User talk:Aristeas/Archive 2023

Frohes Neues Jahr!

Lieber Roman, ich wünsche Dir von ganzem Herzen ein frohes und gesegnetes Neues Jahr 2023! Deine Beiträge hier auf Commons – und insbesondere Deine stets konstruktiven und hilfreichen Kommentare – machen mir sehr viel Freude. Ich hoffe, Du steuerst auch dieses Jahr wieder viele tolle Fotos bei. Herzliche Grüße aus Kalifornien, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 03:57, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Lieber Frank, herzlichen Dank für Deine Grüße und guten Wünsche! Meinerseits möchte ich Dir alles Gute für das neue Jahr wünschen – viele schöne Momente, bereichernde Begegnungen und natürlich gutes Licht für tolle Fotos. Ich freue mich sehr, dass Du meine Kommentare als hilfreich und konstruktiv empfindest – ich selbst muss zugeben, dass mir das im vergangenen Jahr ein paarmal nicht gelungen ist, aber ich hoffe, in Zukunft wieder gelassener zu werden. Herzliche Grüße aus good old Germany, --Aristeas (talk) 10:46, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Most memorable shot 2022 / Wikimania 2023

Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,

I wish you a Happy New Year! As it has been our tradition at the beginning of the new year for a while, we're sharing our most memorable shots of the past year with each other. I invite you to share a picture that is particular meaningful to you and to describe why that's the case. Also, as Wikimania 2023 will be here before we know it (August 16 to 19), please consider adding your thoughts on our planning page, where we gather ideas for how we can make Commons photography more visible than in the years before.

All the best to you, your family, and friends! --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 21:01, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

FP Promotion

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Tech News: 2023-02

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• You can use tags to filter edits in the recent changes feed or on your watchlist. You can now use tags to filter out edits you don't want to see. Previously you could only use tags to focus on the edits with those tags. [1]
• Special:WhatLinksHere shows all pages that link to a specific page. There is now a prototype for how to sort those pages alphabetically. You can see the discussion in the Phabricator ticket.
• You can now use the thanks function on your watchlist and the user contribution page. [2]
• A wiki page can be moved to give it a new name. You can now get a dropdown menu with common reasons when you move a page. This is so you don't have to write the explanation every time. [3]
• Matrix is a chat tool. You can now use matrix: to create Matrix links on wiki pages. [4]
• You can filter out translations when you look at the recent changes on multilingual wikis. This didn't hide translation pages. You can now also hide subpages which are translation pages. [5]

Changes later this week

• Realtime preview for wikitext is a tool which lets editors preview the page when they edit wikitext. It will be enabled for all users of the 2010 wikitext editor. You will find it in the editor toolbar.
• Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 10 January at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 12 January at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 January. It will be on all wikis from 12 January (calendar).

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Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Neckargerach - Mittelberg - Westhang an Oktoberabend.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. Wonderful. --XRay 08:37, 7 January 2023 (UTC)  Support Good quality. --Kurmanbek 11:32, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

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Thank you for participating in Wiki Loves Monuments 2022! Please help with this survey

Wiki Loves Monuments logo

Dear Aristeas/Archive 2023,

Thank you for contributing to Wiki Loves Monuments 2022, and for sharing your pictures with the whole world! We would like to ask again for a few minutes of your time. Thanks to the participation of people like you, the contest gathered more than 150K+ pictures of cultural heritage objects from more than 35 countries around the world.

You can find all your pictures in your upload log, and are of course very welcome to keep uploading images and help develop Wikimedia Commons, even though you will not be able to win more prizes (just yet). To make future contests even more successful than this year, we would like to invite you to share your experiences with us in a short survey.

Please fill in this short survey and help us learn what you liked and didn't like about Wiki Loves Monuments 2022.

Kind regards, Wiki Loves Monuments team, 09:40, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-03

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Problems

• The URLs in "prev" links on page history now contain diff=prev&oldid=[revision ID] in place of diff=[revision ID]&oldid=[revision ID]. This is to fix a problem with links pointing to incorrect diffs when history was filtered by a tag. Some user scripts may break as a result of this change. [6]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 January. It will be on all wikis from 19 January (calendar).
• Some changes to the appearance of talk pages have only been available on Talk: and User talk: namespaces. These will be extended to other talk namespaces, such as Commons talk:. They will continue to be unavailable in non-talk namespaces, including Commons: pages (e.g., at the Village Pump). You can change your preferences (beta feature). [7]
• On Wikisources, when an image is zoomed or panned in the Page: namespace, the same zoom and pan settings will be remembered for all Page: namespace pages that are linked to a particular Index: namespace page. [8]
• The Vector 2022 skin will become the default for the English Wikipedia desktop users. The change will take place on January 18 at 15:00 UTC. Learn more.

Future changes

• The 2023 edition of the Community Wishlist Survey, which invites contributors to make technical proposals and vote for tools and improvements, starts next week on 23 January 2023 at 18:00 UTC. You can start drafting your proposals in the CWS sandbox.

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Tech News: 2023-04

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Problems

• Last week, for ~15 minutes, all wikis were unreachable for logged-in users and non-cached pages. This was caused by a timing issue. [9]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 January. It will be on all wikis from 26 January (calendar).
• If you have the Beta Feature for DiscussionTools enabled, the appearance of talk pages will add more information about discussion activity. [10][11]
• The 2023 edition of the Community Wishlist Survey (CWS), which invites contributors to make technical proposals and vote for tools and improvements, starts on Monday 23 January 2023 at 18:00 UTC.

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Quality Image Promotion

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FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:20210131 twig withBuds coveredByIce DSC05404 PtrQs.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:20210131 twig withBuds coveredByIce DSC05404 PtrQs.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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Sulfur crystals nomination

Dear Aristeas, I am sorry for the delay in replacing the cropped version in the sulfur image nomination. My daily access to the internet is a few minutes and most of this time is spent wrestling with VPNs, so I'm not online much anymore. As soon as a stable connection is established, I will modify the file name and create a deletion and replacement nom. IamMM (talk) 14:59, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

IamMM I made a small correction to your message, hope you don't mind. I apologize to both of you for the incomplete picture I uploaded that caused these problems, I did not mean to disturb. Sincerely MaHaN ^MSG 16:26, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

No problem, IamMM and Mahan. I think I could do the file renaming, this is a rather undisputed thing … --Aristeas (talk) 17:47, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello IamMM, I have renamed the file, it’s now at Microscopic image of crystals growing from melted sulfur.jpg (and the cropped version accordingly). I hope this is OK for everybody. --Aristeas (talk) 19:26, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you Aristeas. I requested to moving some other images of this photographer because apparently they all have naming problems.

Dear Mahan, there was no need to apologize for a software problem, I had no doubts about your good intentions. -- IamMM (talk) 23:14, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

I just came across this and wanted to leave my deep appreciation for everyone involved in this conversation. THIS is how Wikiprojects should work - except that no one should have to struggle with connection issues and difficult to handle VPNs! Thank you for contributing under difficult circumstances, IamMM! --Kritzolina (talk) 08:05, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, Kritzolina! :–) --Aristeas (talk) 09:38, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

FP Promotion

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Tech News: 2023-05

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• Last week, for ~15 minutes, some users were unable to log in or edit pages. This was caused by a problem with session storage. [12]

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 February. It will be on all wikis from 2 February (calendar).

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FP Promotion

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FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Λίμνη Στυμφαλίας 5.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Λίμνη Στυμφαλίας 5.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Heilbronn - Böckingen - Friedhof - Blick von der Kapelle zum Haupteingang (1).jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Terragio67 11:49, 30 January 2023 (UTC) Gorgeous! FP to me. -- Ikan Kekek 08:34, 31 January 2023 (UTC) Thank you very much, Ikan! --Aristeas 19:18, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2023-06

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• In the Vector 2022 skin, logged-out users using the full-width toggle will be able to see the setting of their choice even after refreshing pages or opening new ones. This only applies to wikis where Vector 2022 is the default. [13]

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 February. It will be on all wikis from 9 February (calendar).
• Previously, we announced when some wikis would be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. These switches will not be announced any more, as the read-only time has become non-significant. Switches will continue to happen at 7AM UTC on Tuesdays and Thursdays. [14]
• Across all the wikis, in the Vector 2022 skin, logged-in users will see the page-related links such as "What links here" in a new side menu. It will be displayed on the other side of the screen. This change had previously been made on Czech, English, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. [15]
• Community Wishlist Survey 2023 will stop receiving new proposals on Monday, 6 February 2023, at 18:00 UTC. Proposers should complete any edits by then, to give time for translations and review. Voting will begin on Friday, 10 February.

Future changes

• Gadgets and user scripts will be changing to load on desktop and mobile sites. Previously they would only load on the desktop site. It is recommended that wiki administrators audit the gadget definitions prior to this change, and add skins=… for any gadgets which should not load on mobile. More details are available.

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POTD Notification

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Tech News: 2023-07

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• On wikis where patrolled edits are enabled, changes made to the mentor list by autopatrolled mentors are not correctly marked as patrolled. It will be fixed later this week. [16]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 February. It will be on all wikis from 16 February (calendar).
• The Reply tool and other parts of DiscussionTools will be deployed for all editors using the mobile site. You can read more about this decision. [17]

Future changes

• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [18][19][20]

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FP Promotion

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Tech News: 2023-08

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• Last week, during planned maintenance of Cloud Services, unforeseen complications forced the team to turn off all tools for 2–3 hours to prevent data corruption. Work is ongoing to prevent similar problems in the future. [21]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 February. It will be on all wikis from 23 February (calendar).
• The voting phase for the Community Wishlist Survey 2023 ends on 24 February at 18:00 UTC. The results of the survey will be announced on 28 February.

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• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [22][23][24]

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Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Emaille-Kreuz DreiE Hof 20221223 HOF07310-HDR.jpg

Hallo Roman, ich musste leider diese deine Stimme streichen, weil sie unzurechend signiert war. Leider ist es diesmal auch so, dass ich deswegen die Kandidatur, die ansonsten knapp durchgekommen wäre, als erfolglos schließen musste. Bitte in Zukunft besser auf die korrekte Signatur aufpassen (Ping auch an User:PantheraLeo1359531). Viele Grüße --A.Savin 14:50, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Hallo Alexander, so ein Mist, das tut mir leid. Ich frage mich, wie das passieren konnte – vermutlich habe ich mich irgendwo bei der --~~~~-Signatur vertippt und der Parser hat das Ergebnis daher unvollständig aufgelöst. Ich muss also in Zukunft die Signaturen genauer kontrollieren. – @PantheraLeo1359531: Es tut mir sehr leid, dass Deine Nominierung durch meine Schusseligkeit durchgefallen ist. Da gibt es nichts zu beschönigen. Dennoch vielleicht ein Tipp (an uns alle, wenn wir etwas nominieren): Es wäre gut, wenn wir die Stimmen rechtzeitig kontrollieren und andere User auf solche Fehler aufmerksam machen, solange die Signaturen noch repariert werden können. --Aristeas (talk) 16:55, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Ich gehe ja oft die Kandidaturen durch und kontrolliere z.B. bei unbekannten Accounts die Stimmberechtigung. Aber diesmal ist's mir leider nicht rechtzeitig aufgefallen. Gerade der Nominierende ist aber stets ausdrücklich ermutigt, da mitzuwirken. Grüße --A.Savin 17:26, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Ja, schade, aber natürlich ist es trotzdem mein Fehler! @PantheraLeo1359531: Ich kann Dir leider nur anbieten, dieses Foto gleich nochmal zu nominieren (d.h. ich nominiere es in meinem Namen und erkläre dabei auch, warum erneut abgestimmt werden soll, mit Entschuldigung für die zusätzliche Mühe, die das macht). Die Frage ist: Sollen wir das gleich machen oder sollen wir eine Weile warten? Mir ist es egal, was meinst Du? --Aristeas (talk) 09:16, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Anmerkung von mir - ich habe auch zunächst aufgrund der Unklarheit mit den Lizenzen nicht abgestimmt und die Nominierung dann leider nicht mehr verfolgt. Ich würde mich über eine nochmalige Nominierung freuen. --Kritzolina (talk) 09:22, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Oh das ist wirklich schade. @Aristeas: Ich würde mich sehr über eine Renominierung mit Begründung freuen! Das wäre sehr lieb :). Zur Frage ob gleich eine neue Nominierung oder später: Ich persönlich würde vielleicht etwa einen Monat warten, sonst könnte das zu aufdringlich wirken. Aber das obliegt Dir/Euch. Pinge/Pingt mich jedenfalls bitte bei einer Nominierung an :). Danke an alle und Grüße! Und wir sind etwas schlauer geworden :D --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 14:38, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

@PantheraLeo1359531: Danke für Deine Rückmeldung – dann machen wir das so! Danke auch an Kritzolina: Dank der Aussicht auf eine weitere Pro-Stimme lohnt sich die Re-Nominierung hoffentlich ;–). Herzliche Grüße von --Aristeas (talk) 19:48, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Danke auch :) --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 20:56, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

@PantheraLeo1359531 and Kritzolina: Hiermit erledigt; wie besprochen habe ich ca. einen Monat gewartet. Alles Gute für die Neu-Nominierung! --Aristeas (talk) 10:53, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Vielen lieben Dank :) --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 15:34, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

@Aristeas: Danke für Deine Renominierung, sie war erfolgreich! :) --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 16:26, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

@PantheraLeo1359531: Ja, das freut mich auch sehr! Diesmal war das Ergebnis der Abstimmung sogar eindeutiger (mehr Vorsprung). Herzliche Grüße --Aristeas (talk) 10:39, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Hervorragend! Viele Grüße :) --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 16:08, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Dank und Frage

Hallo Aristeas,

zunächst ein großer Dank für für den heutigen Tag so passende Nominierung auf FP.

Und dann meine Frage, ebenfalls zu FP. Mich treibt meine letzte, nicht erfolgreiche Nominierung ein wenig um und ich frage mich, ob ein anderes Bild aus der Serie erfolgreich sein könnte, das ich persönlich etwas weniger mag, aber das aus größerer Entfernung aufgenommen ist und von daher nicht den bemängelten "Crop" hat. Was meinst du, könnte das hier verlinkte Bild Erfolg haben? Es hat nicht den Charme des anderen, aber eben auch nicht die Probleme.. Kritzolina (talk) 13:45, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Hallo Kritzolina, zunächst danke für Deine lieben Worte! Ich bedaure es auch sehr, dass Deine letzte Nominierung nicht geklappt hat – das Bild hatte soviel Charme, dass ich den natürlich etwas unglücklichen Anschnitt einfach vernachlässigt hätte. Hm, ich fürchte, dass Du schon beschrieben hast, was das Problem des nun genannten Bildes ist: ihm fehlt etwas der Charme des ersten Fotos. Und während dort der Ausschnitt etwas zu eng war, ist er hier relativ weit, sodass die Bildaussage wenig konzentriert wirkt. Und wenn wir davon wiederum einen leichten Ausschnitt machen, wird das Bild etwas klein ... Aber ich gestehe gerne, dass ich auch nie weiß, welche Bilder durchkommen und welche nicht. Wenn es Dir also nicht zuviel Arbeit ist, probiere es doch einfach mal! Wenn Du aber auch viel zu tun hast und/oder noch andere Nominierungskandidaten, dann würde ich es lassen …

Ich habe kurz über dieses 3. Bild aus der Serie nachgedacht. Es hat den Vorteil, dass das Dorf sehr gut zu erkennen ist. Hier ist m.M.n. der Nachteil, dass die Leute offenbar für den Fotografen (Videografen?) posieren, der vorne im Bild zu erkennen ist. Das finde ich nicht schlimm, aber bei einer solchen Aufnahme hätte ich gerne eine Erklärung, „was da abgeht“. Magst Du eventuell den Fotografen mal fragen, was auf dem Bild zu sehen ist? Eine Erklärung wäre nützlich und würde auch eine etwaige Nominierung unterstützen …

Herzliche Grüße und alles Gute! --Aristeas (talk) 19:38, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Hm, leider kenne dich den Uploader nicht und ich fürchte, er ist nicht regelmäßig aktiv. Ich lasse mir das alles nochmal durch den Kopf gehen, danke für deine Einschätzung! --Kritzolina (talk) 20:40, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Ah, entschuldige, Kritzolina, ich hatte irgendwie angenommen, dass Du den Uploader kennst. Dumm von mir! Aber vielleicht bin ich auch zu pessimistisch/vorsichtig, das ist bei mir immer möglich ;–). Herzliche Grüße von --Aristeas (talk) 09:17, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Kein Grund sich zu entschuldigen - ich kenne sehr viele Wikimedianer, aber nicht alle :D Ich glaube ich lasse es für den Moment, ich bin gerade anderweitig gut beschäftigt und muss mich demnächst wohl damit beschäftigen, wie man die Adminknöpfe hier auf Commons bedient. Liebe Grüße und eine schöne nächste Woche wünscht Kritzolina (talk) 15:53, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Admin? Wow, herzlichen Glückwunsch, Kritzolina! Hm, das könnte bedeuten, dass ich Dich dann ab und zu mit einer kleinen Bitte belästigen werde ;–). Ich wende mich, wenn ich auf ein für mich rechtlich nicht lösbares Problem stoße (z.B. einen Fehler auf einer gesperrten Seite zu reparieren), gerne gezieht an diejenigen Admins, die sich mit dem Thema auskennen – das ist schneller und zielführender als das Noticebord zu bemühen. Auf jeden Fall herzliche Grüße und auch Dir eine schöne Woche! --Aristeas (talk) 10:20, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Danke dir - noch ist es etwas früh für Glückwünsche, aber ja, die Tendenz, dass bald ich dir helfen kann, zeichnet sich ab. Ich hoffe ich kann dann auch wirklich helfen! Es gibt mal wieder einiges zu lernen, sollte ich die Knöpfe wirklich bekommen. Kritzolina (talk) 10:47, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Ich wünsche jedenfalls viel Erfolg, Kritzolina, und habe gerade abgestimmt. Du brauchst Dir keine Sorgen zu machen, dass ich Dich um schwierige oder gefährliche Dinge bitten würde. Die letzten Male, dass ich eine:n Admin um etwas gebeten habe, ging es immer nur um Triviales, z.B. auf der gesperrten Diskussionsseite des verstorbenen Jorgeroyan einen Hinweis anzubringen, dass eines seiner Bilder nun FP ist. (Auf der Diskussionsseite von Jorgeroyan landen immer wieder Hinweise, dass eines seiner Bilder gelöscht wurde; da finde ich es nur fair, dass dort auch auf die FPs hingewiesen wird, da sonst ein völlig falsches Bild von Jorgeroyan entsteht, der sich ja nicht mehr wehren kann.) Aber sorry, dass ich immer noch eine Antwort anhänge ;–). Jedenfalls alles Gute, --Aristeas (talk) 19:29, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

use of pictures

Good morning. I've used one picture of yours in my Art Nouveau Inventory. I think the attribution is correct, if not, please let me know https://www.arquitecturamodernista.cat/obres/de/esslingen/tots/casdanke valenti pons 79.153.115.219 12:59, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Hello valenti pons, thank you very much for your notice! I have taken a look at your Art Nouveau Inventory. This is a very interesting website, congrats! And the attributions are excellent, thank you very much. All the best, --Aristeas (talk) 10:21, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-09

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Problems

• Last week, in some areas of the world, there were problems with loading pages for 20 minutes and saving edits for 55 minutes. These issues were caused by a problem with our caching servers due to unforseen events during a routine maintenance task. [25][26]

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 March. It will be on all wikis from 2 March (calendar).
• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. [27]

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Tech News: 2023-10

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• The Community Wishlist Survey 2023 edition has been concluded. Community Tech has published the results of the survey and will provide an update on what is next in April 2023.
• On wikis which use LanguageConverter to handle multiple writing systems, articles which used custom conversion rules in the wikitext (primarily on Chinese Wikipedia) would have these rules applied inconsistently in the table of contents, especially in the Vector 2022 skin. This has now been fixed. [28]

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 March. It will be on all wikis from 9 March (calendar).
• A search system has been added to the Preferences screen. This will let you find different options more easily. Making it work on mobile devices will happen soon. [29]

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Einladung zu einer Veranstaltung

Hallo Aristeas, ich möchte Fotografen des WLE-Fotowettbewerbes für eine Veranstaltung diesen Sommer 2023 einladen, siehe Veranstaltungsseite: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NaTour_zu_Gast_beim_Greifswald_Moor_Centrum

Es ist eine Veranstaltung zum Thema Moore mit dem Greifswald Moorzentrum. Es ist am Wochenende: 10./11.6. mit Anreisetag 09.6.

Sehr wichtig bei dieser Veranstaltung ist mir, dass Fotografen mit Erfahrung in Detailfotos von Lebewesen dabei sind. Naja auch die Landschaften müssen dort fotografiert werden.

Allerdings stellt sich heraus, dass das Buchen der Unterkunft schwierig und wir feste Zusagen diese Woche brauchen. Die Veranstaltung wird gefördert (Reisekosten/Unterkunft ...) Über Deine Teilnahme würde ich mich sehr freuen. Herzliche Grüße Botanist in Berlin (talk) 10:06, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Hallo Botanist in Berlin, ganz herzlichen Dank für Deine Nachricht und die Einladung!

Das klingt nach einer sehr spannenden Veranstaltung, vielen Dank Dir für die Idee, Dein Engangement und die Organisation! Leider kann ich nicht teilnehmen. Ich denke und hoffe aber, dass andere Fotografen teilnehmen können, die auch (noch) mehr Erfahrung mit Detailaufnahmen von Lebewesen haben.

Nochmals besten Dank und herzliche Grüße, -- Aristeas (talk) 09:54, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2023-11

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 March. It will be on all wikis from 16 March (calendar).
• Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Chavacano de Zamboanga Wikipedia, Min Dong Chinese Wikipedia, Chechen Wikipedia, Cebuano Wikipedia, Chamorro Wikipedia, Cherokee Wikipedia, Cheyenne Wikipedia, Central Kurdish Wikipedia, Corsican Wikipedia, Kashubian Wikipedia, Church Slavic Wikipedia, Chuvash Wikipedia, Welsh Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [30][31]

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• Last week, some users experienced issues loading image thumbnails. This was due to incorrectly cached images. [32]

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 March. It will be on all wikis from 23 March (calendar).
• A link to the user's Special:CentralAuth page will appear on Special:Contributions — some user scripts which previously added this link may cause conflicts. This feature request was voted #17 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.
• The Special:AbuseFilter edit window will be resizable and larger by default. This feature request was voted #80 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.
• There will be a new option for Administrators when they are unblocking a user, to add the unblocked user’s user page to their watchlist. This will work both via Special:Unblock and via the API. [33]

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• You can join the next meeting with the Wikipedia mobile apps teams. During the meeting, we will discuss the current features and future roadmap. The meeting will be on 24 March at 17:00 (UTC). See details and how to join.

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New gallery

Hi Aristeas, I saw that you have created a new gallery, Cemeteries. Good idea! I know just how tricky it is to add a new page with all the links, templates, pages, whatever, and you managed it very well. Just one page left: Commons:Featured pictures#Places, easy to overlook. It is a bit of a maze to get into the code there, but you have to add it there too. I'm sure you can do it, but if you have any problems, just let me know and I'll fix it. Thank you for maintaining that section! --Cart (talk) 10:26, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello Cart, thank you very much for your nice words – and especially for the hint! I have tried to fix the issue with this edit; the Wikitext of that page is indeed complicated. Could you have a look and tell me whether you think it’s OK now? Thank you again and all the best, --Aristeas (talk) 11:15, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

It looks fine to me, so job well done. The important thing is to give the new entry a unique first parameter, in this case you used "8c9", the rest is just copying. I could just have fixed it, but I figured it was better to let you do it and get acquainted with that part too. I can honestly say that I'm not 100% certain I know or have found every little bit of code that makes up the gallery section and how it interacts with the rest of Commons, but it seems to be working anyway, so fingers crossed. Thanks again, --Cart (talk) 14:15, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Cart, I have to thank you! Best, --Aristeas (talk) 15:36, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello Cart, while we are at it, here is a related question: Are there any other new gallery pages/sections you would suggest me to create? You have more experience and are the best one to assess this. One item which comes into mind is the Rail vehicles section which counts almost 200 entries. Of course some of the photos contained in that list could also be moved to the “Natural scenes” galleries (because in some cases the train plays only a very small part in the composition), and one or two would IHMO fit better into the “Bridges” gallery. But even then the remaining items would constitute a nice new gallery page, especially when that page would be structured by countries, like similar pages. Would you agree that this is a rewarding next task? And/or have you other suggestions for useful new gallery pages/sections? Best, --Aristeas (talk) 16:20, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

I'll get back to you on this later, might take a day or two. I'm a bit pressed for time now and not all that updated on the overall state of the galleries. --Cart (talk) 16:26, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

That’s fine, Cart! It’s not urgent at all, I just wanted to ask you. Just come back to the question if you have time and any hints or ideas. All the best, --Aristeas (talk) 17:07, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

As you are talking about new galleries, I vaguely remeber a discussion about adding one more people category that would be about artists or performers. We talked about how we had Musicians and Singers performing, but nothin similar for dancers or comedians or .. but I can't find that discussion anymore. Do you remember what I am talking about, Aristeas? I believe this dicussion happened in the summer of last year. --Kritzolina (talk) 18:26, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello Kritzolina, that’s a good reminder. I remember that discussion, too, but can’t find it at the moment. Well, as far as I can see this could be handled even without creating a new gallery page, for now it would be sufficient to add one or more new subsections to the existing Commons:Featured pictures/People page. That would be an easy task (creating new gallery pages is somewhat difficult because of the many links etc., but creating a new gallery page section is simple), so I can do that at any time if you give me a clear proposal.

Of course in the longer run it would make sense to split the lengthy Commons:Featured pictures/People page into subpages – that would be more time-consuming, of course, and we need a clear concept for the new pages. Maybe we should have a public discussion about this on the FPC talk page. But because many people seem not very interested in the details of the gallery pages (at least that is my impression ;–), it would be better to develop first one or two clear proposals for how to split the Commons:Featured pictures/People page and then to start the public discussion with these proposals … that could work better. So ideas and proposals for that would be very welcome! Of course it’s not urgent, we can think for a while about this. Until that, I could already create some new subsections on the Commons:Featured pictures/People page because this (as said above) is much easier and IHMO also does not need a broad discussion because it has no impact on the gallery page system. Best, --Aristeas (talk) 09:47, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Hallo Aristeas, hallo @Kritzolina: folgendes Wikidata-Thema hat ein kleine Schnittmenge mit diesem Thema hier

ich hab ein neues property beantragt d:Wikidata:Property proposal/Bild der Person bei der Tätigkeit

meine Idee ist, in wikidata zu einer tatsächlichen Person nicht nur das Porträt aufzunehmen sondern sie tatsächlich auch bei ihrer für sie spezifischen Tätigkeit darzustellen. Aus meiner sicht ist es vor allem bei sportler*innen, musiker*innen, tänzer*innen, poliker*innen und bildenden künstler*innen spannend.

Das nur zu Info, wollte euch nicht zu abstimmung nötigen :-) Z ^thomas 12:37, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Danke für den Hinweis, weiter unten planen Aristeas und Cart ja schon mehr. Ich bin da eher nur sehr am Rande dabei Kritzolina (talk) 17:38, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Hallo Thomas, danke für den Hinweis. Ich habe ein bisschen gebraucht, um zu kapieren, worum es geht („jaja, wir werden alle nicht mehr jünger …“ ;–), aber jetzt finde ich Deine Idee sehr einleuchtend. Tatsächlich wäre es gerade bei Künstlern, Sportlern, Handwerkern usw. sehr sinnvoll, im Wikidata-Datensatz neben dem normalen image (das oft ein eher formales Porträt sein wird) ein Bild der Person an der Arbeit zu haben. Das ist wirklich gut. Ich muss allerdings zugeben, dass ich nicht so gut in Wikidata eingearbeitet bin, um zu beurteilen, ob es noch andere Möglichkeiten gäbe, das zu implementieren (etwa durch mehrere Einträge unter image, die dann jeweils einen zusätzlichen qualifier bekommen oder wie das heißen mag?). Daher möchte ich diese Sache den Wikidata-Füchsen überlassen, ich bin mehr hier in der Commons-Welt zuhause. Herzliche Grüße von --Aristeas (talk) 07:21, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

New gallery - Part 2

Hi Aristeras, I've had a look and it seems like it would be a good idea to give the rail vehicles a gallery of its own. I usually cropped off/created new pages when some identifiable subject became too dominant on a page, or when the page became too long and had problems uploading. We have to consider that many users don't have big superfast computers. Having discussions about how to manage the galleries, is not constructive. People don't care about it as long as it works, you don't make any outrageous alterations and you are open to suggestions for new sections or pages. I tried several times to ask what was wanted, and the response was mostly shoulder shrugs. We trust you to make the right decisions. :-)

Btw, putting images of trains in sections for say landscapes or bridges, is a very bad idea. I've learned that train aficionados are a bit particular and they don't like their photos scattered. Instead, if you make a gallery page for trains, you might consider sub-sections like "Trains on bridges", "Trains in snow" and "Closeups". You take a look at the page and see what settings for trains that are most popular. Don't overthink it, just look at what's at hand and take it from there. Here is a suggestion for a page structure.

• Rail vehicles (main title)

• Closeups and artistic
• Full trains
• Single units
• Trains on bridges
• Trains in snow
• Other rail vehicles

Wrt the People gallery, the bulkiest section that would be good to split off is the "People at work". Getting that one on a separate page would free up space for other new smaller sections like the ones mentioned by Kritzolina. Actually, if you create a "People at work" gallery page, the performers, dancers and artists would be better on that page since they are in fact doing their jobs. Here is a proposal for page structure. Again, don't overthink, just look at what jobs stands out as bulky, new sub-sections can be added later.

• People at work (main title)

• Actors
• Agricultural workers
• Arts & Crafts
• Artists
• Dancers
• Health care
• Manual labor (or simply Workers, since the Cat is Category:Workers)
• Military
• Musicians and singers performing

• General (or In general or just Musicians?)
• Guitarists
• Singers

• Scientists
• Vendors
• Others

Also keep in mind that creating such new sections will result in a major re-shuffling of the existing sections as they can now be placed in better ones. The section for a photo is also based on what is most prominent in the photo. A photo of someone plying a guitar should be placed in a "Guitarists" section even if (s)he is mostly known as a singer. Go with what's in front of you.

This would free up the "People" page to be mostly about 'People by posture'. 'Event' and 'Other'. I would also add a 'Cyclists' to that page; there are enough of such photos for a special section. A bit like when I created the "Tower Bridge" and "Golden Gate" sections simply because of the many photos of them.

Ok, this is the suggestions I have for now. I can help with the re-sorting if like, I don't mind that, I find such work relaxing. --Cart (talk) 14:43, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello Cart, thank you very much for your hints and for the detailed write-up! Your concepts for both new pages are convincing and I will implement them more or less exactly that way. I will start with the trains page (which is the simpler one). I will probably find time for that in the next days.

Thank you also very much for your offer to help! Well, we could either proceed the way that I do the sorting and you take a look at the results. Or (but only if you want!) we could split the job – you could take one of the two new pages and I would take the other one, and when we are done we could each have a look at the results of the other one ... (two pairs of eyes always see more than a single pair of them ;–). Would that be a good idea? Just tell me what you prefer, I am fine with both ways to proceed.

If we split the job, we should just do the changes of the {{Commons FP galleries}} template at once, because that template is now a translated one and we need to ask the translation administrators to trigger the updating of the unit markers.

Again, thank you very much and all the best! --Aristeas (talk) 16:18, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Since I have the option, and you don't seem to mind, I think it's best if you start with all of it, and I check on it later. Having two people working on the same page can make for edit conflicts and general mess. I offered because that is usually the part that deters other people since they find it boring. ;-) I don't think you should feel rushed by translation updates. They are done all the time, and most editors are used to the English pages. Glad you liked my suggestions, happy to make them. Take your time now and I check in on the progress later. Thank you for keeping the gallery looking nice! --Cart (talk) 16:34, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello Cart, that’s fine, we will do it that way. I will start with the new “Rail vehicles” page in the next days and ping you once I think it’s mature enough for your double-checking. Thank you again for all your help! --Aristeas (talk) 16:49, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello Cart, just as a short update: I have postponed this task for a week or so because I have got another job (see below – assembling some photography tips and tricks for the German Wiki Loves Earth edition) which is a bit more urgent (should be ready at least for the WLE start). Not to mention my daily routine of pushing Wiki Loves Folklore contributions at least into the most basic correct categories … ;–) Best, --Aristeas (talk) 13:38, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Fototipps

Hallo Aristeas, ich hab mal ne Frage zu WLE. Bei einer der letzten WLM-Jury-Sitzungen hattest du gesagt, dass du eine Seite mit Fototipps gut finden würdest. Für WLM haben diese Seite de:Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Monuments 2022/Deutschland/Fotografieren

Für WLE haben wir aber leider keine. Traust du dir zu, dies für WLE 2023 anzulegen? de:Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Earth 2023/Deutschland/Mitmachen Falls du nicht so gute Fotos suchst, kann ich vermutlich einen großteil meiner WLE-Bilder der vergangenen Jahre empfehlen :-) ich finde es nicht schlimm, als schlechtest beispiel herhalten zu müssen.

Viele Grüße Z ^thomas 21:10, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Hallo Thomas, ich fühle mich sehr geehrt durch Deine Anfrage! ;–) Es ist tatsächlich schade, dass wir für WLE keine solchen Tipps haben. OK, ich werde in den nächsten Tagen mal versuchen, diese Lücke zu füllen. Die Liste muss ja ein bisschen anders aussehen als bei WLM, wir brauchen etwas andere Fragen, z.B. „Warum ist der Schmetterling total unscharf?“ (Belichtungszeit zu lang/Kamera fokussiert nicht nahe genug) Aber das ist sicher machbar, beim Durchscrollen der WLE-Beiträge der letzten Jahre werde ich schnell sehen, welche Probleme besonders häufig vorkommen, die Liste darf ja auch nicht zu lange werden.

Vielen Dank für das Angebot, Fotos von Dir für die Beispiele heranzuziehen ;–). Im Ernst, es ist gar nicht so einfach, Fotos für eine solche Liste zu finden, ohne dass jemand beleidigt ist. Das ist also wirklich hilfreich! Ich werde aber auch ein paar weniger gelungene Bilder von mir nehmen – auf diese Art habe ich einen Grund, ein paar nicht so tolle Fotos hochzuladen ;–).

Herzliche Grüße von Roman / --Aristeas (talk) 08:05, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Ah sehr cool. Vielen Dank. Schon an deiner Betrachtung in Bezug auf die Fragen, seh ich, dass es perfekt war, dich zu fragen!

Ich geh übrigens davon aus, dass Weniger-gelungene-Bilder von dir um Längen besser sind, als meine :-) Viele Grüße und nochmal vielen Dank Z ^thomas 11:41, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Achja, ich habe nicht oft teilgenommen bei WLE, aber auch von mir könnte es Bilder geben, die für eine solche Liste geeignet sind - und auch ich bin gerne bereit, diese zur Verfügung zu stellen! Kritzolina (talk) 13:00, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Danke auch Dir, Kritzolina! Ich muss jetzt erstmal sehen, dass ich eine (nicht zu lange) Liste der häufigsten Probleme zusammengestellt bekomme. Dazu wühle ich mich gerade schon mal durch eine zufällige Stichprobe der WLE-Beiträge der letzten Jahre (und zwar natürlich gerade aus den nicht ausgezeichneten Fotos). Dazu muss ich dann kurze und knackige, trotzdem noch verständliche Beschreibungen und Tipps finden, so ähnlich wie bei der WLM-Seite. Das kann, sorry, ein paar Tage dauern. Dann dürften sich die Bilder aber relativ rasch finden lassen, sodass alles doch hoffentlich bald fertig wird. Herzliche Grüße, --Aristeas (talk) 15:04, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Ist dort der Ratschlag ganz unten, bei störendem Hintergrund solle man "mit Bildbearbeitungsprogramm den Hintergrund künstlich unscharf machen", eigentlich ernst gemeint? --A.Savin 15:59, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

@A.Savin: Das habe ich mich auch gefragt, als ich die Liste wieder gelesen habe. Dieser Ratschlag passt ja, ehem, nicht so ganz zum eher dokumentarischen Ansatz vieler Commons-Fotografen … ;–) Außerdem: Wenn jemand das machen will (ich habe es ein paar Mal für kommerzielle Fotos gemacht, bei denen das gefordert wurde), muss es sauber gemacht werden, und das ist gar nicht so einfach. Außerdem sollte eine solche Bearbeitung mit {{Retouched}} offengelegt werden. Daher würde ich vorschlagen, diesen Ratschlag zu streichen – er gehört jedenfalls nicht in eine Liste von Tipps, die sich eher an Anfänger wendet. Auf jeden Fall werde ich das nicht in die Tipps für WLE übernehmen. – Allerdings machen die neueren Smartphones den Hintergrund schon automatisch unscharf, wenn sie im Porträtmodus sind; daher werden wir sicher zunehmend Fotos mit dieser Manipulation bekommen, das ist in den Zeiten der computational photography kaum zu vermeiden, und das Dumme ist, dass den Nutzern meist gar nicht bewusst ist, welche umfassende Bearbeitung da vorgenommen wird. --Aristeas (talk) 09:41, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

@Z thomas: Nur zur Info: meine Liste mit häufigen Problemen ist fertig, bin jetzt am Formulieren und Bilder suchen. Es geht onwiki weiter, sobald ich was Vorzeigbares habe. --Aristeas (talk) 13:40, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-13

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• The AbuseFilter condition limit was increased from 1000 to 2000. [34]
• Some Global AbuseFilter actions will no longer apply to local projects. [35]
• Desktop users are now able to subscribe to talk pages by clicking on the Subscribe link in the Tools menu. If you subscribe to a talk page, you receive notifications when new topics are started on that talk page. This is separate from putting the page on your watchlist or subscribing to a single discussion. [36]

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

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• You will be able to choose visual diffs on all history pages at the Wiktionaries and Wikipedias. [37]
• The legacy Mobile Content Service is going away in July 2023. Developers are encouraged to switch to Parsoid or another API before then to ensure service continuity. [38]

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FP Promotion

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Tech News: 2023-14

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Recent changes

• The system for automatically creating categories for the Babel extension has had several important changes and fixes. One of them allows you to insert templates for automatic category descriptions on creation, allowing you to categorize the new categories. [39][40][41][42][43]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 April. It will be on all wikis from 6 April (calendar).
• Some older Web browsers will stop being able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis from this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. If you have an old web browser on your computer you can try to upgrade to a newer version. [44]
• The deprecated jquery.hoverIntent module has been removed. This module could be used by gadgets and user scripts, to create an artificial delay in how JavaScript responds to a hover event. Gadgets and user scripts should now use jQuery hover() or on() instead. Examples can be found in the migration guide. [45]
• Some of the links in Special:SpecialPages will be re-arranged. There will be a clearer separation between links that relate to all users, and links related to your own user account. [46]
• You will be able to hide the Reply button in archived discussion pages with a new __ARCHIVEDTALK__ magic word. There will also be a new .mw-archivedtalk CSS class for hiding the Reply button in individual sections on a page. [47][48][49]

Future changes

• The Vega software that creates data visualizations in pages, such as graphs, will be upgraded to the newest version in the future. Graphs that still use the very old version 1.5 syntax may stop working properly. Most existing uses have been found and updated, but you can help to check, and to update any local documentation. Examples of how to find and fix these graphs are available.

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Tech News: 2023-15

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

• In the visual editor, it is now possible to edit captions of images in galleries without opening the gallery dialog. This feature request was voted #61 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [50]
• You can now receive notifications when another user edits your user page. See the "Edits to my user page" option in your Preferences. This feature request was voted #3 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [51]

Problems

• There was a problem with all types of CentralNotice banners still being shown to logged-in users even if they had turned off specific banner types. This has now been fixed. [52]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 April. It will be on all wikis from 13 April (calendar).
• Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Moroccan Arabic Wikipedia, Danish Wikipedia, Dinka Wikipedia, Lower Sorbian Wikipedia, Ewe Wikipedia, Greek Wikipedia, Emiliano-Romagnolo Wikipedia, Esperanto Wikipedia, Estonian Wikipedia, Basque Wikipedia, Extremaduran Wikipedia, Tumbuka Wikipedia, Fulah Wikipedia, Finnish Wikipedia, Võro Wikipedia, Fijian Wikipedia, Faroese Wikipedia, Arpitan Wikipedia, Northern Frisian Wikipedia, Friulian Wikipedia, Irish Wikipedia, Guianan Creole Wikipedia, Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia, Galician Wikipedia, Gilaki Wikipedia, Guarani Wikipedia, Goan Konkani Wikipedia, Gothic Wikipedia, Gujarati Wikipedia, Manx Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [53][54]

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Tech News: 2023-16

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

• You can now see nearby articles on a Kartographer map with the button for the new feature "Show nearby articles". Six wikis have been testing this feature since October. [55][56]
• The Special:GlobalWatchlist page now has links for "mark page as read" for each entry. This feature request was voted #161 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [57]

Problems

• At Wikimedia Commons, some thumbnails have not been getting replaced correctly after a new version of the image is uploaded. This should be fixed later this week. [58][59]
• For the last few weeks, some external tools had inconsistent problems with logging-in with OAuth. This has now been fixed. [60]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 April. It will be on all wikis from 20 April (calendar).

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Wiki Loves Earth 2023 - Deutschland

Hallo Aristeas,

bald ist es soweit: Vom 1. Mai bis zum 31. Mai 2023 findet zum elften Mal der internationale Wettbewerb Wiki Loves Earth statt. Dabei können unter anderem Nationalparks, Naturschutzgebiete, Geotope und Naturdenkmäler fotografiert und die Fotos hochgeladen werden. Du hast an einem der vergangenen Fotowettbewerbe teilgenommen. Deshalb laden wir dich ein, auch dieses Jahr wieder mitzumachen. Wir freuen uns auf deine Fotos!

• Sieger WLE 2022 – Landschaft
• 
  Hohes Ufer zwischen Ahrenshoop und Wustrow, Fischland
• 
  Biotop Nördliche Lothdorfer Wiese
• 
  Aisch bei Willersdorf im FFH Aischgrund

• Sieger WLE 2022 – Detail
• 
  Gemeine Goldwespe im NSG Wittenberge Rühstädter Elbniederung
• 
  Libellen-Schmetterlingshaft im Naturschutzgebiet Badberg (Kaiserstuhl)
• 
  Blüte eines Schmalblättrigen Weidenröschens im Naturpark Taunus

Der Wettbewerb ist zweigeteilt, das heißt wir unterscheiden zwischen den beiden Wettbewerbskategorien Landschaft und Detail/Makro. Zu Landschaft zählen auch geschützte Einzelbäume. In der Wettbewerbskategorie Detail/Makro werden Pflanzen, Tiere und Pilze bewertet.

Es sind wie immer viele spannende Motive überall in Deutschland zu finden. Neben Naturdenkmälern wie alten Bäumen oder Naturparks im Gebirge und am Meer können Geotope wie Findlinge, Quellen und Aufschlüsse oder FFH-Gebiete fotografiert werden, um sie unter anderem in der Wikipedia zu dokumentieren. Auch im vergangenen Jahr sind zahlreiche neue Listen und Artikel in diesen Bereichen entstanden, für die wir uns über Fotos freuen – zum Beispiel in Sachsen die Liste der Naturdenkmale in Wurzen.

Als Einstieg für die Suche nach Motiven hilft diese Übersichtsseite. Weitere Informationen erhältst du bei WLE 2023 – Deutschland und unter dieser Anleitung.

Damit der Upload für dich einfacher ist, haben wir in diesem Jahr die einzelnen Hochladeseiten für die Bundesländer abgeschafft, alle Fotos werden über dasselbe Formular hochgeladen. Außerdem haben wir das Layout unserer WLE-Seiten geändert.

Damit es ab 1. Mai mit dem Upload schnell geht:

Upload your photos for WLE 

Außerdem laden wir dich ein, vom 1. Mai bis 30. Juni 2023 an der Vorjury teilzunehmen. Damit bewertest du die hochgeladenen Bilder und ermittelst so gemeinsam mit der Jury, die im Juli tagen wird, die Sieger von Wiki Loves Earth 2023 in Deutschland. Das Vorjurytool ist bald hier freigeschaltet. Du benötigst dafür nur deinen Benutzernamen und das Passwort.

Vorjury-Tool 

Für Fragen steht das Organisationsteam gerne auf der Support-Seite zur Verfügung. Falls du im nächsten Jahr keine Einladung für Wiki Loves Earth Deutschland haben möchtest, trag dich bitte hier ein. Wir würden das natürlich schade finden, da wir uns auf deine Fotos freuen.

Viel Spaß und Erfolg beim Fotowettbewerb 2023 wünscht dir im Namen des Organisationsteams --Z ^thomas 15:25, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2023-17

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Recent changes

• The date-selection menu on pages such as Special:Contributions will now show year-ranges that are in the current and past decade, instead of the current and future decade. This feature request was voted #145 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [61]

Problems

• Due to security issues with the Graph extension, graphs have been disabled in all Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia Foundation teams are working to respond to these vulnerabilities. [62]
• For a few days, it was not possible to save some kinds of edits on the mobile version of a wiki. This has been fixed. [63][64][65]

Changes later this week

• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on April 26. This is planned for 14:00 UTC. [66]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 April. It will be on all wikis from 27 April (calendar).

Future changes

• The Editing team plans an A/B test for a usability analysis of the Talk page project. The planned measurements are available. Your wiki may be invited to participate. Please suggest improvements to the measurement plan at the discussion page.
• The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input until May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023 on Meta-wiki.

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:01, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks ...

for taking the time to write that long comment. You make FPC a better place. El Grafo (talk) 10:26, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your nice words, El Grafo! Es ist tröstlich zu hören, dass nicht alle Leute mich für einen Idioten halten – was offenbar viele auf FP tun. --Aristeas (talk) 16:26, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Das glaube ich nicht (ein paar wenige vielleicht, aber ich nehme an das beruht dann auf Gegenseitigkeit ;-)) Du hast Weitblick, und ich hoffe inständig dass ich nicht der einzige bin der das zu schätzen weiß.

Wenn's hilft: Ich hatte tags zuvor schon angefangen was ähnliches zu schreiben, aber dann ist mir irgendwas dazwischen gekommen.

Bleib dir treu! --El Grafo (talk) 10:04, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Äntligen maj: Wiki Loves Earth 2023!

Förra årets vinnarbild i Wiki Loves Earth!

Hej,
(For information in English, see Wiki Loves Earth 2023 in Sweden or other participating countries.)

Du får det här meddelandet eftersom du tidigare har bidragit med bilder till de svenska deltävlingarna av Wiki Loves Earth eller Wiki Loves Monuments. Jag hoppas att du vill vara med i år också! Som vanligt ingår naturreservat och nationalparker, biosfärområden och naturminnen i tävlingen! Nytt för i år är att vi utöver bästa foto även belönar fotograferande av tidigare ofotograferade objekt samt bästa bildserie om minst tio fotografier av samma objekt. Tävlingen börjar 1 maj, och pågår under hela maj månad. Om du har varit ute i världen och rest kan du även se om resorna sammanfaller med övriga internationella deltävlingar, och i så fall vara med och tävla även där. Expeditioner, fotosafari eller en helt vanlig promenad? Via en smidig karta som visar ditt närområde hittar du bra ställen att besöka – eller varför inte damma av fotoalbumen och tävla med bilder du har tagit tidigare?

Välkommen till tävlingen, och lycka till! /Axel Pettersson (WMSE) (talk) 12:46, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-18

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Recent changes

• The content attribution tools Who Wrote That?, XTools Authorship, and XTools Blame now support the French and Italian Wikipedias. More languages will be added in the near future. This is part of the #7 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [67][68][69]
• The Video2commons tool has been updated. This fixed several bugs related to YouTube uploads. [70]
• The Special:Preferences page has been redesigned on mobile web. The new design makes it easier to browse the different categories and settings at low screen widths. You can also now access the page via a link in the Settings menu in the mobile web sidebar. [71]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 May. It will be on all wikis from 4 May (calendar).

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Tech News: 2023-19

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

• Last week, Community Tech released the first update for providing better diffs, the #1 request in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey. This update adds legends and tooltips to inline diffs so that users unfamiliar with the blue and yellow highlights can better understand the type of edits made.
• When you close an image that is displayed via MediaViewer, it will now return to the wiki page instead of going back in your browser history. This feature request was voted #65 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [72]
• The SyntaxHighlight extension now supports wikitext as a selected language. Old alternatives that were used to highlight wikitext, such as html5, moin, and html+handlebars, can now be replaced. [73]
• Preloading text to new pages/sections now supports preloading from localized MediaWiki interface messages. Here is an example at the Czech Wikipedia that uses preload=MediaWiki:July. [74]

Problems

• Graph Extension update: Foundation developers have completed upgrading the visualization software to Vega5. Existing community graphs based on Vega2 are no longer compatible. Communities need to update local graphs and templates, and shared lua modules like de:Modul:Graph. The Vega Porting guide provides the most comprehensive detail on migration from Vega2 and here is an example migration. Vega5 has currently just been enabled on mediawiki.org to provide a test environment for communities. [75]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 May. It will be on all wikis from 11 May (calendar).
• Until now, all new OAuth apps went through manual review. Starting this week, apps using identification-only or basic authorizations will not require review. [76]

Future changes

• During the next year, MediaWiki will stop using IP addresses to identify logged-out users, and will start automatically assigning unique temporary usernames. Read more at IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation/Updates. You can join the discussion about the format of the temporary usernames. [77]
• There will be an A/B test on 10 Wikipedias where the Vector 2022 skin is the default skin. Half of logged-in desktop users will see an interface where the different parts of the page are more clearly separated. You can read more. [78][79]
• jquery.tipsy will be removed from the MediaWiki core. This will affect some user scripts. Many lines with .tipsy( can be commented out. OO.ui.PopupWidget can be used to keep things working like they are now. You can read more and read about how to find broken scripts. [80]

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Tech News: 2023-20

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

• Citations that are automatically generated based on ISBN are currently broken. This affects citations made with the VisualEditor Automatic tab, and the use of the citoid API in gadgets and user scripts. Work is ongoing to restore this feature. [81]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 May. It will be on all wikis from 18 May (calendar).
• Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Gorontalo Wikipedia, Hausa Wikipedia, Hakka Chinese Wikipedia, Hawaiian Wikipedia, Fiji Hindi Wikipedia, Croatian Wikipedia, Upper Sorbian Wikipedia, Haitian Creole Wikipedia, Interlingua Wikipedia, Interlingue Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia, Iloko Wikipedia, Ingush Wikipedia, Ido Wikipedia, Icelandic Wikipedia, Inuktitut Wikipedia, Jamaican Patois Wikipedia, Javanese Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [82]

Future changes

• There is a recently formed team at the Wikimedia Foundation which will be focusing on experimenting with new tools. Currently they are building a prototype ChatGPT plugin that allows information generated by ChatGPT to be properly attributed to the Wikimedia projects.
• Gadget and userscript developers should replace jquery.cookie with mediawiki.cookie. The jquery.cookie library will be removed in ~1 month, and staff developers will run a script to replace any remaining uses at that time. [83]

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Tech News: 2023-21

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 "recent edits" time period for page watchers is now 30 days. It used to be 180 days. This was a Community Wishlist Survey proposal. [84]

Changes later this week

• An improved impact module will be available at Wikipedias. The impact module is a feature available to newcomers at their personal homepage. It will show their number of edits, how many readers their edited pages have, how many thanks they have received and similar things. It is also accessible by accessing Special:Impact. [85]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 May. It will be on all wikis from 25 May (calendar).

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Tech News: 2023-22

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

• Citations can once again be added automatically from ISBNs, thanks to Zotero's ISBN searches. The current data sources are the Library of Congress (United States), the Bibliothèque nationale de France (French National Library), and K10plus ISBN (German repository). Additional data source searches can be proposed to Zotero. The ISBN labels in the VisualEditor Automatic tab will reappear later this week. [86]
• The page Special:EditWatchlist now has "Check all" options to select all the pages within a namespace. This feature request was voted #161 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [87]

Problems

• For a few days earlier this month, the "Add interlanguage link" item in the Tools menu did not work properly. This has now been fixed. [88]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 31 May. It will be on all wikis from 1 June (calendar).
• VisualEditor will be switched to a new backend on small and medium wikis this week. Large wikis will follow in the coming weeks. This is part of the effort to move Parsoid into MediaWiki core. The change should have no noticeable effect on users, but if you experience any slow loading or other strangeness when using VisualEditor, please report it on the phabricator ticket linked here. [89]

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Tech News: 2023-23

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 RealMe extension allows you to mark URLs on your user page as verified for Mastodon and similar software.
• Citation and footnote editing can now be started from the reference list when using the visual editor. This feature request was voted #2 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [90]
• Previously, clicking on someone else's link to Recent Changes with filters applied within the URL could unintentionally change your preference for "Group results by page". This has now been fixed. [91]

Problems

• For a few days last week, some tools and bots returned outdated information due to database replication problems, and may have been down entirely while it was being fixed. These issues have now been fixed. [92]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 June. It will be on all wikis from 8 June (calendar).
• Bots will no longer be prevented from making edits because of URLs that match the spam blacklist. [93]

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:50, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2023-24

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 content attribution tools Who Wrote That?, XTools Authorship, and XTools Blame now support the Dutch, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Polish and Portuguese Wikipedias. This was the #7 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey. [94]
• The Search Preview panel has been deployed on four Wikipedias (Catalan, Dutch, Hungarian and Norwegian). The panel will show an image related to the article (if existing), the top sections of the article, related images (coming from MediaSearch on Commons), and eventually the sister projects associated with the article. [95]
• The RealMe extension now allows administrators to verify URLs for any page, for Mastodon and similar software. [96]
• The default project license has been officially upgraded to CC BY-SA 4.0. The software interface messages have been updated. Communities should feel free to start updating any mentions of the old CC BY-SA 3.0 licensing within policies and related documentation pages. [97]

Problems

• For three days last month, some Wikipedia pages edited with VisualEditor or DiscussionTools had an unintended __TOC__ (or its localized form) added during an edit. There is a listing of affected pages sorted by wiki, that may still need to be fixed. [98]
• Currently, the "Sort this page by default as" feature in VisualEditor is broken. Existing {{DEFAULTSORT:...}} keywords incorrectly appear as missing templates in VisualEditor. Developers are exploring how to fix this. In the meantime, those wishing to edit the default sortkey of a page are advised to switch to source editing. [99]
• Last week, an update to the delete form may have broken some gadgets or user scripts. If you need to manipulate (empty) the reason field, replace #wpReason with #wpReason > input. See an example fix. [100]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 June. It will be on all wikis from 15 June (calendar).
• VisualEditor will be switched to a new backend on English Wikipedia on Monday, and all other large wikis on Thursday. The change should have no noticeable effect on users, but if you experience any slow loading or other strangeness when using VisualEditor, please report it on the phabricator ticket linked here. [101]

Future changes

• From 5 June to 17 July, the Foundation's Security team is holding a consultation with contributors regarding a draft policy to govern the use of third-party resources in volunteer-developed gadgets and scripts. Feedback and suggestions are warmly welcome at Third-party resources policy on meta-wiki.

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Related subject

Btw, have you sen these: Tableaux Vivants: Caravaggio paintings performed live? I find them simply stunning. All the best, --Cart (talk) 19:29, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Wow, I’m flabbergasted. That’s great, indeed! I especially admire the elegance with which the actors slide from one posture into the next. Thank you very much for sharing this insight! I will take the liberty to share the link with some more friends … people with taste must see this. Thank you and all the best, --Aristeas (talk) 08:42, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2023-25

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Recent changes

• Flame graphs are now available in WikimediaDebug. [102][103]

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week.
• There is now a toolbar search popup in the visual editor. You can trigger it by typing \ or pressing ctrl + shift + p. It can help you quickly access most tools in the editor. [104][105]

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FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Woman lighting the candles for the Festival of Lights in India (cropped).jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Woman lighting the candles for the Festival of Lights in India (cropped).jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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Tech News: 2023-26

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 Action API modules and Special:LinkSearch will now add a trailing / to all prop=extlinks responses for bare domains. This is part of the work to remove duplication in the externallinks database table. [106]

Problems

• Last week, search was broken on Commons and Wikidata for 23 hours. [107][108]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 June. It will be on all wikis from 29 June (calendar).
• The Minerva skin now applies more predefined styles to the .mbox-text CSS class. This enables support for mbox templates that use divs instead of tables. Please make sure that the new styles won't affect other templates in your wiki. [109][110]
• Gadgets will now load on both desktop and mobile by default. Previously, gadgets loaded only on desktop by default. Changing this default using the |targets= parameter is also deprecated and should not be used. You should make gadgets work on mobile or disable them based on the skin (with the |skins= parameter in MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition) rather than whether the user uses the mobile or the desktop website. Popular gadgets that create errors on mobile will be disabled by developers on the Minerva skin as a temporary solution. [111]
• All namespace tabs now have the same browser access key by default. Previously, custom and extension-defined namespaces would have to have their access keys set manually on-wiki, but that is no longer necessary. [112]
• The review form of the Flagged Revisions extension now uses the standardized user interface components. [113]

Future changes

• How media is structured in the parser's HTML output will change in the coming weeks at group2 wikis. This change improves the accessibility of content. You may need to update your site-CSS, or userscripts and gadgets. There are details on what code to check, how to update the code, and where to report any related problems. [114]

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MediaWiki message delivery 16:16, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you...

... for fixing the broken nomination link of this image! My bad, I assume it got broken when I corrected a typo on the file name? Now I know how to fix it next time :) --Julesvernex2 (talk) 07:38, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

You are welcome, Julesvernex2! On the description page of every featured picture, the {{Assessments}} template links to the nomination page for that picture. The template automatically generates that link on the base of the filename. However, when we rename the picture, that does not work anymore. Then we have to add the parameter com-nom=... to the template, it’s value should be the original name of the picture (without the File: prefix). Most people, including some administrators, do not know that and happily rename featured pictures without checking the {{Assessments}} template ;–). From time to time, I search for such cases and repair them, but of course it would be great if more people would just check the {{Assessments}} template whenever they rename featured pictures. :–) All the best, --Aristeas (talk) 08:08, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

FP Promotion

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Tech News: 2023-27

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Recent changes

• As part of the rolling out of the audio links that play on click wishlist proposal, small wikis will now be able to use the inline audio player that is implemented by the Phonos extension. [115]
• From this week all gadgets automatically load on mobile and desktop sites. If you see any problems with gadgets on your wikis, please adjust the gadget options in your gadget definitions file. [116]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 July. It will be on all wikis from 6 July (calendar).

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:49, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:A smiling member of the Ramnami Samaj (edited).jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:A smiling member of the Ramnami Samaj (edited).jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Paulinzella abbey church, 2022-05-28, 01.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Paulinzella abbey church, 2022-05-28, 01.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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User:Aristeas/Credits/CC BY-SA 4.0

Hi Aristeas, Hut ab für deine obige Vorlage, etwas in diese Richtung, das nahtlos an die Standard-Infobox anknüpft, habe ich länger schon gesucht. Ich war so frei, sie zu adaptieren und habe dich in der Versionsgeschichte verewigt. Die Texte sind später an einzelnen Stellen verändert bzw. an meine Nutzung angepasst. Viele Grüße Anil Ö. (talk) 03:12, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Hallo Anil Ö., nur zu! Ich habe für meine Vorlagen viel von den Vorlagen anderer Benutzer gelernt und freue mich, wenn sie nun wiederum für Dich brauchbar ist. Was Commons für mich von Flickr und Co. unterscheidet, besteht gerade auch darin, dass wir hier voneinander lernen und und ggf. einander auch mal helfen, anstatt dass jeder nur seine eigenen Bilder promoted. Herzliche Grüße --Aristeas (talk) 09:55, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-28

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 Section-level Image Suggestions feature has been deployed on seven Wikipedias (Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Catalan, Hungarian, Finnish and Norwegian Bokmål). The feature recommends images for articles on contributors' watchlists that are a good match for individual sections of those articles.
• Global abuse filters have been enabled on all Wikimedia projects, except English and Japanese Wikipedias (who opted out). This change was made following a global request for comments. [117]
• Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool for administrators to help fight spam. It provides a clearer interface for blocking plain domains (and their subdomains), is more easily searchable, and is faster for the software to process for each edit on the wiki. It does not support regex (for complex cases), nor URL path-matching, nor the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist, but otherwise it replaces most of the functionalities of the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. There is a Python script to help migrate all simple domains into this tool, and more feature details, within the tool's documentation. It is available at all wikis except for Meta-wiki, Commons, and Wikidata. [118]
• The WikiEditor extension was updated. It includes some of the most frequently used features of wikitext editing. In the past, many of its messages could only be translated by administrators, but now all regular translators on translatewiki can translate them. Please check the state of WikiEditor localization into your language, and if the "Completion" for your language shows anything less than 100%, please complete the translation. See a more detailed explanation.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 July. It will be on all wikis from 13 July (calendar).
• The default protocol of Special:LinkSearch and API counterparts has changed from http to both http and https. [119]
• Special:LinkSearch and its API counterparts will now search for all of the URL provided in the query. It used to be only the first 60 characters. This feature was requested fifteen years ago. [120]

Future changes

• There is an experiment with a ChatGPT plugin. This is to show users where the information is coming from when they read information from Wikipedia. It has been tested by Wikimedia Foundation staff and other Wikimedians. Soon all ChatGPT plugin users can use the Wikipedia plugin. This is the same plugin which was mentioned in Tech News 2023/20. [121]
• There is an ongoing discussion on a proposed Third-party resources policy. The proposal will impact the use of third-party resources in gadgets and userscripts. Based on the ideas received so far, policy includes some of the risks related to user scripts and gadgets loading third-party resources, some best practices and exemption requirements such as code transparency and inspectability. Your feedback and suggestions are warmly welcome until July 17, 2023 on on the policy talk page.

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MediaWiki message delivery 19:51, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Tribu Pana-ad of Dinagyang Festival (edited).jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Tribu Pana-ad of Dinagyang Festival (edited).jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Panorama of Naqsh-i Jahan Square, Isfahan at blue hour (2019, edited).jpg, that you uploaded is now assessed as one of the finest pictures on Wikimedia Commons, the nomination is available at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Panorama of Naqsh-i Jahan Square, Isfahan at blue hour (2019, edited).jpg. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate, please do so at this nomination page.

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FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Hohenloher Freilandmuseum - Baugruppe Hohenloher Dorf - Bauerngarten - Ansicht von Osten im Juni.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Hohenloher Freilandmuseum - Baugruppe Hohenloher Dorf - Bauerngarten - Ansicht von Osten im Juni.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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Tech News: 2023-29

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Recent changes

• We are now serving 1% of all global user traffic from Kubernetes (you can read more technical details). We are planning to increment this percentage regularly. You can follow the progress of this work.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 July. It will be on all wikis from 20 July (calendar).
• MediaWiki system messages will now look for available local fallbacks, instead of always using the default fallback defined by software. This means wikis no longer need to override each language on the fallback chain separately. For example, English Wikipedia doesn't have to create en-ca and en-gb subpages with a transclusion of the base pages anymore. This makes it easier to maintain local overrides. [122]
• The action=growthsetmentorstatus API will be deprecated with the new MediaWiki version. Bots or scripts calling that API should use the action=growthmanagementorlist API now. [123]

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:06, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

WLE

Herzlichen Glückwunsch lieber Roman zu deinen Platzierungen bei WLE 2023. Qualität setzt sich eben durch. Ermell (talk) 21:58, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Da schliesse ich mich doch glatt mit Glückwünschen an, gratuliere! Sehr schöne Bilder! Kritzolina (talk) 06:18, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Gelungenes, herrliches Foto der Annalinde – herzlichen Glückwunsch auch von meiner Seite für Deine großartigen Gewinnerbilder! -- Radomianin (talk) 11:52, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

@Ermell, Kritzolina, and Radomianin: Ganz herzlichen Dank Euch! Ich freue mich sehr! Mein Dank gilt natürlich auch und gerade der ganzen Jury – nicht, weil sie meine Bilder mochte (OK, das freut mich natürlich ;–), sondern weil sie großartige Arbeit geleistet hat und aus der riesigen Anzahl von Bildern eine ganz hervorragende Wahl getroffen hat. --Aristeas (talk) 14:00, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

Break

Aristeas is taking a short wikibreak and will be back on Commons soon.

--Aristeas (talk) 14:31, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

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Commons photographers: next virtual meeting on August 5

Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,

I'm inviting you to our next virtual meeting on Saturday, August 5th. We'll have two speakers: Poco a poco will provide us with an update on his underwater photography and George Oates from the Flickr Foundation will talk about the Flickr-to-Commons bridge (“Flickypedia”) that is currently in the works. If you're interested in attending, please sign up on this page: Virtual Meeting on August 5, 2023.

I hope you're having a great time taking photos and I'm looking forward to seeing you on August 5th.

All the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 15:41, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-30

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Recent changes

• On July 18, the Wikimedia Foundation launched a survey about the technical decision making process for people who do technical work that relies on software that is maintained by the Foundation or affiliates. If this applies to you, please take part in the survey. The survey will be open for three weeks, until August 7. You can find more information in the announcement e-mail on wikitech-l.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 July. It will be on all wikis from 27 July (calendar).

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MediaWiki message delivery 02:18, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Ruheplatz für die Pause

Ruheplatz

Möge die Pause dir gut tun! Kritzolina (talk) 18:45, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-31

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Recent changes

• The Synchronizer tool is now available to keep Lua modules synced across Wikimedia wikis, along with updated documentation to develop global Lua modules and templates.
• The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. For example, you can hide edits that were made using an automated tool. [124][125]
• The Wikipedia ChatGPT plugin experiment can now be used by ChatGPT users who can use plugins. You can participate in a video call if you want to talk about this experiment or similar work. [126]

Problems

• It was not possible to generate a PDF for pages with non-Latin characters in the title, for the last two weeks. This has now been fixed. [127]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 August. It will be on all wikis from 3 August (calendar).
• Starting on Tuesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Georgian Wikipedia, Kara-Kalpak Wikipedia, Kabyle Wikipedia, Kabardian Wikipedia, Kabiyè Wikipedia, Kikuyu Wikipedia, Kazakh Wikipedia, Khmer Wikipedia, Kannada Wikipedia, Kashmiri Wikipedia, Colognian Wikipedia, Kurdish Wikipedia, Cornish Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [128]

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:52, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Quick reminder: Commons Photographers meeting this Saturday

Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,

This is a quick reminder that our next meeting will happen on Saturday, August 5th. If you haven't registered yet and you're interested in learning more about underwater photography and “Flickypedia”, please sign up on this page. Also, I invite you to fill out this survey created by the people who are working on the Flickr-to-Wikimedia Commons software. Your input will make a difference.

We haven't had a virtual meeting in a while and I'm so looking forward to this weekend!

All the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 02:15, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-32

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Recent changes

• Mobile Web editors can now edit a whole page at once. To use this feature, turn on "⧼Mobile-frontend-mobile-option-amc⧽" in your settings and use the "Edit full page" button in the "More" menu. [129]

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:18, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-33

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Recent changes

• The Content translation system is no longer using Youdao's machine translation service. The service was in place for several years, but due to no usage, and availability of alternatives, it was deprecated to reduce maintenance overheads. Other services which cover the same languages are still available. [130]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 August. It will be on all wikis from 17 August (calendar).
• Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Latin Wikipedia, Ladino Wikipedia, Luxembourgish Wikipedia, Lak Wikipedia, Lezghian Wikipedia, Lingua Franca Nova Wikipedia, Ganda Wikipedia, Limburgish Wikipedia, Ligurian Wikipedia, Lombard Wikipedia, Lingala Wikipedia, Latgalian Wikipedia, Latvian Wikipedia, Maithili Wikipedia, Basa Banyumasan Wikipedia, Moksha Wikipedia, Malagasy Wikipedia, Armenian Wikipedia, Kyrgyz Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [131]

Future changes

• A few gadgets/user scripts which add icons to the Minerva skin need to have their CSS updated. There are more details available including a search for all existing instances and how to update them.

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MediaWiki message delivery 05:57, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

POTD Notification

⭐ The file you uploaded, is on the main page! ⭐ The file File:Odenwälder Freilandmuseum - Kleinbauernhof mit ehem. Dorfschänke aus Dallau - Fenster.jpg, that you uploaded, is on the main page today. Thank you for your contributions to this project.

//EatchaBot (talk) 00:01, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 - Deutschland

Hallo Aristeas,

Sieger 2022 – Kloster Paulinzella

bald ist es soweit: Vom 1. bis zum 30. September 2023 findet zum dreizehnten Mal der internationale Wettbewerb Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) statt. Dabei können Bau-, Boden- und Kulturdenkmale fotografiert und die Fotos hochgeladen werden. Du hast an einem der vergangenen Fotowettbewerbe teilgenommen. Deshalb laden wir dich gern wieder ein, dieses Jahr mitzumachen. Wir freuen uns auf deine Fotos!

Vergangenes Jahr hat Radomianin mit einer Gesamtansicht von Kloster Paulinzella gewonnen. Welcher Fotograf oder welche Fotografin tritt dieses Jahr die Nachfolge an?

Nach WLM 2022 sind wieder zahlreiche neue Denkmallisten entstanden – zum Beispiel die Denkmallisten in Waltershausen in Thüringen oder in Fulda.

Für die Suche nach Motiven gibt es bei Wikipedia zahlreiche Listen und Karten. Als Einstieg hilft diese Übersichtsseite. Weitere Informationen erhältst du auf der Mitmach-Seite.

Für das einfache Auffinden haben wir eine Upload-Karte erstellt, in der viele aber leider noch nicht alle Kulturdenkmale angezeigt werden können. Das Laden der Objekte dauert dort etwas.

Wir haben dieses Jahr „drei Sonderpreise für Bilder von Friedhöfen“ ausgelobt. Zugelassen sind für den Sonderpreis auch Fotos von Friedhöfen, die nicht denkmalgeschützt sind.

Damit es ab 1. September mit dem Upload schnell geht:

Upload your photos via the new Upload-Map 

Upload your photos for the special price 

Außerdem laden wir Dich ein, ab Anfang September 2023 an der Vorjury teilzunehmen. Diese bewertet die hochgeladenen Bilder und ermittelt so gemeinsam mit der Jury, die im Oktober tagt, die Sieger von Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 in Deutschland. Das Vorjurytool ist hier bald freigeschaltet. Du benötigst dafür nur deinen Benutzernamen und das Passwort.

Vorjury-Tool 

Für Fragen steht das Organisationsteam gerne auf der Support-Seite zur Verfügung. Falls du im nächsten Jahr keine Einladung für Wiki Loves Monuments Deutschland haben möchtest, trag dich bitte hier ein. Wir würden das natürlich schade finden, da wir uns auf deine Fotos freuen.

Viel Spaß und Erfolg beim größten Fotowettbewerb wünscht dir im Namen des Organisationsteams --Z ^thomas 12:19, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-34

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

• The GDrive to Commons Uploader tool is now available. It enables securely selecting and uploading files from your Google Drive directly to Wikimedia Commons. [132]
• From now on, we will announce new Wikimedia wikis in Tech News, so you can update any tools or pages.
  • Since the last edition, two new wikis have been created:
    • a Wiktionary in Pa'O (wikt:blk:) [133]
    • a Wikisource in Sundanese (s:su:) [134]
  • To catch up, the next most recent six wikis are:
    • Wikifunctions (f:) [135]
    • a Wiktionary in Mandailing (wikt:btm:) [136]
    • a Wikipedia in Ghanaian Pidgin (w:gpe:) [137]
    • a Wikinews in Gungbe (n:guw:) [138]
    • a Wiktionary in Kabardian (wikt:kbd:) [139]
    • a Wikipedia in Fante (w:fat:) [140]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 August. It will be on all wikis from 24 August (calendar).

Future changes

• There is an existing stable interface policy for MediaWiki backend code. There is a proposed stable interface policy for frontend code. This is relevant for anyone who works on gadgets or Wikimedia frontend code. You can read it, discuss it, and let the proposer know if there are any problems. [141]

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15:22, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-35

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

• As part of the changes for the better diff handling of paragraph splits, improved detection of splits is being rolled out. Over the last two weeks, we deployed this support to group0 and group1 wikis. This week it will be deployed to group2 wikis. [142]
• All Special:Contributions pages now show the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. [143]
• Wikisource users can now use the prpbengalicurrency label to denote Bengali currency characters as page numbers inside the <pagelist> tag. [144]
• Two preferences have been relocated. The preference "Enable the visual editor" is now shown on the "Editing" tab at all wikis. Previously it was shown on the "Beta features" tab at some wikis. The preference "Use the wikitext mode inside the visual editor, instead of a different wikitext editor" is now also shown on the "Editing" tab at all wikis, instead of the "Beta features" tab. [145][146]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 August. It will be on all wikis from 31 August (calendar).
• New signups for a Wikimedia developer account will start being pushed towards idm.wikimedia.org, rather than going via Wikitech. Further information about the new system is available.
• All right-to-left language wikis, plus Korean, Armenian, Ukrainian, Russian, and Bulgarian Wikipedias, will have a link in the sidebar that provides a short URL of that page, using the Wikimedia URL Shortener. This feature will come to more wikis in future weeks. [147]

Future changes

• The removal of the DoubleWiki extension is being discussed. This extension currently allows Wikisource users to view articles from multiple language versions side by side when the <=> symbol next to a specific language edition is selected. Comments on this are welcomed at the phabricator task.
• A proposal has been made to merge the second hidden-categories list (which appears below the wikitext editing form) with the main list of categories (which is further down the page). More information is available on Phabricator; feedback is welcome!

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MediaWiki message delivery 13:58, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Écomusée d’Alsace

Hallo Aristeas, es freut mich, wenn Dir die Fotos gefallen. Ich habe einen ganzen Tag dort verbracht und hatte auch wettermäßig ungeheures Glück. Ich habe noch eine ganze Reihe weiterer Fotos aus dem Écomusée, die ich sukzessive hochladen werde, allerdings erst wieder in knapp 2 Wochen, da ich ab morgen in Urlaub bin. In dem Museum gibt es eine ganze Storchenkolonie und auf vielen der Häuser befinden sich ein bis mehrere Nester. Es sind also alles lebendige Störche, keine Atrappen. Viele Grüße Herbert --Llez (talk) 11:58, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Hallo Herbert, herzlichen Dank für Deine Antwort! Das ist toll – vielen Dank für Deine Fotos und die Mühe der Bearbeitung und des Hochladens. Und es ist auch toll, dass die Störche echt sind, das sieht man heute leider nicht mehr so oft … Herzliche Grüße und alles Gute, Roman / --Aristeas (talk) 14:58, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Hohenloher Freilandmuseum - Baugruppe Hohenloher Dorf - Bauerngarten - Ansicht von Osten im Juni.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Good quality. --Milseburg 08:12, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

--QICbot (talk) 05:21, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-36

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Recent changes

• EditInSequence, a feature that allows users to edit pages faster on Wikisource has been moved to a Beta Feature based on community feedback. To enable it, you can navigate to the beta features tab in Preferences. [148]
• As part of the changes for the Generate Audio for IPA and Audio links that play on click wishlist proposals, the inline audio player mode of Phonos has been deployed to all projects. [149]
• There is a new option for Administrators when they are changing the usergroups for a user, to add the user’s user page to their watchlist. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API. [150]
• One new wiki has been created:
  • a Wikipedia in Talysh (w:tly:) [151]

Problems

• The LoginNotify extension was not sending notifications since January. It has now been fixed, so going forward, you may see notifications for failed login attempts, and successful login attempts from a new device. [152]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 September. It will be on all wikis from 7 September (calendar).
• Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Eastern Mari Wikipedia, Maori Wikipedia, Minangkabau Wikipedia, Macedonian Wikipedia, Malayalam Wikipedia, Mongolian Wikipedia, Marathi Wikipedia, Western Mari Wikipedia, Malay Wikipedia, Maltese Wikipedia, Mirandese Wikipedia, Erzya Wikipedia, Mazanderani Wikipedia, Nāhuatl Wikipedia, Neapolitan Wikipedia, Low German Wikipedia, Low Saxon Wikipedia, Nepali Wikipedia, Newari Wikipedia, Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia, Novial Wikipedia, N'Ko Wikipedia, Nouormand Wikipedia, Northern Sotho Wikipedia, Navajo Wikipedia, Nyanja Wikipedia, Occitan Wikipedia, Livvi-Karelian Wikipedia, Oromo Wikipedia, Oriya Wikipedia, Ossetic Wikipedia, Punjabi Wikipedia, Pangasinan Wikipedia, Pampanga Wikipedia, Papiamento Wikipedia, Picard Wikipedia, Pennsylvania German Wikipedia, Palatine German Wikipedia, Norfuk / Pitkern Wikipedia, Piedmontese Wikipedia, Western Punjabi Wikipedia, Pontic Wikipedia, Pashto Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [153][154]

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:31, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Good afternoon Aristeas

About my photo: File:Lukmanierpass, Passo del Lucomagno. 20-09-2022. (actm.) 29.jpg
I didn't realize it was the highlights at the bottom of my photo. I made a small correction in the lower part of the photo.
Greetings--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:32, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Hello Agnes, thank you very much! All the best, --Aristeas (talk) 05:27, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-37

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

• ORES, the revision evaluation service, is now using a new open-source infrastructure on all wikis except for English Wikipedia and Wikidata. These two will follow this week. If you notice any unusual results from the Recent Changes filters that are related to ORES (for example, "Contribution quality predictions" and "User intent predictions"), please report them. [155]
• When you are logged in on one Wikimedia wiki and visit a different Wikimedia wiki, the system tries to log you in there automatically. This has been unreliable for a long time. You can now visit the login page to make the system try extra hard. If you feel that made logging in better or worse than it used to be, your feedback is appreciated. [156]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 September. It will be on all wikis from 14 September (calendar).
• The Technical Decision-Making Forum Retrospective team invites anyone involved in the technical field of Wikimedia projects to signup to and join one of their listening sessions on 13 September. Another date will be scheduled later. The goal is to improve the technical decision-making processes.
• As part of the changes for the Better diff handling of paragraph splits wishlist proposal, the inline switch widget in diff pages is being rolled out this week to all wikis. The inline switch will allow viewers to toggle between a unified inline or two-column diff wikitext format. [157]

Future changes

• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on 20 September. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [158]
• The Enterprise API is launching a new feature called "breaking news". Currently in BETA, this attempts to identify likely "newsworthy" topics as they are currently being written about in any Wikipedia. Your help is requested to improve the accuracy of its detection model, especially on smaller language editions, by recommending templates or identifiable editing patterns. See more information at the documentation page on MediaWiki or the FAQ on Meta.

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:05, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Commons Photographers User Group: Board Elections 2023

Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,

in preparation of the 2023 board election of our group, we invite you to take a look at the following page:

Commons:Commons Photographers User Group/Board Elections 2023

and provide feedback.

The timeline for the 2023 election will be

• September 15 – September 30: Applications for the election committee
• October 1 – October 9: Vote for election committee (ideally comprised of three members)
• October 10: Election committee starts work
• October 20 – November 9: Nomination phase for candidacies
• November 10 – December 10: Elections
• December 15: Results announced

In the first step we ask you to be part of the election committe. Please add your name on the Election Page.

We are very much looking forward to hearing from you. Please use this talk page for your thoughts.

All the best

--Ailura (talk) for the CPUG board

WikiCon Photowalk der CPUG in Linz

Hallo Aristeas,

die Commons Photographers User Group lädt alle Gruppenmitglieder und weitere Interessierte, die an der WikiCon in Linz teilnehmen, zu einem Photowalk ein. Wir treffen uns am Freitag, 29. September um 14:15 Uhr bei der Anmeldung im Wissensturm und werden rechtzeitig zur Kaffeepause um 15:45 Uhr zurück sein.

Viele Grüße --Ailura (talk) 14:56, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Hallo Ailura, ganz herzlichen Dank für Deine Nachricht! Ich kann leider nicht an der WikiCon in Linz teilnehmen und daher auch nicht am Photowalk – schade! Aber ich freue mich sehr über die nette Einladung! Beste Grüße von --Aristeas (talk) 16:36, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Wirklich schade.--Ailura (talk) 16:46, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-38

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Recent changes

• MediaWiki now has a stable interface policy for frontend code that more clearly defines how we deprecate MediaWiki code and wiki-based code (e.g. gadgets and user scripts). Thank you to everyone who contributed to the content and discussions. [159][160]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 September. It will be on all wikis from 21 September (calendar).
• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 20. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. [161]
• All wikis will have a link in the sidebar that provides a short URL of that page, using the Wikimedia URL Shortener. [162]

Future changes

• The team investigating the Graph Extension posted a proposal for reenabling it and they need your input.

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MediaWiki message delivery 19:17, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-39

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 Vector 2022 skin will now remember the pinned/unpinned status for the Table of Contents for all logged-out users. [163]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 September. It will be on all wikis from 28 September (calendar).
• The ResourceLoader mediawiki.ui modules are now deprecated as part of the move to Vue.js and Codex. There is a guide for migrating from MediaWiki UI to Codex for any tools that use it. More details are available in the task and your questions are welcome there.
• Gadget definitions will have a new "namespaces" option. The option takes a list of namespace IDs. Gadgets that use this option will only load on pages in the given namespaces.

Future changes

• New variables will be added to AbuseFilter: global_account_groups and global_account_editcount. They are available only when an account is being created. You can use them to prevent blocking automatic creation of accounts when users with many edits elsewhere visit your wiki for the first time. [164][165]

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Wikipedia mobile apps teams. During the meeting, we will discuss the current features and future roadmap. The meeting will be on 27 October at 17:00 (UTC). See details and how to join.

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MediaWiki message delivery 16:49, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Вікі любить пам'ятки 2023 в Україні / Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 in Ukraine

Привіт!

З 1 по 31 жовтня буде проходити українська частина міжнародного фотоконкурсу «Вікі любить пам'ятки», метою якого є фотографування пам'яток історико-культурної спадщини України. Зі списками пам'яток можна ознайомитися тут.

Окрім основних номінацій у конкурсі є вісім спеціальних номінацій: «Відео», «Війна руйнує пам'ятки», «Елементи екстер'єру», «Єврейська спадщина», «Інтер'єри», «Німецька спадщина», «Фотоплівка» та «Визначні місця Харкова».10:19, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Вікі любить пам'ятки 2023 в Україні / Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 in Ukraine

Привіт!

З 1 по 31 жовтня буде проходити українська частина міжнародного фотоконкурсу «Вікі любить пам'ятки», метою якого є фотографування пам'яток історико-культурної спадщини України. Зі списками пам'яток можна ознайомитися тут.

Окрім основних номінацій у конкурсі є вісім спеціальних номінацій: «Відео», «Війна руйнує пам'ятки», «Елементи екстер'єру», «Єврейська спадщина», «Інтер'єри», «Німецька спадщина», «Фотоплівка» та «Визначні місця Харкова».

Важливо! Через російське вторгнення в Україну також довелося змінити умови: у більшості випадків тільки роботи зняті до 30 червня 2023 року включно будуть прийматися на конкурс.

Приєднуйтеся!

Більше інформації про конкурс читайте тут. -- Оргкомітет «Вікі любить пам'ятки».10:44, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Ви отримали це повідомлення, оскільки Ви брали участь в одному із фотоконкурсів «Вікімедіа Україна» чи допомагали (наприклад, редагували файли з цих конкурсів). Якщо Ви не хочете більше отримувати повідомлень про конкурс «Вікі любить пам'ятки», додайте свою сторінку користувача до відповідної категорії чи напишіть Оргкомітету. Дякуємо!

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Tech News: 2023-40

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Recent changes

• There is a new user preference for "Always enable safe mode". This setting will make pages load without including any on-wiki JavaScript or on-wiki stylesheet pages. It can be useful for debugging broken JavaScript gadgets. [166]
• Gadget definitions now have a new "contentModels" option. The option takes a list of page content models, like wikitext or css. Gadgets that use this option will only load on pages with the given content models.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 October. It will be on all wikis from 5 October (calendar).

Future changes

• The Vector 2022 skin will no longer use the custom styles and scripts of Vector legacy (2010). The change will be made later this year or in early 2024. See how to adjust the CSS and JS pages on your wiki. [167]

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:24, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

POTD Notification

⭐ The file you uploaded, is on the main page! ⭐ The file File:Neckargerach - Mittelberg - Westhang an Oktoberabend.jpg, that you uploaded, is on the main page today. Thank you for your contributions to this project.

//EatchaBot (talk) 00:00, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

FP nominations

Hi Aristeas,

Many of your uploads have FP potential.

Just 5 examples (to give a few) that would be promoted with no doubt in my opinion:

• File:Neckarsulm - Scheuerberg - Ansicht von Westen im Oktober (2).jpg
• File:Beilstein - Billensbach - Stocksberger Str. 14 - Werkstatt - Fenster mit Hopfenranken (1).jpg
• File:Rottenburg a.N. - Wurmlingen - Kapellenberg - Ansicht von OSO im April mit Gegenlicht.jpg
• File:Schwaigern - Massenbach - Baumgruppe am Wilhelmstaler Bach bei Sonnenuntergang.jpg
• File:Tübingen - Altstadt - Neckarfront - Ansicht von Neckarinsel in blauer Stunde (1).jpg

I also realize that many of them are not even nominated at QIC. That's a good way to give visibility to your works (for other nominators, non photographers) sometimes.

I started nominating some, but then realize that if a dust spot, CA, or anything is noticed by someone, then it will give work to me AND /OR to you. Thus I abstain because I'm already busy.

But I strongly encourage you to nominate more of your images. It seems you have time to edit other's images, that's generous, but why not spending this time with your own stuff for more efficiency?

I wish you a good day! -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:23, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Hello Basile Morin,

thank you very much for your kind message (and sorry for the late answer – I wanted to handle the less pleasant duties first)! I am glad that you like many of my uploads, and I’m honoured by your confidence in them. So I should certainly try it once with them.

All the best, --Aristeas (talk) 19:51, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Вікі любить пам'ятки 2023 в Україні / Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 in Ukraine: перший тиждень

Привіт! Сподіваємося, що у Вас та Ваших рідних усе максимально добре. Нагадуємо, що конкурс триває до 31 жовтня. За перший тиждень конкурсу в українській частині конкурсу завантажено понад 4000 фото, взяли участь майже 90 учасників.

Важливо! Через російське вторгнення в Україну також довелося змінити умови: тільки роботи зняті до 30 червня 2023 року включно будуть прийматися на конкурс. Єдиний виняток — спецномінація «Інтер'єри» можна подавати світлини без обмежень за датою створення.

Усі номінації та спецномінації перелічено тут (серед нових спецномінацій цього року: «Війна руйнує пам'ятки», «Елементи екстер'єру», «Інтер'єри» та «Німецька спадщина»).

Приєднуйтеся!

Більше інформації про конкурс читайте тут – Оргкомітет «Вікі любить пам'ятки». 20:55, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Ви отримали це повідомлення, оскільки Ви брали участь у фотоконкурсі «Вікі любить пам’ятки» чи допомагали (наприклад, редагували файли з конкурсу). Якщо Ви не хочете більше отримувати повідомлень про конкурс «Вікі любить пам'ятки», додайте свою сторінку користувача до відповідної категорії чи напишіть Оргкомітету. Дякуємо!

You have received this message, because you had uploaded pictures to one of the Wiki Loves Monuments in Ukraine editions or helped (for example, edited files from the contest). If you do not speak Ukrainian, but you are interested in the contest, you can check out our page in English here. If you do not want to receive messages related to Wiki Loves Monuments — add your user page to this category or write to the Organising team. Thank you!

Tech News: 2023-41

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

• One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Fon (w:fon:) [168]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 October. It will be on all wikis from 12 October (calendar).
• Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Swahili Wikipedia, Walloon Wikipedia, Waray Wikipedia, Wolof Wikipedia, Kalmyk Wikipedia, Xhosa Wikipedia, Mingrelian Wikipedia, Yiddish Wikipedia, Yoruba Wikipedia, Zhuang Wikipedia, Zeelandic Wikipedia, Min Nan Wikipedia, Zulu Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [169]
• At some wikis, newcomers are suggested images from Commons to add to articles without any images. Starting on Tuesday, newcomers at these wikis will be able to add images to unillustrated article sections. The specific wikis are listed under "Images recommendations" at the Growth team deployment table. You can learn more about this feature. [170]
• In the mobile web skin (Minerva) the CSS ID #page-actions will be replaced with #p-views. This change is to make it consistent with other skins and to improve support for gadgets and extensions in the mobile skin. A few gadgets may need to be updated; there are details and search-links in the task.

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MediaWiki message delivery 14:36, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Beilstein - Billensbach - Stocksberger Str. 14 - Werkstatt - Fenster mit Hopfenranken (1).jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Good quality and aesthetics. --Plozessor 03:37, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

--QICbot (talk) 05:25, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Neckarsulm - Scheuerberg - Ansicht von Westen im Oktober (2).jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality.--Agnes Monkelbaan 04:13, 8 October 2023 (UTC)  Support Good quality. --Ironbernietyrol 19:41, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

--QICbot (talk) 05:29, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-42

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 Unified login system's edge login should now be fixed for some browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera). This means that if you visit a new sister project wiki, you should be logged in automatically without the need to click "Log in" or reload the page. Feedback on whether it's working for you is welcome. [171]
• Edit notices are now available within the MobileFrontend/Minerva skin. This feature was inspired by the gadget on English Wikipedia. See more details in T316178.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 October. It will be on all wikis from 19 October (calendar).

Future changes

• In 3 weeks, in the Vector 2022 skin, code related to addPortletLink and #p-namespaces that was deprecated one year ago will be removed. If you notice tools that should appear next to the "Discussion" tab are then missing, please tell the gadget's maintainers to see instructions in the Phabricator task.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:44, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Winter view of Sorraia river at dusk, Coruche, Portugal (PPL3-Altered) julesvernex2-2.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Winter view of Sorraia river at dusk, Coruche, Portugal (PPL3-Altered) julesvernex2-2.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

/FPCBot (talk) 05:01, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Sonnefeld Friedhof Gräber Luftbild-20230908-RM-161058.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Sonnefeld Friedhof Gräber Luftbild-20230908-RM-161058.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

/FPCBot (talk) 05:01, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Вікі любить пам'ятки 2023 в Україні: ще тиждень залишився! / Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 in Ukraine: last week of the contest!

Привіт! Сподіваємося, що у Вас та Ваших рідних усе максимально добре. Нагадуємо, що конкурс ще триває трохи більше тижня, до 31 жовтня, тож у Вас є ще можливість приєднатися.

У конкурсі є серйозне обмеження за часом створення фото- та відеоматерілів — тільки роботи зняті до 30 червня 2023 року включно приймаються. Однак, є виняток — спецномінація «Інтер'єри», де можна подавати файли, які зроблені й під час конкурсу. Також, якщо є, можна відсканувати світлини, зроблені плівковим фотоапаратом на спецномінацію «Фотоплівка». Усі номінації та спецномінації перелічено тут).

Приєднуйтеся!

Більше інформації про конкурс читайте тут – Оргкомітет «Вікі любить пам'ятки». 17:48, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Ви отримали це повідомлення, оскільки Ви брали участь у фотоконкурсі «Вікі любить пам’ятки» чи допомагали (наприклад, редагували файли з конкурсу). Якщо Ви не хочете більше отримувати повідомлень про конкурс «Вікі любить пам'ятки», додайте свою сторінку користувача до відповідної категорії чи напишіть Оргкомітету. Дякуємо!

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Tech News: 2023-43

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Recent changes

• There is a new Language and internationalization newsletter, written quarterly. It contains updates on new feature development, improvements in various language-related technical projects, and related support work.
• Source map support has been enabled on all wikis. When you open the debugger in your browser's developer tools, you should be able to see the unminified JavaScript source code. [172]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 October. It will be on all wikis from 26 October (calendar).

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:14, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

POTD Notification

⭐ The file you uploaded, is on the main page! ⭐ The file File:Tübingen - Neckarinsel - Blick entlang Neckar im Herbst.jpg, that you uploaded, is on the main page today. Thank you for your contributions to this project.

//EatchaBot (talk) 00:01, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Вікі любить пам'ятки 2023 в Україні: ще 4 дні завантажити фото чи відео! / Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 in Ukraine: last 4 days to upload pictures or videos!

Привіт! Сподіваємося, що у Вас та Ваших рідних усе максимально добре. Залишилося ще дні завантажити власні фото чи відео пам'яток України!

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Tech News: 2023-44

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 Structured Content team, as part of its project of improving UploadWizard on Commons, made some UX improvements to the upload step of choosing own vs not own work (T347590), as well as to the licensing step for own work (T347756).
• The Design Systems team has released version 1.0.0 of Codex, the new design system for Wikimedia. See the full announcement about the release of Codex 1.0.0.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 November. It will be on all wikis from 2 November (calendar).
• Listings on category pages are sorted on each wiki for that language using a library. For a brief period on 2 November, changes to categories will not be sorted correctly for many languages. This is because the developers are upgrading to a new version of the library. They will then use a script to fix the existing categories. This will take a few hours or a few days depending on how big the wiki is. You can read more. [173][174]
• Starting November 1, the impact module (Special:Impact) will be upgraded by the Growth team. The new impact module shows newcomers more data regarding their impact on the wiki. It was tested by a few wikis during the last few months. [175]

Future changes

• There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. You can help by reviewing this proposal and sharing what you think about it.
• The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:19, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-45

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

• In the Vector 2022 skin, the default font-size of a number of navigational elements (tagline, tools menu, navigational links, and more) has been increased slightly to match the font size used in page content. [176]

Problems

• Last week, there was a problem displaying some recent edits on a few wikis, for 1-6 hours. The edits were saved but not immediately shown. This was due to a database problem. [177]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 November. It will be on all wikis from 9 November (calendar).
• The Growth team will reassign newcomers from former mentors to the currently active mentors. They have also changed the notification language to be more user-friendly. [178][179]

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:03, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Commons Photographers User Group: Board Elections 2023 - Nomination Phase

Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,

the 2023 board election of our group is run at

Commons:Commons Photographers User Group/Board Elections 2023.

The next steps in the timeline for the 2023 election are

• October 20 – November 16: Nomination phase for candidacies
• November 17 – December 10: Elections
• December 16: Results announced

If you are interested in being a member of the board, please nominate yourself on the Election Page.

We are very much looking forward to hearing from you. Please use this talk page for your thoughts.

All the best

--Ailura (talk) for the CPUG board

Good evening Aristeas,

If I may, just a question. My set of mushrooms promoted at FP: Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Ruitjesbovist (Calvatia utriformis). 07/18/2023. (d.j.b) 03.jpg Not listed among the gems on the main page. Or is that not common with a set? Yours sincerely,--Famberhorst (talk) 17:41, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello Famberhorst, I will look into this today. I will answer you. Have a nice day, --Aristeas (talk) 09:30, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hi Famberhorst and Aristeas! I know from experience that there is something strange going on with the code only(!) at the 'Fungi' section of that page. This is making the FPCBot sometimes miss adding new FPs to that section. I've been trying for a year or so to figure out what is wrong, but so far no luck. The two new FPs are now added manually ([180]). Perhaps Aristeas can figure out what the problem is, some day...

While I was there, I also saw that another user had just added a non-FP to that section. Now reverted and the user notified. Best --Cart (talk) 14:40, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Cart, thank you so much for taking care of this! I have been held up by other duties. Now I wanted to look into this, finally, but it’s great that you have already resolved the issue. Yes, the mysterious question why the bot does not update that section … I remember that some months ago I already investigated a bit into that, but I found no trace of an answer. But sooner or later I must dig deeper to find, hopefully, a fix for this. Until that we are thrown back on manual fixes. Thank you again and all the best, also for removing the fake FP! --Aristeas (talk) 15:38, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

I know that 'Fungi' was once part of the 'Plants' section, and I think the trouble started when it was made into a new section of its own. Not sure if this can give you any leads, but I thought I would mention it. With all the tranclusions and translation templates on that page, there are a lot of things that can go wrong. ;-( --Cart (talk) 15:46, 14 November 2023 (UTC) --Cart (talk) 15:46, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes, very probably the bug must be related to that origin of the section. That’s an important starting point, thank you! And the translations make things much more complicated, alas … --Aristeas (talk) 15:57, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Good evening W.carter and Aristeas, Thank you very much for your efforts. It has been resolved nicely again. Kind regards from and turbulent Friesland,--Famberhorst (talk) 16:16, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-46

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

• Four new wikis have been created:
  • a Wikipedia in Moroccan Amazigh (w:zgh:) [181]
  • a Wikipedia in Dagaare (w:dga:) [182]
  • a Wikipedia in Toba Batak (w:bbc:) [183]
  • a Wikiquote in Banjar (q:bjn:) [184]

Problems

• Last week, users who previously visited Meta-Wiki or Wikimedia Commons and then became logged out on those wikis could not log in again. The problem is now resolved. [185]
• Last week, some pop-up dialogs and menus were shown with the wrong font size. The problem is now resolved. [186]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 November. It will be on all wikis from 16 November (calendar).

Future changes

• Reference Previews are coming to many wikis as a default feature. They are popups for references, similar to the PagePreviews feature. You can opt out of seeing them. If you are using the gadgets Reference Tooltips or Navigation Popups, you won’t see Reference Previews. Deployment is planned for November 22, 2023.
• Canary (also known as heartbeat) events will be produced into Wikimedia event streams from December 11. Streams users are advised to filter out these events, by discarding all events where meta.domain == "canary". Updates to Pywikibot or wikimedia-streams will discard these events by default. [187]

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:49, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Good news

Just came by to tell you that while I added the new gallery pages to the Commons:Featured pictures, list, I noticed that some things were "off" with the coding. Fixing that, it looks like I solved the trouble with the 'Fungi' section. I guess after all the coding lately, I was in the right mood and more recepive to very minor glitches. Fingers crossed it works now! --Cart (talk) 22:45, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello Cart, these are really great news! Thank you very much! So after all it was not a special bug in FPCBot, but just some hidden error in the (very special and complicated) coding of that page. Do you happen to know which change exactly did the trick, I guess this one? I just ask in order to understand better what kind of coding errors caused the bot’s misbehaviour ... in order to know better (in the future) what to look for if this problems reappears. Thank you again and all the best, --Aristeas (talk) 15:46, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Yep, that edit did the trick. I saw that the bug happened because of a compilated series of wonky edits by several users over time (me included). I tried several ways to fix it, but trying to undo past not-so-good-edits only made things worse. This seemed to be the best way to solve the problem.

Keeping those numbers correct and corresponding with each other is the way to keep that pager running. I actually got the clue for this while I got in trouble with the translate tags, and was helped, at the gallery template. So that mess helped solve this bug. :-)

Right now I'm working on sorting out black and white photos. Now that the B&W gallery is back as a working photo technique, it needs to be cleaned up, sorted and integrated into the normal gallery system. I will be working on this the rest of the day now. --Cart (talk) 15:58, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Very good, Cart. OK, so we must remember to double-check these numbers on any changes. It’s difficult, but at least it’s an understandable reason. Thank you very much also for taking care of the B&W gallery! Yes, if we keep them (and now we have finally good reasons to kepp it) we must maintain it, also in the long run. I will try to remember to have an eye especially on the B&W and the other new “technique” gallery pages. --Aristeas (talk) 16:14, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

An important question, Cart. Do we continue to handle the B&W as a “secondary” gallery, i.e. that any FP which is listed on that page should be also listed on a topical gallery page? Or do we abandon this and apply our “No duplicates” rule also to the B&W gallery page, meaning that if a photo is listed there, it must not be listed on any other FP gallery page? Right now we have a mix – e.g. File:Windows of the Frost Building (Toronto, Canada) in monochrome.jpg is listed on three gallery pages, but your File:Nine steps stair in Lysekil - bw.jpg is listed only on the B&W gallery page, not in the Architectural elements#Stairs gallery. I am fine with both approaches, but we should settle for one of them. This is also important in order to keep my fpgallerist' program up to date – it needs to know if photos listed on the B&W gallery page are allowed to or even must (as previously) appear also on a topical gallery page. Best, --Aristeas (talk) 16:21, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

I'm working on getting it re-made as a normal primary gallery, with no duplicates. I have just started to sort things, so there are still a lot of doubles out there and things look a bit messy right now. I hope this will clear up by tomorrow if I work hard. You did the check right in the middle of my work. :-) Having the B&Ws getting a "special treatment" is not in line with the usual policies on the galleries. When it comes down to it, B&W is just another way of taking photos, just like ICM or Filters. So, sorry, but you will have to update your program. Hopefully things will look clearer tomorrow. There are a lot of files to sort through. --Cart (talk) 16:36, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Cart, don’t hurry, I absolutely did not want to put pressure on you – I just wanted to discuss the question! Take any time you want. Updating my program is no problem. On the contrary, I can even simplify the code now because the B&W gallery is no longer an exception which needs special treatment! So I am really happy about this change. All the best, --Aristeas (talk) 17:05, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

You both are amazing and wonderful people! Thanks for all the work you do to keep the pictures of others shining! Aristeas, you've got mail, all is well. Kritzolina (talk) 18:20, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Like always when you set out to fix something on Commons, you step into unforeseen messes and the the whole thing ends up taking much, much more time than you thought. This time it's all those restored old black and white photos. They are scattered all over the place! Tracking them down and sorting them is taking forever. They are really clogging what I thought would be a smooth and easy way to give the B&W it's place. Anyway, a new gallery page had to be created, Commons:Featured pictures/Historical/People, and some instruction and info set up on other pages. I have added it to the FP list and the template, but the transclusion to the rest of the pages is a bit slow right now, so I isn't visible there yet. I also had to fix some new top links for croos-gallery navigating, and I improved the code on some of the to work better with multi platform interfaces. Back to work! --Cart (talk) 09:45, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

I am doing some sorting, I hope I am doing it correctly. If not, please let me know! Kritzolina (talk) 10:46, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi Kritzolina, thank you for your help. It is almost right. You have to include the year on every image as well, like this '''1855'''<br />, and be sure to place them in chronological order within the sections too. Could you please fix that for the photos you have already sorted? The work is unfortunately very tedious... ;-) --Cart (talk) 12:37, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

I will, thanks for letting me know Kritzolina (talk) 13:00, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

As an afterthought - have you any advice on how to deal with those pictures that are only loosly dated? Like 1885 or 1886, or between 1860 and 1865. This was easy, when just sorting them into a span of years, but for sorting chronologically, this is an issue. Kritzolina (talk) 13:49, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

@Kritzolina Yep, I had the same problem, so I looked at how it has been done earlier on the usual 'History' gallery. You sort the image by the first year and place it after those with just a single year. Like this: 1885, 1885, 1885, 1885 or 1886, 1885-95, 1886, 1886, 1886 or 1888. --Cart (talk) 14:16, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Ok, working on it ... but need to do some other things as well in RL, so I will take a break and continue later. Kritzolina (talk) 14:21, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Understandable. I can relate. ;-) -- Cart (talk) 14:32, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-47

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Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [188][189]
• Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Quechua Wikipedia, Romansh Wikipedia, Romani Wikipedia, Rundi Wikipedia, Aromanian Wikipedia, Tarandíne Wikipedia, Rusyn Wikipedia, Kinyarwanda Wikipedia, Sanskrit Wikipedia, Sakha Wikipedia, Santali Wikipedia, Sardinian Wikipedia, Sicilian Wikipedia, Scots Wikipedia, Sindhi Wikipedia, Northern Sami Wikipedia, Sango Wikipedia, Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia, Sinhala Wikipedia, Slovak Wikipedia, Slovenian Wikipedia, Samoan Wikipedia, Somali Wikipedia, Albanian Wikipedia, Serbian Wikipedia, Sranan Tongo Wikipedia, Swati Wikipedia, Southern Sotho Wikipedia, Saterland Frisian Wikipedia, Sundanese Wikipedia, Silesian Wikipedia, Tamil Wikipedia, Tulu Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Tetum Wikipedia, Tajik Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkmen Wikipedia, Tagalog Wikipedia, Tswana Wikipedia, Tongan Wikipedia, Tok Pisin Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Tsonga Wikipedia, Tatar Wikipedia, Twi Wikipedia, Tahitian Wikipedia, Tuvinian Wikipedia, Udmurt Wikipedia, Uyghur Wikipedia, Uzbek Wikipedia, Venda Wikipedia, Venetian Wikipedia, Veps Wikipedia, West Flemish Wikipedia, Volapük Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [190][191][192]
• The Vector 2022 skin will have some minor visual changes to drop-down menus, column widths, and more. These changes were added to four Wikipedias last week. If no issues are found, these changes will proceed to all wikis this week. These changes will make it possible to add new menus for readability and dark mode. Learn more. [193]

Future changes

• There is an update on re-enabling the Graph Extension. To speed up the process, Vega 2 will not be supported and only some protocols will be available at launch. You can help by sharing what you think about the plan.

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MediaWiki message delivery 00:52, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Rottenburg a.N. - Wurmlingen - Kapellenberg - Ansicht von OSO im April mit Gegenlicht.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Rottenburg a.N. - Wurmlingen - Kapellenberg - Ansicht von OSO im April mit Gegenlicht.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

/FPCBot (talk) 05:02, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Parque Estadual do Jalapão João Paulo Marques Dandretta (16) edited.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Parque Estadual do Jalapão João Paulo Marques Dandretta (16) edited.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

/FPCBot (talk) 13:01, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-48

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Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 November. It will be on all wikis from 30 November (calendar). There is no new MediaWiki version next week. [194][195]
• MediaWiki's JavaScript system will now allow async/await syntax in gadgets and user scripts. Gadget authors should remember that users' browsers may not support it, so it should be used appropriately. [196]
• The deployment of "Add a link" announced last week was postponed. It will resume this week.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:06, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-49

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 spacing between paragraphs on Vector 2022 has been changed from 7px to 14px to match the size of the text. This will make it easier to distinguish paragraphs from sentences. [197]
• The "Sort this page by default as" feature in VisualEditor is working again. You no longer need to switch to source editing to edit {{DEFAULTSORT:...}} keywords. [198]

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [199][200]
• On 6 December, people who have the enabled the preference for "Show discussion activity" will notice the talk page usability improvements appear on pages that include the __NEWSECTIONLINK__ magic word. If you notice any issues, please share them with the team on Phabricator.

Future changes

• The Toolforge Grid Engine shutdown process will start on December 14. Maintainers of tools that still use this old system should plan to migrate to Kubernetes, or tell the team your plans on Phabricator in the task about your tool, before that date. [201]
• Communities using Structured Discussions are being contacted regarding the upcoming deprecation of Structured Discussions. You can read more about this project, and share your comments, on the project's page.

Events

• Registration & Scholarship applications are now open for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 that will take place from 3–5 May in Tallinn, Estonia. Scholarship applications are open until 5 January 2024.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:47, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Flickypedia soft launch and a huge thank you

Dear fellow Commons photographer,

I hope this message finds you well. As you might already know, the Flickr Foundation has been busy creating a new Flickr-to-Commons bridge (“Flickypedia”) this year. After a successful demo at the GLAM Wiki Conference in Montevideo, the Flickr Foundation team is now inviting all members of the Commons Photographers User Group to be the first to review their alpha, reporting any technical issues or other feedback via the Flickypedia project talk page.

At the same time, this message is an opportunity for me to thank you for your trust and support over the past couple of years. Since 2017, we've grown into being one of the largest user groups in the Wikimedia universe. I've tremendously enjoyed interacting with all of our members when it came to joint photowalks at Wikimanias, virtual Zoom meetings where we covered a wide variety of photography topics, as well as our annual “Most memorable shot of the year”, among many other events. As I'm not running for an official position in our current board election, this will be my last message on behalf of the user group to you. Thanks for all the happy moments we shared together over the years! I hope you'll continue creating free images for the millions of people we serve through Wikipedia and Commons.

All the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 19:36, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello Frank, thank you very much for your message and nice words. And even more thank you for your great commitment to Wikimedia Commons and photography in general! You have done invaluable work for the Commons Photographers User Group – organized events, meetings, written all the invitations, etc. So I want to say you a big Thank you! All the best, Roman / --Aristeas (talk) 16:02, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Vielen herzlichen Dank, Roman! Mir haben die Aktivitäten der User Group in den letzten sieben Jahren sehr viel Freude bereitet und ich freue mich schon darauf, was die Zukunft bringt. Ich hoffe es geht dir gut und Du verlebst eine schöne vorweihnachtliche Zeit. Beste Grüße aus Kalifornien, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 23:48, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-50

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

• On Wikimedia Commons, there are some minor user-interface improvements for the "choosing own vs not own work" step in the UploadWizard. This is part of the Structured Content team's project of improving UploadWizard on Commons. [202][203]

Problems

• There was a problem showing the Newcomer homepage feature with the "impact module" and their page-view graphs, for a few days in early December. This has now been fixed. [204][205]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 December. It will be on all wikis from 14 December (calendar). [206][207]

Future changes

• The 2023 Developer Satisfaction Survey is seeking the opinions of the Wikimedia developer community. Please take the survey if you have any role in developing software for the Wikimedia ecosystem. The survey is open until 5 January 2024, and has an associated privacy statement.

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MediaWiki message delivery 02:10, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Mehr cat content!

Hi Aristeas!

Da Du wahrscheinlich Katzen magst, wäre das vielleicht was für Deine Favoritengalerie: Der Fotograf Henry Söderlund fotografiert für seine Kamera- und Objektivtests immer mal wieder eine Katze. Darunter sind aus meiner Sicht mehrere gelungene Fotos dabei. "Cat Henry Söderlund" sollte in der Suche die Fotos zeigen. Viel Spaß beim Angucken und Grüße! :) 🐈 --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 19:11, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Yawning example

Hallo PantheraLeo1359531, lieben Dank für Deine Nachricht – und sorry für die späte Antwort, ich war very busy in real life. Ich habe immer mal wieder einige Fotos von Henry Söderlund importiert, die Photoequipment zeigen, und auch ein paar seiner Beispielfotos. Dass Du nun systematisch seine Katzenfotos importiert hast, ist eine gute Idee. Sicher wird der eine oder die andere herummotzen, dass das Internet und auch Commons schon viel zuviele Katzenfotos hätte – aber die allermeisten davon sind ja qualitativ nicht gerade großartig, sodass sich der Import von Henrys meist sehr guten Fotos wirklich lohnt. (Übrigens hat er auch das Glück, dass seine Katze sich offensichtlich gerne fotografieren lässt – unsere Fellnasen hier kann ich meist nur schlafend ablichten, da sie offenbar keine Lust haben, in die Kamera zu schauen. :–) Vielen herzlichen Dank also für das Importieren und Beschriften der Fotos – und herzliche Grüße! --Aristeas (talk) 13:34, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Ja, ist völlig verständlich! Kurz vor Weihnachten ist noch mal eine Riesen Hektik :). Du hast Recht, einerseits sind seine Katzenfotos in guter Qualität, und man bekommt einen Einblick in die Auflösung der Kameras/Objektive. Bisschen spielt er ja auch, bspw. mit unscharfem Vordergrund oder wo die ganze in Form eines Catloaf sitzt. Aber wir brauchen ausreichend viele Katzenfotos :D. Man muss ja auch bedenken, dass Commons etliche Katzenfotos aus den 2000ern hat. Die Qualität war damals nicht sehr berauschend, und die meisten hatten ja so Kompaktkameras... Liebe Grüße, und frohe Weihnachten und guten Rutsch! Ich hoffe, du kannst bei den Feiertagen etwas zur Ruhe kommen :D --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 18:32, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Danke! Ja, das hoffe ich auch. Auch Dir alles Gute und eine schöne Weihnachtszeit – Roman / --Aristeas (talk) 18:45, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Du erhältst einen Orden!

	Der Fleißorden
	Für deine tollen Bilder und deine Arbeiten im Kategoriesystem. -- Triple C 85 | User talk | 11:28, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Ich gratuliere, wohl verdient! --Kritzolina (talk) 16:01, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Hallo Triple C 85 und Kritzolina, vielen herzlichen Dank für den Orden ;–) und die Nachricht! Es tut mir leid, dass ich Euch erst so spät antworte, ich war very busy in real life (bzw. hatte die Handwerker im Haus). Lieber Triple C 85, ich fühle mich natürlich sehr geehrt. Den Orden für Arbeit im Kategoriesystem hast natürlich v.a. Du selbst verdient, da Du ja wirklich unermüdlich daran arbeitest – allergrößten Dank also auch dafür! Und Kritzolina, auch Du verdienst zweifellos einen Orden für Deine unermüdlichen Fotobeiträge – ich habe gerade einen Blick auf Deine letzten Uploads geworfen und bin (nur als Beispiel) wirklich beeindruckt, was für einen umfassenden und detaillierten Eindruck Deine Aufnahmen von Bad Waldsee geben. Euch beiden ganz herzliche Grüße und alles Gute für die Weihnachtszeit – --Aristeas (talk) 14:47, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Auch verdient ;-) -- Triple C 85 ^{| User talk |} 20:49, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-51

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• The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 8 January 2024 because of the holidays.

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 December. It will be on all wikis from 21 December (calendar). There is no new MediaWiki version next week. [208][209]
• Starting December 18, it won't be possible to activate Structured Discussions on a user's own talk page using the Beta feature. The Beta feature option remains available for users who want to deactivate Structured Discussions. This is part of Structured Discussions' deprecation work. [210]
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Fröhliche Weihnachten!

Friedvolle Weihnachten und ein gesundes, glückliches neues Jahr 2024! -- Radomianin (talk) 11:40, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Season Greetings

Wishing You all the best for the Holiday Season! I hope You are warm, safe and treated kindly ♦ -- Cart (talk) 18:11, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Cart! This is certainly the funniest Christmas card I got this year, and with the best wishes ;–). All the best, --Aristeas (talk) 16:50, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Have you spotted the tiny motion blur on the wagging tail? :-) I met this dog and its owner in Uddevalla, as I was going home from a checkup before the operation. I have no problem (or manners) when it comes to asking dog or cat owners to take pictures. I thought it would make a perfect Christmas card. --Cart (talk) 17:13, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

… and it did make a perfect Christmas card! Thank you, Cart, for the story which makes the photo even nicer (if possible)! --Aristeas (talk) 20:40, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Seasons greetings

Frohe Weihnachten Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 18:05, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy holidays and best wishes!

Happy holidays! Merry christmas! Best wishes for 2024! -- Giles Laurent (talk) 18:50, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

*ೃ༄ Feliz Navidad, Aristeas *ೃ༄ Merry Christmas and a joyous new year filled with peace, love, and happiness! Щасливого Різдва та Нового року, нехай він принесе мир, любов та радість у ваше життя! Joyeux Noël et une Bonne année pleine de paix, d'amour et de bonheur! ¡Feliz Navidad y un próspero año nuevo lleno de paz, amor y felicidad! Buon Natale e un felice anno nuovo pieno di pace, amore e felicità! Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr voller Frieden, Liebe und Glück! Feliz Natal e um Ano Novo próspero repleto de paz, amor e felicidade! メリークリスマス、そして平和と愛、幸福に満ちた新年おめでとうございます！ 메리 크리스마스와 평화, 사랑, 행복이 가득한 새해 복 많이 받으세요! मेरी क्रिसमस और शांति, प्रेम, और खुशियों से भरा नया साल मुबारक हो! 圣诞快乐，新年快乐，愿你的生活充满和平、爱与幸福！ عيد ميلاد مجيد وسنة جديدة سعيدة مليئة بالسلام والحب والسعادة! С Рождеством и Новым Годом, пусть они принесут мир, любовь и счастье в вашу жизнь! God Jul och Gott Nytt År fyllt med fred, kärlek och lycka! Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar vol vrede, liefde en geluk! Wilfredor

Wilfredor (talk) 18:58, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

		* Happy Holidays! *
		Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Joyeux Noël! Bonne année! Frohes Weihnachten! Frohes Neues Jahr! ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo! Щасливого Різдва! З Новим роком!    -- George Chernilevsky talk 21:10, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Mery Christmas !

Thank you for your message ;) --Sebring12Hrs (talk) 23:47, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Re: Happy Holidays

Thanks for your message. Wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and much good time with family and friends! Tagooty (talk) 02:52, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Re: Happy Holidays

Same to you Aristeas. Happy New Year with lots of good pictures! --Cephas (talk) 11:21, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Seasonal Greetings!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2025!

Hello Aristeas, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2025. Happy editing, ~~~~ Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

20 upper 15:31, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Re: Happy Holidays

Danke, dir auch frohe Weihnachten und schönes neues Jahr. Kommst du aus Tübingen? Meine Eltern leben in Mössingen. --imehling (talk) 19:10, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Hallo imehling, vielen Dank für Deine Nachricht und sorry für die späte Antwort! Nein, ich komme aus Ludwigsburg, aber ich habe einige Jahre in Tübingen studiert und fahre immer wieder mal hin, weil ich dieses Städtchen liebe. … Dabei fällt mir ein, dass Mössingen doch m.W. auch einige Sehenswürdigkeiten hat, z.B. die Belsener Kapelle, nur haben wir sehr wenige und bescheidene Fotos. Kommst Du ab und zu nach Mössingen? Vielleicht kannst Du uns ein paar bessere Bilder machen, das wäre super! ;–) Auf jeden Fall herzliche Grüße und alles Gute, --Aristeas (talk) 10:34, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

Happy holidays, Aristeas! Kia ora, Aristeas, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you for all the hard work you've put in the last year to make Wikimedia Commons the place it is today. Enjoy the festive season from wherever you are in the globe. Greetings from Te Moeka o Tuawe, Te Tai Poutini, Aotearoa. (Fox Glacier, West Coast, New Zealand) --SHB2000 on 23:57, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy holidays 2023/2024!

		* Happy Holidays 2023/2024, Aristeas! *
		Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Joyeux Noël! Bonne année! Frohe Weihnachten! Glückliches Neues Jahr! Счастливого Рождества! С Новым годом! ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo! Щасливого Різдва! З Новим роком!    -- Johann Jaritz talk 14:45, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy Holidays 2023/2024!

		* Happy Holidays 2023/2024, Aristeas! *
		Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Joyeux Noël! Bonne année! Frohes Weihnachten! Frohes Neues Jahr! ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo! Щасливого Різдва! З Новим роком!

Happy Holidays and best wishes for 2024. --Llez (talk) 08:14, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Frohe Weihnachten und ein glückliches neues Jahr!

wünscht dir von Herzen Reinhold Möller / Ermell (talk) 11:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Ermell (talk) 11:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

		* Happy Holidays! *
		Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Joyeux Noël! Bonne année! Wesołych Świąt! Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku! Frohes Weihnachten! Frohes Neues Jahr! ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo! Щасливого Різдва! З Новим роком!    --Tournasol7 (talk) 20:07, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

CfD notification

Commons:Categories for discussion/2023/12/Category:Taken with SMC PENTAX DA 14 mm f/2.8 ED IF suggests renaming at least one category you've been involved with. - Jmabel ! talk 03:28, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

		🌟 Happy Holidays, Aristeas! 🌟
		The turn of the year is approaching and with it the time for reflection. Let's take a moment and reflect a little. It is a time of festivals of light, from Hanukkah to Yule to Christmas, and in many cultures and religions it is a time of holidays, sometimes also family celebrations. And let's not forget that, according to our calendar, the new year is just around the corner. I wish you all: Joyeux Noël • Priecigus Ziemassvetkus • Fröhliche Weihnachten • Linksmu Kaledu • Merry Christmas • Il-Milied It-Tajjeb • Chestita Koleda • Vrolijk Kerstfeest • Glædelig Jul • Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia • Feliz Navidad • Feliz Natal • Roomsaid Joulu Puhi • Craciun Fericit • Iloista Joulua • Veselé Vianoce • Kala Christouyenna • Vesel Bozic • Kellemes Karácsonyi Ünnepeket • God Jul • Nollaig Shona Duit • Veselé Vánoce • Buon Natale • Mo’adim Lesimkha • I’D Miilad Said • Kung His Hsin Nien • Krismas Njema Na Heri    -- Dietmar (aka XRay) talk 08:00, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2024! Joyeux Noël et une bonne année 2024 ! Frohe Weihnachten und alles Gute für 2024! AFBorchert (talk) 07:43, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

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