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Earth Day 2022 Edit-a-thon - April 22nd - 2PM EST

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You're invited! NYC Earth Day 2022 Edit-a-thon! April 22nd!

Sure We Can and the Environment of New York City Task Force invite you to join us for:

This Edit-a-Thon is part of a larger Earth Day celebration, hosted by Brooklyn based recycling and community center Sure We Can, that runs from 1PM-7PM and is open to the public! See this flyer for more information: https://www.instagram.com/p/CcGr4FyuqEa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

-- Environment of New York City Task Force

How adverse is DYK...

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Moved to Template:Did you know nominations/David Yong

CU followup

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You had previously blocked:

as CU/LTA. I'm not sure which LTA that was and I know you can't match names to IPs or give out other CU-level details to me. But the block-log says it's a block of "specificed non-editing actions", and I can't figure out what those actions are. I'm seeing several different patterns of abuse from that range lately. Do you know what behavior you were blocking, and are you able to reveal if whatever LTA you had seen is again active in that range? DMacks (talk) 03:06, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's a long time ago and I don't remember any of the details, but I think I understand the log message. I was trying to disallow account creation on this very wide range without actually blocking editing, so I used a WP:PBLOCK with no pages or namespaces listed; that's what auto-generated the strange log message. @Novem Linguae @Pppery @MusicAnimal is this the kind of message that an Interface Admin could improve to make less mysterious? RoySmith (talk) 11:41, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Interface admins have no special rights here that ordinary admins don't. The message is MediaWiki:logentry-non-editing-block-block, but I don't see how it is mysterious - the log says exactly what happened. * Pppery * it has begun... 16:19, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Fix ping: @MusikAnimal –Novem Linguae (talk) 16:21, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that that block log message is super vague. I'll bet we could file a Phab ticket to make it clearer. What are the exact steps to reproduce please? I tried visiting Special:Block for a user account, and ticking Uploading files (including overwriting files), Moving pages and files, Creating new pages and uploading new files, and Sending thanks, but it didn't recreate the block message "specificed non-editing actions".
https://test.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&user=&page=User:NovemBot –Novem Linguae (talk) 16:29, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I just went to Special:Block/RoySmith-testing, selected "Partial", ticked "Block account creation", set Expiration to "5 minutes", and unticked "Autoblock any IP addresses used". This resulted in [1]. RoySmith (talk) 16:43, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I filed phab:T392126. –Novem Linguae (talk) 16:58, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks all for the various details! DMacks (talk) 18:19, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Easter!

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Wishing you peace, joy, and renewal this Easter season. Thank you for all you do to keep Wikipedia growing and thriving.

Stay well, and happy editing! MSincccc (talk) 18:39, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-17

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Tech News: 2025-18

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April music

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story · music · places

My music features Bach Bach Bach today ;) - thank you for reviewing! - I picked a recording by today's birthday child. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:20, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to review, but don't forget that you owe me a fix for broken chord :-) RoySmith (talk) 13:39, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I remember - but today is the day to take care of an actress article, and next will be to write more background because of many questions --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:57, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Amen break notation (local copy).svg

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