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View all 28 community-submitted tasks that wereresolved last week. For example, the issue where global blocks did not have the option to disable sending emails, has now been fixed, and will be available for use in the week of January 13.[6]Updates for technical contributors
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Thanks for your contributions toAngies. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing as a live article at this time becauseit needs more sources to establish notability.I have converted it to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.
Please see more information atHelp:Unreviewed new page.When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back.Whpq (talk)14:05, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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@GhostInTheMachine Hi, you made a new gallery format, it does not render well at all screens.Since you did the edit, please revert it. When you do it, please remove the 3 blank lines above it. Thanks!Johnwilliamsiii (talk)22:36, 24 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I'mQwerfjkl (bot). I haveautomatically detected thatthis edit performed by you, on the pageFrances Widdowson, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:
Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is afalse positive, you canreport it to my operator.Thanks,Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk)10:54, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Please talk to me before reverting me twice, as in, tell me what I am missing, or adding too much of; and specifically what parts of the policies you tag, that I do not follow, or went overboard with. Just reverting, is not constructive, especially twice. Thank you, so much!Radlrb33 (talk)13:56, 13:57; 26 January 2026 (UTC)
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account_type, has been added to provide a reliable way to determine the account type being created in thecreateaccount andautocreateaccount actions. As part of this change, the variableaccountname has been renamed toaccount_name, andaccountname is now deprecated. Edit filter managers should update any filters that use hardcoded account type checks or the deprecated variable.[19]upload.wikimedia.org/… will stop working in the near future. This change is to prevent ongoing external abuse by web-scrapers and bots. Some users with custom CSS/JS, Interface Admins who can fix gadgets and local skins, and Tool-authors, will need to update their code to use standard thumbnail sizes.Details, search-links, and examples of how to fix them, are available in the task. Detailed code updates later this week:MediaWikiTech news prepared byTech News writers and posted bybot •Contribute •Translate •Get help •Give feedback •Subscribe or unsubscribe.
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On December 8 of last year I sent the following to you:
"I would like to add some current information to the article about Puerto Rican-American composer Raymond Torres-Santos. The article has multiple issues, i.e., that it is written like a resume and it is an autobiography.
I am particularly perplexed regarding the resume issue as the article does not in the least seem to be written like a resume and it resembles dozens (hundreds?) of articles on Wikipedia wherein that issue is not indicated.
As for being an autobiography, I do see some edits attributed to Rtorress but the majority of edits are by others.I would like to remove these messages and add some current information. As such, please let me know what changes I can do to remove the messages.
Thank you."
I would like to make updates to the Torres-Santos article AND remove the messages. Please advise.
Many thanks,
Siegfried1876Siegfried1876 (talk)06:32, 14 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]