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Special/MyLanguage:WM:OP/H

Created in error at MediaWiki:Globalblocking-block-reason-dropdown. --Min☠︎rax^«¦talk¦» 03:22, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~ once MediaWiki:Globalblocking-block-reason-dropdown is fixed. There are several more instances of this typo, which I'll fix as well. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 03:37, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There are "only" 2043 block summaries that need fixing. As @Johannnes89 was the one who introduced the typo, I propose that he carry out the task of fixing them. I'll deliver him a trout too. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 04:16, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for noticing. Not sure if it's worth the effort changing all those block summaries, how about just leaving this page as a redirect for ~1 year and delete it once most of the blocks are expired? Johannnes89 (talk) 10:15, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. It's not really worth fixing that. It'd be a rather pointless work to do. Leave a redirect for some time and have it deleted later. -Barras talk 10:25, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That does sound like a better choice. Delayed delete per above. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 10:52, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Fine with me. Just curious, when will the last gblock expire? --Min☠︎rax^«¦talk¦» 10:53, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Minorax: According to this new query, there are 9 indefinite blocks. Another 400+ will expire in 2030, and there are plenty of 2028s. Only to be expected, since these are for open proxies. I guess they still need to be fixed after all. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 11:07, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm I had hoped for most blocks to expire after 1-2 years. Fixed the indefinite blocks and some more, but unless we want to keep the page as a redirect for five years I guess I need to fix at least the 400+ expiring 2030. Johannnes89 (talk) 12:28, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Johannnes89: The numbers for each year are: 87 (2025; 33 expired, 17 expiring this month), 329 (2026), 250 (2027), 957 (2028) and 411 (2030) We might as well fix all of them. Can other stewards help? NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 05:40, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Johannnes89: Any update on this? Maybe you could automate this fix with a script. – DreamRimmer ■ 12:01, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I will try and take a look tomorrow. -- XXBlackburnXx (talk) 00:09, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry didn't have much time recently. Writing scripts is not really my strong suit, so I'm happy if someone else could help. Johannnes89 (talk) 10:35, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:TM languages

Not used anywhere and of all the links, there is only one blue link. --Min☠︎rax^«¦talk¦» 05:04, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It used to be transcluded in Training modules/Keeping events safe/Final draft. @JSutherland (WMF): Is this template still necessary? NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 06:35, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Files

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File:WikiMedia-Servers-IP.dia

Hello, User:Hide on Rosé notified me on my talk page that the file File:WikiMedia-Servers-IP.dia has been nominated for deletion and has since been deleted. The file is the source code for File:WikiMedia-Servers-IP.png, it shows a proposal I have made in the early day of Wikipedia using en:Dia_(software). I believe we should keep the source used to generate the image.

Thanks! 8-)

Antoine "hashar" Musso (talk) 16:05, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Hashar: This is present as the same file at File:WikiMedia-Servers-IP.png. EggRoll97 (talk) 03:14, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Hashar any reason this needs to be local? (As opposed to you publishing it to commons under a compatible license)? — xaosflux ^Talk 12:46, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

.dia files can no longer be uploaded anywhere, so this literally can't be moved to Commons without sysadmin intervention. Weak oppose undeleting per my general principle of objecting to grandfather clauses and restoring a state that would now be verboten. * Pppery * _{it has begun} 21:20, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's why I would

Support the undeletion. There is no workaround. Leaderboard (talk) 10:42, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like via relicensing (noting that old licenses can't actually be revoked, though more may be added) it is under at least CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, and GFDL1.2 - so hosting seems OK. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:19, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Leaderboard and Xaosflux .dia file extension may refer to:

DoItAgain Task File, most likely without a free license available so where those license tags here?
Vector Image File, for this case, it's recommend to check whether this file was made by Inkscape, so a potential patent conflict won't happened (if that's however made by Adobe Illustrator, it's better for Hashar that they should clarify that whether Adobe Inc. agreed to do such a free licensing of their production)
SharePoint Server temporary file, do we really need such tempfiles? Where are benefits for having them?

Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 09:49, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is a structured diagram file (see w:en:Dia (software)) — xaosflux ^Talk 12:21, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Xaosflux For this software, its exported formats are one of eps, svg, dxf, cgm, wmf, png, jpeg and vdx, but didn't mention same ".dia" extension as the software, just like Excel, did they use ".excel or .exc"? No, they use .xls and since Excel 2007, .xlsm and .xlsx. So I really doubt if this user is used this software to make this file. Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 01:28, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Liuxinyu970226 I've installed that software and opened the file. It is certainly capable of editing the file and saving in this format, as well as many many other formats you did not list above. I can't be certain if this specific software or some other .dia edited was used though. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:37, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]