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Google Translate renders this as follows. Curious... Andrew🐉(talk) 19:48, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The bee has proven it by itself. The research results and the fact that people are still young don't provide a solid reason. Experience has no benefit. And closeness causes too much impact and leads to serious losses. Being rich? Is that the reason people focus on this point? The goal is too weak. Everything feels exhausted inside but still serves no purpose. 64.158.132.206 (talk) 19:11, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The bee has been able to confirm the identity of the bee because of the results of the study. Each person of any age has a reason. He experiences a lack of energy and closeness causes an overabundance of the body and causes Is there a serious loss of wealth? Is it possible for people to focus on this point? The goal is too soft. Every taste is delicious but there's no reason for it.

AI survey

@Andrew Davidson hi, I sent you an email about a day ago, just wanted to send a reminder here again. Thank you so much for your time! Looking forward to hear from you, and have a great weekend! Phoebezz22 (talk) 18:34, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I saw the email, thanks, and will reply directly. Andrew🐉(talk) 19:14, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds great, Thank you so much! Will wait for your response then =) Phoebezz22 (talk) 22:18, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Having looked, I'm not sure I'm ready for an interview yet. My activity is currently experimental and today's recent update is a typical example. See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Request_for_closure where I tried using Gemini to summarise a discussion. Andrew🐉(talk) 23:47, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Andrew Davidson Thank you for the thoughtful reply, I really appreciate it! I also took a look at the examples you provided, and I still believe your interactions in such discussions with examples of LLM outputs will provide very valuable insights - and in fact, I think you'll provide a very interesting perspective. Please let me know if you are interested in participating! And if you don't mind, we can also change to emails. Have a great weekend =) Phoebezz22 (talk) 02:31, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi and... Black Middens

Hi Andrew Davidson! In due deference to your seniority, you should have been the first editor I bothered in my quest for info, but it has only just occurred to me to check who created the article on the Black Middens. To cut a long story short, I'm trying to tie up a couple of loose ends I've come across regarding the Spanish Battery Rocks, at the estuary of the River Tyne, as an oft-mentioned hazard to shipping in the area. However, I have come up against a series of doubts which render that redlink (or simply a section at another article, a non-starter, at least for the moment. I have already bothered another user, Barabbas1312 who, though kindly tolerant of my imposition has, so far, been unable to shed further light on the matter at hand, beyond confirming that the "name doesn't appear to be used on the relevant Admiralty chart, though the battery itself is marked".

Not knowing the area at all, and as sources are few and far between, one of my main doubts is whether said rocks refer to "your" Black Middens or to the rocks on other side of the headland, where the actual artillery battery was located. If the former, since that article already exists, it might just be a matter of adding/finding a couple of sources that link the two sites, or not, as the case may be. Thanks for your time and, as I commented to Barabbas1312, please don't feel obliged to do anything regarding this matter. Happy Editing! Technopat (talk) 17:08, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I started the Black Middens as a spinoff from the Lights of North Shields.

This page about the Spanish Battery shows a map derived from Google. This labels the Black Middens and other specific features fairly clearly and also shows the coastal rocks. My impression is that the Black Middens usually means the reef of rock in the channel where the name label is. The rocks which form the shore around the headland seem to be a more general coastal feature and don't have particular names. So, the rocky shore near to the battery might be considered distinct but I doubt that it warrants a separate article.

We could use an article about the battery as the article Tynemouth Priory and Castle doesn't mention it. We could also use an article about the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House which was built there specifically because shipwrecks were common. I'll make a start on that now.

A person who might be able to help is Ojsyork who is active in the RNLI and RNLI task force here.

Andrew🐉(talk) 18:01, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Andrew Davidson@Technopat

Sorry chaps, can't help. I can find histories of Lifeboat Stations, but any ref. to wreck locations etc I just assume they're correct, and add a link if an article exists.

All the RNLI stations are now done, but I'm still on with List of former RNLI stations, whilst fending off the nonsense created by one other member of the RNLI group!

And then there are RNLI Fleet pages to update constantly - I'm unlikely to get to Volunteer Rocket Brigades, sorry. Ojsyork (talk) 18:55, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings All! Many thanks for your prompt replies. As this is your talk page, Andrew Davidson, I hope you don't mind that I respond here also to Ojsyork so as not to have too many loose ends lying around. Yes, regarding that Spanish Battery link, thanks, I have that one and I agree with you regarding the specific reef versus the rocks under the battery and yes, the Watch House merits an article, so if you're happy to do that, great! Look forward to checking it out!

Regrading the RNLI, Ojsyork, I have just started using its Tynemouth's Station history page as a reference to pages on the Category:Lists of shipwrecks by year. Hope you manage to fend off the nonsense-peddler. In the absence of 10-foot bargepoles, boathooks are quite effective, as are sculls... (I once had the privilege of seeing a Thames waterman —and ex-British commando— smack a drunken idiot who had fallen into the Thames on the dodgy ebb tide over the head with a scull so as to stun him and stop him from capsizing the skiff we had gone to rescue him in. One of the highlights of my youth! Sorry, off on one of me tangents... --Technopat (talk) 21:25, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Lunchtime O'Booze" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Lunchtime O'Booze has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 April 17 § Lunchtime O'Booze until a consensus is reached. 1234qwer1234qwer4 02:34, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The BBC Radio 4 series Book of the Week

I saw the banner on your user page about being a deletion patroller. I wonder if you have any views on the current deletion discussion for Book of the Week at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Book of the Week. Snowman (talk) 23:01, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I’m interested in such radio topics and will see how I can help. Am busy today so more later… Andrew🐉(talk) 12:07, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I found a good detailed source which is visible to me at Google Books so you may be able to read it there too. I have made a variety of other smaller edits and will do more as and when more occur to me.

We ought to start an article about Di Speirs using sources such as this.

And, if you're interested in radio please check out the List of longest-running radio programmes. We should add a Book at Bedtime to that as it's older than the Archers though it did have a break of three years, it seems.

Andrew🐉(talk) 20:03, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have been thinking about an article for Di Speirs too. I am very much a part-time editor, though. Thanks for your work on the Book of the Week article. The delete discussion has been closed with no overall discussion, so the article is retained. Snowman (talk) 09:17, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that Eddie891 had noticed the book that I added as a source and was expecting this to produce a no-consensus result. That's good enough so we can move on to Speirs now. Some people don't like stubs but I'm quite keen on them. The way to get a job done is to start it... Andrew🐉(talk) 09:25, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Case Notes (radio show)

I see that this BBC Radio show has been turned into a redirect (effectively deleted) following a merge discussion earlier this year. I would like to restore this article. Do you know how to go about this? Snowman (talk) 10:28, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the process of editing a redirect is described at WP:EDRED. I don't recall ever listening to that programme and am not seeing many sources for it but will put it on my watchlist and see what you can do with it. Andrew🐉(talk) 07:12, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have listened to the radio show many times. It was redirected following a deletion discussion. I think there has to be a discussion on the talk page before the page can be restored. I have started a discussion on the talk page. Snowman (talk) 09:16, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Stuart Stanton (surgeon)

On 3 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Stuart Stanton (surgeon), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that surgeon Stuart Stanton popularised an operation for stress incontinence? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stuart Stanton (surgeon). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Stuart Stanton (surgeon)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Fauja Singh

On 17 July 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Fauja Singh, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Black Kite (talk) 14:24, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Connie Francis

On 21 July 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Connie Francis, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 19:05, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gardening with Gerda

Main page: Robert Baker Park at DYK

story · music · places

Thank you for your efforts for Robert Lewis Baker! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:47, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. Gardening and Wikipedia have some similarity, I reckon – activities like labelling, planting, pruning, seeding, weeding and so forth are common to both and the results can be equally attractive and rewarding. Andrew🐉(talk) 11:09, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nice analogy! - Béatrice Uria-Monzon and her story, Julia Hagen and her no story --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:04, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On Bach's day of death, I decorated my user pages in memory, with his music, and my story ends on "peace". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:11, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bach seems timeless and eternal now. Myself, I'm remembering Tom Lehrer who died recently (see ITN). His lyrics are witty and his mastery of the piano seemed excellent. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:35, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Texas redistricting

Thanks for defending my article suggestion. I cannot comprehend their logic that it's not relevant. 77eagle (talk) 15:56, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's not based on logic or evidence. Per WP:ITNSIGNIF, "Whether a topic is significant enough for inclusion in ITN is often contentious. ... It is highly subjective whether an event is considered significant enough..." There is some gerrymandering too... Andrew🐉(talk) 17:51, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Biddy Baxter

On 11 August 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Biddy Baxter, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Ad Orientem (talk) 20:01, 11 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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That's weird, you have a similar signature to User:Jeraxmoira! ~Rafael! (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 14:57, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

One reason for that is that we are both WikiDragons. Andrew🐉(talk) 15:33, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Andrew Davidson oh, got it! ~Rafael! (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 15:34, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are other reasons in my case including:

1. I wanted to have a shorter sig and the sigil is just a single Unicode character
2. The sigil looks like the letter D in Apple's iOS font and so it works as an initial
3. I'm a dragon of a different sort too
4. Dragons are cool!

Andrew🐉(talk) 09:38, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Streameast for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Streameast is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Streameast until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

^EF⁵ 17:00, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Green's 9th Edit-a-thon

Hello Andrew Davidson:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Editathon event in October 2025!

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ITN recognition for 2025 Ryder Cup

On 30 September 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2025 Ryder Cup, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 00:30, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for George Smoot

On 30 September 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article George Smoot, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 00:32, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Sarah Mullally

On 4 October 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Sarah Mullally, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 03:27, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Diane Keaton

On 15 October 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Diane Keaton, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Spencer^T•C 05:52, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

🎉 Andrew Davidson's first edit anniversary!

Hey Andrew Davidson, Your first edit anniversary on this wikimedia project was 4 days ago. Thank you for your valuable contributions and wishing you many more years of amazing contributions to the Wikimedia community :) -❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 22:08, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks. What seems even more interesting is that the 20th anniversary of my account's creation is coming up on 15 February 2026. I must ponder how to celebrate it. Checking, I find that it's the Sunday of the London Wikimeet so that's a good start. Andrew🐉(talk) 17:32, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Killiechassie

Now home to J. K. Rowling

You uploaded File:Killiechassie 1862.png in 2014, but I don't quite understand why you marked it as {{keep local}}. The map being over 100 years old, it should be well within PD, and if not it should have been tagged as such. But perhaps there was a good reason that I am oblivious to.

I have gone ahead and marked the file for Commons export as well as updated the license tag inside {{PD-Art}} to {{PD-100}}. If that was in error, please revert my edit and let's discuss the license situation of the file. Rose Abrams (T C L) 14:24, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to misunderstand what the template is saying. It is not an obstacle to copying to Commons; it records that "an editor has requested that the local copy be kept too". So, the file may be copied to Commons but the local copy should then be left here.

Reasons for this include:

1. Commons is a different project with different policies. I'm not exactly sure what they are as I don't tend to go there.
2. The file is on my watch list here and I like to keep an eye on material that I have created or uploaded.
3. Having a local copy enables me to annotate or otherwise comment on the content.
4. For more, see Template talk:Keep local

So, I have restored the template which sits fine alongside {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}. Ok?

Andrew🐉(talk) 14:58, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see. I don't really know if "it's easy and convenient for me" is a solid reason to keep a local file, but it's not something I will argue. I'd recommend you to consider the arguments set out on WP:WHYCOMMONS for why not to keep a local file, but it's up to you.

But a more important question for you: Is it possible for you to fill in the fields | source = and | author = on the file page? Since you uploaded the file (albeit 11 years ago), you may remember the website/written work/repository where you found the image originally. It's fine if you cannot, I can always attempt to find the data myself by reverse-searching it online. And regardless of who does it, when that info is known and entered I will copy the file to Commons (while keeping the local copy per your request). Thank you! Rose Abrams (T C L) 15:47, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's now  Done. You can still add details to the local copy if you are able. Rose Abrams (T C L) 20:30, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I just read through WP:WHYCOMMONS and see that it says, "If you want to prevent images uploaded directly to Wikipedia from being deleted locally after being copied to Commons, use the {{Keep local}} tag." So, that's all good then. Andrew🐉(talk) 22:31, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question about keeplocal

Hello! Is there a specific reason that you tagged File:Breaking Rust 2.png with {{keep local}}? I don't see any particular reason for it. I will export the file to Commons later today, but if you can explain why then I'll certainly leave the local copy untouched. Rose Abrams (T C L) 12:57, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I usually upload here rather than elsewhere as this is the main project that I work on and I'm not so familiar with other projects. One specific reason to maintain the file here is that I can then keep an eye on it using my watchlist. In this way I was able to observe the subsequent improvements to the license and resolution of the image and then thanked the editors responsible. This is my standard policy and process and seems to work well. Andrew🐉(talk) 18:14, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see. I'm not certain if editor convenience is a good reason to keep a local copy, but I see no consensus about it and don't feel it worth arguing over anyway. So I'll do as planned and make a copy onto Commons while leaving your local copy intact. Have a good day! Rose Abrams (T C L) 20:47, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Baek Se-hee

ITN recognition

On 18 October 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Baek Se-hee, which you created. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Andrew🐉(talk) 22:39, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

{{recent death}}

Please review this template's guideline as it is not for newly created articles. - FlightTime (open channel) 18:07, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• That guidance is not sensible as a subject of this sort will naturally attract attention once the article is created. Already other editors have rushed in and they now number seven and counting. The reader should naturally be advised that the topic is tentative until its stability becomes clear. Andrew🐉(talk) 19:28, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless, WP:BLP1E - FlightTime (open channel) 20:45, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are three conditions for WP:BLP1E. None are applicable in this case.

Meanwhile the editor count is now in double figures. And another editor has thought to thank me for getting it started. What a fine fellow!

Andrew🐉(talk) 22:45, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes - I was frankly astonished to see that we had not already had an article. Her book has been a bestseller for several years. No Swan So Fine (talk) 05:13, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Checking after 12 days, the stats are now 32 editors; 228,569 pageviews. Andrew🐉(talk) 12:04, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Psychiatric therapy

I linked this term in Baek Se-hee. It was a red link, I redirected it to Psychotherapy, but I am not an expert in this terminology - you may want to double check this. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:53, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine, thanks. I thought about linking it but the general concept seemed fairly familiar and I wasn't sure of the exact methodology.

Myself, I bought some tteokbokki today and will be trying that therapy later! Andrew🐉(talk) 15:43, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good stuff. Did you know I've been living in Korea for a decade now? :) Planning to eat some sundae today for dinner :) _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:13, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I was aware of that. Did you know that I live the part of London that has the largest Polish community per Poles in the United Kingdom? And so, for example, I started the article POSK. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:18, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Small world. I wonder if the Polish Library in London has a separate stand-alone notability. Also Polish Veterans Association. I see both mentioned occasionally in sources... for now I'll redirec them there. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:05, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Yang Chen-Ning

On 23 October 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Yang Chen-Ning, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —Bagumba (talk) 07:17, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kippered trout

I had some Manx kippers the other day but didn't think to take a picture. This fine spread will give you an idea.

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

The Kip ^(contribs) 02:31, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks but I prefer kipper for breakfast (pictured). To see Sybil on the subject, see this episode... Andrew🐉(talk) 10:15, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red - November 2025

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ITN recognition for Prunella Scales

On 30 October 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Prunella Scales, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 21:15, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reader Metrics

I read the discussion on the Prunella Scales blurb, and had some comments and questions.

I advocate including user metrics when considering ITN items. Why?

• The site exists to serve readers.

• Reader behavior is a key signal of the quality of the experience the site (and its editors) provide.

• Editors are not representative of the broader public.

• Editor judgement on newsworthiness/blurbworthiness is inherently and inescapably subjective.

• Editors should want to know what readers are interested in.

• Editors should want to know how readers engage with content on the homepage to help inform future editorial decisions.

• Editors should want metrics to ensure homepage content is broad and balanced.

• Metrics help counter personal biases by offering objective data that indicates notability.

• Metrics can augment rather than replace editor judgement.

“I was going to jokingly reply to The Kip that viewer statistics would be coming in no time. I didn't think you would actually do it! Rather than annoy almost every other editor with the repeated use of these, why don't you save everyone the trouble and bookmark WP:TOP25 or better yet download Wikipedia Mobile which shows the top viewed articles of the day (on the front page no less). I will seek community discussion at ITN Talk if I see a pointy use of these stats again. Quite silly really (or beyond that now perhaps).”

This comment seemed harsh, dismissive and intended to chill discussion. While this editor may not see the value of considering metrics, is it necessary to effectively censor discussion of them? Is there any recourse? Is it worth trying to have a discussion about how ITN items should can be discussed? Dr Fell (talk) 23:03, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discourse at ITN is uncivil but so it goes. I fancy that some of the editors there are coming around for the second time. The Mills of God grind slow but exceeding fine...

Our readership is obviously important and so you're right that it should be measured. Let's look again at those numbers:

Article	Views	Edits	Editors	Size	Watchers
Prunella Scales	272,229	136	38	31,920	100
Sanae Takaichi	81,635	18	12	131,835	109
Catherine Connolly	39,180	29	17	79,071	55
2025 Irish presidential election	15,930	11	6	185,930	62
Accession of Timor-Leste to ASEAN	15,130	7	5	61,197	35
XIX International Chopin Piano Competition	3,960	0	0	137,706	< 30
Andrzej Poczobut	548	3	2	22,777	< 30
Mzia Amaglobeli	532	7	2	41,106	< 30
8 pages	429,144	211	79	691,542	361

Prunella Scales is doing fine and has had over 400,000 readers in two days now. It's the numbers for some of those other ITN picks that seem lamentable. Clearly just about no-one is reading some of those topics and so we shouldn't be running them.

Andrew🐉(talk) 23:40, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Annual readership

Template:Annual readership has been nominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 21:11, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the invitation but I am forbidden to join this discussion – audi alteram partem ... Not!

For the record, the template is currently in use on 53,123 pages. Here's some examples from the start of the list

Animal to Computer science

Animal – Kingdom of living things American football – Team field sport Albert Camus – French philosopher and writer (1913–1960) Agatha Christie – English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976) All Saints' Day – Christian feast day Amino acid – Organic compounds containing amine and carboxylic groups Apollo program – 1961–1972 American crewed lunar exploration program Assault – Physical or verbal attack of another person Alternate history – Fictional genre where historical events occur differently Amaryllis – Genus of plants Aluminium Comparison of American and British English – Linguistic comparison Abraham Lincoln – President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 Apocalypse Now – 1979 war film directed by Francis Ford Coppola A – First letter of the Latin alphabet Antidepressant – Class of medication used to treat depression and other conditions Biology – Scientific study of life The Buddha – Founder of Buddhism Baseball – Bat-and-ball game Bass guitar – Electric plucked string instrument Bertrand Russell – English philosopher and logician (1872–1970) Basketball – Team sport Buddhism – Indian religion and philosophy Boston – Capital and largest city in Massachusetts, US Brownian motion – Random motion of particles suspended in a fluid Board game – Genre of seated tabletop social play Berlin – Capital and largest city of Germany Blue – Colour between violet and cyan on the visible spectrum of light Boxing Day – Commonwealth nations holiday on 26 December Bipolar disorder – Mental disorder that causes periods of depression and abnormally elevated mood Blackjack – Gambling card game Capitalism – Economic system based on private ownership Cannabis – Genus of flowering plants Confucius – Chinese philosopher (c. 551 – c. 479 BCE) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – Largest church adhering to Mormonism Celtic languages – Language family Charles Darwin – English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882) Cornish language – Celtic language native to Cornwall Claude Monet – French painter (1840–1926) Comet – Natural object in space that releases gas Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – United States government public health agency Canadian English – Variety of English language Coffea – Genus of flowering plants Chernobyl – Partially abandoned city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine C (programming language) – General-purpose programming language Comet Hale–Bopp – Great Comet of 1997 Computer science – Study of computation

sic transit gloria mundi

Andrew🐉(talk) 08:57, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I'm following the discussion and see that Mathglot has some constructive suggestions. I'm pinging them to compare notes. Here's some points for their consideration.

1. I'm the original creator of {{annual readership}} and so quite motivated to help develop a successor.
2. I've listed 50 articles which use the template above. I want to get a full list but am not sure of the best way of capturing it.
3. I've archived the current code and talk pages so that we can still refer to them.
4. I've started developing a rough replacement which will give the reader a feel for the readership and link to the pageviews tool. The first draft is at talK:Poles in the United Kingdom. The code is

{{Tmbox |style = border-spacing:4px |image = [[File:Open data small color (vector).svg|32px]] |text = The number of {{plainlink|url=https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&range=all-time&pages=Poles_in_the_United_Kingdom|name=average daily views}} of this article is about 193. }}

The average has to be inserted manually but should be fairly stable for a mature article. The page views parameters are defaulted to all-time which should give the full stats since records began in 2015. The reader then gets the big picture.

Andrew🐉(talk) 13:31, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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ITN recognition for James Watson

On 8 November 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article James Watson, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 01:11, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: October 2025

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ITN recognition for Horst Panic

On 14 November 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Horst Panic, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:38, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-47

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Updates for editors

• The Reader Experience team is experimenting with reading lists on mobile web, allowing logged-in readers with no edits to save private lists of articles for later. The experiment is running on Arabic, Chinese, French, Indonesian, and Vietnamese Wikipedias since the week of 10 November, and will begin on English Wikipedia the week of 17 November.
• Users who can’t receive their email verification code during login can now get help by submitting a form on a new special page. This update is part of the Account Security initiative. If your account has an email address, please make sure you still have access to it. When logging in from a new device or location without 2FA, you may be asked to enter a 6-digit code sent by email to finish logging in. Learn more.
• One new wiki has been created: a Wikisource in Minangkabau (s:min:) [1]
• View all 23 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

• As part of the Parser Unification project, the Content Transform Team rolled out Parsoid as the default parser to many low-traffic Wikipedias and is preparing the next step to high traffic ones. This message is an invitation for you to opt-in to Parsoid, as described in the Extension:ParserMigration documentation, and identify any issues you might encounter with your own workflow using bots, gadgets, or user scripts. Please, let us know through the "Report Visual Bug" link in the Tools sidebar or create a phab ticket and tag the Content Transform Team in Phabricator.
• Unsupported Tools: Several issues with Video2Commons have been fixed, including filename-related upload failures, black-video imports, and retry handling. AV1 support has also been added. Ongoing work focuses on backend stability, ffmpeg errors, subtitle imports, metadata handling, and playlist uploads. To track specific tasks, check the Phabricator board.
• Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

Meetings and events

• Save the date for the next Wikimedia Hackathon happening in Milan, Italy from May 1–3, 2026. Registration will open in January 2026. Scholarship applications are currently open, and will close on November 28, 2025. If you have any questions, please email [e-mail].

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Books & Bytes – Issue 71

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
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• Spotlight: 1Lib1Ref 2025 in Nigeria
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Thanks for uploading File:Captain Flag.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of non-free use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you.  ${\displaystyle 999}$REAL 💬 ⬆   15:05, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• The new PD image (right) looks better so thanks for adding it to the article. Andrew🐉(talk) 15:11, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-48

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

Updates for editors

• Last week, the Wikimedia Search Team recreated the "DWIM" (Do What I Mean) gadget functionality server-side, for Russian and Hebrew Wikipedias. This feature adds cross-keyboard suggestions to the standard search-box suggestions. For example, searching for cxfcnmt on Russian Wikipedia will now add suggestions for счастье ("happiness") that the user probably intended. They plan to enable this feature for other Russian and Hebrew wikis this week. [2]
• Later this week, users of the "Improved Syntax Highlighting" beta feature will have syntax highlighting available in DiscussionTools. This requires that the "Enable editing tools in source mode" preference be set. [3]
• Campaign events extension – the set of tools for coordinating events and other on-wiki collaborations has now been deployed to all Wikimedia wikis. A new feature known as Collaborative contribution to help organizers and participants see the impact of activities has also been added. Join the upcoming learning session to see the new feature in action and share your feedback.
• View all 24 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the bug which stopped CodeReviewBot from working, has now been fixed. [4]

Updates for technical contributors

• Users of Wikimedia API can join a usability study to help validate the new design of Wikimedia REST API sandboxes. Interested participants should fill the recruitment survey. [5]
• The MediaWiki Interfaces team is deprecating XSLT stylesheets within the Action API. Support for format=xml&xlst={stylesheet} will be removed from Wikimedia projects by the end of November, 2025. In addition, it will soon be disabled by default in MediaWiki release versions: v1.43 (LTS), v1.44, and v1.45. Support for XSLT stylesheets will be fully removed from MediaWiki v1.46 (expected to release between April and May 2026). [6]
• The WDQS legacy endpoint (query-legacy-full.wikidata.org) will be decommissioned at the end of December 2025, and finally closed down on 7th January 2026. After this date, users should expect requests to query.wikidata.org that require the full graph to fail or return invalid results if they are not rewritten to use SPARQL federation. The team encourages users to ensure that tools and workflows use the supported WDQS endpoints (https://query.wikidata.org/ - Main graph or https://query-scholarly.wikidata.org/ - Scholarly graph). For support with migrating use cases, please review the Data Access and Request a Query pages for details and assistance on alternative access methods.
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Women in Red - December 2025

Women in Red | November 2025, Vol 11, Issue 12, Nos. 326, 327, 355, 356, 357 Recognized as the most active topic-based WikiProject by human changes. Online events: New: Alphabet run X, Y, Z | Food and drink | Women who died in 2025 Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: Global Translat-a-thon 2025 06 December 2025 Tip of the Month: Lists of deaths by year is a good resource for the December / January meet-up Women who died in 2025 Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help wanted! Want to apply your skills or learn new ones? Help us plan monthly events, design event logos, come up with a tip-of-the-month, and/or provide any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#RfC: Allowing use of AE for community topicwide restrictions

Because you participated at the recent RfC on the same topic or the recent ARCA request on the same topic, you are invited to participate in the RfC at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) § RfC: Allowing use of AE for community topicwide restrictions. Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 23:05, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-49

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

Updates for editors

• The Wikipedia Year in Review 2025 will be available on December 2 for users of iOS and Android Wikipedia apps, featuring new personalized insights, updated reading highlights, and refreshed designs. Learn more on the review's project page.
• The Growth team is working on improving the text and presentation of the Verification Email sent to new users to make them more welcoming, useful and informative. Some new text have been drafted for A/B testing and you can help by translating them. See Phabricator.
• Add a link will now be deployed at Japanese, Urdu and Chinese Wikipedias on December 2. Add a link is based on a prediction model that suggests links to be added to articles. While this feature has already been available on most Wikipedias, the prediction model could not support certain languages. A new model has now been developed to handle these languages, and it will be gradually rolled out to other Wikipedias over time. If you would like to know more, please contact Trizek (WMF).
• View all 34 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the issue where search boxes on some Commons pages showed no results due to switch from SpecialSearch to MediaSearch, has now been fixed. [7]
• Two new wikis have been created:
  • a Wikipedia in Toki Pona (w:tok:) [8]
  • a Wikiquote in Nigerian Pidgin (q:pcm:) [9]

Updates for technical contributors

• Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

In depth

• The Wikimedia Foundation is in the early stages of exploring approaches to Article guidance. The initiative aims to identify interventions that could help new editors easily understand and apply existing Wikipedia practices and policies when creating an article. The project is in the exploration and early experimental design phase. All community members are encouraged to learn more about the project, and share their thoughts on the talk page.

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ITN recognition for Tom Stoppard

On 4 December 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Tom Stoppard, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Black Kite (talk) 09:15, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks. Some notes for the record. I started the ball rolling for the blurb discussion which was quite protracted – 60K and counting. The nomination was updated and an image of him in his prime cropped for this. The article's lead was updated to highlight his critical significance. The tag-bombing was cleared and the list of works was updated with a reference to a comprehensive bibliography which helped resolve the debate about the need for sources for that section. There was some contention about the choice of lead image and I participated in the discussion for that. And I expanded the paragraph about his death, adding King Charles' statement. So, there was quite a variety of tasks to be done and so it's good that they helped it make the main page.

The readership on the death was over half a million. It will be interesting to see how much the blurb attracts.

Andrew🐉(talk) 13:56, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was just popping by to check you got the recognition as you started the blurb discussion, thanks to @Black Kite for handling it already. CMD (talk) 15:15, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for thinking of me. I see you got your recognition for starting the nomination – well done. But you didn't comment on the blurb option during the discussion – what did you think about that, please? Andrew🐉(talk) 15:31, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

While I know Tom Stoppard, I am not so familiar with theatre as a whole, and especially unfamiliar with ITN's expectations on theatre. I set out to add the initial information on the death, and then decided after looking through the article to source and tweak the paragraph on his only book, which seemed the biggest source gap. (I did not know before that he had written a book.) I do think despite my unfamiliarity that he is quite a significant artistic figure, which seems blurbable, so it seems positive you managed to start the process. If there is "recognition" for me I would prefer it to be for the update and the book sourcing rather than for the nomination, although thinking as I write I did do that nomination on mobile so on second thought perhaps recognition is merited. CMD (talk) 15:49, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the readership stats, the blurb seemed to add about 30,000 readers on top of the base trend. I usually reckon ITN generates about 20,000 views so that was a bit better than usual. Andrew🐉(talk) 16:03, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RfC - Airport destination lists

Hi, for your information, as you were involved in the previous discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Airport destination lists or the RfC on consensus of WP:DESTNOT at WT:NOT, I wanted to let you know that the discussed broader RfC has been opened at WP:VPP#RfC - The inclusion of destination lists in Airport articles. If you wish to contribute, please feel free. Many thanks! Danners430 _{tweaks made} 20:59, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-50

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

• Anybody who wishes to secure their user account can now use two-factor authentication (2FA). This is available to all registered users of all Wikimedia projects. This is part of the Account Security initiative. Later, 2FA will be required for all users who can take security- or privacy-sensitive actions.

Updates for editors

• Following last week's deployments, the Add a link feature, which allows editors to add suggested links during editing, will be available to an additional 33 Wikipedias starting on 9 December. This expansion is possible thanks to the new prediction model that now supports all languages, including those that were previously not covered. While the feature has been available on most Wikipedias for some time, this rollout brings us closer to using the improved model everywhere. If you have any questions or would like more details please contact Trizek (WMF).
• Last week, the Search Platform team added transliterated as-you-type search suggestions to Georgian wikis. If there are only a few regular search suggestions, then queries in Latin or Cyrillic script are now rewritten into Georgian script to look for more matches. For example, searching for either bedniereba or бедниереба will now suggest the existing article about ბედნიერება ("happiness"). You can recommend other languages where transliterated suggestions would be useful on Phabricator for future development.
• Later this week, a controlled experiment will begin for editors on the 100 largest Wikipedias who are editing a section in the mobile web visual editor. 50% of these editors will notice a new "Edit full page" button that will enable them to expand their editing session to the whole page. This feature is intended to make it easier for people on mobile web to edit any article section, regardless of which section-edit icon they tapped to begin. The experiment will last ~4 weeks. You can find more details about the project.
• Later this week, the Reader Growth team will launch a mobile web experiment to expand all article sections by default (currently they are collapsed by default) and pin the section header the user is currently reading to the top of the page. The experiment will affect 10% of users on Arabic, Chinese, French, Indonesian, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. [10]
• The Wikipedia Year in Review 2025, a feature in the Wikipedia mobile apps (iOS and Android) that provides users with a personalised summary of their engagement with Wikipedia over the year, is now available on the iOS and Android apps. This edition includes expanded personalised insights, improved reading highlights, new donor messaging, and updated designs. Open the app to view your Year in Review and explore your reading journey from 2025.
• A recent software bug caused edits made with VisualEditor to make unintended changes to wikitext, including removing whitespace and replacing spaces with underscores in wikilinks inside citations. This was partially fixed last week, and further fixes are in progress. Editors who used VisualEditor between November 28 and December 2 should review their edits for unexpected modifications. [11]
• View all 23 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the incorrect handling of URLs copied from the address bar of Microsoft Edge users, has been resolved. [12]

Updates for technical contributors

• Starting this week, users of the "Improved Syntax Highlighting" beta feature will have CodeMirror as the editor for Lua, JavaScript, CSS, JSON and Vue content models, instead of CodeEditor. With this, the linters will be upgraded. This is part of a larger effort to eventually replace CodeEditor and provide a consistent code editing experience. [13]
• Developers are encouraged to take the 2025 Developer Satisfaction Survey, which remains open until 5 January 2026. If you build software for the Wikimedia ecosystem and would like to share your experiences or feedback, your participation is greatly appreciated. [14]
• There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

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DYK for Baek Se-hee

On 11 December 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Baek Se-hee, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Baek Se-hee wrote I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Baek Se-hee. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Baek Se-hee), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 16,708 views (696.2 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of December 2025 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The link above gives the number as 17,937. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:24, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: November 2025

This Month in GLAM – Volume XV, Issue XI, November 2025 Headlines Belgium report: Call for volunteers, Computer's Day and upcoming events Czech Republic report: Czech Radio and Wikimedia CZ launched cooperation Indonesia report: Our Activities in November Italy report: Wrap up of the 2025 GLAM call New Zealand report: ASBS 2025 Conference, a NZBSI Wikimedian in Residence update & Auckland Museum Summer Students North Macedonia report: Wikimedia MKD and Cultural Institutions: A Year of Growth, Content, and Collaboration Poland report: GLAM Wiki 2025 conference, WiR Meeting and the First National Institute of Museums Training on GLAM–Wiki Switzerland report: IT Wikicon, Faces and Masks, Matrimoine @ Genève UK report: Awards season- again! USA report: November edit-a-thons & meetings Biodiversity Heritage Library report: Updates on work by BHLWiki Working Group members Content Partnerships Hub report: Here to Help: The Next Stage of the Content Partnerships Hub Memory of the World report: Enriching the data set Calendar: December's GLAM events Read this edition in full • Single-page To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

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Tech News: 2025-51

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

Updates for editors

• View all 18 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, one of the fixes addressed an issue for temporary accounts adding an external URL, which triggered an hCaptcha request in more cases than intended, and did not display the required popup on the first attempt to publish the edit. [15]

Updates for technical contributors

• To improve database and site performance, external links to Wikimedia projects will no longer be stored in the database. This means they will not be searchable in Special:LinkSearch, will not be checked by the Spam Blacklist or AbuseFilter as new links, and will not be in the externallinks table on database replicas. In the future this may be extended to other highly-linked trusted websites on a per-wiki basis, such as Creative Commons links on Wikimedia Commons. [16]
• Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

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ITN recognition for Rob Reiner

On 16 December 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Rob Reiner, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:13, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in Education: December 2025

This Month in Education

Volume 14 • Issue 12 • December 2025

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In This Issue

• WikiLatih Wiktionary with the Goethe-Institut: Strengthening the Digital Presence of Indonesia’s Local Languages
• Wiki in schools - Architecture and Open Heritage
• What are the challenges and opportunities in scientific dissemination? Reflecting on the topic in the Brazilian context
• WikipediaxAI: Wikipedia, AI, and the future of knowledge
• Wikipedia at University Another year of working alongside higher education institutions in Argentina
• WAM - Tulu Edit-a-thon & Workshop in St Aloysius University
• Visibilizando memórias negras: estudantes da UFRGS ampliam a Wikipédia com foco na imprensa e no associativismo pós-abolição
• Transforming Education Through Wikimedia in Kosovo: 2025
• New WikiClubs and educational partnership in Albania
• New WikiClub with the Dibra Youth Center in Albania
• Landmark Educational Initiatives and Wikimedia Programs Transform Learning in 2025
• Knowledge in the Digital Age: A WMUK Collaborative Workshop

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A Very Merry Christmas to you!

Hello there. 'Tis the season again, believe it or not, the years pass so quickly now! Your contributions to Wikipedia in 2025 are greatly appreciated! Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas, and here's to a happy and productive 2026! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:48, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Seasons greetings!

Wishing you and yours a fantastic Christmas (or holiday season for those who don’t celebrate) and all the best for 2026. 🎄 ❄️☃️ Here’s to a collaborative, constructive year ahead — with good faith, good edits, and just enough discussion to get things done! (and here's Sir Nils Olav inspecting his troops... one of my favourite POTDs) Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 15:11, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 — Amakuru (talk) 15:11, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-52

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• From January, edit filters can be set to automatically suppress their details such as rules and list of attempted edits and actions. This will help oversighters use edit filters to prevent doxxing or other suppressible material. [17]
• The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 12 January 2026 because of the end of year holidays. Thank you to all of the translators, and people who submitted content or feedback, this year.
• View all 16 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the crash that occurred when tapping "First Steps" in the Wikipedia Android Year in Review has now been fixed, and the feature opens as expected. [18]

Updates for technical contributors

• Interface elements such as diffs and categories generated by MediaWiki used to have the attribute data-mw="interface" to distinguish from wiki content. The attribute has been replaced with data-mw-interface="", to avoid potential conflicts with other data-mw attributes, which are generated by Parsoid. [19]
• There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.

Meetings and events

• The Wikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026 will take place on 13-14 March 2026 in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Applications just opened mid-December and will close in mid-January or earlier if capacity is reached. With space for approximately 100 participants, early application is encouraged.

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Happy holidays

		Hi Andrew Season's Greetings and all the best for 2026
		Wherever you are and whatever you believe in (or don't), reach out for peace on this little planet of ours! HAPPY HOLIDAYS 🥳 Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:29, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas!

BOZ (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:Flaming/MC2008}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

I'm wishing you a Merry Christmas, because that is what I celebrate. Feel free to take a "Happy Holidays" or "Season's Greetings" if you prefer.  :) BOZ (talk) 23:34, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red - January 2026

Women in Red | January 2026, Vol 12, Issue 1, Nos 357, 358, 359, 360 Online events: New: Sports (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run - countries starting with A Continuing: #1day1woman ( year-long initiative) | Women who died in 2025 Announcements from other communities Wikipedia turns 25! Celebrate Wikipedia Day on Jan 15, 2026. Tip of the month: Consider becoming a new page reviewer to help reduce the huge backlog of women's biographies. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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Season's Greetings

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2026!

Hello Andrew Davidson, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2026. Happy editing, Abishe (talk) 15:22, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Abishe (talk) 15:22, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New pages patrol January–February 2026 Backlog drive

January–February 2026 Backlog Drive | New pages patrol
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ITN recognition for Brigitte Bardot

On 29 December 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Brigitte Bardot, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:04, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Khaleda Zia

On 2 January 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Khaleda Zia, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Schwede66 00:50, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]