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Nov 5 2017

SlimVirgin added a comment to T174282: some autoconfirmed enwiki users are unable to edit semi-protected pages / create new articles.

Xaosflux asked me to mention another account with a similar problem, User:Mountainsofpain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mountainsofpain

Nov 5 2017, 6:10 AM · MediaWiki-User-management

Oct 14 2017

SlimVirgin added a comment to T176070: action=edit does not show deletion log, where applicable.

Elitre asked me to comment here. This is just to confirm MusikAnimal's point above that the clickable link that admins see on pages with deleted edits—"View or restore [X number of] deleted edits?"—is not clickable with the new wikitext editor.

Oct 14 2017, 9:39 PM · Verified, VisualEditor-MediaWiki, MW-1.32-notes (WMF-deploy-2018-08-07 (1.32.0-wmf.16)), VisualEditor (Current work)

Jan 6 2017

SlimVirgin added a comment to T145604: RFC: Future of magic links.

Hi Legoktm, you wrote that it was open for discussion because several places were notified, but none of these are where Wikimedia writers tend to hang out, and it's the writers who rely on these links. Can we hold a more central discussion about whether the ISBN and PMID links should be deprecated, rather than assuming it's a done deal?

Jan 6 2017, 11:49 PM · Parsing-Team--ARCHIVED, MediaWiki-Parser, TechCom-RFC

Dec 26 2016

SlimVirgin added a comment to T154089: Removal of ref reordering in AWB.

Please read the close (note: automated or semi-automated):

Dec 26 2016, 9:22 PM · AutoWikiBrowser
SlimVirgin added a comment to T154089: Removal of ref reordering in AWB.

Rjwilmsi, you wrote: "Other en-wp editors have asked to have the function accessible for manually-configured use, which seems reasonable to me."

Dec 26 2016, 8:37 PM · AutoWikiBrowser
SlimVirgin added a comment to T154089: Removal of ref reordering in AWB.

The feature was added in 2009 because two editors on enwiki requested it. It triggered lots of complaints, all of which were ignored. In May 2015, Rjwilmsi wrote:

Dec 26 2016, 7:58 PM · AutoWikiBrowser
SlimVirgin added a comment to T154089: Removal of ref reordering in AWB.

Rjwilmsi, thank you for removing it from genfixes, but if I've understood you correctly you're not removing it from AWB entirely.

Dec 26 2016, 7:21 PM · AutoWikiBrowser

Dec 24 2016

SlimVirgin added a comment to T154089: Removal of ref reordering in AWB.

Headbomb, the argument against making automated or semi-automated edits like this is that they can be done at speed and are therefore hard to undo.

Dec 24 2016, 7:41 PM · AutoWikiBrowser
SlimVirgin added a comment to T154089: Removal of ref reordering in AWB.

The consensus of the RfC was clear that it should be removed, not made optional.

Dec 24 2016, 7:23 PM · AutoWikiBrowser
SlimVirgin created T154089: Removal of ref reordering in AWB.
Dec 24 2016, 6:51 PM · AutoWikiBrowser

Dec 22 2016

SlimVirgin added a comment to T145604: RFC: Future of magic links.

Could someone say what the status of this is, please? There has been very little discussion about it on enwiki. Editors who don't use citation templates use magic links for ISBN and PMID. There are around 340,000 pages using the former and 6,000 the latter. They are easy and fast to use, and it seems a pity to get rid of them.

Dec 22 2016, 9:04 PM · Parsing-Team--ARCHIVED, MediaWiki-Parser, TechCom-RFC

Dec 16 2015

SlimVirgin added a comment to T120523: Create a new mailing list: elf@lists.wikimedia.org.

Dzahn, thank you for doing this.

Dec 16 2015, 1:13 AM · SRE, Wikimedia-Mailing-lists

Dec 15 2015

SlimVirgin added a comment to T120523: Create a new mailing list: elf@lists.wikimedia.org.

The information page says "After submitting the bug correctly, your list should be created within the next few days." What needs to be done next to make that happen?

Dec 15 2015, 11:55 PM · SRE, Wikimedia-Mailing-lists