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Vandalism Removal

I've just found out that an IP removed me and another user from the list last month. Could we do something to prevent that? Thanks Nobody (talk) 14:56, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JPxG: should be easy for an admin to change page privileges?? ☆ Bri (talk) 19:15, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, this is cooked. I do not see a single IP subscription in this whole list, which suggests there is no reason to not have it semiprotected -- have also taken the liberty of TE-move protecting it because inb4onwheels. jp×g 🗯️ 22:40, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Writer Request

I would like to help write stories for the Signpost as a official writer. Would that be possible. WikiEditor5678910 (talk) 02:44, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Write something good and submit it. Then do it again. Then do it again. Then do it again. Then do it again. Then do it again. Voilà! Carrite (talk) 03:57, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Last (12-12-24) issue was not announced

Or at least, not through MassMessage. Was that intentional? — Alien 3
3 3 15:07, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Alien333 it was announced, for me at least. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 15:33, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Probably because I ask for it interwiki, at enws. Seems that all users of the interwiki list did not get it (random example). — Alien 3
3 3 15:44, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reply button is not working

While readinga signpost i tried to reply to a comment showing below the page but the button gave me error said " Could not find the comment you're replying to on the page" [1] R1F4T (talk) 09:39, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@R1F4T: - try it now. If you are on the article page, click on the talk tab and then the "edit" or "+" links on the top line. This should work automatically every time, but I think sometimes for the first comment a bit of code gets accidentally removed in the prepublication process (and then it should be just like creating any other talk page). Maybe if the comment was removed while you were typing, you'd get messed up. Maybe if you are commenting on an old article, something different might be happening. Smallbones_(smalltalk) — Preceding undated comment added 19:21, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Very belatedly redoing ping to @R1F4T: ... Graham87 (talk) 15:14, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Single-page edition is broken

Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single/2025-01-15 is nearly empty, and Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Single shows the list of stories (slightly broken) but not the stories itself. @JPxG: can you take a look? FunIsOptional (talk) (please use ping!) 08:07, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In bed but I think it is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2025-01-15/Op-ed -- throwing a ref error is what the single page says. Try

intitle:"Signpost/2025-01-15" insource:/\<ref/

to find ref tags in articles ? I would appreciatr someone helping eith this. jp×g 🗯️ 08:20, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ohhhh i bet its the CALCULATORS. well ok here are the pagesizes

3,423 From the editors
82,317 Traffic report
18,148 In the media
27,219 Technology report
5,495 Essay
8,006 Opinion
16,051 News and notes
11,139 Serendipity
19,097 Op-ed
16,345 In focus
5,760 Arbitration report
4,172 Humour

jp×g 🗯️ 08:28, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, God knows what is actually wrong -- I am severely in need of going back to bed -- but I have gotten some grotesque trailer-park hack to work so that people can, at least, read a working single-page edition for these first few hours. This should be diagnosed and fixed when I wake up. Thanks to @Tamzin: for figuring out that just transclusing the articles directly worked... jp×g 🗯️ 08:50, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! FunIsOptional (talk) (please use ping!) 09:04, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like the original version of the single page edition works now, but Post‐expand include size: 2003573/2097152 bytes is really close to the limit. You are probably right that the calculator examples take up quite a bit of that limit (The calculator article is 892980 / 2097152 bytes which is 43% of that limit). Bawolff (talk) 12:57, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly unrelated to the above, I cleaned up some mismatched block and article start/end tags that were causing some of the articles to be too narrow in the single-page edition. A check for matching start/end templates could go on the publication checklist. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:01, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]