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Question from AbdulFaridAhmad (15:23, 21 October 2024)

Hi, I want to know how to create a new profile? --AbdulFaridAhmad (talk) 15:23, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

AbdulFaridAhmad Good day. Click HERE for your user page. Pls read WP:User page to understand the guidelines when creating user page. Let me know if you have any furhter questions. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia talk 21:55, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-43

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

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• The Mobile Apps team has released an update to the iOS app's navigation, and it is now available in the latest App store version. The team added a new Profile menu that allows for easy access to editor features like Notifications and Watchlist from the Article view, and brings the "Donate" button into a more accessible place for users who are reading an article. This is the first phase of a larger planned navigation refresh to help the iOS app transition from a primarily reader-focused app, to an app that fully supports reading and editing. The Wikimedia Foundation has added more editing features and support for on-wiki communication based on volunteer requests in recent years.

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• View all 33 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the South Ndebele, Pannonian Rusyn, Obolo, Iban and Tai Nüa Wikipedia languages were created last week. [1][2][3][4][5]
• It is now possible to create functions on Wikifunctions using Wikidata lexemes, through the new Wikidata lexeme type launched last week. When you go to one of these functions, the user interface provides a lexeme selector that helps you pick a lexeme from Wikidata that matches the word you type. After hitting run, your selected lexeme is retrieved from Wikidata, transformed into a Wikidata lexeme type, and passed into the selected function. Read more about this in the latest Wikifunctions newsletter.

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• Users of the Wikimedia sites can now format dates more easily in different languages with the new {{#timef:…}} parser function. For example, {{#timef:now|date|en}} will show as "28 October 2024". Previously, {{#time:…}} could be used to format dates, but this required knowledge of the order of the time and date components and their intervening punctuation. #timef (or #timefl for local time) provides access to the standard date formats that MediaWiki uses in its user interface. This may help to simplify some templates on multi-lingual wikis like Commons and Meta. [6][7]
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• The Product and Tech Advisory Council (PTAC) now has its pilot members with representation across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. They will work to address the Movement Strategy's Technology Council initiative of having a co-defined and more resilient technological platform. [9]

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• The latest quarterly Growth newsletter is available. It includes: an upcoming Newcomer Homepage Community Updates module, new Community Configuration options, and details on new projects.
• The Wikimedia Foundation is now an official partner of the CVE program, which is an international effort to catalog publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities. This partnership will allow the Security Team to instantly publish common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) records that are affecting MediaWiki core, extensions, and skins, along with any other code the Foundation is a steward of.
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MediaWiki message delivery 20:49, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Question from Sean J. Prescott (11:53, 23 October 2024)

Hello, how do I create a citation? --Sean J. Prescott (talk) 11:53, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Sean J. Prescott Good day! When citing web sources on Wikipedia, it's best to use Template:Citeweb, and for books, use Template:Citebook. You can also enable the Wikipedia:VisualEditor to add citations easily to articles. With VisualEditor, simply copy and paste the URL into the citation box and click "create." However, if the author's name isn't in the usual place (typically the top left corner of the article), VisualEditor might not capture it, and you'll need to add it manually.

I recommend going through WP:TWA (The Wikipedia Adventure) and exploring the tutorial sections of the "Welcome message", which can be found in the top left corner of your Talk page. This will help you get familiar with fundamental guidelines and helpful instructions.

Feel free to ask if you have any further questions! Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia talk 22:12, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Important: Please update user script installation

Hi there, you currently have a user script installed from Anne drew Andrew and Drew. Several weeks ago, I changed my username to Anne drew, and unfortunately, due to an issue with script redirects, the scripts you have installed under my old username no longer function.

To fix this, please update your JavaScript pages (Special:MyPage/common.js or Special:MyPage/skin.js) by replacing all instances of Anne drew Andrew and Drew with Anne drew.

If any of this is unclear, please ping Anne drew for help. I apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding!

Thanks – Anne drew

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:11, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Anne drew Good day and thank you for informing the above. I could not able to save the changes (your user name) on my common.js as there is not button on the page for me to save the edit (It has been happening on other pages for at least a 6 weeks now which I presume there were some changes editing page by some script or format - I dont know but it has been difficult for me at time to edit). Could you pls do it of the changes in my common.js? Thanks in advance. Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia talk 23:31, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Hey Cassiopeia, unfortunately I can't edit your JavaScript pages for security reasons. That will require an interface administrator if you are unable to do so. I can't explain the issue you're having with the save button - perhaps try asking at WP:VPT.

I will request help from an interface administrator to update your JavaScript page below:

Could you please update Cassiopeia's JavaScript page by replacing every instance of Anne drew Andrew and Drew with Anne drew? Much appreciated – Anne drew 01:05, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Anne drew I have tried to replace the name above but as I mentioned before, there is not save/publish button anywhere for me to click. I will seek interface administrator for help. Thank you for responding so quickly. Stay safe and have good weekend. Cassiopeia talk 01:09, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

 Done Izno (talk) 17:35, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Izno Thank you so much! Stay safe and best. Cassiopeia talk 22:51, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

CVUA

Hi there @Cassiopeia! I'm a fairly new editor active in recent changes patrol who wishes to learn more about counter vandalism in CVUA. If you are still accepting new students I would be excited to have you as my trainer. VolatileAnomaly (talk) 22:08, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Stosseled

I'm afraid I don't have time, but the user who's gone on the offensive re Sherdog looks to be to be sleeper account of a banned user sockpuppet. I will have a look through previous banned editors who have done the same thing and try to find a pattern but I won't have time for ANI etc. NEDOCHAN (talk) 17:30, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Justinw303&target=Justinw303&offset=20220925184200 NEDOCHAN (talk) 20:02, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

@NEDOCHAN and Nswix: Thank you for informing. Stay safe and best. Editor only edits a few times a year. We leave it. Cassiopeia talk 22:44, 27 October 2024 (UTC)