (UTC) '''Hey :)''' Thanks alot its working now :) But as you mentioned before, Google translate sucks! Please whenever your not busy do the following: {| class="wikitable" |- ! In English [[Wikinews:Make lead|Make Lead]] !! In Arabic One !! Should be !! Note |- | Make Lead || التحديث يؤدي المادة || '''أنشئ كخبر رئيسي''' || button |- | Lead Number || التي تؤدي || '''مكان الخبر''' |- | Summary method ||موجز الأسلوب || '''موجز العرض''' |- | 1st sentence || 1 الجملة || '''الجملة الأولى فقط''' |- | 1st2 sentence || 2 الجملة || '''أول جملتين''' |- | 1st paragraph || الفقرة 1 || '''أول فقرة''' |- | 1st 250 letters || الأولى 250 رسائل || '''أول 250 حرف''' |- | 1st 500 letters || الأولى 500 رسائل || '''أول 500 حرف''' |- | Make Lead as _#_ || _#_ كما تؤدي إنقاذ عدد || '''أنشئ كخبر رقم _#_''' || Button. Number should be after the text |- | Refresh Preview || معاينة مجدد || '''حدث المعاينة''' || Button |- | Current Leads: || مقالات الرصاص || '''الأخبار الرئيسية الحالية''' || Table |- | Article || المادة || '''الخبر''' || Table |- | Position || موقف || '''الموقع''' || Table |- | Age || عمر || '''منذ''' || Table |- | And in the lead number field, Top-Left =''' أعلى يسار'''. Top-Right= '''أعلى يمين'''. Bottom-Left = '''أسفل يسار'''. Bottom-Right = '''أسفل يمين''' |} '''Thanks a lot!''' Let me know if you need anything :)--[[User:عمرو|عمرو]] ([[User talk:عمرو|talk]]) 22:58, 1 June 2010 (UTC) == A local JS function.... == Hi Bawolff, I received something like this: '''A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: badtoken: Invalid token <undefined:undefined> browser=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/533.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/5.0.375.55 Safari/533.4''' What's it? Thanks,--[[User:Notnd|Notnd]] ([[User talk:Notnd|talk]]) 10:21, 1 June 2010 (UTC) :Hi. That happens when using one of the javascript gadgets that edit the wiki, and it fails. Normally if this happens it happens during easy peer review, as easy peer review is rather complicated and doesn't handle errors well. However considering you are not a reviewer, it probably happened after pressing the "Change this article from developing to requiring review" button, which is quite rare (can you confirm thats one it happened?). I'll have to look into the cause further. Thank you for reporting it. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 10:50, 1 June 2010 (UTC) == Sports Prefixes == Could you please take a look at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/policy#Sports_Prefixes]]. Please give your thoughts there. [[User:Calebrw|Calebrw]] ([[User talk:Calebrw|talk]]) 18:25, 4 June 2010 (UTC) == Barnstar! == {| style="border: 1px solid {{{border|gray}}}; background-color: {{{color|#fdffe7}}};" |rowspan="2" valign="middle" | [[Image:Compass barnstar.png|80px]] |rowspan="2" | |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The Guidance Barnstar''' |- |style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | This well deserved barnstar is awarded to Bawolff for his tirless work on IRC helping editors. Thank you so much for your continued dedication and kindness. [[User:Rum|Rum]] ([[User talk:Rum|talk]]) 00:28, 7 June 2010 (UTC) |} :Thank you very much. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 00:34, 7 June 2010 (UTC) == Tool not sighting == [http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Human_trafficking_trial_starts_in_Clearwater,_Florida&action=historysubmit&diff=1040414&oldid=1040409] this article was reviewed, and published, but the tool left the article un-sighted. Thoughts? -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 23:04, 8 June 2010 (UTC) :Also, [{{fullurl:US intelligence analyst arrested over Wikileaks video|&action=historysubmit&diff=1040512&oldid=1040510}}] this. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 02:50, 9 June 2010 (UTC) ::[{{fullurl:International Committee of the Red Cross condemns Gaza blockade|action=historysubmit&diff=1044437&oldid=1044433}} Another]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 04:19, 15 June 2010 (UTC) == IRC JavaScript == Would you please change that line to: <source lang="javascript"> src_attr.nodeValue = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://" : "http://") + "webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23some-channel&uio=MT1mYWxzZQ9a"; </source> [[User:Liangent|Liangent]] ([[User talk:Liangent|talk]]) 03:37, 10 June 2010 (UTC) :for [[mediawiki:Irc.js]]? or some other script?[[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 19:56, 10 June 2010 (UTC) == Small questioon about ticker == Sorry for disturbing you, but I just wanted to ask a question regarding the Ticker code. I've incorporated the ticker2.js onto another wiki and I was wondering on whether it's possible to remove the "Latest News (full list):" bit. I tried removing some part relating to it in the common.css before but then "nullnullnull" was displayed:". --[[User:Bigboss4|Bigboss4]] ([[User talk:Bigboss4|talk]]) 15:29, 10 June 2010 (UTC) :You can do something like: <pre> <div id="singleTickerForPage" class="isATicker Ticker_speed-5 Ticker_strLeft-%20 Ticker_strLinkText-%20 Ticker_strRight-%20"> *First item *Second Item *Third Item </div> </pre> which makes: <div id="singleTickerForPage" class="isATicker Ticker_speed-5 Ticker_strLeft-%20 Ticker_strLinkText-%20 Ticker_strRight-%20"> *First item *Second Item *Third Item </div> [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 20:08, 10 June 2010 (UTC) == Username change == Thank you for the username change.--[[User:William S. Saturn|William S. Saturn]] ([[User talk:William S. Saturn|talk]]) 22:38, 10 June 2010 (UTC) :No problem. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:39, 10 June 2010 (UTC) == Flagged Revisions == Please adjust your recent change to Common.css to use <tt>span.mw-fr-reviewlink</tt> to hide the link but not hide whole lines in user contributions. Thanks. [[Special:Contributions/99.31.118.187|99.31.118.187]] ([[User talk:99.31.118.187|talk]]) 21:43, 15 June 2010 (UTC) responded on wc. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 23:00, 15 June 2010 (UTC) == review gadget == "A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: Error: Error: 0 <undefined:undefined> browser=Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; U; en) Presto/2.5.24 Version/10.53" My internat was having a bad night, that probably has something to do with it. On [['Bloody Sunday Inquiry' publishes report into British Army killing of activists in Northern Ireland]]. Cheers, [[User:C628|C628]] ([[User talk:C628|talk]]) 02:36, 17 June 2010 (UTC) :Thats an odd error. I'm not sure how it could have an error named "0". Thanks for reporting it. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 03:57, 17 June 2010 (UTC) == ER Error for ya == A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: unknownerror: Unknown error: ``231'' <241:http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ABawolff%2Fmwapilib.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&scrver=7> browser=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729) [[User:Calebrw|Calebrw]] ([[User talk:Calebrw|talk]]) 16:23, 18 June 2010 (UTC) :yay! one that is not my fault. Thats an error on the mediawiki (api) side. Tell me if it happens again. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 19:30, 18 June 2010 (UTC) == Got a new JS gadget project for you. == So I've got an idea for a new gadget for you to make, I call it "Auto-sight". A little JS that watches for every time you click "save" on an already sighted page, and sights the edit you just saved. I realize it might be tricky to implement, I can't think of how to get around the page reloading issue off hand, but then again I don't do much JS or MWAPI interaction. I also realize you're busy with other things and GSOC... but if you have an idea for how to do this / some time to do so... it would be _greatly_ appreciated. --[[User:ShakataGaNai|<span style="color:#8B0000">'''S'''hakata'''</span><span style="color:#006400">G'''a</span><span style="color:#00008B">'''N'''ai</span>]] ^{[[User Talk:ShakataGaNai|^_^]]} 19:54, 20 June 2010 (UTC) :We could just ask for [[bugzilla:23948]] reversed. ;). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 20:40, 20 June 2010 (UTC) :: I'm not even gonna get into the stupidity of that.. Maybe a separate group? --[[User:ShakataGaNai|<span style="color:#8B0000">'''S'''hakata'''</span><span style="color:#006400">G'''a</span><span style="color:#00008B">'''N'''ai</span>]] ^{[[User Talk:ShakataGaNai|^_^]]} 20:45, 20 June 2010 (UTC) :::At the very least it would be nice if stuff not in the main namespace was auto-sighted. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 21:05, 20 June 2010 (UTC) :::: Well main name space is exactly what I want to sight. Why do I need to take several extra steps to sight something where I'm simply correcting the title of a source? In general, people are always going to sight their own edits... so this entire thing is SNAFU. --[[User:ShakataGaNai|<span style="color:#8B0000">'''S'''hakata'''</span><span style="color:#006400">G'''a</span><span style="color:#00008B">'''N'''ai</span>]] ^{[[User Talk:ShakataGaNai|^_^]]} 21:42, 20 June 2010 (UTC) :::::New gadget! basically just adds that review this revision checkbox but for pages already currently reviewed. The most annoying part of this no auto-sight thing is rolling back to a sighted revision does not sight (which this gadget doesn't help). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 21:56, 20 June 2010 (UTC) == OS done == You can haz OS. --[[User:ShakataGaNai|<span style="color:#8B0000">'''S'''hakata'''</span><span style="color:#006400">G'''a</span><span style="color:#00008B">'''N'''ai</span>]] ^{[[User Talk:ShakataGaNai|^_^]]} 02:48, 21 June 2010 (UTC) :Whee. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 03:06, 21 June 2010 (UTC) == Dwarves vs Dwarfs == All agreed that this can go ''somewhere'' - I believe you have a collection... <pre> <Scots_Don> Floro had advice from invisible dwarves <gopher65> hehehe <gopher65> Ah the dwarves:) <Scots_Don> Dwarves! Dwarves! Dwarves! They provide sage advice when legislating from the bench. <Dendodge> Dwarves = Dwarfs <Scots_Don> Pshaw! <Scots_Don> Not a word I use often <Scots_Don> [[wikt:dwarves]] <Wikilink2> http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dwarves <Dendodge> Dwarves is the version Tolkien used <Dendodge> In all other contexts, one should use dwarfs <Scots_Don> Thank you J.R.R. Tolkien for indoctrinating me with a spelling error :P <Dendodge> :P </pre> I'll point Amgine at it too, I'm sure it'll amuse. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / ^{[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]} 13:41, 22 June 2010 (UTC) :Later, .... <pre> <Tempodivalse> bawolff: Dwarves = plural of the noun dwarf. Dwarfs = third person singular of the verb to dwarf. <Tempodivalse> Uh, bawolff's not here? Nvmd ... ... ... <Scots_Don> [[wikt:dwarves]] <Wikilink2> http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dwarves <Scots_Don> Recursion (n): See Recursion ... ... <Tempodivalse> scots, what? <Tempodivalse> oh <Tempodivalse> i was mistaken then <Tempodivalse> pesky english spelling </pre> : That without permission, just sarcasm. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / ^{[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]} 19:47, 22 June 2010 (UTC) ::I thought, for a moment, that TdV was advocating Scots spelling. I am proud to slip some in now and again without realising. --[[User:InfantGorilla|InfantGorilla]] ([[User talk:InfantGorilla|talk]]) 14:23, 23 June 2010 (UTC) == EPR bug == I was reviewing [[2010 FIFA World Cup: Spain beats Chile; both go to second round]] and it threw the following error: Details: unknownerror: Unknown error: ``231'' <241:http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ABawolff%2Fmwapilib.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&scrver=7> browser=Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100423 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.3 I was failing the article at the time. --[[User:Killing Vector|Killing Vector]] ([[User talk:Killing Vector|talk]]) 02:19, 26 June 2010 (UTC) :Hi, Bawolff. I visited an article and got the following error: :<tt>A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: Error: Error: 504Gateway Time-out <235:http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User:Bawolff/mwapilib.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript> browser=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)</tt> :[[User:Matthewedwards|Matthewedwards]] ([[User talk:Matthewedwards|talk]]) 22:09, 26 June 2010 (UTC) :Killing vector's happens when an edit (for easy peer review) does not save, but is not an edit conflict, Matthew's probably happens if a javascript gadget like reviewAlert can't connect to wikinews. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 21:36, 29 June 2010 (UTC) == JavaScript Error == Hi there, I was instructed to report this following message on your talk page. <blockquote>''A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: Error: Error: 12029Unknown <undefined:undefined> browser=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)''</blockquote> '''[[User:PopMusicBuff|<font color="669966">Pop</font><font color="3399FF">Music</font><font color="9966CC">Buff</font>]]''' <sup><font color="black">'''[[User talk:PopMusicBuff|talk]]'''</font></sup> 13:57, 28 June 2010 (UTC) == EZ PR strikes again == EZPR failed to remove {{tl|Review}} when I failed [[Former Lithuanian president Algirdas Brazauskas dies]] just now. [[User:Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">'''Blood Red Sandman'''</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Talk)</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Contribs)</font>]]</sup> 09:04, 3 July 2010 (UTC) == Updated Review/Lead tools == You must've known this was coming.... ;-) Per our discussion in IRC, I'm going to lay out what I think is needed to compliment the NewPortal template I've been working on. --'' [[Brian McNeil|Brian McNeil <small>(alt. account)</small>]] ''/<sup>'''[[User talk:Scots Don|alt-talk]]''' &bull; '''[[User talk:Brian McNeil|main talk]]'''</sup> 07:25, 8 July 2010 (UTC) === Current Review/Publish/Lead workflow === At present, assuming an article is okay, this is what my memory tells me the workflow is: # User puts {{tl|review}} template on an article. # Reviewer, using EzPeerReview, publishes article, and gets option to run MakeLead # Reviewer runs MakeLead, copyedits to-be-displayed lead, and posts to a main page lead. Where we're finding a problem with this is in that people can fight over what goes on the main page as most important, and there is no mechanism to keep portals up to date. === Reviews Review/Publish/Lead workflow === The revised workflow is going to take quite a bit of work, sorry! I'm laying it out as I believe it should flow, then following with several points that I suspect need clarified and resolved. # User puts {{tl|review}} on an article # Reviewer picks this up, and reviews with EzPeerReview # Successful review goes to a new, mandatory, step '''LeadUpdater'''. # '''LeadUpdater''' offers a lead-formatting section, much like the current MakeLead one. # '''LeadUpdater''' scans the full list of categories an article is in (excluding date categories). ## For each category an article is in, where the NewPortal template is in use, and sub-pages for portal-specific leads exist; ## A line, giving the portal name, and lead numbers is displayed. 1 thru 5 lead numbers may be displayed, the current lead article title and last updated date should be displayed. ## For each portal, the reviewer can check one of a number of boxes (one per lead, per portal) to be updated with the lead template. # Following portal lead update, the user-formatted lead template should be passed to the current MakeLead where things go back to the current process. '''Commments''' * At point 2, reviewers should be alerted when they pick up any article with <1 source, or <3 categories. * The NewPortal template needs additional changes such that 'stale' leads degrade out of sight. I'm assuming that, if carried out within a script, some sort of "display until" timestamp can be encoded into the portal leads, or into the actual template on the portal page itself. Hints on coding this appreciated. * There's likely a need to figure out how the NewPortal template can degrade, over time, from the max 5 leads down to none. So, what's your thoughts on this? In some respects, I suspect it is a fairly substantial amount of coding to get it right. '''But''', it will in the long run substantially improve ''Wikinews''' visibility in GNews. If we've multiple, relevant, portals pointing at major stories, then the way the GNews indexing works, that'll influence the placement of our stories. And, demanding as ever, I'd really like to see this done with future translation for other language versions kept in mind. Based on Amgine pushing you through that on the Wiktionary Hover gadget, it would probably be very useful to document your experience on the process. I've done stuff meant for translation before. It is difficult to get right when you might have a string with two or three substituted variables which, depending on the language, could be reordered. Up for it Bawolff? I take it for granted that Shaka can be pointed at this too for input. You two are, after all, the Wikinews Developer Team. ;-) --'' [[Brian McNeil|Brian McNeil <small>(alt. account)</small>]] ''/<sup>'''[[User talk:Scots Don|alt-talk]]''' &bull; '''[[User talk:Brian McNeil|main talk]]'''</sup> 07:49, 8 July 2010 (UTC) :I agree that this will definitely improve things. However it will also take quite a bit of time. Translation in itself is not all that hard when all that needs translating is the interface. The Wiktionary hover gadget is hard to translate because each translation requires essentially re-writing the entire gadget as basically it parses the html output of mediawiki useing regexes (which is a rather bad idea in and of itself), but each language uses different conventions, so each language requires the html reader to be re-written (not to mention writing something to read stuff in a language you don't understand is never fun). With MakeLead this is not as bad. the formating conventions are much closer (a new line = new paragraph is a safe assumption in many languages), and its only a small part of the thing that reads in the wiki-syntax. One potential issue with the work flow, is do we want all the leads the same. Sometimes we make main leads longer than subsidary leads. But then we'd have to get people to check to different length leads. Something to think about. Anyways, definitely do-able, but is going to take a bit of effort, and quite a bit of time. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:11, 8 July 2010 (UTC) * Good, good. I didn't think it would be a five minute fix. The point was to lay out as a ''workflow'' which is probably a clearer way to communicate it. I assume a variety of bits from the existing system would be cannibalised for the new one. If you can point me at templates (like the review one presented when you start EzPeerReview), then I can look at these a bit and see how they might be improved/future-proofed. --[[Special:Contributions/84.13.118.107|84.13.118.107]] ([[User talk:84.13.118.107|talk]]) 23:27, 8 July 2010 (UTC) :::The review template at the beginning of EzPeerReview is a big html blob in [[mediawiki:Gadget-easyPeerReview.js]]: <syntaxhighlight lang=javascript> var html = '<form id="easyReviewForm" action="javascript:void 0" onsubmit="Bawolff.review.submit(); return false;"><table class="metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-notice EasyReview" id="EasyReview-mainAmbox" style="line-height: 1.2"><tr><td class="ambox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Pictogram_voting_question-blue.svg" class="image" title="Pictogram_voting_question-blue.svg"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Pictogram_voting_question-blue.svg/60px-Pictogram_voting_question-blue.svg.png" width="60" height="62" border="0" /></a></td><td>' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_rev_numb + wgCurRevisionId + '<ul style="line-height:1.6;"><li><b><a href="/wiki/' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_copyright_page + '" title="' + decodeURIComponent(Bawolff.review_i18n.form_copyright_page).replace(/_/g, ' ') + '">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_copyright + '</a>:</b> <img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/10px-Red_x.svg.png" id="EasyReview-copyright-image" width="10" height="10" border="0" /><select name="EasyReview-copyright" onchange="Bawolff.review.selectChange()"><option value="pass">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.pass + '</option><option value="fail" >' + Bawolff.review_i18n.fail + '</option><option value="n/a" selected="selected">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.not_reviewed + '</option></select> <label for="EasyReview-copyright-comment" style="visibility:hidden">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_comment + '</label><input id="EasyReview-copyright-comment" name="EasyReview-copyright-comment" type="text" length="30" style="visibility: hidden"/></li><li><b><a href="/wiki/' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_news_page + '" title="' + decodeURIComponent(Bawolff.review_i18n.form_news_page).replace(/_/g, ' ') + '">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_news + '</a>:</b> <img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/10px-Red_x.svg.png" id="EasyReview-news-image" width="10" height="10" border="0" /><select name="EasyReview-news" onchange="Bawolff.review.selectChange()"><option value="pass">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.pass + '</option><option value="fail" >' + Bawolff.review_i18n.fail + '</option><option value="n/a" selected="selected">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.not_reviewed + '</option></select> <label for="EasyReview-news-comment" style="visibility:hidden">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_comment + '</label><input id="EasyReview-news-comment" name="EasyReview-news-comment" type="text" length="30" style="visibility: hidden"/></li><li><b><a href="/wiki/' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_sources_page + '" title="' + decodeURIComponent(Bawolff.review_i18n.form_sources_page).replace(/_/g, ' ') + '">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_sources + '</a>:</b> <img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/10px-Red_x.svg.png" id="EasyReview-sources-image" width="10" height="10" border="0" /><select name="EasyReview-sources" onchange="Bawolff.review.selectChange()"><option value="pass">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.pass + '</option><option value="fail" >' + Bawolff.review_i18n.fail + '</option><option value="n/a" selected="selected">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.not_reviewed + '</option></select> <label for="EasyReview-sources-comment" style="visibility:hidden">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_comment + '</label><input id="EasyReview-sources-comment" name="EasyReview-sources-comment" type="text" length="30" style="visibility: hidden"/></li><li><b><a href="/wiki/' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_npov_page + '" title="' + decodeURIComponent(Bawolff.review_i18n.form_npov_page).replace(/_/g, ' ') + '">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_npov + '</a>:</b> <img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/10px-Red_x.svg.png" id="EasyReview-npov-image" width="10" height="10" border="0" /><select name="EasyReview-npov" onchange="Bawolff.review.selectChange()"><option value="pass">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.pass + '</option><option value="fail" >' + Bawolff.review_i18n.fail + '</option><option value="n/a" selected="selected">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.not_reviewed + '</option></select> <label for="EasyReview-npov-comment" style="visibility:hidden">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_comment + '</label><input id="EasyReview-npov-comment" name="EasyReview-npov-comment" type="text" length="30" style="visibility: hidden"/></li><li><b><a href="/wiki/' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_sg_page + '" title="' + decodeURIComponent(Bawolff.review_i18n.form_sg_page).replace(/_/g, ' ') + '">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_sg + '</a>:</b> <img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/10px-Red_x.svg.png" id="EasyReview-sg-image" width="10" height="10" border="0" /><select name="EasyReview-sg" onchange="Bawolff.review.selectChange()"><option value="pass">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.pass + '</option><option value="fail" >' + Bawolff.review_i18n.fail + '</option><option value="n/a" selected="selected">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.not_reviewed + '</option></select> <label for="EasyReview-sg-comment" style="visibility:hidden">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_comment + '</label><input id="EasyReview-sg-comment" name="EasyReview-sg-comment" type="text" length="30" style="visibility: hidden"/></li></ul><p><b><label for="EasyReview-commentBox">' + Bawolff.review_i18n.form_comment + '</label></b> <textarea row="3" id="EasyReview-commentBox" name="EasyReview-commentBox"></textarea></p><input type="submit" value="'+ Bawolff.review_i18n.form_submit + '"/> <input type="submit" value="Cancel" onclick="jsMsg(\'\');return false"/></td></tr></table></form>' </syntaxhighlight> [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 23:38, 8 July 2010 (UTC) == ArbCom == Hi Bawolff! I've nominated you as an ArbCom candidate, please see [[Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2010 election#Nominations|this]] and say if you accept or not. [[File:Smile.png|20px]] Cheers, [[User:Tempodivalse|<font face="Georgia">'''Tempodivalse'''</font>]] [[User talk:Tempodivalse#top|<font face="Georgia">[talk]</font>]] 01:02, 10 July 2010 (UTC) * That would be a nomination I've seconded. So get your ass over there and accept! --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 08:01, 10 July 2010 (UTC) == EPR misbehavin' == I've never see this before &mdash; a [{{fullurl:Jonathan Ross departs from BBC|action=historysubmit&diff=1061832&oldid=1061830}} published&nbsp;article] that appeared on the main page with the {{tl|review}} tag still visible. It wasn't there, it was just visible; a null edit fixed the problem. I'm not exactly sure how that could have happened in the first place, though. (There was BTW also [{{fullurl:Fire strikes Slovak Academy of Sciences|action=historysubmit&diff=1061702&oldid=1061180}} an&nbsp;article] that EPR failed to sight this evening.) --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 05:58, 18 July 2010 (UTC) :Hi. For the first issue - I couldn't cause that if I wanted to :). Sounds as if for some reason something didn't work on the mediawiki end and the parser cache didn't get purged maybe. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 05:29, 19 July 2010 (UTC) * I have to ask, how much easier would Peer Review be if it were done in php, and server side? --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 05:59, 19 July 2010 (UTC) ::Some. If it was done server-side it'd probably be better for the simple fact that the devs wouldn't let spaghetti code go live on the servers. Some of the code related to sending stuff to the server and checking for errors (the part not well-implemented at current) would be slightly easier. However, by and large it'd be about the same. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 07:36, 19 July 2010 (UTC) == election certificate == {{Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/2010 election/cert}} [[User:Benny the mascot|Benny the mascot]] ([[User talk:Benny the mascot|talk]]) 19:04, 2 August 2010 (UTC) :Cool. Thanks. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 17:02, 3 August 2010 (UTC) ::I may have copied from your card template... isn't CC-BY just wonderful? :D [[User:Benny the mascot|Benny the mascot]] ([[User talk:Benny the mascot|talk]]) 17:05, 3 August 2010 (UTC) == [[WN:ML]] weirdness == Please see [[User talk:Diego Grez#I don't know how this happened]] --[[User:InfantGorilla|InfantGorilla]] ([[User talk:InfantGorilla|talk]]) 09:30, 7 August 2010 (UTC) == William_Pietri == You mean, I don't get to shoot Shaka? Damn. I'll keep tryin' ;) [[User:Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">'''Blood Red Sandman'''</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Talk)</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Contribs)</font>]]</sup> 22:07, 13 August 2010 (UTC) :lol. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:08, 13 August 2010 (UTC) ::That's your problem right there. Said by '''Blood Red Sandman''', "I don't get to shoot Shaka?" You already shot Shaka. Congratulations. [[Special:Contributions/24.125.55.90|24.125.55.90]] ([[User talk:24.125.55.90|talk]]) 22:21, 13 August 2010 (UTC) :::? [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:29, 13 August 2010 (UTC) ::::You are just one of those who are laughing while contributors to this web site are smitten like fleas. How long do you think you will be able, in the long run, to live off all copycat content, and by the way of having only copyright content being posted here, what does that mean for this web site? To me, it means that it is a pure rip off? That, in itself, which if it is true, and it is, is stupid. ::::Is it the purpose of this news site to be recording copyright content? If it is, you have your priorities all mixed up. ::::That might be the purpose of an encylopedia, to gather and record content, but, its certainly not a purpose of a news site. ::::If you want news to be pretty, I'm afraid you are sadly mistaken. If you want news to be real, then you are going to have to make a leap of faith. ::::I know. You are incapable of that. Then so be it. [[Special:Contributions/24.125.55.90|24.125.55.90]] ([[User talk:24.125.55.90|talk]]) 22:51, 13 August 2010 (UTC) :::::You're of course free to have any opinion that you like. Well it is true that much ([[:category:Original reporting|not all]]) of our content is based on content already published elsewhere, the goal of it is to combine information found elsewhere into a single spot, not simply to copy the information. As for copyright, IANAL, but my understanding is copyright can only cover the expression of an idea, not the idea itself. Thus re-writing and combining information from different sources is not copyright infingement. Anyways, if you don't like what we do here, you don't have to read it. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 23:01, 13 August 2010 (UTC) ::::::Ah, I read news, and then, I come here and read the same news again. This is stupid. ::::::The only reports that should be published here are orginal reports. Otherwise, you're just an oxymoron. Please realize that the Internet cares not for stupidity. What you are doing here constitutes the very essence of stupidity by repeating what other people say. If you've not the ability to recognize the sheer stupidity of not having the balls to publish original reports for whatever reason you might come up with for not doing so, then , well, then I'm afraid you can't be helped. [[Special:Contributions/24.125.55.90|24.125.55.90]] ([[User talk:24.125.55.90|talk]]) 23:26, 13 August 2010 (UTC) :::::::You have the right to your opinion, however I'd point out that many other news sites are similar in that regard. If you don't like it, why are you here? [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 00:31, 14 August 2010 (UTC) * Gee, we "can't be helped?" And you tried, ''how''? Publishing polemic diatribe against hard-working contributors? Belittling significant efforts put in by others? Yes, you're right, '''ideally''' all content would be original; it is not, but your petty sniping does nothing to help that. It is you, Ed, isn't it? You have to accept that people need experience writing in a news style, particularly if you're talking about not-yet-needing-to-shave kids. Some fraction thereof will move on to doing original reporting, or substantially adding to synthesis material by doing the OR. In recent times, I've only seen Teh Intertubez laughing at us because we reported on spotty youf Justa' Baby publishing his memoirs. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 22:33, 16 August 2010 (UTC) == protection amusement == http://www.wikirage.com/editor/75.47.217.91/ - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <sup>[[wikt:User talk:Amgine|t]]</sup></span> 17:31, 15 August 2010 (UTC) == easy peer review not refreshing page after review == Its stupid that easy peer review doesn't re-render page after making review. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 21:32, 16 August 2010 (UTC) == Adding language to source template == I don't remember, but is it possible to use a lang code in the sources template? |lang=se, for example? - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <sup>[[wikt:User talk:Amgine|t]]</sup></span> 16:22, 21 August 2010 (UTC) :Generally its added as a separate template after the source template. <code><nowiki>{{source|whatever...}} {{se}}</nowiki></code> [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:42, 21 August 2010 (UTC) :: &lt;nod&gt; But it would be cooler if we folded that in as an optional {{source... parameter. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <sup>[[wikt:User talk:Amgine|t]]</sup></span> 15:58, 25 August 2010 (UTC) == fyi: EZPR untidiness == EZPR seems to be working well, except that [{{fullurl:School_on_Australia's_Sunshine_Coast_makes_staff_redundant,_requests_they_apply_for_'new'_jobs|diff=prev&oldid=1082345}} today] it didn't detect an appropriate place to put the <nowiki>{{Publish}}</nowiki> template, perhaps because I didn't use the 'source' template for some of the external links. --[[User:InfantGorilla|InfantGorilla]] ([[User talk:InfantGorilla|talk]]) 12:01, 24 August 2010 (UTC) :Thanks for mentioning it. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:57, 24 August 2010 (UTC) == [[Peter Coti]] == What's <span class=plainlinks>[http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Coti&action=historysubmit&diff=1082042&oldid=1082041 wc]</span>? I'm kinda new here. And how do you turn off vector? [[User:TeleComNasSprVen|TeleComNasSprVen]] ([[User talk:TeleComNasSprVen|talk]]) 18:01, 27 August 2010 (UTC) : I don't think that Bawolff is around. However, redirects to userpages for '''[[WN:AR|accredited reporters]]''' are allowed AFAIK. What you can do? Create ''news'' articles. How do you turn off Vector? [[Special:Preferences]], ''Skin'' tab. What's the WC? [[Wikinews:Water cooler|Our version of Wikipedia's Village Pump]]. [[User:Diego Grez|Diego Grez]] <sup>[[User talk:Diego Grez|return fire]]</sup> 18:14, 27 August 2010 (UTC) ::Um. How about "Our ''equivalent'' of Wikipedia's Village pump"? :-) --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 18:54, 27 August 2010 (UTC) :::yep, I wasn't here, thanks for responding for me. Cheers. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 16:42, 6 September 2010 (UTC) == WiktLookUp bug report == at [[MediaWiki talk:Gadget-dictionaryLookupHover.js#Place to function]], just fyi. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <sup>[[wikt:User talk:Amgine|t]]</sup></span> 15:06, 9 September 2010 (UTC) == Username change == [[Wikinews:Changing username]] suggests I ''"post a note on the talk pages of all bureaucrats"''. I asked one who's on a bit of a break so, if you have time, could you take care of [[Wikinews:Changing_username#Rambo_.E2.86.92_Rambo_.28usurped.29|this]]. Thanks, [[User:Rambo&#39;s Revenge|Rambo&#39;s Revenge]] ([[User talk:Rambo&#39;s Revenge|talk]]) 08:41, 10 September 2010 (UTC) == Reviewer nom == Yep, go right ahead. Thanks, '''[[User:wackywace|<font color="purple">WackyWace</font>]]'''[[User talk:wackywace|<sup><font color="grey">talk</font></sup>]] 16:57, 12 September 2010 (UTC) == Police may have killed up to eight tourists in Philippines hostage crisis == Hello. Thank you for responding to my concerns regarding the news article that has now been renamed "Police may have killed up to eight tourists in Philippines hostage crisis". Unfortunately it is still misleading. From my understanding, of the 8 hostages that died there is inconclusiveness surrounding up to 4 or 5 of the deaths. It is within the realm of possibility that they may have been killed by friendly fire, but there is also the possibility they were all killed by the perpetrator. I think a better title would be "Police may have killed some of the eight tourist victims in Philippines hostage crisis". [[User:Lambanog|Lambanog]] ([[User talk:Lambanog|talk]]) 02:13, 15 September 2010 (UTC) == MakeLead for portals == If I recall correctly, I think you were going to make a version of [[WN:ML]] for portals? Is it ready yet? If so, could you give me a link to it? Thanks. --[[User:Yair rand|Yair rand]] ([[User talk:Yair rand|talk]]) 19:28, 17 September 2010 (UTC) :I was planning to, but... it hasn't happened yet (I haven't even started working on it). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:25, 17 September 2010 (UTC) == Talk page attacks == Please go ahead and protect my user and talk pages for a while - I don't use them much anyway. Thanks, [[User:NawlinWiki|NawlinWiki]] ([[User talk:NawlinWiki|talk]]) 00:22, 20 September 2010 (UTC) : I agree. NawlinWiki's talk pages are often vandalized cross-wikily because he's an impressively active admin on en.WP, and the vandals follow Nawlin everywhere. --[[User:Diego Grez|Diego Grez]] <sup>[[User talk:Diego Grez|return fire]]</sup> 00:27, 20 September 2010 (UTC) == Speaking of Wikthover... == I have to compliment how well it dealt with the WMF server-down error page. It served it, and I was even able to c/p the entire msg. Graceful. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <sup>[[wikt:User talk:Amgine|t]]</sup></span> 15:30, 21 September 2010 (UTC) :Trust me, thats not intentional and is the result of a hack to make something else work... :P [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 16:58, 21 September 2010 (UTC) :: &lt;chuckle&gt; That's not a hack! that's a feature... - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <sup>[[wikt:User talk:Amgine|t]]</sup></span> 17:32, 21 September 2010 (UTC) * For future reference, the appropriate phrase is, "''it's not bug! It' a '''feature!'''''" --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 18:11, 21 September 2010 (UTC) == Re: User page == Thanks for the protect, I have been the personal target of some trolls lately. [[User:Red Thunder|<font face="Times New Roman" size="2.0" color="Red">'''red'''</font>]]'''<big>-</big>'''[[User talk:Red Thunder|<font face="Times New Roman" size="2.1" color="black">'''thunder'''</font>]]<big><big>'''.'''</big></big> 00:49, 22 September 2010 (UTC) == js errors on secure == I get about a half-dosen js errors on my phone accessing via the secure site. Many are missing reference stuff. Can you take a look? --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 13:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC) :Without access to your phone, I'd need to know the exact text of the error (since the errors are not reproducible on firefox). As a work around, these errors are most likely caused by a gadget (specifically reviewAlert, or review Progress gadgets as they are the only one's that should be able to trigger an error on page load), you could perhaps disable these gadgets if you don't need them. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 17:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC) == Cache-like mispublish == [[Belgian Eurovision singer Fud Leclerc dies at age 86|This]] was in Articles mispublished because the published revision was ''supposedly'' unsighted. I eventually fixed it, but not by sighting the published revision: I tried that and it didn't take (and then I tried it again, because anything that doesn't work is worth repeating, right?). What worked was a null edit &mdash; which caused it to show up as having been sighted by BRS. So it seems EPR did sight it when published, but there was some sort of bizarre cashe-like problem. The incident vaguely reminds me of earlier thread {{nowrap|[[#EPR misbehavin']]}}. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 22:50, 22 September 2010 (UTC) :Hmm, thats really odd. BRS's original sighting from easy peer review did go through (as evidenced by the logs [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikinews/en/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=review&user=&page=Belgian+Eurovision+singer+Fud+Leclerc+dies+at+age+86&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=] ) but i geuss the tables didn't update due to some obscure mediawiki bug, and the null edit caused the flagged rev tables to update. In any case this one isn't Easy peer review's fault, but rather odd nonetheless. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 05:34, 23 September 2010 (UTC) == Tiker in russian wikinews == Hi, Bawolff! Can you help to make a Ticker for russian wikinews? We need in it. Thanks. --[[User:Akishin D.|Akishin D.]] ([[User talk:Akishin D.|talk]]) 15:58, 23 September 2010 (UTC) :yeah sure, but not right now, maybe on the weekend. If you use irc, I'll probably be on the #wikinews channel this weekend as well (if you don't use irc thats ok to, but sometimes these thngs are easier to explain on irc). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 16:32, 23 September 2010 (UTC) ::responded at ru. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 19:24, 26 September 2010 (UTC) ::: I did make everything correctly? It does not work. --[[Участник:Akishin D.|Дмитрий]] <sup>[[Обсуждение участника:Akishin D.|обс]][[Служебная:Contributions/Akishin_D.|+]]</sup> 12:33, 29 сентября 2010 (UTC) ::::Did you try doing a hard refresh. It appears to work for me on ru. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 12:12, 1 October 2010 (UTC) ::::: Now we have ticker. Thank you!--[[User:Akishin D.|Akishin D.]] ([[User talk:Akishin D.|talk]]) 10:15, 16 October 2010 (UTC) == Your defence of Brian McNeil == I find it a bit peculiar that you came to the defence of McNeil. Those assembled were demanding that he himself, not of some surrogate, give an account of his own actions. He still has not. He chose to stay away, in line with [http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Diego_Grez&diff=1102755&oldid=1102169 the suggestion] he made to Diego, in the hopes that the storm against his patently indefensible actions would die down. In the small-circle environment which is Wikinews, it is quite telling that you guys are closing ranks when the Alpha male is under attack; the page now locked down. [[File:Swinging-corpse.jpg|left|50px|McNeil]]Did I use Jimbo's name in vain? Well, I decided against 'god', it would have been too gratuitous of me, being an atheist. I used the founder's name as a reference point, to highlight the abuse of power that was taking place. Jimbo, of all people, does not consider himself above the law, but somehow McNeil appears to consider himself guardian of the constitution, [http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User:Matthewedwards&diff=next&oldid=1033656 judge, jury and executioner]. His behaviour is well out of order; and your defence of him puts you in the same ball-park. McNeil is greatly damaged by this episode. The whole fiasco is also a great discredit to Wikinews, and reflects badly on the apologists. I wonder how long it would be for one among you to challenge his position &ndash; he is ''extremely'' vulnerable. When will you deliver the ''coup de grace''? --[[User:Ohconfucius|Ohconfucius]] ([[User talk:Ohconfucius|talk]]) 06:10, 28 September 2010 (UTC) : WN:AAA is "closed down" because both sides are making it worse. I was _hoping_ that everyone would take it as a hint and go cool off for 24 hours. So please, instead of picking this fight up on random pages, take a day off. Go outside, enjoy the weather (if it is nice), relax... try to enjoy yourself. --[[User:ShakataGaNai|<span style="color:#8B0000">'''S'''hakata'''</span><span style="color:#006400">G'''a</span><span style="color:#00008B">'''N'''ai</span>]] <sup>[[User Talk:ShakataGaNai|^_^]]</sup> 06:35, 28 September 2010 (UTC) ::Baaawolf accused me of taking Jimbo's name in vein (''sic''), and that needed to be addressed. [[User:Ohconfucius|Ohconfucius]] ([[User talk:Ohconfucius|talk]]) 08:44, 28 September 2010 (UTC) :::<s>Respectfully, I supported the block originally, and thus when brianmc was asked for his rationale for blocking, I thought I should give mine, since I supported it at the time. It seemed unfair to only ask brianmc for his justification, when others (or at least I) supported it at the time. (Since that time I have reconsidered my opinions. I was a little angry, and I allowed that to colour my opinions, which is bad. </s> (Crossed out because that wasn't very clear). All I was trying to say is my comment (or at least the one you were referring to anyways) was primarily meant as a defence of my actions, not brianmc's. I'm willing to go through the more formal dispute resolution w/ a mediator if you (or Tony) think it would be helpful in bringing this drama to a close [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 11:15, 29 September 2010 (UTC) ::::Others might well be angry, but that is not helpful on a wiki. I must say, I'm wondering why more established users here aren't taking their own action. [[User:Tony1|Tony1]] ([[User talk:Tony1|talk]]) 06:20, 30 September 2010 (UTC) == Secure I/F crashes == Hai, you might be able to diff/spot a problem I've experienced today. I access my watchlist or RC via secure & it crashes the Nokia browser. If needed, Skenmy can CU me to get the browser ID. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 18:37, 30 September 2010 (UTC) :well thats weird. Not exactly sure what could cause that. Some mobile browsers have issues with really long pages and/or large amounts of js that overflow available memory. Not sure if nokia is one of them. Check if you can always re-produce the error, and see if it still appears on [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikinews/en/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&limit=20 the small rc]. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 10:42, 1 October 2010 (UTC) == Curly braces == [http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?diff=1105189&oldid=1105178&rcid=1110056 pop template] - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <sup>[[wikt:User talk:Amgine|t]]</sup></span> 05:26, 1 October 2010 (UTC) *Sigh, that means we're really unpopular. The script takes a list of all the popular articles on wikinews, then filters to just the 45 most popular, and checks to see which of the 45 are in category:Published. If less than 15 of those 45 are in category:Published, bad things happen. (<s>I've upped the 45 to 80. Hopefully this won't happen again</s> That caused problems. Investigating futher). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 10:47, 1 October 2010 (UTC) == Use the ExternalEditor without Perl == Hi Bawolff, I see that you are the current developer for the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:External_editors ExternalEditor Extension]. My company would like to use this extension to edit Flowchart .dia files with [http://dia-installer.de/index.html.de Dia] (like it's described [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Dia here] or other file (MIME) types if it's possible. The problem is, the installation of an old Perl version on every computer isn't practicable. So my question is if you feel up to program an external editing extension for Mediawiki for my company. Of course you would be paid for your work. Contact me, if you're interested: --[[User:Immortal King|Immortal King]] ([[User talk:Immortal King|talk]]) 17:04, 7 October 2010 (UTC) :Hi. Thank you for the offer. Unfortunately I already have too much on my plate as it stands, so I simply don't have the time to do something like that. The current client side external editor implementation (ee.pl) is definitely showing its age, not to mention almost impossible to set up for your average (non-technical) user, so getting it replaced with something more usable would be a big improvement for the external editor feature in general. Thus I wish you luck in your efforts. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 17:36, 7 October 2010 (UTC) ::OK, and thanks for your quick answer. --[[User:Immortal King|Immortal King]] ([[User talk:Immortal King|talk]]) 17:48, 9 October 2010 (UTC) == Welcome template question == Hey Bawolff, I hope you are doing well. :) I have a quick question. I want to add some sort of gadget and/or script for Wikiquote, very simple: just to add tabs for adding <nowiki>{{subst:Welcome}}~~~~</nowiki> or <nowiki>{{subst:Welcomeip}}~~~~</nowiki> to a user talk page, as a new subsection on that page, with "Welcome" as the subsection header. Do you know how I can go about doing that? -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 08:15, 16 October 2010 (UTC) :Hey, basically want to try to modify [[MediaWiki:Gadget-UserMessages.js]], for [[q:Main Page|Wikiquote]]. -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 10:37, 16 October 2010 (UTC) ::Yeah, copy [[q:user:Bawolff/vector.js]] to [[q:MediaWiki:Gadget-UserMessages.js]] and set up the whole gadget thing with [[q:mediawiki:Gadgets-definition]]. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:19, 16 October 2010 (UTC) :::Thank you! Can it be changed, to add the Welcome message, in a newly-created <nowiki>==Welcome==</nowiki> subsection? -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 20:40, 16 October 2010 (UTC) ::::{{done}} [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] :::::Thank you!!! -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 20:22, 17 October 2010 (UTC) I tried adding it as a personal script, here, [[m:User:Cirt/welcome/vector.js]], but it did not work, why? -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 06:24, 20 October 2010 (UTC) :Nevermind, it works, thanks! ;) -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 07:01, 20 October 2010 (UTC) == EPR == I have a couple of stray thoughts on how we might perhaps make things more fault-tolerant: * EPR when publishing an article should remind the reviewer to make sure the edit was sighted. (I don't ''remember'' seeing such a reminder...) * Could makelead check to see whether the article has been sighted? Most or all of those four articles were made leads even though they weren't technically published. The occasion for these thoughts is that four of the past seven EPR passes (that I know of) failed to sight, and one of those four didn't even edit the article. ([{{fullurl:Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia coast|action=historysubmit&diff=1119662&oldid=1119659}}], [{{fullurl:Paul the 'psychic' octopus dies|action=historysubmit&diff=1120357&oldid=1120351}}], and [{{fullurl:'Explosive' Haitian cholera outbreak kills 292, neighboring countries prepare|action=historysubmit&diff=1120572&oldid=1120569}}] merely didn't sight, [{{fullurl:Talk:Over 100 dead and hundreds missing in Indonesia after tsunami destroys island villages|oldid=1119924}}] didn't even edit the article.) --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 12:51, 28 October 2010 (UTC) :Wow, thats kind of pathetic that 4 of the 7 failed to sight. Implementing some post-publish sanity check hopefully wouldn't be too hard. (fixing the error handling code is what really needs to be done, but thats harder). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 13:42, 28 October 2010 (UTC) ::And [{{fullurl:University of Missouri Hospital in lockdown after 'violent individual' attempts to gain access to building|action=historysubmit&diff=1120915&oldid=1120789}}] makes 5 of 8. We'd have a filibuster-proof majority in the US Senate. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 01:41, 29 October 2010 (UTC) == Popular articles == Hi Bawolff, Sahim Approved you, You Can help us, Please Use [[fa:الگو:خبرهای محبوب|الگو:خبرهای محبوب]] instead of [[Template:Popular articles]], and you should replace "hits last hour" Sentence with "بازدید در آخرین ساعت" and one more thing is these are Persian numbers "۰ ۱ ۲ ۳ ۴ ۵ ۶ ۷ ۸ ۹" Please Use they instead of "0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9", and Main popular Template on Home Page is [[fa:الگو:اصلی محبوب‌ترین‌ها|الگو:اصلی محبوب‌ترین‌ها]], Thanks a lot. [[:fa:کاربر:Mjbmr|<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Mjbmr</span>]] <sup>[[:fa:بحث کاربر:mjbmr|<code style="color:red">Talk</code>]]</sup> 22:04, 28 October 2010 (UTC) :Will hopefully do sometime this afternoon. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 11:15, 29 October 2010 (UTC) == Questions in regards to flagged revisions and comments == Hi, I would like to ask some questions in regards to flagged revisions. Is it correct that unregistered users will only see articles and article updates once they have passed the review process? We are just setting up a wiki for our organisation and need some good quality control. It would be great if you could let me know how it works. I find the documentation on mediawiki hard to understand... Also, I am wondering what 'wikinews' did in order to create the 'comments' column. We would like to have an 'expert talk page'-column (only for registered users) and then a talk page-column for everyone in our wiki... I am wondering what we would need to program. Did wikinews install an extension to get this additional 'comments' column? Thanks for your help! [[User:Juttavd|Juttavd]] ([[User talk:Juttavd|talk]]) :/me thinks i responded to this earlier elsewhere. If i didn't, feel free to yell at me. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 19:44, 8 November 2010 (UTC) == Hell-o == Hello old friend, I see my article still is waiting for review :D Get your admins and work :D Hope you're well![[User:IDangerMouse|Danger^Mouse]] ([[User talk:IDangerMouse|talk]]) 09:44, 29 October 2010 (UTC) :Howdy. Welcome back. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 11:14, 29 October 2010 (UTC) == Bawolff bot@fa.wikinews == Hello! Your bot has been flagged on fa.wikinews. Best regards[[User:Sahim|Sahim]] ([[User talk:Sahim|talk]]) 19:20, 30 October 2010 (UTC) :thanks. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 00:04, 31 October 2010 (UTC) == EPR fail == [[User_talk:Fetchcomms#Chilean_miner_Edison_Pe.C3.B1a_completes_New_York_Marathon|Again]]. Any idea what caused this (MW update, script update?) and if it's the latter, can it be undone until it is fixed? '''<span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;">—[[User talk:Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">fetch</span>]]·[[Special:Contributions/Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">comms</span>]]</span>''' 03:24, 8 November 2010 (UTC) :I haven't touched the script in a while, so its definitely not a script update. I'm not sure what is causing the issue. You guys are not getting any errors, and getting the standard success message for all these reviews? ::Just to clarify, you're reporting that the article didn't sight? I notice there was a previous (pre-publish) version sighted: # (show/hide) 02:15, 8 November 2010 Fetchcomms (Talk | contribs | block) reviewed a version of Chilean miner Edison Peña completes New York Marathon ‎ ([Accuracy: Sighted]) (revision: 02:15, 8 November 2010) That is unrelated to the complaint right? (It doesn't look like that was caused by ezpr since it doesn't have the right sighting summary). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 04:20, 8 November 2010 (UTC) :Looking through the code I discovered that if there was no error reporting if the api both did not return an error, and did not return a success. If you suddenly start getting a whole lot of pop up boxes with the message: "Error sighting article" let me know. If (after hard refresh) there are still instances where the article does not get sighted with no error messages whatsoever, also let me know. Cheers. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 05:21, 8 November 2010 (UTC) OK. The pre-publish sight may have been accidental with the autosight gadget, but I'm not sure why ezpr didn't sight the published version. '''<span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;">—[[User talk:Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">fetch</span>]]·[[Special:Contributions/Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">comms</span>]]</span>''' 17:20, 9 November 2010 (UTC) :Yep, the not sighting the published version is definitely a bug. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 19:06, 9 November 2010 (UTC) == note to self - fa people need opinion page js. == ---^. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 04:08, 10 November 2010 (UTC) == Popular articles == [http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Popular_articles&diff=1126644&oldid=1126637 What happened to your bot?]... Its last edit was ten hours ago. [[User:Diego Grez|Diego Grez]] <sup>[[User talk:Diego Grez|return fire]]</sup> 13:21, 10 November 2010 (UTC) == Bawolff bot borken, blocked == thot you ought to know. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <sup>[[wikt:User talk:Amgine|t]]</sup></span> 17:45, 10 November 2010 (UTC) == Bot broken == As Diego has noted on [[Template talk:Popular articles]], your bot is malfunctioning and I've had to do the dreaded emergency bot block. :( [[User:Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">'''Blood Red Sandman'''</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Talk)</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Contribs)</font>]]</sup> 17:45, 10 November 2010 (UTC) == [[fa:الگو:خبرهای محبوب|Popular articles template on fawikinews]] == Hi, Check [http://fa.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%88%3A%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8&action=historysubmit&diff=6759&oldid=6750 this] out too, it stopped working on fawikinews too, thanks [[:fa:کاربر:Mjbmr|<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Mjbmr</span>]] <sup>[[:fa:بحث کاربر:mjbmr|<code style="color:red">Talk</code>]]</sup> 17:52, 10 November 2010 (UTC) == Hiding the centralnotice banners == Please don't do it. I've undone that. The Wikimedia Foundation provides the hosting for this site, and once a year we run a campaign asking for money. I don't think that's such an unreasonable ask. If you'd like to discuss, I'm happy to, but please don't hide the banners again. You're welcome to hit the "x" and close them. [[User:Philippe (WMF)|Philippe (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Philippe (WMF)|talk]]) 21:37, 11 November 2010 (UTC) :I'm surprised at you, Philippe. The false suggestion that Wikinewsies wish the fundraiser to go away altogether has been used once before, and is simple moral blackmail. As you know, I have expressed satisfaction at how the fundraiser is being handled this time around - and I am amongst WN's more vocal critics of previous efforts. The gadget is opt-in. People will not miss the fundraiser because of the gadget. Donations will not be affected. ''It serves the same purpose as the "x".'' I do not feel feel the gadget is particularly needed in light of that improvement, but given that it is largely redundant to the WMF's own addition I cannot see what basis you have to imply Bawolff wishes the WMF to cease fundraising on WN. [[User:Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">'''Blood Red Sandman'''</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Talk)</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Contribs)</font>]]</sup> 22:10, 11 November 2010 (UTC) ::How it is right now is perfectly fine. Opt-in gadgets aren't a problem. At the time Philippe did that because no one was being able to see banners on wikinews regardless and it appeared to be enabled globally. I'm seeing banners now after you've put the gadget back in so that is obviously not a problem anymore. [[User:Jalexander|Jalexander]] ([[User talk:Jalexander|talk]]) 22:14, 11 November 2010 (UTC) :::In that case, I withdraw my remarks. I apologise, Philippe. I was unaware it was an honest mistake, and remember being rather hacked off myself when Godwin tried to state as fact that I wanted to deny the WMF the ability to fundraise. [[User:Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">'''Blood Red Sandman'''</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Talk)</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Contribs)</font>]]</sup> 22:17, 11 November 2010 (UTC) ::::I'm not sure what the issue was, but for some reason, the gadget earlier was affecting me, without it selected. It seems to now be working appropriately, in which case I (of course) withdraw my objection as well. I apologize for my tone above, obviously I was unhappy to have them disabled globally, but I have NO objection to them being disabled on a user-opt-in basis. Thanks! [[User:Philippe (WMF)|Philippe (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Philippe (WMF)|talk]]) 22:38, 11 November 2010 (UTC) * '''''You should have known this discussion would bring me out the woodwork'''''. I quit ComCom before an effective "posse" was rounded up to throw me out. What, ''exactly'' is wrong with a 'gadget' for real contributors (as in content) to avoid the appeals? : I recall last year all-too-well. It was a shameless insult to every project ''other than Wikipedia''. Part of the measures I instituted after that debacle is that there is a "please donate" link on the main page of ''Wikinews'' 365 days a year. It is a shameful, and groundless, accusation to insinuate that sister projects object to fundraising. We are '''ALL''' painfully aware how important it is; we all know full-well that Wikipedia is what will tug most at the heart strings. : Provision of a gadget for those who are wiki-savvy to opt out is trivial. You're ''forcing'' unwanted advertising on people who've probably "donated" hundreds, if not thousands, of hours to project content. : Jeez, Phillipe! Have a sense of perspective! If the WMF decides to arbitrarily remove 'opt-out' gadgets, then they're taking an ''editorial'' interest in the projects. I, implicitly, trust Bawolff not to make fundraiser opt-out trivially easy. On the other hand, I assume that whatever cookie counters the WMF uses will be, repeatedly, reset. So, for those who've made a donation, and dismissed the appeal, they will be subjected to it repeatedly - ''unless a permanent opt-out option is available''. : I appreciate the work you're trying to do, I respect the importance of the fundraiser, but I am strongly inclined to say you are not showing appropriate respect to dedicated project contributors. : So, perhaps best to step back from this, no? --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 23:25, 11 November 2010 (UTC) ::Brian, not a thing is wrong with it. Which is what I said, just above this :) "...but I have NO objection to them being disabled on a user-opt-in basis." [[User:Philippe (WMF)|Philippe (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Philippe (WMF)|talk]]) 18:26, 12 November 2010 (UTC) ::: The instant the fundraiser launches... I stop by IRC to see if the yearly revolt had started. Fun time, fun times. --[[User:ShakataGaNai|<span style="color:#8B0000">'''S'''hakata'''</span><span style="color:#006400">G'''a</span><span style="color:#00008B">'''N'''ai</span>]] <sup>[[User Talk:ShakataGaNai|^_^]]</sup> 19:20, 12 November 2010 (UTC) ------ Sorry for the confusion folks. As an aside, I think my edit summary [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikinews/en/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition&curid=87725&diff=1127023&oldid=1059447 here] was quite appropriate... [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 03:40, 12 November 2010 (UTC) === Resolved? === Well, it seems ''better'' than last year - so far. Text-only 'banner', ''great''. It might be better if it said "an appeal from Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, and the Wikimedia Foundation '''which helps Wikinews keep afloat'''." --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 20:13, 12 November 2010 (UTC) == [[Guyanese shadow finance minister Winston Murray dies aged 69]] == EPR failed to sight [{{fullurl:Guyanese shadow finance minister Winston Murray dies aged 69|action=historysubmit&diff=1133774&oldid=1133765}} this]. This time it did give an error message: :A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: Error: Error: 500Internal Server Error <235:https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikinews/en/w/index.php?title=User%3ABawolff%2Fmwapilib.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&scrver=7> browser=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 Firefox/3.6.12 (Actually, IIRC it failed to sight when I published something the other day, and ''didn't'' give any error message. I forget why I didn't mention that one to you at the time...) --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:59, 24 November 2010 (UTC) :Adding to Pi zero's error, this article [[Korean_Peninsula_on_the_'brink_of_war':_DPRK]] didn't sight upon review. EzPR threw an error, but I didn't copy it before I clicked away. Probably the same as Pi zero's. Thanks:). I'm going to review Deigo's water treatment plant article now. I'll leave you another note saying whether or not it auto-reviewed upon publish. (All Spanish sources. *sigh* This is going to take me forever to copycheck. My Spanish sucks.). [[User:Gopher65|Gopher65]]<sub><small>[[User_talk:Gopher65|<font color="green">talk</font>]]</small></sub> 02:19, 25 November 2010 (UTC) ::I got a similar error, but with MakeLead... (thanks Gopher by the way!) [[User:Diego Grez|Diego Grez]] <sup>[[User talk:Diego Grez|return fire]]</sup> 02:26, 25 November 2010 (UTC) :::I just got the same error with diego's article. [[User:Gopher65|Gopher65]]<sub><small>[[User_talk:Gopher65|<font color="green">talk</font>]]</small></sub> 03:32, 25 November 2010 (UTC) === [[29 presumed dead after second explosion at New Zealand mine]] === Didn't sight. The time sequence was &mdash;as last time&mdash; that the MakeLead button was visible for maybe a second or so, and ''then'' it put up the error message :A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: notarget: Cannot find a flagged revision with the specified ID. <241:https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikinews/en/w/index.php?title=User%3ABawolff%2Fmwapilib.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&scrver=7> browser=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 Firefox/3.6.12 --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 17:21, 25 November 2010 (UTC) ::[[bugzilla:26110]]. (I saw this on bugzilla, and thought, oh this is going to be fun). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:30, 25 November 2010 (UTC) :::Devs say it should be fixed now. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 11:33, 26 November 2010 (UTC) == {{tl|Ticker}} == Hi, Bawolff. I'm sysop on the recently created eo.wikinews. I was trying to import your {{tl|ticker}} template to there, but I was not able to do that. I copied the template ([[:eo:Ŝablono:Ticker]]) and the .js page ([[:eo:MediaWiki:Ticker2.js]]). Then, I've made these edits: [http://eo.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Ticker2.js&diff=prev&oldid=2388] and [http://eo.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Cablono%3ATicker&action=historysubmit&diff=2385&oldid=2267], to point the right Esperanto URL and category for published articles. But, [[:eo:Uzanto:Castelobranco/Provejo|it didn't work]]. I don't knot what is the problem, maybe is missing other .js or something in our .css. Can you help me to handle with that? Did I forget something? Thanks in advance, [[User:Castelobranco|<font color="#778899" face="Verdana" size="2">CasteloBranco</font>]]<sup>[[User talk:Castelobranco|<font color="#00008b">msg</font>]]</sup> 10:08, 30 November 2010 (UTC) :Yeah, you also need some stuff from [[mediawiki:Common.css]] and [[mediawiki:Common.js]]. Specificly: Add to [[:eo:mediawiki:Common.css]]: <source lang="css"> /*Ticker2 (animated ticker)*/ ul.actualTicker li {list-style-type:none; list-style-image:none;}/*mostly for IE*/ ul.actualTicker li {display:inline;} ul.actualTicker span.tickerIntroduction {font-weight:bold;padding-right:0.5em;} div.isATicker, div#singleTickerForPage {display:none;} </source> Add to [[:eo:mediawiki:Common.js]] <source lang="javascript"> addOnloadHook(function () {if ((window.disable_ticker2 !== true) && (document.getElementById("singleTickerForPage") || document.getElementById('enableTickers'))) importScript("MediaWiki:ticker2.js");}); </source> If it still doesn't work after adding that, let me know. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 23:51, 30 November 2010 (UTC) ::It works, now, Bawolff, thank you very much! Nice job =) [[User:Castelobranco|<font color="#778899" face="Verdana" size="2">CasteloBranco</font>]]<sup>[[User talk:Castelobranco|<font color="#00008b">msg</font>]]</sup> 00:58, 1 December 2010 (UTC) :::No problem. I should really write this all down on a page somewhere. Its a common question. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 02:52, 1 December 2010 (UTC) == MakeLead improvements, tweaks == I know you're pretty busy but, can you at some point expand MakeLead to highlight articles that have pending changes when it's run? Just of those someone might choose to update onto a lead. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 10:25, 30 November 2010 (UTC) == [[Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner dies aged 87]] == EPR failed to sight ([{{fullurl:Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner dies aged 87|action=historysubmit&diff=1137958&oldid=1137951}}]). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:21, 1 December 2010 (UTC) :ok. No error messages? [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:24, 1 December 2010 (UTC) ::Brian McNeil published, so I wouldn't know (though I ''imagine'' if there'd been an error message, you'd have heard from Brian directly). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 20:48, 1 December 2010 (UTC) :Also failed to sight: [{{fullurl:Pentagon 'don't ask don't tell' poll shows support for repeal|action=historysubmit&diff=1138804&oldid=1138801}}]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 19:59, 3 December 2010 (UTC) ::I just got a fail to sight message on the [[British government scrap planned rules on pay equality]] article. The error message said: "Sight error code: 4." '''[[User:Dendodge|<em style="color:blue">Δεν</em><em style="color:red">δοδγε</em>]]''' <sub>[[User talk:Dendodge|τ]]</sub>\<sup>[[Special:Contributions/Dendodge|c]]</sup> 12:10, 4 December 2010 (UTC) :::ok, now i really don't know whats going on, as easy peer review actually worked correctly: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikinews/en/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=review&user=&page=British+government+scrap+planned+rules+on+pay+equality&year=&month=-1&tagfilter= [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 21:29, 4 December 2010 (UTC) ::::new theory. Success message appears before it actually sights the said article (that in itself is a wtf, how can something not done yet be successful), and then people navigate away from the page before the sight this page part goes through. I changed it so success message shouldn't appear so early. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 21:42, 4 December 2010 (UTC) :::::I had a pop-up appear informing me of sight error 4. Surely I wouldn't get a popup if I had navigated away too early? '''[[User:Dendodge|<em style="color:green">Δεν</em><em style="color:red">δοδγε</em>]]''' <sub>[[User talk:Dendodge|Tinsel]]</sub>\<sup>[[Special:Contributions/Dendodge|Christmas!]]</sup> 22:19, 4 December 2010 (UTC) ::::::No, I think earlier people had such issues. In your case you got the error 4, but the sight actually went through. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 21:09, 5 December 2010 (UTC) == [[Leaked cables cause Australian concern]] == Apparently, EPR didn't edit the article at all. The talk page edit went through, which is how I verified there'd been a legitimate pass. [{{fullurl:Talk:Leaked cables cause Australian concern|action=historysubmit&diff=1142819&oldid=1142737}}]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 16:13, 10 December 2010 (UTC) :I've been experiencing some weird javascript errors this morning (I had DragonFire confirm that it wasn't just me). I think it's just a mediawiki issue. Amgine said they were pushing out an update to something or other this morning, so maybe that caused some problems. [[User:Gopher65|Gopher65]]<sub><small>[[User_talk:Gopher65|<font color="green">talk</font>]]</small></sub> 16:19, 10 December 2010 (UTC) ::Hmm. Most of the stuff in [http://wikitech.wikimedia.org/view/Server_admin_log] seem to be fundraiser related, but there is some mention of changing some flagged revs config. Are the issues still happening? [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 19:34, 10 December 2010 (UTC) :::I don't think so. Some javascript controlled things weren't working on Wikinews this morning for an hour or two (like EzPR, and the edittools bar below the edit box). At about 9am CST it cleared up. I haven't heard anyone mention any problems since then. [[User:Gopher65|Gopher65]]<sub><small>[[User_talk:Gopher65|<font color="green">talk</font>]]</small></sub> 02:59, 11 December 2010 (UTC) == Weirdness == Do you see the following?: *I click on this page: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Comments:Wolfsburg_player_draws_criticism_for_withdrawal_from_squad *It shows three tabs. The article tab, the Discussion tab, and the Opinions tab. All three are blue. *Click on the Discussion tab. Wikipedia like "there is no page here" message shows up. *Notice that blue Discussions tab has disappeared, and been replaced with a red Wikinews style "Collaboration" tab. *Click the red Collaboration tab. The (empty) Wikipedia-styled discussion page disappears, and is replaced with a Wikinews-styled (empty) Collaboration page, complete with the normal javascriptted warnings about page creation. Do you see that, or is it just me? And is that normal, or is that some weirdness just on that page? [[User:Gopher65|Gopher65]]<sub><small>[[User_talk:Gopher65|<font color="green">talk</font>]]</small></sub> 23:07, 15 December 2010 (UTC) :Yeah. I think the reasoning was that in general people aren't going to be on an opinions page if the talk page doesn't exist (due to the review template), so the check to see if the talk page exists isn't done. (aka whomever wrote the script was lazy). It says discussion instead of collaboration presumably because the script was written before we changed discussion to collaboration. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 04:40, 16 December 2010 (UTC) ::As a nitpick, the talk link links to [[talk:Wolfsburg player draws criticism for withdrawal from squad]], where, ideally, it should link to [[Talk:Wolfsburg player draws criticism for withdrawal from squad|'''T'''alk:Wolfsburg player draws criticism for withdrawal from squad]]. Just to give you a bit more work [[File:Emoticon wink.png]]! — '''[[User:Microchip08|μ]]''' <small>12:14, December 16 2010 (UTC)</small> :::To be fair, The first letter of the namespace names are case insensitive. Changed to capital (its still encoding the spaces in a non-canonical way if you want to be really nitpicky). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 16:31, 16 December 2010 (UTC) ::::Well, at least it says collaboration now:). Thanks. [[User:Gopher65|Gopher65]]<sub><small>[[User_talk:Gopher65|<font color="green">talk</font>]]</small></sub> 12:40, 20 December 2010 (UTC) == Merry Christmas! == <div style="position: relative; height: 1%;"> <div style="position: relative; margin: 0 -1em; padding: 0; background-color: transparent; border: none; height: 1%;"> <div style="position: relative; margin: 0 auto; width: 600px; border: none; height: 1%;"> <div style="position: relative; overflow: hidden; height: 350px;"><!-- Height of the main image --> <div style="position: relative; overflow: hidden; margin: 1000; margin-top:-235px;">[[File:Galerie Lafayette Haussmann Dome.jpg|600px]] <div style="overflow:hidden; position:absolute; border:1em solid white; -moz-border-radius:20px; -webkit-border-radius:20px; border-radius:20px; margin-top:-520px; margin-left:-0.5em; background-color:transparent; width:588px; height:346px; background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(right, #B17D44, transparent); background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, right top, left top, from#B17D44), to(transparent));"><div style="overflow:hidden; position:absolute; border:0.25em ridge black; -moz-border-radius:7px; -webkit-border-radius:7px; border-radius:7px; background-color:transparent; width:582px; height:340px;"></div></div> <div style="position: absolute; top: 0; width: 99%; height: 100%;"> <div style="margin: 1em; font-size: 100%;"> </div> <div style="position: absolute; right:2em; top:20em; z-index:10; width:700px; border:none; padding:0.5em 1em 2em -1em; background-color:none; text-align:right; v-align:center;"> <span style="font-family:sans serif; color:white; font-size:180%; line-height:1.1em;">'''''[[:File:Galerie Lafayette Haussmann Dome.jpg|<span style="color:white;">May your family have<br />a joyous holiday season<br />and a new year blessed<br />with hope and happiness.</span>]]'''''</span></div> <div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div> <div style="right: 1em; top: 1em; z-index: 10; width: 96.9%; border: none; padding: 0.75em 1em; background: transparent; text-align: left;"> <div class="NavFrame collapsed" style="border:none;padding:0;"> <div class="NavHead" style="font-size:105%; background:transparent;" align="left">Merry [[w:Christmas|Christmas]] and Happy New Year!</div> <div class="NavContent" style="font-size:105%; text-align:left;"> {| style="background:transparent;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |- valign="top" |style="width:50%;"| <div style="border-left:3px solid black; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px; margin-top:5px; text-align:justify;"> <poem> <span style="font-size:110%;"><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">'''[[wikisource:Our American Holidays - Christmas/The Ceremonies for Christmas Day|The Ceremonies for Christmas<br />Day]]'''</span> (''[[w:Robert Herrick (poet)|Robert Herrick]]'')</span> Kindle the Christmas brand, and then Till sunset let it burn; Which quench'd, then lay it up again Till Christmas next return. Part must be kept wherewith to teend The Christmas log next year, And where 'tis safely kept, the fiend Can do no mischief there. </poem> </div> |style="width:1.25em;"| |style="width:50%;"| <div style="border-right:3px solid black; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px; margin-top:5px; text-align:justify;"> [[File:Snowflake 01.svg|55px|center|link=]] <center><hr width="75%;" style="margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:11px;" /></center> If you don't celebrate Christmas&nbsp;... Happy (belated) [[w:Hanukkah|Hanukkah]]! Happy [[w:Eid al-Adha|Eid al-Adha]]! Happy [[w:Kwanzaa|Kwanzaa]]! And of course, Happy [[w:Festivus|Festivus]]! May this holiday season bring you the music of laughter, the warmth of friendship, and the steadying hand of love.&nbsp;☃</div> |style="width:1.25em;"| |}</div> </div> '''<span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;">—[[User talk:Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">fetch</span>]]·[[Special:Contributions/Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">comms</span>]]</span>''' 22:55, 19 December 2010 (UTC) </div></div></div> == EPR weirdness == [http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Former_Congressman_Tom_Delay_sentenced_to_three_years_in_prison&action=history This.] I only clicked the button once... — '''[[User:Microchip08|μ]]''' <small>12:00, 11 January 2011 (UTC)</small> :Maybe easy peer review really hated that article. I have no idea what caused that, the code doesn't have any error handling that retries upon failure. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 01:12, 13 January 2011 (UTC) == Changing username == Hi, sorry to be a pain but if you have a free moment do you think you could check [[Wikinews:Changing_username#Tmorton166_.E2.86.92_ErrantX]], much appreciated (I just grabbed your name as crat who had been active on that page before) --[[User:ErrantX|ErrantX]] ([[User talk:ErrantX|talk]]) 14:41, 17 January 2011 (UTC) :Thanks a bunch! --[[User:ErrantX|Errant]] ([[User talk:ErrantX|talk]]) 10:09, 18 January 2011 (UTC) == A Thought == I wish [[User:Neutralizer|Neutralizer]] was still around; I'm sure he'd get a kick out off all this Wikileaks stuff happening recently. [[Special:Contributions/24.229.102.138|24.229.102.138]] ([[User talk:24.229.102.138|talk]]) :[[User:IGNORANCE=STENGTH|Nice try.]] — '''[[User:Microchip08|μ]]''' <small>10:33, 18 January 2011 (UTC)</small> ::yes, he probably would. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 16:24, 18 January 2011 (UTC) == Re: wikilink2 in #wikinews == Good (morning/afternoon/evening/delete whichever not applicable) :) I'm just leaving a note to let you know that around 01:03GMT this morning, Your bot, Wikilink2, caught signal 15 (SIGTERM) and exited the channel. I would assume from my knowledge of linux that it was probably a reboot or powerdown which did it, but Wikilink2 never came back to the channel. Could you please take a look at your earliest convenience and try and wake him up again please? :) Thanks, [[User:BarkingFish|BarkingFish]] ([[User talk:BarkingFish|talk]]) 01:59, 3 January 2011 (UTC) :Yeah, it needs to be restarted manually. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 11:40, 5 January 2011 (UTC) ::Hey there, it would appear that Wikilink2 has gone down again. Regards, — '''[[User:Microchip08|μ]]''' <small>22:13, 24 January 2011 (UTC)</small> == Special:Export question... == Hi, I need to fetch the namespace (ns) property of a page (e.g. 0 for articles, 1 for talk pages, 2 for user pages, 3 for user talk pages and so on, see also [http://en.wikinews.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Burma_introduces_military_draft&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment|content this example]) in order to separate "conventional" articles from the rest; unfortunately, [[Special:Export]] does not include said number into its XML output. Since I (ideally) don't want to execute two different queries for the same article, do you know by chance if the XML export assembled by [[Special:Export]] can also be reconstructed by using the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API api.php] module? Cheers,[[User:Soccer-holic|Soccer-holic]] ([[User talk:Soccer-holic|talk]]) 12:39, 13 January 2011 (UTC) :Special export kind of gives you the information, as it gives the full title, with (written) namespace, and at the beginning of the output, it gives what id all the various namespace prefixes are. If you have a specific api query, you can export the results of that query using the export and exportnowrap parameters. For example https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikinews/en/w/api.php?action=query&generator=allpages&gaplimit=4&gapfrom=T&prop=info&export&exportnowrap ::Thanks, your hint definitely gave me a push into the right direction. In the meantime (and after painfully realizing that the API's default output format is not XML – lost three days with that alone *grmbl*), the automated category determination works like a charme. Next up: Adding code for the various semantic enrichment tools. Thanks again! --[[User:Soccer-holic|Soccer-holic]] ([[User talk:Soccer-holic|talk]]) 12:48, 20 January 2011 (UTC) == Weird error == I clicked on a not-yet-created LQT comments page by accident when meaning to click on the talk page link. I got a popup with <pre> ASSERT: Giving up waiting for the tab closing animation to finish (bug 608589) Stack Trace: 0:([object XULElement],[object XULElement],1) </pre> Is this supposed to be happening? [[bugzilla:608589]] doesn't exist, it seems. '''<span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;">—[[User talk:Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">fetch</span>]]·[[Special:Contributions/Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">comms</span>]]</span>''' 16:33, 25 January 2011 (UTC) :It's a firefox issue. See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=608589 [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 19:16, 27 January 2011 (UTC) == NewsWire in IRC == Hey Bawolff. NewsWire seems to be posting up review alerts of articles that have already been published. If you could please have a look or something, that would be great. :) Have a nice day, [[User:Yurtletturtle|'''~YTT''']] <sup>[[User talk:Yurtletturtle|T]] | [[Special:Contributions/Yurtletturtle|C]] </sup> 22:59, 27 January 2011 (UTC) :There was an issue earlier where the toolserver had a high replication lag for wikinews. I think it was fixed. The feed can be disabled by typing Newswire: feed pause review [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:21, 28 January 2011 (UTC) == Request == ==Request== You seem to be active at the moment. Could you review [[Wikinews interviews Jim Hedges, U.S. Prohibition Party presidential candidate]], I've been waiting for this for a while now. Thanks.--[[User:William S. Saturn|William S. Saturn]] ([[User talk:William S. Saturn|talk]]) 18:37, 28 January 2011 (UTC) :Sorry, can't at the moment. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:41, 28 January 2011 (UTC) == Pernickety EasyPeerReview suggestions == <!-- [[User:DoNotArchiveUntil]] 06:12, 1 January 2012 --> Hey there. Could I be very annoying and ask for two tweaks to the EasyPeerReview system? One is minor: could you add a space between the tick/cross and the confirmation message at the end of every (un)successful review? [[File:Emoticon tongue.png|link=]] Secondly, is it possible to refresh the page before displaying the message: so that the final "product" is shown straight away instead of having to hit F5 to make sure that what happened was meant to happen? Regards, — '''[[User:Microchip08|μ]]''' <small>23:08, June 1 2010 (UTC)</small> bumping so the stupid bot doesn't archive. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 06:12, 5 February 2011 (UTC) == Speculation on EPR upgrade == I've been meaning to ask whether you think it would be feasible to set up EPR so that it has a second check (akin to the one about reading the talk page) to see whether the revision being reviewed is the most recent revision. Of course one wouldn't want to ''prevent'' review of a less-than-most-recent revision, but one might require opening a diff in a separate window. There was an incident the other day where two reviewers both reviewed the same revision, and the first one failed it while the second one ''passed'' it &mdash; which is really bad form. A warning to the second reviewer sure would have been helpful. Less damaging, but still annoying, on two recent-ish occasions I've been one of two reviewers to both fail an article (one just now, reminding me that I meant to ask you about this). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 19:49, 24 January 2011 (UTC) :Hmm, well its supposed to give a warning if there is an edit conflict, so it should theoretically already do that. (I'm not sure how well that warning works though). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 19:17, 27 January 2011 (UTC) ::I seem to recall once failing an article at the same time Pi zero did. There wasn't an edit conflict because the only thing that happened was ''insert {{tl|tasks}}'' and add a section on the talk page for the Peer Reviewed template. [[User:Gopher65|Gopher65]]<sub><small>[[User_talk:Gopher65|<font color="green">talk</font>]]</small></sub> 15:13, 1 February 2011 (UTC) :::What about adding a link that, if clicked, plonks an {{tlx|inuse}} template (or rather, a new 'review in progress' template) at the top of the article? With (if it's possible), perhaps a timer that'll revert itself if the reviewer doesn't click the link every five minutes or so? — '''[[User:Microchip08|μ]]''' <small>15:53, 1 February 2011 (UTC)</small> :::: The idea I'd floated &mdash;originally because it seems simple enough to be highly robust, but I also hope it wouldn't give any impression of time pressure during the review&mdash; was a gizmo similar to the check-talk-page business already in place, but opening a ''diff'' in a separate window. EPR wouldn't even have to determine whether or not there has been any change: just always present the check-box/open-separate-window combination, and if the diff shows no change, that's fine. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 17:38, 1 February 2011 (UTC) == Template want == [[wikt:Template:PL:pedia]] <- small inline link to wikipedia. We got something like that? - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <sup>[[wikt:User talk:Amgine|t]]</sup></span> 20:39, 28 January 2011 (UTC) :Pipe trick? <nowiki>[[w:Foo|]]</nowiki> turns into <nowiki>[[w:Foo|Foo]]</nowiki> automatically on save. Or do you mean the cutesy icon? [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 20:44, 28 January 2011 (UTC) :: Would like the full range of sister projects available as a cutesy pipe trick with logo, yes. I think the full suite of templates is called "projectlink" or some such. <nowiki>{{pl|project|title|[lang=fr]}}</nowiki>- <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <sup>[[wikt:User talk:Amgine|t]]</sup></span> 23:40, 28 January 2011 (UTC) :::Appearently, {{tl|W article}} which i just found out about. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 20:36, 29 January 2011 (UTC) == Gadget idea == Would it be worth, perhaps, to check all links to Wikipedia in a page to see if a local version exists? (Also, [[User:Microchip08/gadget-link.css]] borrowed from ptwikinews, would be nice as a gadget ;D) — '''[[User:Microchip08|μ]]''' <small>19:34, 29 January 2011 (UTC)</small> : Such a gadget would presumably set up a proposed edit, for the operator to examine and perhaps manually customize. : I've long been mulling over whether to propose a rather lower-tech device: a template {{tlx|w|...}} (superseding the rather useless existing template of that name) that would check for a local link, and link to Wikipedia otherwise &mdash; and put the page into one of two hidden categories depending on which it did. That way, when starting a new category, one could hold off creating a mainspace redirect to it until it was reasonably well populated, and then switch all the text links over to it at once. One might also want a variant {{tlx|wikt|...}}. : We wouldn't want to recommend {{tl|w}} for use by ordinary users; too difficult, not the wiki way. But I wonder if it might be useful for your gadget to use a local link if available, and otherwise use {{tl|w}}. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 20:01, 29 January 2011 (UTC) ::I was thinking perhaps simply changing the formatting of the links; for example [[w:Paula Radcliffe|Paula Radcliffe]] &rarr; <span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted purple;">[[w:Paula Radcliffe|Paula Radcliffe]]</span>, as a simple cue to reviewers that one can change the link if desired. Another vaguely hi-tech idea would be to make a TS tool the equivalent of [{Special:WhatLinksHere]] (but cross-project). — '''[[User:Microchip08|μ]]''' <small>20:10, 29 January 2011 (UTC)</small> ::For Pi zero's idea. Do-able, but it would be limited to 100 such links on a page (due to expensive parser function limit). Personally I think we should just link to Wikipedia if we want to link to Wikipedia, link to ourselves we want that, and not change the article after its published. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 20:27, 29 January 2011 (UTC) ::: (100, huh. I thought it was 50, back when I was learning templates.) ::: Even if it were possible for a Wikinews article to have 100 (or 50&nbsp;:-) links in the text without being overlinked, it surely wouldn't be possible if we weren't so hideously under-categorized; the purpose of the hidden categories is that once the link becomes local, the template should be replaced with a hard local wikilink (and before, when the link is non-local, that hidden category facilitates finding candidates for new categories). One might want to limit the use of {{tl|w}} to archived articles, to avoid confusing lay contributors with it. ::: I can't agree about not fixing non-local links after publication. Non-local links are a compelling (more so because largely subliminal) reason we appear to outsiders to be an organ of Wikipedia; in an independent project, wikilinks in the text of the main articles are to the same project. We have to be able to migrate in that direction. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 21:24, 29 January 2011 (UTC) ::::Hmm, I just checked, the limit is actually 500. Well the idea is certainly do-able. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 21:37, 29 January 2011 (UTC) :::::[[mw:Manual:$wgExpensiveParserFunctionLimit]] says the default is 99. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 20:34, 30 January 2011 (UTC) ::::::We're not using the default. The limit is listed in the html source of every page. See http://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=CommonSettings.php for where its set. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 20:38, 30 January 2011 (UTC) == fix the document.write's in wikinews js == [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 05:21, 1 February 2011 (UTC) {{done}} == make ezpr consider edit conflicts to start from page load, not review time. == [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 21:00, 4 February 2011 (UTC) == Talkback == {{talkback|User_talk:BarkingFish#noindex_on_WC|BarkingFish's talk page}} [[User:BarkingFish|BarkingFish]] ([[User talk:BarkingFish|talk]]) 23:52, 7 February 2011 (UTC) == Feedburner RSS feed shows no titles == Hi. For some time (a few days?), there have been no article titles in the RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/WikinewsLatestNews --[[User:AVRS|AVRS]] ([[User talk:AVRS|talk]]) 19:07, 12 February 2011 (UTC) :I don't actually maintain the Feedburner feed, but I'll look into it. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:38, 12 February 2011 (UTC) ::caused by [[rev:76127]]. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 00:13, 13 February 2011 (UTC) == PeerReview Problem on Persian Wikinews == Hi, i got some error : Details: TypeError: elm is undefined <744:http://fa.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Mediawiki%3Amwapilib.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s> browser=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 Firefox/3.6.12 Thanks [[:fa:کاربر:Mjbmr|<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Mjbmr</span>]] <sup>[[:fa:بحث کاربر:mjbmr|<span style="color:red">Talk</span>]]</sup> 12:36, 17 February 2011 (UTC) :Which page were you reviewing? — '''[[User:Microchip08|μ]]''' <small>12:51, 17 February 2011 (UTC)</small> ::an article, always in all articles [[:fa:کاربر:Mjbmr|<span style="text-shadow:grey 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; class=texhtml">Mjbmr</span>]] <sup>[[:fa:بحث کاربر:mjbmr|<span style="color:red">Talk</span>]]</sup> 12:56, 17 February 2011 (UTC) == Updating CSS for Htab Box == Coming back after a few years gone, I was curious as to what happened with [[Template:Htab-box|Htab Box]] ([[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals/Archive/18#Changing_vertical_CountryTemplates_to_Horizontal|Discussion)]], I remember one of the issues was that the boxes didn't look so nice in Internet Explorer and Opera. Now that CSS-3 is here, and all modern browsers support rounded box corners, could we update this? :-) -- [[User:Kamnet|kamnet]] ([[User talk:Kamnet|talk]]) 09:30, 21 February 2011 (UTC) :If you're willing to do the updates :P. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 21:41, 28 February 2011 (UTC) == DPL and CSS help == Hai! What's the nofollow for a DPL? And, what's wrong with the CSS for my test subpage? If I can fix these points, I can fix a lot of the review/GNews crud. I may need help getting EzPR tweaked later. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 12:02, 10 March 2011 (UTC) :You can set a nofollow=true option, and google won't follow the links (See [[mw:extension:DynamicPageList (Wikimedia)]] for the list of all options). Which user page is this? [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:29, 11 March 2011 (UTC) ::I think I found it. id's have to be unique within a page, don't use them for that sort of thing, instead use classes. The class attribute is a space seperated list of class names so you can have as many as you want. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 19:02, 11 March 2011 (UTC) ::* My CSS-fu is weak. What I want is a replacement for {{tl|Main headlines}} that goes back to the per-day style, listing reviewed articles so GNews grabs them, and self-published with nofollow, and only the last couple days, but ''with the suspect stuff coloured differently''. The idea is to keep peer review but lower the bar to a front page listing. Meet Amgine's demands without losing the credibility when stuff goes to GNews. Any ideas on alternate publish templates welcome. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 00:04, 12 March 2011 (UTC) :::Ok, what you want is a rule like <code>.MainPage_latest_news_unchecked a { color: green }</code> (or whatever colour). From a usability prespective though, I'm not sure how this is going to work. How would the end user know the green (or whatever colour) is the non-reviewed ones. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 00:51, 12 March 2011 (UTC) :::* Will worry about that later. But, is there a wikicode way to tell if a page is reviewed? --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 09:08, 12 March 2011 (UTC) * I've moved this test/concept to {{tl|Main stories}}. Can you help sort out some of the tech issues around CSS and so on? Would also value your input on workflow (which I'm just going to add to the talk). --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 14:38, 13 March 2011 (UTC) == Baking cookies now == Will need an address at some point... - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <span style="position: relative; top: -0.5em; font-size: 80%;">[[User talk:Amgine|t]]</span></span> 22:44, 14 March 2011 (UTC) :lol, I didn't think you were actually serious about that. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 23:21, 14 March 2011 (UTC) :: Serious enough... gives me motivation to send cookies to the kid as well. btw: does [http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/GoogleNewsSitemap/GoogleNewsSitemap.i18n.php?&pathrev=83968&r1=83967&r2=83968 this] accidentally remove 'googlenewssitemap_badfeedobject' from en, or is that my imagination? - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <span style="position: relative; top: -0.5em; font-size: 80%;">[[User talk:Amgine|t]]</span></span> 05:28, 15 March 2011 (UTC) :::No, that was intentional. I changed it to just die with an exception instead, since that error can only happen if its configured very very incorrectly (If the default category page name specified in LocalSettings contains a character like <nowiki>[</nowiki> that isn't allowed in page titles) so there's not much point translating the message, since the user could never cause it. p.s. I'm emailing you my address. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 15:33, 15 March 2011 (UTC) :::: Huh. Well, its been translated further down in that translation wiki revision. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <span style="position: relative; top: -0.5em; font-size: 80%;">[[User talk:Amgine|t]]</span></span> 15:40, 15 March 2011 (UTC) :::::The [[mw:I18n#Removing_existing_messages|docs]] say only to remove from English (At least for core messages. I assume that applies to extension messages to). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 15:43, 15 March 2011 (UTC) == Thanks == Thank you! --[[Special:Contributions/74.34.142.85|74.34.142.85]] ([[User talk:74.34.142.85|talk]]) 02:12, 28 March 2011 (UTC) == "the million and one threads on the topic" on talk pages == "the million and one threads on the topic" on talk pages. Really! And talk page discussions are considered community discussions with impact? I wasn't aware of that. Two people exchanged comments, "the million and one threads on the topic" and that's it? Resolved? Sarcasm noted. It doesn't seem that you are concerned about attracting and retaining contributors at wikinews. [[User:Mattisse|Mattisse]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|talk]]) 00:28, 30 March 2011 (UTC) :The comment was not meant to be sarcastic (hyperbole maybe?). It was a serious note meant to help you find what BarkingFish was referring to. It was not meant to say that the issue was resolved. On the contrary discussion seems to be ongoing. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 00:39, 30 March 2011 (UTC) == Meeting in 'under an hour'? == That's really going to give people an opportunity to plan to attend. Out on the mailing list, what? Yesterday? I know, not your fault, not you that lacks any patience whatsoever, but still... You have to agree it is daft to assume this might work when n00bs don't get a chance to find out and no agenda is on the table. Nor are established contributors allowed to plan how to explain the arrival at current policy. It might well not be an attempt to provoke conflict intentionally, but the shortsightedness will likely make it so. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / <sup>[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]</sup> 20:31, 30 March 2011 (UTC) :I'm somewhat leery of lack of an agenda. In my limited experience, IRC meetings that don't have clearly defined agendas tend not to work. But on the other hand maybe it might, who knows. At the very least I doubt its going to cause any new problems (at most it will only bring to the surface problems that already exist). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 20:38, 30 March 2011 (UTC) == Tamil wikinews == Hi Bawolff, currently we're using the following service to feed the news via the feedburner: http://toolserver.org/~mjbmr/rss/rss.php?title=Tamilwikinews&lang=ta&family=wikinews&cat=Published&lim=10&ns=0 But it's not working any more. It is greatly appreciated, if you can suggest any other services that can be used to feed the news? Thank you.--[[User:Kanags|Kanags]] ([[User talk:Kanags|talk]]) 11:04, 10 April 2011 (UTC) :Hi, I've modified my feed to the following: http://toolserver.org/~bawolff/rss.php?title=Tamil+Wikinews&domain=tawikinews&cat=Published&lim=10&ns=0 Any suggestions?--[[User:Kanags|Kanags]] ([[User talk:Kanags|talk]]) 12:11, 10 April 2011 (UTC) ::The http://toolserver.org/~bawolff/rss.php?title=Tamil+Wikinews&domain=tawikinews&cat=Published&lim=10&ns=0 link should work fine. (or even something like http://toolserver.org/~bawolff/rss.php?title=%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF&domain=tawikinews&cat=Published&lim=10&ns=0 / whatever the translated version of Tamil Wikinews is). If you have any problems with it/ need any help, let me know. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 01:28, 11 April 2011 (UTC) == Technical question == How difficult would it be to implement the button on the develop template on enwiki, so that when clicked, it adds a template to the same page but does not remove the original template on which the button is located? '''<span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;">—[[User talk:Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">fetch</span>]]·[[Special:Contributions/Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">comms</span>]]</span>''' 14:31, 13 April 2011 (UTC) :On enwiki? Fairly easy if you're content on requiring users to add stuff to their user js. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:22, 13 April 2011 (UTC) ::I mean, for everyone, on Common.js—although, could you get me the necessary code so I can test it out personally, and figure out how to use different templates with it? '''<span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;">—[[User talk:Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">fetch</span>]]·[[Special:Contributions/Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">comms</span>]]</span>''' 03:33, 14 April 2011 (UTC) ::: <source lang="javascript"> addOnloadHook(function () { var changeDevelopToReviewButton = document.getElementById('develop_to_review_link'); if (changeDevelopToReviewButton) { try { //in a try since this makes some assumptions about the format of //the {{tl|develop}} template, which could change. importScriptURI('http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=user:Bawolff/mwapilib2.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript'); var button = document.createElement('button'); button.type = 'button'; button.appendChild(changeDevelopToReviewButton.firstChild.firstChild); changeDevelopToReviewButton.replaceChild(button, changeDevelopToReviewButton.firstChild); button.onclick = function () { if (this && this.firstChild && this.firstChild.data) this.firstChild.data = "Loading..."; api(wgPageName).getPage(). setDefaultSummary("Edit summary"). replace(/^/, "\{\{template to add}}\n"). savePage(). lift(function () { alert("The article is now listed as needing review."); location.reload(); }). exec(); } } catch (e) {} } }); </source> This will look for anything with the id ''develop_to_review_link'', and replace it with a button. I took out the bit that removed the original template. This probably doesn't meet enwikipedias js standards (mostly do to the (my) external library). If your intention is to have it enabled there, it'd probably need to be re-written using jQuery. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:37, 15 April 2011 (UTC) :Can you look at [[w:Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Alternative_solution|this]]? Someone is getting errors "Empty string passed to getElementById" and "api(wgPageName).getPage is not a function". '''<span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;">—[[User talk:Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">fetch</span>]]·[[Special:Contributions/Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">comms</span>]]</span>''' 02:07, 18 April 2011 (UTC) == Bug report == Behold! The strange, syntax-breaking [{{fullurl:Special:Undelete|&target=Comments%3AItalian+President+ends+visit+to+Ghana&timestamp=20110421154748}} linebreak] of doom! — '''[[User:Microchip08|μchip08]]''' <small>16:45, 21 April 2011 (UTC)</small> :lol, I suppose it should strip new lines before putting it in the header. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:10, 21 April 2011 (UTC) == I know how much we all love feature creep == Could you make EzPR do a check to see if Comments:<nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki> exists before publication (or, perhaps, even review in order to allow {{tl|delete}} tagging by non-admins in a timely manner) to prevent [[Comments:Apple's data is dirtiest, says Greenpeace]] from happening in future? <!-- if you are reading this you are in the edit screen and/or stalking my edits --> — '''[[User:Microchip08|μchip08]]''' <small>20:16, 24 April 2011 (UTC)</small> :At the moment it does check, and does nothing to it if it does exist (in comparison to potentially double adding the header). Is deleting pre-existing comments really the right thing to do? [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 19:28, 28 April 2011 (UTC) ::Well, at the moment we delete comments pages for unpublished articles precisely for this reason. [[User:Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">'''Blood Red Sandman'''</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Talk)</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Contribs)</font>]]</sup> 19:33, 28 April 2011 (UTC) == JS function == While reviewing a article, the funtion had a problem to occur, and now the review notices show "A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: Error: Error: 504Gateway Time-out <undefined:undefined> browser=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; .NET4.0C; BOIE9;ENUSSEM)." --[[::User:Nascar1996|'''<font color="black">Nascar</font><font color=" #1234aa">1996</font>''']]&nbsp;([[::User talk:Nascar1996|talk]] • [[::Special:Contributions/Nascar1996|contribs]]) 16:09, 28 April 2011 (UTC) == Just having a quick séance == Is there anybody there??? :) Just checking you're still with us, Bawolff! Not seen you for a few days, here or on IRC. If you're busy, we understand. Regards, [[User:BarkingFish|BarkingFish]] ([[User talk:BarkingFish|talk]]) 19:20, 28 April 2011 (UTC) :I'm Alive! Just without internet for a couple days :) [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 19:29, 28 April 2011 (UTC) == Review in monobook == I am not seeing the review tab come up to use easy peer review in monobook, can I do this? -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 11:36, 5 May 2011 (UTC) :Thats weird. It does come up for me when using monobook and viewing an article that is reviewable. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 20:13, 5 May 2011 (UTC) ::Okay, I shall try again at a later point in time, and get back to you. Thanks for the prompt response. Hope you are doing well, Bawolff. ;) Cheers, -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 20:15, 5 May 2011 (UTC) == I am soliciting your input please! == I am attempting a Dispute resolution at [[Wikinews:Dispute resolution/Brian McNeil and Mattisse]] and I am soliciting your input as to the problem. I urge you to give feedback. Soliciting input is the next step in the Dispute resolution process. Please do! I cannot copy edit or write articles until this is resolved. Regards, [[User:Mattisse|Mattisse]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|talk]]) 00:00, 6 May 2011 (UTC) :Spamming multiple users talk pages is generally frowned upon. Soliciting input is fine, but you should avoid bulk sending messages. As to your dispute with Brianmc, I've stopped paying attention to it as I'm tired of the drama (there's something to be said about picking your battles). However, from what I did previously read, As always, there's merit to both sides. Some of your complaints are legitimate, a large portion are not. Many things said to you, you seem to take them to mean something very different then what was actually said [Most people in my experience aren't very sympathetic when that happens]. I'd advise you to consider things from the other person's perspective. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 00:31, 6 May 2011 (UTC) ::I did not realize it was considered spamming, as I was following the directions on [[Wikinews:Dispute resolution]]: Step three - soliciting wider community input. ::Do you really think that I am a meatpuppet per Brian McNeil? "I am 90%+ confident this is the case, and appropriate diffs will prove such to the community's satisfaction. If I am forced to waste the time digging up such data, I will; those involved in such covert collaboration can rely on their imagination for the community's reaction to exposure of orchestrated disruption.[http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Brian_McNeil&diff=1227393&oldid=1227371] ::Do you really? I have worked so hard at writing articles (59 on my own) and improved innumerable others. I have really tried. I have no contacts or "friends" here, just a few I trust like Pi zero. This is so bizarre. Whatever I have done in the past, the unfortunate use of sockpuppets on wikipedia, even there I was never accused of being a meatpuppet or of vandalising, or of harassing others. My sockpuppets, wrongly I know, made good edits and never vandalized. I have never had an agenda. I am a writer and editor. I admit I may over react when attacked. And I do not understand the rules here. I am not a child as Brian McNeil seems to think but an educated professional, retired continuing with my consulting business. I have a Ph.D. and have practiced my profession for over 30 years: forensic psychology. To be treated like a child who doesn't know who the Wizard of Oz is - that is humiliating. Because I am not British, I should not be punished nor forced to use British expressions or watch a British tv show on Brian's demand. I don't like tv. I thought this site was open to other nationalities also. Sadly, no. With regrets, [[User:Mattisse|Mattisse]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|talk]]) 01:05, 6 May 2011 (UTC) ::P.S. Check my edits. I have only been here since February 20 so that is not such a big job. I don't know what Brian McNeil's agenda is; I am not up on his past history, so I don't know what he thinks I am trying to do. It is very confusing. No wonder editors do not stay here. It is very sad, because, having done a great deal of writing in my profession and been considered one of the best copy editors and writers at wikipedia, it is a shame I cannot contribute here. Best wishes, [[User:Mattisse|Mattisse]] ([[User talk:Mattisse|talk]]) 01:05, 6 May 2011 (UTC) ::::Just for the record, I do not dispute that you have many positive contributions. I also do not feel you are a meatpuppet. As in almost every dispute, both sides are somewhat in the wrong. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 01:16, 6 May 2011 (UTC) == Comments tab == Hey there Bawolff :) I see you voluntered in [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29018 bugzilla] to help es.wikinews get the very-sought-after comments tab. I dunno when you'll do it, but anyway: if you need help with any translations, just say the words. Oh, and do tell any admin once you've "finished" the code so we can add it to Common.js. By the way, which is the particular extension of liquidthreads that you guys use here in en? [[User:Jurock|Julián]] <sup>([[User Talk:Jurock|reply]])</sup> 11:42, 18 May 2011 (UTC) :Alright, what you need to do: #Copy over [[mediawiki:Comments.js]] to [[:es:Mediawiki:Comments.js]] ## There's a couple lines near the top that need translation. Ask me if you're unclear on what any of them should be. OpinionNS should be 100 instead of 102. (comments on en is namsepace 102, on es it is 100). # add the line <code>if (wgPageName !== 'Portada') importScript( 'Mediawiki:Comments.js' );</code> To [[:es:Mediawiki:Common.js]] # Add the following to [[:es:mediawiki:Common.css]]: <pre> /* hide the Comments_talk namespace */ body.ns-100 #ca-talk {display:none;} body.ns-101 #ca-edit {display:none;} body.ns-101 #ca-addsection {display:none;} body.ns-90 #ca-talk {display: none;} /*thread pseudo ns*/ </pre> Lets me know if you have any trouble or need any help. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 00:37, 19 May 2011 (UTC) :Seems to be working well. Doing some testing around on different cases to see if it shows any bug/loop and if we have to do some troubleshooting regarding that. But otherwise it seems to be working ok. Btw, do you have any local/particular configuration for [[mw:Extension:LiquidThreads|LiquidThreads]]? [[User:Jurock|Julián]] <sup>([[User Talk:Jurock|reply]])</sup> 01:24, 19 May 2011 (UTC) ::Yes. Its kind of hacky though. The easyPeerReview script automatically creates the page with a stub template header on review. Additionally we have a script to modify the readfeedback extension (feedbackhack.js) that adds a comment box, which auto creates the comment pages (With #useliquidthreads) when someone makes a comment. Last of all we have some css and a little bit of js that changes the interface a bit to hide ''complex'' parts. We've found the users get very confused by the Search in this thread, and sort by fields, so we hid those. We also (recently, like as of an hour ago) made the ''start a new thread'' button front and center, because we found users skimmed the page and totally missed it. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 02:58, 19 May 2011 (UTC) == EPR Error note == A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: unknownerror: Unknown error: ``231'' <241:http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ABawolff%2Fmwapilib.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&scrver=7> browser=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1 [[User:Calebrw|Calebrw]] ([[User talk:Calebrw|talk]]) 06:03, 19 May 2011 (UTC) :This error is caused by something wrong on the mediawiki side of things (from the docs a "This usually means some kind of race condition or DB weirdness occurred."). In a perfect world this would cause Easy peer review to retry saving the page, but the world is not perfect ;). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:38, 19 May 2011 (UTC) == Tab in the es wikinews == Hello Bawolff, I just wanted to thank you your help to the spanish wikinews, It looks very nice the tab. Thank you again--[[User:Lcsrns|'''Lcsrns]] [[User Talk:Lcsrns|<font color="Orange">'''(Talk)'''</font>]] 22:18, 19 May 2011 (UTC) :No problem, glad to help. Actually it gave me a good excuse to fix the issues with the script that we've been using on en that have been bothering me. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 05:13, 20 May 2011 (UTC) == EPR sight fail == First time in a while, that I recall. EPR failed to sight {{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Ex US Secretary of State Warren Christopher dead aged 85|action=historysubmit&diff=1198328&oldid=1198323}}|this}} for [[User:Ashershow1|Ashershow1]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 01:55, 20 March 2011 (UTC) :Hmm. hopefully its an isolated incident. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 02:02, 20 March 2011 (UTC) :: EPR failed to sight {{plainlinks|{{fullurl:France first to enforce burqa ban|action=historysubmit&diff=1212503&oldid=1212500}}|this}} for [[User:Wackywace|Wackywace]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 16:54, 12 April 2011 (UTC) :::I was just thinking its been a long time since this happened. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 00:22, 13 April 2011 (UTC) ::::For reference, I have no idea why this is happening at this point (unless user navigated to another page in the middle of a peer review). If anyone gets any errors while reviewing stuff let me know. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 00:26, 13 April 2011 (UTC) ::::: {{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Four U.N. staff dead after plane crash in Bolivia|action=historysubmit&diff=1229584&oldid=1229582}}|Another}}. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 16:07, 10 May 2011 (UTC) ::::: {{plainlinks|{{fullurl:New Internet addresses tested on World IPv6 Day|action=historysubmit&diff=1243462&oldid=1243442}}|Another}}. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 23:59, 8 June 2011 (UTC) == Welcome script not workin on Meta == [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Cirt/welcome/vector.js This] stopped working on Meta. Any thoughts as to why? Thank you for your time, -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 02:07, 21 May 2011 (UTC) :Any ideas? -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 00:11, 31 May 2011 (UTC) ::Hmm, seems to work for me [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ABawolff&action=historysubmit&diff=2618232&oldid=2618231]. Do you have any other scripts or gadgets enabled that might cause problems? [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 02:42, 31 May 2011 (UTC) Just clock in corner, small edit lede section thingy, and hot cat. None of those conflict on other projects. Thoughts? -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 05:51, 31 May 2011 (UTC) :Caused by [[meta:Mediawiki:Gadget-edittop.js]] (tries to use the function <code>get_query_value</code> on edit pages, which does not exist, and breaks all other js when on an edit page.). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 15:50, 31 May 2011 (UTC) ::Okay thanks, I will remove that and try without it. -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 20:42, 31 May 2011 (UTC) :::That fixed it, thank you so much!!!! -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 20:43, 31 May 2011 (UTC) == GNSM == * Is this ready to deploy and get Google to use it? (I may have a few "issues" finding the contact details for 'em again). --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / ^{[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]} 13:25, 25 May 2011 (UTC) :It is as far as i know. The relevant url that google would use is http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:NewsFeed?hourcount=48&notcategories=AutoArchived|Archived|No_publish|disputed (This will be any sighted article in category published, in the last 48 hours, not in the notcategories.) [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 06:06, 26 May 2011 (UTC) == Block pls == [[Special:Contributions/Orso]], getting boring. '''<span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;">—[[User talk:Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">fetch</span>]]·[[Special:Contributions/Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">comms</span>]]</span>''' 19:06, 25 May 2011 (UTC) :I was waiting to see if he would continue after the warning. Now blocked. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 19:07, 25 May 2011 (UTC) ::ty, now I hope he excuses me if I have a little fun with this. '''<span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;">—[[User talk:Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">fetch</span>]]·[[Special:Contributions/Fetchcomms|<span style="color:black">comms</span>]]</span>''' 19:08, 25 May 2011 (UTC) == Question from de.wikinews == I'm from German Wikinews. Could you help us to install a page like your [[Template:Popular articles]] for the German wikinews project? We would be grateful if you would like to help us with this topic. --[[User:Wolf-Dieter|Wolf-Dieter]] ([[User talk:Wolf-Dieter|talk]]) 15:37, 2 June 2011 (UTC) == Template:Official website == *[[Template:Official website]] Any ideas why this works on en.wikipedia, but not yet here locally? -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 15:51, 3 June 2011 (UTC) :<abbr title="I am not a Bawolff">IANAB</abbr>, but maybe it has something to do with {{tl|official website/http}} not existing? <span style="text-shadow: #d0d0d0 3px 3px 3px; font-family:Verdana;">[[U:DEN|<span style="color:#aa0000">DEN</span>]][[User talk:Dendodge|<span style="color:#8c8c8c">DODGE</span>]]</span> 16:12, 3 June 2011 (UTC) ::That seemed to have fixed it, thanks! ;) -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 16:15, 3 June 2011 (UTC) :::rofl on the IANAB. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 03:02, 11 June 2011 (UTC) == Review gadget == Got a notification on [[Eritrea accuses four Britons of espionage and terrorism]] that said it was unable to determine the revision id of the article and was falling back on the last one or something to that effect. Using IE9. [[User:C628|C628]] ([[User talk:C628|talk]]) 00:47, 11 June 2011 (UTC) == Error message when changing leads on home page == Hello. I've gotten this message twice already: A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: permissiondenied: Permission denied <undefined:undefined> browser=Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J2 Safari/6533.18.5 I'm assuming the problem is that I'm not a reviewer? [[User:Ragettho|Ragettho]] ([[User talk:Ragettho|talk]]) 14:42, 19 June 2011 (UTC) :Yes, that's probably the problem (assuming that the edit went through and just wasn't cited). It should handle errors much better then it does. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 01:08, 20 June 2011 (UTC) *Speaking of errors... Bawolff bot is failing to add [[Clarence Clemons, Springsteen’s E Street Band sax player, dies at 69]] to the popularity template - I'm assuming this is due to the ’ not being supported. Amirite? (FWIW, I seem to recall similar problems back with [[Renowned Indian guru Śrī Satya Sai Baba dies aged 84| Śrī Satya Sai Baba]], which I also put down to the weird characters.) [[User:Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">'''Blood Red Sandman'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Talk)</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Contribs)</font>]]} 20:54, 20 June 2011 (UTC) ::Yes, The script that checks if an article is in category:Published doesen't decode fancy characters properly. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 21:40, 20 June 2011 (UTC) :::It would be great if we could get that fixed, it seems to be a fairly regular problem. I ''think'' my [[User:The_wubbot/source_code|old Python script]] was ok with the weird characters, but can't remember. I may have a play around with it tomorrow. <small>(Also, is that really what the iPhone's user-agent looks like? That's horrendous!)</small> [[User:the wub|the wub]] [[User_talk:The wub|<font color="green">"?!"</font>]] 00:25, 21 June 2011 (UTC) ::::In theory the hacky piece of crap i have should be fairly easy to fix (in theory). Its trying to compare percent-encoded characters with non-percent encoded characters for equality, which doesn't work well. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 00:28, 21 June 2011 (UTC) == Thanks == Thanks for your helpfulness. Now, the ticker is working on Turkish Wikinews, too. Have great day. [[User:Koc61|Koc61]] ([[User talk:Koc61|talk]]) 13:09, 26 June 2011 (UTC) :Glad to be of help. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 23:50, 26 June 2011 (UTC) == WikiLove == Hey Bawolff! Quick question: how much effort would it take to get a WikiLove button on Wikinews? [[User:Ragettho|Ragettho]] ([[User talk:Ragettho|talk]]) 05:51, 1 July 2011 (UTC) :I'm not sure if the WikiLove people are deploying it outside of enwikipedia yet (They might want to keep the deployment small at first until the initial bugs are shaken out, I'm not sure). I'll ask around tomorrow when the WikiLove folks are on irc. ::Excellent. As you may have noticed, I like sending thank you notes, so a WikiLove button would definitely make the task much easier, yet equally meaningful. :) Thanks for all the tech work you do here! [[User:Ragettho|Ragettho]] ([[User talk:Ragettho|talk]]) 06:10, 1 July 2011 (UTC) :We aren't currently planning any further deployments until we have a better idea of the tool's impact. You can always ask for a deployment on the tool's talk page on MediaWiki.org but I know that localization is going to be a major hurdle for it.--[[User:Jorm (WMF)|Jorm (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Jorm (WMF)|talk]]) 19:25, 1 July 2011 (UTC) :: WikiLove? Sounds dreadful :-). (Also, shouldn't that be "Wikilove", unless we want to train everyone to spell the project names wrong?) /me wonders if some people wouldn't be willing to pay not to be on the receiving end of something called "WikiLove"... and if that mightn't be a source of additional donations. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 19:45, 1 July 2011 (UTC) :::As long as you add an entry in the prefs to switch it off, as I have already done at enwp, I wouldn't mind this being here. [[User:BarkingFish|BarkingFish]] ([[User talk:BarkingFish|talk]]) 21:28, 1 July 2011 (UTC) == Ticker == Any ideas re this [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikinews-l/2011-July/002016.html wikinews-l] post? — '''[[User:Microchip08|μchip08]]''' <small>20:22, 10 July 2011 (UTC)</small> == ArbCom nomination? == Would you accept nomination for another year on ArbCom? The deadline for nominations is 2000UTC on the 17th. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 17:26, 14 July 2011 (UTC) : I have [[WN:Arbitration Committee/2011 election/Nominations and voting#Bawolff (talk · contribs)|nominated you]] ''in absentia''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 18:31, 15 July 2011 (UTC) ::Thank you for the nomination, I'm quite flattered to get nominated in absentia, not to mention all the votes I got while I wasn't even here. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:03, 15 August 2011 (UTC) == Extracting Image Metadata == The question when we can expect more meta-data raised anew in [[:commons:Commons:Help_desk#IPTC_Information]]. Did you know about [http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ Exif-Tool]? It's licensed and written under/ using [http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ perl license]. Sincerely -- [[User:Rillke|Rillke]] ([[User talk:Rillke|talk]]) 08:57, 19 July 2011 (UTC) == Make Lead problem :( == A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: Error: Could not determine which revision to sight <undefined:undefined> browser=Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J2 Safari/6533.18.5 [[User:Ragettho|Ragettho]] ([[User talk:Ragettho|talk]]) 18:17, 23 July 2011 (UTC) == Comments.js for russian wikinews == Hi, Bawolf. Could you help us to install it? I copied the code, and translate part. Then I followed the advice for Spanish Wikinews (by changing the namespace), but there were errors. --[[User:Akishin D.|Akishin D.]] ([[User talk:Akishin D.|talk]]) 07:59, 4 August 2011 (UTC) == downloading WN archives == Would you mind responding to a question on [[Wikinews:Water cooler/assistance#Is there a downloadable archive?]] Best, [[User:Ragettho|Ragettho]] ([[User talk:Ragettho|talk]]) 03:28, 18 August 2011 (UTC) :Responded. Thanks for letting me know about the question. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 15:52, 18 August 2011 (UTC) == Count articles a DPL will return == I could have sworn there was some way to simply get a count of articles that a DPL would return; but, even prodding the code doesn't show up anything for it. I assume that implementing '''mode=count''' to return an integer value up to the max allowed for the DPL install wouldn't be that difficult to implement. Oh, and there's [[bug:30621]] which could do with some vote-loving care. This is just to get the relevant RSS/Atom/sitemap feeds spat out. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / ^{[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]} 01:59, 30 August 2011 (UTC) :For mode=count - currently not. However if its for a single category, you can do <nowiki>{{PAGESINCAT:catname}}</nowiki>. /me looks at the bug. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 14:55, 31 August 2011 (UTC) :: I know there's the straightforward PAGESINCAT, that's not what I want. In doing the portals (see [[Africa]]) I found some wouldn't have a full-length list of "news" if archived stuff is excluded. I'd wanted to have a list of the unarchived, followed by the most-recently archived in a different colour, to give a constant list length. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / ^{[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]} 15:57, 31 August 2011 (UTC) == EPR sight fail == [{{fullurl:Florida schools begin to enforce new statewide ban on saggy pants and other revealing attire|action=historysubmit&diff=1281504&oldid=1281501}}]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 00:16, 2 September 2011 (UTC) : By Gryllida's account, the gadget went on its tea break and never came back. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 06:32, 2 September 2011 (UTC) == MW Extension development == Hai! You maybe saw BRS's musings on the WC about a "database of experts" for OR use stored on the Wikinewsie closed wiki. If this were added as an additional table in a MediaWiki install, with relevant code to support reasonable integration, how challenging would that be to turn into an extension? Sort-of "thinking aloud", I'm envisaging the following table as the start of such an extension: :Firstname :Lastname :Title :Email address (several: office, personal, &c) :Phone number (several: office, personal, &c) :Location :Area of expertise :Wiki page :Category list I'd imagine there's already a really, really basic FOSS contact management system that could be converted into an extension to do what we'd need. If the on-wiki display of material, and space for freeform notes, is a special namespace I think such a system could be an interesting extension. I found '''PIM Support''' (experimental) on the MediaWiki wiki, but effectively abandoned. The ideal is to be able to browse a Rolodex: namespace, have an "email this contact" link similar to "email this user" (but, with drop-down of emails registered), and in the Rolodex: page a list of who emailed, when, and links to a log/copies of the emails. Anyway, the relevant questions are: 1. Know anyone who might like to work on such an extension? 2. Know any FOSS package that'd make a good foundation and not be too difficult to integrate with MediaWiki? 3. Where do you see the gotchas in actually defining a specification for this? --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / ^{[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]} 23:55, 13 September 2011 (UTC) :That really depends on what you want to do with that information (How different from just sticking it in normal wiki pages would this be. Is it just using mediawiki's email feature + a private log of who emailed whom? [that's relatively easy] Or do you want to do other stuff with it). Integrating already existing programs with MediaWiki cleanly can sometimes be a challange (Its often easier to start from scratch if you're looking for something to be really cleanly integrated). == Ticker == I saw you have created Template:Ticker, but we need '''scrolling text''' for Turkish Wikinews. If it was HTML, I could do it but I don't know Wikitext or Wiki Marking Language. --[[User:Westnest|Westnest]] ([[User talk:Westnest|talk]]) 15:19, 19 September 2011 (UTC) == Help == Could you please answer me on [[Template talk:Quiz|here]]? [[User:Americophile|<big>A</big><small>MERICOPHILE</small>]] 18:02, 20 October 2011 (UTC) == Odd EPR glitch == I've a theory why this happened. It's a new one in my experience, though. Publishing an article, the gadget didn't remove the breaking-review tag. My theory is, the gadget didn't recognize the tag because it used redirect {{tl|breakingreview}}. {{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Earthquake hits Turkey, hundreds reported dead|action=historysubmit&diff=1308406&oldid=1308403}}|diff}}. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 13:13, 24 October 2011 (UTC) :that would be correct. Should be fixed now. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 17:27, 24 October 2011 (UTC) == Popular News bot == Hello, your bot in Persian wikinews is not functioning proper. [http://fa.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%88:%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8&oldid=96475 This] is the version which is ok, but in later versions (like [http://fa.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%88:%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8&oldid=102313 this]) some meaningless characters are shown. I've protected the page temporarily as it was over-widening the main page, so if you want to check it please do it on a test page, then if it was working proper please let me know on my talk page. I will unprotect the Popular news page. Thanks for your help --[[User:Wayiran|Wayiran]] ([[User talk:Wayiran|talk]]) 10:23, 15 November 2011 (UTC) :Thanks for letting me know, looks like things are being quadrople encoded somehow. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 23:02, 15 November 2011 (UTC) == Thanks! == As it seems from bugzilla list, you solved "the bug of persistent djvu page thumb". Thanks from Italy (and it.source)! --[[User:Alex brollo|Alex brollo]] ([[User talk:Alex brollo|talk]]) 01:20, 18 November 2011 (UTC) :Thanks, but I actually just marked it as a duplicate of another bug. The bug was actually solved by Mark Bergsma, who discovered that one of the programs that removes old cached things for folks in europe, wasn't turned on. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 13:57, 18 November 2011 (UTC) == Fa(r)cebook updates == Hola, my Canadian geeky friend! Facebook have, finally, disabled updates being pulled-in via an RSS feed. This means enWN articles only appear there if someone mucks about and manually posts them. Would you be able to help in terms of pulling some code together to auto-psot stuff from Wikinews to Fa(r)cebook when it gets published here? We're losing as many as 10k readers for each article as a result of this. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / ^{[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]} 20:14, 23 November 2011 (UTC) == problem == hi bawolff. how are you. thank you for attention to fa.wikinews. <s>your bot have [http://fa.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%88:%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8&action=history&uselang=en problem]. If possible, please check. thanks bawolff.</s>--[[User:Sahim|Sahim]] ([[User talk:Sahim|talk]]) 17:35, 26 November 2011 (UTC) :oh, thank you bawolff :) --[[User:Sahim|Sahim]] ([[User talk:Sahim|talk]]) 18:37, 27 November 2011 (UTC) ::/me actually hasn't done anything yet. The issue is more with the data the script is receiving so is intermittent. :::Yes, you say correctly. thanks for attention bawolff.[[User:Sahim|Sahim]] ([[User talk:Sahim|talk]]) 09:52, 30 November 2011 (UTC) == Notification gadget == Hi, I used [[n:en:MediaWiki:Gadget-UserMessages.js|your code]] and modified it in fa.wiki and i have two problems #I wanted to use it for tagging templates in namespace=0 but it shows me errors that name space is incorrect. #in fa.wiki we have this gadget (as default for notify in talk pages) but my new revision is mixed by fa.wiki gadget and they have conflict. what should i do?<br> I save my revision on [[w:fa:کاربر:Reza1615/vector.js]].<br> thank you for your time.[[User:Reza1615|Reza1615]] ([[User talk:Reza1615|talk]]) 11:27, 14 December 2011 (UTC) == [[:Category:January 1, 2012]] == I'm guessing you might know why this category doesn't exist, and more importantly what should be done about it. (I wouldn't care to manually create something that would then gum up the works of the automation.) --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) :[[User:Zach]] used to run a bot that took care of those back in the day. Now it appears [[user:GrondinBot]] has created many of the recent ones. I wouldn't worry about any manual creations screwing things up. I suppose we should ask Grondin about it (He's generally active on frwikinews if i recall). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 11:23, 1 January 2012 (UTC) == Ticker == Hello Bawolff, if you can please contact me. I would like to improve this project [http://wikilusa.com] main page with "your" ticker. I am really not a skilled programmer and a cant run it. We will be now set you up as admin :) [[Special:Contributions/85.246.108.149|85.246.108.149]] ([[User talk:85.246.108.149|talk]]) 20:14, 30 January 2012 (UTC) ::{{Comment}} From portuguese Wikilusa our recognition to you as person and as a great wikipedian that make us all proud. ... WikiSysop == Caching == Seems like lately Google News isn't caching articles, not as many show up there, such as ''[[Santorum neologism gains prominence during US election cycle]]''. Any ideas as to how to fix it? :) -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 04:45, 7 February 2012 (UTC) :hmm, not sure. That article seems to be the only recent one though, everything else on the main page seemed to be crawled by google [https://www.google.com/search?q=source:wikinews&hl=en&gl=ca&pws=0&tbs=sbd:1,nsd:1&tbm=nws&ei=NsQwT_ioH4jo0QG41djCBw&start=10&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=571]. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 06:29, 7 February 2012 (UTC) ::Okey, let me know if you think of something. -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 06:36, 7 February 2012 (UTC) :::Hexmode gave me a list of crawl errors, but the article wasn't listed on it. <small>—The preceding [[w:Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] ([[User talk:Bawolff|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Bawolff|contribs]]) </small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> ::::Hrm, okay, thanks. -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 23:53, 7 February 2012 (UTC) == dictionaryLookupHover.js == Hi, I wanted to install this gadget on fa.wiki but it show me this error '''This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.'''. what should I do? please help me.[[User:Reza1615|Reza1615]] ([[User talk:Reza1615|talk]]) 10:58, 9 February 2012 (UTC) ::thank you it solved[[User:Reza1615|Reza1615]] ([[User talk:Reza1615|talk]]) 01:31, 10 February 2012 (UTC) :::I didn't do anything, but that's good to hear. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 12:07, 10 February 2012 (UTC) == Please see my heads up at ArbCom talk page == Please see [[Wikinews_talk:Arbitration_Committee#FYI:_Heads_up_regarding_Viriditas]]. Just wanted to keep you in the loop, -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 19:32, 11 February 2012 (UTC) == RSS question == Hi Bawolff, I saw your name on the toolserver for RSS feeds, and so I thought you might know the answer to this. What would be the code I would use for Feedburner for the "original feed" if I were to create one for a category of a Wikinewsie? Lots of writers here make categories, like Category:Crtew (Wikinewsie). The feed I'm looking for would generate x number of articles from that category by date. Thank you for your help, [[User:Crtew|Crtew]] ([[User talk:Crtew|talk]]) 01:11, 14 February 2012 (UTC) :Use something like https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Special:NewsFeed&feed=atom&namespace=0&count=30&hourcount=-1&ordermethod=categoryadd&stablepages=only&categories=Crtew_%28Wikinewsie%29 The different parameters mean different thing. namespace=0 limits it main namespace, stablepages=ony filters out non-flagged pages. [[mw:Extension:GoogleNewsSitemap]] has some docs on the different parameters. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 20:17, 14 February 2012 (UTC) == Redlink cat on my user page == Quick question, any ideas on why there is a redlinked category "Cirt", on my user page? -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 05:21, 14 February 2012 (UTC) : That's probably my fault. The bots (whatever they are) that used to set up our various date pages stopped working, and I've set up an infrastructure to make it very easy to do manually (centered, in an only slightly flawed way, on [[:Category:Pages requesting maintenance]]). As part of that, I created a template to set up the DPLs on the date pages, but I'm guessing it doesn't work right when the date page is transcluded elsewhere. I suppose I'll have to work on that in my copious free time (but atm if I had that kind of time for Wikinews I'd be reviewing...). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 06:51, 14 February 2012 (UTC) ::Ah, okay, {{w|no worries}}, thanks for the explanation! ;) -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 17:42, 14 February 2012 (UTC) == AFD == Hello Bawlff, could you please try to help with your opinion here [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Wikilusa] Regards :Sorry, I didn't notice this at the time when it was relavent. However, in general I don't like to meddle in Wikipedia's deletion process. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 21:48, 2 April 2012 (UTC) == Fix a bug? == You've poked your head into [[Bugzilla:34653|API list=logevents does not correctly unserialize log_params]], do you think you could poke your head into it? -- [[User:MarkAHershberger|MarkAHershberger]] ([[User talk:MarkAHershberger|talk]]) 19:45, 28 February 2012 (UTC) :That bug looks fixed? [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 00:06, 29 February 2012 (UTC) == http://www.mediawiki.org/?curid=84252 - shortesturls<span id="shortesturls"></span> == Thanks Bawolff for your answer at http://www.mediawiki.org/?curid=84252! I have thousands of curid based urls. Please see listing some of the WikiMedia pages http://www.librarything.com/topic/135064#3320851 . In a larger sense this is related to the usage of Authority control number also used at wp.no and wp.nn. Best regards [[user:Gangleri|Gangleri]] ([http://www.librarything.com/profile/gangleri at LibraryThing]) ‫·‏[[user:לערי ריינהארט|לערי ריינהארט]]‏·‏[[user talk:לערי ריינהארט|T]]‏·‏[[m:user:לערי ריינהארט|m]]‏:‏[//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/user_talk:%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%98?action=history Th]‏·‏[[m:user talk:לערי ריינהארט|T]]‏·‏[[m:special:Emailuser/לערי ריינהארט|email me]]‏·‏‬ 17:37, 1 April 2012 (UTC) : <span id="shortesturls:JavaScript"></span>Thanks Bawolff for your answer at http://www.mediawiki.org/?curid=84252! ''These days I realized that I do not have enough knowledge to modify existing /common.js JavaScript code as created today at http://test2.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2827 : The .js page should be useable without modifications on any wikis of the WikiMedia Foundation. Could you please give me a hand?'' Thanks for any help in advance. Best regards [[user:Gangleri]] ‫·‏[[user:לערי ריינהארט|לערי ריינהארט]]‏·‏[[user talk:לערי ריינהארט|T]]‏·‏[[m:user:לערי ריינהארט|m]]‏:‏[//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/user_talk:%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%98?action=history Th]‏·‏[[m:user talk:לערי ריינהארט|T]]‏·‏[[m:special:Emailuser/לערי ריינהארט|email me]]‏·‏‬ 08:52, 3 April 2012 (UTC) FYI: I posted [[m:User talk:RobLa-WMF#shortesturls|m:User talk:RobLa-WMF#shortesturls]]. Best regards ‫·‏[[user:לערי ריינהארט|לערי ריינהארט]]‏·‏[[user talk:לערי ריינהארט|T]]‏·‏[[m:user:לערי ריינהארט|m]]‏:‏[//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/user_talk:%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%98?action=history Th]‏·‏[[m:user talk:לערי ריינהארט|T]]‏·‏[[m:special:Emailuser/לערי ריינהארט|email me]]‏·‏‬ 09:37, 3 April 2012 (UTC) ::The js file is using some of the deprecated js functions, but it should still work as-is on all wmf wikis. btw, are you aware of [[bugzilla:1450]] which will probably get enabled soonish. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 13:41, 3 April 2012 (UTC) Thanks for the answer!<br /> I inserted some anchors: [[#shortesturls]] and [[#shortesturls:JavaScript]] Could you please help at the part in italic at [[#shortesturls:JavaScript]]? Thanks in advance! Best regards [[user:Gangleri|Gangleri]]<br /> ‫·‏[[user:לערי ריינהארט|לערי ריינהארט]]‏·‏[[user talk:לערי ריינהארט|T]]‏·‏[[m:user:לערי ריינהארט|m]]‏:‏[//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/user_talk:%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%98?action=history Th]‏·‏[[m:user talk:לערי ריינהארט|T]]‏·‏[[m:special:Emailuser/לערי ריינהארט|email me]]‏·‏‬ 12:19, 6 April 2012 (UTC) == [[MediaWiki:Irc.js]] == Hey Bawolff! I came across this page a few years ago and I thought it was super cool. Now, though, wikizine is no longer an option. Could you possibly rewrite it to work with webchat? Is that feasible? I think it'd be awesome to port to other wikis (WMF or otherwise) who use irc. Thank you and have a nice Sunday! :) [[User:Killiondude|Killiondude]] ([[User talk:Killiondude|talk]]) 06:16, 15 April 2012 (UTC) :The thing basically just loads a second page, so provided the webchat thing can be preloaded from a link, it should be feasible. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 04:29, 16 April 2012 (UTC) == Ticker@wn.ar == Hi Bawolff, sorry for such an unprofessional question: why does your ticker not work in [[ar:قالب:شريط الأخبار|Arabic Wikinews]]? I tried to simply copy and paste the code from the template here, but to no avail. --[[User:PICAWN|PICAWN]] ([[User talk:PICAWN|talk]]) 17:10, 3 June 2012 (UTC) :It needs a whole bunch of js too. You need to copy [[mediawiki:Ticker2.js]] and add the following to [[ar:MediaWiki:Common.js]] <pre> addOnloadHook(function () {if ((window.disable_ticker2 !== true) && (document.getElementById("singleTickerForPage") || document.getElementById('enableTickers'))) importScript("MediaWiki:ticker2.js");}); </pre> And add the following to [[ar:MediaWiki:Common.css]]: <pre> /*Ticker2 (animated ticker)*/ ul.actualTicker li {list-style-type:none; list-style-image:none;}/*mostly for IE*/ ul.actualTicker li {display:inline;} ul.actualTicker span.tickerIntroduction {font-weight:bold;padding-right:0.5em;} div.isATicker, div#singleTickerForPage {display:none;} </pre> Let me know if you have any trouble. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 12:06, 4 June 2012 (UTC) Thank you! Since it's a mediawiki edit, I'll have to ask an admin for help, which might take some time. But I'll feedback you in any case. --[[User:PICAWN|PICAWN]] ([[User talk:PICAWN|talk]]) 15:34, 4 June 2012 (UTC) Great! Now it's working. Still needs some minor tweaks, of course, but we'll do it! Thank you again! --[[User:PICAWN|PICAWN]] ([[User talk:PICAWN|talk]]) 18:02, 6 June 2012 (UTC) Hi! I discovered a bug that seems specific to <s>Arabic</s> right-to-left languages: when using link= the following happens: * if link contains spaces (which are to be replaced by underscores) the link cuts off the last word; the underscore is added, for some reason, to the beginning of the link. For example, when I link to ويكي_اﻷخبار:غرفة_اﻻجتماعات (equivalent to [[_Wikinews:Water cooler]] here), the actual link is _ويكي اﻷخبار:غرفة (would equal [[_Wikinews:Water]] here). * if link does not contain spaces (like in Special:Random = خاص:عشوائي), then the ticker template does not see it and links to default destination. * I found a temporary solution: to insert an additional underscore ''after'' the link (i.e. link=Wikinews:Water_cooler_). The same problem seems to exist in [[:fa:Template:Ticker|farsi]], another right-to-left language ([//fa.wikinews.org/w/index.php?diff=152140 tried it] in their sandbox). --[[User:PICAWN|PICAWN]] ([[User talk:PICAWN|talk]]) 08:50, 10 June 2012 (UTC) :(Sorry I have limited internet access at the moment, so might take me a little while to give a full response). At first glance I would guess this is the Unicode BIDI algorithm being painful when RTL and LTR text mix and moving around the underscores or something of that nature. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 20:00, 11 June 2012 (UTC) == MediaWiki:Gadget-easyPeerReview.js == Hi Bawolff, I come back to ask you about a function that we do not have in el.wikinews. We have discussed that on [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28766 Bugzilla]. So if you have the time and still willing to help, we would very much like your help to enable this function on our local wiki. Our best regards, [[User:Glavkos|Glavkos]] ([[User talk:Glavkos|talk]]) 17:11, 14 June 2012 (UTC) for the Greek Wikinewsies Community. == broken story on make lead == For some reason, trying to post [[African Olympians and Paralympians prepare for their London odyssey]] breaks the formatting on the lead 2.0 template.. --[[User:TUFKAAP|Patrick M (TUFKAAP) ]] ([[User talk:TUFKAAP|talk]]) 06:11, 29 June 2012 (UTC) :Appears that the html comments (&lt!-- --&gt;) Confuse it, because there's a period inside one of them, so that's the point it cuts off the summary at, so the closing --&gt; is cut off, which screws things up. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 12:09, 29 June 2012 (UTC) == ArbCom nomination? == Would you accept nomination for another year on ArbCom? The deadline for nominations is 2000UTC on the 17th. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 01:04, 13 July 2012 (UTC) :Thank you for asking, but I feel I'm no longer active enough here to reasonably be on arbcom, so I'm not going to accept any nominations this time. Cheers, [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 12:32, 13 July 2012 (UTC) ---- Hello. I request renaming my following accounts: * محمد الجداوي → Avocato * GedawyBot → AvocatoBot * Confirmation link: [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3A%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A&diff=3902291&oldid=3488161] * Reason: Privacy reasons Thanks in advance.--[[User:محمد الجداوي|M.Gedawy]] 07:42, 15 July 2012 (UTC) == arwikinews == Can you have a look at [[:ar:User:Bawolff/leadGen.js]]? It currently throws an error because apparently there is no element with 'lSetup' id. [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik0]] ([[User talk:Ruslik0|talk]]) 09:43, 20 July 2012 (UTC) == https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39572 == Roan and Robla are working behind-the-scenes on this right now. Might want to catch them in IRC and run through what the new jQuery could break ;-) --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / ^{[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]} 21:44, 22 August 2012 (UTC) :Yeah, I commented on the bug (btw don't be afraid to add my name to the cc list on wikinews related bugs). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 21:55, 22 August 2012 (UTC) == EzPR == Hai, I've has two JS errors in a row from using EzPR. Not easy to capture them with the message actually being a pop-up. I can tell that it's where the option to access MakeLead would be offered, which was working yesterday. Now, a bit of a 'tricky' question on that is keeping the pop-up, but making it more usable. Is it possible to reposition the mouse pointer over the Makelead button when you put through a passing review? Because, once you get the mouse over the pop-up, it stays. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / ^{[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]} 09:48, 6 September 2012 (UTC) : Just captured the error: :: <tt>A local JS function experienced an error on an API request. Please leave a note at User_talk:Bawolff. Details: TypeError: $.parseHTML is not a function <30:https://bits.wikimedia.org/en.wikinews.org/load.php?debug=false&lang=en-gb&modules=ext.centralNotice.bannerController%7Cjquery.client%2Ccookie%2CmwExtension%7Cmediawiki.legacy.ajax%2Cwikibits%7Cmediawiki.notify%2Cutil%7Cmediawiki.page.startup&skin=vector&version=20120906T065348Z&*> browser=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/15.0</tt> : Hope that helps. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / ^{[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]} 10:29, 6 September 2012 (UTC) :: I had what was probably the same error the last time I reviewed yesterday (my time), that'd be the earthquake article; but I wasn't quite able to capture the error message because it was in the popup, which went away just before I would have clicked 'copy' for copy-and-paste. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 10:35, 6 September 2012 (UTC) :::Interesting, I don't remember using that function. I wonder if that is a MediaWiki issue. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 15:48, 6 September 2012 (UTC) :::: Just published an article this evening and the automatic handoff to Makelead worked correctly, for the first time in about a week. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 02:38, 13 September 2012 (UTC) == Help == Hi bawolff, your simple reviewing tool does not work correctly in fa.wikinews.org, please check it. sincerely.--[[User:H.b.sh|H.b.sh]] ([[User talk:H.b.sh|talk]]) 12:54, 13 September 2012 (UTC) * If you're referring to EzPR, then there have been changes to it following MediaWiki updates. You might want to see if you can port the differences over. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / ^{[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]} 13:49, 13 September 2012 (UTC) == You, Git? == As I believe we briefly touched on in IRC, I'm rewriting some of the F-ugly code to use the MediaWiki API for bots. If you're interested in access to the github for this, which is at https://github.com/Brian-McNeil/NewsieBot-WikiInterface, then let me know. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / ^{[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]} 02:33, 3 October 2012 (UTC) :I spend only about an hour a week on the computer currently, so don't do much programming -bawolff :O_o &lt;picks jaw off floor and heads for the bar&gt; --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / ^{[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]} 19:52, 3 October 2012 (UTC) :: I've written a bunch more functions into my classes for this, at the same time getting a better grip on PHP. :: Not as-such seeking a full code review, just any remarks, or suggestions as-to possible improvements, from what's in the classes would be most-welcome. ::* https://github.com/Brian-McNeil/NewsieBot-WikiInterface/tree/master/classes :: --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / ^{[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]} 14:36, 25 October 2012 (UTC) == MakeLead on ar.wn == Hi Bawolff, Some time ago (can't be more precise, as we don't update leads frequently) the Make Lead tool at Arabic Wikinews stopped displaying the 'lMetaTable' with current lead article positions, titles and ages, and it no longer knows which of them is oldest to set it as default for update, so now we have to manually review the history of lead article templates to determine that. At first I attributed this to deleting some critical template(s) which looked unused. Several candidate templates were undeleted to no avail. In addition, today I edited [[:ar:مستخدم:Bawolff/leadGen.js|Bawolff/leadGen.js]] to translate user interface messages, as the original ones sounded like machine translation and were hard, and sometimes impossible, to understand. I am no expert in JS but I thought replacing strings should not have deleterious effects. Could you please tell me if any critical components (e.g. templates) were deleted and need to be restored? And how to make the human UI translation appear in the tool? Thank you. --[[User:PICAWN|PICAWN]] ([[User talk:PICAWN|talk]]) 16:40, 7 October 2012 (UTC) :Replacing strings definitly should not have such effects. However single and double quotes, and back slashes are treated specially and can cause issues. Do you have a link to precise edit that broke it? The lMetaTable issue appears to be due to a change in mediawiki where open search suggestion js is no longer available. I fixed that issue. —[[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 17:12, 11 October 2012 (UTC) : Thank you, everything is fine now. All my changes to strings were after the script actually stopped to work, so I didn't think I spoiled it (otherwise, I would just undo my own changes). What I suspected was that I deleted one of the seemingly unused templates, but now I see it was not the case. Thank you again. --[[User:PICAWN|PICAWN]] ([[User talk:PICAWN|talk]]) 18:06, 11 October 2012 (UTC) == FaWikiNews == hi. your bot Sabotage in fawiki news and in [[fa:الگو:خبرهای محبوب|popular news]]. please fix it. thanks/--[[User:Mahdiz|Mahdiz]] ([[User talk:Mahdiz|talk]]) 19:19, 16 November 2012 (UTC) :Hi. I'm not sure what happened there. Some how the character escaping wasn't decoded. It seems like its working now. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 23:52, 16 November 2012 (UTC) ::unfortunately is not fixed([http://fa.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%88%3A%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8&diff=157933&oldid=157928 link], i think the code is wrong and can't decoded.please checked.--[[User:Mahdiz|Mahdiz]] ([[User talk:Mahdiz|talk]]) 17:11, 17 November 2012 (UTC) == toolserver src == Hi! Are your toolserver tools in source control somewhere? Do you use any bug tracker for them? If so, I suggest adding links from the footer of your tools. Now for what I initially wanted to talk about: Your gerrit stats tool is cool, but could you split the first table into two: core + extensions? I think that could be useful. Also, formatting the date to return the age rather than a timestamp may make that column more readable. Cheers, [[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 15:11, 4 January 2013 (UTC) :Oh cool, I didn't even realize anyone actually looked at any of them :D. At the moment they're not in source control, and best place to report bugs is on my talk page (realistically the tools I have on toolserver are all quick hacks). I've been meaning to add a link to a source code tarball for the gerrit stats one for a while, but haven't got around to it yet (atm that's actually running on my local computer, and an html file is scp'd to the toolserver at regular intervals) [Note: if you want the source before I get around putting in some link, let me know and I can email it to you]. I'll try to make the changes you suggested next time I get around to working on that script. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 16:12, 4 January 2013 (UTC) == Request for reviewing and other assistance == Hi. Next week is the start of the [[IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships]] and two Wikinewies will be attending to cover the [[para-alpine skiing]] ahead of the [[2014 Winter Paralympics]] . This is part of an effort outlined at [[Wikinews:IPC Alpine Ski World Championships]]. Immediately following this event, there will be a [[Wikinews:Meetup/Barcelona|Meetup in Barcelona]] where Wikinews, the Paralympics and efforts to similar sport coverage will be discussed. At the moment, there are only two active reviewers on a daily basis. Demonstrating an ability to get reviews for these types of events done quickly is important for Wikinews credibility and gaining access to these types of events. I would really appreciate it if you could sign up on the IPC World Championship page to review, promote articles published during this period, assist in translating these articles into another language or attend the meetup in Barcelona. Thanks. --[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 09:26, 15 February 2013 (UTC) :im sorry but I don't have much free time currently. --[[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 12:41, 15 February 2013 (UTC) == Question about welcome script at Wiktionary == Hey there, Bawolff, I hope you're doing well. I've got a question about using the welcome script over at ''Wiktionary''. Their "welcome" template for "welcomeip" is in lowercase for the first letter, and so when I try to welcome an IP with the script, it shows up with <nowiki>{{subst:Welcomeip}}</nowiki> on the page, instead of the ''substed'' template itself. I tried modifying it [http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cirt/welcome/vector.js&action=history here], but that didn't fix anything yet. Any ideas? Thank you for your time, -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 15:20, 6 March 2013 (UTC) ::Hmm, what you did should of worked. Did you clear your cache and that sort of thing? [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:22, 6 March 2013 (UTC) :::Seemed to work for me - http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ABawolff&diff=19696129&oldid=19696126 [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:27, 6 March 2013 (UTC) Thanks very much, most likely was a caching issue, thank you ! -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 22:00, 6 March 2013 (UTC) == "simple" question about on-wiki javascript == If I use importScript on page A to import page B, declarations on page B are not there when I look for them on page A. What am I missing? --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 18:21, 7 March 2013 (UTC) :importScript is asynchronous. So js doesnt wait for it to load before continuing on, even though the Imported file isnt loaded yet. The new (well not so new now) resource loader has things that deal with this better using callbacks (mw.loader.load or something like that). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 01:23, 8 March 2013 (UTC) :: Aha. That makes a lot of sense. Thanks; I should be able to chase it down with that much of a hint. :: I'm underwhelmed by the documentation on this stuff, but one thing I found especially nasty was that the documentation notes importScript is ''going to be'' deprecated, but isn't deprecated yet because there isn't a really good substitute for it. How useless is that? You should avoid this, except that there isn't anything else you can use instead? Good grief. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 01:54, 8 March 2013 (UTC) ::: people have been saying legacy js will be "deprecated" real soon now since roughly mw 1.17. I doubt it will happen due to how much that will break things. It looks like the method I was thinking of was mw.loader.using, but that only supports core modules. Guess you will have to implement your oen callback system to trigger when files are fully loaded. There is some limitted docs at [[mw:ResourceLoader/Default modules]]. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 03:10, 8 March 2013 (UTC) :::: [[bugzilla:25845]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 04:45, 8 March 2013 (UTC) ::::: I must admit, I loathe ResourceLoader. For big stuff it's probably worth all the misery of untangling it, but I aspire to keep what I'm doing relatively small. Now that I'm better attuned to the issues, I'm thinking jQuery.getScript(). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 05:09, 8 March 2013 (UTC) == Wikinews Writing contest 2013 is here. :) Please sign up to participate? == We've created the [[Wikinews:Writing contest 2013]], which will start on April 1 and end on June 1. It is modeled on the successful 2010 contest. Unlike the previous version, points are available for people who conduct reviews. (With a University of Wollongong class currently contributing articles, extra assistance is appreciated at this time.) It presents a great incentive for you to renew your reviewing chops, contribute some original reporting not being done by the main stream media, and write some synthesis articles on topics that could use more attention. People should be around to review to prevent a backlog if you just want to write, and several reviewers have access to scoop to make it easier to review any original reporting you do. If you are interested in signing up, please do so on [[Wikinews:Writing contest 2013/entrants]]. There is at least one prize on offer for the winner along with the opportunity to earn some barn stars as a way of thanking you for your participation. :D --[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 10:35, 25 March 2013 (UTC) == Hi,Bawolff == <small>Moved from userpage to talkpage by [[Special:Contributions/213.154.239.2|213.154.239.2]] ([[User talk:213.154.239.2|talk]]) 13:54, 31 March 2013 (UTC)</small> If you know how, can you help me made this [[Template:Ticker|template]] for [http://he.wikinews.org Hebrew wikinews]? [[User:Vipetthegreat|Vipetthegreat]] ([[User talk:Vipetthegreat|talk]]) 18:10, 29 January 2013 (UTC) :You need to copy over [[mediawiki:Ticker2.js]], the Ticker2 related stuff in MediaWiki:Common.css, the Ticker2 loader code in MediaWiki:Common.js. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 20:30, 25 June 2013 (UTC) == Help with welcome script on Wiktionary == Any ideas why my welcome script on ''Wiktionary'' suddenly disappeared? -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 20:17, 25 June 2013 (UTC) :Seems to work fine for me. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 20:30, 25 June 2013 (UTC) ::Nothing shows up on left side toolbar under "languages". Tried on multiple browsers. Disappeared relatively recently. Maybe they changed their overall gadgets somehow and that impacted it, or something like that? -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 20:36, 25 June 2013 (UTC) :::Are you still using MonoBook? I tried it today and it still worked fine. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 00:50, 26 June 2013 (UTC) ::::Yeah I'm using monobook, does that make a difference in how to fix it? It's only that one website, the others work fine. -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 05:34, 26 June 2013 (UTC) :::::Only because you have the script in you User:Cirt/monobook.js (instead of common.js) so it would only load for monobook. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 15:14, 26 June 2013 (UTC) ::::::But ... I'm using monobook over there, so shouldn't it still be working? -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 19:39, 11 August 2013 (UTC) == Template:Popular articles == Hi! You have new messages at [[Template_talk:Popular_articles#Displaying_extra_curly_brackets_in_Main_Page|Template talk:Popular articles]]. Thanks[[User:Vanischenu|Vanischenu]] ([[User talk:Vanischenu|talk]]) 09:09, 10 July 2013 (UTC) == Activity Bounce? == So obviously I've been keeping a VERY low profile for a while. I thought the project was practically dead a while back, now it looks like there is a fair amount of life? Are things picking back up? --[[User:ShakataGaNai|<span style="color:#8B0000">'''S'''hakata'''</span><span style="color:#006400">G'''a</span><span style="color:#00008B">'''N'''ai</span>]] ^{[[User Talk:ShakataGaNai|^_^]]} 21:28, 14 July 2013 (UTC) : Aiming for thematic org status. See [[:meta:The Wikinewsie Group]]. --[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 06:41, 15 July 2013 (UTC) ::Its certainly not dead. However activity is less than wikinews had at its peak. To be honest, I haven't kept up with happenings over here all that well. I've mostly switched to doing dev related things on MediaWiki. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 16:28, 18 July 2013 (UTC) == [[Wikinews:Water cooler/assistance]] == I've asked a question at the above regarding bots. I figured if anybody might have a clue as to the answer it would be you, o I'd appreciate you having a look. :) [[U:BRS|<font color="red">'''Blood Red Sandman'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Talk)</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Contribs)</font>]]} 00:25, 29 August 2013 (UTC) :Does sound like a task for pywikipediabot. I'm not really familiar with who is running bots these days around here. [/me imagines a day with transitive category queries. Wouldn't it be nice. Part of me still thinks that it would be cool to instead of manually categorizing things, have templates like <nowiki>{{cat:Nuclear Proliferation}}</nowiki> that included the category and all its parents]. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 01:50, 29 August 2013 (UTC) :: Heh. Sort of like {{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Wikinews:Water cooler/assistance|diff=1977342&oldid=1977321}}|my thought.}} --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 02:14, 29 August 2013 (UTC) ::* Meh. I always puzzle over why you'd choose to use a different language to implement an API-accessing library from the language the API itself is coded in. ::: That's why (and I've no idea if it'll still work as-robustly) I wrote [https://github.com/Brian-McNeil/NewsieBot-WikiInterface NewsieBot's Wiki Interface]. Take a look, when you've time, Bawolff. --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / ^{[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]} 14:26, 16 September 2013 (UTC) == HotCat and internal categories == Hey, would it be possible to modify HotCat so that categories marked {{tl|internal cat}} (such as [[:Category:Musicians]]) don't show up when adding cats to mainspace articles? [[U:BRS|<font color="red">'''Blood Red Sandman'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Talk)</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Blood Red Sandman|<font color="red">(Contribs)</font>]]} 11:54, 16 September 2013 (UTC) == Image link == Hi. I need some assistance with image coding, and my understanding is you did the make lead software. I'm working on [[Wikinews:Education]] and some of the sub pages have subpage navigation which is clicking on the arrow button. These are not working because the |link = parameter is not apparently work. The person who works on the education program extension has tried to get it to work at [[User:Sage_Ross_%28WMF%29/sandbox]]. I was wondering if you had any ideas how to fix this? Thanks. --[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 13:57, 11 October 2013 (UTC) :the sandbox page appears to work for me? [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 14:37, 11 October 2013 (UTC) == Popular articles == Hi Bawolff! Your bot places in every update of [[Template:Popular articles]] (which is transcluded on Main Page) 8 visible brackets at the end. Greetings [[User:Bigbossfarin|Bigbossfarin]] ([[User talk:Bigbossfarin|talk]]) 21:26, 13 January 2014 (UTC) :Should be fixed now. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:19, 19 January 2014 (UTC) == very buggy gallery == I want to use the gallery for my images: [[de:Benutzer:Mariofan13]]. But there are LOTS of bugs: *The attribut widths is ignored, I have to use heights. *The attribut perrow does not work! *The last two pictures on my user page aren't scaled correct, they're much smaller than others. *Centering the gallery does not work correctly. The headline is centered with <nowiki><center></nowiki>-Tags too, and it is centered correct; but the gallery ignores the babelbox and because of this the gallery is not really centered. --[[User:Mariofan13|Mariofan13]] ([[User talk:Mariofan13|talk]]) 17:43, 23 February 2014 (UTC) ::prrrow and widths not working is intentional (and documented as such). How wide and how many perrow is dynamically determined and varries. You can make it take up only part of the page by putting it inside a &lt;div style="width: 60%"&gt;The behaviour of the last two is supposed to try to avoid them being "huge". It could probably be tweaked. The gallery should be centrered by default, can you clarify which parts aren't being centered. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 20:25, 23 February 2014 (UTC) == Your admin status == Hello. I'm a [[:m:stewards|steward]]. A new [[:m:Admin activity review|policy]] regarding the removal of "advanced rights" (administrator, bureaucrat, etc.) was adopted by [[:m:Requests for comment/Activity levels of advanced administrative rights holders|community consensus]] recently. According to this policy, the stewards are reviewing administrators' activity on wikis with no inactivity policy. You meet the inactivity criteria (no edits and no log actions for 2 years) on '''yiwiktionary''', where you are an administrator. Since yiwiktionary does not have its own administrators' rights review process, the global one applies. If you want to keep your rights, you should inform the community of the wiki about the fact that the stewards have sent you this information about your inactivity. If the community has a discussion about it and then wants you to keep your rights, please contact the stewards at [[:m:Stewards' noticeboard]], and link to the discussion of the local community, where they express their wish to continue to maintain the rights, and demonstrate a continued requirement to maintain these rights. We stewards will evaluate the responses. If there is no response at all after approximately one month, we will proceed to remove your administrative rights. In cases of doubt, we will evaluate the responses and will refer a decision back to the local community for their comment and review. If you have any questions, please contact us on [[:m:Stewards' noticeboard]]. Best regards, '''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 04:31, 10 March 2014 (UTC) hi [[User:Rschen7754|Rschen7754]]. I was given those rights randomly, i have no objections to them being removed. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 15:27, 11 March 2014 (UTC) :{{done}} --'''[[User:Rschen7754|Rs]][[User talk:Rschen7754|chen]][[Special:Contributions/Rschen7754|7754]]''' 20:42, 12 March 2014 (UTC) == Wikinews novice's question == Hello, I don't know where can I ask this question, so I'm asking you, an admin. I'm planning to write few articles about current [[:w:Slovak presidential election, 2014|Presidential election in Slovakia]], however, the most of my sources are written in Slovak. I want to ask, if Wikinews have reviewers understanding Slovak language (or Czech language, it's very similar), so they can make an review (''inter alia'' checking Slovak sources) after I finish article. And also: can I make and add to an election article (two) infoboxes containing some basic info about (two) presidential candidates? --[[User:DavidStefanSK|DavidStefanSK]] ([[User talk:DavidStefanSK|talk]]) 02:58, 24 March 2014 (UTC) : Hi, [[User:DavidStefanSK|DavidStefanSK]]. (Not my talk page, but saw your note here.) :* Regarding Slovak/Czech sources. We may be able to manage, with help from you on the translations of the sources. Here's what I mean. :: We don't have reviewers here at the moment who know Sovak/Czech, I believe. The ''reason'' we can't just rely on automatic translation is that the output of automatic translations is often very bad, and the precise meanings are always lost; and for review we often need the precise meanings. So, what sometimes works is, you leave us notes, on the talk page of the article, about translating of the sources. If you find this would involve too much of the sources, so that you start to worry about copyright, then instead you could email the translation notes to scoop (that's "scoop at wikinewsie dot org") and, on the article talk page, just say that you sent translation notes to scoop. :* What sort of templates do you have in mind? : (By the way, our common area for asking questions is the "Water cooler"; perhaps the [[WN:Water cooler/assistance|assistance water cooler]], for this.) : --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 12:19, 24 March 2014 (UTC) Thank you very much! About infoboxes: I was thinking about something like [http://postimg.org/image/dqro595st/ this (link to uploaded picture)], maybe also with added portraits, but after looking through templates I'm not sure it can be created on Wikinews. Maybe I can add this background info about candidates somewhere in article, or just give a link to Wikipedia. --[[User:DavidStefanSK|DavidStefanSK]] ([[User talk:DavidStefanSK|talk]]) 18:20, 24 March 2014 (UTC) == Search namespaces == Wondering if you happen to know what controls the default namespaces for Special:Search. As it's occurred to me we're set up to search mainspace and portal space, which doesn't make sense because our portals are really deprecated in favor of the categories. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 18:11, 30 April 2014 (UTC) :Its controlled by wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault in https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/InitialiseSettings.php.txt - To change it is the standard procedure (gather consensus, file a bug with shell in the keyword field). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 21:56, 14 May 2014 (UTC) == [[d:user:Bawolff]] == Hi Bawolff! Please see [[d:user:Bawolff]]. I will try to contact you on irc these days. Best regards gangLeri ‫·‏[[user:לערי ריינהארט|לערי ריינהארט]]‏·‏[[user talk:לערי ריינהארט|T]]‏·‏[[m:user:לערי ריינהארט|m]]‏:‏[//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/user_talk:%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%98?action=history Th]‏·‏[[m:user talk:לערי ריינהארט|T]]‏·‏[[m:special:Emailuser/לערי ריינהארט|email me]]‏·‏‬ 11:14, 23 May 2014 (UTC) == Pretty much everything is broken == Excepting HotCat [oh, and UTCLiveClock works too afaics]. * EzPR is not available. * Make lead doesn't work. * {{tl|hidden}} doesn't work.</s> * <s>Gadget "Open links to external sites in a new window" doesn't work.</s> At Amgine's suggestion, updated from en.wb (where it was updated in 2011). * Gadget "Review progress" doesn't work, notwithstanding the fix last night. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 20:00, 11 June 2014 (UTC) == An important message about renaming users == <div class="mw-content-ltr"> Dear Bawolff, I am cross-posting this message to many places to make sure everyone who is a Wikimedia Foundation project bureaucrat receives a copy. If you are a bureaucrat on more than one wiki, you will receive this message on each wiki where you are a bureaucrat. As you may have seen, work to perform the Wikimedia cluster-wide [[mw:SUL finalisation|single-user login finalisation]] (SUL finalisation) is taking place. This may potentially effect your work as a local bureaucrat, so please read this message carefully. Why is this happening? As currently stated at [[m:Global rename policy|the global rename policy]], a global account is a name linked to a single user across all Wikimedia wikis, with local accounts unified into a global collection. Previously, the only way to rename a unified user was to individually rename every local account. This was an extremely difficult and time-consuming task, both for stewards and for the users who had to initiate discussions with local bureaucrats (who perform local renames to date) on every wiki with available bureaucrats. The process took a very long time, since it's difficult to coordinate crosswiki renames among the projects and bureaucrats involved in individual projects. The SUL finalisation will be taking place in stages, and one of the first stages will be to turn off Special:RenameUser locally. This needs to be done as soon as possible, on advice and input from Stewards and engineers for the project, so that no more accounts that are unified globally are broken by a local rename to usurp the global account name. Once this is done, the process of global name unification can begin. The date that has been chosen to turn off local renaming and shift over to entirely global renaming is 15 September 2014, or three weeks time from now. In place of local renames is a new tool, hosted on Meta, that allows for global renames on all wikis where the name is not registered will be deployed. Your help is greatly needed during this process and going forward in the future if, as a bureaucrat, renaming users is something that you do or have an interest in participating in. The Wikimedia Stewards have set up, and are in charge of, a new community usergroup on Meta in order to share knowledge and work together on renaming accounts globally, called [[m:Global renamers|Global renamers]]. Stewards are in the process of creating documentation to help global renamers to get used to and learn more about global accounts and tools and Meta in general as well as the application format. As transparency is a valuable thing in our movement, the Stewards would like to have at least a brief public application period. If you are an experienced renamer as a local bureaucrat, the process of becoming a part of this group could take as little as 24 hours to complete. You, as a bureaucrat, should be able to apply for the global renamer right on Meta by the [[m:SRGP|requests for global permissions]] page on 1 September, a week from now. In the meantime please update your local page where users request renames to reflect this move to global renaming, and if there is a rename request and the user has edited more than one wiki with the name, please send them to [[:m:SRUC|the request page for a global rename]]. Stewards greatly appreciate the trust local communities have in you and want to make this transition as easy as possible so that the two groups can start working together to ensure everyone has a unique login identity across Wikimedia projects. Completing this project will allow for long-desired universal tools like a global watchlist, global notifications and many, many more features to make work easier. If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the SUL finalisation, read over the [[m:SUL|Help:Unified login]] page on Meta and leave a note on the talk page there, or on the talk page for [[m:Talk:Global renamers|global renamers]]. You can also contact me on [[m:User talk:Keegan (WMF)|my talk page on meta]] if you would like. I'm working as a bridge between Wikimedia Foundation Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Stewards, and you to assure that SUL finalisation goes as smoothly as possible; this is a community-driven process and I encourage you to work with the Stewards for our communities. Thank you for your time. -- [[m:User:Keegan (WMF)|Keegan (WMF)]] [[m:User talk:Keegan (WMF)|talk]] 18:24, 25 August 2014 (UTC) <small>--This message was sent using [[m:MassMessage|MassMessage]]. Was there an error? 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He neither productive nor socially competent or educated, for a globally representative on public free sites. --[[User:Nikebrand|Nikebrand]] ([[User talk:Nikebrand|talk]]) 21:40, 6 October 2014 (UTC) :please don't use name calling ("psychic") when talking about other users. Im not an active user here anymore, you should discuss dispute resolution options with someone whois active. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:54, 6 October 2014 (UTC) == heh... == Double-clicked on a word in wikieditor text box, and wiktionary opened in another tab. <eyebrow raise suggestively> - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <span style="position: relative; top: -0.5em; font-size: 80%;">[[User talk:Amgine|t]]</span></span> 23:17, 22 October 2014 (UTC) :Wasn't me. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 00:37, 23 October 2014 (UTC) == French Wikinews == Hi(sorry for my english), could you update the script for [https://fr.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Mod%C3%A8le:Une_2&curid=23936&diff=562865&oldid=562636 that]. The setting "|date" and the list under <nowiki>"<noinclude>[[Catégorie:Modèles utilisés sur la page d'accueil]]</noinclude>"</nowiki>. Thank you. --[[User:SleaY|SleaY]] ([[User talk:SleaY|talk]]) 03:22, 14 December 2014 (UTC) :Ok, I did some changes but, there still is a bug with the template <nowiki>{{W}}</nowiki>(We use it to make links) that is erased by the tool. --[[User:SleaY|SleaY]] ([[User talk:SleaY|talk]]) 17:22, 14 December 2014 (UTC) ::{{ping|SleaY}} what sort of issue are you having with the {{tl|w}} template? :::I'm talking about the tool [[fr:Wikinews:Article principal|Wikinews:Article principal]]. I think I fixed it [https://fr.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki%3ACommon.js%2FWikinews%3AArticle_principal%2FleadGenerator&diff=563124&oldid=395048]. I added also the setting "|date". Now I'm trying to do the same thing with "|theme". --[[User:SleaY|SleaY]] ([[User talk:SleaY|talk]]) 16:58, 16 December 2014 (UTC) == Minor, obscure(?) technical question == I'm trying to understand js functions <code>importScript</code> and <code>importStylesheet</code> a bit better, and was wondering if you could shed light on them. My specific questions atm, fwiw: * Is it even ''possible'' to get the same effect by laboriously assembling a full url and passing it to <code>mw.loader.load</code>, or is that still going to do something subtly different? * If it's possible, is it worth the trouble for a function described as 'we'll be deprecating it as soon as we have an acceptable modern alternative' (but they still haven't had the guts to actually deprecate)? * Where would one look to find the ''source code'' defining <code>importScript</code>/<code>importStylesheet</code>? (Which seems like the most direct way of understanding just what they actually do.) Any suggestions appreciated. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 21:06, 16 December 2014 (UTC) == Popular articles? == Is the popular articles bot down for the count? (I see it's been out since January 28.) --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 22:30, 11 February 2015 (UTC) == Halifax ArtAndFeminism Editathon, March 7 or 8 == Not sure if you're already aware of this, if you like we can put you in touch with the event organizers there: [[w:Wikipedia:Meetup/Halifax/ArtAndFeminism/NSCAD]].--[[User:Pharos|Pharos]] ([[User talk:Pharos|talk]]) 20:40, 18 February 2015 (UTC) == [[MediaWiki:Gadget-easyPeerReview.js]] == I invite your attention to a thread at my user talk page, '''[[User talk:Pi zero#MediaWiki:Gadget-easyPeerReview.js|here]]'''. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 02:16, 19 May 2015 (UTC) :I'm leaving for lyon tommorow morning. I'm not sure when I'll have a chance to look at this. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 08:34, 20 May 2015 (UTC) == Updated scripts == Hi Bawolff. I [[Special:Diff/3727246|edited your <tt>chick.js</tt>]] to update you to the latest version of [[m:TemplateScript|TemplateScript]]. You were using a much older version called [[m:User:Pathoschild/Scripts/Regex menu framework|regex menu framework]], so the main difference you'll see is an improved regex editor and cleaner custom scripts. I also [[mw:ResourceLoader/Migration guide (users)|updated deprecated functions]] and made your scripts HTTPS-compatible. Let me know if anything breaks. :) —<small>[[User talk:Pathoschild|Pathoschild]] 19:05, 09 August 2015 (UTC)</small> == Major breakages == Hi. Almost all the major automation on Wikinews has gone away. Even [[WN:Make lead]] is broken, this time. (Make lead didn't break last Friday, when they decided to stop loading gadgets that don't use ResourceLoader; at that time we temporarily lost all the important things ''except'' Make lead, getting them all back by declaring in [[MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition]] that they ''do'' use ResourceLoader.) I'm glad to see my dialog tools haven't broken yet (modulo declaring that the gadget uses ResourceLoader)... though I admit I'm pretty worried since they seem to have gotten extremely reckless about breaking things that aren't theirs (after all, if it's software and it's someone else's, it can't be important, right?). Sorry, I guess my patience with the Foundation has gotten stretched beyond the limits of its elasticity. Anyway, if there's anything you can suggest to bring any of it back &mdash; and if there's anything you can suggest to make the tools I'm developing more robust against future breakage by software "improvements" &mdash; it would be greatly appreciated. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 19:44, 12 August 2015 (UTC) :Its due to [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2015-August/082652.html]. I didn't realize my scripts actually used that. Guess they do. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 04:24, 13 August 2015 (UTC) == Using IP, this error message is displayed on CAT:REV, after I click OK for purge == <tt>ReadyAlert gadget fails at life, please tell Bawolff. error: ReferenceError: sajax_init_object is not defined</tt><br>[[Special:Contributions/14.139.242.195|14.139.242.195]] ([[User talk:14.139.242.195|talk]]) 21:41, 13 August 2015 (UTC) : I think I've got it fixed (mimicking at [[MediaWiki:Gadget-readyAlert.js]] bawolff's fix to [[User:Bawolff/mwapilib.js]]). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 22:05, 13 August 2015 (UTC) == Popular articles == Hello. Long time no chat. I was just writing to inform you [[:Template:Popular articles]] has been broken since June. Is there a chance it might be fixed? Cheers. ''[[User:DragonFire1024|DragonFire1024]]'' ('''[[User talk:DragonFire1024|Talk to the Dragon]]''') 21:49, 14 August 2015 (UTC) :{{ping|DragonFire1024}} Fixed. Tool labs admins in their infinite wisdom decided it would be a good idea to disable all scheduled jobs :s [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:10, 22 August 2015 (UTC) == [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Access to nonpublic information policy/MassMessages/Initial notice to volunteers|Please sign new Wikimedia confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information by 15 December]] == ''This is a message from the [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]]. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Access to nonpublic information policy/MassMessages/Initial notice to volunteers|Translations]] are available.'' [[File:Wmf logo vert pms.svg|right|150px]] As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees approved a new [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Access to nonpublic information policy|"Access to nonpublic information policy"]] on 25 April 2014 after a community consultation. 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If you do not wish to retain this access, please let me know and we will forward your request to the appropriate individuals. Thank you,<br /> Gregory Varnum ([[m:User:GVarnum-WMF|User:GVarnum-WMF]]), Wikimedia Foundation ''Posted by the [[m:Special:MyLanguage/User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] 23:33, 15 September 2015 (UTC) • [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Access to nonpublic information policy/MassMessages/Initial notice to volunteers|Translate]] • [[m:Talk:Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information/How to sign|Get help]] <!-- Message sent by User:GVarnum-WMF@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_message_delivery/Access_to_nonpublic_information_policy/Functionaries&oldid=13643599 --> == Can you help us out? == Please see [[User_talk:Green_Giant#OneClickArchiver]]. Any idea how to fix my OneClickArchiver to get it working? -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 21:32, 22 September 2015 (UTC) == Any thoughts on this? == ...since my technical expertise drops off sharply around the edges. [[WN:Water cooler/proposals#Podcast]] --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 13:59, 13 October 2015 (UTC) == Could really use your help with GA Reviews == Bawolff, At English Wikipedia we are suffering a six (6) month backlog of the time it takes between Good Article nomination to getting a review. I think that part of the problem is people's lack of familiarity and unease about ''how'' to review. If Wikipedia were to have a similar type of review-script that you created, here at ''Wikinews'', that we could add to ''Gadgets'' at Wikipedia or even just as an optional user-script, the reviews would probably make much more sense to people. Please see: #[[w:Wikipedia:Good article nominations/templates]] #[[w:Wikipedia:Good article criteria]] Is there any way you could create something for Wikipedia, similar to ''"Easy Peer Review"'' gadget? Thank you very much, we really need help with this, -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 18:05, 15 October 2015 (UTC) : In the ''long run''... : A particular target for my dialog tools is to rewrite the review gadget, in a souped-up form that could, moreover, be grown by the community since it's all in wiki markup. Once I get the tools into full production mode (my [[User:Pi zero/dialog/punch list|punch list]] is actually moving forward, though not uniformly shrinking), I mean to also port the tools to en.wb (where I'm also an admin) and get some breadth of experience using the tools for tasks outside the Wikinews workflow (as well as experience porting them to another project). I've always had in mind that Wikipedia could massively benefit from the tools &mdash; as I suspect any wiki could &mdash; but I want to get more of the kinks worked out first, which I'd expect Wikinews and Wikibooks between them to do. : Just a thought. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 18:23, 15 October 2015 (UTC) ::{{u|Bawolff}}, {{u|Pi zero}}, truly any help at all converting "Easy Peer Review" to work with at least one of the templates at [[w:Wikipedia:Good article nominations/templates]], or simply the six (6) GA criteria at [[w:Wikipedia:Good article criteria]] (and their sub-points), would be extremely valuable for Wikipedia. Thank you, -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 18:29, 15 October 2015 (UTC) :::ezpr was made before i really knew what i was doing, and as a result is not very modular. I think it would be easier to write a new script than try to adapt ezpr. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] ::::Would it be possible for you to please help write a new script, keeping in mind [[w:WIAGA]] and perhaps utilization with something similar to [[w:Template:FGAN]], [[w:Template:GANOH]], [[w:Template:PGAN]] -- and/or like others at [[w:Wikipedia:Good article nominations/templates]] ? -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 21:31, 15 October 2015 (UTC) ::::: I have a vague (perhaps altogether faulty) memory that [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] was thinking along these lines a while back. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 21:44, 15 October 2015 (UTC) ::::::I've dropped off all my Quality improvement projects on Wikipedia to zero. Instead I've been focusing all my efforts on trying to review GA candidates and clear the GA Review massive backlog of six (6) months, at least for a few topics. Any help with a tool to make this process go more smoothly, would be greatly appreciated! -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 21:56, 15 October 2015 (UTC) :::::::'''[[:w:User:Gryllida/draft/under-review|This]]''' is an ugly javascript-free solution I found reasonably useful for reviewing new articles queue at Wikipedia, but in the long run I intend to write a desktop client for the wiki - it is easier to program for than JavaScript. (The environment here has been unstable for the last half a year, so I am afraid that I'm unlikely to resume programming any of this until at least a couple weeks later.) [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:15, 15 October 2015 (UTC) Wow, {{u|Gryllida}}, thanks, please do keep us posted! -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 00:47, 16 October 2015 (UTC) :Ive got a lot going on right now, and dont want to overcommit to doing stuff. I might be able to help sometime down the road.[[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 05:01, 16 October 2015 (UTC) ::Okay, no worries, no pressure! I'm doing fine right now reviewing GA candidates with the templates already present, but this idea could help out the wider Wikipedia community. Perhaps {{u|Gryllida}} could also help out down the road. -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 07:33, 16 October 2015 (UTC) == [[m:Access to nonpublic information policy/MassMessages/Follow-up notice to volunteers|Reminder: Please sign new Wikimedia confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information by 15 December]] == ''This is a message from the [[m:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]]. [[m:Access to nonpublic information policy/MassMessages/Follow-up notice to volunteers|Translations]] are available.'' 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Thank you,<br /> Gregory Varnum ([[m:User:GVarnum-WMF|User:GVarnum-WMF]]), Wikimedia Foundation ''Posted by the [[m:User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] 08:11, 16 October 2015 (UTC) • [[m:Access to nonpublic information policy/MassMessages/Follow-up notice to volunteers|Translate]] • [[m:Talk:Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information/How to sign|Get help]] <!-- Message sent by User:GVarnum-WMF@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_message_delivery/Access_to_nonpublic_information_policy/Functionaries&oldid=14140563 --> == Breaking change to Wikimedia API may affect you soon == Hey, just making sure you've seen https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-api-announce/2015-November/000098.html? Should impact your bot here. 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I think a few months now, and was just wondering if you might have any thoughts on it. : Aside: This is only indirectly related to my [[Help:dialog|dialog]] tools, which as usual are shaping up slowly (I' trying to figure out, atm, whether it's premature for me to start building an interactive assistant for building-and-maintenance of interactive assistants). From the very first I designed the dialog tools to be as robust as possible, including especially robust against all but the most unlikely of changes to the underlying wiki platform. And so far the dialog tools haven't shown the anomaly I'm about to describe. But anything that shows instability in javascript worries me. What I've observed is that ''sometimes'', apparently randomly, when loading a page &mdash; on both en.wn and en.wb &mdash; some of the javascript gadgetry doesn't load. I'd first noticed this about UTCLiveClock, but then gradually became aware that when it happens it also applies to the collapsing of the legend on RecentChanges. I ''think'' I remember the problem also applying to HotCat; I really need to try to remember to notice, next time I see it happen, whether or not it also applies to the "Review progress" gadget. I'd first wondered if it had to do with UTCLiveClock being a very old gadget (or am I mistaken in believing it easily predates ResourceLoader), but I wouldn't have thought a problem with collapsing the RC legend would fit that profile. At any rate, if you've any thoughts on what sort of cause it might have and perhaps how to avoid it, I'd be most interested to hear. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 12:05, 1 April 2016 (UTC) : Hm. When javascript fails &mdash; which happens a fair fraction of the time, these days, search-box completion is absent too. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 11:25, 7 April 2016 (UTC) Some observations about this, that might shed some sort of light on it. * On en.wb, User:JackPotte did a lot of updating of javascript on-site, and javascript now usually works there. I think it still fails some of the time, but things have gotten much better. * Here on en.wn, I wrapped the body of every gadget in a try block, and when that didn't eliminate the problem I wrapped try blocks around the various sections of code in Common.js, which also didn't eliminate the problem. :: I've thought about a major push to eliminate some specific deprecated things from our javascript, such as importScript, but it's not clear if it's worth the effort since I've a pessimistic feeling it'd just be a huge amount of work that still wouldn't eliminate the problem. After all, the en.wn Common.js makes intensive use of importScript. * As of a few days ago (I think; perhaps Tuesday, if that's still when they deploy changes), javascript is much more likely to fail in my Opera browser than in my Firefox. Seems suggestive of something about the nature of the problem, though the something eludes me. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 14:44, 9 September 2016 (UTC) ::new code gets deployed on wednessdays here (tuesday is mediawiki.org and test.wikipedia.org. Wikipedia is on thursday). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:22, 9 September 2016 (UTC) ::: Aha. I'd thought I first noticed the discrepancy more recently than a Tuesday deployment would have predicted. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 18:56, 9 September 2016 (UTC) Fwiw: I've replaced all the uses of importScript with mw.loader.load. Behavior might have improved slightly as a result. There are still lots of wg variable uses that should be rewritten with mw.config.get. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 10:22, 22 September 2016 (UTC) : ... and fixed all the wg* variables to use mw.config.get (except [[MediaWiki:WiktionaryLookup-external.js|1]] [[MediaWiki:Gadget-dictionaryLookupHover.js|2]] [[MediaWiki:WiktionaryLookup-external-bookmarklet.js|3]], which I didn't touch because the code baffled me). --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 01:24, 24 September 2016 (UTC) :: My ''suspicion'' is that lots of older javascript is written with implicit assumptions about how things are scheduled relative to each other when using importScript, and the real cause of the problems is that work related to ResourceLoader has changed the overall landscape of scheduling in a way that violates the old assumptions. (Alas, I'm not familiar with whatever positive benefits may accrue from most of what the devs change, so that I tend to resent these sorts of problems as side effects of mostly-blameless devs carrying out spectacularly bad policies imposed by the WMF.) --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 15:45, 24 September 2016 (UTC) :::You should generally not make assumptions about load order of different scripts. importScript is asyncronous (That's always been the case, even before RL), so timing of it can be random, and will vary depending on if the user has it cached or not. RL (and subsequent changes, especially "ResourceLoaderStorage" [aka caching scripts in LocalStorage]) changed a bunch of core scripts to be very asynchronous. In the event of caching, scripts may even load before the html of the page is fully loaded. Anyhow - If you need to use functions defined in a specific RL module, use mw.loader.using( dependency, callbackFunction ) which will call the callbackFunction only after the module is loaded. If you need access to anything from the HTML DOM, use $( callbackFunction ); which will make sure DOM is loaded before calling the callback. If for some reason you need the page entirely loaded (i.e. all images fully loaded), you can use $( document ).ready( callback );, but generally speaking images can take quite a while before fully loaded, and you almost never need them loaded before doing stuff. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 09:11, 26 September 2016 (UTC) :::: It's all very well to ''say'' 'don't make assumptions about load order', but I think getting things to work in practice is usually more a matter of finding a way that works (as the system behaves when you're debugging). For example, the progress-review gadget has some funky code in it for scheduling that I can't even altogether decipher but, amongst other things, seems to be checking to see if Bawolff/mwapplib2 has loaded yet and, if not, insert a one-time 0.8 second delay. With a comment I didn't understand either that mentions Google Chrome. (I actually tried to improve that code, but wasn't at all surprised when my improvement didn't work since I really didn't understand the code in the first place.) <p> I had a vague impression that mw.loader.using would only work with a registered module, and I was completely defeated by trying to figure out how to register a module; it sounded like something only a WMF employee was allowed to do, which would be consistent with my general impression that WMF really wants to be closed-shop. So I've never even tried to use mw.loader.using. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 11:17, 26 September 2016 (UTC) :::::Yes, module registration needs MediaWiki on the server side to be involved. If you want to make your own, the only way currently (That I'm aware of) is to make a gadget. You can have hidden gadgets that don't show up in preferences by specifying a right that doesn't exist in the option field. - e.g. [ResourceLoader|rights=hidden] (You can see some examples of this on enwikipedia). Alternatively, if one doesn't want to use MediaWiki's loading and module system, one can make their own system for verifying that a dependency loaded (Somehow anyways. I have no idea how MW actually does that, but presumably one can copy whatever it does). (As for the delay in process-review. That's probably bad practice. After all, people on slow internet might have more than a 0.8 second delay. There's lots of historical javascript that doesn't exactly do the best thing). [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 11:38, 26 September 2016 (UTC) :::::: Useful info; thanks. Btw, re progress-review, there ''might'' have been a thought there that if the connection is so slow 0.8 seconds isn't enough then you probably don't want to use that gadget anyway. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 13:05, 26 September 2016 (UTC) : lol. the whole problem seems to be [[MediaWiki:Gadget-extlinks.js]]; de-select that and I've got no problem. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 03:56, 3 December 2016 (UTC) == [[User:Bawolff/mwapilib2.js]] == That script is old and will stop working later this year. In the worst case scenario, it would throw JavaScript errors that prevents not just itself, but even other JavaScript from working. We should fixe it or remove it. --[[User:SleaY|SleaY]] ([[User talk:SleaY|talk]]) 14:20, 12 June 2016 (UTC) : {{ping|SleaY}} What is it about it, that will stop working? Also, when does "later this year" mean? I've heard a bunch of stuff will stop working but there never seem to be specifics about why. We have a very heavily automated project here and I suspect ''most'' of it depends on that library that you're saying will stop working later this year (although we do have a replacement in the works, it's just not clear if it'll be ready in time). <p> Btw, we ''already'' have JavaScript intermittently failing to work, and so does English Wikibooks. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 14:42, 12 June 2016 (UTC) ::i'm aware its old, i wrote it a long time ago. Im not really doing anything beyond the bare minimun of maintinance for it anymore, my interests primarily moving on to other things. What is the nature of your concern? [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 17:28, 12 June 2016 (UTC) == cleanup in aisle [[MediaWiki:Gadget-dictionaryLookupHover.js]] == Mayhap a bit of time to move deprecated/unmaintained scripts to userspace to maintain the history? - <span style="font: brush 10pt/12pt cursive;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">[[User:Amgine|Amgine]]</span> | <span style="position: relative; top: -0.5em; font-size: 80%;">[[User talk:Amgine|t]]</span></span> 15:01, 21 July 2016 (UTC) :I guess maybe. Although i think there are some cross-wiki scripts that assume its at that particular location. I don't think its bothering anyone where it is. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 17:24, 21 July 2016 (UTC) == static and dynamic template scope == I recall you'd once linked me to a bugzilla request for a magic word that would return the name of the page on which it was actually called, that was closed as {{nowrap|WON'T FIX}}. I was therefore somewhat bemused to realize that scribunto provides a way to do that, if you're willing to use the somewhat more unwieldy module-invocation syntax. Which iirc makes their technical justification for the long-ago refusal look as silly as it was. I've just implemented a small module to do that and also to let a template pass along all of its parameters to another template without having to explicitly list all the possible parameters (e.g. {{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Template:Dialog/view|diff=prev&oldid=4254737}}|diff}}); I find a certain grim humor in realizing that the use of Lua as a way to encourage people to not use wiki markup to implement templates has, in the process, made it possible to implement using Lua features that make it more feasible to use wiki markup to implement templates. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 14:34, 13 October 2016 (UTC) == Export ''Easy Peer Review'' to Spanish Wikinews == Hi, I see that you are inactive, I do not know if you can answer but I'll leave the question to you as well. I would like to know if it is possible to export Easy Peer Review to Wikinews in Spanish. I wait your answer. Regards. [[File:Alvaro Molina.png|20px|link=]] [[User:AlvaroMolina|<span style="font-size:100%; color:darkblue; text-shadow:blue 2px 1px 2px">Alvaro Molina</span>]] '''('''[[User Talk:AlvaroMolina|<font color="#006408">'''Let's Talk'''</font>]]''')''' 03:30, 12 January 2017 (UTC) <small>PD: Sorry if my English is not good.</small> == [[WN:Newsroom]]/[[:Category:Review]] == Hello. There are several articles awaiting review. You may go to either [[WN:Newsroom]] or [[:Category:Review]] to check. Thanks. --[[User:George Ho|George Ho]] ([[User talk:George Ho|talk]]) 05:50, 21 June 2017 (UTC) == Wikinews:Make lead == Dear Bawolff ([[User:BWolff (WMF)|ping]]), Wikinews in Dutch language has reopened yesterday and there is something that I don't feel I should do myself, because one should know how to deal with scripts. As a matter of fact I have tried to translate [[Wikinews:Make lead]] which you have started. There you mentioned "Report any non-workingness to User:Bawolff" so I was wondering if you have time to help with the Dutch version of 'make lead" that I started here: [[:nl:Wikinews:Inleiding maken]]. I would like to use it at the [https://nl.wikinews.org/wiki/Hoofdpagina main page]. There you see at the right top corner of each block 'bewerk' (Eng. 'edit'). Per block the corresponding categories with news articles are overhere: *[[:nl:Categorie:Plaats op de hoofdpagina in het blok Nederland]] *[[:nl:Categorie:Plaats op de hoofdpagina in het blok België]] *[[:nl:Categorie:Plaats op de hoofdpagina in het blok Suriname]] *[[:nl:Categorie:Plaats op de hoofdpagina in het blok Caribisch Nederland]] *[[:nl:Categorie:Plaats op de hoofdpagina in het blok Europa]] *[[:nl:Categorie:Plaats op de hoofdpagina in het blok Wereld]] A seventh block of "Actuele Onderwerpdossiers" doesn't have a corresponding category. This one should be fed with Special:NewPages. Can I ask for your help? Is it a lot of work for you to complete the last parts so we can have our own 'make lead' at our project? Your help would be very welcome. Thank you in advance! Best regards, [[User:Ymnes|Ymnes]] ([[User talk:Ymnes|talk]]) 05:02, 7 July 2017 (UTC) == I wonder why this error == Got this error while not-ready'ing an article. What is it about? <code>Easy review script has uncaught exception [tell Bawolff]: TypeError: Cannot read property 'edit' of undefined</code>.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 13:33, 25 June 2018 (UTC) :The ''tell bawolff'' part was from when I used to be actively supporting the script ;). Basically the error is the javascript version of what in c would be called a null pointer derefernce. Generally, something called <code>foo.edit</code> where the variable foo was undefined. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 14:00, 25 June 2018 (UTC) == Growing Wikinews to counter the Balkanization of the body politic == Hello: I'm asking all the Wikinews administrators for their thoughts on how Wikinews and the Wikimedia Foundation more generally might respond more effectively to the challenges to democracy and world peace that many people perceive in the rise of the xenophobic right in the US, Europe, India, the Philippines, and elsewhere. I've [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/Submissions:2018/Workshop_on_countering_the_Balkanization_of_the_body_politic proposed a workshop on this subject] for [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2018/Main_Page WikiConference North America, October 18-21], and I've engaged [[User:Pi zero]] and [[User:Gryllida]] in discussing this at [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#Retaining contributors with compatible projects]]. Pi zero and Gryllida think the numbers I scraped from [[meta:Wikinews]] are wrong. That may be, but I don't think it changes the fundamental question. I hope you will contribute your thoughts to this discussion -- both online and hopefully also at WikiConference North America. Thanks, [[User:DavidMCEddy|DavidMCEddy]] ([[User talk:DavidMCEddy|talk]]) 01:10, 17 August 2018 (UTC) == [[WN:RfP]] == Hey Bawolff. If you've got a moment, would you mind closing [[Wikinews:Requests_for_permissions#Green_Giant_(talk_·_contribs)_—_adminship|Green Giant's RfA]]? I think you're the only bureaucrat on this project that both a) hasn't participated in the discussion, and b) is still active on Wikimedia projects (if not this one). Thanks, [[User:Microchip08|Microchip08]] ([[User talk:Microchip08|talk]]) 21:32, 9 October 2018 (UTC) == wikinews administrators noticeboard == whats link to it; you are broad news outlet; you should have one!!! :???[[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 20:52, 21 February 2020 (UTC) == LQT vs nuke == You might find this somewhat amusing (or bemusing): [[WN:WCT#LQT vs nuke]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 21:24, 29 February 2020 (UTC) == [[MediaWiki:Gadget-dictionaryLookupHover.js]] == Hi, I'm from Wikisource Turkish. I want to use your "Gadget-dictionaryLookupHover" ([https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-dictLookup.js I saw it here for the first time])gadget in Turkish wikisorce. I wrote on Meta but they said "has no tr code component." Can we make this gadget compatible with [https://tr.wiktionary.org/ Turkish Wiktionary?] --[[User:Satirdan kahraman|Satirdan kahraman]] ([[User talk:Satirdan kahraman|talk]]) 12:45, 1 June 2020 (UTC) :{{ping|Satirdan kahraman}} The gadget doesn't even work in english anymore. Sorry I'm not really maintaining it anymore. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 03:26, 8 June 2020 (UTC) == Wikinews logo? == How would we go about turning the wikinews logo black (or perhaps substituting the obit version of the logo) for a while? (Three days has been suggested as appropriate, given brianmc's role on the project, and I'd really like to do it, but honestly don't recall how.) --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 00:34, 28 July 2020 (UTC) :you can override the logo with css like <code>.mw-wiki-logo {background-image: url(put url here) !important;}</code>. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 01:31, 28 July 2020 (UTC) :: What's our sourcing for the information about brianmc? Not to put too fine a point on it, how do we know? --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 01:34, 28 July 2020 (UTC) :::But will it work for everyone? You mean, to edit site's CSS, right<br>[[Special:Contributions/103.254.128.138|103.254.128.138]] ([[User talk:103.254.128.138|talk]]) 01:35, 28 July 2020 (UTC) ::::Yes, i mean edit [[mediawiki:Common.css]]. Source is a facebook post. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 02:04, 28 July 2020 (UTC) ::::: The platform interface is twitchy as all get-out, but I've found a combination that works. Thx. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 05:17, 28 July 2020 (UTC) == Using Wiktionary lookup gadget on own MW site == Thanks for your work on the Wiktionary lookup gadget. I would like to use it on my own MW site in a way that it executes a search on my site on double-clicking a word. How could I do that?--[[User:Spiros71|Spiros71]] ([[User talk:Spiros71|talk]]) 12:12, 2 January 2021 (UTC) :The script is a little broken right now, because the API no longer allows framing. It would be possible to work around this with a proxy, but I'm not really maintaining the script anymore. If it weren't for that issue, you could just load the following JS file on your site: https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-dictionaryLookupHover.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&scrver=1 . but i haven't tested it in a long time so there might be other issues. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 14:13, 6 January 2021 (UTC) == [[:Category:Pages using DynamicPageList]] == Hi Bawolff, hope you're well, I was wondering if by any chance you know what this category has started to appear on various pages. It's seemingly random, but I don't think anyone is quite sure what's up. —[[User:Chaetodipus|chaetodipus]] ([[User talk:chaetodipus|talk]] &middot; [[Special:Contributions/Chaetodipus|contribs]]) 03:51, 29 July 2021 (UTC) :hi [[User:Chaetodipus]]. Recently there was an issue on ruwikinews, where a large import combined with dpl resulted in all wikimedia sites going down ([[phab:T287362]]. Developers want to get a better idea how dpl is used, and especially of the wikis that have it enabled which ones actually use it, in order to better asses risk of the extension. To that end they added a tracking category to better keep track of DPL usages. Since it was just added it might take a little while for the category to populate. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 04:19, 29 July 2021 (UTC) ::Thanks for the response, it had seemed a little strange that a cat popped up out of nowhere like that. Does this seem like it was just a one-time issue with ru.wikinews doing its large import, or is there serious consideration in the removal of the DPL extension on the wikimedia sites? —[[User:Chaetodipus|chaetodipus]] ([[User talk:chaetodipus|talk]] &middot; [[Special:Contributions/Chaetodipus|contribs]]) 04:34, 29 July 2021 (UTC) :::ruwikinews is having dpl permenantly removed. I think there is a high liklihood it will also be removed from some larger wikis like en wiktionary if it turns out the community there doesn't use it. Ever since dpl was first made it was always acknowleged that it was doing inefficient things and would not work after wikis got past a certain size, and ruwikinews with 13 million pages is way past that limit (also, their refusal to take any responsibility for their part in this mess, and their little episode of yellow journalism over this issue, really has not endeared them to the devs. But that's secondary to the real issue that the approach taken by dpl does not work once wikis get too big). Beyond that, discussions are still ongoing and i'm not sure what the outcome will be. I suspect enwikinews will be safe or at the very least should dpl be removed across wmf, i would suspect a replacement would be made available. (Disclaimer: i dont work for wmf anymore, all just my opinion, i have no special insider knowledge outside of what i pick up from my social circle) [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 04:53, 29 July 2021 (UTC) == [[:User:Bawolff bot]] == Hello. Just wanted to check if this account is still in use as a bot because it seems the last edit was in 2015? --[[User:Cromium|Cromium]] ([[User talk:Cromium|talk]]) 22:01, 13 August 2021 (UTC) :its only used on mediawiki.org. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:59, 13 August 2021 (UTC) ::Cheers for getting back to me so soon. I’m going to remove the bot flag then. If you need the flag again, it would need to go through a fresh request. Thank you for the contributions made through this account. 🙂 --[[User:Cromium|Cromium]] ([[User talk:Cromium|talk]]) 01:08, 14 August 2021 (UTC) == How we will see unregistered users == <section begin=content/> Hi! 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Well done!!! --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:24, 5 September 2019 (UTC)|The reviewer hero|55px}} [[Template:QuoteLeft]] {{QuoteLeft|this that and the other.|10px|10px}} <br> <br> <div style="background:#FFDF00; height:2em; overflow:hidden;">{{Ticker|multiple=single|engine=std|speed=1.5|left_text=Latest Wikinews:}}</div> <div style="position: relative; height: 1%;"> </div> IMPORTANT: [[Template:Tasks]] ch1qxjzpz8wbhb98r3biz6qyj6jcj7o 14 1260167 4685045 2513941 2022-07-26T06:31:10Z 103.255.6.86 Expanded it wikitext text/x-wiki {{Topic cat |intro = an [[abortion]]-inducing drug sometimes referred to as RU486 |pipe = mifepristone |image = Mifepristona3D.png |imagecaption = Ball-and-stick model of the Mifepristone molecule. |portal = no |offset = {{{offset|0}}} |sisterprojects = yes |commons = Category:Mifepristone |wikidata = Q411240 |wiktionary = mifepristone }} [[Category:Abortion]] [[Category:Drugs]] 8pwhpx4eu9w6z7bitxr4c3fznvvu4e3 4685054 4685045 2022-07-26T11:49:43Z SVTCobra 9158 image credit wikitext text/x-wiki {{Topic cat |intro = an [[abortion]]-inducing drug sometimes referred to as RU486 |pipe = mifepristone |image = Mifepristona3D.png |imagecaption = Ball-and-stick model of a mifepristone molecule {{Image|paren=yes|[[C:User:MindZiper|MindZiper]]}} |portal = no |offset = {{{offset|0}}} |sisterprojects = yes |commons = Category:Mifepristone |wikidata = Q411240 |wiktionary = mifepristone }} [[Category:Abortion]] [[Category:Drugs]] qm626bo8loe26i3txt8zuxl3oewts2p 3 2852182 4684968 4683543 2022-07-25T15:43:39Z Bddpaux 112744 /* Email??? */ new section wikitext text/x-wiki ==Archive== Find the archive of posts dated 21/12/2020 to 4/7/2021 [[User talk:JJLiu112/Archive/2020-21|here]]. --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 01:36, 15 July 2021 (UTC) == Suggestion == For archives, you could also add <code>&#95;_NOEDITSECTION__</code> to hide edit links from each section/subsection. Not a compulsion, just you might find it useful.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 03:36, 15 July 2021 (UTC) :Danke. --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 03:41, 15 July 2021 (UTC) == Re my card with no blood group == I wonder if you also saw, the email mentioned on it was wikinewsie.org (and is in fact, a very old design which has sinc been renewed)? :I have, yes. Now go to work! --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 07:00, 15 July 2021 (UTC) == A file you had uploaded is deleted == Head's up -- a non-free file you had uploaded has been deleted. Please consider reading [[wn:FU|Fair Use policies]]. "Media from competing news organizations uploaded without permission can be deleted on sight."<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 01:19, 17 July 2021 (UTC) == Dublin article == .....check the talk page for a quick question re: a source used. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:04, 21 July 2021 (UTC) == For what it's worth........... == You '''are''' an AR around here and should be showing up on our lists as such. I may get to fixing that when I have a moment, or you are welcome to fix it.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:35, 21 July 2021 (UTC) == The template == You might need to tweak a few things: {{tl|Accredited reporter|name=Justin J Liu |location=PLEASE UPDATE |username=JJLiu112 |email=justin_liu{{@}}wn-reporters.org |phone=+1 (214) 606-6222 |contact=PLEASE UPDATE }} == Arbitration Committee elections == Hello. I’m sure you’re already aware of it but can I invite you to vote in our [[:WN:Arbitration Committee/2021 election/Nominations and voting|ARBCOM elections]]? If I’m not wrong, you are eligible to vote because you have made more than a thousand edits as well as having a large number of published articles (250 and 5 being the minimum respectively). ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 14:43, 16 August 2021 (UTC) == Re RFP == I was thinking if you are free, maybe we can co-review the phillipines article, so I can see your review process and that will help with getting hands on. Let me know. I should be on IRC unless I have a power cut.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 06:23, 18 August 2021 (UTC) :Sorry, not today. I was looking forward to it, but I've a lot of work to do. Should ease up soon. --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 02:57, 19 August 2021 (UTC) == Re: CLP article == Thanks for the comments on the article about the Country Liberal Party - just letting you know that, if you're available, I'm on IRC right now, so we can chat about it there if that works better for you. --[[User:LivelyRatification|LivelyRatification]] ([[User talk:LivelyRatification|talk]]) 04:54, 31 August 2021 (UTC) == Back for good?... == I've seen that you've been editing here and there lately, and I'd like to ask if you're back for good. I know you took some time off from Wikinews, but I hope to see you around again. [[User:Henrymyman|Henrymyman]] ([[User talk:Henrymyman|talk]]) 00:38, 24 October 2021 (UTC) :I think it so. I initially left due to beliefs the web site would be beyond resuscitation, but it seems that's no longer the case. Perhaps with some sustained activity I can complete the reviewer process sometime...this decade? --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 02:56, 24 October 2021 (UTC) == Abandoned == Hello. Thank you for tagging draft articles with the "abandoned" tag. It is much appreciated. For future reference, please use the following code: :<code><nowiki>{{subst:aband}}</nowiki></code>. This has the effect of including a date, which helps the reviewing admin. Also, please don’t remove the "develop" and "tasks" tags. This is so people can see what might be needed to update the article and submit it for review. The two-day window for abandoned articles is to allow people a chance to rescue the article. Cheers. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 11:08, 28 October 2021 (UTC) :Understood. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 11:42, 28 October 2021 (UTC) == Barnstar == [[File:Original_Barnstar.png|framed|left|This long overdue token is to recognise your particularly fine contributions to Wikinews including several outstanding published articles. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 14:22, 29 November 2021 (UTC)]] :Thank you very much! --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 02:49, 30 November 2021 (UTC) {{clear}} == Availability == I’ll be free for a couple of hours at about 2100 to 2300 UTC. If you’re free around this time, let me know and we can try a co-review. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 19:32, 27 December 2021 (UTC) :{{re|Cromium}} 22:00 or thereabouts sounds good, thanks. --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 19:49, 27 December 2021 (UTC) ::May have to be pushed back half an hour. I’m really sorry. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 21:27, 27 December 2021 (UTC) :::{{re|Cromium}} Sorry, I can’t do today. My sincerest apologies—I promise you this isn’t a sign of things to come, just a one-time thing. I’ll be available almost all this week…just really, really bad timing. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 21:31, 27 December 2021 (UTC) ::::No worries. I’ll probably be free the same time tomorrow. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 21:56, 27 December 2021 (UTC) {{outdent}} Have a look at [[: Wikinews:Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions/JJLiu112 (2)]] and please confirm your acceptance. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 19:04, 3 January 2022 (UTC) == Successful request for reviewer == [[File:Crystal_Clear_app_kdict.png|50px|left]] I have given you the [[Wikinews:Reviewer|'''reviewer''']] user right, entrusting you with the ability to mark revisions of articles as sighted (''review''). Please take a moment to read: *[[Wikinews:Flagged revisions]] *[[Wikinews:Reviewing articles]] *[[Wikinews:Tips on reviewing articles]] *{{tl|Peer reviewed}} *{{tl|Review}} *[[m:Reviewed article version|Reviewed article version]] *[[mw:Extension:FlaggedRevs|Flagged Revisions extension]] information, on [[w:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] You are welcome to use {{tl|User Wikinews reviewer}}. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask for help on my talk page, and thank you for contributing to Wikinews! ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 19:34, 12 January 2022 (UTC) == Temporary change to article length == Hello. As a reviewer, this note is just to let you know we are implementing a trial from February 1 to April 30 to encourage more articles to be published per the outcome of a current [[:Special:Diff/4659525|proposal]]. The minimum requirements for [[:WN:LENGTH|article length]] will be one paragraph of at least a hundred words. At the end of the trial the requirements will return to normal (3 paragraphs etc) and there will be an evaluation discussion about the trial. Happy reviewing! ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 23:14, 31 January 2022 (UTC) == Israeli PM article == Sorry that went stale! Historically, you don't like to create branches/spin offs to re-freshen articles. I only gave it a cursory glance. Uncertain if there would even be enough extra chatter to branch into a new article, but at least try to save some of that stuff for another article down the road. I hate to see that level of work end up in the recycle bin!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:31, 26 February 2022 (UTC) :No bother. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 04:37, 2 March 2022 (UTC) == Reviews == Hello J.J., I wanted to thank you for your frequent and timely reviews of submitted articles as well as the great amount of attention to detail you put into them. You are truly a great asset to Wikinews. While I am indeed grateful, we seem to have some minor differences in opinion which I will list below. I am pinging {{re|Cromium|Acagastya}} so they can interject and say if anything I tell you here is incorrect or obsolete. (I go through periods of absence, so it's possible things change without me knowing.) #<u>The [[WN:LEDE]] or opening paragraph</u>. I have noticed that you seem to invariably change the opening paragraph to a single sentence. Policy specifies the lede should answer the [[WN:5Ws|5Ws]]. Sometimes this is too much information for a single sentence and in most cases a paragraph ought not be a single sentence. #<u>Crediting images</u>. In the past, it was implored upon me to begin crediting the author of images including a courtesy link to an appropriate page. This could be a Commons user page or even an external site such as {{w|Flickr}} or anywhere someone chose to share their images under a free license. There is ample precedent for doing just that on Wikinews (Wikipedia doesn't do it). For an example, look at [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Thousands_march_in_anti-Brexit_protest%2C_London&type=revision&diff=4472933&oldid=4472932 this edit]. #<u>Renaming before publishing</u>. When you rename an article prior to publishing, there's no reason to leave a redirect. In my opinion, it can only serve to clutter the situation. ''After'' publication is a different matter, since there are (believe it or not) sites who mirror Wikinews and/or reference us, so after we publish we should keep all prior names to avoid breaking their links back to Wikinews. #<u>Linking to past articles in text</u>. I must admit, I am really unsure about this one. Yes, 'related news' serves the same function, but in some cases the alternative seems to be linking to a Wikipedia article. It's surely a habit I can easily break. Well, that's really it. You are doing a great job here. In today's review, however, you said "Why antiquated formatting?" and I do not know what you meant there. Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 21:53, 23 March 2022 (UTC) :Thank you for your compliments. Recognise that I myself have only started editing in Dec 2020, and our periods of activity have almost entirely missed each other. :1. I personally recognise a sizeable opening paragraph to be clunky and unnecessary, particularly as major news sources: BBC, NYT, CNN, Reuters, AP, France 24, the Independent ''without exception'' adopt this format. For me, if I can cut the opening paragraph to one sentence, and that means retaining much of the information except the 'how' and 'why', I would. I recognise this is a contentious decision but it's one of those decisions I've taken on initiative. For me, the opening paragraph can address the 'who', 'what' and 'when': the context comes later. But ''de jure'', by all means make an opening paragraph five sentences as allowed in the [[Wikinews:Style Guide]], or review articles that follow that custom. :2. I shy away from external links in articles out of principle, and especially because I have anecdotally never seen anyone link to one in photo credits. Again, I wasn't around for 2019. :3. Redirects are automatically generated when moving an article. I'm not an admin, I can't delete them. Trust me, I don't like seeing pre-pubs either. :4. Again, personal style—and the alternative I'd argue wouldn't be a Wikipedia link, that'd fall under sister links. :5. 'Antiquated formatting' refers to the use of [[c:Category:xxx instead of just [[. I call it antiquated because I'm pretentious :p [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 03:30, 24 March 2022 (UTC) ::Thanks for your reply. as to number 3, you can just uncheck the box that says "Leave a redirect" ... you don't have to delete anything. I'm off to bed. Good night! [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 03:40, 24 March 2022 (UTC) :::Ha, I'm an idiot. Learn something everyday! Goodnight. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 03:41, 24 March 2022 (UTC) == [[Talk:Cars big winner as 34th Annual Annie Awards handed out]] == Ha! that brings back an old debate which never got resolved (in my opinion). It's a style guide issue. Well, I can debate it tomorrow or another day. I'm checking out now (sleep). --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 07:48, 29 March 2022 (UTC) :I think it's been resolved? At least, the initial wikify request. Goodnight! :P.S., can't tick a 'leave a redirect' box. Odd. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 08:01, 29 March 2022 (UTC) ::OK, that must be a feature that is based on user rights. I thought it was available to all who could do a rename/move. [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 00:53, 30 March 2022 (UTC) == Review == Do you have time to review [[Brooklyn subway shooting suspect arrested]]? You are already familiar with the facts and what needed to be improved. I'll take a look at [[Clash between Palestinians and Israeli forces leaves 152 injured]]. Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 23:48, 16 April 2022 (UTC) :I published renamed [[Clash between Palestinians and Israeli forces leaves at least 155 injured]] and turned down [[Brooklyn subway shooting suspect arrested]], the latter of which was on its fourth day (overdue) of newsworthiness and still had issues I didn't even have to check with the sources. :PS. Separately, I want ask you if the fail [[Talk:Ukrainian member of FIN7 hacker group receives 5-year sentence|here]] was only because the sources were out of order. If so, I don't like it. Just fix it and publish if that was the only problem. --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 02:52, 17 April 2022 (UTC) ::I'm operating based off my past experience. I was told, I forget by whom, but nonetheless informed reviewers never touch the sources. I recognised it was daft, just as I believe requiring a standard mm/dd/yyyy is daft when we don't prejudice on Commonwealth vs American English, but I didn't press. In future I will fix sources myself, then. --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 03:24, 17 April 2022 (UTC) :::I agree with the 'daftness' of what was told to you. In my opinion we are so thin on reviewers that we probably ought not take the strictest approach, lest we want to strangle the project. If you are short on time, don't reject an article on minor thing to "clear the board", just don't review it. The worst that can happen is it goes stale. '''And''' if there is <u>just one thing</u> that needs to be fixed, please make that clear in you failing review. That way, when "that one thing" is fixed, I can comfortably publish without doing an in-depth review as I trust you have reviewed the other elements. I hope this makes sense to you. PS: I am also not set in the way of the date format (but that's for another day). Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 03:52, 17 April 2022 (UTC) ::::Thanks. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 03:53, 17 April 2022 (UTC) == wn-reporters.org == Hi, just wanted to check, were you facing any troubles sending emails via wn-reporters? Seems like it was an error on my part, apologies for that.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 06:32, 21 April 2022 (UTC) :Nope, thanks. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 06:33, 21 April 2022 (UTC) ::However, webmail seems to be misbehaving (while I try fixing, consider using a mail client (thunderbird, for example) if need be. I can share config details if you want. Cheers.<br>[[User talk:Acagastya|<span style="color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;">•&ndash;•</span>]] 06:49, 21 April 2022 (UTC) == On my Absence == I profusely apologise for my protracted absence, and profoundly recognise the irony of being the 'solution' to a dearth of activity, particularly regarding the tireless work in my absence: all reviewers deserve the utmost commendation in this respect. Thank you. --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 06:08, 28 April 2022 (UTC) == Re tesla == Great story, just minor question, last sentence "On May 13, Musk suspended a USD44 billion deal to acquire Twitter, citing the social media app's disclosure of its spam and fake accounts." I didn't understand it fully wihtout knowing the context, does it mean it's bad for the app to show "this account is spam/fake" or it's bad for spam or fake accounts to exist - if the latter then why do they exist - is it issue with moderation? Could you please clarify this either here or in the story or both. Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:23, 2 June 2022 (UTC) :Also, congratulations on becoming reviewer. This happened a few months earlier when I was not around. Most appreciate your dedication and commitment. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:35, 2 June 2022 (UTC) ::Hi, thanks so much. I'll clarify the statement. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 01:50, 2 June 2022 (UTC) ::Expanded upon. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 01:57, 2 June 2022 (UTC) :::Thanks JJLiu112 [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:45, 2 June 2022 (UTC) ::::Is it accurate now though? The linked CNN Business report says `Two hours after his first tweet, Musk posted that he is "still committed to acquisition."`, suggesting that the deal was on hold only for two hours. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 09:09, 2 June 2022 (UTC) :::::There's been no subsequent news on the state of the offer. To public knowledge, the acquisition deal is presently on hold — Musk was simply confirming he's still committed to making a deal. Aka, "we'll do this, but later, pending info on this". Does this clear things up? [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 19:21, 2 June 2022 (UTC) ::::::See also [https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/18766125/inside-elon-musks-twitter-deal-dilemma/] probably. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 23:47, 2 June 2022 (UTC) {{od}} As expected, it's unfounded speculation by a tabloid mag. What I wrote above are the facts as it stands — if one desires to write on 'what next' for a stalled deal which even ''The Sun'' admits "has stalled for more than a month" they better have more than 'best guesses' to show. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 23:50, 2 June 2022 (UTC) :Also, a few more points. :* I'd suggest to mention Electrek more prominently in the first paragraph. Looks like they are the primary source of the news about the communication between Mr Elon Musk and employees. It could be that Electrek is wrong. (cf. [[Wikinews:Attribution]]). :* Even in headline I was tempted to write "''Elon Musk '''reportedly''' emails Tesla employees return to office, or "assume you have resigned"''", adding word 'reportedly' and replacing 'emails tell' with 'emails' as a verb. Sounds a bit awkward. I hope it illustrates the point that I'm trying to make. :-- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 09:34, 2 June 2022 (UTC) ::* CNN wrote Electrek was the '''first''' to publish the emails, which could indicate corroboration; Reuters outright confirmed them through two sources. Further, Musk appeared to confirm their legitimacy. All this indicates whilst Electrek are and deserve to be mentioned, they are by no means the sole source and cross-examination of this sort greatly favours their sincerity. In journalism, leaks often come from one source (for instance, the Daily Mirror's Pippa Crerar played an important role in exposing Partygate). ::* 'Emails' are a noun in this instance; Elon Musk emails (as in, emails attributed to Elon Musk) tell (the emails say) Tesla employees return to office, or "assume you have resigned". I find the headline is adequate in representing the focal event (that emails, attributed to Elon Musk, express the quoted sentiment). ::Let me know if these address your concerns, {{re|Gryllida}} [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 19:29, 2 June 2022 (UTC) :::Awesome, I think that resolves it, thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 21:01, 2 June 2022 (UTC) ::::Brilliant. Thanks for your careful reading. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 21:40, 2 June 2022 (UTC) :Ok, thanks! The article currently says 'reasoning to withdraw' it reads a bit like he was going to cancel the deal entirely. At least that's how I read it (I am a foreigner, for me English is a second language, I think withdraw means to take back an application for example, so that it's no longer considered.) For clarity I'd probably suggest a 'reasoning to suspend the deal' or 'reasoning to postpone the deal' or something else that is more precise. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:11, 3 June 2022 (UTC) ::Resolved. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 00:35, 3 June 2022 (UTC) :::Great, thanks JJLiu112. It reads better now. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:47, 3 June 2022 (UTC) == This vs. that == Honestly: I'm being lazy........but.....what is our policy re: when to insert Wikpedia hot links vs. when to insert Wikinews hot links? I have generally either mixed them up OR when I found a lack of WN links pertaining to that thing/word/topic, I just use a WP link instead. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:46, 14 June 2022 (UTC) :{{re|Bddpaux}} I suspect you are looking for [[:WN:Style guide#Wikilinking an article]]. Local links preferred. WP where unavoidable. Try using the {{tl|W}} template because if there is a local link, it will automatically link to that first. ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 20:16, 14 June 2022 (UTC) :As {{User:Cromium}} said. That being said, often ignored (which makes sense, given the general tendency to disregard the Style Guide) is the phrase to "not over-wikify articles". For me, that means the sentence that would appear in a regular news source as: "US President Joe Biden..." should be changed to "[[United States]] President [[Joe Biden]]..." and not "[[President of the United States]] [[Joe Biden]]" or "[[President of the United States|President of the]] [[United States]] [[Joe Biden]]". [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 20:20, 14 June 2022 (UTC) ::Makes sense all the way around. I like it!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:30, 14 June 2022 (UTC) == United States stock market enters bear territory == Hi {{PAGENAME}}, I have ignored the [[Wikinews:Style_guide#The_first_paragraph|Wikinews Style guide]] which says "The first paragraph (known as the lede) should summarize the article with at least 100 words, using four or five sentences" and made the lede paragraph of [[United States stock market enters bear territory]] one sentence long per your request. Just to let you know. [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 01:34, 15 June 2022 (UTC) :I also complied with the rest of your requests, with one small exception: I cannot provide the closing level of the Dow because it is not included in the two original sources (the closing of the S&P has been added) . Should I add another source just to provident his little tidbit of information? I hope another review will follow soon, since this is the sort of brief that should be published timely, if it is to be published at all. [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 01:45, 15 June 2022 (UTC) ::As it stands the article cannot be published for reasons stated in the original review. It is unsubstantial in scope, it does not have proper formatting, capitalisation & punctuation, and so forth. Please read past articles for further guidance on the matter and conduct serious and broad proofreading prior to submitting for review. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 01:47, 15 June 2022 (UTC) :::I may be wrong, but I have a feeling that this article will not be published on Wikinews, no matter how much work I put into it? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 02:05, 15 June 2022 (UTC) ::::Reviewers have the role of ensuring articles meet certain criteria. At present, the stock market piece does not. I'm sure you can also ask advice from another reviewer, who could tell you what changes are needed. But you will understand the desire for articles published on ''Wikinews'' to have consistent capitalisation, follow the same date format for the sources and include commas where they should be. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 02:09, 15 June 2022 (UTC) :::::Yes, consistency is important, I agree. So why did [[Talk:UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins confidence vote |you make this comment]] refusing to help another article author saying:''Whilst the style issues are amenable, I could not do them myself without being considered a co-author'', while [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Canada,_Denmark_agree_to_resolve_Arctic_border_dispute&action=history here] you made 12 out of the 14 edits and then went on to approve the article? What was different about the second case that allowed you to ignore your own advice? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 05:38, 15 June 2022 (UTC) ::::::There's no need to be accusatory. You will notice how most of my changes on the second article linked were not as substantial as those needed to be done to the first. Let's go line by line. ::::::Edit 1: Changed the caption. ::::::Edit 2: Removed 'credit'. ::::::Edit 3: Fixed image citation. ::::::Edit 4: Clarified Edit 3. ::::::Edit 5: Took the existing article, which was substantial, well-written and overall decent. Reworded certain segments. ::::::Edit 6: Added categories. ::::::Edit 7: &c ::::::Edit 8: Removed one word. ::::::Edit 9: Replaced five words. ::::::Edit 10: Published. ::::::Edit 11: Moved page. ::::::Whereas for the Boris article it would go: ::::::1. Remove wikitext. ::::::2. Boris Johnson should not be a sister link. ::::::3. Fix caption. ::::::4. Substitute external for internal links. ::::::5. Replace 'British' with 'United Kingdom' and link internally. ::::::6. Backbenchers should not be wikilinked. ::::::7. "an amount large enough to start the vote" is redundant and should be replaced. ::::::8. Third paragraph should be reworded. ::::::9. Clarified and expounded upon paragraph 6. ::::::& so forth. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 05:50, 15 June 2022 (UTC) :The request was per recent articles which have followed the custom. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 01:45, 15 June 2022 (UTC) ::I am not sure what you are saying: should the Style Guide be followed or not? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 02:07, 15 June 2022 (UTC) :::At the moment, most of our recently-published articles have one-sentence ledes that adequately but succinctly summarise the focal event. For matters like a consistent date format &c, please follow the Style Guide. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 02:11, 15 June 2022 (UTC) ::::You instructed me to ignore the Style Guide and reduce the number of sentences in the lede from four to one. I did what you asked me to. ::::As far as using consistent dates, I agree that date formats should be consistent, but that means using "June 14, 2022" (automatically provided by Wikinews) and not "2022-06-13" which you [[Talk:Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanagh at the center of an assassination plot|specifically requested I do]] in '''Review of revision 4680359 [Not ready]''' (see point 2). ::::Can you see how confusing your instructions are? [[User:Ottawahitech|Ottawahitech]] ([[User talk:Ottawahitech|talk]]) 04:02, 15 June 2022 (UTC) {{od}} That's correct, you did. That's why I focused on other issues: see above. I cited a dd-mm-yyyy date format as what not to use. Notice how in: "1. '''Your lede paragraph is multiple sentences long. It does not include the focal event (Who, what, where, when etc) in the first sentence'''" the bold is ''something to change''. In "2. '''No citation for the image'''", that is ''something to change''. Therefore, when I wrote "using dd-mm-yyyy date format", that was to be taken as ''something to change''. Hope this helps. I'm saying this calmly—if you genuinely feel my words aren't helping, please contact another reviewer. They're all very capable people I'm sure are willing to help. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 05:20, 15 June 2022 (UTC) == Temporary change to freshness == Hello. As a reviewer, this note is just to let you know we are implementing a trial from July 4 to October 4 to enable more articles to be reviewed per the outcome of a current [[:Special:Diff/4682800|proposal]]. The freshness window is being extended to about five to seven days. At the end of the trial the window will continue to be at 5-7 days while we discuss whether to adopt the change permanently or not. Happy reviewing! ['''[[:User:Cromium|₂₄Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 17:36, 4 July 2022 (UTC) == Dead serious.... == Not being horsey and the wiki-text thing? Guilty, for sure. I really need to wake up on that a bit more. I just tend to sink into the writing some time. However, the general zeitgeist here is (presumably): You: 'There are many words available, so write many words.' Me: 'Few words are required, so I have the energy right now to submit pretty much that.' I am ALWAYS OK (whatever my so-called 'rank' might be with these projects) with: 'Your words are lacking. Write better words.' Your additions (although MUCH MORE than would've ''remotely'' been allowed by a reviewer in the old days 'round here) were divine. But I haven't the faintest qualm with: 'Back up. Tighten up. Try again.'--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 21:23, 11 July 2022 (UTC) :Paul, I’m trying to get an article published after nearly a month of inactivity. The Fields Medal article needed similar changes, but after lounging in the ‘disputed’ queue I believe I’m the only active reviewer right now. Thanks for your cooperation a lot, I mean it. Hope it wasn’t too harsh & your contributions, as well as all you’ve done for me in the past year & a half, are appreciated. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 22:16, 11 July 2022 (UTC) ::It's all cool. I honestly HATE to see that Fields Medal article wither on the vine, I really do. You skirted AWFULLY close to being a contributor on that one, too. I will try to jump back in on reviewing a bit more around here.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:51, 12 July 2022 (UTC) :::No, my point is that I am was a contributor because of how much I changed. Please review it, is what I'm asking. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 18:11, 12 July 2022 (UTC) == Email??? == Any idea as to what is going on with wikinewsie email? I cannot send emails from my account there.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:43, 25 July 2022 (UTC) p6tq4twhnjae5cgl6lcf4nglwa9mx91 3 2902113 4685002 4622990 2022-07-25T21:46:29Z Vincent Vega 2163172 Vincent Vega moved page [[User talk:C. Cavad]] to [[User talk:Grenzsoldat]]: Automatically moved page while renaming the user "[[Special:CentralAuth/C. Cavad|C. 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The user has (presumably) parked it here for later reference.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:48, 25 July 2022 (UTC) {{Canada}}{{date|18 Jan 2022}} [[w:Coastal GasLink Pipeline|Coastal GasLink]] security forces continue to illegally attempt to prevent journalist access to Wet’suwet’en territory to cover the ongoing natural gas pipeline construction, and protests to prevent that construction, reports [[w:The Tyee|The Tyee]]. This while Indigenous leaders from across British Columbia attend a gathering in the territory entitled the Peace and Unity Gathering. [[File:Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation location.svg|250px|left|Wet’suwet’en territory covers some 22,000 sq km in northwestern British Columbia]]Members of the media toured sites under the ægis of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief Na’Moks as an element of the gathering event. TC Energy, after TransCanada Pipelines formally changed names following the failure of their Energy East and Keystone XL projects, is building the pipeline across northern British Columbia to bring natural gas to a proposed Liquified Natural Gas plant on the coast at Kitimat, BC. The company has not, according to hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en peoples, given them oppotunity for meaningful input on the project as required by the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180903150950/https://zhengchunjanet.tk/pokahzgtqsfndjiecxwulmryavb5f3afaf155.pdf UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People] (UNDRIP,) though it has gained approval of the reservation government . Both Canada and the province of British Columbia have passed legislation recognizing UNDRIP, and in BC it is [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/indigenous-people/new-relationship/united-nations-declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples entered as law]. The legal issues regarding the land underly the entire dispute. In most of British Columbia the Indigenous people never signed treaties, nor was any imposed upon them legislatively. The Supreme Court of Canada has recognized the government is operating without legal jurisdiction on these unceded lands, and that Indigenous Law is in force on them. A series of recent legal decisions increase the uncertainty over what happens when those two bodies of law conflict. A January 11th ruling found tribes may be entitled to "substantial compensation" for a dam built in the 1950s, and that corporations and individuals may also be civilly liable for breaches of Indigenous interests. Last year the Supreme Court found Indigenous tribes with historic territory claims in unceded lands in Canada have rights to exercise their rights there, even if they are not Canadian citizens. British Columbia itself was found to have breached the treaty with Blueberry River First Nation, not through any one action but through the accumlation of them over decades, and the tribe was given full decision-making authority over their lands. That decision has shaken Canada's legal establishment to its core. Blueberry River First Nation is a treaty nation; unceded territory will have far greater autonomy in the eyes of the courts. British Columbia has given the RCMP expanded authority to bring more forces to bear in the dispute. They have conducted three military-style raids on demonstrator camps in the past three years, including the November 18 2021 raid in which they arrested without cause and held incommunicado two journalists who filmed officers arresting unarmed tribal members at gun point. ==Source== * {{source |url = https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/01/18/Coastal-GasLink-Attempts-Block-Reporters/ |title = Coastal GasLink Attempts to Block Reporters from Wet’suwet’en Territory |author = [https://thetyee.ca/Bios/Amanda_Follett_Hosgood/ Amanda Follett Hosgood] |pub = The Tyee |date = Today [2022/01/18] }} * {{source |url = https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/01/14/news/attack-our-people-wetsuweten-peace-and-unity-gathering-calls-end-violence |title = ‘An attack on our people’: Wet’suwet’en Peace and Unity Gathering calls for end to violence |author = [https://www.nationalobserver.com/u/john-woodside John Woodside] |pub = National Observer (Canada) |date = January 14th, 2022 }} * {{source |url = https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/b-c-court-says-first-nations-may-be-entitled-to-substantial-compensation-for-lost-fishing-rights/ |title = B.C. court says First Nations may be entitled to ‘substantial compensation’ for lost fishing rights |author = [https://www.aptnnews.ca/author/lwilson/ Lee Wilson] |pub = APTN National News |date = Jan 11, 2022 }} * {{source |url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-of-canada-desautel-sinixt-ruling-1.5998062 |title = Sinixt Indigenous nation not 'extinct' in Canada, Supreme Court rules |author = [https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/author/olivia-stefanovich-1.3742816 Olivia Stefanovich] |pub = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date = Apr 23, 2021 }} * {{source |url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/blueberry-legal-victory-1.6216915 |title = How a big win for a First Nation in B.C. could bring change for resource development in Canada |author = [https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/author/tony-seskus-1.4446611 Tony Seskus] |pub = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date = Oct 21, 2021 }} 3e9jovhlw3xhkwk4bd6fi61pkxhu8o4 4 2951999 4685047 4684912 2022-07-26T07:21:32Z Alexis Jazz 750360 Updating gadget usage statistics from [[Special:GadgetUsage]] ([[phab:T121049]]) wikitext text/x-wiki {{#ifexist:Project:GUS2Wiki/top|{{/top}}|This page provides a historical record of [[Special:GadgetUsage]] through its page history. 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In this case there is no overlap except the phrase "gay marriage" # An article should answer the [[WN:5Ws]], ideally in the lede, but at least somewhere in the article. Most notably, the "When" is not answered. When did the House pass the RFMA? When is the Senate going to vote on it? # A statement like "The majority of Americans support gay marriage, with 70% of adults voicing support (83% of Democrats and 55% of Republicans)" needs to be attributed. Is this from a poll? If so, who conducted the poll and when? This is based on a quick review, please make these fixes first and resubmit for review. Be aware, an in-depth review may reveal other problems. Cheers, [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 22:26, 24 July 2022 (UTC)|time=22:26, 24 July 2022 (UTC)}} :{{re|Profzed}}, the article can be renamed if that is your main problem in working out the lede paragraph. Just suggest the new title here on the Collaboration page. --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 09:58, 25 July 2022 (UTC) ::It's better that it all works together. Personally, I'm not keen on how it starts in the current iteration. Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 10:02, 25 July 2022 (UTC) :::I'm think it could be renamed to "Top Democrats, Republicans expect US Senate to pass gay marriage bill" or is there a different title you would prefer? Also, any suggestions for changes to the content? —[[User:Profzed|Profzed]] ([[User talk:Profzed|talk]]) 10:08, 25 July 2022 (UTC) ::::Is that accurate, though? Who are the so-called "Top Republicans" pushing for this to pass? Liz Cheney? Isn't she being pushed out of her own party? Besides that, Wikinews can't just decide who are "top" politicians in a party unless they have been given a role like "Majority Whip" or some other archaic title. But for the international readers, we certainly can't let "top" be an anonymous group. We really need to define it.<br>I seriously think the article needs to start with the House passing the RFMA (including when) and then saying what it is is and then saying when the Senate will vote on it.<br> ::::I also noticed "Democrats expect that a minimum of 10 Republican Senators will support the bill, thus bypassing a filibuster." which is crazy close to "Democrats in the Senate hope at least 10 Republicans will back the bill, thereby beating the filibuster." from ''The Guardian'' ... You may think you are avoiding copyright, but it is still plagiarism and worse, still, you changed '''hope''' to an '''expectation'''. That's not good. [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 10:33, 25 July 2022 (UTC) :::::1. In the Reuters article, they name John Thune, the Senate Minority Whip. :::::2. OK, we can do that. :::::3. I reject that this is "plagiarism". I wrote that myself, I did not use someone else's words as my own. If you are uncomfortable with it, I am happy to change it, however. :::::4. I accept I incorrectly described it as an expectation on accident. :::::I will makes changes according to these points. [[User:Profzed|Profzed]] ([[User talk:Profzed|talk]]) 10:45, 25 July 2022 (UTC) ::::::I realize you probably feel I a being a pain. You might even be thinking "why doesn't this asshole just rewrite the article the way he wants it?" While I could do that, we would not be closer to publishing. If I write it, someone else has to review it. And ''Wikinews'' is a little short on reviewers. I've been trying to coach you without explicitly saying what to write. Well, we have at least until the actual vote in the Senate to keep this a news (when is that anyway?) I do firmly believe this is an important story. Cheers, [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 11:04, 25 July 2022 (UTC) :::::::I understand, I just disagree with calling it "plagiarism". Also, I would like to clarify something and the reason a title change is a must. The title is not neccesarily true (which is my mistake). Democrats and a top Republican (I decided it should singular since only one Republican was mentioned) believe it will pass and, of course, a vote neccesitates that but a vote is not 100% confirmed. In the content, their belief is mentioned which should be enough. Possible new title could be "US House passes gay marriage bill". [[User:Profzed|Profzed]] ([[User talk:Profzed|talk]]) 11:19, 25 July 2022 (UTC) ::::::::I am sorry if that offended you, but looking at the two sentences ... well, it's pointless to explore ... we are beyond that. "House passes gay marriage bill" or "same-sex marriage bill" or "RFMA" or whatever seems a bit old. When did the House vote? Feels like a week ago. Perhaps the idea the Senate "is going to vote" is also not ideal. Perhaps this article is best suited to be prepared for when the Senate ''actually'' votes and then on that day we can say what the result was. Is it going to be this week? (I still don't see it in the article). If we are ready we can publish quickly. If we are a little slow we can include some reactions. I think an impactful article could be about what the Senate does. And I mean "after the fact" instead of this. This is just an idea and you are free to work on the article and submit for review again. (I am going to need to go down for sleep). [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 11:57, 25 July 2022 (UTC) :::::::::I am '''not''' the only reviewer, so if you are sick of me there are a few other people who review articles. Just making sure you didn't get the wrong impression. Cheers, [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 12:01, 25 July 2022 (UTC) 2cxsgn9522k4znu975hgpqpu17acm0q 4684952 4684951 2022-07-25T12:02:12Z Profzed 2848677 /* Review of revision 4684802 [Not ready] */ Reply wikitext text/x-wiki == Review of revision 4684802 [Not ready] == <!-- Submitted using easy peer review - MediaWiki:Gadget-easyPeerReview.js --> {{peer_reviewed|revid=4684802|copyright=n/a|newsworthy=pass|verifiable=n/a|npov=pass|style=See below|reviewer=SVTCobra|comments=# The [[WN:LEDE|lede]] paragraph should reflect the article title. In this case there is no overlap except the phrase "gay marriage" # An article should answer the [[WN:5Ws]], ideally in the lede, but at least somewhere in the article. Most notably, the "When" is not answered. When did the House pass the RFMA? When is the Senate going to vote on it? # A statement like "The majority of Americans support gay marriage, with 70% of adults voicing support (83% of Democrats and 55% of Republicans)" needs to be attributed. Is this from a poll? If so, who conducted the poll and when? This is based on a quick review, please make these fixes first and resubmit for review. Be aware, an in-depth review may reveal other problems. Cheers, [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 22:26, 24 July 2022 (UTC)|time=22:26, 24 July 2022 (UTC)}} :{{re|Profzed}}, the article can be renamed if that is your main problem in working out the lede paragraph. Just suggest the new title here on the Collaboration page. --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 09:58, 25 July 2022 (UTC) ::It's better that it all works together. Personally, I'm not keen on how it starts in the current iteration. Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 10:02, 25 July 2022 (UTC) :::I'm think it could be renamed to "Top Democrats, Republicans expect US Senate to pass gay marriage bill" or is there a different title you would prefer? Also, any suggestions for changes to the content? —[[User:Profzed|Profzed]] ([[User talk:Profzed|talk]]) 10:08, 25 July 2022 (UTC) ::::Is that accurate, though? Who are the so-called "Top Republicans" pushing for this to pass? Liz Cheney? Isn't she being pushed out of her own party? Besides that, Wikinews can't just decide who are "top" politicians in a party unless they have been given a role like "Majority Whip" or some other archaic title. But for the international readers, we certainly can't let "top" be an anonymous group. We really need to define it.<br>I seriously think the article needs to start with the House passing the RFMA (including when) and then saying what it is is and then saying when the Senate will vote on it.<br> ::::I also noticed "Democrats expect that a minimum of 10 Republican Senators will support the bill, thus bypassing a filibuster." which is crazy close to "Democrats in the Senate hope at least 10 Republicans will back the bill, thereby beating the filibuster." from ''The Guardian'' ... You may think you are avoiding copyright, but it is still plagiarism and worse, still, you changed '''hope''' to an '''expectation'''. That's not good. [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 10:33, 25 July 2022 (UTC) :::::1. In the Reuters article, they name John Thune, the Senate Minority Whip. :::::2. OK, we can do that. :::::3. I reject that this is "plagiarism". I wrote that myself, I did not use someone else's words as my own. If you are uncomfortable with it, I am happy to change it, however. :::::4. I accept I incorrectly described it as an expectation on accident. :::::I will makes changes according to these points. [[User:Profzed|Profzed]] ([[User talk:Profzed|talk]]) 10:45, 25 July 2022 (UTC) ::::::I realize you probably feel I a being a pain. You might even be thinking "why doesn't this asshole just rewrite the article the way he wants it?" While I could do that, we would not be closer to publishing. If I write it, someone else has to review it. And ''Wikinews'' is a little short on reviewers. I've been trying to coach you without explicitly saying what to write. Well, we have at least until the actual vote in the Senate to keep this a news (when is that anyway?) I do firmly believe this is an important story. Cheers, [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 11:04, 25 July 2022 (UTC) :::::::I understand, I just disagree with calling it "plagiarism". Also, I would like to clarify something and the reason a title change is a must. The title is not neccesarily true (which is my mistake). Democrats and a top Republican (I decided it should singular since only one Republican was mentioned) believe it will pass and, of course, a vote neccesitates that but a vote is not 100% confirmed. In the content, their belief is mentioned which should be enough. Possible new title could be "US House passes gay marriage bill". [[User:Profzed|Profzed]] ([[User talk:Profzed|talk]]) 11:19, 25 July 2022 (UTC) ::::::::I am sorry if that offended you, but looking at the two sentences ... well, it's pointless to explore ... we are beyond that. "House passes gay marriage bill" or "same-sex marriage bill" or "RFMA" or whatever seems a bit old. When did the House vote? Feels like a week ago. Perhaps the idea the Senate "is going to vote" is also not ideal. Perhaps this article is best suited to be prepared for when the Senate ''actually'' votes and then on that day we can say what the result was. Is it going to be this week? (I still don't see it in the article). If we are ready we can publish quickly. If we are a little slow we can include some reactions. I think an impactful article could be about what the Senate does. And I mean "after the fact" instead of this. This is just an idea and you are free to work on the article and submit for review again. (I am going to need to go down for sleep). [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 11:57, 25 July 2022 (UTC) :::::::::I am '''not''' the only reviewer, so if you are sick of me there are a few other people who review articles. Just making sure you didn't get the wrong impression. Cheers, [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 12:01, 25 July 2022 (UTC) ::::::::::It's all good. 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The conference ran from July 18-23 and was organised by Rwanda, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) with the aim of discussing the challenges and opportunities in the conservation of nature and wildlife across Africa. Over 2300 delegates were present representing countries, the private sector, indigenous groups and conservation organisations. Congress delegates adopted the Kigali Call to Action, committing countries to spending 1% of their GDP on funding biodiversity programs, alongside increasing collaborations between the public and private sectors. A Pan-African Conservation Trust was also discussed, with African governments encouraged to approve its establishment. This initiative would create a $200 billion pan-African trust fund for the financing of all 8,500 of Africa's protected areas in perpetuity. {{haveyoursay}} == Sources == <!--Use at least two independent sources.--> *{{source |url = https://www.fairplanet.org/editors-pick/towards-sustainable-conservation-of-africas-protected-areas/ |title = Towards Sustainable Conservation of Africa's Protected Areas |author = Bob Koigi |pub = Fair Planet |date = July 25, 2022 |archiveurl = }} *{{source |url = https://english.news.cn/20220724/03d00a5f26504f33afc7b4b72361bff7/c.html |title = African countries commit to greater public, private investment in nature conservation |author = |pub = Xinhua |date = July 24, 2022 |archiveurl = }} *{{source |url = https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/apac-five-key-highlights-continental-conservation-congress |title = APAC: Five key highlights from continental conservation congress |author = Alice Kagina |pub = The New Times |date = July 23, 2022 |archiveurl = }} ff7dlybg1xx9uoyftj4d4dvmzg4ixt3 4684981 4684980 2022-07-25T17:44:56Z CSJJ104 334294 Adding categories wikitext text/x-wiki {{develop}} {{date|July 25, 2022}} <!--leave this as it is--> {{Environment}} The inaugural African Protected Areas Congress (APAC) hosted in {{w|Kigali}}, [[Rwanda]], closed on Saturday with delegates adopting the Kigali Call to Action, committing countries to greater investments in the conservation of nature. The conference ran from July 18-23 and was organised by Rwanda, the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (IUCN) and the {{w|African Wildlife Foundation}} (AWF) with the aim of discussing the challenges and opportunities in the conservation of nature and wildlife across [[Africa]]. Over 2300 delegates were present representing countries, the private sector, indigenous groups and conservation organisations. Congress delegates adopted the Kigali Call to Action, committing countries to spending 1% of their {{w|GDP}} on funding biodiversity programs, alongside increasing collaborations between the public and private sectors. A Pan-African Conservation Trust was also discussed, with African governments encouraged to approve its establishment. This initiative would create a $200 billion pan-African trust fund for the financing of all 8,500 of Africa's protected areas in perpetuity. {{haveyoursay}} == Sources == <!--Use at least two independent sources.--> *{{source |url = https://www.fairplanet.org/editors-pick/towards-sustainable-conservation-of-africas-protected-areas/ |title = Towards Sustainable Conservation of Africa's Protected Areas |author = Bob Koigi |pub = Fair Planet |date = July 25, 2022 |archiveurl = }} *{{source |url = https://english.news.cn/20220724/03d00a5f26504f33afc7b4b72361bff7/c.html |title = African countries commit to greater public, private investment in nature conservation |author = |pub = Xinhua |date = July 24, 2022 |archiveurl = }} *{{source |url = https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/apac-five-key-highlights-continental-conservation-congress |title = APAC: Five key highlights from continental conservation congress |author = Alice Kagina |pub = The New Times |date = July 23, 2022 |archiveurl = }} [[Category:Environment]] [[Category:Rwanda]] [[Category:Africa]] [[Category:Politics and conflicts]] [[Category:CSJJ104 (Wikinewsie)]] rnmvlhsh53wc6zjew30dr79cdehq5ng 4684983 4684981 2022-07-25T18:03:15Z CSJJ104 334294 Adding detail wikitext text/x-wiki {{develop}} {{date|July 25, 2022}} <!--leave this as it is--> {{Environment}} The inaugural African Protected Areas Congress (APAC) hosted in {{w|Kigali}}, [[Rwanda]], closed on Saturday with delegates adopting the Kigali Call to Action, committing countries to greater investments in the conservation of nature. The conference ran from July 18-23 and was organised by Rwanda, the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (IUCN) and the {{w|African Wildlife Foundation}} (AWF) with the aim of discussing the challenges and opportunities in the conservation of nature and wildlife across [[Africa]]. Over 2300 delegates were present representing countries, the private sector, indigenous groups and conservation organisations. Congress delegates adopted the Kigali Call to Action, committing countries to spending 1% of their {{w|GDP}} on funding biodiversity programs, alongside increasing collaborations between the public and private sectors. The Call to Action also called for the strengthening of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities. A Pan-African Conservation Trust was also discussed, with African governments encouraged to approve its establishment. This initiative would create a $200 billion pan-African trust fund for the financing of all 8,500 of Africa's protected areas in perpetuity. {{haveyoursay}} == Sources == <!--Use at least two independent sources.--> *{{source |url = https://www.fairplanet.org/editors-pick/towards-sustainable-conservation-of-africas-protected-areas/ |title = Towards Sustainable Conservation of Africa's Protected Areas |author = Bob Koigi |pub = Fair Planet |date = July 25, 2022 |archiveurl = }} *{{source |url = https://english.news.cn/20220724/03d00a5f26504f33afc7b4b72361bff7/c.html |title = African countries commit to greater public, private investment in nature conservation |author = |pub = Xinhua |date = July 24, 2022 |archiveurl = }} *{{source |url = https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/apac-five-key-highlights-continental-conservation-congress |title = APAC: Five key highlights from continental conservation congress |author = Alice Kagina |pub = The New Times |date = July 23, 2022 |archiveurl = }} [[Category:Environment]] [[Category:Rwanda]] [[Category:Africa]] [[Category:Politics and conflicts]] [[Category:CSJJ104 (Wikinewsie)]] to69j575w051zmptg563ygskldjvtvj 4684984 4684983 2022-07-25T18:12:10Z CSJJ104 334294 Reorganising paragraphs wikitext text/x-wiki {{develop}} {{date|July 25, 2022}} <!--leave this as it is--> {{Environment}} The inaugural African Protected Areas Congress (APAC) hosted in {{w|Kigali}}, [[Rwanda]], closed on Saturday with delegates adopting the Kigali Call to Action, committing countries to greater investments in the conservation of nature. The conference ran from July 18-23 and was organised by Rwanda, the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (IUCN) and the {{w|African Wildlife Foundation}} (AWF) with the aim of discussing the challenges and opportunities in the conservation of nature and wildlife across [[Africa]]. Over 2300 delegates were present representing countries, the private sector, indigenous groups and conservation organisations. Initiatives included the launching of a Pan-African Conservation Trust, with African governments encouraged to approve its establishment. This would see a $200 billion pan-African trust fund created for the financing of all 8,500 of Africa's protected areas in perpetuity. Congress closed with delegates adopting the Kigali Call to Action, committing countries to spending 1% of their {{w|GDP}} on funding biodiversity programs, alongside increasing collaborations between the public and private sectors. The Call to Action also called for the strengthening of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities. {{haveyoursay}} == Sources == <!--Use at least two independent sources.--> *{{source |url = https://www.fairplanet.org/editors-pick/towards-sustainable-conservation-of-africas-protected-areas/ |title = Towards Sustainable Conservation of Africa's Protected Areas |author = Bob Koigi |pub = Fair Planet |date = July 25, 2022 |archiveurl = }} *{{source |url = https://english.news.cn/20220724/03d00a5f26504f33afc7b4b72361bff7/c.html |title = African countries commit to greater public, private investment in nature conservation |author = |pub = Xinhua |date = July 24, 2022 |archiveurl = }} *{{source |url = https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/apac-five-key-highlights-continental-conservation-congress |title = APAC: Five key highlights from continental conservation congress |author = Alice Kagina |pub = The New Times |date = July 23, 2022 |archiveurl = }} [[Category:Environment]] [[Category:Rwanda]] [[Category:Africa]] [[Category:Politics and conflicts]] [[Category:CSJJ104 (Wikinewsie)]] ptd1v3oqmtv3meokim1zknv0s9fga13 4684992 4684984 2022-07-25T19:19:26Z SVTCobra 9158 /* Sources */ avoid disambiguation page wikitext text/x-wiki {{develop}} {{date|July 25, 2022}} <!--leave this as it is--> {{Environment}} The inaugural African Protected Areas Congress (APAC) hosted in {{w|Kigali}}, [[Rwanda]], closed on Saturday with delegates adopting the Kigali Call to Action, committing countries to greater investments in the conservation of nature. The conference ran from July 18-23 and was organised by Rwanda, the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (IUCN) and the {{w|African Wildlife Foundation}} (AWF) with the aim of discussing the challenges and opportunities in the conservation of nature and wildlife across [[Africa]]. Over 2300 delegates were present representing countries, the private sector, indigenous groups and conservation organisations. Initiatives included the launching of a Pan-African Conservation Trust, with African governments encouraged to approve its establishment. This would see a $200 billion pan-African trust fund created for the financing of all 8,500 of Africa's protected areas in perpetuity. Congress closed with delegates adopting the Kigali Call to Action, committing countries to spending 1% of their {{w|GDP}} on funding biodiversity programs, alongside increasing collaborations between the public and private sectors. The Call to Action also called for the strengthening of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities. {{haveyoursay}} == Sources == <!--Use at least two independent sources.--> *{{source |url = https://www.fairplanet.org/editors-pick/towards-sustainable-conservation-of-africas-protected-areas/ |title = Towards Sustainable Conservation of Africa's Protected Areas |author = Bob Koigi |pub = Fair Planet |date = July 25, 2022 |archiveurl = }} *{{source |url = https://english.news.cn/20220724/03d00a5f26504f33afc7b4b72361bff7/c.html |title = African countries commit to greater public, private investment in nature conservation |author = |pub = Xinhua |date = July 24, 2022 |archiveurl = }} *{{source |url = https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/apac-five-key-highlights-continental-conservation-congress |title = APAC: Five key highlights from continental conservation congress |author = Alice Kagina |pub = The New Times (Rwanda) |date = July 23, 2022 |archiveurl = }} [[Category:Environment]] [[Category:Rwanda]] [[Category:Africa]] [[Category:Politics and conflicts]] [[Category:CSJJ104 (Wikinewsie)]] 3k89db573houohx3pb7h0lveg6xr2t4 1 2952350 4684982 2022-07-25T17:54:06Z CSJJ104 334294 /* Work ongoing */ new section wikitext text/x-wiki == Work ongoing == I'm hoping to add more to this article later, but in the meantime I would be curious to know if anyone knows of any other, potentially better sources? I believe the ones I've found meet the requirements but ideally we would have ones not connected to state governments. I was also looking for a better infobox. I could not find one for Africa, which to my mind at least would have been the obvious one to use. Any thoughts? 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