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Downlink special issues notice
[edit]Hello! This is an announcement that The Downlink has been revived. Rather than simply start again, I have chosen to create two special issues recapping the past three years. The first special issue spans November 2021 to December 2023, while the second special issue spans January 2024 to December 2024.
Due to the size of these pages, as well as the fact that they are non-standard issues, I have instead had this notice sent out. The following issues of volume 3 (Jan - Dec 2025) should be significantly smaller.
Please be aware that, for a variety of reasons, the issues that I create may be published late.
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Hi, I see you have reverted my edit on Enrico Fermi. Can you explain to me how my edit was "weird"? I don't see how it was weird. Thanks. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 22:22, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
- Hmmm. The change seemed to be aimed at using digits instead of English text. But I could not think of a reason why someone would want to make such a change. It contributes nothing to the article and defines MOS:NUMERAL. Weird. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:40, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
- Ah, I see. Well, thanks for telling me. Have a nice day. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 22:44, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Fritz Strassmann
[edit]Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Fritz Strassmann you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. 
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:44, 1 February 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Fritz Strassmann
[edit]The article Fritz Strassmann you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:Fritz Strassmann for comments about the article, and Talk:Fritz Strassmann/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 04:02, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
Tech News: 2025-06
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[edit]I just stumbled on this. It's one of the best descriptions of the place I have come across. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 06:46, 7 February 2025 (UTC)
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Thank you today for Lise Meitner, about "the Austrian physicist who was the co-discover of the element protactinium and nuclear fission. She spent much of her scientific career in Berlin, Germany, where she was a physics professor and a department head at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. She fled to Sweden after Austria was absorbed into Germany in 1938."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:30, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: January 2025
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On 10 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thomas M. Robins, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Thomas M. Robins was responsible for the construction of the Bonneville Dam? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas M. Robins. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Thomas M. Robins), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Tech News: 2025-07
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Ah, you noticed
[edit]I finally figured out a plan for dealing with that one annoying intrusion. Little bit of normal cleanup left, but...
Sorry it took so long. Some images just kind of get shoved to the "When I get better" pile. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 09:24, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
- I was going to nominate the article for VE-Day. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:15, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
- Well, should be done by then. It's maybe a day away Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 11:21, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue 226, February 2025
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The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here.
If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 12:08, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
File:Rhine Crossing - US Navy ferrying troops across the Rhine River at Oberwesel, Germany.jpg
[edit]It's done! Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 20:10, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
- Wow. Do you think it could be a Featured Picture? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:25, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
- We'll find out! It's grainy, and I would have preferred to find a TIFF of it, but... Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 20:34, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
- Well, so far, so good: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/US Navy ferrying troops across the Rhine River at Oberwesel, Germany commons:Commons:Featured_picture_candidates/File:Rhine_Crossing_-_US_Navy_ferrying_troops_across_the_Rhine_River_at_Oberwesel,_Germany.jpg. Cart makes a really good point about the difficulty of the shot on Commons. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 15:08, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
- Looks like Commons has all-but-passed, and the en-wiki is at 4 out of 5 votes, so thinking FP is very likely. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 10:06, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
- And both are passing now. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 20:15, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
- Right, it's passed on Commons. Any day you'd like for it to run as POTD there? It'll probably need to be at least a year out. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 15:40, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- I was hoping to run the article with the image on the front page on 8 May (VE-Day), but WP:TFA/R is not yet open for May. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:41, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- Alright. Let me know if the article isn't happening. It's passed, so we can schedule it whenever, but really don't want to double it. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 00:31, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- It has now been nominated at WP:TFA/R. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:55, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- Alright. Let me know if the article isn't happening. It's passed, so we can schedule it whenever, but really don't want to double it. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 00:31, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- I was hoping to run the article with the image on the front page on 8 May (VE-Day), but WP:TFA/R is not yet open for May. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:41, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- Right, it's passed on Commons. Any day you'd like for it to run as POTD there? It'll probably need to be at least a year out. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 15:40, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
- And both are passing now. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 20:15, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
- Looks like Commons has all-but-passed, and the en-wiki is at 4 out of 5 votes, so thinking FP is very likely. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 10:06, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
- Well, so far, so good: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/US Navy ferrying troops across the Rhine River at Oberwesel, Germany commons:Commons:Featured_picture_candidates/File:Rhine_Crossing_-_US_Navy_ferrying_troops_across_the_Rhine_River_at_Oberwesel,_Germany.jpg. Cart makes a really good point about the difficulty of the shot on Commons. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 15:08, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
- We'll find out! It's grainy, and I would have preferred to find a TIFF of it, but... Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 20:34, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
Tech News: 2025-08
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- Communities using growth tools can now showcase one event on the
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- You can now navigate to view a redirect page directly from its action pages, such as the history page. Previously, you were forced to first go to the redirect target. This change should help editors who work with redirects a lot. Thanks to user stjn for this improvement. [14]
- When a Cite reference is reused many times, wikis currently show either numbers like "1.23" or localized alphabetic markers like "a b c" in the reference list. Previously, if there were so many reuses that the alphabetic markers were all used, an error message was displayed. As part of the work to modernize Cite customization, these errors will no longer be shown and instead the backlinks will fall back to showing numeric markers like "1.23" once the alphabetic markers are all used.
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The Downlink Volume 3, Issue 1
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Phillip L. Merritt
[edit]I have rated this B class. There were no entries on the talk page. I added these banners:
{{WikiProject banner shell|class=B|listas=Merritt, Philip L.|blp=no|1=
{{WPMILHIST|class=B|b1=yes|b2=yes|b3=yes|b4=yes|b5=yes|Biography=yes|SciTech=yes|US=yes|WWII=yes}}
{{WikiProject Biography|core=no|military-work-group=y|importance=mid}}
{{WikiProject Geology|class=B|importance=mid}}
{{WikiProject Science|class=B|importance=mid}}
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and this edit summary: add banner shell, military history, biography, geology and science banners, milhist task forces; assess B class for military history project and in banner shell for others; importance ratings (experienced project reviewers: change importance if needed)
I am not entirely confident that the other project banners, and especially the importance ratings, are complete and correct. If not, please let me know. Donner60 (talk) 02:22, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Bruce Springsteen FAC
[edit]Hi there. I currently have an FAC open on Bruce Springsteen's The River and wanted to know if you could provide any comments so it doesn't get archived? If so, I'd appreciate it, but if not, I totally understand. Thanks and best wishes. – zmbro (talk) (cont) 19:25, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
- I have added some comments. Let's hope it gets promoted soon. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:08, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you so much! – zmbro (talk) (cont) 22:02, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
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DYK for Plutonium Finishing Plant
[edit]On 27 February 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Plutonium Finishing Plant, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Plutonium Finishing Plant, which processed more than 66 metric tons of plutonium between 1949 and 1989, was demolished (animation pictured) between 2016 and 2021? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Plutonium Finishing Plant. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Plutonium Finishing Plant), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Your GA nomination of Plutonium Finishing Plant
[edit]Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Plutonium Finishing Plant you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Matarisvan -- Matarisvan (talk) 06:24, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Operation Matterhorn
[edit]Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Operation Matterhorn you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Matarisvan -- Matarisvan (talk) 06:26, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 February 2025
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WikiCup 2025 March newsletter
[edit]The first round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As a reminder, we are no longer disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. Unlike the round points in the main WikiCup table, which are reset at the end of each round, tournament points are carried over between rounds and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far.
Round 1 was very competitive compared with previous years; two contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 500 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:
Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,168 round points, mainly from 4 featured articles and 4 good articles on old military history, in addition to an assortment of GA and FA reviews.
Generalissima (submissions) with 1,095 round points, mainly from 2 FAs, 2 featured lists, 8 GAs, and 16 Did You Know articles mainly on historical topics.
BeanieFan11 (submissions), with 866 round points from 20 GAs, 23 DYKs, and 2 In the News articles primarily about athletes.
Sammi Brie (submissions), with 846 round points from 16 GAs about radio and TV stations, 45 GA reviews, and 3 DYKs.
Hey man im josh (submissions), with 816 round points from 5 FLs about sports and Olympic topics, 46 FL reviews, 3 ITN articles, and a large number of bonus points.
MaranoFan (submissions), with 815 round points primarily from 3 FAs and 1 GA about music, in addition to 9 article reviews.
The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 18 featured articles, 26 featured lists, 1 featured-topic article, 197 good articles, 38 good-topic articles and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 23 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 550 reviews.
Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2, which begins on 1 March. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:12, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
Christianity
[edit]So I have been trying to find our documentation of the projects processes, but sadly we don't have as detailed of instructions as you have. I have also looked into the possibility of contacting our project's founders, but they have not been around for quite awhile. (Most have left but a couple were blocked.) Sadly I lack knowledge of Wikipedia's templates and how they work, other then parameters related to assessment. I do know how to add them to pages though, just not how to create them. Also I am looking at starting an election in the project, I will most likely base it off of your as there is no real set way of doing in our project. (There has only been one election in our history and it was in 2008.) Sheriff U3 | Talk | Con 21:41, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
- Let's take this in small steps. Did you have a newsletter in the past? The The Downlink (see above) from WP:WikiProject Spaceflight is an example of a simple newsletter. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:39, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
- Yes And I have found out how make a newsletter using the system in-place, but not how to modify it. (Like for example to change the header design, layout, over all color, etc.) Sheriff U3 | Talk | Con 23:43, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
- Hawkeye7 Ok I have figured out how to modify the newsletters headers, layout, color, etc. I just did not look hard enough the first time. Also I have assess to older versions of the newsletter, so I will be going through them. Sheriff U3 | Talk | Con 05:20, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
DYK for Fritz Strassmann
[edit]On 2 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fritz Strassmann, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Fritz Strassmann, a co-discoverer of nuclear fission, concealed a Jewish woman in his home during World War II? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fritz Strassmann. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Fritz Strassmann), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 2 March 2025 (UTC)
Not a big deal to me; might be to others
[edit]Do you know why your edit to BK's RfB changed a ton of spaces to nonbreaking spaces? Here: [27]. I can imagine it annoying people. Floquenbeam (talk) 00:05, 2 March 2025 (UTC)
- I have no idea what happened! I can assure you that it was not deliberate.
Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:59, 2 March 2025 (UTC)
- @Floquenbeam: User talk:Cacycle/wikEd#Stop adding provides the answer. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:40, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
- Ah, I think I see. It's "fixing" invisible nonbreaking space (which are added in error by visual editor?). It's a little disheartening that we've had this problem since at least 2017. Anyway, thanks for update; I'm mostly concerned with cranky people saying "Hey don't mess with my signature!". Certainly knew you weren't doing it on purpose. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:39, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
- @Floquenbeam: User talk:Cacycle/wikEd#Stop adding provides the answer.
A reminder
[edit]Dear Hawkeye7, I am writing this message to remind you that I have nominated the article on the battle of Meligalas for an A-class review as part of the military history Wikiproject, that you have kindly begun to conduct. Having taken into account your comments concerning the article's assessment, I tried on January 31st to fix the problems that you pointed out and to reply to the best of my abilities to what you had written. I would greatly appreciate your response. With many thanks in advance, Ashmedai 119 (talk) 17:05, 2 March 2025 (UTC)
- I haven't forgotten; I am just very busy. Will get back to it soon. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:37, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
DYK for Transportation during the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics
[edit]On 3 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Transportation during the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that transportation during the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics accounted for 53 percent of the games' carbon footprint? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Transportation during the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Transportation during the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:05, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
I was hoping that you're able to fix this very important article, Douglas MacArthur. Btw, I love your work at the article; so thank you for that. 24.239.145.13 (talk) 23:06, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Tech News: 2025-10
[edit]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- All logged-in editors using the mobile view can now edit a full page. The "Edit full page" link is accessible from the "More" menu in the toolbar. This was previously only available to editors using the Advanced mobile contributions setting. [28]
- Interface administrators can now help to remove the deprecated Cite CSS code matching "
mw-ref" from their local MediaWiki:Common.css. The list of wikis in need of cleanup, and the code to remove, can be found with this global search and in this example, and you can learn more about how to help on the CSS migration project page. The Cite footnote markers ("[1]") are now rendered by Parsoid, and the deprecated CSS is no longer needed. The CSS for backlinks ("mw:referencedBy") should remain in place for now. This cleanup is expected to cause no visible changes for readers. Please help to remove this code before March 20, after which the development team will do it for you. - When editors embed a file (e.g.
[[File:MediaWiki.png]]) on a page that is protected with cascading protection, the software will no longer restrict edits to the file description page, only to new file uploads.[29] In contrast, transcluding a file description page (e.g.{{:File:MediaWiki.png}}) will now restrict edits to the page.[30] - When editors revert a file to an earlier version it will now require the same permissions as ordinarily uploading a new version of the file. The software now checks for 'reupload' or 'reupload-own' rights,[31] and respects cascading protection.[32]
- When administrators are listing pages for deletion with the Nuke tool, they can now also list associated talk pages and redirects for deletion, alongside pages created by the target, rather than needing to manually delete these pages afterwards. [33]
- The previously noted update to Single User Login, which will accommodate browser restrictions on cross-domain cookies by moving login and account creation to a central domain, will now roll out to all users during March and April. The team plans to enable it for all new account creation on Group0 wikis this week. See the SUL3 project page for more details and an updated timeline.
- Since last week there has been a bug that shows some interface icons as black squares until the page has fully loaded. It will be fixed this week. [34]
- One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Sylheti (
w:syl:) [35] - View all 23 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, a bug was fixed with loading images in very old versions of the Firefox browser on mobile. [36]
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- Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
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Manhattan Project feed materials program
[edit]Please put a citation at the end of the paragraph ending with "brown salt" in the "Brown and orange oxide" section. Otherwise, B class and going higher, of course.
I have been under the stands at the University of Chicago football field where the Chicago pile experiment was done and read the plaque about the experiment. The University had long since discontinued its football program but the stadium was still used for track meets and perhaps other events. Donner60 (talk) 06:57, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
- I have added the missing reference. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:53, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks. I have assessed the article as B class with this comment on the assessment request page: "B class. Edit summary: 'assess B class for military history project and in banner shell for other projects.' I have listed the other projects and importance designations in the main Manhattan Project article as the other projects in this article. The importance may differ here. I did not add a vital article entry but perhaps one should be added. Not striking article yet in order to let others see this for a few days and have a DYK suggestion. Thanks." Donner60 (talk) 03:25, 8 March 2025 (UTC)
- Vital articles have a different process. For the record, they are nominated at Wikipedia talk:Vital articles and if they get enough votes they are added to the list. Only two of the Manhattan Project articles are listed as vital articles, the main article (at level 4) and the Trinity test (at level 5). However, if and when the feed materials article passes GA, I will have it added to the featured topic. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:36, 8 March 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks. I have assessed the article as B class with this comment on the assessment request page: "B class. Edit summary: 'assess B class for military history project and in banner shell for other projects.' I have listed the other projects and importance designations in the main Manhattan Project article as the other projects in this article. The importance may differ here. I did not add a vital article entry but perhaps one should be added. Not striking article yet in order to let others see this for a few days and have a DYK suggestion. Thanks." Donner60 (talk) 03:25, 8 March 2025 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: February 2025
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Tech News: 2025-11
[edit]Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- Editors who use password managers at multiple wikis may notice changes in the future. The way that our wikis provide information to password managers about reusing passwords across domains has recently been updated, so some password managers might now offer you login credentials that you saved for a different Wikimedia site. Some password managers already did this, and are now doing it for more Wikimedia domains. This is part of the SUL3 project which aims to improve how our unified login works, and to keep it compatible with ongoing changes to the web-browsers we use. [37][38]
- The Wikipedia Apps Team is inviting interested users to help improve Wikipedia’s offline and limited internet use. After discussions in Afrika Baraza and the last ESEAP call, key challenges like search, editing, and offline access are being explored, with upcoming focus groups to dive deeper into these topics. All languages are welcome, and interpretation will be available. Want to share your thoughts? Join the discussion or email aramadan@wikimedia.org!
- All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 19. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks.
- View all 27 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
Updates for technical contributors
- Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
In depth
- The latest quarterly Growth newsletter is available. It includes: the launch of the Community Updates module, the most recent changes in Community Configuration, and the upcoming test of in-article suggestions for first-time editors.
- An old API that was previously used in the Android Wikipedia app is being removed at the end of March. There are no current software uses, but users of the app with a version that is older than 6 months by the time of removal (2025-03-31), will no longer have access to the Suggested Edits feature, until they update their app. You can read more details about this change.
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:06, 10 March 2025 (UTC)
FA nomination needs review
[edit]Hi. If you have some time, there is a FA nomination that needs an additional review or two. It is at WP:Featured_article_candidates/Margaret_Sanger/archive1. Any help would be appreciated. Noleander (talk) 15:13, 11 March 2025 (UTC)