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Extending RfDs

Latest comment: 6 days ago3 comments3 people in discussion

I noticed you extended the RfD at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Ibrahim Alkurd but you did two things wrong in there, which I have fixed for you. The things you got wrong were: 1) 34 September is not a real date 2) You left your comment about extending it in the footer, which is generally agreed upon that you probably shouldn't do that as it turns the footer into a reply on the technical level. Happy editing.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 06:20, 27 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

(talk page stalker) In fact, in the past we have considered that RfDs that aren't linked on the main page aren't active. The best course of action is to consult the person who created it to see if they want the RfD listed, because they might have changed their mind. If they want it listed, have them do it. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:39, 27 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Okay, will keep in mind Cactus🌵 ^spiky ^ツ 09:59, 27 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Barnstar

Latest comment: 6 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

		The Original Barnstar
		For your hard work and good edits! Thetree284 (talk) 21:16, 27 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Thetree284 Thanks!! Cactus🌵 ^spiky ^ツ 23:45, 27 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia translation of the week: 2024-40

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en:Wildlife of Bahrain

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The wildlife of the archipelago of Bahrain, is more varied than might be expected of this small group of islands in the Persian Gulf. Apart from a strip of the north and west of the main island, where crops are grown with irrigation, the land is arid. With a very hot dry summer, a mild winter, and brackish groundwater, the plants need adaptations in order to survive. Nevertheless, 196 species of higher plant have been recorded here, as well as about seventeen species of terrestrial mammals, many birds and reptiles, and many migratory birds visit the islands in autumn and spring.

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Tech News: 2024-40

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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

Readers of 42 more wikis can now use Dark Mode. If the option is not yet available for logged-out users of your wiki, this is likely because many templates do not yet display well in Dark Mode. Please use the night-mode-checker tool if you are interested in helping to reduce the number of issues. The recommendations page provides guidance on this. Dark Mode is enabled on additional wikis once per month.
Editors using the 2010 wikitext editor as their default can access features from the 2017 wikitext editor by adding ?veaction=editsource to the URL. If you would like to enable the 2017 wikitext editor as your default, it can be set in your preferences. [1]
For logged-out readers using the Vector 2022 skin, the "donate" link has been moved from a collapsible menu next to the content area into a more prominent top menu, next to "Create an account". This restores the link to the level of prominence it had in the Vector 2010 skin. Learn more about the changes related to donor experiences. [2]
The CampaignEvents extension provides tools for organizers to more easily manage events, communicate with participants, and promote their events on the wikis. The extension has been enabled on Arabic Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia, Swahili Wikipedia, and Meta-Wiki. Chinese Wikipedia has decided to enable the extension, and discussions on the extension are in progress on Spanish Wikipedia and on Wikidata. To learn how to enable the extension on your wiki, you can visit the CampaignEvents page on Meta-Wiki.
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Updates for technical contributors

Developers with an account on Wikitech-wiki should check if any action is required for their accounts. The wiki is being changed to use the single-user-login (SUL) system, and other configuration changes. This change will help reduce the overall complexity for the weekly software updates across all our wikis.

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The server switch was completed successfully last week with a read-only time of only 2 minutes 46 seconds. This periodic process makes sure that engineers can switch data centers and keep all of the wikis available for readers, even if there are major technical issues. It also gives engineers a chance to do maintenance and upgrades on systems that normally run 24 hours a day, and often helps to reveal weaknesses in the infrastructure. The process involves dozens of software services and hundreds of hardware servers, and requires multiple teams working together. Work over the past few years has reduced the time from 17 minutes down to 2–3 minutes. [3]

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