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- A more efficient way of sending changes from Wikidata to Wikimedia wikis that show them has been enabled for the following 10 wikis: mediawiki.org, the Italian, Catalan, Hebrew and Vietnamese Wikipedias, French Wikisource, and English Wikivoygage, Wikibooks, Wiktionary and Wikinews. If you notice anything strange about how changes from Wikidata appear in recent changes or your watchlist on those wikis you can let the developers know.
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The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 October. It will be on all wikis from 7 October (calendar).
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16:28, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
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- The "auto-number headings" preference is being removed. You can read phab:T284921 for the reasons and discussion. This change was previously announced. A JavaScript snippet is available which can be used to create a Gadget on wikis that still want to support auto-numbering.
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15:29, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
Could you keep an eye on that one? The IP has a bad case of WP:ICANTHEARYOU and WP:NOBLECAUSE as well. --Orange Mike | Talk 05:06, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
- That article has long been on my watchlist. I agree it's a hopeless FRINGE/NPOV-fail magnet and no constructive IP/newbie edits back as far as I feel like looking, one of the few places where indef-semi is reasonable. DMacks (talk) 06:25, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
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20:52, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
I'm an idiot
It did not occur to me that my warning would be spreading the site, though I feel like an idiot for not having foresight on that. Sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused. — Mikehawk10 (talk) 06:30, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
- No worries a'tall. Easy cleanup, all done. DMacks (talk) 06:48, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
Samlaptop!
Do you like vandalism? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.249.185.87 (talk) 07:34, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
Block me!!!
Block me block me block me!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.205.194.132 (talk) 09:38, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
Vandalism
Do you like vandalism? It's Samlaptop again!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.249.185.26 (talk) 07:19, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
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- The Coolest Tool Award 2021 is looking for nominations. You can recommend tools until 27 October.
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Future changes
- Diff pages will have an improved copy and pasting experience. The changes will allow the text in the diff for before and after to be treated as separate columns and will remove any unwanted syntax. [5]
- The version of the Liberation fonts used in SVG files will be upgraded. Only new thumbnails will be affected. Liberation Sans Narrow will not change. [6]
Meetings
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20:07, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
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Recent changes
- There is a limit on the amount of emails a user can send each day. This limit is now global instead of per-wiki. This change is to prevent abuse. [7]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 November. It will be on all wikis from 4 November (calendar).
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20:26, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
‘Edits we’re not constructive’
Salutations!
I was enlightened that any contribution to interminable disruptive, dispensable modifications will repudiate and confiscate my contemporary (specified) privileges. Which, indeed, my privileges are miniature. I sincerely apologise for my contribution to unnecessary edits. However, from what you mentioned, these edits were ‘Tests’.
I can comprehend that this is no exception, however, I can assure you that I didn’t make any edits which had to be reverted. (No harm was caused, I reverted the edits).
Additionally, I am apprised of Wikipedia’s policy; I had no intentions of contributing to disruptive edits. In case you weren’t aware, I have made contributions to helping Wikipedia enhance its articles and hope to continue doing so.
I once again apologise.
Electromagnetic induction Electromagnetic induction (talk) 21:05, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
- Every one of your edits was reverted--not a single contribution of yours survived. DMacks (talk) 01:58, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
why you remove doi and url of reference
sir, detailed references from Dienone–phenol_rearrangement this article was removed by you. why u removed url and doi? Rahulsoman (talk) 20:30, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Rahulsoman,
- I removed only
|url=not also|doi=, and only in cases where there also was a doi. A full web-link to a publisher's website is fragile because publishers sometimes re-organize their websites. The doi tag automatically creates a link that is stable regardless of publisher changes. So a doi link is more useful and will never require someone to come around later and update it. At least one of the url links also included session, user, or site-specific access tokens, which are not correct for others in any situation. For ACS journals in particular, the links appeared to be directly to the full-article PDF, which would usually only be viable readers who subscribe to it. The link via the doi leads to the abstract (free access) that also has a link to the article, supporting info, and other material. DMacks (talk) 20:56, 26 October 2021 (UTC)- Hi DMacks,
Sorry for a later reply to the detailed write-up. Anyway, I am happy to see the edit it really looks professional, now the reference section looks very elegant. thanks for the edit. Yes if URL is missing also no problem doi is sufficient to direct the reader to the main article. I used to edit from places where we have the full assess to ACS journals. so I may not have noticed the difference. thank you, sir. keep contributing. Rahulsoman (talk) 19:32, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
- You're welcome! There's no deadline here:) I'm always glad to see new and improved chemistry-related articles whenever they appear. DMacks (talk) 20:48, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
Nonmetal FAC
G'day DMacks. Are you able to chime in to the FAC nomination for this one? Thank you, Sandbh (talk) 07:07, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Sandbh, unfortunately I don't have time right now to do a detailed look. But others' substantive comments and the changes in response to them all look great. I agree that this is an important topic, and thanks to all for bringing it up to such a high WP standard! DMacks (talk) 11:08, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
Request aquote for the article (ali tajdary)
Hello, good day, please suggest Ali Tajdary article as well, he nominated my article for removal while it has the most valid links and can be cited both in terms of reading and acting, please write your opinion about the article , I think a group is colluding to delete this article.
according to wikipedia rules, a singer is valid if he has two famous albums, or has given concerts in the country, or his songs have been used in movies and series, (ali tajdary) has all of the above, secondly, if he is an actor he has played a significant role in several important films in terms of (acting), (ali tajdary) has acted in seven important films, in all of which he was the first male role, and also his film (fourth round) won two awards at the russian film festival,the (special Love Line) series with his acting has been the most watched tv series in iran (25 million views). the film (the butterfly) with his acting has won the first male role award in the holy defense festival.
Also, all his movies, series and albums are registered on Wikipedia. All links are the most reputable news links in Iran.
I really do not know the reason for the nomination for removal and the people who commented clearly did not pay attention to any of the above. Hoseinkandovan (talk) 10:40, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Hoseinkandovan,
- Unfortunately I do not know enough about this person, who seems to have been involved in a range of activities, to help decide which if any meet the relevant "notability" standards. DMacks (talk) 11:37, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
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Recent changes
- Mobile IP editors are now able to receive warning notices indicating they have a talk page message on the mobile website (similar to the orange banners available on desktop). These notices will be displayed on every page outside of the main namespace and every time the user attempts to edit. The notice on desktop now has a slightly different colour. [8][9]
Changes later this week
- Wikidata will be read-only for a few minutes on 11 November. This will happen around 06:00 UTC. This is for database maintenance. [10]
- There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
Future changes
- In the future, unregistered editors will be given an identity that is not their IP address. This is for legal reasons. A new user right will let editors who need to know the IPs of unregistered accounts to fight vandalism, spam, and harassment, see the IP. You can read the suggestions for how that identity could work and discuss on the talk page.
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20:35, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
Podcast cover art rules
How are the rules for Nolan Investigates podcast different than the rules for, for example The Teacher's Pet cover art (here) or the Can I Pet Your Dog? cover art (here)? Why does {{Non-free use rationale 2}} and {{Non-free album cover}} cover those ones, but not this one? --Eievie (talk) 05:37, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
- It's the same. The reason I deleted your file off Commons is exactly part of that sameness, but in two ways that might not be obvious. First, File:The Teachers Pet.jpg is uploaded locally to English Wikipedia whereas you uploaded to commons:File:Nolan Investigates Stonewall.jpg. Click on each of those and look at the globe logo and browser URL to compare. Commons's rules forbid non-free content altogether, whereas enwiki does allow it in certain limited situations (those two templates you found). A second difference is that those other two examples are in use in live articles, whereas you are working on a draft-space page. Enwiki non-free content rules only allow these images for live articles (content criterion #7). Once Draft:Nolan Investigates gets moved to mainspace, it would be allowable to upload the cover-art locally to enwiki for it. DMacks (talk) 05:48, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
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Problems
- Sometimes, edits made on iOS using the visual editor save groups of numbers as telephone number links, because of a feature in the operating system. This problem is under investigation. [11]
- There was a problem with search last week. Many search requests did not work for 2 hours because of a configuration error. [12]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 November. It will be on all wikis from 18 November (calendar).
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22:05, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
A cup of coffee for you!
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Here's a coffee to go with the toasted sandwich! 👻Casper𝙿𝚒𝚗𝚐! 10:39, 17 November 2021 (UTC) |
- Yum! Thanks. DMacks (talk) 15:21, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
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This Month in Education: November 2021
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How do I 184.103.113.224 (talk) 05:29, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
Why my external link was deleted?
Why my external link was deleted? On the page about Amino Acids
- Reaction of Amino Acids with strong bases — tutorial — Preceding unsigned comment added by Никский (talk • contribs) 04:33, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
- We're not a link-aggregator site (see WP:EL guideline). If there is encyclopedia-worthy information, it can be written in our relevant article. Isn't it the same for any carboxylic acid and any suitable base (not just amino acids and strong bases)? We have a whole article on isoelectric point, for example. DMacks (talk) 06:10, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
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20:01, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
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Rejection of Draft:Atypical Advantage.
Hey, can you please tell me exactly what I can do to upload my article? I won't bother trying again if there no way it goes up. I believe my article gives key information about a company that has a unique initiative in my eyes atleast. I am in no way related to the company and would like to know what makes my article look like an advertisement. Ojasgoel15 (talk) 10:38, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
Zwitter ion
"Because tautomers are different compounds, they sometimes have different enough structures that they can be detected independently in their mixture. This allows experimental analysis of the equilibrium. Nagy, Peter I.; Takács-Novák, Krisztina (1997). "Theoretical and Experimental Studies of the Zwitterion ⇌ Neutral Form Equilibrium of Ampholytes in Pure Solvents and Mixtures". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119 (21): 4999–5006. doi:10.1021/ja963512f."
I am extremely dubious about the claim. Proton hopping in aqueous solution is a fast reaction, so a vis/uv spectrum will be a time-average of the spectrum of a mixture of isomers. It would cost me USD 40 to view the article cited above. Please can you obtain a pdf for me to look at? e-mail:peter.gans@hyperquad.co.uk, Web pages: http://hyperquad.co.uk/ Petergans (talk) 10:15, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
- Will send a copy tomorrow when I'm back at work... DMacks (talk) 08:36, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
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21:13, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
Copper(I) nitrate
Thank you for deleting the file:Copper(I)-nitrate-3D-model.png. My name is Hoa112008. I know that the old file is incorrect and now the new file is more accurate. My account, the password is too easy, so someone other than me stole it to violate the policy, so it is natural to be locked. I understand, but that account doesn't work. Can you give me an Email address so I can send you the correct file so you can upload it again?
Can you teach me how to secure my account and get the admin to block the file renaming and category renaming functions to keep them from doing bad things?
Hoa112008, user IP adress.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.186.110.80 (talk) 03:36, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
Media File
Hello DMacks Merry Christmas In Advance. I hope you're doing well. I came across your edit in Ashi Singh, where you removed the file from media section. I have added the file back to the section where it was available since last few months. If I'm violating any policy do tell me then I would like to delete the file from Wikimedia commons too. If we can't use in article as image file just because it's file type is animation. Thanks --C1K98V (💬 ✒️ 📂) 17:03, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
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21:57, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
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Not cool
I spent a day fixing broken code in this Wikipedia article. 30 min after I submit the correction, you removed it. I actually did wonder why the detailed code and that's why I didn't transfer my edit to the French WP, I wanted to see if this was a good fix. You could've at least slide a “sorry” in the commit message.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trachtenberg_system&diff=1035484199&oldid=1026087327 — Preceding unsigned comment added by LupusMic (talk • contribs) 13:29, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:Checkuser testing
Template:Checkuser testing has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 19:47, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
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22:26, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
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- Queries made by the DynamicPageList extension (
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- The developers of the Wikipedia iOS app are looking for testers who edit in multiple languages. You can read more and let them know if you are interested.
- The Wikimedia Cloud VPS hosts technical projects for the Wikimedia movement. Developers need to claim projects they use. This is because old and unused projects are removed once a year. Unclaimed projects can be shut down from February. [17]
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22:04, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
ad Hock
Yes, I confess to being slightly obsessive (if that is not a contradiction) about Ullmann... So I was reading about acetophenone and Ullmann points out that most is produced as a side degradation product of cumene hydroperoxide. Its not really a Hock rearrangement. Corrections, suggestions, etc always welcome. Happy New Year, BTW. --Smokefoot (talk) 02:52, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
- I agree Ullmann is a great ref, one I sadly don't have access to. Sometimes it feels a bit too WP:TERTIARY but even then it's a great lead-ref for more (if I ever get time to track them down). Industrial processes are fascinating and unlike what I do...in this case I had no idea that the main route was just a byproduct ("waste stream") of a different process. Acetophenone is a great model substrate for all sorts of teaching excercises, both lecture and lab. Happy New Year as well! DMacks (talk) 15:52, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Draft:Guaiacylglycerol
thanks for catching it. DGG ( talk ) 19:09, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
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Ranu Mondal
I think the page for Ranu Mondal now be published. Mnsyadav (talk) 13:18, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
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Thank you. /Johan (WMF)
18:13, 4 January 2022 (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
- A
oauth_consumervariable has been added to the AbuseFilter to enable identifying changes made by specific tools. [18] - Gadgets are now able to directly include JSON pages. This means some gadgets can now be configured by administrators without needing the interface administrator permission, such as with the Geonotice gadget. [19]
- Gadgets can now specify page actions on which they are available. For example,
|actions=edit,historywill load a gadget only while editing and on history pages. [20] - Gadgets can now be loaded on demand with the
withgadgetURL parameter. This can be used to replace an earlier snippet that typically looks likewithJSorwithCSS. [21] - At wikis where the Mentorship system is configured, you can now use the Action API to get a list of a mentor's mentees. [22]
- The heading on the main page can now be configured using MediaWiki:Mainpage-title-loggedin for logged-in users and MediaWiki:Mainpage-title for logged-out users. Any CSS that was previously used to hide the heading should be removed. [23] [24]
- Four special pages (and their API counterparts) now have a maximum database query execution time of 30 seconds. These special pages are: RecentChanges, Watchlist, Contributions, and Log. This change will help with site performance and stability. You can read more details about this change including some possible solutions if this affects your workflows. [25]
- The sticky header has been deployed for 50% of logged-in users on more than 10 wikis. This is part of the Desktop Improvements. See how to take part in the project.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 January. It will be on all wikis from 13 January (calendar).
Events
- Community Wishlist Survey 2022 begins. 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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01:22, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
DMACKS user is editing false information on a page.
Differently than you, my IP address is public, and does not affect the fact you are contributing to vandalise a page with false information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Otto-Christian von Bismarck (talk • contribs) 04:51, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
- It's cited. WP:V is met. DMacks (talk) 04:54, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
Your block of Rahul2sawant
Hi DMACKS. Re the block you're reviewing here, I thought I should alert you to the SPI I've opened. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 12:27, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
Question about Encyclopedia editing
Hi DMacks!
I'm a producer on a podcast and we are doing an episode about Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia. I'm reaching out because I noticed you post a lot on the wiki page for errors in EB that have been corrected on Wikipedia. I have some more specific questions for you, could you reach out to me directly
Thanks in advance.
RooneyTunes22 (talk) 16:54, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
- No thanks. DMacks (talk) 17:20, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day!
Have a very happy first edit anniversary!
From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 21:39, 16 January 2022 (UTC)