Talk:Wikimedia Forum

protection on gd.wiktionary

hi, the unicode modules are being updated to call from commons, but Mòideal:Unicode data/names/000 is protected and it looks like the gd.wiktionary project is inactive, with no comments on the community page for 11 years, and the only 'admin' is the abuse filter. could someone unprotect so i can update this? it might not make an difference, but probably best not to leave it out of date, just in case Kwamikagami (talk) 05:38, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

@Kwamikagami: Done, I've changed protection to semi-protection and I think you can edit the module page now. BTW, you may use GSR next time where global sysops will be able to quickly assist you. Best regards, A09|(pogovor) 11:17, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

ah, thanks. wasn't sure where to go. Kwamikagami (talk) 11:19, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Google Search Over-indexing Archived Talk Pages Over Live Articles?

Hi all, I’ve been noticing that for certain Wikipedia-related queries, Google is surfacing archived talk pages or user discussions higher than the actual article content or updated policies. For example, I searched for “Wikipedia notability guidelines for startups” and a 2018 Talk page was ranking higher than the current guideline page or the Help:Notability article. Is this a known issue? Could there be a technical reason (e.g., crawl frequency, backlinks, template structuring) that causes Google to prioritize archived pages? Should we consider: Adding noindex to certain archived namespaces? Structuring canonical tags better across project namespaces? Curious if anyone has tested this or raised it with the search community. It could affect how the public consumes policy-related content. Thanks in advance. Coreycox (talk) 23:10, 13 August 2025 (UTC)