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Proposal to move ", Jr." titles to "Jr." titles

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@BD2412, Koavf, Anatole-berthe, DanielTom, PARAKANYAA: This was left open for roughly a month, but considering the four votes (2 in favor for consistency, one in weak objection and one neutral), there is considerably some consensus to implement the title changes. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 14:53, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

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English Wikipedia long ago adopted the convention of eliminating the comma before Jr. (and Sr.); I propose that we follow suit, for consistency across the project. BD2412 T 04:44, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Weak oppose I'm a comma guy, but I can see the value in being consistent with en.wp. I certainly wouldn't try to fight it if this is consensus, but it's also not that big of a deal and ", Jr." is perfectly normal English. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:28, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm neutral. This is a little change. Anatole-berthe (talk) 06:54, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

•   Support for consistency with WP. ~ DanielTom (talk) 07:11, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Support for consistency with enwiki. PARAKANYAA (talk) 00:17, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

  Support. I think our names should always match WP. Might as well iron out other differences like superfluous middle names which WP doesn't have if you are doing it, e.g. Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr.. GrimRob (talk) 05:42, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

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I will review the most painless means of implementation. BD2412 T 18:44, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Portals

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Deleted per minimal consensus below. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 14:56, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

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I was doing a little maintenance and stumbled across Category:Portal and Wikiquote:Portal, which seems like maybe failed experiments. I'm inclined to delete them, but does the community find any value in 1.) keeping these and 2.) using the portal namespace? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:26, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

0 value. They have no value even on the much better maintained and much more active enwiki ones (where they see no use). Here, a much less active project, their value is nonexistent. PARAKANYAA (talk) 00:13, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nominees are still up

• The Cricket in Times Square
• The Thundermans/Season 2
• Bing (Tv series)

I nominated these articles for speedy deletion this past week yet they're still up. The first of these three doesn't have any quotes, while the other two are blatant test pages. 03isrflo62410 (talk) 14:41, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

Y Done ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:49, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

There's quite a few built up again. GrimRob (talk) 16:28, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

I've deleted the remaining pages. Also, the article page creations that didn't contain quotes at all, well, that was made by an LTA who often creates pages with said titles in the edit summary, and nothing else. They, as well as their remaining associated accounts, were blocked indefinitely. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 18:48, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

June 2026 Wikimedia Café meetups regarding the English Wikipedia Editor Reflections project

Hello! There will be two Wikimedia Café discussion opportunities during the last weekend of June. Both sessions will focus on the English Wikipedia Editor Reflections project. The featured guest in the Café will be User:Clovermoss. Participants may attend either or both sessions.

1. 27 June 2026 15:00 UTC (timestamp converter), at a time friendly to the Americas, Africa, and Europe
2. 28 June 2026 03:00 UTC (timestamp converter), at a time friendly to Asia and the Pacific

Please see the Café page for more information, including how to register!

↠Pine (✉) 04:08, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Reformulating the bot policy

Currently, Wikiquote:Bots has a policy and bot request portion. However, I believe we should split this to two separate pages since we plan to expand the bot policy (including what a bot is, which request page a bot owner should have their bot approved, and global bots [since we now allow global bots; we should consider adopting parts of the standard bot policy on Meta]). To the above, I don't think we should allow automatic approval anymore since we have some active bureaucrats. Thoughts? Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 15:36, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

  Support Seems reasonable. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:38, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

  Support the expanded proposal per the below comments. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:54, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

  Support PieWriter (talk) 01:14, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

  Support Saroj (talk) 04:53, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

I created Wikiquote:Bots/Proposal as a rough draft. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 18:32, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

@Koavf, PieWriter, Saroj: I expanded the policy proposal, apologies for the delay. Feel free to make any changes there (especially regarding the bot requirements, approvals, global bots, no automatic approval, etc.), but the changes will be implemented by Friday since there is clear support. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 19:41, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. And for my perspective, no need to apologize on taking time for volunteer work, especially when your contributions are so hi-quality. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:54, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

One quick note: does this proposal mean we might opt out of the standard bot policy, or we would remain opted-in but no longer allow automatic approval? Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 18:19, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

CC to @Koavf. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 17:13, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

I'm not sure of the implications here. I'm indifferent. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:37, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

  Support PARAKANYAA (talk) 18:19, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Y Done. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 22:28, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

FYI: Quote Contest 2026: Record-Breaking Growth for Bengali Wikiquote

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/06/18/quote-contest-2026-record-breaking-growth-for-bengali-wikiquote/

Great job to our colleagues at bn.wq. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:04, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

One Quotation found at Windows on Eurasia

Here's one quotation found at one online article at Window on Eurasia:

“Political systems and people come and go, but the old city is eternal.”

What theme is most appropriate for that quotation? -- Apisite (talk) 09:13, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Guidelines for WQ:RFP

We need to discuss about guidelines to users to have some user rights, including Wikiquote:Patrolling (user groups, autopatroller and patroller), rollbacker, and TAIV. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 18:26, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm not sure that I understood what you wrote or what the problem is. Could you please elaborate on what needs fixing here? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:36, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

I am referring on guidelines for administrators to grant autopatroller, patroller, and rollbacker user groups, for example. For TAIV, it requires at least 300 edits and 6 months of editing history, but for the latter, any administrator may decline a request even if a user meets the required criteria. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 19:49, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Call for non-admin page patrollers

Any autopatroller who has a good understanding of Wikiquote's article policies and guidelines may consider applying for patroller permissions at Wikiquote:Requests for permissions. To administrators, when reviewing a request, feel free to use your discretion when granting. Thank you. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 23:20, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

RFC about AI-generated content in Wikimedia Commons

You are invited to participate in a request for comment on Wikimedia Commons about a policy update for AI content. This may affect files that are uploaded to Wikimedia Commons for use on this project. Thank you. Codename Noreste (talk) 17:12, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Add a tagline using CSS?

I would like to propose adding CSS to MediaWiki:Common.css to add a tagline, which is "From Wikiquote, the free quote compendium":

/* Display the tagline "From Wikiquote, the free quote compendium" */
#siteSub {
    display: inline;
}

Thoughts? Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 01:32, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

You got an example of what it would look like? Other wikis do this using siteSub? GrimRob (talk) 22:13, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Yes. English Wikipedia does this, and so does Spanish Wikiquote. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 22:40, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Seems a good idea. PARAKANYAA (talk) 07:01, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Y Done. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 18:19, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Deployment of Legal and Safety Contacts Link in the Footer of Your Wiki

Legal & Safety Contacts

Hello community, the Wikimedia Foundation has provided a single legal and safety contact page, to be linked in the footer of your wiki, to ensure access to accurate legal information. This is a regulatory requirement. We have already rolled out links to English, German, Italian, Spanish and other wikis and we will deploy to your wiki soon. Please read more on the project page and leave any comments in this thread or on the talk page.

-- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 13:30, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

@Baratiiman and 2026 Iran war.

Moved to Wikiquote:Administrators' noticeboard#@Baratiiman and 2026 Iran war.. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 22:07, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Misattributed begin

Template:Misattributed begin creates a weird spacing issue on every article it is transcluded in. Can someone fix this? And also perhaps make it less ugly? PARAKANYAA (talk) 00:51, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

PARAKANYAA, I have removed <br /> (line break tag) from the template, along with the same edit on Template:Disputed begin. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 04:26, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:29, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

I think the line break is necessary in both templates. See Bertrand_Russell for an example of how they look without it. ~ DanielTom (talk) 13:32, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

It looks fine for me. Maybe refresh or even purge the page? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:16, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

It looks fine without it? It looked terrible on every page I saw with it. PARAKANYAA (talk) 17:43, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Many inactive bots

There are some bots who have been inactive for at least two years or more; their operators who have been recently active (whether locally or globally) will be pinged here.

• AnankeBot (inactive since 2013-09-16, pinging Nemo bis)
• BrownBot (inactive since 2007-05-05)
• ChenzwBot (inactive since 2009-03-03, pinging Chenzw)
• ChtitBot (inactive since 2011-02-06)
• Dexbot (inactive since 2016-01-18, pinging Ladsgroup)
• Dinybot (inactive since 2007-12-16)
• Hazard-Bot (inactive since 2013-11-08)
• Idioma-bot (already globally locked)
• KamikazeBot (inactive since 2010-12-16)
• LaaknorBot (inactive since 2013-03-03, pinging Laaknor)
• LeonardoRob0t (inactive since 2007-08-28)
• Lucia Bot (inactive since 2011-08-13)
• MalafayaBot (inactive since 2011-12-06)
• RileyBot (inactive since 2016-06-29 [last deleted edit])
• RimBot (inactive since 2010-02-24, pinging Mmenal)
• VolkovBot (inactive since 2013-03-16)

Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 18:05, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi, feel free to remove my bot's flag. I don't think I need it here. Ladsgroup (talk) 10:27, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

BD2412, please remove bot rights from the inactive bots above. Thank you. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 15:55, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

@Codename Noreste: Y Done as to all. Cheers! BD2412 T 23:18, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

The Cat in the Hat (2026 film)

A page exists for this unreleased film (it is set for release this November) and was marked for deletion (for being unreleased AND having a lack of quotes) but it's still up. 03isrflo62410 (talk) 18:25, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Y Deleted. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 18:27, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

I recommend the page also be protected until it is released (on November 6th) to prevent recreations. 03isrflo62410 (talk) 18:29, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Y Done ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:43, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Frequent unconstructive bloat

I've been around a number of pages and I've seen strange edits on specific pages: this edit on the Beavis and Butt-head page and this edit on the Billy and Mandy page among others. I noticed the strange edits, featuring animation styles, and specific age-demographics the show is aimed at. I'm not the only one who's noticed this either; another editor reverted edits done on the 1985 Berenstain Bears series page because it was unconstructive. I bring this up because it's happened on a lot of pages (how many, I don't know) and it has to stop. 03isrflo62410 (talk) 21:01, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

This is a little too much and bizarre to me, but I don't think it's so excessive that it's a problem as such. I don't recommend adding these extraneous details, but I don't really see it as a systemic problem, but something closer to "reasonable persons can disagree". ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:14, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Suggestion to modify a speedy deletion criterion

See Wikiquote talk:Speedy deletions#Attack pages? for input. Thank you. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 02:15, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

Special:AbuseFilter/7

I have repurposed this filter to track non-autopatrolled users, as well as those who aren't rollbackers and admins, from removing deletion tags. This includes proposed, speedy, and VFD tags. When a user triggers this filter, it shows a CAPTCHA for the user to complete before saving their edit. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 01:11, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

Merge the rollbacker group to the patroller group?

So a random thought just came to my head—should we consider merging the rollbacker user group into the patroller user group? Currently, rollbackers can only revert edits, but they cannot edit or move pages under autopatroller protection. Additionally, there is only one non-admin patroller who is active in patrolling new pages (aside from admins).

What this proposal does is that rollbacker will be discontinued, and users in the patroller group will also receive the rollback user right (all previous rollbackers will be granted patroller rights). This is similar to the English Wikibooks whose reviewers (editor) can rollback edits and review with FlaggedRevs. Thoughts? Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 01:38, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

•   Support PieWriter (talk) 04:35, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
•   Support Good idea. --Saroj (talk) 07:04, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

  Support GrimRob (talk) 23:26, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

•   Support --Obinna Tony (talk) 07:04, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

July 2026 Wikimedia Café meetups regarding Wikimedia governance and options for reform

Hello! There will be two Wikimedia Café discussion opportunities in July. Both sessions will focus on Wikimedia governance, including possible follow-ups to the Movement Charter and options for reform. Participants may attend either or both Café sessions.

This month, to deconflict the Café meetups from Wikimania, the meetups will be held one day later than usual.

1. 26 July 2026 15:00 UTC (timestamp converter), at a time friendly to the Americas, Africa, and Europe
2. 27 July 2026 03:00 UTC (timestamp converter), at a time friendly to Asia and the Pacific

Please see the Café page for more information, including how to register!

↠Pine (✉) 03:15, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Marathon

Dear colleagues, hello! My name is S. Marchenko, I am a user of Wikimedia Foundation Russian language projects and a VRT agent. I actively edit the Russian version of Wikiquote, and recently I had the idea to hold an international marathon to improve and expand Wikiquote articles in different languages. In connection with this, I created a competition page on Meta m:Wiki Loves Quotes 2026, where you can also register your local community. I really hope you find it interesting! Sincerely, S.Marchenko (talk) 18:07, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

Add an edit count requirement for autoconfirmed users?

Currently, promotion to become an autoconfirmed user only requires waiting four days, which allows vandalism-only accounts and LTAs to vandalize (such as Special:Contributions/Lester Boggs) and evade some abuse filters. I am proposing that we include a minimum edit count requirement such as 5 or 10 edits. Thank you. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 23:13, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

  Support GrimRob (talk) 07:18, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

  Support PieWriter (talk) 23:28, 16 July 2026 (UTC)