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Tech News: 2021-24
20:25, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-25
15:48, 21 June 2021 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 27 June 2021
- News and notes: Elections, Wikimania, masking and more
- In the media: Boris and Joe, reliability, love, and money
- Disinformation report: Croatian Wikipedia: capture and release
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Tech News: 2021-26
16:31, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
GAN Backlog Drive - July 2021
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WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: July 2021
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The Downlink – July 2021
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Article of the month.
![]() Lisa Marie Nowak is an American aeronautical engineer, and former NASA astronaut and United States Navy captain. Nowak was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996. She flew in space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-121 mission in July 2006. In 2007, Nowak was involved in an incident that led to her dismissal from NASA and the Navy. This article was promoted to featured status last month! |
Article Statistics This data reflects values from the 30 June 2021. |
Image of the month.
![]() Offical portrait of Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. (Buzz Aldrin) who was the pilot on the Apollo 11 mission. This image was promoted to featured status last month! Members New Members:
Number of active members: 118.
Total number of members: 331.
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Monthly Changes
Since May 28 pages ahve been added to Spaceflight. 1 article reached FA-Class, 1 list reached FL-class & 2 images reached FM-Class. There is 1 more GA class article, as well as 1 more file page. There are 4 more B class articles, 20 more C class articles, 10 less start class articles & 1 less stub article. BOOKS are no longer supported by the WikiProject and are in the process of being deleted! See WP:BOOKSDEP & here for more. | |
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Rename requests
Thank you for your rename requests, which I have processed. In the future, please don't add a header above the {{Rename media}} template. It messes with the rename script. — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 01:39, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Alexis Jazz: Ah, sure. I only realised after I had requested the renames that I could just use twinkle to tag the pages. I will avoid using headers in the future. Terasail[✉️] 01:41, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you. :) FYI, adding a ping afterwards like Special:Diff/1031851558 doesn't work. See Help:Fixing failed pings. — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 12:15, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
archives template
Hello! I think this edit messed up my talk page's archive template. Could you have a look? Thanks. --- Possibly ☎ 06:55, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Possibly: It should be fixed. PrimeHunter made a slight change to it & I just made a change that should stop the apostrophe from appearing. Apologies for any issues. Terasail[✉️] 15:59, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-27
17:32, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-29
15:30, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
(speedy) deletion at your user space
Hi! I deleted some pages you requested to be deleted at wp:CSD. I hope I did not got confused with the redirects. If I did, and I deleted too many, or too few, pages please let me now. - Nabla (talk) 22:36, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Nabla: Looking through the deletions, they are all correct. Thanks, Terasail[✉️] 22:40, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
- OK. - Nabla (talk) 07:40, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
The Signpost: 25 July 2021
- News and notes: Wikimania and a million other news stories
- Special report: Hardball in Hong Kong
- In the media: Larry is at it again
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- Traffic report: Football, tennis and marveling at Loki
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Tech News: 2021-30
21:10, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
Thank you Terasail for making {{Archives}}
collapsible. You did a wonderful job and it is very much appreciated. Thanks! — SpikeToronto 07:10, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
CfD closure
After this expanded CfD closure, feel free to adapt templates accordingly, if needed. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:24, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Marcocapelle: Thanks, I have updated the category and templates. Terasail[✉️] 15:17, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2021).
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- An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.
- Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import. (T287380)
- Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.
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The Downlink – August 2021
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Article of the month.
Shuttle-Centaur was a version of the Centaur upper stage rocket designed to be carried aloft inside the Space Shuttle. Two variants were developed: Centaur G-Prime and Centaur G. The powerful Centaur upper stage allowed for heavier deep space probes, and for them to reach Jupiter sooner. However, neither variant ever flew on a Shuttle. |
Image of the month.
![]() This is an Extreme Deep Field image taken from the Hubble Space Telescope, released by NASA on September 25th, 2012. With exposure dates from July 2002 to March 2012. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Members
New Members:
Number of active members: 120.
Total number of members: 333.
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Monthly Changes
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Tech News: 2021-31
20:45, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
WikiProject Colorado Summer Zoom Meeting
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Mass-message
Can I have the right to send mass messages? I want to create a newsletter for WikiProject Rocketry. StarshipSLS (Talk), (My Contributions) 03:06, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2021-32
16:19, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-33
19:26, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-34
21:57, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
Read-only reminder
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The Signpost: 29 August 2021
- News and notes: Enough time left to vote! IP ban
- In the media: Vive la différence!
- Wikimedians of the year: Seven Wikimedians of the year
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Tech News: 2021-35
16:00, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
2020 United States Census for Colorado
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The Downlink – September 2021
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Article of the month.
![]() Apollo 7 was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program, and saw the resumption of human spaceflight by the agency after the fire that killed the three Apollo 1 astronauts. The Apollo 7 crew was commanded by Walter M. Schirra, with command module pilot Donn F. Eisele and lunar module pilot R. Walter Cunningham. |
Image of the month.
![]() Official portrait of Ilan Ramon, an astronaut killed during the failed re-entry of the Space Shuttle Columbia. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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New Members:
Number of active members: 122.
Total number of members: 335.
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Monthly Changes
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).

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- Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee.
- A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates.
- A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)
- A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs.
- The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.
- A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.
- The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments.
Tech News: 2021-36
15:19, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-37
15:32, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
Script category
Would you mind updating User:Terasail/ArticleInfo.js to populate Category:Wikipedia scripts instead of Category:Wikipedia Scripts? The correct name for the category has an lowercase S and the version with the uppercase S is a redirect. * Pppery * it has begun... 01:59, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Pppery: Sure, I will not be able to log onto my main account before Friday, so I will try to make the change Friday/Saturday. Thanks, Terasail II[✉️] 03:17, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-38
18:30, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
The Signpost: 26 September 2021
- News and notes: New CEO, new board members, China bans
- In the media: The future of Wikipedia
- Op-Ed: I've been desysopped
- Disinformation report: Paid promotional paragraphs in German parliamentary pages
- Discussion report: Editors discuss Wikipedia's vetting process for administrators
- Recent research: Wikipedia images for machine learning; Experiment justifies Wikipedia's high search rankings
- Community view: Is writing Wikipedia like making a quilt?
- Traffic report: Kanye, Emma Raducanu and 9/11
- News from Diff: Welcome to the first grantees of the Knowledge Equity Fund
- WikiProject report: The Random and the Beautiful
Tech News: 2021-39
22:20, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – October 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021).
- Following an RfC, extended confirmed protection may be used preemptively on certain high-risk templates.
- Following a discussion at the Village Pump, there is consensus to treat discord logs the same as IRC logs. This means that discord logs will be oversighted if posted onwiki.
- DiscussionTools has superseded Enterprisey's reply-link script. Editors may switch using the "Discussion tools" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features.
- A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures.
- Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.
- The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.
- Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list.
- The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates.
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Join House of Representatives Elections in Nigeria Contest

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- Second runner-up - MOVFA Super Power Bank
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Tech News: 2021-40
16:29, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
File mover granted

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Concern regarding Draft:SpaceX CRS-26
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Tech News: 2021-41
15:29, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
Tech News: 2021-42
20:52, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: October 2021
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Tech News: 2021-43
20:07, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 October 2021
- From the editor: Different stories, same place
- News and notes: The sockpuppet who ran for adminship and almost succeeded
- Discussion report: Editors brainstorm and propose changes to the Requests for adminship process
- Recent research: Welcome messages fail to improve newbie retention
- Community view: Reflections on the Chinese Wikipedia
- Traffic report: James Bond and the Giant Squid Game
- Technology report: Wikimedia Toolhub, winners of the Coolest Tool Award, and more
- Serendipity: How Wikipedia helped create a Serbian stamp
- Book review: Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality
- WikiProject report: Redirection
- Humour: A very Wiki crossword
Administrators' newsletter – November 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2021).
- Phase 2 of the 2021 RfA review has commenced which will discuss potential solutions to address the 8 issues found in Phase 1. Proposed solutions that achieve consensus will be implemented and you may propose solutions till 07 November 2021.
- Toolhub is a catalogue of tools which can be used on Wikimedia wikis. It is at https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/.
- GeneralNotability, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections. Ivanvector and John M Wolfson are reserve commissioners.
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves to stand in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections from 07 November 2021 until 16 November 2021.
- The 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of five new CheckUsers and two new Oversighters.
The Downlink – October 2021
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OOUI addItems breaking change
Hi! FYI, a change to OOUI recently broke incorrect-but-previously-working code that used addItems( item )
(see also phab:T299776). There appears to have been no public announcement or outreach to callsites by maintainers since then, so I thought I'd drive-by a note to save you confusion if your code is also affected by that.
The correct way is addItems( [ item ] )
. I fixed a few of my own scripts and noticed that User:Terasail/COI_Request_Tool.js may also be affected. Obviously, if the code isn't broken, there's nothing to do, but if it is, hopefully this will save you time! Inductiveload (talk) 11:43, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
- @Inductiveload: Thanks, I have fixed my scripts. Terasail[✉️] 18:28, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
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Page mover granted

Hello, Terasail. Your account has been granted the "extendedmover" user right, either following a request for it or demonstrating familiarity with working with article names and moving pages. You are now able to rename pages without leaving behind a redirect, move subpages when moving the parent page(s), and move category pages.
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Reverted edit - number of occurrences of flagship in Apple Store
Hello, Terasail. I noticed that you reverted my edit in Apple Store saying ""flagship" does not need to be linked in every occurrence of the word." but I don't think that's what my edit did. I did not link every occurrence of flagship but rather simply changed the already-existing ones to link to Flagship#Retailing instead, as my edit summary stated. Please note that since my edit did not change the number of links, neither did your revert. I think I agree that the number of links should be reduced, but I think linking Flagship#Retailing would be more appropriate. Perhaps a more experienced Wikipedia editor than me can decide which links to remove. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Osalbahr (talk • contribs) 09:11, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
- @Osalbahr Hello, I have changed the edit so that there is only one link and that link is at Flagship#Retail hope this is what you were looking for. Thanks, Terasail[✉️] 11:38, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
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