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William Mariner was an Englishman who lived in Tonga from 29 November 1806 to (probably) 8 November 1810. He later published Tonga Islands, an account of his experiences that is now one of the major sources of information on Tonga before it was significantly influenced by European culture and Christianity. Pictured is Mariner in Tongan attire.
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18:49, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Apelles painting Campaspe, an artwork by Willem van Haecht, circa 1630, depicting people surrounded by fine art
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searchGoButton
for the go button. This is searchButton
for Vector. To have the same ID for all skins it will change to searchButton
in Monobook and Modern too. This will affect gadgets and user scripts. It will happen on 23 July. They should be updated to use searchButton
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16:31, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
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RfC regarding on-wiki harassment. The RfC has been posted at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC and is open to comments from the community.
all discussions about pharmaceutical drug prices and pricing and for edits adding, changing, or removing pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing from articles.
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20:18, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
The phrase "omakase" is most commonly used when dining at Japanese restaurants where the customer leaves it up to the chef to select and serve seasonal specialties. Pictured is omakase at a restaurant.
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<translate nowrap></translate>
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16:30, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
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Printable version
link. This will disappear. That is because web browsers today can create a printable version or show how it will look in print anyway. [20]Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.
19:05, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
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13:53, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
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The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is an example of a New World crop, a crop native to the New World (mostly the Americas) before 1492 CE and not found anywhere else at that time.
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global.js
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pages will now also be loaded on the mobile site. You can read documentation for how to avoid applying styles to the mobile skin. [31]searchGoButton
identifier is now searchButton
. This may affect CSS and JS gadgets. Migration instructions can be found in T255953. This was previously mentioned in issue 27.counter
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15:43, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Abraham Ortelius's world map, from the Typus Orbis Terrarum ("Theatre of the Orb of the World") atlas, first published in 1564
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16:06, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
An act is a division or unit of a theatre work, including a play, film, opera, and musical theatre. Pictured is a visual representation of the three-act structure.
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20:40, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
Delivery is the process of transporting goods from a source location to a predefined destination. Pictured is a man delivering charcoal by bicycle in Uganda.
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17:59, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
Skurfing as a sport has two common forms: "water skurfing" and "street skurfing". Pictured is an example of water skurfing, water skiing on a surfboard.
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20:08, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
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mustor
shoulduse the articles for creation process.
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15:59, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
The history of Asian art includes a vast range of influences from various cultures and religions. Pictured is Buddhist Temple in the Mountains, 11th century, China, ink on silk, by Li Cheng.
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16:18, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
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21:26, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
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Apps
as one of the alternatives later this week. This is because the Android and iOS Wikipedia apps will use push notifications for those who want them. You can see the preferences on the test wiki. The goal is to have push notifications on Android in October and on iOS in early 2021. [56]Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.
21:23, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
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1) if the result of a deletion discussion is to draftify; or 2) if the article is newly created.
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[[Child]]ren
is linked. On Arabic wikis this works at both the start and end of a word. Previously on Arabic wikis numbers and other non-letter Unicode characters were shown as part of the link at the start of a word but not at the end. Now only Latin and Arabic letters will extend links on Arabic wikis. [60]Future changes
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16:24, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Many species can live at high altitudes. For example, the Himalayan pika lives at altitudes up to 4,200 m (13,800 ft).
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15:23, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
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rmspecials()
function will be updated soon so that it does not remove the "space" character. Wikis are advised to wrap all the uses of rmspecials()
with rmwhitespace()
wherever necessary to keep filters' behavior unchanged. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage. [69]#jump-to-nav
. This div will be removed soon. Maintainers should replace these uses with either #siteSub
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16:30, 19 October 2020 (UTC)