User talk:Midleading
Add topicmul for identifiers
[edit]Hey Midleading, thanks for creating the IATI organisation ID (P13305). Why is it a bad idea to add a mul-statement to this identifier? It is the official-used name by the initiative. Best NGOgo (WikiProject Nonprofits!) 09:45, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
- There isn't enough labels in multiple languages yet to decide which one is the most common, and mul label is not a place for official label. Midleading (talk) 09:48, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
- I can live with that. But since the idea of mul is to reduce redundancy, I think for an international identifier, that is mainly used in English the fallback would be okay instead of waiting for multiple simmilar descriptions. Best NGOgo (WikiProject Nonprofits!) 10:55, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
- Judging from many other properties I have created so far, there isn't a common label that can be used by identifier properties. The word "identifier" has to be translated into various languages, so these labels are not the same. Midleading (talk) 13:41, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
- I can live with that. But since the idea of mul is to reduce redundancy, I think for an international identifier, that is mainly used in English the fallback would be okay instead of waiting for multiple simmilar descriptions. Best NGOgo (WikiProject Nonprofits!) 10:55, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
National Trust Heritage Records ID
[edit]National Trust Heritage Records ID (P13301), which you kindly created for us on the 16th of Feb, still does not have the hyperlinks active. Can it be poked to get them working? Vicarage (talk) 06:48, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
- It works for me. Could you please test it logged out or on another computer? Midleading (talk) 07:42, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
- Confirmed no link for Spalding Priory (Q7572987) under Brave on Linux logged in (my usual setup), for Brave and Firefox there logged out, and on Android and Windows (spit!) Brave logged out. Vicarage (talk) 08:07, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
- Yeah, quite strange. The link works for me but I use a very unusual interface language (Vahcuengh). When I switch to English, the links are gone. Could be a server or cache problem. I'm not administrator so I can't help you. Midleading (talk) 08:25, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
- The admins fixed it with a purge. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Administrators%27_noticeboard#c-Andrei_Stroe-20250225104300-Vicarage-20250225083300 Vicarage (talk) 11:29, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
- Maybe I should not create properties while not using English Midleading (talk) 17:25, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
- The admins fixed it with a purge. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Administrators%27_noticeboard#c-Andrei_Stroe-20250225104300-Vicarage-20250225083300 Vicarage (talk) 11:29, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
- Yeah, quite strange. The link works for me but I use a very unusual interface language (Vahcuengh). When I switch to English, the links are gone. Could be a server or cache problem. I'm not administrator so I can't help you. Midleading (talk) 08:25, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
- Confirmed no link for Spalding Priory (Q7572987) under Brave on Linux logged in (my usual setup), for Brave and Firefox there logged out, and on Android and Windows (spit!) Brave logged out. Vicarage (talk) 08:07, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
The Sun topic ID (P13634)
[edit]Identifier does not work for me. I just gets redirected to https://www.the-sun.co/lander Trade (talk) 04:06, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
- There’s an error in your property proposal. I have corrected it. Midleading (talk) 04:33, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
RemoveRedundantLabels.js Localization
[edit]Can you please not localize the User:Midleading/RemoveRedundantLabels.js messages based on the user who pressed the button? It is very strange to see a Chinese localization spamming many observed articles in German Wikipedia. Just mention the user script, which already has a descriptive name. Thank you. Matthias M. (talk) 09:37, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- Hey, please clarify which message is in the wrong language. The script should be fully localized, that every message the script uses is in the user's interface language. Currently, supported languages already include German. Midleading (talk) 15:45, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- Special:Diff/2392785475 for example. Matthias M. (talk) 08:24, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- What's wrong with it? It is working as intended, the script uses a localized message for the Chinese user so that the Chinese message appears in his Wikidata contributions page as well as on Chinese Wikipedia. Midleading (talk) 13:42, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- It does not appear on the Chinese Wikipedia but on all Wikipedia and Wikidata. You are injecting a localized String in the update message. The proper way would be to localize server-side so I get my language. As that might be hard, please remove the hardcoded string like I asked you in the first place. Matthias M. (talk) 17:32, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- There is no hardcoded string, all strings that the script uses are localized. I also agree that localizing the message for each Wikipedia is the best option, but currently it is not possible, so a language that is more relevant should be used. The edits are more likely to be relevant to the user's home Wikipedia than other Wikipedia versions. And yes, this message can appear in German Wikipedia too, but it is no different from a German user uses this tool and posts a German edit summary in Chinese Wikipedia. You probably mean just leave the edit summary empty, but such edits can appear to be "vandalism" because so many labels are being removed, and an edit summary in whatever language is still better than nothing. There is a link to the source code as well, so any user who do not understand the message can still click on the link and check the source with every supported localization in it. Midleading (talk) 16:39, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
- If you think that a recent changes entry spanning >100 linked pages with only Chinese symbols will help make people believe that is not spam, then you are misguided. I already saw several reverts of your script, and that is also not something that I want. It is even more noise. I think the intention is good. Just localization at the wrong level. For international Wikimedia projects when you can't switch languages, please use English. Matthias M. (talk) 17:08, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
- There are still some functionalities that do not support the new MUL label. I think it is the reason that some items still need labels in many languages. I don't think the language of the edit summary has that much influence on edit revert, without some evidence proving it. The fact that MUL promotes English domination does not mean English domination is a good thing. Changing a localized string back to a hardcoded English-only string looks like a step backwards for me. Midleading (talk) 10:03, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
- If you think that a recent changes entry spanning >100 linked pages with only Chinese symbols will help make people believe that is not spam, then you are misguided. I already saw several reverts of your script, and that is also not something that I want. It is even more noise. I think the intention is good. Just localization at the wrong level. For international Wikimedia projects when you can't switch languages, please use English. Matthias M. (talk) 17:08, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
- There is no hardcoded string, all strings that the script uses are localized. I also agree that localizing the message for each Wikipedia is the best option, but currently it is not possible, so a language that is more relevant should be used. The edits are more likely to be relevant to the user's home Wikipedia than other Wikipedia versions. And yes, this message can appear in German Wikipedia too, but it is no different from a German user uses this tool and posts a German edit summary in Chinese Wikipedia. You probably mean just leave the edit summary empty, but such edits can appear to be "vandalism" because so many labels are being removed, and an edit summary in whatever language is still better than nothing. There is a link to the source code as well, so any user who do not understand the message can still click on the link and check the source with every supported localization in it. Midleading (talk) 16:39, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
- It does not appear on the Chinese Wikipedia but on all Wikipedia and Wikidata. You are injecting a localized String in the update message. The proper way would be to localize server-side so I get my language. As that might be hard, please remove the hardcoded string like I asked you in the first place. Matthias M. (talk) 17:32, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- What's wrong with it? It is working as intended, the script uses a localized message for the Chinese user so that the Chinese message appears in his Wikidata contributions page as well as on Chinese Wikipedia. Midleading (talk) 13:42, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- Special:Diff/2392785475 for example. Matthias M. (talk) 08:24, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
Random pages
[edit]Since you added so many sitelinks to Special:Random (Q135224352), you might be interested in my recent proposed property for random page URL. Trivialist (talk) 22:38, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
- This item does not meet the notability criterion, I’m gonna to request deletion. Midleading (talk) 03:01, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
- I'm a little confused, since you just added instance of (P31)MediaWiki special page (Q83378654) and several hundred site links yourself a few days ago. (I was planning on using the site links if the random page URL property was created.) Trivialist (talk) 03:21, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
- Yeah, but I checked the Wikidata notability policy and it excludes special pages. If you want to use the item, you can leave messages on the requests for deletion page, or archive it before it is deleted. Midleading (talk) 08:16, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
- I'm a little confused, since you just added instance of (P31)MediaWiki special page (Q83378654) and several hundred site links yourself a few days ago. (I was planning on using the site links if the random page URL property was created.) Trivialist (talk) 03:21, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
Wikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026
[edit]Hello! I noticed you're a bot operator, so I thought you might be interested in a hackathon we're organizing: the Wikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026, on 13–14 March in Arnhem, Netherlands.
It's a two-day, technically oriented hackathon bringing together Wikimedians from the region. Whether you want to work on bot frameworks, tools, or other technical projects, this could be a great opportunity to collaborate with fellow developers. Registration closes mid-January or when full. Let me know if there are any questions. Hope to see you there! Daanvr (talk) 09:17, 12 January 2026 (UTC)