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Question from ViennaMoka (09:54, 1 May 2024)[edit]

Hello there! How do I publish edits to an ECP page on behalf of the concerned person? (Craig Mokhiber) Thank you. --ViennaMoka (talk) 09:54, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ViennaMoka: I assume you mean that someone has asked you to do a few changes to an edit-confirmed protected page. The problem is that you haven't got that right (yet). You can use Template:Edit extended-protected to post a message to the talk page of the relevant article. Hope this helps. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 10:11, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2024-19[edit]

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  • Interface admins now have greater control over the styling of article components on mobile with the introduction of the SiteAdminHelper. More information on how styles can be disabled can be found at the extension's page. [3]
  • Wikimedia Enterprise has added article body sections in JSON format and a curated short description field to the existing parsed Infobox. This expansion to the API is also available via Wikimedia Cloud Services. [4]

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  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 May. It will be on all wikis from 9 May (calendar). [5][6]
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MediaWiki message delivery 16:42, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of Turing Award[edit]

Congratulations, MPGuy2824! The list you nominated, Turing Award, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:26, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TFL notification[edit]

Hi, MPGuy2824. I'm just posting to let you know that Turing Award – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for June 3. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 01:34, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Bettertv5 (19:26, 11 May 2024)[edit]

I need to do a new page --Bettertv5 (talk) 19:26, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bettertv5: you should visit Wikipedia:Articles for creation which explains a lot about the process of starting a new article. I see that you've started an article in your sandbox. I've watchlisted it to see what improvements you make. I suggest that you start with finding reliable, independent sources that talk about the tv station in depth. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:16, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of List of constituencies of Gujarat for deletion[edit]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of constituencies of Gujarat is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of constituencies of Gujarat until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Notifying you as you converted the redirect to a disambiguation page, and you don’t appear to have been notified yet of this discussion. All the best, ‍—‍a smart kitten[meow] 08:54, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Original Barnstar
For all the good work on the Featured List of constituencies of the Tripura Legislative Assembly. :) 
Ashwin147 (talk) 05:41, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Ashwin. Front page! Woot! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:43, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2024-20[edit]

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  • On Wikisource there is a special page listing pages of works without corresponding scan images. Now you can use the new magic word __EXPECTWITHOUTSCANS__ to exclude certain pages (list of editions or translations of works) from that list. [9]
  • If you use the user-preference "Show preview without reloading the page", then the template-page feature "Preview page with this template (what's this?)" will now also work without reloading the page. [10]
  • Kartographer maps can now specify an alternative text via the alt= attribute. This is identical in usage to the alt= attribute in the image and gallery syntax. An exception for this feature is wikis like Wikivoyage where the miniature maps are interactive. [11]
  • The old Guided Tour for the "New Filters for Edit Review" feature has been removed. It was created in 2017 to show people with older accounts how the interface had changed, and has now been seen by most of the intended people. [12]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 May. It will be on all wikis from 16 May (calendar). [13][14]
  • The Special:Search results page will now use CSS flex attributes, for better accessibility, instead of a table. If you have a gadget or script that adjusts search results, you should update your script to the new HTML structure. [15]

Future changes

  • In the Vector 2022 skin, main pages will be displayed at full width (like special pages). The goal is to keep the number of characters per line large enough. This is related to the coming changes to typography in Vector 2022. Learn more. [16]
  • Two columns of the pagelinks database table (pl_namespace and pl_title) are being dropped soon. Users must use two columns of the new linktarget table instead (lt_namespace and lt_title). In your existing SQL queries:
    1. Replace JOIN pagelinks with JOIN linktarget and pl_ with lt_ in the ON statement
    2. Below that add JOIN pagelinks ON lt_id = pl_target_id

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:56, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Editor of the Week[edit]

Editor of the Week
Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:~delta submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate MPGuy2824 to be Editor of the Week. MPGuy is a multitalented editor working in several areas such as New Pages Patrol, content work and script development. His MoveToDraft script has helped many editors during their NPP work - it made easier work of the repetitive process of draftifying, tagging the redirect to the draft for R2 CSD and then notifying the user whose page was draftified. He also does helpful wikignoming here and there on articles about Indian constituencies and has 1 GA, 1 DYK and 1 FL credit with another FLC "in the works". A talented technical editor and friend that is always there to lend a hand and treat everyone with kindness and respect. Seconded by User:Novem Linguae, User:Hey man im josh and User:DreamRimmer.

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MPGuy2824
 
Editor of the Week
for the week beginning May 15, 2024
A multi-talented editor working in New Pages Patrol, content work and script development. His MoveToDraft script helps many do their NPP work making easier work of the repetitive process of draftifying, tagging the redirect and then notifying the user whose page was draftified. A wikignome here and there on articles about Indian constituencies and has 1 GA, 1 DYK and 1 FL credit with another FLC "in the works".
Recognized for
treating everyone with kindness and respect
Submit a nomination

Thanks again for your efforts! Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 13:46, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wow!. Thanks for the nominating and the seconding statements. Looking at the citations for other folks on that list is quite humbling. I don't know most of them, but I wish I did. Its quite a good feeling receiving this and I have watchlisted the EotW nom page, so that I can at least start seconding deserving nominations. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:31, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 16 May 2024[edit]

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Plants[edit]

Nephelium of approval
You have helped a lot with my 2 articles and I am grateful! Minor edits mean a lot to me. Nephellium (talk) 20:05, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the wikilove. It always means a bit extra when a non-standard image is used for these. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 01:56, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

NPP Browser[edit]

Hello - I can no longer see the page creation date column. —Saqib (talk I contribs) 17:59, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Try zooming out (Ctrl-scroll). It shows a limited number of columns depending on the space available. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:31, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Awais mastoi (12:21, 20 May 2024)[edit]

Hacking kar ni hy sir --Awais mastoi (talk) 12:21, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Awais mastoi: I think you misunderstand what Wikipedia is for. I've left you a message with a few links on your talk page. Please go through them and continue with editing Wikipedia only if you think it is still for you. If you are more comfortable contributing in Hindi, then the Hindi Wikipedia would be happy to accept you as an editor. Cheers! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 12:25, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2024-21[edit]

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  • The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. [19]
  • New changes have been made to the UploadWizard in Wikimedia Commons: the overall layout has been improved, by following new styling and spacing for the form and its fields; the headers and helper text for each of the fields was changed; the Caption field is now a required field, and there is an option for users to copy their caption into the media description. [20][21]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 May. It will be on all wikis from 23 May (calendar). [22][23]
  • The HTML used to render all headings is being changed to improve accessibility. It will change on 22 May in some skins (Timeless, Modern, CologneBlue, Nostalgia, and Monobook). Please test gadgets on your wiki on these skins and report any related problems so that they can be resolved before this change is made in all other skins. The developers are also considering the introduction of a Gadget API for adding buttons to section titles if that would be helpful to tool creators, and would appreciate any input you have on that.

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:02, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Review[edit]

Please can you help review my article 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 Mnationonly (talk) 13:50, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mnationonly: The article that you started, Goya Menor, is a musician's biography. I'm not an expert at those and will be leaving it for another reviewer to handle. That said, I've left you a message on your talk page with a bunch of links. Please go through them when you get the time. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 14:09, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, thanks and I really appreciate. Please can you refer my article to another reviewer 🙏🏿 Mnationonly (talk) 14:13, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I really appreciate the edits you did on the article, Thanks a lot 🙌🏿❤️ Mnationonly (talk) 14:29, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
please I'm sorry for disturbing you🙏🏿
No patroller has come to review my article Mnationonly (talk) 18:35, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Mnationonly, if you see the top of Wikipedia:New pages patrol, you'll notice that our backlog is over 9500 articles. We are running a backlog drive right now, and there is a good chance that a reviewer will get to the article before the drive ends. Please be patient. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:05, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay thanks. I understand. Mnationonly (talk) 07:11, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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