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Political positions of Bernie Sanders

Hi there. Would you please be so kind as to participate in the discussion on Talk:Bernie Sanders about the political positions article? I've proposed converting the main article to summary style and copying the current information from the main article (which is more up to date) to the political positions article. Unfortunately, nobody has participated in the discussion, and I feel that I require consensus to make such a major change to the article. In the meantime, I believe that the political positions article ought to be a redirect to ensure consistency and that new edits are not lost in the shuffle. HappyWanderer15 (talk) 19:42, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Utica, New York

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Template:Did you know nominations/Utica, New York (2nd nomination)

You forgot to add your DYK nomination to the list of current nominations, so remember that for next time, I already did it for you. Also, I think I have a good idea for a new hook: "... that a city in New York might have gotten its name after being picked from a hat?" If you think this is good let me know and I will add it. Rainbow unicorn (talk) 23:30, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Utica, New York

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Your GA nomination of Utica, New York

The article Utica, New York you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Utica, New York for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Jsayre64 -- Jsayre64 (talk) 17:01, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

@Jsayre64: Thanks for all your help reviewing my first GA! Buffaboy ^talk 17:34, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

You're very welcome. Jsayre64 (talk) 03:15, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

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DYK for Utica, New York

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Hi I am ssbbplayer and I normally edit the weather boxes in the climate sections of various cities in USA. When I came across on this one, there quite a lot of errors in it and I have fixed it. I realized that you have edited the page a lot so it would be good to contact the editor who edits the page quite a lot. In the weatherbox, you stated that you need to get full extremes. If someone can interpret or find the full extremes from the NCDC website please do. I can help you with that as I have decent experience in editing weather boxes for a while.

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SSbbplayer Thank you for the detailed instructions on how I can fix the waetherbox. I had asked the Help Desk in the past but nobody really understood where to find everything. When I get a chance later on this week I will update the table. Once again I thank you for bringing all of this to my attention and fixing the data. Buffaboy ^talk 21:04, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

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Albany, New York

I saw your message on the talk page at Albany, New York. This seems to be a complex vandal. I reported it here. I've tried to make sense of a number of edits of this user and various socks, and the sources don't seem to support the edits. It's hard to imagine this complex edit and all the errors are just good faith. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:32, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Yes, this does appear to be strange behavior. From the number of IP's and accounts used to the actual information being added (JPMorgan with headquarters in Albany), it's a head-scratcher. Buffaboy ^talk 00:32, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

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Utica NY Downtown Photo

Hey Buffaboy, I thought the downtown photo of utica was really cool. Would there be any way we can have it back? (It's no longer on the Utica Page)

Utica Ny As Seen From the NY Artieral

Also, could we have the Utica Marsh photo be under the section "Climate", as the wetlands show the city's climate more so than they show the city's geography. It would be sweet if the Marsh photo was to the left side of the section on climate, just like it was before a couple months ago. It really adds to the character of climate.

Utica Marsh at Sunset

Thank you Buffaboy!

Hi RachelNichols2077, thanks for contacting me on my talk page. I will attempt to put these images back into the article, but per the discussion that occurred here, it may be a difficult task to accomplish. Buffaboy ^talk 20:40, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

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VisualEditor News #6—2015

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Did you know?

A new, simpler system for editing will offer a single Edit button. Once the page has opened, you can switch back and forth between visual and wikitext editing.

If you prefer having separate edit buttons, then you can set that option in your preferences, either in a pop-up dialog the next time you open the visual editor, or by going to Special:Preferences and choosing the setting that you want:

The current plan is for the default setting to have the Edit button open the editing environment you used most recently.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has fixed many bugs and expanded the mathematics formula tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for languages such as Japanese and Arabic, and providing rich-media tools for formulæ, charts, galleries and uploading.

Recent improvements

You can switch from the wikitext editor to the visual editor after you start editing.

The LaTeX mathematics formula editor has been significantly expanded. (T118616) You can see the formula as you change the LaTeX code. You can click buttons to insert the correct LaTeX code for many symbols.

Future changes

The single edit tab project will combine the "Edit" and "Edit source" tabs into a single "Edit" tab, like the system already used on the mobile website. (T102398) Initially, the "Edit" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time. Your last editing choice will be stored as a cookie for logged-out users and as an account preference for logged-in editors. Logged-in editors will be able to set a default editor in the Editing tab of Special:Preferences in the drop-down menu about "Editing mode:".

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the following Wikipedias in early 2016: Amharic, Buginese, Min Dong, Cree, Manx, Hakka, Armenian, Georgian, Pontic, Serbo-Croatian, Tigrinya, Mingrelian, Zhuang, and Min Nan. (T116523) Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. The developers would like to know how well it works. Please tell them what kind of computer, web browser, and keyboard you are using.

In 2016, the feedback pages for the visual editor on many Wikipedias will be redirected to mediawiki.org. (T92661)

Testing opportunities

• Please try the new system for the single edit tab on test2.wikipedia.org. You can edit while logged out to see how it works for logged-out editors, or you can create a separate account to be able to set your account's preferences. Please share your thoughts about the single edit tab system at the feedback topic on mediawiki.org or sign up for formal user research (type "single edit tab" in the question about other areas you're interested in). The new system has not been finalized, and your feedback can affect the outcome. The team particularly wants your thoughts about the options in Special:Preferences. The current choices in Special:Preferences are:
  • Remember my last editor,
  • Always give me the visual editor if possible, 
  • Always give me the source editor, and 
  • Show me both editor tabs.  (This is the current state for people using the visual editor. None of these options will be visible if you have disabled the visual editor in your preferences at that wiki.)
• Can you read and type in Korean or Japanese? Language engineer David Chan needs people who know which tools people use to type in some languages. If you speak Japanese or Korean, you can help him test support for these languages. Please see the instructions at mw:VisualEditor/IME Testing#What to test if you can help, and report it on Phabricator (Korean - Japanese) or on Wikipedia (Korean - Japanese).

If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

Whatamidoing (WMF), 00:54, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

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