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Commons:문의하기

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Commons:문의하기 has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

If you created this project page, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it.

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Picture of the Year voting round 1 open

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Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2012 Picture of the Year competition is now open. We're interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year for 2012. Voting is open to established Wikimedia users who meet the following criteria:

  1. Users must have an account, at any Wikimedia project, which was registered before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 0000 [UTC].
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  3. Users must vote with an account meeting the above requirements either on Commons or another SUL-related Wikimedia project (for other Wikimedia projects, the account must be attached to the user's Commons account through SUL).

Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all entered in this competition. From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems, diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human portraits, Commons features pictures of all flavors.

For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you can vote for as many images as you like. The first round category winners and the top ten overall will then make it to the final. In the final round, when a limited number of images are left, you must decide on the one image that you want to become the Picture of the Year.

To see the candidate images just go to the POTY 2012 page on Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons celebrates our featured images of 2012 with this contest. Your votes decide the Picture of the Year, so remember to vote in the first round by January 30, 2013.

Thanks,
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Delivered by Orbot1 (talk) at 09:44, 19 January 2013 (UTC) - you are receiving this message because you voted last year

Explanation please

Latest comment: 11 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Why did you change my user page ?

(actu | diff) 19 janvier 2013 à 10:06‎ Kwj2772 (discuter | contributions)‎ m . . (3 346 octets) (-10)‎ . . (Duplicate: File:VéritéImberbe.jpg → File:Truth.jpg Exact or scaled-down duplicate: commons::File:Truth.jpg) (défaire) (actu | diff) 19 janvier 2013 à 10:05‎ Kwj2772 (discuter | contributions)‎ m . . (3 356 octets) (-18)‎ . . (Duplicate: File:VéritéPoilue.jpg → File:Truth.jpg Exact or scaled-down duplicate: commons::File:Truth.jpg) (défaire)

Those are modified files of truth.jpg not exact or scaled-down duplicate files.--YanikB (talk) 21:06, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

I checked again on your request and found I missed retouched part when I deleted those images. Those images are now restored. Scale-downed image links in "Source" row made me determine those are scale-downed duplicate. I advise that when you retouch the image it is better to choose original, not scale-downed image as target to modify. And leaving simple description using {{Retouched}} can reduce confusion to administrators and help users to find which images to use in Wikimedia projects. Thank you for reminding me. – Kwj2772 (msg) 08:13, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Thank you, I will follow your advices.--YanikB (talk) 13:55, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

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Allied Land Command picture

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You recently deleted |image=150px from Allied Land Command. It was a graphic developed by United States military personnel and is considered public domain. Can you please put the picture back and advise what tags I need to include in the file?

Restored. {{PD-USGov}} may apply. Please see Category:PD-USGov license tags for details. – Kwj2772 (msg) 18:42, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

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조치 의뢰

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제가 ko:위키백과:사랑방/2013년 제11주#공용에 활동하고 계신 분 계시면…에 기재한 건과 관련되어 가능한 조치를 해주시기를 요청합니다. - Mer du Japon (talk) 13:30, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

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File:Jules rimet.jpg

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
 
File:Jules rimet.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues.

Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!
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Lymantria (talk) 14:07, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

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Unprotect Flag of None

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Hi,

could you unprotect the Flag of None?  

Then I could upload a neutral version according to the discussion there? If you want to, you can upload it on your own, the source is simply: 

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='no'?>
<svg xmlns:svg='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' version='1.0' width='225' height='150'>
<rect x='0' y='0' width='225' height='150' style='stroke:none;fill:#bbb;' />
<text x='112' y='115' text-anchor='middle' style='font-size:120;fill:#fff'>?</text>
</svg>

Kind regards, --Sepp (talk) 11:29, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

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  • A report on mobile upload errors was published, and software changes to reduce their number will come soon. [8]
  • A request for comments on updating MediaWiki to use RDFa version 1.1 was started on MediaWiki.org (Gerrit change #67608).

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Tech News: 2013-25

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  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22wmf7) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 13. It will be enabled on non–Wikipedia sites on June 17, and on all Wikipedias on June 20. [9]
  • The Narayam and WebFonts extensions were successfully replaced by Universal Language Selector on June 11. [10]
  • VisualEditor news:
    • VisualEditor was temporarily disabled on Wikipedia sites on June 14 due to an issue that inserted a lot of HTML code. The issue is now fixed and VisualEditor works as before.
    • Users can now use VisualEditor to add images and other media items from their local wikis and Wikimedia Commons. [11].
    • VisualEditor also allows editing references. [12]
  • The new Disambiguator extension, which was previously part of MediaWiki itself, was enabled on test wikis. It adds the magic word __DISAMBIG__ to mark disambiguation pages. [13]
  • The newly enabled Campaigns extension allows Wikimedia Foundation data analysts to track account creations that result from a specific outreach campaign.
Future software changes
  • Universal Language Selector will be added to the Catalan (ca), Cebuano (ceb), Persian (fa), Finnish (fi), Norwegian Bokmål (no), Portuguese (pt), Ukrainian (uk), Vietnamese (vi), Waray-Waray (war) and Chinese (zh) Wikipedias on June 18. [14]
  • Starting on June 18, VisualEditor will be randomly enabled by default for half of newly created accounts on the English Wikipedia to test stability, performance and features. [15]
  • Two new webfonts (UnifrakturMaguntia and Linux Libertine) will be added to wikis that use Universal Language Selector. [16] [17]
  • It will now be possible to hide the sidebar while using the Translate extension to reduce distractions (bug #45836). [18]
  • A patrolling link will now be visible for un-patrolled pages, even if users don't visit it from Special:NewPages or Special:RecentChanges (bug #49123). [19]
  • A request for comments on enabling a new search engine for MediaWiki was started.

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EdwardsBot (talk) 22:21, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Commons:Requests for comment/AppropriatelyLicensed

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Thanks for reviewing the proposal. The GFDL (as a sole licence) is already not an option on the upload wizard or the "old form". It is multi-licence option with CC, but that's fine under the proposal too. As for opposing the "disallowance of new uploads", the RFC is a discussion not a vote. For your opinion to have any weight, you need to say why, bearing in mind the Commons mission to hold images that are free for anyone to use for any purpose (i.e., not just images for Wikipedia, or educational/non-commercial purposes). Thanks, Colin (talk) 07:02, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

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Latest comment: 11 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Thanks for correcting my error. My apologies for editing the wrong system message. —David Levy 01:29, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome. :-) – Kwj2772 (msg) 08:17, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

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  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22wmf8) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on June 20. It will be enabled on non–Wikipedia sites on June 24, and on all Wikipedias on June 27. [20]
  • Universal Language Selector was successfully enabled on the Catalan (ca), Cebuano (ceb), Persian (fa), Finnish (fi), Norwegian Bokmål (no), Portuguese (pt), Ukrainian (uk), Vietnamese (vi), Waray-Waray (war) and Chinese (zh) Wikipedias. [21]
  • The new interface for account creation and log–in is now the default on all Wikimedia wikis. The old look is no longer available (bug #46333). [22]
  • The TimedMediaHandler extension now supports native FLAC files. A discussion to allow this file type is taking place on Commons (bug #49505). [23]
  • After a test period, the Disambiguator extension was enabled on the English Wikipedia on June 18. [24]
  • VisualEditor news:
    • A VisualEditor bug temporarily made all new accounts unusable. The issue is now fixed and account creation works as before (bug #49727).
    • A high importance file insertion bug has been fixed, but the feature does not work perfectly yet. [25]
  • It is now possible to synchronise local CSS and JavaScript files with the beta cluster. This should make it easier to test software features before they are enabled on live wikis. [26]
Future software changes
  • The default link to a help page on editing, visible below the editing window, will change on almost 600 Wikimedia wikis and will now link to MediaWiki.org (bug #45977). [27]
  • Universal Language Selector will be enabled on wikis without language versions (such as Wikisource and Wikispecies) on June 25. [28]
  • The AbuseFilter extension will allow filtering links and HTML code for page creations. [29]
  • The related changes special page will now include upload log entries. [30]
  • It will soon be possible to choose the language of SVG files that contain translations. [31]
  • MediaWiki will now allow converting audio files from one format to another. [32]
  • The Wikidata technical team has started a discussion about how Wikidata can support Wiktionary. [33]
  • The search feature on Wikimedia sites is planned to be modified to use Solr on all wikis by the end of 2013. [34]

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Notification

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As far as I know, I didn't create this template. PiRSquared17 (talk) 16:55, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Oh. It was imported from Meta. PiRSquared17 (talk) 16:56, 29 June 2013 (UTC)


Welcome, dear translation administrator!

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Hi Kwj2772, thanks for your application for translation administrator. Your request was closed as successful, and you've been added to the list of translation administrators.

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For existing translations

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  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf9) was added to test wikis on June 27. It will be enabled on non–Wikipedia sites on July 8, and on all Wikipedias on July 11.
  • On Wikisource, the canonical names of the "Index" and "Page" namespaces in the Proofread Page extension are no longer localized (bug #47596). Please check scripts that depend on $wgCanonicalNamespace. [35]
  • A JavaScript problem caused the "History" and "Add topic" tabs in the Vector skin to be moved into the drop-down menu on right-to-left wikis. The issue is now fixed and links are visible as before (bug #50196). [36]
  • There was a short site outage on June 28.
  • The automated Category:User talk pages with broken file links now includes broken file links inserted inside the <gallery /> tag (bug #50119). [37]
  • The Nearby feature is now enabled on Commons and shows images in a user's area. [38]
  • There is now a special page listing disambiguation pages for wikis that use the Disambiguator extension (bug #44040). [39]
  • The old version of the Article feedback tool (version 4) was removed from wikis that still used it. [40]
  • VisualEditor news:
    • Many bugs that caused text to be removed or damaged have been fixed, including one related to copy-paste (bug #49816).
    • VisualEditor now offers a visual interface to edit references.
    • In preparation for enabling the VisualEditor on a wider scale, new documentation has been created, including a list of frequently-asked questions and a user guide with many images. Please help with translations.
    • Several problems related to overlapping of elements with the VisualEditor toolbar have been fixed (bug #50096, #50159, #50324).
    • TemplateData information is now displayed for templates that are added to a page (bug #49778).
    • Section edit links now show links to both VisualEditor and the old (source) editor (bug #49666).
    • Images are now loaded securely when using HTTPS (bug #43015). [41]
Future software changes
  • VisualEditor will be enabled for all logged-in English Wikipedia users on July 1, and for all users on July 8.
  • From July 8, it will be possible to upload WAV and native FLAC files to Commons, and use them directly on wiki pages (bug #49505). [42]
  • The Universal Language Selector will be added to the English Wikipedia on July 2, and to remaining wikis on July 9. [43]
Erratum

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Asiana pictures

Latest comment: 11 years ago8 comments2 people in discussion

Thank you for adding Korean to the Asiana 214 pictures WhisperToMe (talk) 09:35, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Additional files needing Korean descriptions:

WhisperToMe (talk) 17:55, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Wow, quite a lot to do. O_o – Kwj2772 (msg) 14:27, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
Yeah, the NTSB's been quite busy and proactive :o WhisperToMe (talk) 17:18, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
Please let me know if/when you've gotten around to doing them WhisperToMe (talk) 17:55, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
I found another: File:OZ-214-burnt-section.jpg WhisperToMe (talk) 05:23, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

라이선스/ko 번역 다 하셨네요??

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

반스타를 드리고 싶습니다. --콩가루 (talk) 13:39, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Bloqueig imatge logo DOP Oli de l'Empordà.jpg

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Benvolguts,

Us comunico que com a President del Consell Comarcal de l'Alt Empordà dono permís per a la difusió pública sense restriccions de la següent imatge.

File:Logo DOP Oli de l'Empordà.jpg

Salutacions.

Xavi Sanllehí. President del Consell Comarcal de l'Alt Empordà

Dear,

As the President of the Consell Comarcal de l'Alt Empordà I give permission for unrestricted public diffusion of this picture:

File:Logo DOP Oli de l'Empordà.jpg

Best regards.

Xavi Sanllehí. President of the Consell Comarcal de l'Alt Empordà


 
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Tech news: 2013-22

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes.

Recent software changes
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Future software changes
  • MediaWiki will stop supporting XHTML 1.0 and HTML versions lower than version 5. HTML5 will now be the default language for pages created by the software. [50] [51]
  • The software will check if all uploaded files are secure and match their type. [52]
  • The Wikimedia Commons Android app will come out of the beta phase on its next release. [53]
  • Account creation by manual log-in will now be recorded in the account creation log (bug 42434). [54]
  • Links to file description pages will again be accessible directly from within videos (bug 43747). [55]
  • The software behind recent changes patrolling was re-written; the change fixes issues related to patrolling new pages, among other things. [56]
  • During a meeting, developers agreed on rules about making big changes to the software. [57]
  • There is now a category to list pages with invalid music code. [58]

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  • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf5) was added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 29. It will be enabled on the English Wikipedia on June 3, and on all other Wikipedias on June 5. [59]
  • The Tamil Wikipedia shared a Lua module they created to automate their Main Page. [60]
  • There is now a test wiki to test new features in right-to-left languages. [61]
  • The Thanks feature was added to the English Wikipedia; users can now thank others for individual edits. [62]
  • The new interface for account creation and log-in is now the default on 30 wikis, including the English Wikipedia, Commons, Meta, and Wikidata. The feature will be added to all wikis after June 5. Users can return to the old look by adding ?useNew=0 to the web address. [63]
  • Videos are now played in pop-up windows if their size on the page is smaller than 200 pixels (800 pixels on the English Wikipedia). [64]
  • Opening your talk page now marks notifications as read, for wikis using the Notifications feature. (bug 47912) [65].
  • All autoconfirmed users can now reset transcoding of video files; previously only administrators could do this. [66]
  • The Nearby feature allows people who use mobile devices to see Wikipedia articles about objects and places around them. [67]
Future software changes

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Tech news: 2013-28

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  • VisualEditor news:
    • VisualEditor deployment has been delayed by a week. It is now planned to enable the editor for logged–in editors on chosen Wikipedias on July 22, and on all Wikipedias on July 29.
    • A bug that made it impossible to save VisualEditor edits that triggered a CAPTCHA has been fixed. [71]
    • Several bugs that occurred on right–to–left wikis have been fixed last week (bug #49416, bug #49613, bug #50543).
  • Uploading files has been restricted on Meta Wiki to administrators and the newly created uploader group. An exemption doctrine policy is being developed (bug #50287). [72]
  • Emergency priority CentralNotice banners will always be shown unless users have hidden them, ignoring cookies set for lower priority banners. [73]

Future software changes

  • MediaWiki will allow choosing a specific page of a PDF document or a thumbnail of a video file to show up inside the
    tag (bug #8480). [74]
    • It will now be possible to create empty MediaWiki: messages, for instance in order to disable them (bug #50124). [75]
    • The Nearby feature will soon be enabled on Wikivoyage wikis again. [76]
    • The Notifications extension messages will now include a direct link to diffs on wiki as well as in notification e-mails (bug #48183). [77]
    • Table of contents will now use the HTML <div /> element instead of <table />, fixing a nine–year–old bug #658. [78]
    • First mock–ups of a mobile Wikidata application have been published by Pragun Bhutani as part of his Google Summer of Code project. [79]
    • A discussion on minimum documentation practices in MediaWiki code has been started and awaits comments from the community.

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    Future software changes

    • A new version of the Single User Login system for global accounts will be enabled on July 17. Users will now automatically go back to the previous page instead of seeing the "Login success" page with logos. [83]
    • The software that resizes images on all wikis will change on July 18. Resizing of big images will be faster and more reliable, and the resolution limit for GIF, PNG and TIFF files (currently set at 50 megapixels) will be removed. [84]
    • Edit tags (mostly used by AbuseFilter) will now also be on diff pages. They include a link to Special:Tags before the edit summary. Wikis that use links in tag messages should remove them. [85] [86]
    • Global edit filters are currently in testing and will be added to wikis later. [87]
    • Wikivoyage wikis will start to use Wikidata for interwiki links on July 22. [88]
    • A new image gallery design has been proposed by Brian Wolff; comments and feedback are welcome.
    • An IRC discussion about Bugzilla is planned for July 16, at 16:00 (UTC) on the IRC channel #wikimedia-office on Freenode (time conversion). [89]

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    • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf12) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 25. It will be enabled on non–Wikipedia sites on July 29, and on all Wikipedias on August 1. [97]
    • Wikivoyage was offline for around 40 minutes on July 24. [98]
    • Pywikipediabot moved their code from SVN to git; bot owners need to update their tools. [99]
    • The Notifications and Thanks extensions were added to Meta-Wiki on July 26; other wikis will get them soon. [100]
    • It is now possible to add edit summaries on Wikidata using the API; the feature will be added to user interface soon. [101]
    • The software that resizes large PNG images on all wikis was changed on July 25. Resizing of PNG files bigger than 35 megapixels should be faster and more reliable now. [102]
    • Three new webfonts (Gentium, Old Persian and Shapour) will be added to Universal Language Selector. [103], [104], [105]
    • Special:MIMESearch, which gives a list of files by type, will be enabled on all Wikimedia wikis with MediaWiki version 1.22/wmf12 (bug #13438). [106]
    • A mailing list to discuss multimedia features was started; users are encouraged to sign up.
    • VisualEditor news:
      • On July 24, VisualEditor was added for logged-in users on the German (de), Spanish (es), French (fr), Hebrew (he), Italian (it), Polish (pl), Russian (ru) and Swedish (sv) Wikipedias; it will be added for all users on those wikis on July 29. [107]
      • A preference to completely disable VisualEditor while it is in beta phase was added on July 24. [108]
      • Many bugs were fixed in right-to-left languages. [109] [110] [111] [112] [113] [114]
      • It is possible again to scroll down in the template editing window (bug #51739).
      • VisualEditor now works with the FlaggedRevisions extension. (bug #49699)
      • If the user opens VisualEditor using a section edit link, the title of the section is added to the edit summary (bug #50872).
      • Invisible templates now can't be deleted by accident or on purpose (bug #51322).

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    Notification

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    Hello, there is a de-flag proposal at Commons:Bots/Requests/de-flag which affects your bot. Regards --Steinsplitter (talk) 22:35, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

    File:DWTlosangeles.jpg

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    Hi, I noticed that you marked File:DWTlosangeles.jpg as pending, but did not reply to the OTRS ticket. Could you clarify what do you think is needed to get the permission confirmed? I personally don't see a reason not to confirm in this case... --whym (talk) 10:04, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

    Ah, It was quite aged tickets so I added OTRS received to prevent from deletion as a temporary measure. Also, slightly different copyright holder name in file page and email made me hesitate to process it. I just processed the ticket as your opinion. Thanks for reminding me. – Kwj2772 (msg) 10:43, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
    Thanks a lot! :) I now understand why you hesitated. Perhaps (in future) it might help if you add such explanation at the ticket as a note to the ticket so that other OTRS agents can see and help. --whym (talk) 12:38, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
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    질문드립니다.

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    실례합니다만, 사용자 Reiro입니다. 제 위키미디어 커먼즈 계정 번호를 잊어 새로운 임시 계정을 만든 뒤 'Reiro'라는 이름으로 바꿀 생각입니다. 그런데 여기에서 Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations에 해당하는 곳은 어디인가요?--61.75.92.78 16:25, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

    몇 가지 질문을 먼저 드리겠습니다.
    1. 이메일 주소가 있기 때문에 비밀번호 찾기가 가능합니다. 먼저 그 방법은 시도해 보셨나요?
    2. 통합 계정에 직접 연결되어 있지 않아 계정 인수 절차를 거치려면 본인 확인에 애로사항이 있을 것 같습니다. 통합 계정으로 묶이지 않았던 이유를 여쭤볼 수 있을까요?
    3. 계정 통합 마무리 조치가 8월 중에 이루어지기 때문에, 해당 계정은 Reiro~commonswiki로 자동 개명될 예정입니다. 그 때까지 기다리는 게 더 나을 수도 있습니다. 기여 수도 별로 많지 않으니까요.
    – Kwj2772 (msg) 08:13, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
    답변입니다
    1. 예. 그런데 메일이 오지 않았습니다.
    2. 지금 비밀번호와 여기 것이 달랐습니다. 그 때는 통합 계정이란 걸 몰랐던 때라 여기서 따로 만들었습니다.
    3. 해당 계정이 Reiro~commonswiki으로 바뀌면 제 것과 연관은 어떻게 되나요?--61.75.92.78 09:29, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
    간혹 비밀번호 찾기 메일이 스팸함에 들어가는 경우가 있습니다. 스팸함도 한 번 찾아보시면 도움이 될 것 같습니다. 계정 비밀번호를 찾았다면 Special:MergeAccount로 계정을 합쳐 주세요. 계정을 찾지 못했을 경우(3번 상황) Reiro~commonswiki로 계정이 바뀌면 한국어 위키백과 등에서 Reiro로 로그인한 상태로 공용에 접속하면, 기존의 통합 계정으로 Reiro라는 계정이 공용에서 자동으로 생성됩니다. 이게 계정 통합 마무리 조치의 주된 내용이기도 하고요. Commons:Changing username/Usurp requests에서 계정 인수 요청을 받긴 하지만, 계정 통합 마무리 조치가 곧 이루어지기 때문에 굳이 요청을 처리하지 않고 자연스럽게 해결되기까지 기다리는 분위기인 듯 합니다. – Kwj2772 (msg) 11:34, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

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    File:Milot, Laetitia 23.jpg

    Latest comment: 11 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

    Sir File:Milot, Laetitia 23.jpg, was NOT "taken from http://www.aufeminin.com/culture/noemie-lenoir-dans-danse-avec-les-stars-4-sp59095.html", who absolutely do not hold copyright on it. Maybe check your "facts" next time. Happy Evil Dude (talk) 20:43, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

    What's your evidences that the images should be kept? – Kwj2772 (msg) 17:29, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

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    New features

    • The previous version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf13) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on August 15. It was enabled on non-Wikipedia sites on August 19, and on all Wikipedias on August 22. [115]
    • The latest version of MediaWiki (1.22/wmf14) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on August 22. It will be enabled on non-Wikipedia sites on August 26, and on all Wikipedias on August 29. [116]
    • You can now use new styles of galleries. Please give feedback to User:Bawolff. [117]
    • You can now visit a random page in a category, for example Special:RandomInCategory/Science. (25931) [118]
    • You can now use the <wbr> HTML5 tag to say where a word can be cut. (52468) [119]
    • Gadget authors: you can now use the wikipage.content hook, so that your scripts are re-run when a page is changed after the document-ready event (for example using Ajax). (30713) [120]

    Problems fixed

    • There was a bug where file redirects didn't work when a file was renamed; it is now fixed. There is still an issue with purging, but it should be fixed soon. (52200)
    • Maintenance reports provided by special pages will now all be updated on each wiki every six months. This will for example give you recent information on uncategorized pages, unused templates and most wanted pages (see details).
    • There was a bug that caused false positives for anti-blanking edit filters; it is now fixed. (52077) [121]

    VisualEditor news

    • The "edit" and "edit source" tabs and section edit links can now be changed more easily; for example, some wikis are using "edit source" for wikitext editing, and "edit beta" for VisualEditor. You can ask for the same change in bugzilla.
    • You can now edit references that are added inside a <references> block. (51741)
    • You can now test on mediawiki.org new basic tools to add and edit struck text (with the   button for the <s> tag), lower text (  for <sub>), upper text (  for <sup>), underlined text (  for <u>), computer code (  for <code> and <tt>), math text (  for <math>), Egyptian hieroglyphs (  for <hiero>), and to say that text is in another language (  for lang="ar" dir="rtl"). (51609, 51612, 51611, 51590, 51610, 52352)
    • You can now use VisualEditor with the Opera browser. [122]

    Future

    • Starting on August 26, you will be able to use data from Wikidata on Wikivoyage sites. [123]
    • Starting on August 27, you will also get notifications on the mobile site if you're logged in to a wiki using notifications. [124]
    • Starting on August 28, all users with an account will be using HTTPS to access Wikimedia sites. HTTPS brings better security and improves your privacy. Some countries (like China) will not use HTTPS. If HTTPS causes problems for you, tell us on meta. [125]
    • Starting on August 29, you will get the code editor interface to edit JavaScript and CSS pages on all wikis. [126]
    • The plan to use Solr for search in MediaWiki was changed; instead, Elasticsearch is now planned. [127]

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    Hi Kwj2772, could you eventually take a look at Commons:Deletion requests/Uploads of User:Nokang1. It seems that User:Nokang1 has problems with english and might not fully understand the problems with his uploads. --Túrelio (talk) 18:40, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

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    Thank you for understanding the risks and immediately deleting the files. -- SuryaPrakash  Talk... 06:41, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

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    Hi, I don't think it is sensible to put {{Rename}} into articles without suggesting a file name. Furthermore, the files uploaded by User:Vengolis would have to be renamed again when the life forms are identified. -- Olaf Studt (talk) 11:43, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

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    New features

    • Special:Listfiles can now display old versions of files a user has uploaded. A new link was also added (Special:AllMyFiles) that gives a list of all files the current user has ever uploaded (that haven't been deleted).
    • There is now an Android application to contribute to translatewiki.net from mobile devices. [128]

    VisualEditor news

    • VisualEditor now has a new toolbar with drop-down menus for advanced tools. [129]
    • Many bugs were fixed, some related to copy-and-paste. [130]
    • You can now move references, list of references, templates and other elements with the mouse ("drag-and-drop"). [131]
    • You are invited to comment on designs for the interface to add references in VisualEditor.

    Future

    • Developers are looking for ideas of small technical projects that new developers could work on. Please add your ideas. [132]
    • Developers are looking for wikis who would accept to try using secure links (HTTPS) for all users. [133]
    • You can join an IRC discussion about "Beta features", a tool to try new features, on October 3. [134]
    • You can join an IRC discussion about Flow, the new wiki discussion tool, on October 17.

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    New features

    VisualEditor news

    • You can now create and edit references inside media captions. [136]
    • You now need to press the "delete" key twice to delete a template, reference or image; the first time, they only become selected, to avoid accidental deletion of infoboxes and similar content. [137]
    • When you resize images, you will now still see them, and their size will also be seen in the center. [138] [139]

    Future

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    New features

    • The "Toolbox" section in the site sidebar is now called "Tools" in English. You can do the same in your language by editing the interface text on translatewiki.net. Someone else may have already done it. [142]

    VisualEditor news

    • On wikis with VisualEditor, you can now use it on pages in the File, Help and Category spaces. [143]

    Problems

    • On October 22 (UTC), an error in the site settings caused *.wikimedia.org sites (like Meta-Wiki and Commons) to redirect to wikimediafoundation.org for a few hours. [144]

    Future

    • MediaWiki 1.23wmf1 was added to test wikis on October 24. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on October 28 and all Wikipedia wikis on October 31 (calendar).
    • In the next days, servers in San Francisco will start providing (cached) content to users located in Oceania. If you are in that area and notice problems, please tell us. [145]
    • You will soon be able to test new features easily using the "Beta Features" view. VisualEditor will be in the list on sites where it works and isn't automatically enabled. Another example is a set of changes in the article text style.

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    New features

    • The style and colors for warning boxes, error messages, and success messages in all skins of MediaWiki has been changed. [146]

    VisualEditor news

    • You will soon be able to switch from editing in VisualEditor to editing wikitext directly without having to save the page. You can't yet switch from wikitext to VisualEditor but developers hope to make it possible in the future. [147]

    Problems

    • There was a problem on October 31 during the activation of MediaWiki 1.22wmf2 on test wikis. mediawiki.org was also broken, and if you had problems logging in, it was probably because of this as well.

    Future

    • Because of the problem with MediaWiki 1.22wmf2, the calendar has changed. It will be added to mediawiki.org and non-Wikipedia sites on November 4, and all Wikipedia sites on November 7.

    JavaScript / Gadget developers

    • Due to a recent change, gadgets and user scripts that use jQuery UI should explicitly load the appropriate modules, as they may not be loaded by default. [148]
    • Developers have started to remove long-deprecated methods. You should check the JavaScript console (in debug=true mode) and look for deprecation warnings and their stack trace. [149]

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    New features

    • You can now use the "Autonym" font of the Universal Language Selector (ULS) to display the name of languages (for example in navigation templates) in their correct script. To do this, add the CSS class "autonym" to the elements that include language names. Note that this font only works for the name of languages, not for any other text. [150]

    Problems

    • There was a problem with Parsoid (the program used by VisualEditor to convert wikitext to annotated HTML) on November 4, between 19:40 and 20:40 (UTC). Encoding issues caused non-ASCII characters (including those with diacritics, like "é") to be broken when converted to wikitext and saved to the page. [151]

    Future

    • The Beta Features tool is now available on Commons and Meta-Wiki. With it, you can test new features before they're added for everyone. The plan is to add this tool to all wikis on November 21. [152]
    • MediaWiki 1.23wmf3 was added to test wikis on November 7. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on November 12 and all Wikipedia wikis on November 14 (calendar). [153]
    • The MassMessage tool will be added to all wikis on November 14. It will make it simpler to send messages across wikis. [154]
    • The button of the Search page will soon be changed to be blue and bigger (see the difference). [155]
    • You will soon be able to add a page name as parameter for {{REVISIONID}}, {{REVISIONUSER}} and {{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}} and similar functions, by writing for example {{REVISIONID:Apple}}. [156]
    • In the future, when you hide a CentralNotice banner on a wiki, it will also be hidden on other Wikimedia sites. [157]

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    Problems

    • There was a problem caused by too many requests to the database on November 14. [158]

    Future

    • MediaWiki 1.23wmf4 was added to test wikis on November 14. It will arrive to non-Wikipedia wikis on November 19 and all Wikipedia wikis on November 21 (calendar).
    • The new Search tool (CirrusSearch) will be added to *.wikimedia.org, Wikimania and Wikisource wikis on November 19, and Wiktionary wikis on November 21 (except where it's already available). Once it is added, you can test it by adding &srbackend=CirrusSearch to the address of the search results page. It will become the main search engine on Wikivoyage wikis on November 21. [159]
    • The MassMessage tool will be added to all wikis on November 19 instead of November 14. It will make it simpler to send messages across wikis. [160]

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    New features

    • The Beta Features announced before are now available on all Wikimedia wikis. You can test new features easily by changing your Beta preferences. VisualEditor is one of those features on sites where it works and isn't automatically enabled. There is also a new media viewer and changes in the article text style. [161]
    • Tools developers can now create tools that use the OAuth protocol to connect to accounts on Wikimedia sites. As a user, you can use those tools to make edits and other changes with your account without giving the tool your password. [162]

    Problems

    Future

    • There will be no major code changes on the week of November 25 because many developers will be on holiday for Thanksgiving.
    • The editing interface of Page: pages on Wikisource (working with the Proofread Page extension) will soon also work without JavaScript. [163]

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    Editor @ ar.wiki

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    Hello. I would like to inform you that I have granted you editor flag at the Arabic Wikipedia, all your edits there will be automatically marked as patrolled. Best regards.--Avocato (talk) 13:59, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

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    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. [164]
    • JavaScript code used on Wikimedia sites is now saved locally on your computer to load faster. [165]

    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. [166]
    • You can now open VisualEditor by adding ?veaction=edit to the page URL, regardless of your user preferences. [167]
    • Many bugs have been fixed, and VisualEditor should also look faster, for example when you save a page. [168]

    Problems

    • Due to issues, the new search tool ("CirrusSearch") was recently removed from wikis where it was enabled, then added again. [169]

    Future

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    08:38, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

    The Signpost: 11 December 2013

    News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

    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

    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". [173]
    • 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". [174]

    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. [175]
    • The log-in system for external tools ("OAuth") was broken on wikis that tested the new search tool. It was fixed last week. [176] [177]
    • Because of a bug, this newsletter is delivered to users using the new MediaWiki message delivery, and to community pages using the old EdwardsBot. [178]

    Future

    • MediaWiki 1.23wmf7 was added to test wikis on December 12. It will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on December 17 and all Wikipedia 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) [179]
    • GLAMToolset, a tool to help GLAM groups (like museums) upload many pictures to Commons, will be added to Commons on December 17. [180]
    • A Draft namespace will be added to the English Wikipedia to make it easier to create new pages. You will be able to use VisualEditor for drafts if you have enabled it. [181] [182]

    Other

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    08:24, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

    The Signpost: 18 December 2013

    News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

    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-Wikipedia wikis on December 31 and on all Wikipedia 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. [184]
    • 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. [185] [186]
    • You can now use the log-in system for external tools (OAuth) on all Wikimedia wikis that use the unified login. [187]
    • 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. [188]
    • You can thank other users for their edits even if your browser does not have JavaScript. [189] [190]
    • 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. [191] [192]
    • You can test a visual tool that shows edits made to an article over time. It only works for English Wikipedia pages for now and is slow on long articles. [193]
    • You can test the first version of the new mobile Wikipedia app for Android and iOS. [194]
    • Translatewiki.net, the site where you can translate the MediaWiki software, now has a new main page for users without an account. [195]

    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. [196] [197]
    • New users will soon have their user and talk pages added to their watchlist as soon as they create an account. [198] [199].
    • The new search tool (CirrusSearch) will not show the text of versions of a page that have been hidden. [200] [201]
    • You will soon be able to see the raw HTML created by some wikitext by using the Special:ExpandTemplates tool. [202] [203]

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    08:22, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

    Happy Holidays

    Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
      Happy Holidays!
    G'day, just a quick greeting wishing you and your family happy holidays and all the best for 2014. And of course, a big thank you for putting a leg up by doing what you do on Commons, and helping to make it the fantastic project that it is. Greetings from a warm west coast of Aussie. russavia (talk) 01:40, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

    The Signpost: 25 December 2013

    News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

    Tech News: 2014-01

    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

    • You can now see the text of DjVu and PDF files in search results on wikis testing the new search tool (CirrusSearch). [204] [205]
    • With the new version of the Wikibase DataModel extension, you can install it outside Wikimedia wikis. [206]

    VisualEditor news

    • Images are now shown inside VisualEditor as HTML5 <figure /> elements. Comments are welcome. [207]
    • You can now test a basic version of VisualEditor on mobile devices; see this article as an example.

    Problems

    Future software changes

    • CirrusSearch will be added as the second search method for Spanish (es), French (fr), Portuguese (pt) and Russian (ru) wikis on December 30. Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies and Wikinews users will also be able to enable it in their Beta Features options.
    • AbuseFilter log entries will be visible in CheckUser tool reports. [209] [210]
    • It will soon be possible to search for log entries done by users without an account. [211] [212]
    • It will no longer be possible to globally hide users with more than 1,000 edits. [213] [214]

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    08:40, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
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