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Marathon Petroleum Corporation Logo Assistance

Hello, I noticed that you have made some edits to the Marathon Petroleum Corporation page in the past and I was hoping you could help me replace the logo that is there now. The logo for branded Marathon retail gas stations was updated recently but not the the corporate one. "...the retail brand debuted a new Endurance image, including a retooled logo..." https://csnews.com/marathon-petroleum-goes-live-new-retail-brand-campaign https://csnews.com/marathon-unveils-new-image-branded-gas-stations

The accurate logo can be found on the Marathon Petroleum Corporation website here: https://www.marathonpetroleum.com/Newsroom/Corporate-Logos-and-Standards/ Is this something you would be able to help with? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:19B:8301:B5A0:241F:9AA:2CD6:28C3 (talk) 15:12, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2601:19B:8301:B5A0:241F:9AA:2CD6:28C3, hi! I don't really see the difference in logos. Regardless, the place to go is Wikipedia:Files for upload to upload the new logo. Then once it gets uploaded, you can replace the current one in the article with the new one. DOes that help? — Qwerfjkl talk 15:21, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, this should help.

The logos are very similar but if you'll notice the text in the logo is all caps for the refinery business, while the retail brand uses some lower case letters.

In any case, this should help me.

Thank you! 2601:19B:8301:B5A0:1F7:3086:7200:76E8 (talk) 19:09, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Happy to help. Qwerfjkl talk 20:14, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Withered11 (21:43, 6 November 2024)

What do the parentheses’ mean? --Withered11 (talk) 21:43, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Withered11, if you're referring to my bot User:Qwerfjkl (bot), the (bot) is to indicate the account is automated. — Qwerfjkl talk 16:42, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Shailesh Gupta Veer (18:12, 7 November 2024)

I want to edit and create Poet's pages. Please suggest me. --Shailesh Gupta Veer (talk) 18:12, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome! Creating a new article from scratch is extremely challenging, and new editors are strongly recommended to spend a few months learning how Wikipedia works, by making improvements to some of our existing seven million articles before trying it. When you do decide to have a go at a new article, you are highly encouraged to read WP:Your first article. If you haven't already also check out WP:TUTORIAL; it's a lot of fun!

That said, when you want to have a go at writing an article, try Wikipedia:Requested articles/Arts and entertainment/Literature#Authors (poets, novelists and fiction writers) if you need a subject to write about; if you already have a subject in mind, just make sure they pass the general notability guidelines, so you don't waste your time. — Qwerfjkl talk 18:41, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Shailesh Gupta Veer. — Qwerfjkl talk 18:42, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Merajsafari (05:46, 8 November 2024)

Hello i want a create a article for some famous person that dont have page on wikipedia --Merajsafari (talk) 05:46, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merajsafari, Welcome! Creating a new article from scratch is extremely challenging, and new editors are strongly recommended to spend a few months learning how Wikipedia works, by making improvements to some of our existing seven million articles before trying it. When you do decide to have a go at a new article, you are highly encouraged to read WP:Your first article. If you haven't already also check out WP:TUTORIAL; it's a lot of fun! Happy editing! — Qwerfjkl talk 14:36, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Lockman Hole

I'm considering making an edit to the Lockman Hole article (Lockman Hole), after a brief mid-video interview with Jay Lockman himself where he voiced a preference for the name "Lockman Window".

I thought it might be a good courteous gesture of this community to change the beginning of the Lockman Hole article to read something more like "The Lockman Hole, or Lockman Window, is an area of the sky in which..."

Do you think this would be appropriate? Necessary Addition (talk) 20:00, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I should add the source, timestamped: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWJBAGrG0ms&t=1474s Necessary Addition (talk) 22:06, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Necessary Addition, it would at least be worth creating a redirect at Lockman Window (which I've just done). I'm not familiar with the subject, so I don't not how common the term is - if it's unlikely to be known to most people who know the topic, it's probably not worth including - but feel free to be bold and edit it yourself — Qwerfjkl talk 15:42, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of HH16 (disambiguation)

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Category:Incest in Greek mythology

Hi Qwerfjkl, earlier this year you closed the deletion discussion for Category:Incest in Greek mythology. [1] While I was the only editor in that discussion in favour of keeping the category, I don't think others really addressed my argument meaningfully, and I disagree with the category's deletion. I'm not really suggesting that you interpreted consensus incorrectly (I don't think you did), but rather that I don't think there was good reason for deletion. I was unsure whether WP:DELREV was the correct venue for this (as that seems to be for arguing that the closer misinterpreted consensus), so contacting you directly seemed logical. – Michael Aurel (talk) 01:28, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Aurel, I think the best thing to do would be to start a discussion at WT:CFD and ping the participants to that discussion to see if you can work something out. — Qwerfjkl talk 07:54, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah ok, thanks, so there isn't an official process for this then. I might consult with the editor who created the category first, as since I left my initial comment here I've noticed that in the last month or two they created a similar but distinct category, Category:Mythological people involved in incest, but assuming they think it's necessary, I'll start a discussion at WT:CFD as you've recommended. – Michael Aurel (talk) 10:24, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from VoltaireVMS (08:44, 11 November 2024)

Hi Pyrrro. How do I create a profile? --VoltaireVMS (talk) 08:44, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

VoltaireVMS, what do you mean by a "profile"? — Qwerfjkl talk 07:52, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Hi Im Xi (21:29, 12 November 2024)

Hello, how do I request that a page be made about a certain musician? --Hi Im Xi (talk) 21:29, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hi Im Xi, you can try Requested articles, remembering to include refiable sources (and making sure they're notable), but it's unlikely anyone will write it themselves. Your best bet is to learn how to write the article yourself. — Qwerfjkl talk 21:34, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New Linter patterns

If you have time to run Task 31 against more patterns, I have a new batch collected from the signature submissions page in my sandbox. If you run a test edit against each of the patterns, I'll be happy to check the edits. I have moderate confidence that I got them right, but something could definitely have gone wrong with one or more patterns during the copy-paste-find-replace-concatenate process. – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:57, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95, most of them look good to me.
You included

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=insource%3A%2F%5C%3Csup%5C%3E%5C%28%5C%5B%5C%5BUser+talk%3AEditorofthewiki%5C%7C%5C%3Cfont+color%3D%5C%22Green%5C%22%5C%3Etalk%5C%3C%5C%2Ffont%5C%3E%5C%5D%5C%5D%5C%2F%5C%5B%5C%5BSpecial%3AContributions%5C%2FEditorofthewiki%5C%7C%5C%3Cfont+color%3D%5C%22Green%5C%22%5C%3Econtribs%5C%3C%5C%2Ffont%5C%3E%5C%5D%5C%5D%5C%29%5C%3C%5C%2Fsup%5C%3E%5C%27%5C%27%5C%27%5C%3C%5C%2Fspan%5C%3E%2F&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns1=1&ns2=1&ns3=1&ns4=1&ns5=1&ns6=1&ns7=1&ns8=1&ns9=1&ns10=1&ns11=1&ns12=1&ns13=1&ns14=1&ns15=1&ns100=1&ns101=1&ns118=1&ns119=1&ns710=1&ns711=1&ns828=1&ns829=1&ns2300=1&ns2301=1&ns2302=1&ns2303=1&searchToken=4i3cyxyrejtwffnqaubj4gmer``~'''''[[User:Editorofthewiki|<font color="#F900">EDDY</font>]]'' <sup>([[User talk:Editorofthewiki|<font color="Green">talk</font>]]/[[Special:Contributions/Editorofthewiki|<font color="Green">contribs</font>]])</sup>'''</span>~``~'''''[[User:Editorofthewiki|<span style="color:#F900;">EDDY</span>]]'' <sup>([[User talk:Editorofthewiki|<span style="color:Green;">talk</span>]]/[[Special:Contributions/Editorofthewiki|<span style="color:Green;">contribs</span>]])</sup>'''~

Which produces

~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~

→

~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~
Because of the colour hex F900. — Qwerfjkl talk 18:00, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for checking them. That code should be #f90000:
~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~

Nice catch. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:06, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95, I checked over the rest and they looked good. When I ran the bot, I noticed Talk:Meal, Ready-to-Eat/Archive 1 (Diff ~1257216016) where the replacement actually introduced an error. Any idea how best to handle this? I suppose adding a space at the end of the find & replacement strings would work, though there might be other cases that have similar problems. — Qwerfjkl talk 21:02, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, include a trailing space in the "find" and the "replace" string for the Bahamut signature. I do that all the time in my regexes. – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:12, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95, okay, I'll add the trailing whitespace for that and any other replacements that look like they could be vulnerable to this kind of problem. — Qwerfjkl talk 21:15, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I scanned through the rest of the entries for similar problems. It looks like the string for "DCI2026" needs a trailing space in both strings also. The rest appear to be fine, at least with respect to this potential error. – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:16, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've made the changes. I think I'll run the batch tomorrow, I just need to do a bit more error checking. Also, one of the replacements uses the search insource:/\[\[User:Yellow Dingo\|\<b style\=\"color:\#FFCC33\">Yellow\<\/b> \<b style\=\"color:brown\">Dingo]]'''/ which returns no results. The total number of unique titles found is 24,437. Qwerfjkl talk 21:36, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that the Yellow Dingo signatures have been fixed; they were in a previous batch and it looks like I neglected to remove them from the table after that run. No worries! Thanks in advance for running the task; I look forward to tens of thousands of fixes, and I'll have another batch once that has run. There were so many this time that I didn't go digging for more patterns that weren't already listed on the table. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:06, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95, I've started the batch. The code needed a little modification because it was stripping the replacements. Qwerfjkl talk 17:24, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you let me know what adjustments you needed to make, I can try to fix my process for generating the strings for you. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:20, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95, it wasn't a problem on your end, the bug was in the code. Qwerfjkl talk 18:22, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great job with this bot run! I have updated the signature submissions page with some results and will work on a new batch of patterns. – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:16, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Midnight Racer (14:22, 13 November 2024)

Hi, I created a draft called Hennessey Venom F5 Roadster but how can I find back the draft if I leave the page, or how can I save the draft? I tried to search the draft but I can't find it. --Midnight Racer (talk) 14:22, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Midnight Racer, use the "Publish" button to save the draft. According to your contributions, you haven't made a draft. — Qwerfjkl talk 17:05, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, ok. I thought pressing "Publish" will make the draft an article. Thanks! Midnight Racer (talk) 10:25, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are you taking bot requests?

Hey Qwerfjkl, I hope you're well. I was wondering, are you taking bot requests at the moment? I was looking for someone to schedule a regular task, perhaps once a week, to add Template:WikiProject National Football League to relevant pages which don't have it yet. Every now and then I use AWB to do so, and I think it'd be a pretty straight forward and reasonable bot task. I run a recursive search against Category:National Football League players by team, skip talk pages which have "WikiProject National Football League", "NFLproject", "WikiProject NFL", "WPNFL", or "WP NFL", and then manually add the WikiProject template. Assessments typically come later and I wouldn't be asking the bot operator to try to code any of that in, as my primary goal to simply tag them as relevant to the WikiProject. Thankfully, based on Wikipedia:WikiProject National Football League/Assessment, we're pretty good about going back around and adding a rating (though importance not so much), which is why I don't think this task would be in vain. Entirely understandable if you're not interested in taking on another task, but I know you're great at what you do and I appreciate your work, so I thought I'd make this my first stop. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:14, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hey man im josh, I can probably get round to this on the weekend. Have you had a discussion on the wikiproject talk page? - That would make the brfa a bit easier. I do have some code for this left over from WP:PIQA that I could probably repurpose for this task.
If desirable, I could use ORES for article quality ratings, perhaps restricting it to stub assessments which it's pretty accurate at. — Qwerfjkl talk 21:08, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No rush! I'll start a discussion at the WikiProject about it. I kind of didn't even think it'd be necessary but that's an ignorant thought on my part. Just because I do something manually sometimes doesn't mean there shouldn't be consensus that a bot can take over :P I think with ORES restricting to stub might be a great idea, so I'll include that when starting the discussion. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:27, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's probably not strictly neccessary, but BRFA is perpetually backlogged, so it's nice to make BRFAs as clear-cut as possible. Qwerfjkl talk 21:29, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay, I've been away, but I've started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Football League#Autotagging pages in player categories for the NFL WikiProject. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:17, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No opposition from those who were interested in chiming in, I want to say we're good to go when you are! Hey man im josh (talk) 18:33, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from YTHOMITY (20:04, 14 November 2024)

Hello, how can I suggest an addition to the list of 'humorous units of measurements' Thank you YTHOMITY --YTHOMITY (talk) 20:04, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@YTHOMITY, you can make a suggestion on the talk page. The easiest way to do this is to attempt to edit the page as normal, and then press the "Submit an edit request" button. Make sure to make your suggestion clear, and include a reliable source. — Qwerfjkl talk 20:48, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Task 31 oddities

This was an odd one. No lint errors at all on the page when it edited, but the bot still changed X to Y, and created an unclosed italics issue due to the closing italics being after the date/time and not matching the sig pattern. Thought it was worth noting that it created an issue in case that's something that can be prevented. If it's just a odd fluke, no big deal.

And I also see that the bot is only fixing half of Timbouctou's signature. It didn't fix the missing closer italics on the Timbouctou userpage link portion: (example 1 and example 2). If that's intentional and it'll fix the other part later, ok. Just found it surprising. Zinnober9 (talk) 00:41, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The first issue is due to the user putting tags after the timestamp. I've just modified their other signatures that do this. The second problem is simply because I don't have that replacement listed; I've added it now. Qwerfjkl talk 11:56, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Yasmin a Beatles fan on Murusade (11:21, 15 November 2024)

Hello, am I able to make writing more formal? --Yasmin a Beatles fan (talk) 11:21, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Yasmin a Beatles fan, I'm not quite sure what you mean. You can copyedit writing to change the tone to a more formal one. — Qwerfjkl talk 16:04, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Morrison Ke (22:04, 16 November 2024)

I want to add my personal information --Morrison Ke (talk) 22:05, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Morrison Ke, to where? Qwerfjkl talk 10:59, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from TocaTheFrog (08:31, 18 November 2024)

Hello. Could I ask for some advice on creating a user page, I want it to show that I like memes and making jokes but also that I am passionate about cats, frogs and computers. --TocaTheFrog (talk) 08:31, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can put whatever you want (within reason) on your userpage; see WP:User pages. You may want to find some userboxes to express yourself. — Qwerfjkl talk 15:21, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Qwerfjkl (bot) – Trimetwes_fan1003

Page: SunRail

Diff: Special:Diff/1257013265

Comment/question: This doesn't even make sense.

Trimetwes fan1003 (talk) 04:06, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Trimetwes fan1003, you're missing the |title=. Qwerfjkl talk 09:15, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on your CFDlister.js script

See this. JJP_{Mas_ter} (she/they) 17:36, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from JustNason (03:08, 20 November 2024)

Hello, I may need help finding some usable sources for my wiki page, considering there aren't many secondary sources out on the internet. There are mainly just primary sources and my page keeps getting denied. --JustNason (talk) 03:08, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JustNason, if you can't find sources then the subject might not be notable under Wikipedia's guidelines. Qwerfjkl talk 17:28, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, thank you. I will wait till I have more sources :) JustNason (talk) 22:53, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Qwerfjkl (bot) – John_Pannozzi

Page: Stranger_Things

Diff: Special:Diff/1256063037

Comment/question: I don't understand what a "bare URL error" is. Could you please fix the referencing errors I made on the "Stranger Things" page for me?

JFP (talk) 04:14, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@John Pannozzi, you added

<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/features/stranger-things-season-2024}}</ref>

Which is missing |title=. Qwerfjkl talk 17:02, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Sign up for the language community meeting on November 29th, 16:00 UTC

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Hello everyone,

The next language community meeting is coming up next week, on November 29th, at 16:00 UTC (Zonestamp! For your timezone <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1732896000>). If you're interested in joining, you can sign up on this wiki page: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/Community_meetings#29_November_2024>.

This participant-driven meeting will be organized by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Language Product Localization team and the Language Diversity Hub. There will be presentations on topics like developing language keyboards, the creation of the Moore Wikipedia, and the language support track at Wiki Indaba. We will also have members from the Wayuunaiki community joining us to share their experiences with the Incubator and as a new community within our movement. This meeting will have a Spanish interpretation.

Looking forward to seeing you at the language community meeting! Cheers, Srishti 19:54, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Qwerfjkl (bot) – Anishviswa

Page: List of Malayalam films of 2024

Diff: Special:Diff/1258884938

Will be better if a bot can run and fix the errors.
Anish Viswa 06:15, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Anish Viswa 06:15, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Anishviswa, It is not possible for a bot to fix these errors. They require understanding of the reference that an automated bot lacks. Qwerfjkl talk 14:38, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Qwerfjkl (bot) – Foundingheritage

Page: Erick_Jones

Diff: Special:Diff/1258847235

Comment/question:

Foundingheritage (talk) 07:10, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MassRM

Is there a MassRM tool? Web-julio (talk) 00:57, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why do you need a mass removal tool? ^SMason_Garrison 02:21, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am guessing Web-julio is talking about WP:RM (aka requested moves). @Web-julio: Wikipedia:Requested moves#Requesting multiple page moves has the instructions: The RM template is a MassRM tool; RMCD bot does the heavy lifting. Best, House Blaster (talk • he/they) 02:43, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that's what I was looking for. Thankfully we don't need to tag pages on mainspace by ourselves here for RMs.

While for mass removals, I think that would require AWB permission, but I never wanted mass removing anything.

I wanted it to solve the inconsistency between this and this. As Mason is already aware about this issue I brought to a CfD/S. But I just noticed Twinkle already offers multiple RM. Web-julio (talk) 23:39, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Anyways, there's already a RM about this going on Talk:European Union–United States relations#Requested move 23 November 2024 Web-julio (talk) 23:47, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'm aware and frankly pretty concerned that you're not slowing down or taking the time to listen to the feedback you've been receiving. ^SMason_Garrison 00:29, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If I didn't start the CfD/S, this RM wouldn't be happening, so in the end, I'm glad I'm contributing positively and bringing up the issues to people who volunteer themselves in such areas. If you want me to stop using talk pages or Wikipedia namespace and interacting with people, then you can stay concerned. Web-julio (talk) 07:07, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All I'm asking is that you listen to the feedback you've been receiving. ^SMason_Garrison 13:09, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Qwerfjkl (bot) - Eeepiccs31

how do i make it stop editing my stuff Eeepiccs31 (talk) 13:18, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Eeepiccs31 it will not edit your draft again. Qwerfjkl talk 13:55, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Set of Linter patterns for 23 Nov 2024

I have set up a new list of Linter patterns in my sandbox. The usual caveats apply. I'll be happy to check and fix anything that is necessary. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:24, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonesey95, thanks. I'm quite busy right now, so I don't think I'll be able to do much work on this for about a month. I'm planning on writing a website to make submitting & checking the linter batches easier. Qwerfjkl talk 21:45, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the response. Whenever you can get to it is fine. I don't think anyone else is fixing these batches, so they should be waiting for you when you have time. – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:14, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Brennan Hill (06:19, 24 November 2024)

I have recently created a Wikipedia article about SQM Research, an Australian real estate data and research firm, and I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a look at it when you have the time. I'm new to the commnity, so your insights and feedback would be invaluable in ensuring that the article meets Wikipedia’s standards. Thank you

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brennan_Hill/sandbox --Brennan Hill (talk) 06:19, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Brennan Hill, the main issue is that the page has a promotional tone. It's also a bit lacking it sources - it needs to meet the notability guideline for companies. You also use ... often referenced in the media^[2] - this is not how to use references. The reference itself is a good source, but you can't point to it is an example of the subject being referenced in media, you need a reference that actually says it is often referenced in media - that would fall under WP:Original research. Qwerfjkl talk 20:02, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2024-48

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

Updates for editors

A new version of the standard wikitext editor-mode syntax highlighter will be available as a beta feature later this week. This brings many new features and bug fixes, including right-to-left support, template folding, autocompletion, and an improved search panel. You can learn more on the help page.
The 2010 wikitext editor now supports common keyboard shortcuts such Ctrl+B for bold and Ctrl+I for italics. A full list of all six shortcuts is available. Thanks to SD0001 for this improvement. [10]
Starting November 28, Flow/Structured Discussions pages will be automatically archived and set to read-only at the following wikis: bswiki, elwiki, euwiki, fawiki, fiwiki, frwikiquote, frwikisource, frwikiversity, frwikivoyage, idwiki, lvwiki, plwiki, ptwiki, urwiki, viwikisource, zhwikisource. This is done as part of StructuredDiscussions deprecation work. If you need any assistance to archive your page in advance, please contact Trizek (WMF).
View all 25 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, a user creating a new AbuseFilter can now only set the filter to "protected" if it includes a protected variable.

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Tool-maintainers who use the Graphite system for tracking metrics, need to migrate to the newer Prometheus system. They can check this dashboard and the list in the Description of the task T350592 to see if their tools are listed, and they should claim metrics and dashboards connected to their tools. They can then disable or migrate all existing metrics by following the instructions in the task. The Graphite service will become read-only in April. [11]
The New PreProcessor parser performance report has been fixed to give an accurate count for the number of Wikibase entities accessed. It had previously been resetting after 400 entities. [12]

Meetings and events

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Question from Francocriscola (15:14, 26 November 2024)

Hello, I am currently trying to translate a wikipedia page. I used the auto-translate feature and fixed whatever needed to be fixed, but it was surprisingly very accurate. However, the page won't let me upload given that it is 98% similar to the auto-translation. Is there a way to get around this issue? --Francocriscola (talk) 15:14, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Francocriscola, I'm not aware of any translation tool that allows automatic translation on the English Wikipedia. Were you trying to translate to English, or a different language? And what tool did you use - what did it look like etc.? — Qwerfjkl talk 17:24, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]