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Algebra

Hello, can you explain why you enabled AFT here? Do you plan to review feedback on it as encouraged by the guidelines, or do you expect someone else to do so for you? I reviewed the 150 most obvious unreviewed feedback items and they included one-year old egregious vandalism... I'm happy to help with AFT but I'm not your servant, please do your own laundry. --Nemo 10:24, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

I've replied on your talk page, since there's already a discussion taking place regarding this there. Jackmcbarn (talk) 16:28, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Protection Template

Thank you for the information, and for your concern. Honestly, I just don't want people to care. It's my user page, and I don't like bots going over work on a personal page. In other words, it's the principle that's the point: If I wanted that removed, I would have done it myself. No one cares. Sorry, I'm not trying to be harsh. I just really get tired of bots going around changing things. And my user page isn't some huge popular page. I'm not a mega editor with 50 bots and 10 new talk page items a day. Have a nice day.

rJaytalk 01:36, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Even though your user page isn't popular, when you incorrectly use a protection template, your user page gets added to a highly monitored category that we try to keep empty at all times. Unless you have a really good reason for an incorrect protection template, it should be removed so the category can be cleaned up. Jackmcbarn (talk) 02:35, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Know Your Roots

A tag has been placed on Misplaced Pages:Know Your Roots, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect from an implausible typo, or other unlikely search term.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you believe that there is a reason to keep the redirect, you can request that administrators wait a while before deleting it. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Jimmybenge (talk) 03:08, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

I'm the one that tagged that page for deletion. Why are you leaving that message for me? Jackmcbarn (talk) 03:10, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Because honestly, I'm new to the whole wikipedia scene. I was using the name of that page as a link for a research project and I'm already getting flack that it's a broken link... What would you like me to do to fix it? Jimmybenge (talk) 03:12, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Using a Misplaced Pages user sandbox for research otherwise unrelated to Misplaced Pages is not allowed. Misplaced Pages is not a free Web host. Jackmcbarn (talk) 03:13, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

I would ask you to look over it and see how it is/is not research. We're simply posting information about something we created as an attachment to Maxima. Jimmybenge (talk) 03:17, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

If you're posting about something you created yourself, you should read WP:PSCOI. In any case, unless a topic is notable according to Misplaced Pages's notability guidelines, it may not have its own page. Jackmcbarn (talk) 03:19, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Tech News: 2013-49

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

This newsletter is now posted using MediaWiki message delivery.

New features

• The CommonsMetadata feature was added to all wikis. It creates metadata information about multimedia files (like their license) that can be read automatically by computer programs. It not only works for Commons, but for all wikis, and you can use it for files on your wiki by editing templates used to describe metadata.
• JavaScript code used on Wikimedia sites is now saved locally on your computer to load faster.

VisualEditor

• You can now paste formatted content copied from external sources (not just as plain text) into VisualEditor; this includes copy/pasting from other VisualEditor windows.
• You can now open VisualEditor by adding ?veaction=edit to the page URL, regardless of your user preferences.
• Many bugs have been fixed, and VisualEditor should also look faster, for example when you save a page.

Problems

• Due to issues, the new search tool ("CirrusSearch") was recently removed from wikis where it was enabled, then added again.

Future

• MediaWiki 1.23wmf6 was added to test wikis on December 5. It will arrive to non-Misplaced Pages wikis on December 10 and all Misplaced Pages wikis on December 12 (calendar).
• The old Etherpad tool (replaced by a new version) will be removed on December 30, 2013. You can still save old pads before that date using the old address: https://etherpad-old.wikimedia.org.

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08:38, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Village

Can you please close the WP:NPA discussion on Village? The consensus against it is clear and it is also clear the proposer is finally declining from continuing it. I would do it, but it would only look like I'm edit-warring. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 22:49, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, but I'd rather not further involve myself in that. Jackmcbarn (talk) 23:09, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Templates

Regarding this, I didn't miss them; the result of the discussion for these was "merge", not "delete". They should not have been on the "Ready for deletion" list in the first place. --RL0919 (talk) 01:30, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Tech News: 2013-50

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

New features

• You can now see a legend on Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist that explains the symbols used.
• If your wiki is testing the new search tool ("CirrusSearch"), you can now test it by adding "New search" in your Beta features preferences.

VisualEditor

• The toolbar is now simpler; all text styles (bold, italics, underline, subscript, etc.) are in the same menu, and the "More" menu is called "Insert".
• You can now use a basic tool to add special characters to your text. You can add more characters (useful in your language) by editing the MediaWiki interface on translatewiki.net.
• The tool to add and edit mathematical text is now called "formula".

Problems

• There was a problem with the "Create a book" tool (Collection); books could only be exported to PDF format. The change has been undone.
• The log-in system for external tools ("OAuth") was broken on wikis that tested the new search tool. It was fixed last week.
• Because of a bug, this newsletter is delivered to users using the new MediaWiki message delivery, and to community pages using the old EdwardsBot.

Future

• MediaWiki 1.23wmf7 was added to test wikis on December 12. It will be added to non-Misplaced Pages wikis on December 17 and all Misplaced Pages wikis on December 19 (calendar).
• You will soon be able to select the language of SVG images that have translations using a drop-down menu on the image page. (see example)
• GLAMToolset, a tool to help GLAM groups (like museums) upload many pictures to Commons, will be added to Commons on December 17.
• A Draft namespace will be added to the English Misplaced Pages to make it easier to create new pages. You will be able to use VisualEditor for drafts if you have enabled it.

Other

• You can read the summary of the technical report for November 2013 to learn more about VisualEditor, Mobile and other features.

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08:24, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Why are you being so aggressive?

I am just trying to make an article, why are you being so adamant about deleting it? And the subject had a book published by Fantagraphics, that leads to notability. --CIRCLE OUTER WORLD (talk) 22:45, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

If you think so, explain why on the talk page. You are not allowed to remove speedy deletion tags from your own articles, no matter how good of a reason you think you have. Jackmcbarn (talk) 22:46, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2013-51

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

Recent software changes

• The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf8) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on December 19. It will be enabled on non-Misplaced Pages wikis on December 31 and on all Misplaced Pages wikis on January 2, 2014 (calendar).
• You can now test the new search tool ("CirrusSearch") on all Wikisource, Wiktionary and Wikimedia chapter wikis hosted on Foundation servers. Enable "New search" in your Beta features preferences.
• There was a bug where notifications were not sent when the signature of the user leaving the message linked to a translated namespace. The problem was fixed in the software and will soon be fixed on Wikimedia sites.
• You can now use the log-in system for external tools (OAuth) on all Wikimedia wikis that use the unified login.
• If your wiki adds stars or other icons to interwiki links for featured articles in other languages, you may need to change the JavaScript code.
• You can thank other users for their edits even if your browser does not have JavaScript.
• All edits made through Flow, the new discussion system for MediaWiki, are now visible in user's contributions. You can test it on the Flow talk page on MediaWiki.org.
• You can test a visual tool that shows edits made to an article over time. It only works for English Misplaced Pages pages for now and is slow on long articles.
• You can test the first version of the new mobile Misplaced Pages app for Android and iOS.
• Translatewiki.net, the site where you can translate the MediaWiki software, now has a new main page for users without an account.

Future software changes

• There will be no technical changes this week (December 23 to December 29) due to end-of-year holidays.
• When someone deletes, restores, uploads, or moves a file on Commons, pages on all wikis that use that file will be refreshed.
• New users will soon have their user and talk pages added to their watchlist as soon as they create an account. .
• The new search tool (CirrusSearch) will not show the text of versions of a page that have been hidden.
• You will soon be able to see the raw HTML created by some wikitext by using the Special:ExpandTemplates tool.

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08:22, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

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