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== Earth Day 2022 Edit-a-thon - April 22nd - 2PM EST ==
== Please help, about "Zhou Chengzhou" ==


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== How adverse is DYK... ==
Dear RoySmith


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Today, I found that the item about "Zhou Chengzhou"(https://en.wikipedia.org/Zhou_Chengzhou) has a clause to be deleted. I feel at a loss, so I added more reference sources for "Zhou Chengzhou" web pages, books and newspapers.


== Jenga ==
This deletion clause was proposed by AINH.


I'm sorry my hook caused so many problems. It sounds like a game of '']'' gone awry. ] (]) 21:39, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
I respect the standards and terms of Misplaced Pages very much, and I always love Misplaced Pages and many thanks to helping us. If there is anything wrong with this clause, please give me some suggestions. I am very willing to accept the suggestions.


:Don't worry about it. Like so many things, it was a series of small problems that fed on each other. Sounds like we've got it sorted out now. ] ] 21:44, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
Best and have a good day. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><span class="autosigned" style="font-size:85%;">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 05:07, 19 March 2021 (UTC)</span> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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== Re, about "Zhou Chengzhou" == == Happy New Year to you, RoySmith! ==


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I'm really as an new editor.. I don't know which sources are reliable. Could you please check the other sources in these links again? Thank you. Please check it again.


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A masterpiece-Shape and color hatching square-Zhou Chengzhou. CHINA PHOTO PRESS(中国摄影报）: Fifth full page. 2018.（It is the largest official photographic newspaper in China）
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Hi
Im here to ask for your help please.
Im a novice with wikipedia, but ive recently wanted to edit some pages and discovered im blocked and your name is on the special block list as the blocker, so i thought i might ask for your advice please.
I dont understand why ive been blocked. I also dont understand how to appeal, express my innocence or be unblocked.
I havent attempted to edit wikipedia for very many years so im a bit upset that i discover recently i cant. I even made a donation a few years ago so i find it all a bit ironic now.
Anyway, i dont recall even attempting to edit any page on a show called 'britannica', but my memory is not great due to a neurological condition i have so any advice you can offer to help me make a fair contribution to an article id like to edit would be great.
Many thanks
Valentine ] (]) 00:33, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
:Can you tell me what page you were trying to edit, and the exact error message you got (copy-paste the full message). -- ] ] 00:38, 26 March 2021 (UTC)


== January music ==
I actually get blocked from two things:
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2) I tried to edit the page on Eric Clapton (musician) approx one week ago by adding some details regarding the controversy attached to his name (the current entry is misleading regarding his present day position on the issue)
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Happy new year 2025, opened with ] that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page had). Thank you for DYK work! My ] is about a composer who influenced music history also by writing. -- ] (]) 12:17, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
The error message says block ID #10364820
Evasion of block
Related to Sockpuppet investigation by SethRuebens

Many thanks
Valentine ] (]) 23:52, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
:OK, try creating an account now. I changed one of the block parameters so you should be able to do that now. If you're still having problems, let me know. -- ] ] 23:59, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Roy,
I have successfully created a wiki account in the name of VeMangoTree.

I attempted to edit the page of Eric Clapton (musician). My intention was to address some of the controversy in his personal life which is currently on the page only in a very selective and outdated way, which does not accurately reflect his contemporary views on the issue which he has given in recent interviews. The current page gives the false impression he continues to hold the same controversial views that he did back in the 1970s when he was going through addiction problems.

When attempting to add new details (with reference to a radio interview from 2018) i received an error message:
This page has been protected to prevent editing or other actions.

Any advice please?

Also, is there any feedback you can give regarding the previous autoblock that you just helped fix please? I mean, what did I do wrong please, and how can I ensure it doesn't happen again?

Many thanks
V ] (]) 22:49, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
:{{u|VeMangoTree}}, Hmm, we don't actually have a page called ], but we do have just plain ], which as you have noticed, is protected so that new users can't edit it. This was done a number of years ago, in response to persistent disruption. The level of protection applied is what we call "semi-protection", which means you will automatically be authorized to edit it once your account is four days old and you've accumulated 10 edits.
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:However, since you say you want to work on a controversial aspect of his personal life, I strongly urge you to read our policies on ]. We have a page called ] which is set up to help new editors navigate our often confusing and complicated policies. While you're waiting for your four days to run, you might want to post there, explain what you want to write about, and get some friendly advice. -- ] ] 23:53, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Brilliant. I will follow that advice. Thanks so much.
] (]) 19:36, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

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Hi, I would like to request to change to semi-protection of the page ] and ] since you protected it. You protect the article because of the sockpuppetry of ], these 2 articles needs to be semi-protection because any sockpuppet accounts cant edit semi-protected articles until account is 4 days old and has made 10 edits. ] (]) 12:27, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
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== Possible sock account ==


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Hi Roy, sorry to bother you. I hope you're well and don't mind me asking your help here, but as you were the last one to edit ]], could you please kindly check out ? I suspect it as another possible sockpuppet of Rishabisajakepauler, their edits seem to fall under the same interests, and they asked a user for help, and it happens to be the same user who one of Rishabisajakepauler's IPs asked helped from before. I did add a new section to the SPI, but not sure how quick that will get a response there, so your help would be appreciated. Thank you. ] (]) 08:30, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
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Earth Day 2022 Edit-a-thon - April 22nd - 2PM EST

You're invited! NYC Earth Day 2022 Edit-a-thon! April 22nd!

Sure We Can and the Environment of New York City Task Force invite you to join us for:

This Edit-a-Thon is part of a larger Earth Day celebration, hosted by Brooklyn based recycling and community center Sure We Can, that runs from 1PM-7PM and is open to the public! See this flyer for more information: https://www.instagram.com/p/CcGr4FyuqEa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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How adverse is DYK...

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Jenga

I'm sorry my hook caused so many problems. It sounds like a game of Jenga gone awry. Viriditas (talk) 21:39, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. Like so many things, it was a series of small problems that fed on each other. Sounds like we've got it sorted out now. RoySmith (talk) 21:44, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Happy New Year to you, RoySmith!

Happy New Year!
Hello RoySmith:

Did you know ... that back in 1885, Misplaced Pages editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels?

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  • The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.

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Sat Jan 25: Misplaced Pages Day NYC 2025

January 25: Misplaced Pages Day
Brooklyn Central Library

You are invited to Misplaced Pages Day 2025, hosted by Wikimedia NYC at the Brooklyn Public Library's central branch.

The special focus this year will be the launch of our "400 Neighborhoods" campaign for the city's 400th anniversary and WikiProject New York City/400 Task Force.

We'll also have a lightning talks session and you're invited to sign up for one, though space is somewhat limited.

  • Saturday, January 25, 2025
    12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    Brooklyn Central Library, Grand Army Plaza
    Afterparty: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm (off-site venue, TBA)
All attendees at Wikimedia NYC events are subject to the Wikimedia NYC Code of Conduct.

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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:13, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

RFC Notice

Hello, this notice is for everyone who took part in the 2023 RfC on lists of airline destinations. I have started a new RfC on the subject. If you would like to participate please follow this link: Misplaced Pages talk:What Misplaced Pages is not § RfC on WP:NOT and British Airways destinations. Sunnya343 (talk) 01:11, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

January music

story · music · places

Happy new year 2025, opened with trumpet fanfares that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page had). Thank you for DYK work! My story today is about a composer who influenced music history also by writing. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:17, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

... and today, pictured on the Main page, Tosca, in memory of her first appearance on stage OTD in 1900, and of principal author Brian Boulton. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:50, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-03

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

Weekly highlight

  • The Single User Login system is being updated over the next few months. This is the system which allows users to fill out the login form on one Wikimedia site and get logged in on all others at the same time. It needs to be updated because of the ways that browsers are increasingly restricting cross-domain cookies. To accommodate these restrictions, login and account creation pages will move to a central domain, but it will still appear to the user as if they are on the originating wiki. The updated code will be enabled this week for users on test wikis. This change is planned to roll out to all users during February and March. See the SUL3 project page for more details and a timeline.

Updates for editors

  • On wikis with PageAssessments installed, you can now filter search results to pages in a given WikiProject by using the inproject: keyword. (These wikis: Arabic Misplaced Pages, English Misplaced Pages, English Wikivoyage, French Misplaced Pages, Hungarian Misplaced Pages, Nepali Misplaced Pages, Turkish Misplaced Pages, Chinese Misplaced Pages)
  • One new wiki has been created: a Misplaced Pages in Tigre (w:tig:)
  • Recurrent item View all 35 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, there was a bug with updating a user's edit-count after making a rollback edit, which is now fixed.

Updates for technical contributors

  • Advanced item Wikimedia REST API users, such as bot operators and tool maintainers, may be affected by ongoing upgrades. Starting the week of January 13, we will begin rerouting some page content endpoints from RESTbase to the newer MediaWiki REST API endpoints for all wiki projects. This change was previously available on testwiki and should not affect existing functionality, but active users of the impacted endpoints may raise issues directly to the MediaWiki Interfaces Team in Phabricator if they arise.
  • Toolforge tool maintainers can now share their feedback on Toolforge UI, an initiative to provide a web platform that allows creating and managing Toolforge tools through a graphic interface, in addition to existing command-line workflows. This project aims to streamline active maintainers’ tasks, as well as make registration and deployment processes more accessible for new tool creators. The initiative is still at a very early stage, and the Cloud Services team is in the process of collecting feedback from the Toolforge community to help shape the solution to their needs. Read more and share your thoughts about Toolforge UI.
  • Advanced item For tool and library developers who use the OAuth system: The identity endpoint used for OAuth 1 and OAuth 2 returned a JSON object with an integer in its sub field, which was incorrect (the field must always be a string). This has been fixed; the fix will be deployed to Wikimedia wikis on the week of January 13.
  • Many wikis currently use Cite CSS to render custom footnote markers in Parsoid output. Starting January 20 these rules will be disabled, but the developers ask you to not clean up your MediaWiki:Common.css until February 20 to avoid issues during the migration. Your wikis might experience some small changes to footnote markers in Visual Editor and when using experimental Parsoid read mode, but if there are changes these are expected to bring the rendering in line with the legacy parser output.

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:40, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Carcinology Barnstar
For reaching out to Daan Hoffmann on iNaturalist to ask him about freely licensing his plate of Ovalipes catharus. This is the second time this has ever been awarded. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 03:01, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

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