Matma Rex

Help test better mass message delivery

Hi. You're being contacted as you've previously used global message delivery (or its English Wikipedia counterpart). It doesn't feel so great to be spammed, does it? ;-)

For the past few months, Legoktm has built a replacement to the current message delivery system called MassMessage. MassMessage uses a proper user interface form (no more editing a /Spam subpage), works faster (it can complete a large delivery in minutes), and no longer requires being on an access list (any local administrator can use it). In addition, many tiny annoyances with the old system have been addressed. It's a real improvement! :-)

You can test out MassMessage here: testwiki:Special:MassMessage. The biggest difference you'll likely notice is that any input list must use a new {{#target:}} parser function. For example, {{#target:User talk:Jimbo Wales}} or {{#target:User talk:Jimbo Wales|test2.wikipedia.org}}. For detailed instructions, check out mw:Help:Extension:MassMessage.

If you find any bugs, have suggestions for additional features, or have any other feedback, drop a note at m:Talk:MassMessage. Thanks for spamming! --MZMcBride (talk) 05:25, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Beginning of MassMessage, end of EdwardsBot

Hi. You're being contacted as you're listed as an EdwardsBot user.

MassMessage has been deployed to all Wikimedia wikis. For help using the new tool, please check out its help page or drop a note on Meta-Wiki.

With over 400,000 edits to Wikimedia wikis, EdwardsBot has served us well; however EdwardsBot will no longer perform local or global message delivery after December 31, 2013.

A huge thanks to Legoktm, Reedy, Aaron Schulz and everyone else who helped to get MassMessage deployed. --MZMcBride (talk) 02:36, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Translation of Module namespace name

Hello, Matma Rex! I'm an administrator at ro.wiki and I would like to localize the name of the Module namespace. The page https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Namespaces#Localisation directs me at https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?language=ro&module=namespace&title=Special%3AAdvancedTranslate, but I can't find the Module namespace there. I also found the page Lua deployments/Localization of Module, but I see you closed it because the issue https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46082 is resolved. How should we translate the name of the Module namespace now? Have a happy new year, Rsocol (talk) 18:26, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

The translations should be "Modul" and "Discuție Modul". Thanks, Rsocol (talk) 05:31, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

See also Stewards' noticeboard#Renaming namespaces and https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Support#Rename_module_namespace_40423. Rsocol (talk) 05:37, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Letter petitioning WMF to reverse recent decitions

The Wikimedia Foundation recently created a new feature, "superprotect" status. The purpose is to prevent pages from being edited by elected administrators -- but permitting WMF staff to edit them. It has been put to use in only one case: to protect the deployment of the Media Viewer software on German Wikipedia, in defiance of a clear decision of that community to disable the feature by default, unless users decide to enable it.

If you oppose these actions, please add your name to this letter. If you know non-Wikimedians who support our vision for the free sharing of knowledge, and would like to add their names to the list, please ask them to sign an identical version of the letter on change.org.

• Letter to Wikimedia Foundation: Superprotect and Media Viewer
• Letter on change.org

I'm notifying you because you participated in one of several relevant discussions. -Pete F (talk) 22:13, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Global user page migration

Hello Matma Rex. Synchbot deleted your local user pages on all wikis as requested. You can see the full log on your archive page. :) —Pathoschild 03:34, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Editinterface rights expired

Hello, your editinterface rights have expired. Please start a new request on SRGP to refresh them. Thanks for the work you've done over the past year with them! Ajraddatz (talk) 04:48, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

@Ajraddatz: Thanks for the reminder, did it now. Matma Rex (talk) 17:59, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

When next week's Tech News issue doesn't exist

Hey, thanks for adding something for next week's issue. Feel free to initiate the next issue if you need it for some reason – less risk of me (or someone else) missing the hidden item and leaving it there for the translators in the wrong week. (: You could also add it to the talk page, either of the issue being prepared or just the general Tech News talk page. /Johan (WMF) (talk) 14:31, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

The Community Wishlist Survey

Hi,

You get this message because you’ve previously participated in the Community Wishlist Survey. I just wanted to let you know that this year’s survey is now open for proposals. You can suggest technical changes until 11 November: Community Wishlist Survey 2019.

You can vote from November 16 to November 30. To keep the number of messages at a reasonable level, I won’t send out a separate reminder to you about that. /Johan (WMF) 11:24, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Your temporary access has expired

Hello, the temporary global access you requested has expired. Just to let you know that If you want it back, feel free to open a new request on stewards' global permission request page on Meta-Wiki later. Please ask me or any other steward if you have any questions. Thank you! — regards, Revi 18:59, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Your temporary access is going to expire soon

Hello Matma Rex. You were granted temporary global permissions which is going to expire in a few days (17 March 2020). Just to let you know that if you want to continue with the access, you need to request an extension on stewards' global permission request page on Meta-Wiki. Please ask me or any other steward if you have any questions. Thank you! —MarcoAurelio (talk) 11:52, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Your temporary access has expired

Hello, the temporary global access you requested has expired. Just to let you know that If you want it back, feel free to open a new request on stewards' global permission request page on Meta-Wiki later. Please ask me or any other steward if you have any questions. Thank you! --—Thanks for the fish! ^{talk•contribs} 20:33, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Community Wishlist Survey Barnstar
		For completing the wish proposal: Improve plain-text change tag selector! NRodriguez (WMF) (talk) 21:30, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

NRodriguez (WMF) (talk) 21:31, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Reminder to vote now to ratify the Wikimedia Movement Charter

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language

Dear Wikimedian,

You are receiving this message because you previously voted in the 2021 Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) election.

This is a reminder that if you have not voted yet on the ratification of the final Wikimedia Movement Charter draft, please do so by July 9, 2024 at 23:59 UTC.

You can read the final text of the Wikimedia Movement Charter in your language. Following that, check on whether you are eligible to vote. If you are eligible, cast your vote on SecurePoll.

On behalf of the Charter Electoral Commission,

RamzyM (WMF) 15:24, 5 July 2024 (UTC)