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I came across your request for bot approval regarding self links and had a look at your code. I have a few comments. The most critical one is that your code to escape special characters doesn't include backslash, which is a valid title character. You might consider copying the escapeRegExp() function from the MDN Web Docs page on regular expressions, which also is a more compact implementation.

Note that using regular expressions to extract a character at a known position (the first character) is a bit of overkill. You can use, for example:

/* title is unescaped at this point */
firstChar = title.charAt(0);
lcFirstChar = firstChar.toLowerCase();

In your subsequent regexps when you are matching the title, it would be a little more efficient to just do alternation over the first letter, which you can do with a character class. However, in this case, escaping of special characters should be done only after extracting the first character.

/* title is still unescaped at this point */
restOfTitleRegexpString = escapeRegExp(title.slice(1));
titleRegexpString = '[' + escapeRegExp(firstChar) + escapeRegExp(lcFirstChar) + ']' + restOfTitleRegexpString;

On a functionality note, the regular expressions you used to find links to sections won't match for piped links. I don't have an easy solution, though, as it's quite hard (a polite way of saying "it's impossible to handle all cases") to parse delimited text with traditional regular expressions, particularly with multi-character delimiters. I was thinking of something like the regexp in the second replace statement, but it has a couple of problems. In cases that don't match, I fear there might be instances where the non-greedy quantifier causes a lot of overhead parsing the text in an attempt to match. In cases where the closing ]] is missing, the regexp will match up to the ]] in the next wiki link in the text (if there is one), swallowing up everything in between. Based on a quick test, this behaviour is a change from how the wikitext parser handles this case, as it appears to recognize the second link and thus knows not to treat the unclosed link as a link. This issue is something to look out for with the current code.

I hope this may be useful to you. isaacl (talk) 22:16, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

@Isaacl Thank you for taking the time to look at my code. I'll try to improve it when I have time. I intentionally didn't match piped section links, because I felt that could cause issues in the text e.g. click here → click § Section ( {{section link}} can't handle piped links). ― Qwerfjkltalk 19:27, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

If I understand the issue being raised with CW Error #48, the key concerns are an unnecessary self-referential link to the current page, and a presentational concern (bolding). Both of these don't really apply for URLs with fragment IDs, since the self-reference is intended, and the link isn't bolded. So I guess none of the section links, regardless of whether or not there is link text, really need to be changed with regard to the underlying issues for CW Error #48. However if these cases are being picked up in a report that it would be nice to clear, then the base page name can be removed while keeping the link as-is otherwise, without replacing it with a template. isaacl (talk) 19:52, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

@Isaacl I don't think it is picked up in a report, and as the links behave identically (my quick test), I don't think its worth the effort. ― Qwerfjkltalk 16:57, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Well, changing to use {{section link}} does change the appearance, and since section links don't relate to CW Error #48, perhaps your bot doesn't need to make that substitution. (On the other hand, even if the bot isn't strictly speaking approved to make a cosmetic change of replacing # with §, I imagine most people would be fine with it.) isaacl (talk) 19:48, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

RfA 2021 review update

Thanks so much for participating in Phase 1 of the RfA 2021 review. 8 out of the 21 issues discussed were found to have consensus. Thanks to our closers of Phase 1, Primefac and Wugapodes.

The following had consensus support of participating editors:

1. Corrosive RfA atmosphere

   The atmosphere at RfA is deeply unpleasant. This makes it so fewer candidates wish to run and also means that some members of our community don't comment/vote.

2. Level of scrutiny

   Many editors believe it would be unpleasant to have so much attention focused on them. This includes being indirectly a part of watchlists and editors going through your edit history with the chance that some event, possibly a relatively trivial event, becomes the focus of editor discussion for up to a week.

3. Standards needed to pass keep rising

   It used to be far easier to pass RfA however the standards necessary to pass have continued to rise such that only "perfect" candidates will pass now.

4. Too few candidates

   There are too few candidates. This not only limits the number of new admin we get but also makes it harder to identify other RfA issues because we have such a small sample size.

5. "No need for the tools" is a poor reason as we can find work for new admins

The following issues had a rough consensus of support from editors:

6. Lifetime tenure (high stakes atmosphere)
   Because RfA carries with it lifetime tenure, granting any given editor sysop feels incredibly important. This creates a risk adverse and high stakes atmosphere.
7. Admin permissions and unbundling
   There is a large gap between the permissions an editor can obtain and the admin toolset. This brings increased scrutiny for RFA candidates, as editors evaluate their feasibility in lots of areas.
8. RfA should not be the only road to adminship
   Right now, RfA is the only way we can get new admins, but it doesn't have to be.

Please consider joining the brainstorming which will last for the next 1-2 weeks. This will be followed by Phase 2, a 30 day discussion to consider solutions to the problems identified in Phase 1.

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Possible bot tasking

Greetings Qwerfjkl. I don't know much about getting a bot tasking up and running, but I have a need for a task that I don't believe will be difficult (technically). I was wondering if this is something that you might be willing to do, if your time permits. Thank you.--John Cline (talk) 03:39, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@John Cline I have no problem taking it up (if I can do it). I'm currently waiting for Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Qwerfjkl (bot) 2, but I'd be happy to try this afterwards. ― Qwerfjkltalk 06:09, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Qwerfjkl. I am trying to improve an endeavor to find, and encourage prospective candidates for adminship to consider starting their own RfA. Right now, I can publish {{subst:GetMop}} on their user talk page with a custom message of encouragement. The section produced links to the essay Administrators without tools for further encouragement. In the past, when this template has been used, its effectiveness has been significantly enhanced in situations where other users have added their own comments, seconding the original message. To increase these kinds of endorsing comments, here is what I am hoping to do:
I'll maintain a list of users who are willing to endorse an original publication of the template message. I would want the bot, as soon as possible after the template has substituted, to send a notification to each person on the list, alerting them that the template has been used and where. I'll provide the specific message to post later, if this is something that you can do. For what it may be worth, someone wrote this search link for me to find past usages of the template which may or may not have codeing useful to you. Of course, if there is anything you need me to do, to make things better for your bot, just let me know. Thank you for considering this for me.--John Cline (talk) 07:24, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@John Cline: Hi, I don't think I can make this bot. My apologies for any inconvenience caused. I suggest asking someone with more experience writing bots, such as GoingBatty. Regards, ― Qwerfjkltalk 15:30, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@John Cline: I'm not your guy for this. All my bots use AWB and each bot task has to be manually kicked off. Instead, I suggest you ask at WP:Bot requests so you can find a bot operator who can have the bot running at all times. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 15:51, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

No problem, I appreciate the consideration. I'll look into the bot request you recommended. I wish you both the best. Cheers.--John Cline (talk) 17:14, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

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Question from HELLO IM NAZEEF on User:HELLO IM NAZEEF (16:20, 14 October 2021)

Greetings , can you please help me regarding how to upload photos in an article through mobile? --HELLO IM NAZEEF (talk) 16:20, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Have you tried the File Upload Wizard? ― Qwerfjkltalk 16:39, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

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MassTools

Hello! Thanks for showing me the MassTools script. I was testing it thoroughly now though and noticed that only half of those commands work.

These work:

• MassPurge;
• MassMove;
• MassDelete;

These don't work:

• MassRestore;
• MassBlock;
• MassUnblock;
• MassProtect;
• MassEdit;

When you click them, the page tries to load and gets stuck in a page reading that that special page doesn't exist. Any idea what might be happening? - Klein Muçi (talk) 22:17, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Also MassMove works in a very peculiar way and unfortunately it's not for the best. - Klein Muçi (talk) 04:57, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Klein Muçi I can't really test these and see what's happening - they all require sysop rights. Pinging @1234qwer1234qwer4. ― Qwerfjkltalk 06:11, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Just tested it on Meta-Wiki; the tools/special pages load for me. But since my js only loads a number of other user scripts I have collected (as well as adding the links to the toolbar), I suggest you direct any problems you have to their respective developers. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 10:11, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

MassEdit works for me on enwiki ― Qwerfjkltalk 15:58, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I've tried it many times now but the result are the same. :/ Sadly I'm too lazy to "follow up the clues". :P (Given that I just learned about these userscripts some days ago anyway.) - Klein Muçi (talk) 16:02, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Klein Muçi There are loads of mass editing tools (WP:AWB, WP:JWB, de:Bandersnatch). The other scripts are rarer, though you could ask at WP:SCRIPTREQ. ― Qwerfjkltalk 16:19, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you! I already use AWB and JWB. The script already provides a way how to massdelete for me. The only thing I might miss is massprotect but if time comes when I need that, I'll go find a script just for that. - Klein Muçi (talk) 16:32, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Klein Muçi In case you are testing the scripts in a non-English wiki, this is indeed an issue that can easily be fixed as described at User talk:Timotheus Canens#Script change request; however, the developer has been quite inactive lately. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 16:39, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Klein Muçi Fix was published; can you try it out now? ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 21:47, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

@User:1234qwer1234qwer4, yes! They all work now. Thank you for telling me! What was changed? - Klein Muçi (talk) 23:33, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

@Klein Muçi See the discussion linked above at User talk:Timotheus Canens. ― Qwerfjkltalk 06:04, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Oh, I see. Thank you for helping me out on this. Considering their maintainer isn't that active, judging by the above discussion, I don't think this other request of mine will be able to helped but... Would it be possible that they are tweaked to have the behavior of this script? It provides some additional small features and one big change: A preview window to actually see what you're changing, what the final result will be. In moves it's crucial but even the other tools can benefit from some previews and warnings. - Klein Muçi (talk) 10:32, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

I had requested this change for myself initially, but happy to have been of help to others as well. I think you should first try requesting further changes at the maintainer's talk page. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 13:03, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

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Help request for Ali Tajdary biography

Hello, good morning, I made a biography for (Ali Tajdary), I used your tips and I solved some problems in that biography, framing was modified additional links removed the article is ready to be published according to the rules of the wiki and your talk, please send it for publication if approved. ,thank you. Hoseinkandovan (talk) 05:53, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Firstly, you need to fix the references - see Help:Referencing for beginners. You should also read Wikipedia:Your first article. Finally, a lot of the references are unreliable, such as the IMBD ones. ― Qwerfjkltalk 07:49, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

i used a lot of things in the sources, for example, i used eight reputable iranian sites for biography, one of these sites is ( manzoom.ir ), manzoom is the first official film and serial information database in iran, the other is a platform (sarshenasan.com) this platform records biographies as well as information on famous films.

Another link is the national newspaper (shoroonline.ir ) This newspaper has quoted three news items about Ali Tajdary newspapers are reliable news sources.the movies that this person has played have the highest score (imdb) among iranian movies. for this reason, i linked (imdb).i extracted movie information from four sources that are the most reliable sources in iran.I also used both Iranian and international links as well as news for albums and music.We do not have more reputable bases in Iran than the ones I linked to Please see again because there are no more reliable sources of these linked in Iran for (film) and (music)

Hoseinkandovan (talk) 09:22, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

However good the sources are, the articles included random curly braces (} {) and the referencing is completely wrong. WP:MOS may also help you. ― Qwerfjkltalk 10:03, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

hi, i deleted all the extra parentheses, edited the links, corrected the biography and text, applied all your descriptions on ali tajdaris page) if there is no other problem, please publish,thank you. Hoseinkandovan (talk) 12:56, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

The article is a mess. There are now brackets ( ) randomly (you can use italics instead), and the punctuation is haphazard throughout the article. You still have not fixed the references. Use <ref>www.example.com</ref>, not
<ref>1</ref>
...
1. www.example.com ― Qwerfjkltalk 17:43, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

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Request to review Ali Tajdary article

hi, have a good day. i corrected the problems of the article, i removed the extra parentheses as much as possible, i corrected the links, i corrected the writing problems, i completed the biography and arranged the chapters, please review in publish it if approved Hoseinkandovan (talk) 10:40, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

@Hoseinkandovan Please fix the references. Just look at another article and see how the references have been added. Until you fix this, I will not review the article. ― Qwerfjkltalk 11:00, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Request to review Ali Tajdary article

hi, i made all the corrections you said, i also modified the format of the links, please see and publish it if approved Hoseinkandovan (talk) 18:51, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Request to review Ali Tajdary article

Hi, good morning, I deleted 25 links from the article, and added five links from reputable newsletters as well as the controversy section, please review whether it needs to remove more links or not,thanks. Hoseinkandovan (talk) 09:59, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

Per Wikipedia:NOTINVOLVED, I will not accept the article. I suggest you copyedit the article or place a request at Wikipedia:Guild of copyeditors. I am still not certain of the subject's notability ― Qwerfjkltalk 10:06, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

Fei's Horned Toad

Hi, you accepted someone else's request to redirect Fei's Horned Toad to Megophrys feii, but it doesn't look like you created the redirect. 64.203.186.93 (talk) 16:49, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

Request a review of the article (Ali Tajdary)

Hello, good day, I have added links from the most reputable Iranian news agencies to the article (Ali Tajdary), (Mehr News Agency) (Rokna News Agency) (Shahed News Agency) (secret News) Please check again, thank you. Hoseinkandovan (talk) 12:18, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Alfred Collins

Just received a message from you that you have removed all of the information I have added today.

I am extremely disappointed, I have worked really hard to learn your rules and only include facts and the references to this that you requested.

Yes I have gone in several times today to try and get the wording as acceptable as possible.

I do not understand what you would like me to do or how I can actually change the facts and real references to them? Alfred Collins Archive (talk) 15:04, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Alfred Collins

Sorry if my comments were a little short, I was so upset.

Can we just explain that Alf Collins is our great grandfather and we have researched him for many many years.

We were passed down family documents

Everything we have added we were facts and we were careful to find a reference for you.

Could you please explain what part of the wording you though was not neutral?

We tried to include all information that could be backed up with a online reference?

Alfred Collins Archive (talk) 15:33, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Bold titles

Your bot removed a self-referential link here. This link was harmless, and was causing the text to render correctly (i.e. in bold) in the lead. If you're going to remove self-referential links (especially from lead paragraphs), please make sure to retain the bold formatting implied by the link. pburka (talk) 14:04, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

@Pburka Self links should not be used as a replacement for bolding text. I feel it wouldn't be worth unnecessarily complicating this relatively simple task for a small benefit. ― Qwerfjkltalk 17:58, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

They shouldn't be used that way, but removing the self link without replacing the formatting makes the page worse for readers. I feel that bots shouldn't be engaging in edits that degrade the reader experience. pburka (talk) 20:35, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

If you want, you can check through the articles and correct any links like this; the list is here, it is updated daily. ― Qwerfjkltalk 20:40, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Pinging @Pburka ― Qwerfjkltalk 20:40, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Cleaning up the mess left by your bot doesn't sound like a fun time. Thanks but no thanks. pburka (talk) 21:28, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Wilhelm Schmalz

My edit of the page of Wilhelm Schmalz was removed. I am doing research about the legacy of Wilhelm Schmalz and found one of his distant descendants. This edit was removed without any reason. TSchmlz (talk) 15:49, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

@TSchmlz I gave reasons each time I reverted you (Serols didn't).
Don't add content like

==Famous Relatives==
P.J.F.G. Schmalz: Dutch student. He is known as a womanizer and a beautiful robber

You have violated several of Wikipedia's policies (WP:NPOV, WP:CITE, WP:EDITWAR etc.) ― Qwerfjkltalk 16:22, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

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Shell

Thank you for letting me know. Will be glad to adhere to your request. Red Director (talk) 12:30, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Short descriptions

Hello again. I do not think it is a good idea to do those semi-automatically. In my experience working on those, various article subjects have some unique differences about them that require some notice to detail. Most are uniform for the most part, but I do run into some that require kind of a unique or close to unique short description. I welcome any advice on your side though. Red Director (talk) 13:37, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-44

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

• 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. [3]

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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20:27, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for 2 years! 111.65.63.83 (talk) 22:33, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

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Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: Hahaha!!! 111.65.63.97 (talk) 12:44, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Government ministers with physical disabilities

A tag has been placed on Category:Government ministers with physical disabilities indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:41, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Qwerfjkl,

I realize that you create categories on request. The editor who requested this one has 7 days to assign a page to this category or it will be deleted so that's a sufficient amount of time. Categories deleted only for being empty can be recreated whenever there is a need for them later. Thanks. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:43, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

It's fine, I can easily mass-categorise articles. ― Qwerfjkltalk 17:45, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Display title

Hey, I like how you've customized the display title of your user page. I tried copy and pasting the template to mine but it doesn't seem to have any effect. Any idea what I might be doing wrong? AHollender (WMF) (talk) 18:09, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

@AHollender (WMF) (I actually shamelessly stole this from User:Sportzpikachu.) It gave the error

so I fixed that. ― Qwerfjkltalk 18:20, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

awesome, thank you, that helped me. working now : ) AHollender (WMF) (talk) 18:55, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

I actually stole it from User:Chlod lol, you can even see the exact same disclaimer. I modified it for my talk page though, so it says "sportzpikachu: talk" instead of "User talk:Sportzpikachu". Involves lots of css trickery with positioning so if you want to copy that be sure to play around with the values ―sportzpikachu _{my talkcontribs} 02:29, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

WT talk:USPOLITICS

What had you actually intended here? Came across it on NPP and I feel that there's some story behind this. Just curious, not judging :) Sennecaster (Chat) 17:48, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

@Sennecaster: Oops. WP:AFCRC helper script can't handle non-mainspace requests, so I have to manually tag them for deletion. See:
[17:33, 3 November 2021]
[17:32, 3 November 2021]
[17:32, 3 November 2021]
[17:32, 3 November 2021]
[17:32, 3 November 2021]
[17:32, 3 November 2021]
[17:31, 3 November 2021]
Pinging script maintainer @Enterprisey. ― Qwerfjkltalk 17:52, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Oh wow, yeah, quite interesting. Thanks for explaining, I'll keep that in mind until Enterprisey weighs in, and I guess there goes their hard-fought 0 pings... Sennecaster (Chat) 17:56, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Should handle talk pages better now. (I think those diff links are a little suspicious, by the way...) Enterprisey (talk!) 06:42, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: Hahaha!! 😂 111.65.61.253 (talk) 06:44, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: Hahaha!! 😭 111.65.61.253 (talk) 06:46, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Recursive acronyms

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Category:Recursive acronyms has been nominated for discussion

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Tech News: 2021-45

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

• 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. [4][5]

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. [6]
• 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)

Jerrold Mundis

Hi --is there any way you could look at this article? Thanks so much. Isabel Ochone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Jerrold_Mundis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iochone (talk • contribs) 16:06, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

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pokemon bdsp

Hello, you accepted pokemon bdsp but didn't create it. Did you forget, or did you intend to create Pokemon BDSP in its place? Thank you for monitoring AFC/R! 107.11.98.87 (talk) 14:10, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I intentionally created Pokemon BDSP instead, it seemed a more common term. I meant to leave a comment but misclicked. ― Qwerfjkltalk 17:16, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

"Ralphthemoviemaker" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Ralphthemoviemaker. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 November 12#Ralphthemoviemaker until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. ★Trekker (talk) 07:04, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Mobcap

Please don't keep changing the quotes on this page. That's the original spelling. It's a quote. BeatriceCastle (talk) 17:00, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Richard Aylmer

Please don't keep changing the quotes on this page. That's the original spelling. It's a quote. BeatriceCastle (talk) 16:59, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

@BeatriceCastle To stop the bot editing a page, add {{bots|deny=AWB}}. ― Qwerfjkltalk 18:09, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, I will do that. BeatriceCastle (talk) 20:16, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Test

Testing Qwerfjkl (alt) (talk) 00:04, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Rupert Bruce-Mitford

Many of these edits were helpful. An SBN, however, is not the same thing as an ISBN (history discussed here), leading to the errors seen here. Also, although the bot's edit description noted that "Ordinal numbers should be in regular text, not inside <sup> tags", the <sup> tags that were used were to maintain the formatting of the source. --Usernameunique (talk) 23:28, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

@Usernameunique Hi, thanks for reporting this! You can stop this bot (and any other AWB bot) from re-editing the page by adding {{Bots|deny=AWB}} anywhere in the page (an invisible comment will help). You can see the related discussions above this section. Regarding the ISBN → SBN change, you might want to follow this up at WT:AWB, as it is part of AWB's Genfixes. ― Qwerfjkltalk 23:37, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Question from SimDefinitions (20:19, 14 November 2021)

Hi! It's not letting me write anything when editing texts. The keyboard's not popping up and I don't know what's wrong. --SimDefinitions (talk) 20:19, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

@SimDefinitions Hi, can you describe the exact steps to reproduce this, including the browser and device? I presume from The keyboard's not popping up you're on mobile. ― Qwerfjkltalk 20:55, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-46

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

• Most large file uploads errors that had messages like "stashfailed" or "DBQueryError" have now been fixed. An incident report is available.

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. [7]
• There was a problem with search last week. Many search requests did not work for 2 hours because of a configuration error. [8]

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)

Question from HELLO IM NAZEEF (08:07, 16 November 2021)

Help. --HELLO IM NAZEEF (talk) 08:07, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

@HELLO IM NAZEEF: Do you still need help with the problem you described here, or do you have another problem? ― Qwerfjkltalk 16:28, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Question from HELLO IM NAZEEF (16:40, 16 November 2021)

Hello. Can you please help me with: 1. How to upload an image while editing an article on mobile?

2. How to make a template while editing an article on mobile? --HELLO IM NAZEEF (talk) 16:40, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

@HELLO IM NAZEEF:

1. You can try the mobile app, which I believe is the easiest way to upload images.
2. Add a link to the template (you can do this in your sandbox) e.g. [[Template:Red-linked template]] → Template:Red-linked template. Then, click on the link, and add the wikitext. You may find Help:Templates of use.

 ― Qwerfjkltalk 17:58, 16 November 2021 (UTC)