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Somehow both Wikipedia:HotCat and commons:Help:Gadget-Cat-a-lot are not working for me. They’re both Commons gadgets, Wikimedia Commons itself doesn’t seem to work for me—I can only access it when using a VPN. However, as per Wikipedia’s policies, we can’t edit with proxies. Is anyone else experiencing this issue, and does anyone know how to fix it? It seems like Commons might be blocked in my region; is there a known ban? – Cyber.Eyes.2005^Talk 14:33, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It works fine in Italy [1] ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 01:59, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see, there are probably some restrictions in my region, I think. – Cyber.Eyes.2005^Talk 09:49, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cyber.Eyes.2005: I don't know why there would be geographical restrictions on the gadgets. The best place to ask would probably be wherever the support for them is -- maybe somewhere on MediaWiki?

The only things I've ever noticed is that certain Cat-a-lot functions don't work here the way they do on Commons. I can do everything from a category page, but Cat-a-lot is also supposed to work from other pages, such as from search results, but that hasn't worked for me. I've assumed that we don't have all the "pieces" here, but I don't really know. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:23, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For me, these two tools don’t work at all; like they don’t even show up. But as soon as I enable a VPN, they appear and "seemingly" start working. However, I can’t edit with them because proxies are restricted from editing on Wikipedia. Also, thanks for the suggestion, I’ll see if I can ask about it on MediaWiki. – Cyber.Eyes.2005^Talk 10:38, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi all, I will be working on this page for a few days in hopes that I can bring it to GA. There is a lot of work to be done like dealing with the red links, and some more simplification in the lower sections. Any advice and help will be much appreciated. Further about the page can be discussed on the talk page. I will be watching the page so I will try to reply to the comments as quickly as possible. BRP ^ever 16:48, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Over at East Lancs Greenway I've added access dates to the 2 books however in doing so it now brings up a "Check date values in: |access-date=" error, I've reread Help:CS1_errors#bad_date about 10 times and I still can't figure out what or where the issue us?,

Apologies in advance if I've missed something glaringly obvious I've only had 5 hours sleep, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 21:43, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Davey2010 I don't understand character encodings, but there are hidden characters just before the closing brackets in both of these citations. If you remove those characters and just type in "2024}}", the errors go away. 2601:644:9083:5730:5DEE:7211:EF2B:6CC1 (talk) 22:09, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@2601:644:9083:5730:5DEE:7211:EF2B:6CC1, You are amazing thank you so much!, Never even thought of that so thank you for your help it's very much greatly appreciated, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 23:05, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It used to be easy to connect to other Wikipedias with the same article. Things have changed, and I can't see how to do it. Our Ichkabal article should be linked to the Spanish Wikipedia's article on it. Kdammers (talk) 05:15, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not very familiar with Wikipedia's policies on interlanguage-linking just yet, but I think you shouldn't link an article to other Wikipedias just because it is remotely related (through countries, for example). It's like linking to enwiki, that is looked down upon. 🪐●Haumeon 05:18, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We no longer link inter-language wikis by adding Interwikis at the bottom of the page—that was the old method. Now, we connect pages directly through Wikidata. You'll need to create an entry there and link the same articles across different Wikipedias. If you provide me with the link to the Spanish Wikipedia article for Ichkabal, I can link them both for you. – Cyber.Eyes.2005^Talk 05:26, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What Kdammers is pointing out is that adding interwiki links (via Wikidata) is indeed much harder in the Vector 2022 skin than the Vector Legacy (2010) skin. On the Vector Legacy skin, there is a pencil icon which you can click and simply enter the language code and the title of the page you want to connect to. If that page is already connected to a Wikidata item, it adds the simplewiki link; if not, it creates a Wikidata item with both pages. On Vector 2022, as far as I can tell, you have to go to the Wikidata page to do this. I use Vector Legacy for this reason. I have no idea why the developers didn't make this process easier. Batrachoseps (talk) 05:35, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can't you email or contact MediaWiki/the developers to fix this? 🪐●Haumeon 05:37, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Batrachoseps I see, I’ve been using the Vector 2022 skin from the start and didn’t realize that. With Vector 2022, you don’t actually have to go to Wikidata to link pages if you're on a PC/desktop. On the right side in the Tools bar, there’s an “edit interlanguage links” option. If you click on that, the process I believe is similar to Vector Legacy (2010)—you just add the language code and page title, and it connects them. If the page doesn’t exist, it creates an entry on Wikidata. – Cyber.Eyes.2005^Talk 05:55, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cyber.Eyes.2005 I see, it's the "edit interlanguage links" in the sidebar. I had assumed it was the "add languages" at the top of the page that appears when the page isn't connected to other language versions. When I couldn't add the links there, I didn't think of looking elsewhere. Thanks for the tip! Batrachoseps (talk) 05:59, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To change your skin, go to Special:Preferences and then the "Appearance" tab. Batrachoseps (talk) 05:36, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article - Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board contains information about 'Darunnajat Siddiquia Kamil Madrasa', probably a Madrasah of Bangladesh. I think the article should be deleted. 😬CsmLrner 19:09, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]