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XML import on Meta
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Status:
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Please import the following pages to Meta with full history (
convenient link to Special:Export
):
fandom:dev:User:NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/JWB.css
fandom:dev:User:NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/JWB.js
fandom:dev:User:NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/JWB.js/i18n.js
fandom:dev:User:NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/JWB.js/i18n-vi.js
fandom:dev:User:NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/JWB.js/RETF.js
fandom:dev:User:NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/JWB.js/worker.js
There are 676 revisions in all, only two of which (
188443
188444
) aren't mine but
fandom:dev:User:Kirkburn
's, who seems to be the same as
en:User:Kirkburn
. These two edits are trivial so copyright is probably not a concern.
NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh
04:06, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
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If copyright isn't a concern just for this in, link to your original - no reason we need to host all these revisions here. —
xaosflux
Talk
11:01, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
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I need to preserve those for development convenience.
NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh
13:16, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
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This seems like it is creating a mess of licensing, with the fork missing licenses that then would be reincorporated and converted.
"mainline" on enwiki (2014-02-05 --> 2025-05-02), licenses:
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
GNU Free Documentation License
GNU General Public License version 2
"COPY PASTE FORK" to fandom, split from mainline at this point: (2022-01-29 --> 2025-10-14), licenses:
GNU General Public License version 2
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported)
Not to mention this is creating a permanent fork from the mainline - not that there is anything specifically wrong with that, but 'rebranding' may be in order as it is claiming to be the same software in tags, etc. —
xaosflux
Talk
13:34, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
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Technically, I only added a few buttons. The core functionalities remain unchanged and new changes to the original were copied over. Regarding copyright, I hereby release all my changes into the public domain, or
CC Zero
where that isn't possible. I suppose that means the content can now be copied back to Wikimedia without causing problems.
NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh
22:53, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
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Xaosflux
since you commented here, would you please review this again after NDKDD's comment? -
Barras
talk
12:12, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
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I don't think this is necessary, and not sure about importing someone else's not quite compatible copyright from an external project. This import certainly isn't necessary for this user to use their script. —
xaosflux
Talk
12:55, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
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This import certainly isn't necessary for this user to use their script.
Xaosflux
That's not true. Ever since the recent CSP update, scripts from most external domains, including Fandom, are no longer allowed. That means the script pages need to be either imported or manually copied to Wikimedia. I prefer the first way, because that allows me to keep the history, but if this request is rejected I will have to resort to the second. What copyright problems are we talking about here, when the original pages are hosted on Wikimedia (and therefore can just be re-forked) and I'm the sole author of the derivatives?
NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh
16:30, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
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No one is stopping you from pasting in the "current version" - even if you may also then be violating some external parties licensing on fandom. —
xaosflux
Talk
17:40, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
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Xaosflux
Of course I can just copy and paste these manually, but I want to preserve the development history. Again, I don't think there are any copyright problems, and even if there is, then it wouldn't be here on Wikimedia. I'm asking for an import to be done; if you think that's not warranted, feel free to reject it and I'll be on my way.
NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh
19:13, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
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NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh
FWIW, if you just copy Fandom's JWB script to Wikipedia it wouldn't work. I've done a large work to port Fandom JWB to Wikipedia, see
and
w:User:Well very well/JWB.js/load.js
(install it and it would work).
Well very well
talk
11:10, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
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Well very well
I'm aware of that (and
have learned it the hard way
), but my JWB originated from the original enwiki JWB, not Fandom's JWB.
NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh
11:14, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
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Large-scale non-encyclopedic content by a single user (
Xaahax
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I came across articles created by the user Xaahax on Sahwiki. The pages I reviewed are all far from an encyclopedic tone and appear to consist of content based on the creator’s own ideas. I reported a few of them via (GSR), but later realized that the user has created
more than 800 articles with similar content
The relevant wiki has only one sysop, who is inactive. I believe this is the most appropriate place to raise the issue, so I wanted to bring it to your attention.
Wooze
09:43, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
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Wooze
not sure what I'm missing here, it seems that sahwiki
has 2 active local sysops
who can deal with such "bad content pages" issues? —
xaosflux
Talk
14:10, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
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Wooze
thanks for letting us know but I agree with
Xaosflux
, it seems to be more a local and editorial problem. If so, it's better to be dealt locally.
Ojkhol
and
Egerman
(the two local and active sysops) could you have a look and let us know if you need the stewards help and what we could do to help. Cheers,
IGNERON
discut.
07:05, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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VIGNERON
Xaosflux
I probably checked the wrong list. When I have time, I will contact the local sysops and report the situation. Thanks.
Wooze
22:00, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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