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Hey there! I am in bit of a confusion with squad navboxes styling. When I first created a World Cup squad navbox, I styled on the precedent of previous navboxes of them matching the kit of the team for that particular season. But cricket teams tend to have very frequently changing colors and I feel this inconsistency can be addressed by sticking to two common styling styles, one for ODI WCs and the other of T20Is. Would be grateful for your help:) Cric editor (talk) 04:04, 13 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
I agree; a common/consistent styling pattern should be used within CWCs and T20WCs.
I must also add that a navbox should be for navigational purposes and not as a decorative something.. thus, they should only use a bg color representing the team. even if the kit color changes time to time in most cases there's a core color in their kit that doesn't usually change which should be the one used. Although slightly different shades can be used based on the contemporary kits.
The fg color should only be white or black for readability reasons only and the bordercolor shouldn't be used in my opinion. I have done it and now restored it for the 2024 mT20WC squad boxes; I will do 2026 next. But, a similar pattern should be done for other navboxes as well.
Didn't mean fg color causes readability issues. I don't see the need for any fg color usage other than using black in a light bg and white in a dark bg. Vestrian24Bio09:30, 13 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
On behalf of the coordinators, thank you so much for participating in the 2026 DCWC and congratulations on earning the bronze belt buckle! We hope to see you next year! ... sawyer * any/all * talk21:51, 2 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
Hey Vestrian24Bio, a belated congratulations on winning the Silver Belt Buckle this year! Per this announcement, the podium winners have all been moved up by one spot. It's unfortunate that these are the circumstances I'm presenting this to you, but that doesn't make you any less deserving of it. Thank you for your incredible work this year! —TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 05:26, 21 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
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Starting October 13, wikis can change the default pattern for auto-generated reference names in VisualEditor (currently <refname=":1"/>). They will be able to use human-readable, content-based reference names that are more helpful to contributors using the source editor (e.g. <refname="Miller2026-1"/>). VisualEditor reference name patterns can be defined using MediaWiki system messages, JSON, templates and modules (more information). Admins can enable these changes via community configuration. This is a community wish implemented by WMDE Technical Wishes.
Sub-referencing is a new MediaWiki feature that allows editors to reuse references with different details. It will be deployed to English Wikipedia on October 14 and to remaining Wikimedia Foundation wikis by end of October (likely October 21). The FAQ lists possible actions to take on your wiki to support the deployment. This is a long-standing community wish implemented by WMDE Technical Wishes.
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The Wikipedia Android app is testing a way to listen to article introductions in the “For you” feed. A text-to-speech model reads the existing article text aloud without rewriting it or adding any content. The 30-day experiment will begin in the Wikipedia Beta app during the third week of September, then move to the regular Wikipedia Android app in October for a limited group of eligible users. A small portion of app users (those with English feeds and at least one topic interest) will have access to the feature. This experiment is part of broader efforts to give app readers options in how they consume content in order to deepen engagement and user retention. Learn more and share feedback.
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The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
This award is given in recognition of Vestrian24Bio for accumulating at least 100 points in the September 2026 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped review 14549 articles and 3163 redirects during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and helping reduce the backlog! Max (talk) 16:25, 13 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
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I am a representative of the Thunderwolf Syndicate, and I am contacting you regarding your recent edits to the Wikipedia page for Bethlehem Kudumba Unit.
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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.
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To measure the impact of incorporating some community-requested features on logged-out reader retention, a test for Image Carousel will be pushed to logged-out readers. With the Image Carousel feature, readers browse community-uploaded images, selected by editors as relevant to specific articles. The test starts on November 20.
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You appear to be engaged in an edit warat Cricket at the 2026 Asian Games – Men's tournament. An edit war occurs when editors who disagree about the content of a page repeatedly revert each other's changes. Please do not revert or undo the edits made by other editors when your changes are reverted. Instead, use the talk page to discuss how the page can represent consensus among the editors involved. Here is some advice on how to do this. If discussions get stuck, you can request a third opinion, ask for help at a relevant noticeboard, or seek dispute resolution.
Edit warring can result in being blocked from editing, especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts within 24 hours on one page. Undoing any other editor's work, in whole or in part, involving the same or different material, is a revert. You can still be blocked for edit warring even if you do not violate the three-revert rule should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 16:37, 18 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
I didn't accuse anyone of anything. I merely pointed out the provisions of Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry, which is not part of any investigation procedure. The Times of India has already been used in the article, I only copied that content for the lead from the article body. I have added additional sources for that content also. In the first edit done by the user there were no edit summary, the reliability of the source was only pointed out in the second edit summary done by @Vestrian24Bio. Also these 2 edits has been carried out by different/alternative accounts used by the user. If you want to discuss the reliability of sources and the content it supports please do so in the article talk page under the discussion I have started. Thank you. Kalpesh Manna 2002 (talk) 17:04, 22 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
Stop that nonsense right now: you said, "Also using 2 accounts to so can be considered as Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry". Now, it's not correct English, but any fool understands what you are accusing the editor of. Drmies (talk) 17:26, 22 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
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Hi, I'm from the thunderwolf syndicate. So, please show the credited order of casting in this page. The main lead is usually shown at the beginning. The main confusion is of dual lead of the film. I didn't edited it further. You need to show that order. Thunderwolf syndicate (talk) 02:57, 23 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
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Three weeks ago, the 2026 Developing Countries WikiContest came to a close! After three months of competition, we have our winners. OpalYosutebito (submissions) comes in third with 525 points earned from a large series of good articles about pandas. Vestrian24Bio (submissions), with an immense number of submissions relating to cricket, comes in second with 1040 points. And our runner-up from last year makes their way to the top of the podium: Simongraham (submissions) takes gold with 1065 points, coming from another round of good articles about African jumping spiders!
Among the participants' contributions were six FAs, five FLs, 132 GAs, and a number of DYKs, ITNs, and reviews of every kind—far more than last year! Regardless of your level of participation, every contestant can be proud to have contributed to a major step in countering the systemic bias on Wikipedia. Every year, millions of readers and editors around the globe use Wikipedia to educate themselves and communicate with others about parts of the world that often receive less attention than they deserve. Thank you for participating in the contest and contributing to this effort. The DCWC will return next year, and we look forward to seeing your contributions again! However, before that...
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I looked through the Manual of Style, and I don't see where it mentions anything about how to properly format a list of citations following a colon.
This was your edit, which reverted how something would normally be formatted using standard American English, where a space should always follow after a colon.
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