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Qwerfjkl (bot) – Charles_Matthews

Page: Walker-Okeover_baronets

Diff: Special:Diff/1356359763

Comment/question: The date range 12th century to 19th century is as supplied by the National Archive as metadata. This is presumably useful to know. The only way to fix it would be to delete the field. As on a previous occcasion, my comment is that I don't need a User talk notification for such things. Charles Matthews (talk) 08:17, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Charles Matthews (talk) 08:17, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Charles Matthews, this appears to be an unusual situation. You would have to ask at Help talk:CS1 or the MOS talk page for how to format it, I have no idea. If you don't want to receive notifications from the bot, there are opt-out instructions on the bot's userpage. — Qwerfjkltalk 11:18, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

So, you have no idea, and the onus is on me to have one? About par for the course with bot operators. It's an edge case and you actually show no interest. Charles Matthews (talk) 11:31, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Charles Matthews, please, there's no need for that. The CS1 template flagged it as an error and my bot reported that. I don't control how errors are flagged; that's done in the CS1 module. I'm not sure whether this is a date format the template actually supports, so I merely suggested you ask people who are more knowledgeable than I. — Qwerfjkltalk 11:54, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Not impressed. Charles Matthews (talk) 05:24, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

You could stop having the bot report date "errors".

@Charles Matthews, the template will accept "c. 12th century to 20th century". The "c." is important, and I think it's also necessary to use "to" instead of a hyphen. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:03, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

I'm downstream of the whole business. When something two steps upstream of me is the issue, why is the reaction that I should something? There is a proliferation here on enWP of linter bots and template-based automation. I've just had another User talk message from someone with a semi-automated pipeline for catching cleanup. My point is, with numerous people devoted to single issues in wikitext and/or cleanup, the attitude that those actually writing the encyclopedia have to somehow fit in should be treated as blinkered. See User:Charles Matthews#Mentalities for my restrained comments.

Scrolling up past {{ivmbox}} on User talk:Charles Matthews you get to the message that invites me to report a false positive. This case is a false positive: the hyphenated form should be allowed by the CS1 template. It should not be my job to escalate that issue, but the bot operator's. GIGO implies that. Charles Matthews (talk) 11:13, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

No idea why you (and WhatamIdoing) are still complaining about the bot highlighting a clear error, which I corrected then. The date of that website is not "12th to 20th century" no matter how you write it to avoid the error: the 12th to 20 th century is the date of the materials in the archive for which this is a website, and you didn't even use these materials for that reference, you used the description from the website. The 1956 date in the article was soourced to something written in the late 20th c or presumably the 21st century, but undated. It's like when you cite something from a book: the "date" field is not for the period covered by that book, but for the date or year he book was published.

Please stop badgering the bot operator for what is your own error. Fram (talk) 11:30, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Question from PoppyMist137 (21:03, 3 June 2026)

Hello! I’m Poppymist and I joined Wikipedia because I noticed there is no page for my favorite game Space Statik. 14! I have gathered two sources to the games existence and I’d like to make a page about it but I’m a bit overwhelmed with where to start. --PoppyMist137 (talk) 21:03, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

PoppyMist137, please make sure it passes Wikipedia:Notability (video games) before starting to write an article. If you're sure it passes the notability criteria, you should have a look at Help:Your first article. — Qwerfjkltalk 17:50, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Qwerfjkl (bot) – Mandsford

Page: February_1982

Diff: Special:Diff/1357766742

Comment/question: After looking at this twice, I don't see the error. Mandsford 16:19, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Mandsford 16:19, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Mandsford, you added

<ref>{{cite news |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623231349/http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2015/06/03/courtney-act-no-dumb-blonde | url-status=live | df=dmy-all}} | title=Courtney Act Is No Dumb Blonde | first=Gina | last=Vivinetto | work=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] | date=June 3, 2015}}</ref>

which appears to be accidentally closed early. — Qwerfjkltalk 17:44, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Question from Muffinbutt1985 (17:01, 4 June 2026)

Another question: I cleaned up the entry for Tareq Kamleh which was kind of a train wreck before, but now there's error messages at the bottom I can't figure out how to get rid of. How do I fix those? Is there a link to an instruction page you can give me, cause I couldn't find one myself. --Muffinbutt1985 (talk) 17:01, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Muffinbutt1985, the errors themselves link to two information pages. The error is caused by the fact that there are references defines in the References section that aren't used anywhere in the article; to fix the errors you can remove the reference, or ideally you would add them back into the article. — Qwerfjkltalk 17:48, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

ok thank you Muffinbutt1985 (talk) 17:49, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

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Question from Britt Autry (17:47, 4 June 2026)

Hello. Although a longtime user, I recently joined Wiki to write an article about a cafe in my hometown. I found no digital footprint as it burned in 1972. I researched some Newspaper Archives and made a page based on that info, citing sources. I have it in my "sandbox' and asked to publish. Not sure if you can help from that point. --Britt Autry (talk) 17:47, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Britt Autry, unfortunately, I doubt the cafe passes Wikipedia's notability guidelines. — Qwerfjkltalk 17:01, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Got it. Interesting system. I followed another reply and added the cafe in some brief comments as a suggested edit to the historical wiki page of Columbia, Mississippi. Still awaiting this edit review. Thanks. Britt Autry (talk) 14:34, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Britt Autry, you were reverted for a similar reason I gave: that it's not notable. — Qwerfjkltalk 17:47, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Qwerfjkl (bot) – Quebec99

Page: Jason_Voorhees

Diff: Special:Diff/1357813756

Comment/question:

I simply deleted a reference name from the questioned reference, which could not display because of the following error:
Cite error: The named reference "music ref" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
Technically, I just did not fix a reference error which already existed. Quebec99 (talk) 22:51, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Quebec99 (talk) 22:51, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Quebec99, unfortunately there's no straightforward way to determine whether an edit introduced an error, or merely revealed one that wasn't reported before. Just ignore the notification, or you can opt-out of the notifications if you like. — Qwerfjkltalk 17:02, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Qwerfjkl (bot) – Zsmarin1016

Page: Matt_Mantei

Diff: Special:Diff/1353689769

Comment/question:

Zsmarin1016 (talk) 01:39, 5 June 2026 (UTC) I do not know why I was notified

Zsmarin1016, you added

<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=T. M. Z. |date=2018-05-15 |title=Ex-MLB Pitcher Matt Mantei Convicted In Domestic Violence Case, Avoids Jail |url=https://www.tmz.com/2018/05/15/mlb-matt-mantei-convited-domestic-violence/ |access-date=2026-05-11 |website=TMZ |language=en}}</ref>

which has invalid |last= and |first= fields. These fields are for the name of the human author. — Qwerfjkltalk 17:45, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Qwerfjkl (bot) – MatthewMCN608

Page: List_of_critically_endangered_languages

Diff: Special:Diff/1357944816

I could not find another source with a name present for the citation, and thus I used Ethnolouge, and put the author as "Ethnolouge Editors". Thank you, MatthewMCN608.

MatthewMCN608 (talk) 17:08, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

MatthewMCN608, the |last= and |first= fields are for the name of the human author; you can use |author= for that purpose. — Qwerfjkltalk 17:05, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Question from MichaelAtInceptionU (19:45, 5 June 2026)

Hey! I am looking to create some pages about some professional work, educational theories, and organizations around my area, which would include the company I work for. I saw in the "Contributing to Wikipedia" article that, "Please note though that we strongly discourage people from writing about themselves, their friends, bands, websites, companies or organizations, pet projects, personal vendettas, campaigns and any other topic in which they have a conflict of interest."

Does this still allow me to compose and publish these pages, knowing that they'll be under more scrutiny for bias and accuracy? Or is it something that will prevent me from doing so? Thanks! --MichaelAtInceptionU (talk) 19:45, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

MichaelAtInceptionU, you are permitted to do so, but you must disclose you have a conflict of interest. See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI for more information. — Qwerfjkltalk 17:06, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! MichaelAtInceptionU (talk) 17:03, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Mass TFD, too much whitespace

I just noticed that Special:Diff/1357675086 adds two extra lines of whitespace. TFD nominations should be inline with existing text to avoid too much extra spacing. Is this something that can be easily fixed? Primefac (talk) 09:49, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Primefac, oops, Special:Diff/1358110907 should fix that. — Qwerfjkltalk 17:00, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

@Primefac, oops again. Qwerfjkltalk 10:06, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Heh, I did wonder about that. Primefac (talk) 10:08, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Question from Josephzulu1 (19:45, 6 June 2026)

Hello, how do I open a wiki with my biography on it? --Josephzulu1 (talk) 19:45, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

@Josephzulu1, see Wikipedia:Autobiography. It's not a good idea, especially as a new editor. Qwerfjkltalk 10:12, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Question from Cjay9426 (02:41, 7 June 2026)

Can I put information on Wikipedia --Cjay9426 (talk) 02:41, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

@Cjay9426, in general, yes. Any particular information you want to add? Qwerfjkltalk 10:13, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Tech News: 2026-24

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

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• Wikimedia Enterprise has increased the free usage limits for its API offerings. The monthly request limit for the On-demand API has increased from 5,000 to 50,000 requests, while the Snapshot API limit has increased from 15 to 30 requests per month. In addition, Structured Contents snapshots are now available for free accounts. These changes expand access to Wikimedia Enterprise data for developers, researchers, and organizations using Wikimedia content.

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• The refreshed Explore Feed, now called the Home Feed, is rolling out to 50% of users of the Wikipedia Android app. The Home Feed helps readers discover relevant content through two new tabs: Community and For You. The Community tab provides a scrollable feed of curated content and updates from the broader Wikimedia community and movement, while the For You tab offers a full-screen, swipeable experience that shows content tailored to a user's interests. The redesign is part of a broader effort to improve discovery and enhance the learning experience in the Wikipedia app.
• The Which came first? daily trivia game is now available in the beta version of the Wikipedia iOS app in English, German, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, and Turkish. The game uses historical events from Wikipedia's "On This Day" content and challenges readers to guess which of two events happened first. The game was previously released on Android. Communities interested in making the game available in their languages can read the instructions and requirements.
• Sub-referencing, a new MediaWiki feature that allows editors to reuse references with different details, will begin rolling out to Wikimedia wikis following a successful pilot phase. Deployment will start on 8 June for most Group 1 wikis and French Wikipedia, with additional Wikipedia language editions receiving the feature over the coming months. Communities are encouraged to prepare by checking for untranslated Cite extension messages in their language and reviewing any use of Reference Tooltips, which may require updates to support the new functionality. Wikis using Reference Previews do not need to take any action. Communities may also wish to create the cite-tracking-category-ref-details tracking category as a hidden category using __HIDDENCAT__ (or a dedicated template), and connect it to the corresponding Wikidata item d:Q129764848.
• The Page Previews experiment on mobile web has concluded. The team decided not to roll out the feature after the results showed no statistically significant impact on reader retention, as the primary success metric was retention improvement. Page Previews, which are already available on desktop and in the apps, display a thumbnail, lead paragraph, and link to the full article when readers tap a blue link. The experiment tested this experience on mobile web across six Wikipedias.
• The user interface icon library will be updated later this week or next week. Most of the ~300 icons have been slightly refined and ~30 new icons have been added. These changes improve the icons to make them more consistent and comprehensible, and provide more visual balance when they are used in groups.
• The Universal Language Selector (ULS) interface in MediaWiki, which helps users select content in other languages, has been updated. The new version improves speed and accessibility, and users of Wikimedia projects can now pin languages for quicker language switching. The deployment to Wikimedia sites will happen gradually in the coming weeks. You can test it now as a beta feature by selecting beta features in your profile preferences and share your feedback on the project page.
• View all 21 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, an issue where the Pageviews Analysis dashboard on pageviews.wmcloud.org stopped updating graph data in May 2026, affecting all users, has been fixed.

Updates for technical contributors

• The function signature for mw.util.addPortletLink() has been simplified. Developers can now pass a configuration object instead of a list of positional parameters when creating portlet links. The previous function signature remains supported for backwards compatibility. For example, instead of: mw.util.addPortletLink('p-cactions', '#', 'Stub', 'ca-stubtag', 'Add a stub tag to this page'); use mw.util.addPortletLink('p-cactions', { href: '#', text: 'Stub', id: 'ca-stubtag', tooltip: 'Add a stub tag to this page' });. Script maintainers are encouraged to review existing uses of addPortletLink() and update them where appropriate. This change will be available on all wikis from 11 June. Thanks to community volunteer Gerges for contributing this improvement.
• Community Wishlist discussion: Product & Technology introduced changes meant to increase the number and complexity of wishes fulfilled, including the disbanding of the Community Tech team. They are engaging in discussions about a proposed direction for the wishlist from community members. Includes ways to structure annual voting, better tracking of wishes, removing focus areas, and staffing updates.
• Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

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Question from Bifty (02:37, 9 June 2026)

Note: Bifty's mentor Fritzmann2002 is away.

Hello, Fritzmann2002, a few of my pages generated a lot of traffic, and a few of them have been flagged as AI generated, since I did use some AI to help assist with editing. The moderators set up a talk page to talk to me and help me sort through my pages removing, and editing some pages, and I was wondering if you had any tips? --Bifty (talk) 02:37, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Bifty, I don't think I can give you any more specific advice than the advice you received at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject AI Cleanup#LLM assisted Light Phone articles; but if you have any specific questions I can answer them (although you will probably get better answers at the AI cleanup talk thread).
(I'm Qwerfjkl, not Fritzmann2002, for what it's worth; Fritzmann's away.) — Qwerfjkltalk 12:44, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you @Qwerfjkl, so after re-writing areas where I used LLM for copy-editing, do I submit to them in order to get the ai-generated tag removed? Bifty (talk) 01:26, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Bifty, well, the easiest place to submit them is probably the AI cleanup talk thread. — Qwerfjkltalk 12:47, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Question from Hjmitchellistheworst (07:39, 10 June 2026)

Who is HJ Mitchell and can I have his home address --Hjmitchellistheworst (talk) 07:39, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Question from IDN ASEAN 80 (14:30, 11 June 2026)

Hi are News websites a reliable source? --IDN ASEAN 80 (talk) 14:30, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

IDN ASEAN 80, you can find relevant information at Wikipedia:Reliable sources#News organizations. In general, the usefulness of a news website as a source will depend on what you want the source to support, and the news site itself. — Qwerfjkltalk 14:43, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks @Qwerfjkl --IDN ASEAN 80 (talk) 15:01, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Bot idea?

So you have your awesome Qwerfjkl (bot) with its CS1 task. First, thank you for that. Your bot has notified multiple times of issues I inadvertently caused and was able to quickly fix as a result of the notification. Was wondering if you had ever considered adding a task to notify editors when they add WP:DUPARGS to a page? As someone who both frequently patrols this category AND who has been guilty on more than one occasion of landing pages in there, this would be a fantastic addition. Food for thought! Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 17:47, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Zackmann08, I don't think that would be too difficult, but it might need another BRFA. Lately I've been trying to get the CS1 error messages to show the problematic references in the error notification, but I might give it a shot at some point in the future. — Qwerfjkltalk 09:48, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

Oh I'm sure a new BRFA would be needed, just saying I think it would be super helpful! Again, as someone who has made this mistake before, I would whole heartedly welcome a bot that dropped a message notifying me of the error so I could correct it. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 17:22, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors – June 2026 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2026 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June 2026 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Election news: Nominations for the mid-year coordinator election ends at 23:59 on 15 June. Voting will last from 00:00 on 16 June to 23:59 on 30 June. Results will be announced on the election page. April Blitz: 18 of the 21 editors who signed up for the April 2026 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited 122,993 words in 56 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. May Drive: 34 of the 66 editors who signed up for the May 2026 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited 543,972 words in 211 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. June Blitz: Our June 2026 Copy Editing Blitz will start on 14 June and finish on 30 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 22:40, 11 June 2025 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 132 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 1,691 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Question from TechnicalKid (04:35, 12 June 2026)

hi --TechnicalKid (talk) 04:35, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

TechnicalKid, hi! — Qwerfjkltalk 09:45, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

Question from Bdmji story world (19:29, 13 June 2026)

यहां पर अपनी स्टोरी लिखकर कैसे डालें --Bdmji story world (talk) 19:29, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

बालकवीर कहानी (सच्चाई अच्छाई )भाग1

इस कहानी के लेखक भगवानदास Bdmji story world (talk) 19:35, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

Qwerfjkl (bot) – Billcs777

Page: Tyler_Hilton

Diff: Special:Diff/1357848743

Comment/question:

Billcs777 (talk) 22:24, 13 June 2026 (UTC) The source for my change indicates that Tyler Hilton and his wife "broke up". It does not indicate they divorced, hence why I changed "divorced" to "separated" in the biography. Whoever added this information previously presumed they were divorced, when there is no evidence of that.

Billcs777, the issue is you used |last=Tyler Hilton's Facebook. Instead you should use |last=Hilton and |first=Tyler. — Qwerfjkltalk 12:58, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

CS1 error on User Qwerfhjl (bot)/CS1 errors

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page User Qwerfhjl (bot)/CS1 errors, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

• A generic name error. References show this error when author or editor name parameters use place-holder names. Please edit the article to include the source's actual author or editor name. (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 17:31, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

CS1 error on User Qwerfhjl (bot)/CS1 errors

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page User Qwerfhjl (bot)/CS1 errors, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

• A URL error. References show this error when one of the URL-containing parameters contains an invalid URL. Please edit the article to add the valid URL. (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 17:51, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

User Qwerfhjl (bot)/CS1 errors

Hi there! I was cleaning up Category:CS1 errors: missing pipe today and noticed that your User Qwerfhjl (bot)/CS1 errors page is included. Instead of this page being in mainspace, I'm curious way this page isn't in userspace at User:Qwerfhjl (bot)/CS1 errors instead, which would prevent it from being listed in the CS1 errors categories. Thanks and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 03:50, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

GoingBatty, whoops, typo there. I've moved it and tagged the redirect for deletion (forgot I had page mover rights, oh well). — Qwerfjkltalk 08:59, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Question from Tanjacorrs (13:04, 15 June 2026)

Note: Tanjacorrs's mentor GoldRomean is away.

Hello, I’d like to submit my first Wikipedia article for review. It is a biography of a living person. I have substantially rewritten this draft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jamundarains/sandbox (this is not my account) Could someone advise me on the correct submission process, and where I should disclose a potential conflict of interest? For transparency: I am not employed by the subject of the article, but he asked me to help rewrite it as I'm native English speaker. If the article is accepted/published, I expect to be compensated for the work. I want to make sure I disclose this properly and follow Wikipedia’s rules.

Thank you, Tanya --Tanjacorrs (talk) 13:04, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Tanjacorrs, please read Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure#How to disclose. It can be submitted through the Articles for Creation process; you can use the Article wizard if you want. — Qwerfjkltalk 15:42, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for replying so quickly. The article is now published: User:Tanjacorrs/sandbox, and COI is disclosed in 3 differenet places (my User page, Talk page and article edit summary). I suppose now I wait until someone reviews the article, and either accepts or declines? How long does it usually take? Thank you very much for your guidance. Tanjacorrs (talk) 18:22, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

@Tanjacorrs: Hi there! First you'll have to submit your sandbox to be reviewed. See the instructions at WP:AFCREVIEW. Good luck with your draft! GoingBatty (talk) 22:00, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Tech News: 2026-25

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 Reader Growth team has launched an Image Browsing beta feature on the mobile web version of all Wikipedias. The feature shows an image carousel at the top of articles with 3 or more images. Editors can configure this feature with the following controls: to hide a specific image from a page, either use class=notpageimage excluding it from thumbnail previews, or class=noviewer excluding it from MediaViewer. The carousel can also be disabled from a page entirely, with the magic word __NOMEDIAVIEWERCAROUSEL__. To submit feedback or flag bugs, please visit the project page.
• Wikitables can now be sorted in descending order on the first click by adding data-sort-order="desc" to the header cell. Previously, by default, clicking a column header for the first time sorts it in ascending order. This addition to a Wikitable gives it more control and flexibility, while the default behavior for subsequent clicks remains unchanged.

Updates for editors

• The Article guidance feature is currently being tested with some editors creating new articles on the Simple English, French, and Turkish Wikipedias. The experiment will soon begin on the Arabic and Bangla Wikipedias as well. This feature gives editors community-curated guidance to help them create articles that follow community standards. Experienced editors can continue creating or adapting outlines for specific article types that are commonly created by less experienced contributors. The outlines guide less experienced editors in creating high-quality articles. A quick guide to markups used in outlines can be found on this page. Example outlines that can be adapted and instructions for how to adapt them are on this section of the project page.
• Wikis that wish to replace the "indefinitely" button in Special:Block for temporary accounts (for example, wikis that block temporary users only until account expiration) will be able to do so by creating MediaWiki:ipb-indefinite-expiry-temporary-account with the block duration they want.
• View all 41 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

• By the end of June, a valid user-agent string will be required for automated dumps downloads from the dumps.wikimedia.org website. Automated requests that provide a generic or empty user-agent will be blocked. This extends enforcement of the long standing user-agent policy. Access to dumps through Wikimedia Cloud Services will not change.
• The roll out of global API rate limits is now complete, with limits enforced across all APIs and at the documented levels for all groups. Bots running in Toolforge/WMCS or with the bot user right on any wiki remain exempt. All bots should continue to follow the documented best practices to avoid being rate limited.
• The API Portal wiki will be read only starting this week (June 15-18). The following week (June 22-25), all API Portal wiki URLs will redirect to Wikimedia APIs on mediawiki.org. Learn more on the project page.
• Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

Meetings and events

• On June 17th at 6pm UTC the WMF will be holding Discord call focused on a code review. We've heard through the Developer Satisfaction Survey that volunteers are struggling with code review and we'd like to discuss these experiences with the goal of surfacing workable solutions. You can join the call via the Wikimedia Community Discord server.
• The Latin American Wikimedia Conference will host a regional hackathon that will bring together the Wikimedia movement’s technical community including developers, system administrators, data scientists, and users with extended rights. Interested technical contributors can apply for a scholarship to participate until June 21 at midnight (Bolivia time, UTC-4).
• Sign up for Wikimania Team Challenges to join this special event. The Team challenges will take place online and in person from July 21 to 22, before Wikimania conference. Everyone is welcome, regardless of skills or Wikimania registration. Teams will work on 10 important challenges supporting the Wikimedia community. For details, visit the Team Challenges page and register there. Registration closes on June 20th at 11pm UTC.

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Question from GAXCREATIVE on Wikipedia:Nothing is clear (23:10, 15 June 2026)

I will design a modern, professional, and unique logo that represents your brand identity and attracts your target audience. High-quality work, fast delivery, and client satisfaction guaranteed. --GAXCREATIVE (talk) 23:10, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Qwerfjkl (bot) – 1969camaro12121966

Page: Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force

Diff: Special:Diff/1359566875

Comment/question: Article by multiple editors on staff.

1969camaro12121966 (talk) 00:47, 16 June 2026 (UTC)