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Question from EveryDay Matters… ToDay (22:01, 22 June 2024)

Hello I need help with the difference between a page name and the name I used [EveryDay Matters… ToDay] to establish an account. --EveryDay Matters… ToDay (talk) 22:01, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @EveryDay Matters… ToDay, Welcome to Wikipedia. A page name on Wikipedia refers to the title of an article or entry that provides information on a specific topic. It is what you see in the URL and at the top of the page. For example, "Albert Einstein" is the page name for the article about the physicist. Your username, "EveryDay Matters… ToDay" is your personal identifier on Wikipedia. It is used to log in, make edits, and participate in discussions. It appears in your contributions history and on your user talk page. So, the page name is for content, while your username is your identity as a contributor. I hope this helps. – DreamRimmer (talk) 06:37, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks so, can the page name be edited? EveryDay Matters… ToDay (talk) 13:43, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

@EveryDay Matters… ToDay, I am sorry, I didn't quite catch your question. Could you please explain it a bit more? – DreamRimmer (talk) 13:51, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Can I edit my page name? EveryDay Matters… ToDay (talk) 14:43, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

@EveryDay Matters… ToDay: I think you'll want to change your username which will automatically change your user page too. Please see WP:RENAME. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:18, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-26

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Recent changes

• Editors will notice that there have been some changes to the background color of text in the diff view, and the color of the byte-change numbers, last week. These changes are intended to make text more readable in both light mode and dark mode, and are part of a larger effort to increase accessibility. You can share your comments or questions on the project talkpage. [1]
• The text colors that are used for visited-links, hovered-links, and active-links, were also slightly changed last week to improve their accessibility in both light mode and dark mode. [2]

Problems

• You can copy permanent links to talk page comments by clicking on a comment's timestamp. This feature did not always work when the topic title was very long and the link was used as a wikitext link. This has been fixed. Thanks to Lofhi for submitting the bug. [3]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 June. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 June. It will be on all wikis from 27 June (calendar). [4][5]
• Starting 26 June, all talk pages messages' timestamps will become a link at English Wikipedia, making this feature available for you to use at all wikis. This link is a permanent link to the comment. It allows users to find the comment they were linked to, even if this comment has since been moved elsewhere. You can read more about this feature on Diff or on Mediawiki.org. [6]

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Intercontinental Cup

Hey MPGuy2824, would you be able to take a look at the FLC on the Intercontinental Cup to see if I've actioned your comments or not? Would really appreciate it. Thanks. NapHit (talk) 08:01, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

I'll continue this conversation on the FLC page. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:16, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2024-27

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• Over the next three weeks, dark mode will become available for all users, both logged-in and logged-out, starting with the mobile web version. This fulfils one of the top-requested community wishes, and improves low-contrast reading and usage in low-light settings. As part of these changes, dark mode will also work on User-pages and Portals. There is more information in the latest Web team update. [7]
• Logged-in users can now set global preferences for the text-size and dark-mode, thanks to a combined effort across Foundation teams. This allows Wikimedians using multiple wikis to set up a consistent reading experience easily, for example by switching between light and dark mode only once for all wikis. [8]
• If you use a very old web browser some features might not work on the Wikimedia wikis. This affects Internet Explorer 11 and versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari older than 2016. This change makes it possible to use new CSS features and to send less code to all readers. [9][10]
• Wikipedia Admins can customize local wiki configuration options easily using Community Configuration. Community Configuration was created to allow communities to customize how some features work, because each language wiki has unique needs. At the moment, admins can configure Growth features on their home wikis, in order to better recruit and retain new editors. More options will be provided in the coming months. [11]
• Editors interested in language issues that are related to Unicode standards, can now discuss those topics at a new conversation space in MediaWiki.org. The Wikimedia Foundation is now a member of the Unicode Consortium, and the coordination group can collaboratively review the issues discussed and, where appropriate, bring them to the attention of the Unicode Consortium.
• One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Mandailing (w:btm:) [12]

Problems

• Editors can once again click on links within the visual editor's citation-preview, thanks to a bug fix by the Editing Team. [13]

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Tech News: 2024-28

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• At the Wikimedia Foundation a new task force was formed to replace the disabled Graph with more secure, easy to use, and extensible Chart. You can subscribe to the newsletter to get notified about new project updates and other news about Chart.
• The CampaignEvents extension is now available on Meta-wiki, Igbo Wikipedia, and Swahili Wikipedia, and can be requested on your wiki. This extension helps in managing and making events more visible, giving Event organizers the ability to use tools like the Event registration tool. To learn more about the deployment status and how to request this extension for your wiki, visit the CampaignEvents page on Meta-wiki.
• Editors using the iOS Wikipedia app who have more than 50 edits can now use the Add an Image feature. This feature presents opportunities for small but useful contributions to Wikipedia.
• Thank you to all of the authors who have contributed to MediaWiki Core. As a result of these contributions, the percentage of authors contributing more than 5 patches has increased by 25% since last year, which helps ensure the sustainability of the platform for the Wikimedia projects.

Problems

• A problem with the color of the talkpage tabs always showing as blue, even for non-existent pages which should have been red, affecting the Vector 2022 skin, has been fixed.

Future changes

• The Trust and Safety Product team wants to introduce temporary accounts with as little disruption to tools and workflows as possible. Volunteer developers, including gadget and user-script maintainers, are kindly asked to update the code of their tools and features to handle temporary accounts. The team has created documentation explaining how to do the update. Learn more.

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:29, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Николай зайцев (16:07, 10 July 2024)

Арсен Павлов, более известный как Моторола, — это двоюродный брат Николая Ивановича Зайцева. Он родился 14 января 1993 года в Покровке, Октябрьском районе Приморского края. --Николай зайцев (talk) 16:07, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Николай зайцев (16:22, 10 July 2024)

Арсен Павлов, более известный как Моторола, — это двоюродный брат Николая Ивановича Зайцева. Он родился 14 января 1993 года в Покровке, Октябрьском районе Приморского края. --Николай зайцев (talk) 16:22, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

@Николай зайцев: Welcome to Wikipedia. I've added a message on your talk page in English and Russian. Now onto your question: We do have an article for Arsen Pavlov, but we don't currently have one for Nikolai Ivanovich Zaitsev. Once we do, and there is a good reference stating that the two are related, then you can add the relationship on both the pages yourself, or as an edit request on one/both of the talk pages. Hope that helps. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:05, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Idgne (05:36, 14 July 2024)

Hello admin why do you made me an editor and how do I make citation? --Idgne (talk) 05:36, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

@Idgne: Welcome to Wikipedia. It isn't exactly clear what you are asking, but there is a question there about references. Help:Referencing for beginners is a good place to start. If you prefer to edit in another language, then you can find that language's wikipedia and edit there. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:28, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

P.S. I am not an admin. -MPGuy2824 (talk)

Tech News: 2024-29

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• Wikimedia developers can now officially continue to use both Gerrit and GitLab, due to a June 24 decision by the Wikimedia Foundation to support software development on both platforms. Gerrit and GitLab are both code repositories used by developers to write, review, and deploy the software code that supports the MediaWiki software that the wiki projects are built on, as well as the tools used by editors to create and improve content. This decision will safeguard the productivity of our developers and prevent problems in code review from affecting our users. More details are available in the Migration status page.
• The Wikimedia Foundation seeks applicants for the Product and Technology Advisory Council (PTAC). This group will bring technical contributors and Wikimedia Foundation together to co-define a more resilient, future-proof technological platform. Council members will evaluate and consult on the movement's product and technical activities, so that we develop multi-generational projects. We are looking for a range of technical contributors across the globe, from a variety of Wikimedia projects. Please apply here by August 10.
• Editors with rollback user-rights who use the Wikipedia App for Android can use the new Edit Patrol features. These features include a new feed of Recent Changes, related links such as Undo and Rollback, and the ability to create and save a personal library of user talk messages to use while patrolling. If your wiki wants to make these features available to users who do not have rollback rights but have reached a certain edit threshold, you can contact the team. You can read more about this project on Diff blog.
• Editors who have access to The Wikipedia Library can once again use non-open access content in SpringerLinks, after the Foundation contacted them to restore access. You can read more about this and 21 other community-submitted tasks that were completed last week.

Changes later this week

• This week, dark mode will be available on a number of Wikipedias, both desktop and mobile, for logged-in and logged-out users. Interface admins and user script maintainers are encouraged to check gadgets and user scripts in the dark mode, to find any hard-coded colors and fix them. There are some recommendations for dark mode compatibility to help.

Future changes

• Next week, functionaries, volunteers maintaining tools, and software development teams are invited to test the temporary accounts feature on testwiki. Temporary accounts is a feature that will help improve privacy on the wikis. No further temporary account deployments are scheduled yet. Please share your opinions and questions on the project talk page. [14]
• Editors who upload files cross-wiki, or teach other people how to do so, may wish to join a Wikimedia Commons discussion. The Commons community is discussing limiting who can upload files through the cross-wiki upload/Upload dialog feature to users auto-confirmed on Wikimedia Commons. This is due to the large amount of copyright violations uploaded this way. There is a short summary at Commons:Cross-wiki upload and discussion at Commons:Village Pump.

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Question from JTScan (09:58, 16 July 2024)

Hey, I'd like some advice on best practice when writing about a company I am associated with.

I have written a brief draft about "Hyve Managed Hosting" and have tried to be unbiased and just include the facts with citations for them. I have also disclosed on my user page that I am linked in some way.

Is there anything else I'm missing or should consider? I assume the article be reviewed by other wiki users first to give comments etc, right?

Thanks in advance :) --JTScan (talk) 09:58, 16 July 2024 (UTC)