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I have been working on a userscript which should format on the new (fixed width) vector skin without extending past the page or having unexpected formatting created by the fixed width article and talk pages compared with the legacy vector. I have been testing it on edit requests and appears to work as intended, if you are interested it is Edit Request Closer. Terasail^[✉] 15:40, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Terasail: How does it compare in terms of functionality with Wikipedia:EditProtectedHelper? RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 14:43, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@RandomCanadian: You can do most things that edit protected helper can, apart from changing the protection level and the "page to be edited" part of the template. The other changes are mainly in how the the buttons and drop down menu look. Terasail^[✉] 17:01, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Moved to User talk:Terasail/Edit Request Closer

 – RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 17:32, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if this is the place to request the creating of edit/page notices. But here goes. Since the List of Canadian journalists its own edit notice, I thought it would be good for the List of CTV personalities and List of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to have an edit notice like as well. Unless there is a way to add said edit notice to the two lists as stated. Mr. C.C.^{Hey yo!}_{I didn't do it!} 05:15, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Fishhead2100: Try the instructions at Wikipedia:Editnotice; or if you're not sure you can probably leave a request on the talk page there. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 02:51, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I created a page with some samples of well-written edit requests at WP:Sample edit requests. They are contrived, but I am hopeful they may more tangibly illustrate the "change X to Y" format we so desperately wish to see (and so rarely do) in edit requests. While some of these examples would probably be the kinds of changes we'd hope to see consensus for before an edit request was made, I've noted that where relevant, and still think the examples are useful. Tweaks/additions/feedback welcome! GorillaWarfare (talk) 18:34, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Replace "{{edit interface-protected}} for sitewide javascript" with "{{edit interface-protected}} (shortcut: {{IPER}}) for sitewide JavaScript". Kleinpecan (talk) 06:15, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Volteer1 (talk) 06:53, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have noticed that there are major discrepancies regarding the recognition of Hamas as a terror organization, depending on the value's language.

In English, there is a specification of countries and their relation to Hamas (do they recognize Hamas as a terror group or not) 1. USA - recognizes as terror organization 2. EU - recognizes as terror organization 3. England - recognizes as terror organization only the military wing

In Hebrew, it is recognized as a terror organization, no note regarding other countries

In Arabic it states that the EU have removed on 2014 Hamas from the list of the terror organization because of lack of data.

In German it relates to the case of 2014 and then adds that on 2017 Hamas was again regarded as a terror organization. The following is the source Europäische Union: EU darf Hamas als Terrororganisation einstufen. In: Die Zeit. 26. Juli 2017, ISSN 0044-2070 (zeit.de [abgerufen am 27. Juli 2017]).

Personally, I must disclose that I am Israeli and although I understand the complexity of the situation, I believe Hamas is a terror organization.

Having said that, it is not my intention to promote my opinions on Wikipedia.

What bothers me above all is the isolation of information between values. Each value shows "convenient" information for the major native speakers of the language (Arab values "omits" the 2017 decision of EU court, Hebrew defines Hamas as a terror group with no regard to global views)

I would like to ask for permission to edit those values to reflect these complexities.

Adding the information regarding EU and global view to the hebrew value as well as to the english and arabic one.

I appreciate the Wikipedia project and thank you for your work spreading valid information for free the world.

Available for you at yuvalyitz@gmail.com 84.229.57.55 (talk) 11:10, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: This is the talk page for the documentation on how edit requests work, not anything to do with Hamas. You should discuss at Talk:Hamas, without opening an edit request, as edit requests should be written as "Change X to Y" with sources provided. Thanks. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:16, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]