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21:02, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello, I'm a french contributor. Some contributors are interrested for use the HotArticlesBot's script on french wikipedia. I'd like translate this but I don't undersand what I must change and how use it. Can you help me please ? Cordially,--Gratus (talk) 13:26, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
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18:58, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
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16:16, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
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--Ipigott (talk) 08:41, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
You should check out my userpage (if you are not easily offended). The Quixotic Potato (talk) 17:27, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
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18:22, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for using the collections feature in Wikipedia beta! Due to technical and moderation issues, we will be turning off this experimental feature. Your collections will be available for viewing and export until March 1st. If you would like to save your collection as links on a special Wikipedia page, please fill out the following [http://goo.gl/forms/ZyYQm6uu7e form]. If you are interested in giving your feedback about Wikipedia Collections please do so here.
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Jkatz (WMF) (talk) 23:52, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
Finding the bot's user page is hard for non-tech-savvy users. Well, it's easy if you know how to (edit page, find the transcluded subpage, check history --> HotArticlesBot), but I can imagine that many users don't know how to do that. Maybe sneak in "Last updated by HotArticlesBot 31 March 2016." in the footer? jonkerz ♠talk 22:34, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
Could you post on the talkpage about your edit to that article? Prononciation appears to be the subject of several active discussions there and the article is full-protected to prevent several patterns of edits that do not have consensus. If you're making an edit due to your evaluation of a consensus there, an edit-summary noting that would have been useful, and a note in the relevant discussions too. Or if you didn't notice the discussion, please undo your edit and join one of the discussions. Otherwise, it might look like you were using your higher edit privleges to make an end-run around several site policies. DMacks (talk) 21:37, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
For WP:SPIDERS, the bot as of now shows Hexurella with 19 edits. However, it's a new article and the history shows it has had 4 edits in total, including its creation. The same happens with other new articles (another example is Pseudonemesia: claimed 11, actually 2). Why the discrepancies? Peter coxhead (talk) 10:31, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
On 5 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ethel Weed, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that U.S Army Lieutenant Ethel Weed was a pivotal figure in establishing women's rights in postwar Japan? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ethel Weed. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ethel Weed), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
— Coffee // have a cup // beans // 13:37, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diplomacy | |
You see..... you have helped many people around the world.... and this is want I want to give in return for your sincere acts of kindness. And thank you for correcting me. Maganhassan (talk) 18:02, 6 May 2016 (UTC) |
The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.
We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. We will have beverages and light snacks.
Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on this point.
For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, May 2016
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You appear to know alot about page counts at Wikipedia. Page count statistics are stored and available for all Wikipedia articles for the cumulative number of page hits per day on one of the tabs readily accessible on the edit history pages of all articles. Do you know if these page count statistics are broken down anywhere as to the source of where the page request is coming from? What part of the the cumulative page count at Wikipedia comes from searching and linking from the Yahoo engine, as opposed to the Google engine, as opposed to the Wikipedia search box engine, how many are from desktop, how many are from mobile, etc? Which percentage of page counts for individual Wikipedia articles come from which sources whether from inside Wikipedia or from outside Wikipedia? If you have a lead then this might point me in the correct direction. Fountains-of-Paris (talk) 14:43, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi Kaldari,
Did you see the announcement that http:// access to the API is going away in a few weeks? It looks like HotArticlesBot is going to break as a result of this change. BTW, I'm encouraging people who need help updating their code to ask at w:en:Wikipedia:Bot owners' noticeboard or on the mailing list, so if you can keep an eye out for requests, it'd probably make someone's day much better. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 23:22, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Jenness-for-president.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 17:13, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
Crow Award | ||
Crow has given you The Official Crow Award! Thanks for all the tech wizardry to get the copyvio bots and tools back online! CrowCaw 22:15, 7 June 2016 (UTC) |
Check out Algeria for example. A better idea of a country would be England within the state of the U.K. State is a higher term vs country.66.46.53.106 (talk) 22:15, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading File:Jenness-for-president.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).
Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 02:47, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.
We make sure to allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks. We will also have:
Please note: You must register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict.
For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2016
See you soon! Pete F, Ben, Stephen and Checkingfax | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:07, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
Template:Persondata has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Izno (talk) 17:45, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
You recently nominated Cat:Sins for deletion with a consensus of delete. Cat:Sin (singular) seems to still be a thing, and it seems easier to bring it to your attention than to figure out the process, as I don't really move in the category area. TimothyJosephWood 00:04, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
If you cannot join in person or want to view portions later:
We will have:
Please register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cjLRrSTlEkGOPTQ-h6A0WvSFI4ZmIUl6jEHp_RYas-E/viewform and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict.
For further details, see: Bay Area WikiSalon, June 2016
See you tonight! Pete F, Ben, Stephen and MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:48, 29 June 2016 (UTC) | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice)
Hi. Re your message on my talk, too often articles about recent events are written as if they were breaking news stories. But as is often said, Wiki is not a news ticker. It's an encyclopedia, and most articles will long outlive the immediacy of breaking news. Consequently, information included should not be transitory, ephemeral, etc. The freeway shutdown in Oakland – 1,500 miles from the Castile shooting – on July 8 lasted only a few hours, and was of little note outside the Bay Area. Sca (talk) 14:02, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
The Disambiguator's Helper's Barnstar | ||
Thanks for your |
Hi! At Indo-Canadians in British Columbia the Archive bot duplicated much of the material in the page instead of "rescuing" it - Just as an FYI... it may have malfunctioned here
@Cyberpower678: WhisperToMe (talk) 19:09, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
I've begun using your disambiguation script, and it's been quite helpful thus far. Here's a little something to say thanks. :) Colonel Wilhelm Klink (Complaints|Mistakes) 21:00, 21 July 2016 (UTC) |
We hope you can join us today, Wednesday, from 6 p.m. on, at our July Bay Area WikiSalon. This month only, we are going to be at Noisebridge, a hackerspace/makerspace 1.5 blocks from the 16th & Mission BART station (see the link for directions). Some of us will be working on the Wikipedia article on basic income. All info here. Some good news - we do not have to be as strict about advance RSVP at Noisebridge, so bring spontaneous guests! (Registering ahead of time is still helpful, as always, as it will help us plan ahead.)
Come and hang out, have some light snacks. Wi-Fi is available, so please bring your editing device if you plan to edit.
Also, Pete just published a writeup of the Wikidojo exercise we did last month. Your comments welcome, if he missed anything! http://wikistrategies.net/ghost-town-royals-wikidojo
The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather at Bay Area WikiSalon to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas. Mark you calendars now.
We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend.
See you soon! Pete F, Ben Creasy, Stephen and Wayne | (Subscribe/Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:05, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
Hi Kaldari,
Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Brahmaea wallichii insulata (Brahmeid Moth) wb edit.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on August 13, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2016-08-13. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:34, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
Hello, a while back I subscribed WP:WikiProject Louisville for HotArticlesBot. I was wondering if there was anything else I need to do for this to start, or if it's just waiting in a queue before it starts up. Please let me know. Thanks! Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 23:04, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
Some time ago, I added Wikipedia Primary School articles to . But it does not seem to work. Is there something additional I need to do ? Thanks Anthere (talk)
Hi. While enjoying this great new widget, it just occurred to me today to check into the edits of some in the list. I checked several entries in today's list for WP Louisville and the numbers are off. For instance, the last entry says "16 edits" but should only be "4 edits". Thanks in advance for looking into this. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 20:13, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
I've been using your extremely useful "turn-dab-pages-orange" gadget; it helps a lot when trying to find piped links, especially. Today I noticed an orange link in a template at the top of a new article (permalink), which is definitely not a link to a dab page. It may be caused by the disambig templates in this table. (They are listed using the {{tlrow}} template.) I wonder if you'd have time to look at it and fix whatever your gadget is picking up on. Thanks. — Gorthian (talk) 22:34, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
And thank you for the quote you posted on Wikimedia-l that I used in the obit. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:57, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
Hi folks,
We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.
We make sure to allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages and light snacks. We will also have a brief presentation for your education and possible enjoyment:
Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on speakers or wiki-related activities.
For further details, see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, August 2016
See you soon! Pete F, Ben, Stephen and Checkingfax | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:05, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
Bay Area WikiSalon, Wednesday, August 31:
If you cannot join us in person tonight, we are streaming (and later archiving) the presentation by former EFF intern Marta Belcher. We expect her to be live starting between 6:30 or 6:45 p.m. PDT and talking and taking questions for about 30 minutes thereafter.
Here is the YouTube stream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t8V79s2-og
Here is the link to join the Hangout on Air: https://hangouts.google.com/call/ezrol7dafjfwxfh2ilpkjyxoaue
You can search for it on the Commons and YouTube later too.
Wayne, Pete, Ben, and Stephen
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:50, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malta&oldid=739116927
The above edit by your bot cut out 76kb of article content. Something is amiss. Rhialto (talk) 22:00, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
Hello Kaldari. I added Wiki Loves Women articles to . Just saying in case... Thanks in advance. Cheers. Anthere (talk)
Kaldari, I see that Wikipedia:WikiProject Women scientists/Hot articles is now running. Thank you! However, the numbers are wrong. In the Sept 23 update, it says that Temple Grandin had 77 edits in the last seven days, but the actual number is two. The other numbers are also greatly inflated. RockMagnetist(talk) 16:56, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
Hi folks,
We would like to invite you to this month's Bay Area WikiSalon. The last Wednesday evening of every month, Wikipedia and Wikimedia enthusiasts gather to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new projects and ideas.
We will have no formal agenda to allow people to freely share ideas and perhaps learn about Wikipedia through hands-on editing. Co-organizer Ben Creasy will be looking at election-related articles to enhance the information available in the upcoming November elections.
Co-organizer Stephen LaPorte has suggested doing an upload-a-thon for Wiki Loves Monuments. Niki, the California coordinator for WLM will be in attendance. WLM is an annual event and the official dealine is Friday the 30th for submissions to count towards awards.
Or, you can grab a couch, a booth, or a stool and do your own thing.
Please note: You should register here, and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. The building policy is strict on the I.D. part. This also helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in! Feel free to stop by even if only to say a quick hello, but you might have to give us a last minute call if you forget to RSVP. Also, don't be shy about hitting us up if you have thoughts on future speakers or wiki-related activities.
For further details, please see: Wikipedia:Bay Area WikiSalon, September 2016. Mark your calendars now for the 3rd Wednesday in October, the 26th, when we will have a brief presentation.
See you soon! Pete F, Ben, Stephen and Checkingfax | (Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this talk page notice here)
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:35, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
NOINDEX still not working as intended Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:29, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi Kaldari! I noticed that you added PageAssessments support to {{WikiProject Military history}}, and wanted to let you about a quirk in this particular template: the value of the class=
parameter won't necessarily match the assessment class displayed (and used for categories, etc.) by the template, since there is some internal logic that adjusts the parameter value based on a combination of other parameters. I'm not sure whether this is important for the extension, but if you're trying to capture the actual assessment rating used by the project, you'll want to use the following in place of {{{class|}}}
:
{{WikiProject Military history/Class|class={{{class|}}} |list={{{list|}}} |A-Class={{{A-Class|}}} |B-Class-1={{WikiProject Military history/YesNo|{{{B-Class-1|}}}{{{B-1|}}}{{{B1|}}}{{{b-1|}}}{{{b1|}}}}} |B-Class-2={{WikiProject Military history/YesNo|{{{B-Class-2|}}}{{{B-2|}}}{{{B2|}}}{{{b-2|}}}{{{b2|}}}}} |B-Class-3={{WikiProject Military history/YesNo|{{{B-Class-3|}}}{{{B-3|}}}{{{B3|}}}{{{b-3|}}}{{{b3|}}}}} |B-Class-4={{WikiProject Military history/YesNo|{{{B-Class-4|}}}{{{B-4|}}}{{{B4|}}}{{{b-4|}}}{{{b4|}}}}} |B-Class-5={{WikiProject Military history/YesNo|{{{B-Class-5|}}}{{{B-5|}}}{{{B5|}}}{{{b-5|}}}{{{b5|}}}}}}}
Thanks! Kirill Lokshin (talk) 18:40, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
class
parameter is entirely ignored in those cases. For example, if the template is used on a category talk page, but includes |class=Stub
, the template will behave as though class=Template
were used instead.list
parameter, which overrides the class
parameter. For example, including |class=Start |list=yes
will cause the template to behave as though |class=List
were used instead.B-Class-X
parameters to calculate the rating; the value of the class
parameter causes this logic to be invoked, but is otherwise ignored. For example, using |class=B |B-Class-1=no |B-Class-2=no |B-Class-3=no |B-Class-4=no |B-Class-5=no
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