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Tech News: 2024-27

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  • Over the next three weeks, dark mode will become available for all users, both logged-in and logged-out, starting with the mobile web version. This fulfils one of the top-requested community wishes, and improves low-contrast reading and usage in low-light settings. As part of these changes, dark mode will also work on User-pages and Portals. There is more information in the latest Web team update. [1]
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  • If you use a very old web browser some features might not work on the Wikimedia wikis. This affects Internet Explorer 11 and versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari older than 2016. This change makes it possible to use new CSS features and to send less code to all readers. [3][4]
  • Wikipedia Admins can customize local wiki configuration options easily using Community Configuration. Community Configuration was created to allow communities to customize how some features work, because each language wiki has unique needs. At the moment, admins can configure Growth features on their home wikis, in order to better recruit and retain new editors. More options will be provided in the coming months. [5]
  • Editors interested in language issues that are related to Unicode standards, can now discuss those topics at a new conversation space in MediaWiki.org. The Wikimedia Foundation is now a member of the Unicode Consortium, and the coordination group can collaboratively review the issues discussed and, where appropriate, bring them to the attention of the Unicode Consortium.
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  • Editors can once again click on links within the visual editor's citation-preview, thanks to a bug fix by the Editing Team. [7]

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Question from Josephedward.dxb (09:52, 4 July 2024)

Hello Hiw can I add a new information --Josephedward.dxb (talk) 09:52, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

@Josephedward.dxb: What topics are you interested in? You can try the introduction tutorial which will show you around the basics. If you want to start helping right away, there should be some tasks listed on your Homepage that you can try. If you have a bit more time on your hands, check out The Wikipedia Adventure — it's a game that teaches you how to start editing. Let me know if you have any other questions. Hope to see you around! Happy editing, C F A 💬 14:04, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

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María José Rienda

She competed in the Alpine skiing World Cup using both her surnames, therfore that makes her full name her common name, so please move her page back to María José Rienda Contreras. --Marbe166 (talk) 19:51, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

@Marbe166: I've reverted the move as contested. Ortizesp, if you still support this move, you'll have to start a WP:RM. C F A 💬 20:13, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Renaming article request

Hi. I noticed your contribution in the Requested moves page and wanted to ask if you could finalize the move of the article's title from KFF Tirana AS > Tirana AS. I provided evidence for the move in the discussion created but nobody seems to be taking any action. Would appreciate it if you could complete the move to Tirana AS. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kj1595 (talk • contribs)

@Kj1595:  Done. Not sure why this took so long. C F A 💬 18:55, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Thank you. I really appreciate it. Kj1595 (talk) 19:03, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Battle of Lagarde for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Battle of Lagarde is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Lagarde until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

voorts (talk/contributions) 23:35, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

July 2024

Stop icon with clock
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for edit warring and violating the three-revert rule, as you did at Mark of the Beast. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.
During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.
If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Daniel Quinlan (talk) 01:43, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

CFA/Archives/2024 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

This was not a 3RR violation. Those edits were vandalism and exempt per WP:3RRE. My attention was originally brought to that article because an edit the user made was flagged as a Copypatrol copyvio. I have never visited the page before today; I had no intention of starting a content dispute and have always tried to follow WP:1RR. They were vandalising the page by pasting in large Bible quotes to the dab page. This was apparently not the first time the page had been vandalized in this manner (see [8][9][10]). I assume the previous times were by the same user on different accounts/IPs. The rest of their edits were standard opinion-based vandalism: replacing ([11][12][13][14]) the generic disambiguation mention with their own analysis and commentary. Just look at their edit summaries: "Stop bullying me, and stop reverting what im writing which is the actual truth, stop being hard headed! if you dont stop im gonna report you!" I'll admit, the last few were not as contentious as the rest (only replacing/underlining one word), but given the rest of their edits these were obviously unconstructive. They were not willing to do anything about it. They just kept making change after change with edit sumamries saying they're "spreading the truth" etc. C F A 💬 02:17, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Decline reason:

As per below; I'll leave it to Daniel Quinlan to decide if they would like to remove their block before its expiration. 331dot (talk) 07:54, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Not a fan of their rather pointy edit summaries, but how much of an "in universe" description of "mark of the beast" to use is certainly a legitimate content dispute (and I take your side here as easily the stronger one) and not obvious vandalism. The exception isn't for all bad edits. And even if we accept that it is clearly vandalism, for the sake of argument, I can't come close to the opinion that the one-word change of "mark" and "symbol" is clearly vandalism. An admin may not rule on this as it's a very short block, but I'd suggest just waiting the day and being a bit more careful in similar situations in the future. CoffeeCrumbs (talk) 02:41, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

The first two edits may be copyright violations, but the following 11 reverts you made do not meet any of the exemptions listed at WP:3RRNO, even if the changes were misguided and needed reversion. Also, as specified in the policy: If you are claiming an exemption, make sure there is a clearly visible edit summary or separate section of the talk page that explains the exemption. When in doubt, do not revert. In the future, instead of edit warring or violating 3RR, please consider take a break from editing the article, try to engage in a discussion with the other editor on the talk page or their user talk page, and if the edit is that bad, someone else will come along to revert it. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 03:00, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Fair enough, Daniel Quinlan. Thank you for resolving this fairly on both sides. C F A 💬 03:30, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-28

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  • A problem with the color of the talkpage tabs always showing as blue, even for non-existent pages which should have been red, affecting the Vector 2022 skin, has been fixed.

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:29, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

"{{One source"

What does this mean?

As you have now discovered, I have listed my version and sources on the disk: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Eduard_Elbogen&diff=prev&oldid=1233581635
I have to sleep first before I add the most important (of 58) sources.
Which do you prefer? In GE, IT or SK language? --Virtualiter (talk) 21:17, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

@Virtualiter: That's fine. I tagged the article for {{one source}} before I saw it was a translation. It just means the article only has one reference. Since you appear to still be working on it, I suggest you add a {{under construction}} tag so other editors know it is still a work in progress. I assume you're referring to the language of the sources: the language does not matter as long as it accurately verifies the information. If you're using a {{cite}} template, you can use the language= parameter to specify the language and the trans-title= parameter to add the English version of the title. Let me know if you have any other questions. Happy editing! C F A 💬 21:40, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Er samim khan on User:Er samim khan/Sample page (09:58, 10 July 2024)

https://youtube.com/@ersamimkhan?si=O0IxUhTfFwUz4eu9 --Er samim khan (talk) 09:58, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of J.E.W.

Hello CFA,

Welcome to Wikipedia! I edit here too, under the username Significa liberdade, and I thank you for your contributions.

I wanted to let you know, however, that I have tagged an article that you started, J.E.W. for deletion, because it appears to be about something that you or someone you know personally invented, coined, or discovered, and it does not indicate how or why the subject is important and/or recognized enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top. If the page is already deleted by the time you come across this message and you wish to retrieve the deleted material, please contact the deleting administrator.

For any further query, please leave a comment here and prepend it with {{Re|Significa liberdade}}. And, don't forget to sign your reply with ~~~~ . Thanks!

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Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 23:36, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Operation of Parwan (1984)

Hello there If you would have talked to me first I would have made changes there was no reason for a speedy deletion Afghan1235 (talk) 01:52, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

@Afghan1235: The entire article was copied from https://www.academia.edu/4335943/THE_OTHER_SIDE_OF_THE_MOUNTAIN_Mujahideen_Tactics_in_the_Soviet_Afghan_War. Removing the copyright violations without deleting the entire article would've just amounted to blanking the page, which is essentially the same thing. I suggest just recreating the article, this time without stealing content from somewhere else. C F A 💬 02:15, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
Btw when I created an article page it doesn’t show on google when I search it Afghan1235 (talk) 02:18, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
@Afghan1235: Articles will only appear on Google after either:
  • A new page reviewer marks it as reviewed
  • 90 days have elapsed since the article's creation
Let me know if you have any other questions. Happy editing! C F A 💬 02:26, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
But I have seen someone creating an article without getting reviewed and showing on google but I created some pages on Wikipedia you mind reviewing it? Afghan1235 (talk) 02:29, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
@Afghan1235: As far as I'm aware, articles can only be indexed by Google if they meet one of the criteria above. What articles have you created? I'm happy to take a look — no guarantees though. C F A 💬 02:33, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
It’s Ok just review and let me know what wrong with it
1976 Afghan coup d'état
Battle of Qahrawa
Battle of Nalos (1947)
Battle of Bagh (1919) 2001:8003:3F8E:1F00:E491:108C:3F12:3B5D (talk) 02:37, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
 Not done: These articles were all created by other users, not by yourself as you claim, many of whom seem to be involved in the Blurewhale11 sockpuppet cluster. Afghan1235, have you ever edited using any other accounts? Pinging Bbb23 who started the initial SPI. C F A 💬 03:19, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
I know it’s other user this guy is my friend I helped him creating these pages now this is my only page on Wikipedia Afghan1235 (talk) 03:23, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
Here is the new article of Parwan operation Parwan Operation (1984)# Afghan1235 (talk) 03:16, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
@Afghan1235: Parwan Operation (1984) is another blatant copyright violation, this time of https://books.google.ca/books?id=XILyYPv_3a0C. Have you not learned your lesson? I have a feeling I'll find many more copyvios if I look through the articles created by this group of accounts. C F A 💬 03:40, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
Bro it’s not a copyright I wrote this on my own words I swear Afghan1235 (talk) 03:42, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
Check it now Afghan1235 (talk) 04:08, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
@Afghan1235: 1976 Afghan coup d'état was copied without attribution from Mir Ahmad Shah Rizwani. I have left you the appropriate notice on your talk page. Battle of Nalos (1947) was evidently written entirely using AI with little to no review afterwards. It is not worded neutrally (ex: "their actions during this period are emblematic of the broader Kurdish struggle for autonomy and resistance against external domination") and I have not checked for factual accuracy. Battle of Bagh (1919) is very-closely paraphrased from https://books.google.ca/books?id=1XvKDwAAQBAJ and some senteces have just been completely copied (ex: "British casualties were eight killed and 31 wounded, while Afghan losses were about 100 killed and 300 wounded"). This whole ordeal seems very suspicious to me so unless you give me a convincing reason as to why you claim to have created the articles (when they were actually created by a blocked account), I will file a case at either WP:SPI or WP:ANI. You are also clearly not listening (or don't care) about copyright violations and have outright lied about them. C F A 💬 15:45, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
I mostly used my own words in there but no problem I will just recreate it Afghan1235 (talk) 02:16, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
@Afghan1235: You did not mostly use your own words. Literally every single paragraph was copied from the paper above. If there actually was some content worth saving, I would've just tagged it for revision deletion. C F A 💬 02:24, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

About the Superwoman page

All the Superwomen characters don't have nuclear or radiation abilities, aren't psychics, and can't teleport, but three of the characters do have solar abilities. The external links on it doesn't work anymore and one of them is not secured. 172.13.193.84 (talk) 15:15, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

I suppose you are able to remove (or replace) the external links because they are probably in violation of WP:ELNO (a wiki and a blog). I do not recommend removing categories without discussing on the talk page because they were evidently added there for a reason. Next time, please leave an edit summary so other editors know why you are removing content from the article. C F A 💬 15:52, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Radcliffe Telescope

On 12 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Radcliffe Telescope, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Radcliffe Telescope was the largest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere when it was completed in 1948? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Radcliffe Telescope. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Radcliffe Telescope), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Valereee (talk) 00:03, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Huamulan

Change it into research interpretation, because its more neutral. There is no so-called evidence here, the sources have the author's personal interpretation of the Chinese material. The original text does not have any clear evidence of those conclusions, only sure thing is that her name was mulan by text. But a researcher suggested its possible, so it is more interpretation. 2001:14BB:AE:CEE0:B093:8E5E:C8BE:56D7 (talk) 11:25, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Fort Myers move

I see that you just moved Fort Myers, Florida to Fort Myers as a non-controversial technical move. I contest that such a move was non-coontroversial, as the name of that city is governed by WP:USPLACE, and should remain at Fort Myers, Florida. Donald Albury 19:34, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

@Donald Albury:  Done: OhHaiMark, if you still support this move, you'll have to start a requested move discussion on the article's talk page. C F A 💬 19:41, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
Thank you! Donald Albury 19:41, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
I'm surprised this move was even approved. – The Grid (talk) 13:45, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Hey man

Who are you I am curious to understand this realm as a well read for fellow my age. Robbie Gemini (talk) 21:35, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Lissa Schneckenburger draftification

Hi CFA — I noticed that you draftified Lissa Schneckenburger (created by Wings Commander) when you patrolled it with NPP, claiming that it needs more sources to establish notability. The four sources that were present right after the first sentence — [1][2][3][4] — are to my reading clearly enough to meet the NARTIST/GNG standards, so I am reverting the move.

Please remember that NPP is about quality, not quantity, and it is always okay to slow down when needed. Unjustified draftifications damage the encyclopedia, both in terms of lost content and in terms of biting the article creators, so we want to minimize them as much as possible.

Best, Sdkb talk 03:40, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

I do not believe, based on the sources in the article and a BEFORE, that the subject meets GNG. They are mostly, local, routine WP:INTERVIEWS. The Rutland Herald source is the best available, and I suppose the Bluegrass United is short but gets the job done, but the other sources are interviews with little coverage outside of the transcript. Regardless, if you disagree, I won't do anything further. Thank you for letting me know. C F A 💬 03:52, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ Allen, Bob (April 1, 2024). "Falling Forward". Bluegrass Unlimited. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ^ Smith, Sean (17 February 2023). "Her new album is titled 'Falling Forward,' but Schneckenburger is happy to look back". Boston Irish. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. ^ Edelstein, Art (22 May 2019). "Above all, hope: Lissa Schneckenburger sings about parenting". Rutland Herald. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ Eldred, Rich (April 9, 2008). "Born to fiddle: Schneckenburger living out her childhood dream". Bourne Courier. Gannett. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

Nomination of Thomas Matthew Crooks for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Thomas Matthew Crooks is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Matthew Crooks until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

―Howard • 🌽33 11:56, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

lost levels source

well the problem here is that this is such a minor thing, no reliable source or news outlet would mention it. I would use youtube, but thats against wikipedia policy. any idea? unless mario wiki can be cited Sir Grodus II (talk) 19:17, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

First of all, welcome to Wikipedia, Sir Grodus II! Unfortunately if a claim cannot be verified by a reliable source, it is not suitable for inclusion in a Wikipedia article. One of Wikiedia's core content policies is verifiability. YouTube is generally considered an unreliable source because it is user-generated content. Other wikis are also considered unreliable for the same reason. Let me know if you have any other questions. Happy editing! C F A 💬 19:36, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
i get youtube for most things, but think about it, if youtube video is LITERALLY the game itself, how is it unreliable? its LITERALLY the game, its not really user generated. Sir Grodus II (talk) 22:21, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2024)

Ambush of Polish partisans against Russian forces during the January Uprising, 1863
Hello, CFA. The article for improvement of the week is:

Ambush

Please be bold and help improve it!

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Nomination of Thomas Matthew Crooks for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Thomas Matthew Crooks is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Matthew Crooks (3rd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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-bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 01:35, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

I reverted my AfD and attempted to G6 the AfD page, as I incorrectly assumed Twinkle would notify of past AfDs when trying to AfD a page. I apologize for this notification - and it will either be closed as speedy keep, or my preference of reverting it completely as it was my error for not knowing about the prior AfDs. Apologies. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 01:42, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
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