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"‎ Replace redirected template (Template:Pageviews -> Template:Annual readership)"

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Why? normally redirects aren't bypassed * Pppery * it has begun... 04:23, 6 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Pppery: I was going to put an extremely simple template together at the title of the redirect, so I retargeted the incoming links. Upon trying to write my extremely simple template I have discovered that I am probably separated from it by a few dozen hours of learning Lua. So it goes, I suppose. jp×g 05:06, 6 November 2022 (UTC)Reply
And this is why we sandbox first ;-) Primefac (talk) 12:03, 7 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Signpost pages are now categorised by status

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It's actually really trivial because we already sort them, just needed to add something to put them into categories. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3ASignpost_draft&type=revision&diff=1120601155&oldid=1120432276 There. Change the category names to whatever you want. D'ye want any other statuses? It currently sorts them as either Category:Wikipedia Signpost articles not yet ready for copyediting, Category:Wikipedia Signpost articles ready for copyediting, or Category:Wikipedia Signpost articles that have been copyedited. I've filtered the first of those categories to only include - well, it's technical how I did it, but basically it checks for "Next issue" in the page name, which removes a bunch of sandbox articles, templates, and long-dead article drafts from old incarnations of the Newsroom.

I haven't made the category pages yet, as there's not much point until they're renamed how you want. MAKE SURE to include {{Possibly empty category}} in the category pages or expect them to be deleted.

Sometimes I forget that I'm one of the only Wikipedians old enough to remember how to do these things. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 21:18, 7 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

For the record, by the way, if something has a template that gets filled out to show status or to do something, it can probably be categorised by that status using similar techniques to this. Just need to put the desired category into the right "if" (or "yesno" in this case). Also useful for statistics. If, for example, you wanted to know if people were using the fullwidth=yes option, well, you could just add a temporary category (wouldn't even need to make the page for that category, really), give it a couple days to transclude to everything, get the numbers, and then delete the code putting it into the category Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 02:45, 8 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Tech News: 2022-45

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I've copyedited it, standardised its page name (Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/Legal certainty) and added it to the list. We could probably put it in as "Opinion", but I'd say that's your call.

In other news, you might want to take a glance at the Essay I wrote, and see if you want it elsewhere (I'd have preferred to do that one as an interview, but, well - did you know I'm the only Wikicup winner never to have their win mentioned in the Signpost? Didn't want to miss this achievement too, and writing it is way easier than complaining about it until someone acts.

I saw some commentary on the Newsroom talk page that someone else has an essay they want to run. If you want to move it to another section, feel free. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 04:14, 12 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Books & Bytes – Issue 53

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 53, September – October 2022

  • New collections:
    • Edward Elgar
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News item about Wikipedia

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If you haven't already seen it, here's an article for mention in the Signpost titled "No, Wikipedia is not colluding with DHS." DHS is the Department of Homeland Security in the U.S. [6]Smallchief (talk) 22:02, 22 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hope for RfA

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I hope that you will make your RfA (Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/JPxG) go live soon. It has almost been a month since your last edit to the RfA, and the RfA comments here have already been archived to Archive21. Well, good luck when the RfA gets transcluded! Are you so busy that you forgot to transclude the RfA and follow the red instructions at the RfA? GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 04:57, 22 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Before you transclude it, make sure to change "co-EiC" to "EiC" :) 🥒 EpicPickle (they/them | talk) 05:06, 23 November 2022 (UTC)Reply
ANOTHER RfA? Well, I hope the RfA goes live soon. It's been a month since the last RfA had been succeeded, and well wishes for the same result. Sarrail (talk) 15:10, 27 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Signpost

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See Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost/Newsroom#Copyediting_notes, because I'm worried about keeping both updated
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

I think the following articles are highly unlikely to change, so can be looked over and approved any time you're ready:

Articles that are mostly ready are:

Unstarted articles:

Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 20:11, 24 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

I am on vacation and, regrettably, do not possess a computer capable of editing worth a damn. I had thought that maybe I would be able to edit worth a damn on my phone, but this was delusional thinking on my part -- I expect to be home either tomorrow or the day after, at which point I can sprint through all of this stuff at the last minute... jp×g 23:17, 24 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Honestly, if it makes it easier, and someone else can help me (like, do a third to half) with Featured Content - by far the biggest Signpost timesink for me - I'm happy to help with whatever's needed. Just if FC goes badly, I can't do anything else that month. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 04:41, 25 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Signpost Recent Research

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This appears to be our bottleneck this month. I'd say wait on it, but you're EiC. It does feel weird to publish something that's supposedly the same as another newsletter without much of the content. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 20:58, 27 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Title change

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Any reason for the title change? I rather liked mine and now my reference is gone... Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 04:22, 28 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

I usually redo titles for publication but I can put this one back to what it was. I suspect that the brackets may pose some software issue later on, but whatever. jp×g 05:28, 28 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

The Signpost: 28 November 2022

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Tech News: 2022-48

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Just so you know, the blurb is in the vague style of Zork, one of the new featured articles. Title references the two lead images. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 05:45, 3 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Inline image

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Thanks, this version works. There aren't any lint errors. —Bruce1eetalk 00:54, 4 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Tech News: 2022-49

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Signpost

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Going to step back to avoid edit conflicts. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 10:40, 28 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Oh, note you're only half-changing titles. In the Media currently mentions the AI spun off as its title on the page. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 10:47, 28 November 2022 (UTC)Reply
On the DHS thing - I think if we pull too much from In the Media, we no longer have a lead story in it. See if there's enough remaining to have I.T.M. work on its own would be my philosophy. Might cause some ghost credits if we're not careful, though, like, I'm not sure if I edited things beyond DHS and Galactica, so I might get unneeded credit in the shortened article. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 10:50, 28 November 2022 (UTC)Reply
Oh, hey, just noticed, FPC now has enough certainty that I can finish that part of Featured content right after publication of the current. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 10:59, 28 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter
 

 

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter error

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The GOCE December 2022 newsletter, as sent on 9 December, contains an erroneous start date for our December Blitz. The Blitz will start on 11 December rather than on 17 December, as stated in the newsletter. I'm sorry for the mistake and for disrupting your talk page; thanks for your understanding. Sent by Baffle gab1978 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 9 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Oh, so false accusations aren't a personal attack, but a snarky response is?

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Quite. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 19:57, 10 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

@NorthBySouthBaranof: I warned the IP as well, but shouldn't someone who has made 33,000 edits know better than someone who has made 49 in the first place? jp×g 20:16, 10 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
Those 33,000 edits have taught me that removing a post often causes far more drama than simply responding and shutting it down with a simple, factual riposte. And for that anon to drag in purported ArbCom drama... c'mon, JPxG, you didn't just fall off a turnip truck, they're certainly not a "new" user either. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 20:18, 10 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
I think "go cry some more on 8chan or wherever you came from" goes a fair bit beyond "snark"; surely, if either of us had said that to each other, we'd have (rightfully) gotten our hides tanned at ANI within the hour. I don't think that the fact of it being some random IP should remove the obligation to conduct ourselves collegially. jp×g 23:15, 10 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

When you are ready for RfA

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Your RfA has been updated to use the "readyToSubmit" subtemplate. So, when you are ready, just enter your acceptance statement in the "acceptance" parameter and substitute the subtemplate as per the instructions. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 00:18, 11 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for your thanks

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Details are on Talk:Twitter Files, but I’m pretty certain the problem was caused by my use of a horizontal rule within my post. The wiki engine must be counting horizontal rules. But, as you can see there, someone actually did purposely delete the post but all the rest seem to be that darned {{hr}}. Greg L (talk) 02:42, 11 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Peace Dove

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Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, peoples rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension.
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Tech News: 2022-50

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Use care with indented templates

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In Your edit of 02:19, 10 December 2022 (UTC) of Wikipedia:Village pump (policy), you introduced multiple instances of

:{{cot}}
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{{cob}}

causing missing end tags and stripped tags lint errors. When you have paired tags like {{cot}} and {{cob}}, neither template should be on a line starting with colon (:), asterisk (*) or number (#), to avoid lint errors. Cheers! —Anomalocaris (talk) 20:49, 13 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Anomalocaris: Thanks for the heads up. I had no idea those templates would go wild from being indented... as an idle curiosity, what would happen if they were inside a table (or inside other {{cot}}s)? jp×g 20:58, 13 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

The whole point of {{Cot}} is to collapse paragraphs into one expandable horizontal bar, and you probably wouldn't want to do that in a table, even if it's possible. To my surprise, {{Cot}} tags can be nested, as shown here:

A "Cot" with a nested "Cot" inside

inside one cot

A "Cot" inside another one

inside two cots

inside one cot after closing an inner cot

Outside all "Cots"

Cheers! —Anomalocaris (talk) 21:08, 13 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

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