User talk:Rich Smith/Archive83

You declined my draft

You said that twitter and youtube aren't reliable sources in Draft:Starship SN11. In this case, they are. Please reconsider. 64.121.103.144 (talk) 19:58, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

No, they really are not... user generated content are not reliable sources per WP:RS - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 20:04, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Self-published books and newsletters, personal pages on social networking sites, tweets, and posts on Internet forums are all examples of self-published media. Self-published expert sources may be considered reliable when produced by an established expert on the subject matter, whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable, independent publications. WP:RS/SPS Doesn't this count since Elon is the CEO of the company? Leijurv (talk) 00:07, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Then its a primary source which is also no good 82.10.151.121 (talk) 00:14, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Elon Musk is the leader of the company, so it should be accepted. Also, can someone help with my draft, Draft:Starship SN11.

64.121.103.144 (talk) 19:57, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-14

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• Editors can collapse part of an article so you have to click on it to see it. When you click a link to a section inside collapsed content it will now expand to show the section. The browser will scroll down to the section. Previously such links didn't work unless you manually expanded the content first. [1]

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• The citoid API will use for example 2010-12-XX instead of 2010-12 for dates with a month but no days. This is because 2010-12 could be confused with 2010-2012 instead of December 2010. This is called level 1 instead of level 0 in the Extended Date/Time Format. [2]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 April. It will be on all wikis from 8 April (calendar).

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• PAWS can now connect to the new Wiki Replicas. Cross-database JOINS will no longer work from 28 April. There is a new way to connect to the databases. Until 28 April both ways to connect to the databases will work. If you think this affects you and you need help you can post on Phabricator or on Wikitech.

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Why was my article deleted

Why was my article deleted Nttf.kaushik22 (talk) 19:05, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

@Nttf.kaushik22: It hasn't been deleted yet, but is pure spam. You need to read WP:YFA before you try again. If you don't think it should be deleted, you can Contest the Speedy Deletion - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 19:13, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-16

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• Email to the Wikimedia wikis are handled by groups of Wikimedia editors. These volunteer response teams now use Znuny instead of OTRS. The functions and interface remain the same. The volunteer administrators will give more details about the next steps soon. [3][4]
• If you use syntax highlighting, you can see line numbers in the 2010 and 2017 wikitext editors when editing templates. This is to make it easier to see line breaks or talk about specific lines. Line numbers will soon come to all namespaces. [5][6][7]
• Because of a technical change there could be problems with gadgets and scripts that have an edit summary area that looks similar to this one. If they look strange they should use mw.loader.using('mediawiki.action.edit.styles') to go back to how they looked before. [8]
• The latest version of MediaWiki came to the Wikimedia wikis last week. There was no Tech News issue last week.

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• There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

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• 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 two weeks. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.

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16:47, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Ali Abasbeili

Hello, Rich Smith. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Ali Abasbeili".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:28, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-17

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• Templates have parameters that can have specific values. It is possible to suggest values for editors with TemplateData. You can soon see them as a drop-down list in the visual editor. This is to help template users find the right values faster. [9][10][11]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 April. It will be on all wikis from 29 April (calendar).

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How to move forward on publishing article

Hi Rich, You helped me out and moved my article Draft:Colby Gilbert from the draft namespace to my sandbox. I am done with what I intend to write, how do I submit this for review? I thought that was what I was doing by moving the article to the draft namespace. New and trying to figure this out. Best Mike

@Mikeharner0: It looks like it has been submitted, you'll just need to wait for a reviewer to get to it - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 12:35, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-18

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• Twinkle is a gadget on English Wikipedia. It can help with maintenance and patrolling. It can now be used on other wikis. You can get Twinkle on your wiki using the twinkle-starter GitHub repository.

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15:42, 3 May 2021 (UTC)