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Request on 05:46:00, 2 September 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by Ursula Sujdovic
The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.
In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far Casliber (submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was Coemgenus (submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.
The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:
Cas Liber (submissions), who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points), second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions), first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany. Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
West Virginian (submissions), from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
Rationalobserver (submissions), from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
Calvin999 (submissions), also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.
The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.
Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!
The late-summer smash success of Straight Outta Compton remains the chief talking point of the English-speaking world, interrupted only by the welcome return of a Google Doodle.
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
You can now mention up to 50 users in a post and they will get a notification. Previously you could notify up to 20 users. [1]
A new version of the Wikidata Toolkit has been released. It now has Wikibase API support. [2]
You can now use Wikidata to find all good or featured articles in a Wikipedia version. [3]
Problems
There was a problem with Tool Labs due to kernel issues. This has been fixed. [4]
The Content Translation tool published some pages with the same reference repeated several times. This has been fixed. [5][6]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 8. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 9. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 10 (calendar).
The maximum character length when you search for something on the Wikimedia wikis is now 300 characters. [7]
The notifications list has been split into two lists. As a first step, notifications about messages on your user talk page will be placed in the second list. Feedback is requested at the Echo talk page. [8][9]
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 8 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the Wikitech ambassadors mailing list. The list is for Wikimedians interested in spreading information about Wikimedia technology news. See how to join.
Future changes
The Wikimedia mailing lists will be moved to a new server and the software will be upgraded. This will happen on September 9 at 14:00 (UTC). The mailing lists will not be working during the move. It can take up to four hours. [10]
Wikidata will soon be able to store measurements, such as a mountain's height or the distance between two places. [11][12]
First bot-created article generated from Wikidata; the Orange Bar of Doom has finally met its doom; active editor numbers still on the rise; arbitrator to resign; ne templates added in wake of Orangemoody case
I am user:India142 and apparently you had put a message for User:103.18.72.20 for making uncivil comments on my talk page.
But your message: Hello, I'm Josve05a. I noticed that you made a comment on the page User:India142 with this edit that didn't seem very civil, so I removed it. Wikipedia needs people like you and me to collaborate, so it’s one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page., ended up on my own talk page (User India142)!!!
Does this means me and user:103.18.72.20 who put the bizzare comment share the same IP address ? I am not that good when it comes to technical stuff but i am really worried if this user:103.18.72.20 goes on to make further crazy edits or does something illegal here, i might be held responsible for it. Could you please help me with this, if you can ?
Thank you very much.
--India142 (talk) 08:16, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
Congratulations, Josve05a! You're receiving this barnstar because you recently crossed the 1,000 classification threshold using STiki. We thank you both for your contributions to Wikipedia at-large and your use of the tool. We hope you continue your ascent up the leaderboard and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! West.andrew.g (developer) and ‑Ugog Nizdast (talk) 05:24, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Belarusian-Taraškievica Wikipedia was moved from be-x-old.wikipedia.org to be-tarask.wikipedia.org. This caused some issues, but most of them were resolved. [14]
Language preferences might not be changed immediately when you adjust them. Language selection might work slower. Please report any problems. [15][16]
The Wikimedia mailing lists should have been upgraded on September 9. It didn't work as planned and will now happen later. [18]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 15. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 16. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 17 (calendar).
Meetings
You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on September 15 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
ContentTranslation will show more data on the Special:ContentTranslationStats page. For example, it will show translation trends and information about deleted translations. [19]
The first version of the translation suggestions feature will be deployed soon. [20]
Stalagmites and stalactites visualizes items without statements, items with statements, and deleted/redirected items by batches of 100,000 QIDs
Mix n Match is now available for mobile, has an improved automatic matching algorithm, got speed improvements and new catalogs were added like the National Gallery of Victoria, World Heritage Sites and CulturaItalia
Matched birth and death days seeks to investigate all pairs of humans (in various subsets) that appear to have the same birth dates and death dates. De-duplication underway!
You can now use the new special page Special:PagesWithBadges to see which articles on that project have a badge like "featured article".
Release of the query service and unit support (see above)
Made quantities not show URIs when editing a value but instead show the label
Worked on new datatype for identifiers to be able to split them from the other statements in the user interface, link them without the need for the authority control gadget and be able to link them in JSON/RDF
Worked more on making the edit summaries in the watchlist on Wikipedia and co more meaningful
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Last week a few issues with UploadWizard were fixed. Before this was done, UploadWizard would stop you from uploading your files if something went wrong. [23][24][25][26]
More Wikipedias can now use information from any Wikidata item in any Wikipedia article. Previously they could only use the Wikidata item that matched the subject of the article. [27]
The VisualEditor welcome dialogue has been changed. The intention is to make it more helpful for new users. [28]
Problems
Wikimedia Labs' HTTPS certificate expired for most of Tuesday 15 September. To reach Wikimedia Labs and Tool Labs securely you had to ignore your browser's security error message. There was no risk to data security during this time. [29]
Last week the notification system was split into two parts. This was temporarily undone because of a bug and performance concerns. It will return to two parts this week. [30][31]
UploadWizard couldn't upload files larger than 5 MB when using chunked uploads. This has now been fixed. [32]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 22. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 23. It will be on all Wikipedias from September 24 (calendar).
The page move tool has been switched over to the new standard look for forms. [33]
You can now choose whether to extend a link or not when editing one in VisualEditor. This means it is easier to choose how much of what you type before and after the link is part of it. [34]
You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 22 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can register to the Wikimedia Developer Summit 2016 in San Francisco 4–6 January 2016. Gadget, template, bot, and tool developers are welcome as well. Call for participation and travel sponsorship requests are open until 2 October.
A follow-up to the Wikidata for research proposal has begun to be drafted by the University of Haifa and the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Community page for the new SPARQL query service, including a subpage for interesting or illustrative queries, and a board for suggestions and discussions.
I can't believe the distress this 71.* guy caused me on Huggle. I couldn't revert, because I thought all the new edits were reverts. When I found out they weren't, I decided to edit the page myself. But that's where you came in! If it wasn't for you, I would have had to track down the most recent good edit and paste that in myself. You saved me all that time and effort, and I can't thank you enough. T3h1337b0y23:54, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
We are currently working on making it easier to group all edits by the same user in Huggle, so that you don't have to check each edit etc. Should come with the next update (3.1.17). Always lad that I could help out :) (t) Josve05a (c)23:57, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
Naruto page
While reading the Naruto page that you edited, I was bothered by one sentence that left a crucial detail out. I insist that one small thing be revised to the full truth. It is about Gaara's reincarnation after dying from the One Tail's extraction by the Akatsuki. The page states that "Naruto and his comrades" saved him in time, which isn't the truth in full. Naruto and his comrades failed to save Gaara and prevent his death. He did die, but was brought back by the Sand's Elder Chiyo at the cost of her own life using her own jutsu she created for her grandson, Sasori. I think that it should be noted that Gaara did die and was brought back by Chiyo, who exchanged her life for his. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.170.52.143 (talk) 02:02, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
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This upload was declined because the article draft was declined. I've edited the article and it's now been approved. Is it possible for this file to be uploaded now? Do I need to resubmit the request? Thank you for your help!
I am author of "Dear Satan Help Us"
It was removed becaused it was labeled a fanfiction?
I'm very disappointed with this treatment.
This is soully my creation, my story.
I am making it a comic and novel, you could
of messaged me or something pure deletion?
Highly unprofessional, I am not pleased.
I'm not trying to give trouble but I attempted
to make an article for my story.
I have characters back stories done and characters drawn, all done by me. I have 15 chapters, I upload every Friday! Far from a fanfiction!
I'm going to recreate it again I guess or do I just ask for you to unremove it? I'm just an autor like Andrew creator of Homestuck who has a page here at Wikipedia.
Note that edits like this one are working against MOS:EMPHASIS. Please don't do that. I'll go ahead and revert that one example. Also, edit summaries of simply "(using AWB)" fail to describe what you're actually changing. I see several of those in your recent contribs list. Just sayin'. Otherwise, happy editing! – voidxor22:20, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
In UploadWizard, the dialog to see an image preview has been removed. You already see the images in the thumbnails when you upload them. [36]
UploadWizard dialogs look a bit different now. They have been updated to the new OOUI look. [37]
You can now edit music scores in VisualEditor. You can add new sheet music scores and get live updates when you edit one. [38]
When you send an e-mail to another editor using Special:EmailUser, that user will now get a notification on the wiki as well. [39]
You can now see 500 images when you upload images from Flickr with UploadWizard. Before this change the limit was 50. [40]
The Wikimedia mailing lists have been upgraded. [41]
MediaWiki developers spent a day looking at proposed code changes in Gerrit. The goal was to clean up the backlog and give feedback to volunteer developers. [42]
Problems
Some visitors had problems reaching the Wikimedia sites for an hour on September 24. [43][44]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from September 29. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from September 30. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 1 (calendar).
There will be a new beta feature that allows editors to use Flow on their user talkpage if they want to. Each wiki can decide if they want to enable it. [45]
The Content Translation tool can give translation suggestions. This feature will now be available in more languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Turkish, Japanese, Italian, and Catalan. [46]
You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on 29 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
The Wikimedia Foundation developers want the community to decide who can use OAuth in the future. You can discuss it on Meta.
