User talk:Joseph2302/Archives/2022/August

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Tech News: 2022-31

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

  • Improved LaTeX capabilities for math rendering are now available in the wikis thanks to supporting Phantom tags. This completes part of the #59 wish of the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey.

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 August. It will be on all wikis from 4 August (calendar).
  • The Realtime Preview will be available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 0. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals.

Future changes

  • The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout August. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes.

Future meetings

  • This week, three meetings about Vector (2022) with live interpretation will take place. On Tuesday, interpretation in Russian will be provided. On Thursday, meetings for Arabic and Spanish speakers will take place. See how to join.

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21:20, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Unblock request

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Joseph2302/Archives/2022 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I understand that some of my interactions with some users has been unnecessarily inappropriate and at times aggressive, and I sincerely apologise. I have no issues with any groups of editors on here, and apologise for actions that say to the contrary, particularly against Americans and users of US English. Having taken some time to reflect on the reasons for my block, it is abundantly clear to me that I have overstepped the mark of acceptable conduct, by getting myself too "hotheaded", and in the situations where I have become too emotionally involved, I should have removed myself from the situation rather than being aggressive about things. I have used the WikiBreak Enforcer a number of times in these situations, but should have used it more frequently in the last few weeks to avoid unnecessary confrontational situations, and if unblocked, that would be an important way that I would strive to maintain civility with other users on the encyclopedia. In looking through my past contributions, I have also noticed that a lot of the negative conversations have come through topics related to current events at WP:ITNC (nominations for blurbs and recent deaths), and therefore I have come to the conclusion that if I recuse myself from this area, then this would remove the issue with problematic editing/conduct. Instead, as I did after my return in 2020, I will aim to focus on uncontroversial article content (creating and improving articles, particular on women and sports- my first contributions would be updating articles of Commonwealth Games competitors, and seeing if any participants there are notable enough for articles), rather than involving myself with In the News, which can at times be a contentious area of editing. Having checked my editing history outside of articles listed at ITN, I don't believe there is evidence of poor collaboration elsewhere, and so if I remove myself from ITNC, then I believe I could clearly demonstrate myself as a positive editor to the community. In terms of article content creation, I have been a positive editor with over 400 articles, over 200 DYKs and 10 GAs, and this shows that I can be a net positive to the encyclopedia when I choose to focus on content creation. I understand that this is not the first time that I've been blocked, but if unblocked I will strive to do better, particularly by reducing my editing in areas where conflict are more likely to occur. Would an admin be able to consider the following proposal: # Partial block/topic ban from all areas of WP:ITN (including WP:ITNC and associated talkpage WT:ITN). I imagine this could be enforced by partial blocks from those areas? # Reduced (i.e. non-indefinite) block for clear violation of WP:Civility and WP:NPA. I also totally understand if this unblock request is denied, but as long as it is fairly reviewed, then I will accept the continued block for my actions. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:36 am, 5 August 2022, last Friday (7 days ago) (UTC−4)

Accept reason:

WP:LASTCHANCE.Per discussion with blocking admin. Partial block/topic ban from all areas of WP:ITN (including WP:ITNC and associated talkpage WT:ITN). -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 21:03, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

@RickinBaltimore: Is this acceptable for unblocking?-- Deepfriedokra (talk) 19:57, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
Please let me know if I missed anything with the partial blocks. Welcome back -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 21:08, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
@Deepfriedokra you appear to have blocked Joseph2302 from editing Independent Television News related pages in article space, not In The News related pages in Wikipedia space. Pawnkingthree (talk) 21:46, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
Oh, snap. Thanks -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:15, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
Deepfriedokra and RickinBaltimore thank you for agreeing to give me another chance, and I won't let you down this time. Joseph2302 (talk) 08:26, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-32

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

  • GUS2Wiki copies the information from Special:GadgetUsage to an on-wiki page so you can review its history. If your project isn't already listed on the Wikidata entry for Project:GUS2Wiki you can either run GUS2Wiki yourself or make a request to receive updates. [1]

Changes later this week

  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 9 August at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 11 August at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

Future meetings

  • The Wikimania Hackathon will take place online from August 12–14. Don't miss the pre-hacking showcase to learn about projects and find collaborators. Anyone can propose a project or host a session. Newcomers are welcome!

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19:48, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-33

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

  • The Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia community decided to block IP editing from October 2021 to April 2022. The Wikimedia Foundation's Product Analytics team tracked the impact of this change. An impact report is now available.

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 August. It will be on all wikis from 18 August (calendar).
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 16 August at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 18 August at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
  • The Realtime Preview will be available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 1. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals.

Future changes

  • The Beta Feature for DiscussionTools will be updated throughout August. Discussions will look different. You can see some of the proposed changes. [2][3][4]

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21:07, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious
Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:00, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-34

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

  • Two problems with Kartographer maps have been fixed. Maps are no longer shown as empty when a geoline was created via VisualEditor. Geolines consisting of points with QIDs (e.g., subway lines) are no longer shown with pushpins. [5][6]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 August. It will be on all wikis from 25 August (calendar).
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 25 August at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
  • The colours of links and visited links will change. This is to make the difference between links and other text more clear. [7]

Future changes

  • The new [subscribe] button helps newcomers get answers. The Editing team is enabling this tool everywhere. You can turn it off in your preferences. [8]

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00:10, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-35

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

  • The Realtime Preview is available as a Beta Feature on wikis in Group 2. This feature was built in order to fulfill one of the Community Wishlist Survey proposals. Please note that when this Beta feature is enabled, it may cause conflicts with some wiki-specific Gadgets.

Problems

  • In recent months, there have been inaccurate numbers shown for various Special:Statistics at Commons, Wikidata, and English Wikipedia. This has now been fixed. [9]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 August. It will be on all wikis from 1 September (calendar).
  • Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 30 August at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 1 September at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

Future changes

  • The Wikimedia Foundation wants to improve how Wikimedia communities report harmful incidents by building the Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) to make it easy and safe for users to make reports. You can leave comments on the talk page, by answering the questions provided. If you have ever faced a harmful situation that you wanted to report/reported, join a PIRS interview to share your experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.

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23:03, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

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