User talk:Josve05a/Archives/2022/January

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2021).

Administrator changes

Amalthea • Ihcoyc (deceased) • Kateshortforbob • Kirill Lokshin • Rifleman 82 • Ryan Norton • Wrp103

Interface administrator changes

Mr. Stradivarius

CheckUser changes

Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes

Opabinia regalis

Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy

Oversighter changes

Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes

Opabinia regalis

Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy

Guideline and policy news

Following consensus at the 2021 RfA review, the autopatrolled user right has been removed from the administrators user group; admins can grant themselves the autopatrolled permission if they wish to remain autopatrolled.

Additionally, consensus for proposal 6C of the 2021 RfA review has led to the creation of an administrative action review process. The purpose of this process will be to review individual administrator actions and individual actions taken by users holding advanced permissions.

Arbitration

Following the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Cabayi, Donald Albury, Enterprisey, Izno, Opabinia regalis, Worm That Turned, Wugapodes.

Miscellaneous

The functionaries email list (functionaries-enlists.wikimedia.org) will no longer accept incoming emails apart from those sent by list members and WMF staff. Private concerns, apart from those requiring oversight, should be directly sent to the Arbitration Committee.

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Tech News: 2022-03

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

When using WikiEditor (also known as the 2010 wikitext editor), people will now see a warning if they link to disambiguation pages. If you click "Review link" in the warning, it will ask you to correct the link to a more specific term. You can read more information about this completed 2021 Community Wishlist item.
You can automatically subscribe to all of the talk page discussions that you start or comment in using DiscussionTools. You will receive notifications when another editor replies. This is available at most wikis. Go to your Preferences and turn on "Automatically subscribe to topics". [1]
When asked to create a new page or talk page section, input fields can be "preloaded" with some text. This feature is now limited to wikitext pages. This is so users can't be tricked into making malicious edits. There is a discussion about if this feature should be re-enabled for some content types.

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 January. It will be on all wikis from 20 January (calendar).

Events

Community Wishlist Survey 2022 continues. All contributors to the Wikimedia projects can propose for tools and platform improvements. The proposal phase takes place from 10 January 18:00 UTC to 23 January 18:00 UTC. Learn more.

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19:53, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Wishing Josve05a a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 00:18, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Happy Birthday, Josve05a, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a nice day!--🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 02:57, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Josve05a, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a nice day!--Bobherry Talk Edits 04:54, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Wishing Josve05a a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee! CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:04, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-04

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

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 January. It will be on all wikis from 27 January (calendar).
The following languages can now be used with syntax highlighting: BDD, Elpi, LilyPond, Maxima, Rita, Savi, Sed, Sophia, Spice, .SRCINFO.
You can now access your watchlist from outside of the user menu in the new Vector skin. The watchlist link appears next to the notification icons if you are at the top of the page. [2]

Events

You can see the results of the Coolest Tool Award 2021 and learn more about 14 tools which were selected this year.
You can translate, promote, or comment on the proposals in the Community Wishlist Survey. Voting will begin on 28 January.

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21:37, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Nicholas Alahverdian and Mike Pence

I had left out the year, because given that the title claimed it to be VP Pence in 2013, at that point he was 4 years away from being VP. I don't think the uploader is here anymore. So it might be best to leave it the way I had it, because the only thing we can say for sure is that it's Pence. --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:45, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Well, the date comes form the timestamp in the EXIF metadata provided by the photographer's iPhone 4 (phone released in 2010, so at least we know for a fact it was later than that). The upload on Commons happened in 2017, so that's most likely why it is titled "VP", since the uploader knew that Pence were VP at the time of upload. Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 19:32, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 January 2022

Special report: WikiEd course leads to Twitter harassment

Education, deletion and social media can be a volatile mix.

News and notes: Feedback for Board of Trustees election

Plus, the incredible shrinking admin cadre.

Interview: CEO Maryana Iskander "four weeks in"

"Impossible ideas can be created, not just imagined."

Black History Month: What are you doing for Black History Month?

Over 1,700 U.S. congressmen owned slaves. You can help document this.

Deletion report: Ringing in the new year: Subject notability guideline under discussion

More than you wanted to know about the massive NSPORTS RfC.

WikiProject report: The Forgotten Featured

Interview with volunteers at the Unreviewed featured articles 2020 working group.

Arbitration report: New arbitrators look at new case and antediluvian sanctions

The spirit of 2006 is going strong.

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2021

Royals, Freddy and movies.

Gallery: No Spanish municipality without a photograph

How many more photos are needed?

Obituary: Twofingered Typist

Rest in peace.

Op-Ed: Identifying and rooting out climate change denial

Will this method apply to other sensitive topics?

Essay: The prime directive

Just imagine!

Opinion: Should the Wikimedia Foundation continue to accept cryptocurrency donations?

One editor doesn't think so.

In the media: Fuzzy-headed government editing

Get down and party! But no COI editing!

Recent research: Articles with higher quality ratings have fewer "knowledge gaps"

And other research results.

Serendipity: Pooh entered the Public Domain – but Tigger has to wait two more years

Copyright is almost always complicated, but we break it down for you.

Crossword: Cross swords with a crossword

Featuring an experimental on-wiki entry box.

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Tech News: 2022-05

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

Recent changes

If a gadget should support the new ?withgadget URL parameter that was announced 3 weeks ago, then it must now also specify supportsUrlLoad in the gadget definition (documentation). [3]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 February. It will be on all wikis from 3 February (calendar).

Future changes

A change that was announced last year was delayed. It is now ready to move ahead:
- The user group oversight will be renamed suppress. This is for technical reasons. This is the technical name. It doesn't affect what you call the editors with this user right on your wiki. This is planned to happen in three weeks. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections. As usual, these labels can be translated on translatewiki (direct links are available) or by administrators on your wiki.

Events

You can vote on proposals in the Community Wishlist Survey between 28 January and 11 February. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on.

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17:41, 31 January 2022 (UTC)