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Recent software changes

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• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf6) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 6, and to non-Wikipedia wikis on June 10. It will be enabled on all Wikipedias on June 13. [1]
• An alpha version of the VisualEditor was enabled on all Wikipedias on June 6. Please test it and report problems. [2]
• Several VisualEditor bugs have been fixed; users can now add, edit and remove categories using the editor's "Page settings" menu.
• Wikimedia error messages will no longer link to the #wikipedia [[<tvar|meta-irc-chans>:m:IRC/Channels</>|IRC channel]] on Freenode. [3]
• The logo of 16 Wikipedias was changed to version 2.0 in a fourth group of updates. [4]
• A test instance of Wikidata is now available at test.wikidata.org. [5]
• Users can now patrol the first version of a newly created page if they visit it from Special:NewPages or Special:RecentChanges. [6]
• Translation pages will no longer include edit section links (bug #40713). [7]

Future software changes

• A report on mobile upload errors was published, and software changes to reduce their number will come soon. [8]
• A request for comments on updating MediaWiki to use RDFa version 1.1 was started on MediaWiki.org (Gerrit change #67608).

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

(Not all changes will affect you.)

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22wmf7) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 13. It will be enabled on non–Wikipedia sites on June 17, and on all Wikipedias on June 20. [9]
• The Narayam and WebFonts extensions were successfully replaced by Universal Language Selector on June 11. [10]
• VisualEditor news:
  • VisualEditor was temporarily disabled on Wikipedia sites on June 14 due to an issue that inserted a lot of HTML code. The issue is now fixed and VisualEditor works as before.
  • Users can now use VisualEditor to add images and other media items from their local wikis and Wikimedia Commons. [11].
  • VisualEditor also allows editing references. [12]
• The new Disambiguator extension, which was previously part of MediaWiki itself, was enabled on test wikis. It adds the magic word __DISAMBIG__ to mark disambiguation pages. [13]
• The newly enabled Campaigns extension allows Wikimedia Foundation data analysts to track account creations that result from a specific outreach campaign.

Future software changes

• Universal Language Selector will be added to the Catalan (ca), Cebuano (ceb), Persian (fa), Finnish (fi), Norwegian Bokmål (no), Portuguese (pt), Ukrainian (uk), Vietnamese (vi), Waray-Waray (war) and Chinese (zh) Wikipedias on June 18. [14]
• Starting on June 18, VisualEditor will be randomly enabled by default for half of newly created accounts on the English Wikipedia to test stability, performance and features. [15]
• Two new webfonts (UnifrakturMaguntia and Linux Libertine) will be added to wikis that use Universal Language Selector. [16] [17]
• It will now be possible to hide the sidebar while using the Translate extension to reduce distractions (bug #45836). [18]
• A patrolling link will now be visible for un-patrolled pages, even if users don't visit it from Special:NewPages or Special:RecentChanges (bug #49123). [19]
• A request for comments on enabling a new search engine for MediaWiki was started.

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The link you provided is reliable but please see if you could find more sources about him. This would make the article well-sourced. 155blue (talk) 01:16, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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I want to translate this page into arabic ,what the method would be  ? ,Iam not an Inexperienced but wiki current version is somewhat different. --Larakholy (talk) 10:52, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Dear Kolega2357, A big hello from Wikiproject Bangladesh Premier League. We have a discussion going on at project's talkpage. Due to inactivity and problems this discussion is inactive for more than 1 months. Now we heartily request you to come and share your thinkings. Your arrival and thinking is much needed for us and we'll really appreciate it if you come and give us some of your precious times. Thanks in advance. Pratyya ^(Hello!) (Project Co-ordinator) and Sourov0000 (talk) (Project Vice Co-ordinator) 12:10, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Dear Kolega2357, we have a very important discussion going on project's talkpage. Please join there. You arrival and thinking will be very useful for the project and it's articles. Thanks in advance. Pratyya ^(Hello!) (Project Co-ordinator) and Sourov0000 (talk) (Project Vice Co-ordinator) 07:45, 31 December 2013 (UTC) Sorry for messaging you this much. But we have an important discussion going on and it'll be very good if most of the project members come here and discuss. Thank you for understanding.[reply]

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Hi. When placing ((db-blanked)) tags you should always check the page history first! The page you tagged, Yusuf Ibrahim, was actually not created by the person blanking it. Just a small heads up! I've restored the previous disambiguation version meanwhile. Cheers. ~ | twsx | ^talk_cont | ~ 11:04, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Роџер Федерер. Since you had some involvement with the Роџер Федерер redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Gorobay (talk) 19:27, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Dear Wikiproject Bangladesh Premier League member. I hope you are having a great time. As you know, it was agreed at the time of the advent of the project that there shall be an election to elect Coordinator and Vice Coordinator every six months. Since the time has arrived now, we hope to conduct an election to elect the new Coordinator and Vice Coordinator. All the people hoping to contest to the posts can leave a message in the project talkpage. The election will end by 01 July 2014 00:00 (UTC) starting from 24 June 2014 00:00 (UTC). We sincerely hope you participate in the elections and thereby help improve the quality of Wikiproject Bangladesh Premier League and it's organisation. Cheers --Pratyya ^(Hello!) and ƬheStrikeΣagle 15:12, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why revert? I have a right to blank my own talk page as long as I have read the messages on there per WP:TPO. 68.119.73.36 (talk) 16:08, 16 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Wikiproject Bangladesh Premier League member, the purpose of this message is to let you know that The post of the vice coordinator of WikiProject Bangladesh Premier League is fulfilled. Strike Eagle is the new vice coordinator of the project. To see more details please visit projects talk page. Thanks. --Pratyya ^(Hello!) 13:33, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello! This is just a note to let you know that I moved one of the pages you created, Stara Pazova railway station, to Draft:Stara Pazova railway station. I did this because of the fact that I could not find any citations to support the information provided, but I think that you should be able to. Once it is adequately sourced you can move it back to the mainspace. Thanks! RileyBugz^会話_投稿記録 00:07, 20 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm Boleyn. Kolega2357, thanks for creating Jankovci railway station!

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Hi, I'm Boleyn. Kolega2357, thanks for creating Jajinci railway station!

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Hi, I'm Boleyn. Kolega2357, thanks for creating Ivankovo railway station!

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Hi, I'm Boleyn. Kolega2357, thanks for creating Golubinci railway station!

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Thanks for creating Sibinj railway station, Kolega2357!

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Thanks for creating Slavonski Brod railway station, Kolega2357!

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The article Andreea Bănică has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the ((prod blp/dated)) tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. User:Zapacit 10:08, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Kolega2357, Would you like to write / translate the article of Isabelle de Charrière (Q123386) for the SR Wikipedia? That would be appreciated. Boss-well63 (talk) 15:54, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Imao sam poteškoća sa administratorima Wikipedije koji su mi odbili moj draft za srpskog odbojkaša koji igra za reprezentaciju, zbog "nepouzdanih" izvora. Jedini način da dokažem da su pouzdani je da dovedem čoveka koji govori srpski i koje može reći da su izvori pouzdani. Tako da te molim da mi pomogneš tako što bi proverio članke tj izvore koje sam stavio i da evaluiraš da li su dovoljno dobri za Wikipediju što jesu ali engleska Wikipedija traži potvrdu trećeg člana. Ako misliš da jesu samo napiši u odgovoru.

Hvala na vremenu.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Miran_Kujund%C5%BEi%C4%87 Narmerae (talk) 11:22, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]