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Dark mode first aid on Norwegian Wikibooks

Status:    In progress

After deployment of dark mode across wikis the background-color attribute set in MediaWiki:Common.css on Norwegian Wikibooks causes low contrast issues. I provide the Speedy delete template as an example. No local users have the appropriate permissions, hence the community of 2 active users reach out to kindly ask for a helping hand. May someone capable help us to edit the protected page? The on-project discussion may be consulted if needed. In the discussion a draft version has been prepared and approved. Thank you! -- Wkee4ager (👨🏼‍💻💬) 16:52, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

@Wkee4ager: I can do it, but is it the right solution? Have you checked that it doesn't break anything?
I haven't looked at your templates and css structure, but I assume the solution should be replacing it with a matching codex design token, no? Neriah - 💬 - 11:59, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip! I stand corrected 😆 I'll look into it eventually. -- Wkee4ager (👨🏼‍💻💬) 21:20, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

It's better to test before making the changes for all users, not after 🙃. Neriah - 💬 - 21:33, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Update a common gadget

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alswiki Done arwiki Done arwikisource Done avwiki Done azbwiki Done azwiki - [1] azwikisource - [2] banwiki Done bawiki - [3] bewiki - [4] cawiki Done cewiki Done ckbwiki Done cswiki Done cswikiversity Done dewikisource Done dewikivoyage Done dsbwiki Done elwiki Done eowiki - [5] eswikivoyage Done fiwikiquote Done frpwiki Done gagwiki Done gomwiki Done hewiki Done hiwiki Done hsbwiki - [6] (local modifications) kawiki Done kowiki Done kowikiversity Done kowiktionary Done krcwiki Done lawiki Done lezwiki - [7] lvwiki Done map-bmswiki Done mwlwiki Done nlwiki Done nlwikibooks Done nlwikiquote Done nlwikisource Done nlwikivoyage Done nlwiktionary Done orwiki Done plwiki - [8] (local) pnbwiki Done pswiki Done shnwiki Done skrwiki Done skwiki Done slwiki Done slwikiquote Done slwikisource Done srwiki Done srwiktionary Done suwiki Done tddwiki Done test2wiki Done testwiki Done tgwiki - [9] thwiki Done thwikibooks Done thwikiquote Done thwikisource Done tkwiki Done trwiki Done tumwiki Done uawikimedia - [10] udmwiki - [11] ukwiki - [12] urwiki Done wikidatawiki Done fawiki - [13] idwiki Done incubatorwiki Done ruwiki - [14] (local) eswiki - [15] viwiki Done ptwiki Done frwiki - [16] metawiki - [17] (local)

An enwiki gadget that I use was broken.[18] It has recently been fixed. There are 102 copies of this gadget at various wikis.[19] I suspect that nearly all of them need to be fixed. The canonical version at mw:Snippets/Direct imagelinks to Commons. This edit shows the changes that fixed things at enwiki. It requires an IA, so I'm bringing it here for help. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:41, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Looks like a GIE, Krinkle is already engaged on this? Krinkle, do you plan on doing others? Perhaps this should just be an import from commons? — xaosflux ^Talk 19:44, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Until issues like T197137 are improved, this is a non-starter for me as I simply don't have the time to spend two full days repeatedly re-authenticating on each of these hundred wikis separately (which in turn involves unlocking my password manager, copying 2FA over bluetooth which overwrites my clipboard, and fighting timeouts T423193). This is on top of the "real" work for this: hundred times review each wiki's version to look for any unrelated changes, replace or incorporate the latest snippet, test the current and drafted version ahead of time in safemode on a random artice on that wiki.

Last year, this would have taken two hours total, which I can do. Line them all up, batching the tests and edits, clipboard magic, multi-tasking. Now, it would take ~5min per wiki serially (instead of 1min) and thus ~10h total (instead of 2h). Krinkle (talk) 03:18, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

65 of 82 Done. There are some local versions that I marked, and some more that were based on ruwiki and I'll leave that to someone else to take care of Neriah - 💬 - 10:10, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Blocking policy regarding my globally blocked account AbchyZa22

Status:    In progress

Buenas ,una pregunta que dice las políticas de bloqueos (blocking policy) ,porque EPIC cambió a bloqueo global (global block) según el ticket (Ticket:2026051910006821) si en eswiki (wikipedia en español) fue desbloqueado localmente,cuantos proyectos esten desbloqueados localmente para remover mi bloqueo global (global unblock)?? Solo es una pregunta? AbchyZa22 12:50, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

Xaahax's articles in Sakha Wikipedia

Status:    In progress

This user in Sakha Wikipedia since 2015 made a 4716 edits in Sakha Wikipedia. Reasons to delete this pages from Sakha Wikipedia:

1. All of this edits is quoting yourself (All of this pages has a "References" and have a quotes to "Каженкин И.И." or "Xaahax" or "Уйбаан - Xaahax") - this means that these "articles" express only one opinion, a maximally subjective one, without any sources other than their own books, which is quite strange and should not be present in Wikipedia.
2. All of this pages doesn't have a categories (even after bureaucrat`s request [20]), doesn`t have any other references (again after bureaucrat`s request [21]). This user totally ignores now inactive bureaucrat and any other users ([22])
3. This user come to Wikipedia only to write this journalistic subjective articles (by the opinion of HalanTul [23]). Articles that look like wikified articles have only been wikified to some extent by other people, stub templates and categories have been added, but this does not change the essence of these articles, and this essence is not allowed in Wikipedia.

I think, all pages created by Xaahax needs to be deleted from Sakha Wikipedia. Thanks --Sauit (talk) 07:04, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Needs to say, Sakha Wikipedia now have only 1 active sysop and that's why I'm writing here Sauit (talk) 07:24, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Missing categories or templates (even missing references) don't justify deletion, that's pretty much the norm on smaller wikis (and that's how many articles on large wikis also looked like 25 years ago). But I agree many pages appear to be personal essays instead of encyclopaedic articles. I'll delete those which are clearly out of project scope. Johannnes89 (talk) 05:47, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

@Johannnes89: I've added a list of all the pages created by this user at User:DreamRimmer/RandPage. I also added excerpts and English translations if you find them useful. – DreamRimmer ■ 10:47, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Unusual editing patterns on taywiki

Status:    In progress

I would like to ask for a review of some unusual activity on the Atayal Wikipedia (taywiki). User:Font8388608 drew my attention to the matter here. Doesn't seem like an uncontroversial task for GSR, so I'm transferring this here.

The users Watan Pyasan and Sugiy-tosi frequently build pages through many consecutive edits adding only one word or a few characters at a time. Similar highly fragmented editing patterns can also be seen among several other active taywiki contributors, e.g. Sabi Nobu, Seku300228 and Reko871031. At the same time, Sugiy-tosi has been active since 2021 and has made more than 2,000 edits, so this doesn't seem highly problematic. It is difficult for users unfamiliar with Atayal and the local project to assess what exactly is happening there. Several pages appear to be coherent texts about traditional Atayal practices, but they are written more like educational or ethnographic material than conventional encyclopedia articles. The pages also frequently mix Atayal written in the Latin alphabet with Chinese translations or explanations. I don't really know if any action is needed here, but I just wanted to leave a note about it. @Font8388608: for your attention. --Icodense (talk) 20:39, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Big deletion and import

Status:    In progress

Per local consensus please delete zh:廉政英雄角色列表 and import all revisions to Wikiversity:zh:Transwiki:廉政英雄角色列表, it has 7000+ diffs so it might be a problem refer to phab:T395902. aqurs 🍧 14:48, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

Please link to the local discussion. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:53, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

The deletion discussion is at zh:Wikipedia:頁面存廢討論/記錄/2026/07/30#廉政英雄角色列表. --Srapoj (talk) 17:27, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

• FYI, my attempt today failed with a fatal server error on the import. I left some notes on the phab, seeing if any devs want to work on it. May be able to manually split the XML pre-import. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:32, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

If no Steward is able to do this I can offer to do the import if someone grants me local importupload on zh.wikiversity for 24 hours or so. --Ameisenigel (talk) 20:54, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

I'll LIKELY get back to this - preferring someone fixed the actual bug..... — xaosflux ^Talk 01:24, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

OAuth permissions

Preferably permission requests should be submitted using the form from Special:OAuthConsumerRegistration.

After submitting this form, you will receive a token that your application will use to identify itself to MediaWiki. An OAuth administrator will need to approve your application before it can be authorized by other users. It is possible to request approval using {{oauthapprequest}}; please create a sub-section of this section.

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• Try to use as few grants as possible. Avoid grants that are not actually needed now.
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OAuth approval request for YouTube to Wikimedia Commons converter [1.2]

Status:    Done

• Application name: YouTube to Wikimedia Commons converter [1.2] [1.2] (consumers for this tool)
• Publisher: Malyzolwikson (user information · other consumers by this publisher)
• Consumer key: d9963eb17353ebc8774819c2983e1fa2
• OAuth admins: review/manage this application.

Hello! I would like to request approval for my OAuth 2.0 consumer.

It is a web-based tool designed to streamline the process of transferring Creative Commons-licensed media from YouTube directly to Wikimedia Commons. The application ensures that files are converted to free, open formats and automatically generates the necessary wikitext metadata required by Commons.

Key Features:

• Secure Authentication: Uses Wikimedia OAuth 2.0, allowing users to upload files directly to their own Wikimedia accounts.
• Smart Format Conversion: Automatically extracts and converts YouTube media into Wikimedia-compliant formats using yt-dlp and FFmpeg (Video to WebM, Audio to Ogg Vorbis).
• Frame & Thumbnail Extraction: Users can extract the official video thumbnail or capture a specific frame (screenshot).
• Automated Metadata: Automatically populates the {{Information}} template with the video's description, author, upload date, and source URL.
• License Verification: Pre-checks the YouTube URL for a valid CC license, dynamically applies {{YouTube CC-BY}} or {{YouTube CC-BY-4.0}}, and appends {{LicenseReview}}.

Thank you for your review! --Malyzolwikson (talk) 21:03, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Approved by WMF staff. – Ajraddatz (talk) 22:18, 22 August 2026 (UTC)

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