User talk:Mandula (usurped)

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Thank you for your time. –xeno^talk 23:49, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know where to write in this case, really. I have been renamed from Mandulaa to Mandula successfully, and I want to thank you for that. I don't have a functional talk page, though. I edited an article (Vinyl revival), but ClueBot NG flagged my edit as vandalism (of course, it's a false positive), and left a message on my talk page (got an email, read it there), which I never saw because I just can't see it. I still have the orange "You have new messages" notification stuck at the top, but when I click it, I get redirected to the User talk: Mandula (usurped) talk page. That notification stuck there. The question is: can I have a normal, User talk:Mandula talk page, and can I remove that orange notification from there? I hope you'll notice my message here. Mandula (talk) 21:13, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Map

Hey Mandula! I'm going to post this on your talk page here, the non-usurped version, and your commons talk page to make sure you see it. I saw that you made the map for American Truck Simulator that shows which DLCs have been released and which ones are in development and I wonder if you could make a similar one for Euro Truck Simulator 2 as I think it would be very useful there as well. If not be sure to let me know and we could find something better than the table that's currently there. ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 14:20, 27 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Mandula (usurped). Thank you for your work on Nikon Nikkor Z 85 mm f/1.2 S. Another editor, SunDawn, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Thank you for creating the article! Have a blessed day!

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✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 07:43, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Mandula (usurped). Thank you for your work on Nikon Nikkor Z 14-30 mm f/4 S. Another editor, SunDawn, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

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✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 12:30, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve Nikon Nikkor Z 28-400 mm f/4-8 VR

Hello, Mandula (usurped),

Thank you for creating Nikon Nikkor Z 28-400 mm f/4-8 VR.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

This article is only supported by sources written by the manufacturer. Please add independent 3rd party sources

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Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 19:56, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Mandula (usurped). Thank you for your work on Nikon Nikkor Z 24-70 mm f/4 S. Another editor, SunDawn, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

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✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 15:12, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Nikon Nikkor Z DX 24 mm f/1.7 has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Nikon Nikkor Z DX 24 mm f/1.7. Thanks! Hoary (talk) 00:21, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nikon Z50II & FW version

Thanks for your edit to pull in the latest FW version from WikiData. I was not aware that this could be done, as it previously was not showing up in the infobox.

Question - Who/how is the WikiData maintained ? I assume that it must be manually updated ? RSStockdale (talk) 00:26, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Sorry for the late reply, I just noticed your message as I did not get a notification about it (it is caused by the mess that was renaming my Wikipedia username a couple of years ago). Anyway, I digress.

Yes, the addition of a firmware parameter to Template:Infobox camera was done by me very recently, that is why you did not see it being used previously. I designed the parameter to retrieve data from Wikidata, that's right. This way, we can centrally update the knowledge base when a new fw version comes out, with references, and this appears in the camera infoboxes with a consistent formatting (including references for the fw release).

As for your question: Wikidata is maintained by us, just like Wikipedia. It has the same account system as normal Wiki, so you should be abloe to log in using your credentials there, too. The main difference is that it is a knowledge database for structured data, so we have an item identifier for something (a camera model, for example), and we can make statements about it by assigning properties and values to them (in this case, "software version identifier" property has the value "3.01" for Nikon Z8), along with qualifiers (e.g. publication date) and references for that statement (in this case link to the firmware release page). Like on Wiki, there are bots on Wikidata as well, which might automate updating some properties and statements, but for the camera details like fw version, that is updated manually at the moment. Feel free to update the firmware versions or add the version number to other existing cameras, just make sure that only the latest version has the "Preferred rank" (upwards arrow is filled grey when editing) and only that one value appears as green. This makes sure we will see the latest version in the infoboxes, but also retains previous versions in Wikidata. Check out the Nikon Z8 item in Wikidata to see how this "Preferred rank" is set up. Mandula (talk) 18:32, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the detailed explanation. I will check out that Z8 item RSStockdale (talk) 16:51, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Nikon Nikkor Z DX 24 mm f/1.7 has been accepted

Nikon Nikkor Z DX 24 mm f/1.7, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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qcne (talk) 20:19, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nikon Z5II & collapsible FW update table

In answer to your question on the update history page of the Z5II, I set all of the Firmware update sections on the various Nikon Z cameras to "collapsed", as they tend to grow quite large over time, and then someone doesn't have to change it to collapsed at a later time. Plus, I view the FW history as something that is not of interest to most casual readers of the pages. RSStockdale (talk) 16:49, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Nikon Nikkor Z 28-75 mm f/2.8 has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Nikon Nikkor Z 28-75 mm f/2.8. Thanks! Hoary (talk) 08:25, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Nikon Nikkor Z 28-75 mm f/2.8 (October 18)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by LuniZunie was:

This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Entries should be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources. Please rewrite your submission in a more encyclopedic format. Please make sure to avoid peacock terms that promote the subject.

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