MCU transclusions

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Hi, can you please explain what the invoke changes are and how they are helping the MCU pages? Just for my understanding. - adamstom97 (talk) 07:08, 26 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Adamstom.97 The MCU pages are transcluded on List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films, which means that, thanks to a quirk in the way the size of template content is calculated (the post-expand include size) when you have templates within templates, the citations count for 4-times the amount that they normally would, which on a page with hundreds of citations, quickly adds up until the page no longer displays properly. Changing to the {{#invoke syntax changes it so that the citation content is only double-counted instead of quadruple counted since you're directly calling the module instead of calling a template which then calls the module. --Ahecht (TALK
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A barnstar for you!

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  The Admin's Barnstar
Thank you for your efforts as a Wikimedia admin. I truly appreciate your work:) Baqi:) (talk) 22:05, 27 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – August 2025

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2025).

  Administrator changes

 
 

  Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, G15, has been enacted. It applies to pages generated by a large language model (LLM) without human review.
  • Following a request for comment, there is a new policy outlining the granting of permissions to view the IP addresses of temporary accounts. Temporary account deployment on the English Wikipedia is currently scheduled for September 2025, and editors can request access to the permission ahead of time. Admins are encouraged to keep an eye on the request page; there will likely be a flood of editors requesting the permission when they realize they can no longer see IP addresses.

  Technical news

  Arbitration

  • The arbitration case Indian military history has been closed.
    • South Asia (WP:CT/SA) is designated a contentious topic. The topic area is specifically defined as All pages related to the region of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal), broadly construed, including but not limited to history, politics, ethnicity, and social groups.
    • The contentious topic designations for Sri Lanka (SL) and India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (IPA) are folded into this new contentious topic.
    • The community-authorized general sanctions regarding South Asian social groups (GS/CASTE) are rescinded and folded into this new contentious topic.
  • The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 31 July.
  • The arbitration case Transgender healthcare and people has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 11 August.

  Miscellaneous

  • Wikimania 2025 is happening in Nairobi, Kenya, and online from August 6 to August 9. This year marks 20 years of Wikimania. Interested users can join the online event. Registration for the virtual event is free and will remain open throughout Wikimania. You can register here now.

IP block

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Hi Ahect, back in June you gave a partial block to 109.52.10.149 due to vandalism on Benevacantism. The same range is now editing 2025 conclave with similar attempts to insert non-reliable sources. Would you consider extending the block? Thanks. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 15:44, 11 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Darth Stabro Looks like they haven't edited since their warning for edit warring. If the edits resume, let me know and I can look into expanding the pblock. --Ahecht (TALK
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@Ahecht: the IP range is continuing the vandalism/edit warring, with a few edits to 2025 conclave overnight. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 11:43, 12 August 2025 (UTC)Reply
He's also making legal threats on The talk page. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 11:45, 12 August 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Darth Stabro   Done --Ahecht (TALK
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12:59, 12 August 2025 (UTC)Reply
Thanks! ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 13:53, 12 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Request for assistance - CSD g6 Interesting Images

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Hi @Ahecht - in a very troutable moment I've managed to publish one of my user subpages to the mainspace - if you have a minute would you mind deleting it please? Thanks very much :) Epsilon.Prota talk 15:39, 13 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Epsilon.Prota Looks like Jwoodwa already took care of this. --Ahecht (TALK
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16:52, 13 August 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Ahecht Ah no worries, thanks regardless. Epsilon.Prota talk 17:05, 13 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Nomination for discussion of Template:Lua code

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 Template:Lua code has been nominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:57, 16 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Detention of Rümeysa Öztürk

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Hi, @Ahecht. You tagged the above article as being closely paraphrased. If you'd let me know what sources are being plagiarized, I'll happily rectify things. I know I can do it myself but I'm also chasing down old violations, trying to get us caught up. Oona Wikiwalker (talk) 03:49, 22 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Oona Wikiwalker See User talk:Rambling Rambler#Detention of Rümeysa Öztürk --Ahecht (TALK
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New pages patrol September 2025 Backlog drive

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September 2025 Backlog Drive | New pages patrol
 
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:30, 23 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Saturnium119

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Can you please tag PaperCuts12, Kabab8672, and Honeycomb638 as Saturnium119 172.56.60.50 (talk) 04:14, 25 August 2025 (UTC)Reply