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Info about RfC for change of license on Wikinews
editHi! As I understand it a notice here is not required but to be safe I can inform you that I created Requests for comment/Update standard license for Wikinews. I will post a notice on the Wikinewses but it may take a while and I may not complete today. Just in case someone complain that they did not get a notice etc. MGA73 (talk) 16:21, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
- Hello! The votes on all Wikinewses are set to end on January 20. My plan is to check all Wikinewses right after that (hopefully on January 21) and add the results to the Requests for comment/Update standard license for Wikinews.
- After that I hope the RfC can be closed shortly after that so there is time to create a task on Phabricator and for someone to create the relevant patch and check etc.
- When I created the RfC I was not aware that changes can only be made Monday to Thursday so the actual change can't be made late on January 31 or early February 1. It has to be made either January 30 or February 3. I suggest January 30 so there will be a little less time to make this happen.
- So I would like to hear if there are there any advice or requirements from the stewards that I should know in order to make the closure go as smooth as possible? Should I for example create a request on Steward requests/Miscellaneous? --MGA73 (talk) 19:13, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
- Striking my previous comments (well removing as nobody will have read it yet!). A Meta admin or Steward can close the RFC. If you post a request on / Miscellaneous when ready, someone will look to close the RFC. If you need help implementing the results - e.g., admin actions on projects with no active admins - please include that in the request. MarcGarver (talk) 09:26, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you! Requests_for_comment/Policy#Closure_of_RFCs states that "Only stewards can close any RFC requiring steward action or changing global policy.". I thought perhaps the word "global" might apply here because it affect the default license for Wikinewses. But I'm happy with an admin too. --MGA73 (talk) 10:32, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
- I read that to mean if the change needs a steward to action it or if the change affects a global policy. In this case you are proposing a license change to a handful of projects. That isn't a policy, and it isn't global, so I think a Meta admin could close it. However, if you need someone to do some admin actions on the various WN projects that don't have local admins, then you'll need a steward. MarcGarver (talk) 15:00, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
- Aha, thanks a lot. --MGA73 (talk) 15:10, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
- I read that to mean if the change needs a steward to action it or if the change affects a global policy. In this case you are proposing a license change to a handful of projects. That isn't a policy, and it isn't global, so I think a Meta admin could close it. However, if you need someone to do some admin actions on the various WN projects that don't have local admins, then you'll need a steward. MarcGarver (talk) 15:00, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you! Requests_for_comment/Policy#Closure_of_RFCs states that "Only stewards can close any RFC requiring steward action or changing global policy.". I thought perhaps the word "global" might apply here because it affect the default license for Wikinewses. But I'm happy with an admin too. --MGA73 (talk) 10:32, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
- Striking my previous comments (well removing as nobody will have read it yet!). A Meta admin or Steward can close the RFC. If you post a request on / Miscellaneous when ready, someone will look to close the RFC. If you need help implementing the results - e.g., admin actions on projects with no active admins - please include that in the request. MarcGarver (talk) 09:26, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
Crosswiki Machinetranslation
editI have noticed that there are strong crosswiki machine translations in the area of the countries, colors and animals, I have also looked at how they are. e.g. I don't speak fat but I have informed myself that the article uses strongly twi-typical characteristics. in other example bug languages it is similar. Posts come from IPs or accounts that are usually fairly new and only have a few hundred edits. Edits come from IPs or accounts that are usually fairly new and only have a few hundred edits, one after the other. Some IPs are global blocked. ๐๐ข๐ค๐ข๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐ค๐ฌ (WikiBayerCatHelper) 13:22, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
Crosswiki Machinetranslation or potential cross wiki abuse
editI'm not sure this is the most appropriate place to discuss the below issues. In that case, please move this to the appropriate venue.
I was reviewing the most interwiki-linked pages on Wikipedia and noticed that David Woodard has articles in 325 languages, including English, which is the highest number for any subject (tied with Turkey). Notably, David Woodard is not listed in any level of vital articles.
I checked the Malayalam Wikipedia, where I'm an administrator, and found that the article is a rough machine translation. Upon further investigation, I discovered that one editor, User:Swmmng, created articles about David Woodard in multiple languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Nepali. A review of User:Swmmng's global edit history suggests that they may be responsible for creating most of the interwiki links for this.TheWikiholic (talk) 14:50, 27 January 2025 (UTC)