User talk:Snowmanonahoe

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If you've asked something of me or I've committed to something anywhere and I haven't put it on this list (even if I didn't acknowledge your request, as I often don't), notify me at your earliest convenience or I'll never do it.

• The Commons Insect Incident

Question from Chip51267 (02:01, 5 April 2024)

Hey, dude I'm new to this Wikipedia editing all i know how to do is fix grammar can you help me learn the ropes? --Chip51267 (talk) 02:01, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

@Chip51267: There are approximately ten trillion different things you can do here. Because of that, the site is more suited to a 'learn-as-you-go' strategy. Check out Wikipedia:Task center for some ideas. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 02:04, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

DRN Dispute

I think that collapsing the off-topic discussion was reasonable. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:01, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

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• Web browsers can use tools called extensions. There is now a Chrome extension called Citation Needed which you can use to see if an online statement is supported by a Wikipedia article. This is a small experiment to see if Wikipedia can be used this way. Because it is a small experiment, it can only be used in Chrome in English.
• A new Edit Recovery feature has been added to all wikis, available as a user preference. Once you enable it, your in-progress edits will be stored in your web browser, and if you accidentally close an editing window or your browser or computer crashes, you will be prompted to recover the unpublished text. Please leave any feedback on the project talk page. This was the #8 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.
• Initial results of Edit check experiments have been published. Edit Check is now deployed as a default feature at the wikis that tested it. Let us know if you want your wiki to be part of the next deployment of Edit check. [1][2]
• Readers using the Minerva skin on mobile will notice there has been an improvement in the line height across all typography settings. [3]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 April. It will be on all wikis from 11 April (calendar). [4][5]
• New accounts and logged-out users will get the visual editor as their default editor on mobile. This deployment is made at all wikis except for the English Wikipedia. [6]

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Question from Ellen Elle LN (14:24, 9 April 2024)

Hi, I have been asked to do the "Declaration of paid writing". I cannot find any link to this. Can you please help me solve this issue? Thank you --Ellen Elle LN (talk) 14:24, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Paid editing is the policy on this. As for disclosing your paid editing, you have a couple options. You can simply say this, on your userpage for example, you can also add {{paid}} to your userpage, or add {{connected contributor (paid)}} to relevant talk pages. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 15:04, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

No rcats on cat redirects

Most redirect category templates state This template should not be substituted nor used to tag soft redirects. Since category redirects are soft redirects, this means that you shouldn't put {{R from alternative name}} inside {{Category redirect}}, as you did in this edit. This caused Category:Gay people to appear as a subcategory of Category:Redirects from alternative names. I've already fixed it, and it's not a big deal; just wanted to let you know. Thanks for your contributions. jlwoodwa (talk) 20:28, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 20:29, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

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Problems

• Between 2 April and 8 April, on wikis using Flagged Revisions, the "Reverted" tag was not applied to undone edits. In addition, page moves, protections and imports were not autoreviewed. This problem is now fixed. [7][8]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 April. It will be on all wikis from 18 April (calendar). [9][10]
• Default category sort keys will now affect categories added by templates placed in footnotes. Previously footnotes used the page title as the default sort key even if a different default sort key was specified (category-specific sort keys already worked). [11]
• A new variable page_last_edit_age will be added to abuse filters. It tells how many seconds ago the last edit to a page was made. [12]

Future changes

• Volunteer developers are kindly asked to update the code of their tools and features to handle temporary accounts. Learn more.
• Four database fields will be removed from database replicas (including Quarry). This affects only the abuse_filter and abuse_filter_history tables. Some queries might need to be updated. [13]

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"Halo 1 pistol" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Halo 1 pistol has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 April 19 § Halo 1 pistol until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 01:56, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2024-17

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Recent changes

• Starting this week, newcomers editing Wikipedia will be encouraged to try structured tasks. Structured tasks have been shown to improve newcomer activation and retention. [14]
• You can nominate your favorite tools for the fifth edition of the Coolest Tool Award. Nominations will be open until May 10.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 April. It will be on all wikis from 25 April (calendar). [15][16]

Future changes

• This is the last warning that by the end of May 2024 the Vector 2022 skin will no longer share site and user scripts/styles with old Vector. For user-scripts that you want to keep using on Vector 2022, copy the contents of Special:MyPage/vector.js to Special:MyPage/vector-2022.js. There are more technical details available. Interface administrators who foresee this leading to lots of technical support questions may wish to send a mass message to your community, as was done on French Wikipedia. [17]

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Question from Destiny2waylon on Template:WikiProject banner shell/doc (13:10, 25 April 2024)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xN4HbxWsF6z205iyaeDFe-o1f7_hVqOB09lJ4xE7Cu8/edit?usp=drivesdk

How do I read this --Destiny2waylon (talk) 13:10, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

@Destiny2waylon: Why do you need to read it, and what does it have to do with Wikipedia? Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 13:38, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Oh i thought maybe i was in the right place trying to view documents from a old account figured someone might know the software to use im sorry guess im in the wr

ong place 2600:100C:B287:ACA0:B4B9:FA4E:7C76:C029 (talk) 13:40, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

"Centered" vs "centred"

Hi, just wanted to inform you that "centred" is British English and not a typo, but it's really not a big deal. Have a nice day! Chaotıċ Enby (talk · contribs) 13:24, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

I'm all for worldwide views and combating Americentrism. Except that word. That word is not real.^[Humor] Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 13:28, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Nomaswazy on Aurelia Nais (Roman) (07:02, 27 April 2024)

Hello can I get some editing about space --Nomaswazy (talk) 07:02, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

I need a story about space Nomaswazy (talk) 07:03, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

@Nomaswazy: Category:Space is the place to look. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 15:15, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2024-18

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Example of a talk page with the new design, in French.

• The appearance of talk pages changed for the following wikis: Azerbaijani Wikipedia, Bengali Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, Persian Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Dutch Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikipedia, Romanian Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Ukrainian Wikipedia, Vietnamese Wikipedia. These wikis participated to a test, where 50% of users got the new design, for one year. As this test gave positive results, the new design is deployed on these wikis as the default design. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at all wikis in the coming weeks. [18]
• Seven new wikis have been created:
  • a Wikipedia in Betawi (w:bew:) [19]
  • a Wikipedia in Kusaal (w:kus:) [20]
  • a Wikipedia in Igala (w:igl:) [21]
  • a Wiktionary in Karakalpak (wikt:kaa:) [22]
  • a Wikisource in Burmese (s:my:) [23]
  • a Wikisource in Malay (s:ms:) [24]
  • a Wikisource in Georgian (s:ka:) [25]
• You can now watch message groups/projects on Translatewiki.net. Initially, this feature will notify you of added or deleted messages in these groups. [26]
• Dark mode is now available on all wikis, on mobile web for logged-in users who opt into the advanced mode. This is the early release of the feature. Technical editors are invited to check for accessibility issues on wikis. See more detailed guidelines.

Problems

• Kartographer maps can use an alternative visual style without labels, by using mapstyle="osm". This wasn't working in previews, creating the wrong impression that it wasn't supported. This has now been fixed. [27]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 May. It will be on all wikis from 2 May (calendar). [28][29]

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

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Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

Technical news

• Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
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Question from Nifesco12 (20:04, 3 May 2024)

hi pls how can i start my own article writting --Nifesco12 (talk) 20:04, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@Nifesco12: See Help:Your first article. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 21:47, 3 May 2024 (UTC)