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Tech News: 2017-27

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

Recent changes

There was a problem with maps on Wikimedia wikis that used <mapframe> when you clicked on the link to another map service. Open Street Map or Google Maps are examples of other map services. If you had marked a place on the map the marker would not be in the same place on the other map service. It was in the middle of the map. This has now been fixed. [1]

Changes this week

Very old and inactive unpublished translations in the Content Translation database will be removed. This is because of technical maintenance. If you have not worked on a translation after 1 January 2016 you will lose it after 6 July. If you want to keep the unfinished translation you need to open it before 6 July with the Content Translation tool. You can continue working on it later. Translations that were started or have been worked on after 1 January 2016 will not be affected.
There is no new Mediawiki version this week.
EventStreams is a new way to show activity on Wikimedia wikis. It works with the recent changes feed. It will do more things later. It will replace RCStream. Tools that use RCStream should move to EventStreams before 7 July. Tech News wrote about this in the 2017/07 issue. [2]

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15:32, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Global Block request

Do something with it! Samare Tano (talk) 10:19, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi! Could you please take a look into this? The user has been vandalizing Russian wikipedia for a long time (mostly around anime articles) engaging in editing wars with everyone who is trying to fix the edits and leaving phony "block warnings" on others' talk pages. Now aiming towards English and Japanese sections. Creating multiple accounts (SKULLOSSUS, YumYumGen, Taller403, TanakaIrsen, TejiTen, Tamerlan84, Samare Tano - those I know of) to imitate them engaging in dialogues with each other.
Thank you. --SBerT (talk) 11:00, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

I'll take a look at this closely. RadiX ∞ 17:05, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

RadiX, the nominator, SBerT, did an error... I ain't a sockpuppet. But SBerT is. Also, there are two open proxies to block. Samare Tano (talk) 09:24, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

All accounts have been locked but SBerT. Any other issue should be handled locally. RadiX ∞ 14:56, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

OK, thanks, but if SBerT get another block for edit warring, please block him. Samare Tano (talk) 09:08, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

user:Samare Tano, topic starter, is from the same group, why he is not locked... OneLittleMouse (talk) 10:28, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

I missed that one. Thanks, RadiX ∞ 03:55, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Olá Radix, por favor, fui informado de que foi tu quem bloqueou-me, e por causa disso, não tenho o direito de poder editar uma página!

Por favor, peço desculpa se achou erros graves em mim, mas eu tr imploro que :me desbloquea!

Saudações MFC 16:59, 19 December 2017 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]])

Tech News: 2017-28

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

Recent changes

There are sometimes links to pages about the same thing on other Wikimedia projects. A Wikipedia article about Berlin can link to the Wikivoyage guide or Wiktionary entry about Berlin. You can now see when that page has a badge. A badge could be the star that shows that an article is a featured article. [3]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 July. It will be on all wikis from 13 July (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 11 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

Mobile users will be able to edit Wikipedia without JavaScript. This will make it possible to edit the wikis from older mobile phones. This will probably happen on 18 July for most wikis. [4]
We will not use Tidy on Wikimedia wikis in the future. It will be replaced by June 2018. It could be earlier. Editors will need to fix pages that could break. You can read the simplified instructions for editors.

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15:07, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

185.65.245.200 (Request at Steward requests/Global)

Hi RadiX,

Just thought I'd let you know that the request for 185.65.245.200 was marked as Done by some troll (83.143.240.5 who is now blocked). I saw that you took care of some other requests there and thought I would let you know that the report for 185.65.245.200 is still open. Regards. 2601:1C0:10E:A22E:5C50:CA04:F35F:9FA 16:37, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Done. There is some trolling in the midst of requests so that it is not always an easy task to take care of. Thanks for reporting. RadiX ∞ 17:04, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

@RadiX:, I request unblock for my ip. I have to use VPN, i.e., proxies, since Wikipedia has been blocked in Turkey. See 2017 block of Wikipedia in Turkey. For your interest, this was my physical ip, however I can't use it anymore, due to aforementioned Wikipedia block in my country. According to WP policies, using proxies is permitted, if it do not constitute socking and/or disruptive editings. My edits with this ip did not violate any of these policies. Feel free to check the edits. Also, the ipv6 that "reported" me on meta is most probably the ip sock of Grathmy, the same ISP and geolocation. Please see, Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Grathmy. Seems that the sockmaster tries to undermine SPI cases regarding him by reporting the filers. I urge you to rethink this bad faith report of a possible ip sock. Thanks. 185.65.245.209 15:23, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
FYI: The aforementioned ipv6 is using proxies. See [5][6]. {ip|32.211.139.69}} is a confirmed proxy. The ip is using proxies, reporting countless editors but the same anon request a global block for an another ip. It is hard to assume good faith in this case. As I said above, unfortunately I have to use VPN untill the country that I currently live remove the block on Wikipedia. None of my edits with the blocked ip were disruptive. So "please" remove the block, since it is better to use one single ip for the SPI case in order to prevent further confusion. The current block is not justified according to WP policies. Thanks. 185.65.245.209 17:36, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
Can I get a feedback please? 185.65.245.209 17:47, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Dear user,

I am volunteer. I am not always available all day long.

Open proxies are often used abusively. The port scan has found at least 3 open ports in this IP address.

If you are a registered user, I can add the IP address block exempt right to your account. RadiX ∞ 20:17, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

I know open proxies often used abusively, but there is no evidence for the blocked ip 185.65.245.200. As I said, none of my edits were disruptive. Feel free to check them. And using VPN is not/was not my chooice. I simply have no other option. My current ip is also from VPN. Because this is only way of access. As for your offer, I am not registered in English Wikipedia. So it will not help. And ironically, the ip who reported me is a likely sock and evidently using proxies.

I have read the policy. It states "An editor who has genuine and exceptional need, and can be trusted not to abuse the right." and "Email the functionaries team or contact a CheckUser directly, explaining why you need to edit via anonymous proxies. Administrators who are contacted through other means may need to consult a checkuser to confirm the problem"

Exceptional need: As I explained above, I have accession problems due to the block of WP and want to manage the SPI case with the same ip in order to prevent further confusion. And as I explained, there was no disruptive edits with the ip.
I can't send e-mail, since I am not a registered user on English wikipedia. Thus, I am contacting you.

Based on the reasons above, I request unblock for my IP. At least I want to be unblocked temporarly, untill the cases close. So 'please' review your block decision, since it may influence the open SPI case negatively and it would be unfair. Thanks. 185.65.245.209 21:40, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

I do not want to waste my time (and your time as well) with this issue anymore. I really got tired of repeating the same things. I did not violate any WP rules to be sanctioned. Also using the VPN/proxy is not my "personal choice" (as I have explained above) and is not wholly disallowed on Wikipedia. I even linked my physical ip here. If you do not want to unblock the banned ip, please state it clearly. Thanks! 185.65.245.209 01:49, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Hello. You are asking to be unblocked in order to comment at some SPIs via open proxy. You further stated that you do not have a registered account; i.e, you are not an established user who could be trusted not to abuse OPs. Sorry, but this does not sound reasonable to me. I have contacted other checkusers for that matter. However, I am willing to lift the block if there is no evidence of abuse. Regards. RadiX ∞ 02:10, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

I have not registered in English Wikipedia but I am an established user in other wiki project. Ip block extemption for the account would not be helpful, since I am not registered on en.wiki with it. If it really needed for trust, I can e-mail you. Because I am not willing to link it here, for privacy reasons-I disclosed both my physical and proxy ip publicly. As I said many times, I want to manage the cases with the same ip in order to prevent further confusions. I made time for those SPI cases and do not want to see them as 'undermined' due to this block. If you are willing to lift the block, can you please do it as quick as possible? Because most probably the case will be closed within a few days. 185.65.245.209 09:35, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

P.S.: I've also got what you said about VPNs and the block of Wikipedia in Turkey. RadiX ∞ 02:13, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

WP has been blocked in 29 April[7] and I was using my own physical ips before the block[8]. Due to the block, I am using VPN to access WP. Again, I did not violate any of WP rules to be sanctioned.185.65.245.209 09:38, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

So what's your decision? 185.65.245.209 14:45, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Dear user,

Your request is under review. There are still a few things to be evaluated I can't tell you.

You'll soon be informed of the outcome. RadiX ∞ 15:26, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Dear user,

This open proxy is obviously not blocked as it is now being used by you in order to request an unblock.

FYI: I've carefully reviewed the case. Although the potential risk of abuse is not very significant, there would be a few compromises by unblocking this OP or IP range. Possibly some issues found do not even stem from any of your actions but from others instead. It is therefore expected when it comes to open proxies.

I also encourage you to use your account if you are willing to make any further edits at SPIs in the future. Please also bear in mind that editing project space with alternative accounts (or even anonymously) is considered something disruptive in several Wikimedia wikis as it involves discussions that are internal to the projects.

I am sorry to say that, because it seems like you have been acting in good faith. However, I think it's better not to unblock these OPs, at least for the time being.

Regards, RadiX ∞ 16:17, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Okay, no problem. I see your point. Thank you. 185.65.245.209 20:57, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Sobre o destravamento

Olá RadiX

Como assim o destravamento está a ser discutido?

Obrigado pelo seu tempo

109.49.183.212 13:14, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Devido às evidências apontadas na página. Se pretende ser desbloqueado, recomendo que pare de contornar os bloqueios com novos socks. RadiX ∞ 14:21, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Epá, desculpe é verdade que não sou perfeito, mas agora o que é que devo fazer, é verdade que na Wikipedia Inglesa, eu fiz muitos erros, mas não foram com má intenção mas eu agora queria remenda-los.

Por isso o que é que devo fazer?

82.154.211.153 13:30, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Por favor, aguarde a discussão e não pressione os administradores com os mesmos questionamentos, como tem feito aqui e no IRC. Este tipo de atitude não o ajudará. Compreendo as usas razões e expectativas, mas é necessário que você também compreenda que está provocando o efeito exatamente contrário ao agir desta maneira. RadiX ∞ 17:16, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Bem se o diz ok então diga me mais uma coisa quanto tempo pode levar esta discussão? 109.49.183.212 00:34, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Não sei. O resultado será informado na página em que fez o seu pedido de desbloqueio, assim que possível. RadiX ∞ 01:40, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Olá RadiX uns dias passaram, mas ainda continuo a pensar quanto ao bloqueio, se como está a decorrer a discussão, mas também não quero pressionar ninguém ou perturbar.

Mas eu sinto me preocupado e a pensar isso.

Por isso está a haver oposições?

E o que é que devo fazer?

109.49.185.92 19:55, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

A decisão será informada na página SRG. Por favor, aguarde. Por enquanto não há o que fazer. RadiX ∞ 03:41, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Desculpe RadiX, eu tenho tentado mas não sei conseguido, só que eu tenho tentado, e não sei porque há tanta coisa a querer editar e tal, que eu não sei se consigo, porque eu até penso porque é mais fácil bloquear-me do desbloquear-me e acreditar em mim?

Porque é que não me pode desbloquear de uma vez sem estar a vir por estes processos, porque parece que os estão a querer prejudicar-me e a rejeitar-me.

Percebe?

E sabe que mais tirem o vosso tempo e as vossas conclusões, eu não vou voltar nem agora, nem daqui a 6 meses, nem daqui a 1 ano porque eu vou voltar na mesma maneira e altura que entrei e aí vou faze-los engolir cada palavra que eles disseram e vou faze-los pagar pelo o que eles me fizeram no IRC, diga isso na discussão e a Chrissymad.

Obrigado pelo seu tempo, você é uma pessoa fantástica em comparação com os do IRC

É o que dá quando descartam os melhores, é sempre assim.

Obrigado pelo seu tempo

62.169.84.45 13:59, 22 July 2017 (UTC) (Martimc123)

Martim, você não pode pedir todos os dias o seu desbloqueio, sabendo que há uma discussão em andamento. Isto irrita os usuários, como aconteceu no irc, e não o ajuda em nada. O primeiro passo é reconhecer o motivo pelo qual foi bloqueado e parar de contornar este bloqueio, sobretudo na Wikipédia em inglês. Eu recomendo que se afaste e retorne somente após um tempo considerável (pelo menos três meses). Do contrário, o efeito será justamente o contrário do esperado. Espero ter ajudado. RadiX ∞ 21:20, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Olá RadiX ajudou realmente mas agora quanto ao meu desbloqueio como é que provo que sou um bom editor, como é que posso ser desbloqueado e provar-lhes errado, tenho que mandar um mail ao comité de arbitragem e como é que se pode fazer uma discussão no noticeboard dos administradores?

Obrigado pelo seu tempo

87.196.175.8 22:01, 23 July 2017 (UTC) (Martimc123)

Radix, por favor se não for incômodo eu gostaria de saber quais foram os motivos que o levaram a destravar algumas contas? Dorivaldo Sílvio Pinto Valentim (talk) 01:48, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

@Dorivaldo Sílvio Pinto Valentim: Eu não sei a que contas se refere. Poderia especificar quais são? RadiX ∞ 01:51, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Só aparece: O seu endereço IP está incluído numa faixa que foi bloqueada em todas as wikis.' Não pode utilizar a funcionalidade "Enviar correio eletrónico a este(a) utilizador(a)" a não ser que possua um endereço de correio eletrónico válido especificado nas suas preferências de conta e o bloqueio não impeça o seu uso. O seu endereço IP atual é 105.168.12.33 e a faixa bloqueada é 105.168.0.0/16. Por favor, inclua todos os detalhes acima em quaisquer contactos sobre este assunto. Dorivaldo Sílvio Pinto Valentim (talk) 12:53, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

@Dorivaldo Sílvio Pinto Valentim: Este bloqueio afeta apenas usuários não registrados de modo que você não deve ter problemas para editar com a sua conta. Caso tenha alguma dificuldade, por favor, avise-me. RadiX ∞ 12:56, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Ok Obrigado Gostei dos efeitos de sua página, podes ensinar-me como fazer? Dorivaldo Sílvio Pinto Valentim (talk) 22:38, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

@Dorivaldo Sílvio Pinto Valentim: Você pode consultar o código wiki da minha página através da aba de edição. :) RadiX ∞ 00:30, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Eu sei que todos somos imperfeitos Radix, mas me desbloquea se achou erros graves em mim! Saudações MFC 17:03, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Global block for 188.32.0.0/16

188.32.112.150 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye

Cross wiki abuse vandalism this recently used for abuse. Multiple and many project vandalism this this this this this and bypassing the global lock 104.37.169.89 2001:4D80:0:61:902:200:0:49C6 15:09, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Done by Stryn. RadiX ∞ 15:20, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Global block for 217.20.130.216

217.20.130.216 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye

Open proxy server. Cross wiki abuse vandalism and bypassing the global lock 188.32.112.150. 81.177.254.196 17:20, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Done by Stryn. RadiX ∞ 19:58, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 July 2017

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Tech News: 2017-29

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

Recent changes

"Wikimedia Labs" is now called "Cloud VPS". "Wikimedia Tool Labs" is now called "Wikimedia Toolforge". This is to help clarify the purpose of these services. [9]

Problems

On some pages, the Table of Contents is not being shown. It will normally appear if you edit the page again. Investigation is currently ongoing. [10]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 July. It will be on all wikis from 20 July (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 18 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the Architecture committee. The topic this week is: Migrate to HTML5 section ids. [11] The meeting will be on 19 July at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

Page Previews, currently a Beta Feature, will be enabled for logged-out users for all remaining Wikipedias (with the exception of English and German) the week of 24 July. An A/B test will be run on English Wikipedia to collect data before approaching the community for further discussion. [12]

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22:59, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Bloqueio de proxy

Você pode bloquear os IPs do Avast VPN? Os IPs do proxy são conhecidos https://ipinfo.io/AS198605#blocks

Tem um usuário está vandalizando deslogado[13] mas os verificadores e administradores não vão fazer nada.

Special:AbuseFilter/103

Would you be so kind as to append & !contains_any(article_namespace, "200", "866") to this filter. It will stop the Grants ns and another being caught. Thanks. — billinghurst sDrewth 14:41, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

@Billinghurst: Done! Cheers, RadiX ∞ 16:55, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-30

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

Recent changes

CSS in templates will be stored in a separate page in the future. This will make it easier to make templates look good on mobile devices. This now works on mediawiki.org and Wikitech. It will come to more wikis later. [14][15][16]
.mw-ui-constructive modifier class is deprecated and has been removed. [17]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 July. It will be on all wikis from 27 July (calendar).
It will be possible to restrict who can send you notifications on a wiki. This new feature will accessible in your preferences, in the Notifications tab, on Wednesday, July 26. Please see the documentation. [18]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 25 July at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the Wikimedia Foundation July 2017 Metrics & Activities Meeting. The meeting is about how Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement are perceived and understood by the world. The meeting will be on 27 July at 19:00 (UTC). See the agenda and how to join.

Future changes

New Filters for Edit Review, at the moment available as a Beta feature, will be released by default for the Recent Changes in September.

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15:57, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks a lot (and a question)

First of all, thanks a lot for the speed blocking the vandals I'm reporting here (Fouadadanmp3 & co). Btw, I found 9 other socks. Anyway, I've got a technical question: I requested a title black list for fouad+adan+hamoussin and similar combinations at enwiki, to prevent him to create other self-promo articles. I'm not an expert but I know that is possible to block some NS0 titles. Is it possible to send this request to the admins of French and Arab WP too? Otherwise, is it possible to block this titles globally? PS: it seems that on ar.wp also he writes his articles in Latin alphabet. This, IMHO, could prevent once and for all his activity (create articles about himself). On Commons is different, I don't think it exists a "facial recognition tool" :-) . Thanks again and sorry for disturb. --Dэя-Бøяg 23:16, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

@DerBorg: I think it is possible to prevent these accounts from being created with the help of global abusefilters. I am also going to check the most recent ones later. Afaik "fouad" is a common pattern among them, right? RadiX ∞ 23:59, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Uhm, yes. Fouad was quite always used. My idea, most useful for Arab, French and English WP, was mainly to prevent creation of articles using this combinations. Following the fitst request I read on this page, I noted that the red pages listed were disabled for creation. Starting from the pages crated by him (listed here), it could be possible to create a blacklist adding other possible combinations (yes, It would be a long list). Maybe it's simpler than I think, but my knowledge of this codes is really poor. Btw, thanks again for blocks :-) . Regards. --Dэя-Бøяg 00:21, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

@DerBorg: Yep. I got your point. However, in this case, they will still be allowed to register an account in another projects via CA... RadiX ∞ 01:00, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Global_block_of_Orange_ranges_(2015)

Just reverted one of his IPs. Newest instance from 15 July 2017, recurring global vandalism, please rangeblock, as done already.

Still unblocked affected ranges, same 83* & 79* as here.

83.28.0.0/16

83.24.0.0/16

79.191.0.0/16

79.185.0.0/16

54.73.181.44 11:14, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Still vandalizes xwiki and counting:

192.241.169.122 11:34, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Done for 1 month. RadiX ∞ 01:00, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Just I cleaned up Wikibooks vandalism by abovementioned vandal, look and see what he did in Wikibooks please. FYI, his LTA should be reported to abuse@tpnet.pl / cert.opl@orange.com 54.220.190.231 07:16, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Wikiversity too I cleaned up. If he resumes vandalism after current block expiry, then we should rangeblock him for longer globally. 54.220.190.231 07:35, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-31

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

Problems

Some pages show the error Lua error in mw.wikibase.entity.lua at line 34: The entity data must be a table obtained via mw.wikibase.getEntityObject. This problem happens on pages with a Lua module that uses Wikidata. The developers are working on fixing the problem. You can fix a page by opening it for editing and then saving without changing anything. [19]
Wikidata and German Wikipedia could not be edited for an hour on 28 July. You can read why and how we could avoid it in the future in the incident report.

Changes later this week

Some wikis already have the larger and brighter OOjs UI edit page buttons. All remaining wikis except Commons will have these from 1 August. [20]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 August. It will be on all wikis from 3 August (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 1 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

The default font in the edit window will soon change for some users. Instead of using the browser default it will be monospace. Users can change this in their preferences. This should only change this for some users on Macs and iOS devices. [21]

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21:45, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 5 August 2017

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Tech News: 2017-32

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

Recent changes

You can now see which Wikipedia language versions are read in a specific country. This tool is called Wikipedia Views Visualized. [22]
The Architecture Committee is now the Wikimedia Technical Committee. You can read the charter. [23]

Problems

You can get an email when a page on your watchlist was edited. You can choose not to get emails for minor edits. There is a bug that means that you then don't get an email when someone does a normal edit after a minor edit. The developers are working on fixing this. Until it has been fixed you can activate "Email me also for minor edits of pages and files" at the bottom of "User profile" in your preferences if you want to. [24]
The thanks button sometimes didn't work for mobile users. This was because of a new bug and has now been fixed. [25]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 August. It will be on all wikis from 10 August (calendar).

Future changes

Editors and readers who still use Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP will not be able to use Wikipedia. Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP can't connect securely to the wikis. When we allow them to do so it means that we get less security for everyone else. If you use Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP you can install Firefox 52 ESR instead. Around 0.1% of the traffic to the Wikimedia wikis comes from Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP. [26]
Links to sections on Wikipedia don't work well in languages that don't use the Latin script. The URL in the address bar in your browser shows Latin characters like .D0.A1.D1.81.D1.8B.D0.BB.D0.BA.D0.B8 instead of the section heading in the wiki's language. Links to sections in non-Latin scripts will be in the script of that wiki in the future. This will happen in the next few months. [27][28]
Wiki pages printed by the web browser "Print" function will have an updated style. This new style will be similar to the when you download a page as PDF. It will be better at showing tables, infoboxes and headings. [29][30]

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21:45, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

Global lock for Somehouse1250

Somehouse1250 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • gblock • ST • lwcheckuser)

Multiple and never-ending circumvention of global locks, Џойстик_18 Sunready888 Mermaid Man 188.32.102.151 83.220.237.214 104.37.169.89 188.32.106.197 188.32.120.136 208.84.155.250 217.20.130.216 77.37.134.84 192.240.97.170 192.185.2.60 188.32.101.97 188.32.98.230 Bukamember1012 His contribution is very similar to the previously mentioned participants, which, alas, can not be a mere coincidence. So, I ask you to globally block this troll and vandal.

@Пугачов Иван Петрович: No. Somehouse1250 (talk) 07:55, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Please, stop. There is no enough evidence here to support the accusation. If that is the case those issues should be handled locally. Meta-Wiki is not a playground. RadiX ∞ 14:34, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Пугачов Иван Петрович

Please lock and trolling. please Somehouse1250 (talk) 07:59, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

There is no enough evidence here to warrant a global action at least for the time being. Refer to local checkusers if needed. RadiX ∞ 14:43, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Congratulations, Dear Administrator!

An offering for our new administrator from your comrades... (our budget is smaller than Commons)

RadiX/Archive, congratulations! You now have the rights of an administrator on Meta. Please take a moment to read the Meta:Administrators page and watchlist related pages (in particular Meta:Requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat, and Meta:Requests for deletion, but also Talk:Spam blacklist and Talk:Interwiki map), before launching yourself into page deletions, page protections, account blockings, or modifications of protected pages. The majority of the actions of administrators can be reversed by the other admins, except for history merges which must thus be treated with particular care.

Please feel free to join us on IRC: #wikimedia-admin @ irc.freenode.net. You may find Commons:Guide to adminship to be useful reading although it doesn't always completely apply here at Meta.

Please also check or add your entry to Meta:Administrators#List of administrators and the Template:List of administrators.

—MarcoAurelio (talk) 19:00, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Please let me know if you wish to be subscribed to the mail:metawiki-admins as well. Fill out the form and fire me an email. Regards, —MarcoAurelio (talk) 19:00, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very much, MarcoAurelio! RadiX ∞ 19:45, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

169.56.96.174 (Open proxy block request)

Since you're fairly active at Steward requests/Global, and that page is currently semi-protected, I'm posting this open proxy request here. I Hope you don't mind, thanks. 2601:1C0:106:CF1E:708B:28D1:BD0:9927 19:03, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

169.56.96.174 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye

Also, since this IP belongs to a webhosting service, 169.56.64.0/18 xwiki-contribs • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye looks to be the range that the IP is in, meaning that all of the IPs in the /18 range are open proxies. So blocking this range may be necessary instead. 2601:1C0:106:CF1E:708B:28D1:BD0:9927 19:05, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

169.56.96.0/28 rangeblocked with an expiry time of 6 months. Thanks, RadiX ∞ 19:24, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

It looks like that range did not include 169.56.96.174 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye. Could you block this one individually? Thanks. 2601:1C0:106:CF1E:708B:28D1:BD0:9927 19:28, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

My bad. It was meant to be 169.56.96.160/28. Now done. RadiX ∞ 19:35, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. A quick question though, if you don't mind. On the WHOIS link it lists two ranges (169.56.64.0/18 and 169.56.96.160/28). How do you know which range to block. I wasn't sure which range to choose when making this request, so I just chose the wider one (169.56.64.0/18), but you blocked the narrower one (169.56.96.160/28). Other than trying to avoid collateral damage by blocking the more narrow one, how do you know which IP range to block (which one is is actually dedicated to the webhosting service) since the WHOIS link lists two IP ranges? Thanks. Sorry if this was worded a bit oddly... ;-) 2601:1C0:106:CF1E:708B:28D1:BD0:9927 19:49, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi. The IPv4 address range to be blocked in such a circumstance is given by the CIDR notation. The ASN may indicate one or more network operators. Regards, RadiX ∞ 02:31, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-33

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

Recent changes

Bureaucrats can now set users as confirmed. Previously only stewards could do this on most wikis. Nothing will change for wikis that have previously decided to let administrators set users as confirmed. [31]

Problems

The symbols in the language list that show that an article is good or featured in that language doesn't work. Links to the Commons category in the sidebar doesn't work either. The developers are working on fixing it. [32][33]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 August. It will be on all wikis from 17 August (calendar).

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23:29, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

216.85.40.69

Can you block this proxy? 94.198.98.157 23:23, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

The port scan has not found any open ports in this IP address. RadiX ∞ 04:22, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

181.188.150.44

Would you mind blocking this open proxy? It is open on port 53281. 2601:1C0:101:E79E:19FC:80A1:3B49:6D26 03:58, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Nevermind, I think it may be closed now. 2601:1C0:101:E79E:19FC:80A1:3B49:6D26 04:04, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

The port scan has not found any open ports in this IP address. RadiX ∞ 04:18, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Requesting an unlock.

I have familiarised myself with all the rules and guidelines and do not ever plan on abusing multiple accounts of disrespecting any other contributor in the future, I have thoroughly studied all guidelines of conduct and do not intent on breaking any wikiquette ever again. I request that you unlock my account as I pose no harm to any project anymore nor am I planning such. If you would unlock my account I would remain blocked on various projects and will request unblocks on the terms and conditions of those respective communities in due time but will like the chance to contribute positively to other projects such as the Dutch Wikipedia to showcase that in fact I am not here to disrupt and regain the trust of the communities of where I am presently excluded.

By the way, the answer to your riddle is “the earth”.

Unrelated but I know that I have also requested an unlock for the Ivory Cowboy which I planned on using exclusively on the Simple English Wikipedia but I would limit myself to one account across all projects until I have regained community trust.

Sent from my Microsoft Lumia 950 XL with Microsoft Windows 10 Mobile 📱. --2405:4800:1484:9937:CC6E:F569:79E6:70BF 05:27, 18 August 2017 (UTC) (Donald Trung)

Tech News: 2017-34

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

Recent changes

You can now test the new Timeless skin on the test wiki and mediawiki.org. You can turn it on in your preferences. You can report bugs in Phabricator. It will come to more wikis soon. [34][35]
Your watchlist can now have the option to unwatch pages. You have to turn this on in your preferences. [36]
If a table has several columns you can often choose which column you want to use to sort the table. This has not worked for some columns for readers who have used Firefox or Safari. This has now been fixed. [37]
The RelatedArticles extension has shown related pages on Wikivoyages. You will now see the related pages at the end of the article together with an image. Previously the links were in the sidebar. Wikis that want this extension can request it on Phabricator.

Changes later this week

Videos will now be played in the WebM format in all browsers. Previously some browsers used Ogg Theora (.ogv). If you use Safari, Internet Explorer or Edge you may see slower playback speed at high resolutions. Instead we will get better quality and smaller file size. You can still upload video as Ogg files. They are automatically converted to WebM. This doesn't affect Ogg audio files. [38]
The default font in the edit window will change for some users this week. Instead of using the browser default, it will be monospace. Users can change this in their preferences. This should only change this for some users on Macs and iOS devices. [39]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 August. It will be on all wikis from 24 August (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 23 August at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 22 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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18:00, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-35

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

Recent changes

Syntax highlighting is now a beta feature on Wikimedia wikis with text written from left to right. It will come to right-to-left wikis later. This beta feature is based on CodeMirror. [40][41]
You will now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device or IP address that have logged in to your account before you will be notified after five failed attempts. You can turn this off or choose to get an email notification in your preferences. You can also turn on to get an email when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address. [42]

Problems

Some pages show the error Lua error in mw.wikibase.entity.lua at line 34: The entity data must be a table obtained via mw.wikibase.getEntityObject. This problem happens on pages with a Lua module that use Wikidata. This has now been fixed and no new pages will get this problem. You still need to fix pages that were broken before and still show the error message. You can see how on this page. [43]

Changes later this week

You can block users from sending you notifications. [44]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 August. It will be on all wikis from 31 August (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 29 August at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the Technical Committee. The topic this week is Migrate to HTML5 section ids. The meeting will be on 30 August at 21:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

In the future you will have global preferences. This means you could set something in your preferences to work in the same way on all wikis. You will not be forced to use global preferences. The developers are now asking if editors need exceptions. This is where you want to use global settings on almost all wikis, but have some wikis where you want it to work in a different way. If you want this you need to tell the developers now. You can do so on the talk page. [45]
New filters for edit review is a beta feature to improve recent changes pages. It will work on watchlists from 5 September. [46]
The jQuery library will be upgraded to version 3 in September 2017. Wikis can ask on Phabricator to get it early, so they can help find and solve problems now.

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22:10, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Turkish Wikipedia

Turkish Wikipedia on the main page "Pages of the day" not created Can someone create a page please? Thank you --TmѰ e12 ^Talk 12:49, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

@TmY e12: Sorry, I am not sure if I understood you correctly. Could you explain what you meant by your question? RadiX ∞ 13:54, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

addition to Special:AbuseFilter/69

Would you be so kind to add User:COIBot/XWiki/cloudaccess.net to the domain section of this filter. It is a domain host that is starting to be hit by the spambots. Thanks. — billinghurst sDrewth 11:45, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

@Billinghurst: done. RadiX ∞ 14:30, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-36

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

Tech News

We are asking Tech News readers five questions to make the newsletter better. You can answer the questions here. We are grateful for every reply we get.

Recent changes

The RevisionSlider user interface has changed. You can now select revisions by clicking on the bars. You can move the blue knob past the yellow one and the yellow one will move along, and the other way around. [47][48]

Problems

Some users have problems loading very large watchlists. It is working better than earlier but the problem has not been solved. The developers are working on fixing it. Until it has been fixed you can turn on "Expand watchlist to show all changes, not just the most recent" in your preferences and see if it helps. [49]

Changes later this week

New filters for edit review is a beta feature to improve recent changes pages. It will work on watchlists from 5 September. [50]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 September. It will be on all wikis from 7 September (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 5 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can see a presentation about and discuss the new Technical Committee on 5 September at 17:30 (UTC). There will be a presentation on YouTube and a discussion in #wikimedia-office on Freenode. You can use the web chat. [51]

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22:14, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 6 September 2017

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

From the editors: What happened at Wikimania?

News and notes: Basselpedia; WMF Board of Trustees appointments

Featured content: Warfighters and their tools or trees and butterflies

Traffic report: A fortnight of conflicts

Special report: Biomedical content, and some thoughts on its future

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srg

Hi, What happened at srg? Artix Kreiger (talk) 13:57, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

@Artix Kreiger: a long-term vandal has been vandalizing that page. RadiX ∞ 18:46, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-37

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

Recent changes

You can get a notification when a page you created is connected to a Wikidata item. You can choose to get these notifications in your preferences. Some wikis already had this option. It is now available on all wikis. [52]
The Newsletter extension is now on mediawiki.org. The newsletter extension is for newsletters where you can subscribe by getting a notification when a new issue has been published. It will come to more wikis later. [53]
The Linter extension helps you find technical errors in articles. There is now a new high-priority category: tidy-whitespace-bug. This usually affects templates with horizontal lists. You can read more about using Linter and the Tidy whitespace bug. [54]

Problems

Tech News 2017/36 reported about new filters for edit review coming to watchlists. This was planned to happen last week. It will happen next week instead. [55]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 September. It will be on all wikis from 14 September (calendar).
OOjs UI will be updated. This could affect some icons. You can read more about the changes.

Meetings

You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 13 September at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 12 September at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

You can't use OCG to create PDFs after 1 October. This is because of technical problems. You can use Electron instead. Most PDFs are already created with Electron. Electron will get missing features before 1 October. You can create books but they will not have all planned features until November or December. You can read more on mediawiki.org.
New filters for edit review are available now on recent changes as a beta feature. Some of those filters and other features will be deployed as default features in the coming weeks. Users will be able to opt out in their preferences. [56]

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19:15, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-38

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

Recent changes

You can now see contributions from an IP range at Special:Contributions. Before you could only see contributions from single IP addresses. Some older contributions from IP ranges could be missing at first because it will take some time to add them. [57][58]
Flow has been re-scoped to become Structured Discussions and the development has restarted. Phabricator projects and repositories have been renamed. [59]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 September. It will be on all wikis from 21 September (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 19 September at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 20 September at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

We are replacing Tidy on Wikimedia wikis. Editors need to fix pages that could break. You can read the simplified instructions for editors. Some wikis have already switched. If your wiki would like to switch to the new format now, you can file a task.

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15:31, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Blocked 178.213.184.0/21

Hello, We are ISP and we own ip block 178.213.184.0/21, Wiki says that all the network is blocked for the whole year in all Wikis, block was applied by RadiX. Please explain the reason and if it's possible unblock the network, because many ordinar users are affected. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 176.126.61.240 (talk)

Hello. This IP range has been abused for spam lately. It is only a soft block, so you can still log into your account if you have one. Otherwise you may consider asking us to create an account for you. RadiX ∞ 02:52, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

That is a whole range. Maybe someone used as bunch of ip addresses on it to vandalize. Artix Kreiger (talk) 19:20, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

Block 83.220.237.0/24

Hello! My account was blocked by this ip-block. What mi do? How I can edit article? --Kosta1974 (talk) 23:53, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

@Kosta1974: I've just changed it to anon. only, although there is still a lot of potential abuse coming form this IP range. Regards, RadiX ∞ 23:57, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! --Kosta1974 (talk) 00:04, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

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News and notes: Chapter updates; ACTRIAL

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Recent research: Wikipedia articles vs. concepts; Wikipedia usage in Europe

Technology report: Flow restarted; Wikidata connection notifications

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Tech News: 2017-39

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

Recent changes

Wikitext syntax highlighting is a beta feature on Wikimedia wikis with text written from left to right. This beta feature is based on CodeMirror. You can now search through the entire article with CTRL+F or cmd+F when you edit. Before it just searched through a part of the article. The developers are also fixing a couple of other bugs. [60][61]
Administrators on wikis that use Structured Discussions as a beta feature or by default can now create and move Structured Discussions boards. Structured Discussions was previously called Flow. [62]

Changes later this week

You now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device or IP address that have logged in to your account before you will be notified after five failed attempts. For security reasons you will soon get an email by default when someone tries to log in to your account and when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address. This can be turned off in your preferences. [63]
Users with extremely old browsers (for example Netscape 2–4, released from 1995–1997) which do not support Unicode will no longer be able to edit. They should try to install a new browser. [64]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 September. It will be on all wikis from 28 September. (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 27 September at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

The Wikimedia Foundation Readers department has proposed changing the mobile website. You can read more on mediawiki.org. This would be a big change.
You can't use OCG to create PDFs after 1 October. This is because of technical problems. You can still create PDFs. Tech News 2017/37 said the function to create PDFs from books would still work. It is now clear it will not work for the next few months. The developers are working on fixing this. You can read more on mediawiki.org.

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15:59, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Files to delete on Malaylam Wikipedia

Could you also delete these two files uploaded by a WP0 abuser? --jdx ^Re: 23:43, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

@Jdx: Hello.:) Please ask the local users with administrator access (+15) as there is no need for emergency assistance in this task. Thank you. RadiX ∞ 00:07, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

O que eu fiz pra ser bloqueiado??

Boa tarde,bom dia ou boa noite

Eu quero saber o verdadeiro motivo pra que eu seja bloqueiado, eu não me lembro faser algo de mal ou de errado! Vocês são assim porque? De tudo e de nada bloqueiam as pessoas se assim me bloqueia so ja direitamente e definitivamente das Wikimedia, Se criei conta aqui é porque quero ajudar e compartilhar o que eu sei e sobre o meu país agora toda hora bloqueiarem me... se eu não sei usar n mereço estar aqui... Abreu Guilherme (talk) 05:52, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

@Abreu Guilherme: Não sei a que se refere. Não há nenhum registro de bloqueio em sua conta. RadiX ∞ 10:55, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Supressão.

Bom dia RadiX. Estava navegando aqui no Meta-Wiki e me deparei com isso na PDU do EVinente! Pelo o que vi, foi feito por uma Conta de Ataque. Seria caso de supressão, não seria? Editor D.S (talk) 12:46, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Feito. RadiX ∞ 13:01, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-40

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

Recent changes

You can now use preload features in the visual editor. This means you can create links to create new pages and some text will already be in the edit window when someone clicks on it. [65]

Changes later this week

If you have turned on "Automatically enable most beta features" you will now get the 2017 wikitext editor. Before this you had to turn it on manually even though it is a beta feature. [66]
Special:Block and Special:Unblock will get the OOUI look. [67]
The jQuery library will be upgraded to version 3 on all Wiktionary wikis from 2 October. It will be on all non-Wikipedia wikis from 4 October. It will be on all wikis from 5 October. [68]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 October. It will be on all wikis from 5 October (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 3 October at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 4 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

A new feature called Reading Lists are coming to the Wikipedia mobile apps. First it will be in the Android version. Reading Lists are a private user preference where you can see lists of articles on multiple devices. You can give feedback on this feature. [69]
The search function has used fallback languages for language analysis. This means a language could be analysed with the grammar of a completely unrelated language to find related words. This will be removed from most wikis the week starting with 9 October. You can read more and give feedback.

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23:25, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 3 October 2017

<Bom dia Radix é que sempre que enrto na minha conta aparece sempre que o meu IP esta bloqueado e não esto a conseguir fazer nada. Peço-te por favor que desbloqueias o meu IP.>{Marciel Dias (talk) 00:12, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

@Marciel Dias: O bloqueio vigente não afetará as suas edições, desde que as faça sempre logado em sua conta de usuário. Do contrário, você não conseguiria ter escrito esta mensagem aqui. Qualquer problema, por favor, entre em contato. RadiX ∞ 00:27, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

please can you unlock me,please

hello, name its Antonio lexis and I love so much wiki common,I know you guys are so angry of those people who upload theis stupid things,but if you..... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Antoniolexis2001 (talk)

Please see Meta:Inclusion policy and stop uploading content out of this project scope. RadiX ∞ 01:16, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

addition to Special:AbuseFilter/69 (2)

would you be so kind to add ampblogs.com to this filter. FWIW ta.wikt has a succession of successful spam hits. If you have time to get over that way, we may have a spam range worth blocking.[70]. Thanks. — billinghurst sDrewth 00:59, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

@Billinghurst: Domain added! As for your request, I will take a look at that ASAP. I am not on my computer right now. Best, RadiX ∞ 01:20, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. It is a slow drip, so not time critical. I just don't like ignoring early warning signs. — billinghurst sDrewth 02:17, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

@Billinghurst: all done. RadiX ∞ 04:10, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

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Recent changes

The number of active users listed by {{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}} and on Special:Statistics will now only include Wikidata edits as activity on Wikidata and not on other wikis too. [71]
Previously you could create wiki links starting with two colons. Now you need to use one colon. [[::File:X.jpg]] now has to be [[:File:X.jpg]]. There is now a new Linter category. You can see a list on Special:Linterrors/multi-colon-escape. The Linter extension helps you find technical errors in articles. You can read more about using Linter. [72]

Problems

You will not be able to edit or upload files to Commons for around 30 minutes on 11 October. This will start at 06:00 UTC. This is because of work to let Commons show 3D models. [73]

Changes later this week

The font in the edit window is monospace by default. Today you can change preferences to another font family or use "the browser default" instead of monospace. Switching to the browser default has only changed the font on Macs. The option to use browser default will be removed this week. [74]
If you want to print a page or make a PDF of a page you can do so in the side menu. The way the pages look when you do this will change. You can read more on mediawiki.org.
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 October. It will be on all wikis from 12 October (calendar).

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14:21, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

SherriHarker065

This account may be a spammer. --Artix Kreiger (Message Wall) 02:51, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Locked. Thanks. RadiX ∞ 03:02, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Unblock talk

Why did you block me? What did I do? What can I do to unblock me? Tchicucuma (talk) 07:16, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

@Tchicucuma: Your account is not (b)locked in any Wikimedia project. RadiX ∞ 21:55, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Sir @RadiX:, everytime when I try to create a page or upload a file I can not do because according to the wikimedia I've been blocked by you. Sincerely,I would like to know why and if there is not a cause, please unblock me. Thanks

@Tchicucuma: please send me an email including the IP mentioned in the error message you got when you try to edit any page. RadiX ∞ 19:35, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Help design a new feature to stop harassing emails

Hi there,

The Anti-Harassment Tools team plans to start develop of a new feature to allow users to restrict emails from new accounts. This feature will allow an individual user to stop harassing emails from coming through the Special:EmailUser system from abusive sockpuppeting accounts.

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It is important to hear from a broad range of people who are interested in the design of the tool, so we hope you join the discussion and let us know how it would work best for you.

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User:InternetArchiveBot

Would you be so kind and I definitely semi-protect that page?—CYBERPOWER (Chat) 10:57, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

@Cyberpower678: Billinghurst have been done for you. SA 13 Bro (talk) 11:04, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks. RadiX ∞ 19:42, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Bloqueio

Olá, RadiX. Foi bloqueado por ti em todas as wikis. Não posso fazer edições ou alterações em nunhuma parte. Porquê? — The preceding unsigned comment was added by AmNovais (talk)

@AmNovais: Não existe nenhum bloqueio vigente para a sua conta. Caso exista alguma faixa de endereços IP bloqueada (cujo bloqueio certamente não deve ser direcionado a você), a sua conta não está sendo afetada, uma vez que está editando normalmente. RadiX ∞ 19:38, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

IP atual é 105.172.29.218 e a faixa bloqueada é 105.172.0.0/16. MFC 17:11, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

User:Eveshis

another one. --Artix Kreiger (Message Wall) 22:01, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

@Artix Kreiger:: Done. RadiX ∞ 22:05, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

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Recent changes

When you edit a template with the visual editor it follows the template's format configuration on how to save it. You can now change the format in more powerful ways if your wiki wants it. [75][76]
The TwoColConflict extension is a new way to solve edit conflicts. It makes it easier to copy and paste the relevant text to the text field. It has been a beta feature for the last five months. You can now try out the new interface on a page where you will actually get simulated edit conflicts. You can give feedback to the developers.

Problems

There is a problem with recent changes pages and your watchlist that show a large number of pages. Until it is fixed, Wikidata edits will not be shown on recent changes or in your watchlist on Commons or Russian Wikipedia. If necessary, Wikidata edits will be removed from all wikis. [77]
Notifications are not working for some actions. For example some users don't get a notification when they are mentioned. The developers are working on fixing this. [78]
Users on some wikis could not change their preferences. This has now been fixed. [79]

Changes later this week

Editors and readers who still use Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP will not be able to use Wikipedia from 17 October. Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP can't connect securely to the wikis. When we allow them to do so it means that we get less security for everyone else. If you use Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP you can install Firefox 52 ESR instead. Around 0.1% of the traffic to the Wikimedia wikis comes from Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP. [80]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 October. It will be on all wikis from 19 October (calendar).

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15:31, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Webhosting IP range (196.55.2.0/24)

Would you mind looking into blocking this webhosting service range 196.55.2.0/24 xwiki-contribs • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye, which has had recent abuse from. This represents all of the IP range's en.wiki edits. Thank you. 2601:1C0:4401:F360:40B3:92A4:3673:7B8B 21:15, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Done. RadiX ∞ 00:14, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Unlock Global lock

Hello! RadiX, my name is viraj, and this my account virajmishra ,Please remove my account from Global Lock. I have been given a chance to improve my mistake, I had mailed in the Wikipedia Foundation and I told my complete problem, And then there was a mail from that before you get your account locked with Global Lock and I got a link to global unlock, Please give me a chance to repair my mistake, please unlock my account of global lock.I have requested here please give your suggestion. Thanks sir! 2405:204:E408:2BF7:9524:7692:3DBE:4EC7 12:34, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Hello. You shoud either ask the steward who did the lock or file an unlock request at SRG. RadiX ∞ 15:45, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Yes. I had told my problem in the mail of Jimmy Walls, then the reply came from there that you put a request before you for a Global Unlock and came up with a link and then login to your account and request it to unblock, So I put a request, please remove me from the Global Lock so that I can login to my account and add a request to unblock in my talk page. Please unlock my account from gobal lock so that i put a unblock request. Thanks 🙏. 2405:204:E408:2BF7:4165:4E2:CC25:BD4F 17:34, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

I'll forward your request to other Stewards so that we can review it properly but I can't promise anything in the meanwhile. RadiX ∞ 02:44, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very very much, you are the best sir😧, But you should give me a chance to do great, I have to improve my mistake so that I can request to unblock my account. And Sorry, i bothered you. 2405:204:E408:2BF7:7CF7:7EC5:17D:B3B9 05:03, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Hello RadiX, What is the process of my account? You can tell when it will be unlocked, if the process is complete then unlock my account of Global lock, Thank you. 2405:204:E785:45CB:42A6:889F:BF08:829C 05:21, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Should you change your behavior and stop socking, please come back in a few months and ask for unlocking again. RadiX ∞ 01:56, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

I have stopped the sock one month ago, and I am upset, I want an opportunity to improve my mistake. I am upset for one month, I have been seeking help for one month. I am not helping anybody, if I ask for help then I do not help anyone Rather my ip address is blocked, Now what should I tell you, I am troubled for a month, so now I am seeking help from you. Please unlock my account so that I can improve my mistake, Thankyou and bye sir nice talk to you.2405:204:E785:45CB:249B:2CF5:FDE3:1173 04:18, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

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RadiX, you may want to check this diff for the first sentence of the above reply. And it looks like we have given every advice that everyone has to offer. -★- PlyrStar93. _{→Message me. ←} 04:26, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

What my small brothers account is blocked..can You tell why my brother and my ip address of same..Even if both of them run the Net from different mobile

Hello RadiX I came a month later, take this unblock request please unblock me now, now I will not make any mistake.2405:204:E787:ED3:F43F:BDC2:336A:1A18 14:48, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

global block

Hi, I just find the Global Blocking page has not been updated for a while, so I thought I’d better report this to you in person: 79.45.118.201 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye is posting ads (apparent Google translation) in over ten wiki sites. Wonder if you could do anything about it. --淺藍雪 (talk) 14:09, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

@淺藍雪: Hello. I haven't found any vandalism/spam there. Could you please point me to that? RadiX ∞ 18:13, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Well, what he posted on Chinese Wikipedia were deleted by me, so you probably can’t see them. But I think he is just keeping using Google translation to create the article of Palazzo d'Este (completely unreadable at least on Chinese wikipedia and he reposted after the first deletion, I doubt it has any notability) and other things related to Gualtiero Galmanin whose articles were massively created by him or other italian IPs such as 79.25.164.186 in different language versions (pretty poor quality at least in Chinese and Japanese) within this month.--淺藍雪 (talk) 19:08, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

@淺藍雪: I can see deleted content everywhere; I'll take a look at this soon. RadiX ∞ 19:32, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Stale. I'll keep an eye on it though. RadiX ∞ 01:57, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Bloqueio

Olá! Radix venho perguntar a causa do meu bloqeio em todas wikis póis o que eu me lembro não tenho feito vandalismo nas wikipedias podes me dizer a causa?--Laxus Dreyar (talk) 20:22, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

@Laxus Dreyar: Por favor me envie um e-mail incluindo o IP mencionado na mensagem de bloqueio que você visualiza quando tenta editar uma página. RadiX ∞ 01:50, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Olá Radi, vim sab da causa do meu bloqueio!

Mas por favor, se achou erros graves em mim, me desculpe!

Me desbloquea, eu te emploro MFC 17:07, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2017-43

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Recent changes

You can use ccnorm_contains_any when you create an abuse filter. This can be used to look for multiple words or phrases within a string. It will find words where some characters have been replaced. You can read more in the documentation. [81]

Changes later this week

When you search in some languages the search function could use specific other languages if the first language didn't work. This is called a fallback language. This didn't work properly and created bad searches. The search index is being fixed to work better. [82]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 October. It will be on all wikis from 26 October (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 24 October at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 25 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

There is a Structured Commons community focus group for Commons and Wikidata contributors who want to give input on structured data on Wikimedia Commons. You can sign up to join it. [83]

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18:18, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Obrigado e uma questão

Olá RadiX, muito obrigado por terem acreditado em, não se vão arrepender, mas agora tenho uma questão ultimamente tenho usado IRC para contar um utilizador chamado NotASpy que a conta dele se chama Nick, eu tenho tentado contacta-lo e acabei por ser globalente banido da IRC, e agora o que é eu devo fazer numa situação destas? :(

Obrigado pelo o seu tempo

Martimc123 (talk) 16:40, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

@Martimc123: Não sei o que se passou no irc, e não compreendi o que escreveu acerca do NotASpy. RadiX ∞ 15:31, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Olá RadiX, isto é o seguinte, NotASpy é o nome dele, mas aqui na wikipedia, ou meta ou sei-lá, é tantos projetos, chamam lhe de Nick, e eu só porque estar perguntar se está lá, o que é que eu devo fazer quanto há commons e tentar falar com ele, eles baniram-me, por e simplesmente sem qualquer explicação, isto tudo no irc, depois eu vou lá explico-lhes, "desculpe por que é que me baniram?", e eles há nós já discutimos e isso depois banem me e digo como posso apelar, e depois, um dos que me baniram, disse me com uma grande arrogancia, "Há, não pode voltar, não podemos o ajudar em nada", isto no canal dos oversighters e depois perguntei quem é que me pode ajudar, e banem me por e simplesmente, tudo para dizer que eu "não sou bem -vindo".

Eu gostava de saber como é que me posso livrar desta e saber como posso ser globalmente desbanido da irc porque eu realmente não fiz nada para isso acontecer, e já que eles sabem assim tudo e se encobrem uns aos outros, eu queria saber qual é o problema deles comigo e se eles dizem que eu sou chato de tal maneira porque é que eles não me ajudaram quando pedi? Boa questão não é.

Olhe, eu sei que algumas vezes exagerei ok, mas isso qualquer, mas agora para me banirem sem qualquer explicação, é por que ai deve haver gato de certeza, se quiser saber melhor vá a este canal para perguntar Wikipedia-en-help, este é o canal onde lhes pode encontrar diretamente e perguntar.

Agora aposto também que vão dizer que eu não merecia ser desbloqueado o acesso de entrar na conta, quando eu de facto mereci e e fiz por isso.

Como é que agora posso resolver esta embrulhada?

Obrigado pelo seu tempo

Martimc123 (talk) 23:25, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Why you were banned from IRC ? That would be your repeated requests to be unblocked, your persistent and disruptive behaviour on IRC where you ping users 30 seconds after asking a question making no allowances for us typing a lengthy answer, thinking about the question or being away from our computers for a minute. We've explained that we will not consider your unblock on English Wikipedia until 1 February 2018 yet you've been the most frequent visitor to our unblock channel on IRC over the last few weeks. I've looked at whether there's any way to unblock you on Commons but the behaviour we've seen has made both myself and other Commons administrators very reluctant, though we're more satisfied with your copyright knowledge. The general consensus is, however, that Ajraddatz made a significant error in lifting the global lock, all things considered, and that the global lock really should be re-instated. Nick (talk) 08:05, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Sure, lock reinstated. The user was unlocked after requesting a final chance (and our own internal discussion), but they clearly aren't here to productively edit. As a total aside regarding my "significant error", unlocking the user did not require you or anyone else to give him the time of day. Unlocking was done in recognition of the fact that global locks are meant to be rare actions against accounts that aren't made solely for spam or vandalism, and that the user did not meet the standard usually required for such action. Unlocking did not lift the blocks on enwiki or commons, and you were well within your rights to decline an unblock request like you would from any user. That said, I'm more than happy to take the burden of responding to his appeals back to the steward group. – Ajraddatz (talk) 08:21, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

@Nick and Ajraddatz: Thank you both for letting me know. I was not aware of these issues on IRC. RadiX ∞ 12:43, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

I'm really sorry, "significant error" wasn't the right choice of words. I know why the lock was lifted and it would normally have been right thing to do, but the global unlock gave Martimc123 the impression that his other local blocks would be lifted at much the same time and whilst nobody could have foreseen his behaviour, the lifting of the global lock also appears to have encouraged him to repeatedly ask administrators to lift the local blocks on the basis the global lock had now been lifted. Nick (talk) 13:04, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Bloqueio

Bom dia, Radix sem prencosseitos estou muito disilúdido porque esperei 2 anos do meu desbloqueio, dizendo que dia 20 de Setembro de 2017 estarei desbloqueiado.

Depois de criar minha conta, passaram se 2 dias bloqueaste me. Dizendo que é por causa de vandalismo, Nem fiz nada que disrespeite a wikimedia ou Wikipédia!.

Ao contrário não quero nada que disrespeite a lêi da wiki, combato por vandalos, não é a primeira véz eu querer ser um usuário da wiki.

A 2 anos atras meu nome era Manuel José Guédes; tinha mas de 500 edições em ptWiki. Todas elas eram construtivas, estava proximo pra ser um Revisor da wiki.

Se quero que tu desbloque-me e porque, me sinto responsabilizado por ser um defensor da wiki. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]])

Porfavor Radix desbloquei-me. 105.172.33.255 09:06, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Prezado usuário:

Você foi bloqueado em mais de cinco wikis por violação de direitos autorais/spam e, em consequência, sua conta foi travada.

No momento, não há o que possa ser feito. RadiX ∞ 17:34, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Special:AbuseFilter/72

Hi. Would you please be able to append the "bypass captcha" to the end of the first contains_any section of this filter. It is a new text addition for our friendly spambots and with enough repetition to update that filter. Thanks. — billinghurst sDrewth 09:50, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

@Billinghurst: done. RadiX ∞ 15:34, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Socks of INeverCry

Hi. I see today you globally locked https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Maria_Matveyevna - a sock of https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/INeverCry. Would you consider globally locking the master account and all of the socks? Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:31, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

@Boing! said Zebedee: Hello! In this case, you'd better file a global ban request on Meta. RadiX ∞ 12:41, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Ah, OK, thanks. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:44, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Actually, there was one just declined recently - I'd confused a global ban with a global lock. Never mind, thanks for your help. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:46, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

@Boing! said Zebedee: That was partially declined due to it being opened by an anonymous user. Perhaps it should be reconsidered in light of the recent abuses. RadiX ∞ 12:51, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Good point, I might try it, thanks. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:04, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Novamente

Oi, Radix. Novamente foi bloqueado o meu endereço bloqueado é este 105.172.0.0/16 — The preceding unsigned comment was added by AmNovais (talk)

@AmNovais: Esse bloqueio afeta apenas usuários anônimos. Você não terá problemas para editar, desde que o faça logado em sua conta. RadiX ∞ 19:42, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-44

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Recent changes

You can now block users from emailing you through the Wikimedia wikis. [84]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 31 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 November. It will be on all wikis from 2 November (calendar).

Meetings

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00:20, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Stewards' noticeboard

Hi can you please view Stewards' noticeboard a urgent help is needed --Tiven2240 (talk) 06:35, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

@Tiven2240: Hello. We will be looking into this further. RadiX ∞ 16:39, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Desbloqueio do meu Ip

Senhor Radix, porfavor como ADM e usuário que és, pesso o desbloqueio do meu IP, na wikipédia Lusófona, darei o meu melhor evitar vandalismo pela minha parte. Guedes Slayer (talk) 21:10, 2 November 2017 (UTC)S

@Guedes Slayer: O bloqueio vigente afeta apenas usuários anônimos. Você não terá problemas para editar, desde que o faça logado em sua conta. RadiX ∞ 02:04, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Mesmo quando tento editar algum artigo, com minha conta autenticado, vem a notificação,não podes editar este artigo porque seu endereco ip esta bloqueado. 10 06:00, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

@Guedes Slayer: Informe por e-mail qual é o seu endereço IP e qual a mensagem que visualiza ao tentar editar uma página. RadiX ∞ 17:53, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Vem está notificaçãoção:O seu endereço IP está incluído numa faixa bloqueada em todas as wikis.':

O seu endereço IP está incluído numa faixa que foi bloqueada em todas as wikis.

O seu endereço IP atual é 105.172.45.7 e a faixa bloqueada é 105.172.0.0/16.

ao tentar editar ou fazer algu de util vem a notificação: Sem permissão porque seu Ip esta bloqueado, em baixo diz que fui bloqueado por Radix, que me redirecionou ati. caro ADM.10 23:00, 4 November 2017 (UTC) — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Guedes Slayer (talk)

@Guedes Slayer: Você não deverá ter problemas para editar a partir de agora. RadiX ∞ 17:38, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

IP Abuse

Dear Radix,

Could you help me to identify is this IP and this one same with this user. They vandal Wikipedia Buginese too --Beeyan (talk) 16:31, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

@Beeyan: I can't link IPs to accounts, but I'll keep an eye on it. No further action is required at this moment. RadiX ∞ 18:17, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! --Beeyan (talk) 03:49, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Dear Radix, this IP vandals Buginese Wikipedia again. I think it's identical with this user. See the recent change. Thanks --Beeyan (talk) 04:48, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

@Beeyan: I've blocked it. RadiX ∞ 02:46, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! --Beeyan (talk) 03:45, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-45

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Recent changes

You will no longer see the patrol log on Special:Log unless you specifically select it. [85]

Changes later this week

The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey begins on 6 November. You can post proposals from 19:00 UTC and until November 19.
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 November. It will be on all wikis from 9 November (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 8 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

URLs that link to sections on Wikimedia wikis with non-Latin scripts have looked like this: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#.D0.98.D1.81.D1.82.D0.BE.D1.80.D0.B8.D1.8F instead of https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#История. This will soon be fixed. Old links will still work. [86][87]

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18:45, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Olá

Não consigo criar paginas nem postar ficheiros vem mensagem dize do: usuario foi bloqueado e não sei porque!!! Mauro Ezequiel (talk) 22:43, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Permissions

Hello RadiX, In Steward Request Permission, There has a pending request at this link . Please solve this request . thanks-শাহাদাত সায়েম (talk) 15:46, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

@শাহাদাত সায়েম: done by Stryn. RadiX ∞ 17:09, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-46

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

Changes later this week

The diff you see when you compare two different versions of a page has changed on MediaWiki.org and the test wiki. This is to make it easier to find a text change in a moved paragraph. It will hopefully soon come to more wikis. You can report bugs in Phabricator. [88]
A new user group on Commons will be able to upload MP3 files. The plan is to have this user group from 17 November. [89]
Wikis using Flagged Revisions will get the New filters for Edit Review by default on the recent changes pages. It will be possible to opt-out in user preferences. [90]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 November. It will be on all wikis from 16 November (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 15 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

Support for uploading and viewing 3D models is coming soon to Wikimedia Commons. The feature will support the .STL file format. You can see an example on the test wiki. [91]

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19:19, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

m:SRG requests

Since m:SRG is semi-protected, I cannot post requests there. Hope you don't mind if I place these ones here instead.

Anyway, we need two webhosting ranges to be blocked (as they were recently abused by an LTA of some sort):

5.189.255.0/24 xwiki-contribs • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye (most recent abuse from 5.189.255.89; WHOIS information).

5.39.114.64/27 xwiki-contribs • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye (most recent abuse from 5.39.114.79; WHOIS information).

Thanks! 219.98.8.174 22:31, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-47

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Recent changes

If you use the Chrome web browser on Android you can see a download icon on the mobile website. You can download a formatted PDF. It will work in other mobile browsers in the future. [92]
The abuse filter now has a function called get_matches. You can use it to store matches from regular expressions – one of each capturing group. You can read more in Phabricator.

Problems

Last week's MediaWiki version didn't come to all Wikipedias because of a database crash. It will be on all wikis on 20 November. [93][94][95]

Changes later this week

There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 21 November at 19:30 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 22 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

Language converter syntax will no longer work inside external links. Wikitext like http://-{zh-cn:foo.com; zh-hk:bar.com; zh-tw:baz.com}- must be replaced. You will have to write -{zh-cn: http://foo.com ; zh-hk: http://bar.com ; zh-tw:http://baz.com }- instead. This only affects languages with Language Converter enabled. Examples of such languages are Chinese and Serbian. This will happen next week. [96][97]

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19:18, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 November 2017

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News and notes: Cons, cons, cons

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Tech News: 2017-48

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

Recent changes

You can now test the new advanced search function beta feature on mediawiki.org. It makes it easier to use some of the special search functions that most editors don't know exist. It will come to German and Arabic Wikipedia this week. It will come to more wikis later. [98]
You can now upload large files with the Internet Archive upload tool. Previously you could not upload files larger than 100 MB. [99]
You can now use the Timeless skin on all wikis. You can choose skins in Special:Preferences#Appearance. [100]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 November. It will be on all wikis from 30 November (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 28 November at 19:30 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 29 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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20:30, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Porquê que estou bloqueado a mais de um ano?

Boa noite. Eu gostaria de saber porque que o meu bloqueio dura a mais de um ano. No passado alguém usou a minha conta e fez algumas alterações em algumas páginas. Mas quandi eu entrava dizia que o bloqueio expiraria mas assim que passa o prazo de expiração sou bloqueado de novo! Quero saber porquê.

Já faz tempo que tento criar páginas para contribuir com o desenvolvimento da wikipédia e do meu país mas esse bloqueio me impede. Ficarei muito grato se removeres este bloqueio. Dagmar de Matos (talk) 18:52, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

@Dagmar de Matos: Não existe nenhum bloqueio vigente em sua conta. RadiX ∞ 01:24, 4 A 2017 (UTC)

Vem sempre essa mensagem:

Your IP address is in a range which has been blocked on all wikis.

The block was made by RadiX (meta.wikimedia.org). The reason given is Cross-wiki spam: This IP range has been abused for vandalism. If you are affected by this block, please contact us: stewards@wikimedia.org.

Start of block: 23:38, 24 November 2017 Expiration of block: 02:22, 27 March 2018 You can contact RadiX to discuss the block. You cannot use the "Email this user" feature unless a valid email address is specified in your account preferences and you have not been blocked from using it. Your current IP address is 105.168.37.205, and the blocked range is 105.168.0.0/16. Please include all above details in any queries you make.

PAULODANTAS

Peço bloqueio global de PAULODANTAS. Ver User talk:Felipe da Fonseca.--Felipe da Fonseca (talk) 14:31, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

@Felipe da Fonseca: Bloqueei a conta no Meta-Wiki. Não demanda um bloqueio global. RadiX ∞ 01:26, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-49

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

Recent changes

It is now possible to upload MP3 files to Commons. Only users with MP3 file upload rights can upload MP3 files. [101]
You can now use live updates for recent changes if you use the new filters. This feature updates the filtered recent changes every three seconds when you activate it. [102]
There is an experimental onion service for Wikimedia projects. [103]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 December. It will be on all wikis from 7 December (calendar).
Very old versions of the Opera Web browser are no longer supported. This means that technical development will not be tested to make sure it works with those Opera versions. Use Opera 15 or above or another browser if you have problems. [104]
Almost 170 wikis with no high-priority errors in Linter categories will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. A few larger wikis such as German and Italian Wikipedia will also make this switch. It will happen on 5 December. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Tidy will be removed in the middle of 2018. [105][106]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 5 December at 19:30 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 6 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey will decide what the Community Tech team will work on next year. You can vote for wishes on the survey page until 10 December. You can see what has happened to last year's wishes on the 2016 results page.
The Community Liaisons team at the Wikimedia Foundation is looking for active tech ambassadors. This is to make sure the Wikimedia communities get all the information they need about new features and can be involved in the technical development. [107]

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17:50, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

User:Dhaivat raj

Caro RadiX, este usuário teve PU eliminada na wiki.pt e está usando o Meta para gerar página imprópria na wiki.pt. Sua página faz propaganda de sítio externo. Como devo procceder para pedido de eliminação aqui?--Felipe da Fonseca (talk) 11:46, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

@Felipe da Fonseca: O conteúdo é irrelevante e fora de escopo para o Meta-Wiki; eliminei a página. RadiX ∞ 23:31, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Qual tipo de atividade vcs desenvolvem aqui e como eu poderia ajudar?--Felipe da Fonseca (talk) 23:48, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

@Felipe da Fonseca: Meta:About. Esta é uma wiki voltada à coordenação de todos os projetos Wikimedia. As atividades envolvem a discussão de políticas, coordenação e administração cross-wiki, elaboração de documentação técnica e de apoio, traduções, além de outras atividades envolvendo affcoms, eventos etc. RadiX ∞ 00:24, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Precisa ter algum status especial em uma wiki? Como adm? Se não, creio que posso ajudar em algumas, como tradução, discussão de políticas, atividades etc. Me avise, por favor, se eu puder colaborar com algo. Abç,--Felipe da Fonseca (talk) 00:30, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

@Felipe da Fonseca: Não é preciso estar incluído em nenhum grupo. Você pode auxiliar em quaisquer das tarefas acima, participar de propostas e discussões das comunidades, monitorar vandalismo e spam em diversos projetos etc. Abs, RadiX ∞ 01:43, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-50

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

Recent changes

URLs that link to sections on Wikimedia wikis with non-Latin scripts have looked like this: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#.D0.98.D1.81.D1.82.D0.BE.D1.80.D0.B8.D1.8F instead of https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Википедия#История. This has now been fixed on all wikis. Old links will still work. [108]
A new tag marks edits where a redirect was created or removed. This still works when the editor writes something else in the edit summary. You can see the tags for example in the recent changes feed, article history, user contributions or on your watchlist. [109]
If you use Chrome on Android, you can now use the print to PDF button to create a PDF of an article. [110]
Filter by number of edits or filter by time range have been grouped on a same menu on the recent changes page if you use the new filters. The "View new changes since $1" link is now more prominent. [111]
Some of the web fonts that were provided by the Universal Language Selector extension are being removed. This is to reduce the load time on pages. The web fonts were added many years ago to help users read text in scripts which did not have fonts or had broken fonts. This is not the case any more. You can check the status page for a list of all web fonts and whether they are currently being used and especially for special requirements. [112]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 December. It will be on all wikis from 14 December (calendar).

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 12 December at 19:30 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 13 December at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

You can discuss new or improved blocking tools with the Wikimedia Foundation Anti-Harassment Tools team. They will work on building better blocking tools. Leave comments on the talk page.

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17:58, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Fundir históricos de edições

Olá, só a poco tempo fiquei sabendo que é possível fundir históricos de edições. Seria possível fundir o histórico da minha conta atual com minha antiga pt:Usuário:Qualquerumxx?--Felipe da Fonseca (talk) 15:14, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

@Felipe da Fonseca: O que se aplica ao histórico de páginas não vale para contas globais de usuário. Não é possível unir duas contas globais. O desenvolvimento da extensão que permitiria executar esta ação foi descontinuado há dois anos por questões de segurança e instabilidade na base de dados. RadiX ∞ 01:14, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Não estou certo se a outra conta é global. Mas, enfim, quero pedir status de eliminador, posso somar as duas datas?--Felipe da Fonseca (talk) 01:24, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

@Felipe da Fonseca: Todas as contas são globais não configuração atual do MediaWiki. Com relação ao pedido de eliminador, esta é uma questão pertinente a um projeto local (imagino que se refira à Wikipédia em português). Se sim, como burocrata local daquele projeto lhe afirmo que sim, pois esta concessão já foi feita anteriormente. RadiX ∞ 01:28, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

E vc estaria apto a confirmar que a outra conta é minha?--Felipe da Fonseca (talk) 01:41, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

@Felipe da Fonseca: Penso que não há motivos para duvidarem de sua afirmação, principalmente se há evidências que relacionam as contas. RadiX ∞ 02:13, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Ok, farei o pedido no início do ano que vem, te pingo para confirmar isso. Abç, obrigado.--Felipe da Fonseca (talk) 02:15, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

OK, abs, RadiX ∞ 02:18, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Proxy-check

[113]

Could you check this ip? The ip have made questionable edits on a LTA page and seems an open proxy. 78.166.68.56 19:25, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

This IP is registered to an institution and may be shared by a lot of users. It cannot be blocked without collateral damage. RadiX ∞ 02:26, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for the reply. Since it has been using for years and apparently by multiple people, I thought that it might be a webhost proxy and that was the reason why i requested a proxy-check. Bests, 78.164.204.182 08:42, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

User:Autor Quelhas

Peço eliminação da página e, se possível, bloqueio do usuário para recriar páginas deste tipo. está apenas tentando burlar normas da wikipedia.pt. Obrigado,--Felipe da Fonseca (talk) 00:00, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

@Felipe da Fonseca: Eliminei as páginas e enviei um aviso ao usuário. RadiX ∞ 00:41, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 December 2017

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

Special report: Women in Red World Contest wrap-up

Blog: Close encounters of the Wikipedia kind

Featured content: Featured content to finish 2017

In the media: Stolen seagulls, public domain primates and more

Arbitration report: Last case of 2017: Mister Wiki editors

Gallery: Wiki loving

Interview: Interview with Charlesjsharp, regular contributor of Wikipedia's Featured Pictures.

Recent research: French medical articles have "high rate of veracity"

Technology report: Your wish lists and more Wikimedia tech

Traffic report: Notable heroes and bad guys

Humour: On their way to the WMF Incubator

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Tech News: 2017-51

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

Tech News

Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 8 January 2018.

Problems

When you import a page from another wiki the usernames of the users who edited the article on the wiki you imported it from are shown in the article history. This should link to the users on the original wiki. A script to fix this caused problems for Wikidata and German Wikipedia. It also created a large number of SUL accounts on wikis where editors had never edited. [114]
Some bot owners got email about their bots logging in from a new computer. If this is from one or a couple of wikis, you can turn these messages off in your preferences on those wikis until the problem has been solved. If not, you can report more about the problem in Phabricator.

Changes later this week

There is no new MediaWiki version this week. There will be no new MediaWiki version next week either.

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 19 December at 19:30 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

Files on Commons will have structured metadata in the future. The developers are now looking for examples of different kinds of metadata to make sure they are aware of them when they build prototypes for structured data on Commons. You can read more and help by giving examples of interesting media files.
The Structured Commons team are making sure Commons work with structured data. If you regularly contribute to Commons and Wikidata you can answer a survey that helps the team prioritise the tools that are important for the Commons and Wikidata communities. The survey ends on 22 December. You can read more on Commons. You can also help the team decide on better names for "captions" and "descriptions". This ends on 3 January 2018.
The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey has now ended. You can see the results. They decide what the Community Tech team will work on next year.

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15:26, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to Blocking tools consultation

Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is inviting all Wikimedians to discuss new blocking tools and improvements to existing blocking tools in December 2017 for development work in early 2018.

We are specifically contacting you for your ideas because you are one of the top users of the blocking tool on Meta. We think that your comments will help us make better improvements. You can post to the discussion in the language that you are most comfortable expressing your ideas.

Other ways that you can help

Spread the word that the consultation is happening; this is an important discussion for making decisions about improving the blocking tools.
Help with translation.
If you know of current or previous discussions about blocking tools that happened on your wiki, share the links.
Help summarize the discussion to share back to your wiki.

If you have questions you can contact me on wiki or send an email to the Anti-Harassment Tools team.

For the Anti-Harassment Tools team, SPoore (WMF), Community Advocate, Community health initiative (talk) 20:21, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

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Falso bot

Olá RadiX, deparei-me com algumas prováveis contas de propósito único, uma delas sendo um provável bot falso. Trata-se de Bot4321. O nome é obviamente impróprio. Não sei quais são as regras do Wikidata ou se cabe um bloqueio global por conta do nome, por isso trago o caso para você. Conde Edmond Dantès (talk) 23:55, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

@Conde Edmond Dantès: Travei a conta. É um dos vários socks relacionados ao usuário GRUPO CALIMA DIESEL, que faz spam cross-wiki do grupo Góis Monteiro Investimentos e seu proprietário. A maioria das edições estão na Wikidata, ptwiki e commons, mas há algumas na enwiki também. Obrigado por avisar. RadiX ∞ 02:11, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Agradeço, apenas agora reparei a relação com a conta GRUPO CALIMA DIESEL, neste caso gostaria de expor uma possível recriação do spam no Wikidata (Q45803705). Conde Edmond Dantès (talk) 02:18, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

@Conde Edmond Dantès: A única entrada restante aponta para a Wikipédia em português, onde a página foi enviada à eliminação rápida. Trata-se de uma CPU que vem tentando espalhar esse spam. RadiX ∞ 02:28, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Tenho pouquíssimo conhecimento sobre o Wikidata, por isso prefiro tirar dúvidas com usuários mais experientes. Quando elimina-se as entradas a página no Wikidata é eliminada? Conde Edmond Dantès (talk) 02:31, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

@Conde Edmond Dantès: Sim, a página acaba sendo fundida por um robô ou eliminada, conforme as atualizações acontecem. RadiX ∞ 02:34, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Entendo, então basta esperar. Agradeço pela ajuda. Conde Edmond Dantès (talk) 02:35, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Por nada. :) RadiX ∞ 02:44, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Bloqueio

stewards@wikimedia.org, este é o email de bloqueio, por favor, se achou erros graves em mim, por favor me perdoe, pois somos imperfeitos Radix!

Saudações MFC 17:14, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

O seu endereço IP atual é 105.172.29.218 e a faixa bloqueada é 105.172.0.0/16 MFC 17:18, 19 December 2017 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]])

CU stuff

Hi RadiX. I assume you will handle the CU wiki access stuff etc for the new arbcom members once they have the rights? Trijnstel_talk 22:09, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

@Trijnstel: Hello. Ok, I can handle that stuff. :) Thank you. RadiX ∞ 22:22, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

@RadiX: See all requests on SRP. Trijnstel_talk 16:17, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Bloqueio de IP

Cordiais saudações meu caro Radix Estaria agradecido se me esclarecesses melhor acerca do bloqueio do meu IP por ti. Careço de mais informação, pois não consigo participar activamente nas discussões de páginas dos projectos wiki nos quais contribuo. Isaac Newton15 (talk) 20:31, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

@Isaac Newton15: Não há nenhum bloqueio vigente em sua conta. A que se refere? RadiX ∞ 22:17, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Re

Desde já agradeço pelas suas felicitaçõe e retribuo-as a ti.

Sendo mais específico, toda vez que tento participar na discussão de um artigo recebo a seguinte notificação:

Algo correu mal

Your IP address is in a range which has been blocked on all wikis. The block was made by RadiX (meta.wikimedia.org). The reason given is Cross-wiki spam: This IP range has been abused for vandalism. If you are affected by this block, please contact us: stewards@wikimedia.org. * Start of block: 00:38, novembro 25, 2017 * Expiration of block: 03:22, março 27, 2018 You can contact RadiX to discuss the block. You cannot use the "Email this user" feature unless a valid email address is specified in your account preferences and you have not been blocked from using it. Your current IP address is 105.168.69.188, and the blocked range is 105.168.0.0/16. Isaac Newton15 (talk) 07:19, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Happy New Year, RadiX!

Happy New Year!

RadiX,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Meta-Wiki.
SA 13 Bro (talk) 22:25, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

@SA 13 Bro: Thank you for your kind message. I wish you happiness in the year to come! RadiX ∞ 22:34, 31 December 2017 (UTC)