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The Signpost: 01 July 2015

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Recent edits to Li Ching-Yuen

Hello :User:Masssly, care to explain why you feel it was better before? Every other biography page has age at death and I took pains to emphasise that it was a claimed age. If it was that we haven't an exact date, then every article I've every read on him gives those ages and ages aren't usually sourced so I didn't.

Thanks for alerting me though, it was very considerate of you, few users would have done the same.

Gothaparduskerialldrapolatkh (talk) 18:08, 4 July 2015 (UTC) Gothaparduskerialldrapolatkh (talk) 18:12, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello Gothaparduskerialldrapolatkh, I noticed you included Li Ching-Yuen's aged as 256 or 197 and so I reverted your edit (without looking at his birth date) because it was impossible for one to live that long. Having now looked carefully it is either his birth or his death is wrong I don't know which. One of them must be deleted. I am open to your suggestions. Meanwhile you were not wrong to include the age because both his birth and death dates were already in the article. Cheers!—M@sssly^✉ 18:25, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Suggested deletion

Hi user:Masssly,

Thanks for your reply, regarding whether to delete Li Ching Yuen's birth or death date, I think I remember reading somewhere that his death was reported at the time in a newspaper, I'm not sure which, it might have been the times. Hope this helps!

Gothaparduskerialldrapolatkh (talk) 19:51, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2015-28

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• On the mobile site, you now see more information when you search for a page. It now shows the description from Wikidata.

Problems

• The code of long pages is not colored any more. You may see this problem on the pages of long gadgets.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 8. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 9 (calendar).
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This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2015)

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This Month in GLAM: June 2015

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The Signpost: 08 July 2015

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Today's articles for improvement weekly vote

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This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2015)

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Tech News: 2015-29

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• You can now see a list of pages with errors in code coloring.

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• There was a problem with editing on Thursday. Some tools like bots and VisualEditor were broken on all wikis for 10 minutes.
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Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 15. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 16 (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join a technical meeting at Wikimania in Mexico City this week.

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The Signpost: 15 July 2015

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Today's articles for improvement – discussion about changing project processes

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This week's articles for improvement (week 30, 2015)

Dessert is a typically sweet course that concludes an evening meal. Pictured is a chocolate-strawberry crumble ball. Hello, Masssly. The following are WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selections: Dessert Home Taboo Post-production Aerosol spray General aviation Previous selections: Kayaking • Holiest sites in Islam • Party Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Nominate an article Review nominations Have your say in future selections Posted by: Northamerica1000 (talk) on 04:00, 20 July 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI •

Tech News: 2015-30

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Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 21. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 22. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 23 (calendar).
• You now see more warnings in the image viewer. They tell you to be careful when using the image, for example if it shows a person.

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on July 21 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• Soon you won't be able to use MathJax to display math.

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The Signpost: 22 July 2015

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This week's articles for improvement (week 31, 2015)

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Tech News: 2015-31

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Recent changes

• You can now use redirects to link to JavaScript pages.
• You cannot use the compact user bar any more.
• You can change your options to see bigger images.
• You can watch short videos about how to use VisualEditor.
• You can now edit pages linked in "what links here" more easily.

Problems

• There was a problem with some Lua modules on July 22 and 23. Some pages using them did not list them in "what links here". You can fix those pages with a null edit: edit and save the page without making any change.
• There was a problem with the abuse filter page on big wikis on July 23. It was due to a code error.

Changes this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from July 29. It will be on all Wikipedias from July 30 (calendar).
• JavaScript authors: You cannot use wgNoticeUserData to get edit counts anymore.

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TAFI's List of articles

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A discussion is occurring at the TAFI talk page regarding potential changes to the project's List of articles page. Your input is welcome at the discussion.

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Some bubble tea for you!

Hi Masssly, Thanks a bunch for joining WP:TAFI! We hope you enjoy working with our project. Bananasoldier (talk) 15:08, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! I find the project useful.—M@sssly^✉ 23:45, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 July 2015

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