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Feedback request: History and geography request for comment

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Nomination for deletion of [[Template:Russian district composition]]

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2022).

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:*A RfC is open to change the wording of revision deletion criterion 1 to remove the sentence relating to non-infringing contributions.

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:*The deployment of the reply tool as an opt-out feature, as announced in last month's newsletter, has been delayed to 7 March. Feedback and comments are being welcomed at Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project. ({{phab|T296645}})

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[[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[:Kyzyl (disambiguation)]]

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Nomination for deletion of [[:Template:RussiaTimeZone]]

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022).

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An RfC is open proposing a change to the minimum activity requirements for administrators.

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Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. ({{phab|T301928}})
When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. ({{phab|T284114}})

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{{section link|Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Procedures#Opening_of_proceedings}} has been updated to reflect current practice following a motion.
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Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines has closed, and the results were that 56.98% of voters supported the guidelines. The results of this vote mean the [https://wikimediafoundation.org/role/board/ Wikimedia Foundation Board] will now review the guidelines.

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New administrator activity requirement

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"Mikhail Morozov" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).

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Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.

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The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
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Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.

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[[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[:1929 in American television]]

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[[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[:1926 in American television]]

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[[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[:1927 in American television]]

The article :1927 in American television has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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[[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[:1930 in American television]]

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[[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[:1928 in American television]]

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The article :1928 in American television has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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Nomination of [[:1928 in American television]] for deletion

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).

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Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.

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Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. ({{phab|T307341}})
The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under {{myprefs|Beta features}}. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.

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Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
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Proper Russian name for Kitoboinaya/Kitoboynyy Bay

Hi. I'm looking for the proper Russian name for the above bay. A 1918 work uses the name Kitoboinaya Bay, but more recent works (mapcarta) give Kitoboynyy Bay for a bay once called Kitoboinaya on the southwest coast of Simishir Island in the Kuril Islands. I'm assuming Kitoboinaya Bay, on the east coast of Gizhigin Bay, would have the same modern name? I can't even find a map of Gizhigin Bay that even labels Kitoboinaya/Kitoboynyy Bay. Any help would be much appreciated. ST1849 (talk) 20:46, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

:(Without looking at the map) It must be Китобойная бухта, which is Kitoboynaya Bay. Бухта (Bay) is feminine and requires Kitoboynaya. Kitoboyny Bay does not make sense. Ymblanter (talk) 21:10, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

:Thanks. I must've just seen the name for the settlement Kitoboynyy and assumed the bay in that area had the same name. Thanks for the help. ST1849 (talk) 21:24, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

[[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] nomination of [[:Andrey Antonov (disambiguation)]]

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).

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An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.

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The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.

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Nomination of [[:Ababkov]] for deletion

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).

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An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

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The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

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The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

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You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold {{key|shift}} between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.

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[[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[:25 km]]

The article :25 km has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

25 km Zheleznoy Dorogi Monchegorsk–Olenya is the only item that is an existing article and belongs on a dab page.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{Tlc|proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{Tlc|proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 23:11, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

[[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] nomination of [[:27 km]]

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).

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A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.

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The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia has been released.
The WMF is looking into making a Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the questions provided. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.

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An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

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The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
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[[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] nomination of [[:Category:Set indices on Russian districts]]

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[[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] nomination of [[:Category:Set indices on urban okrugs in Russia]]

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[[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] nomination of [[:Category:Set indices on urban settlements in Russia]]

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:I have taken care of these categories. Ymblanter (talk) 09:14, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

::Thanks, Ymblanter. I deleted the redirects, as the categories are now established at "set index articles" instead of "set indices" following Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2022_September_14#Category:Set_indices, e.g. :Category:Set index articles on urban settlements in Russia. – Fayenatic London 12:10, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).

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Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.

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The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to {{myprefs|Gadgets}} and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

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Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.

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An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).

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The article creation at scale RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November.
An RfC is open to discuss having open requests for adminship automatically placed on hold after the seven-day period has elapsed, pending closure or other action by a bureaucrat.

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Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections.
The arbitration case request titled Athaenara has been resolved by motion.
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The 2022 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers.
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[[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[:North Caucasus economic region]]

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The article :North Caucasus economic region has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Based on pre-2014 sources describes Russian imperialistic opinion as a fact

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).

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Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
The article creation at scale RfC has been closed.
An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.

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A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget. ({{phab|T319449}})

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Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
The proposed decision for the 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system is open.
The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed.
The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
A motion has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing Level 2 desysop.

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[[Draft:Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Empire|Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Empire]] moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Empire, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more in-depth coverage about the subject itself, with citations from reliable, independent sources in order to show it meets WP:GNG. It should have at least three. And please remember that interviews, as primary sources, do not count towards GNG.(?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:09, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at [[Wikipedia:Articles for creation|Articles for creation]]: [[Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Empire]] has been accepted

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Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

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:I was going to work on it later today, but you beat me to it; thanks!

:Also, happy to see you're still around and active! Happy holidays.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); December 20, 2022; 16:50 (UTC)

:: I only made some minimum necessary changes, there is still room for improvement. Thanks, also happy holidays to you.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:54, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

[[:ru:Дядьково_(аэродром)]]

Dear Ezhiki, {{u|Gavbadger}} is busily filling in a number of gaps in our coverage of former and active Soviet/Russian airfields. He's just created Vypolzovo (air base), which is great!! Would you be able to confirm that it is the same airfield as :ru:Дядьково_(аэродром)? Gavbadger, Ezhiki is our ace for Russian geography and organisation and changes in Russian territorial units. Any time you need any clarification in these matters, which oblast an airbase is in, do talk to him!! Happy New Year!! Buckshot06 (talk) 18:43, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

:{{Ping|Buckshot06}} sorry, I totally missed this request. Now, I haven't looked deep, but even at the first glance, Dyadkovo is located near Yaroslavl, which is nowhere near Vypolzovo, so no, not the same. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 9, 2023; 19:25 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Ezhiki!

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).

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Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal.

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Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: {{Noping|Barkeep49}}, {{Noping|CaptainEek}}, {{Noping|GeneralNotability}}, {{Noping|Guerillero}}, {{Noping|L235}}, {{Noping|Moneytrees}}, {{Noping|Primefac}}, {{Noping|SilkTork}}.
The 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review has concluded with many changes to the discretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
The arbitration case Stephen has been closed.

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Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using [https://bullseye.toolforge.org/ bullseye] which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2023

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Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
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The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

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The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.

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Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically [https://meta.toolforge.org/accounteligibility/67 check your eligibility] to vote.
Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
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[[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[:Timashyovsky]]

The article :Timashyovsky has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

We don't normally disambiguate "Foo" town and "Foo District" under adjective "Fooian". Pointless dab.

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This bot DID NOT nominate any of your contributions for deletion; please refer to the history of each individual page for details. Thanks, FastilyBot (talk) 10:00, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

[[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] nomination of [[:Timashevsky (disambiguation)]]

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[[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] nomination of [[:Timashyovsky (disambiguation)]]

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Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

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Established policy provides for the removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. Your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to the required activity level before the beginning of June 2023.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to engage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for re-engaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to re-engage with the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 00:24, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2023

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The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.

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Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.

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The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a {{tq|[p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing}}. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

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Stop using custom timestamps

As WP:SIGPROB says, {{tq|The timestamp must adhere to the system-generated format (HH:MM, D MM YYYY (UTC)) and must not be customized. This is necessary for clear communications and for archiving bots to function correctly. Timestamps that are customized may be considered disruptive and editors using them may be blocked accordingly.}} Nardog (talk) 13:29, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

::You know, one would think that our bots would not be so poorly programmed as to not be able to handle one of the most common date formats out there, but I see lazy slackers already enshrined this into a guideline. Fine. One word if advice though: in the future you might discover that asking politely is usually going to yield you better results than being a rude ass spewing threats. Now go stand in the corner and think if yours really is the best way to treat people. Maybe even in life in general, not just on Wikipedia. Good day.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); April 1, 2023; 15:20 (UTC) 15:20, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).

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A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard.

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Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. ({{phab|T178356}})
The rollback of Vector 2022 RfC has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
A link to the user's {{#special:CentralAuth}} page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on {{#special:Contributions}}. This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.

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The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2023

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Surname indices

Please use "surname" instead of "last name" in the lead of every surname index you create, as per requirements of WP:APO. "Last name" is too simplistic for this Wikipedia, and such usage might belong on Simple English Wikipedia instead. Jalen Folf (talk) 01:06, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

:WP:APO does not override WP:ENGVAR. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 10, 2023; 01:29 (UTC)

[[:ru:Список арсеналов России]]

I am working on expanding GRAU, and creating a list of arsenals. There was a page on Ruwiki, and they deleted it!! See :ru:Википедия:К удалению/18 ноября 2013. Can you get onto an administrator there to dump the last copy in my sandbox? I would of course comply with WP:V for all entries. Buckshot06 (talk) 01:06, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

:Sorry, I don't know any ru-wiki admins that well; been a while since I did much of anything there (or here for that matter).—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 24, 2023; 22:34 (UTC)

[[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]] of [[:Administrative divisions of Russia in 1713–1714]]

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Leipäsuo etc.

Лейпясуо should not be romanized "Leypyasuo", but Leipäsuo, look at Лейпясуо.jpg. Same with Хелюля, Helylä; Янисъярви, Jänisjärvi; Вяртсиля, Värtsilä etc. etc. etc.
2001:999:408:7145:C4A7:229F:DE7D:4610 (talk) 20:22, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

:Are you the same person who's been leaving me this message for the past ten years? :)

:Here's a refresher if you are (or a response if you're someone else):

:"Leipäsuo" and such is not a "romanization". It's the original Karelian/Finnish spelling. But titles of articles about places in Russia, per guidelines, either use conventional English names (for major places like Moscow that actually have one), or are romanized from the Russian spelling. Hence "Leypyasuo". Same with Khelyulya, Yanisyarvi, Vyartsilya, etc. etc. etc. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 31, 2023; 01:36 (UTC) 01:36, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

::Why then does the October Railway use the name form Leipäsuo: Лейпясуо.jpg, but not (stupid) "Leypyasuo"? --2001:999:68D:2ABB:C89D:DEA4:7AB7:CC71 (talk) 15:33, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

:::Because that sign is in Russian and Finnish, targeting the local population and not the Anglophones this (English) Wikipedia does?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); September 11, 2023; 15:40 (UTC) 15:40, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

::::What do you mean? The sign is in Russian and English, because there is an arrow to the left Vyborg, Buslovskaya (with the correct romanization, because Бусловская is a Russian name, not Finnish, which would be Viipuri, Buslovskaja), so look at the picture carefully, please: Лейпясуо.jpg. To the right is an arrow to Saint Petersburg, which Finnish name is Pietari.

::::You cannot be ignorant of the fact that after the Winter War (1939-1940) and finally the Continuation War (1941-1944), the local population of Leipäsuo in the Leningrad region has been Russian, when the Finnish population had to move behind Finland's new eastern border: en: Evacuation of Finnish Karelia / ru: Эвакуация населения Финской Карелии.

::::--2001:999:68D:2ABB:C89D:DEA4:7AB7:CC71 (talk) 11:14, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

:::::The sign is not in English for the simple reason that the spelling does not match any romanization/transliteration systems of Russian used in English. If other signs in the area are "in English", it simply shows that whoever made the signs was inconsistent. Note I'm saying "inconsistent" and not "wrong", because what they are doing may very well make perfect sense in the context the signs are used. English Wikipedia, however, operates in a completely different context, and whether you agree or disagree with the exact structure of WP:RUS, there is a strong consensus that at least some of the many existing romanization systems should be used for Russian names of places which do not have a WP:COMMONNAME. None of those systems will give you "Leipäsuo" you want.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 4, 2023; 22:41 (UTC) 22:41, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Ping

Please let me know if the 'ping' I sent you worked. It's on Estland/Livland, from over a decade ago. 2001:1C02:1990:A900:FCB5:49EC:22CF:E773 (talk) 17:41, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

:In worked, yes. I'm not sure what you expect me to say though. Livland/Livonia variants are both used in English; I myself don't really have a preference and am happy to abide by whatever consensus if/when one arises. "Governorate", on the other hand, is used because we, as an encyclopedia, cover all sorts of Russian Empire's administrative divisions, and it helps to have structure, even if sometimes that leads to a less common variant being used (but let's be honest—"less common" in this case means a usage difference between two already obscure variants anyway!). The Empire had "governorates" (губернии) and "provinces" (провинции) and "oblasts" (области; often translated as "provinces"), and it can all be very confusing to an uninitiated reader as it is. Just try writing an overview article about the divisions of the Empire across its long history without standardizing the terminology and see how that goes! Starting to cherrypick governorates which happen to be better known as "provinces" and moving the articles around is just going to create more havoc for only a marginal benefit. Furthermore, there is nothing, and I mean nothing preventing us from mentioning in the article's lede and/or body that a particular "governorate" is also being referred to as "province" in literature; in fact, that's encouraged.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 31, 2023; 18:14 (UTC) 18:14, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

::Totally agree! I think since 15 years or so (maybe a bit more even), historians of the Russian empire have started to appreciate the very specific historical realities that certain administrative units brought with them. Alongside the many differences created by various types of social and legal statuses of subjects of course. So whenever someone uses 'province' because it's easy, it doesn't mean they don't understand the importance of the different terms. Depending on the centrality of the terms to their argument, they might just dedicate a kind of 'disclaimer' in the introduction. Anyway, carry on then. I simply thought you might like to hear that at least I think you were very right to call people on their naive use of google. Keep it up! 2001:1C02:1990:A900:FCB5:49EC:22CF:E773 (talk) 18:40, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

:::Thank you for stopping by; appreciated :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); September 1, 2023; 01:01 (UTC) 01:01, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

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[[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Speedy deletion]] nomination of [[:Category:Administrative divisions of Russia]]

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A tag has been placed on :Category:Administrative divisions of Russia indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

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[[:ru:Новороссия (Приморский край)]]

Dear Ezhiki, this place is a selo in Primorie, with a stub airfield article on En-wiki. Might I kindly request you consider adding a short translation of the selo article to your En-wiki task list? Kind regards, Buckshot06 (talk) 22:11, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

:There you go. Nothing fancy; just a quick stub, but hopefully helps. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 4, 2023; 22:10 (UTC) 22:10, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

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Kurkijoki, Sortavala etc.

Kurkijoki: not "Kurkiyoki", Sortavala etc. - are place names in Finnish. If you don't believe, then please read:

[https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/64e61f419a794705856b3393 Губернатор Карелии предложил переименовать Сортавалу в Сердоболь]
[https://gubdaily.ru/article/respublika/byla-sortavala-stal-serdobol-chto-dumayut-eksperty-i-mestnye-zhiteli-po-povodu-idei-karelskogo-gubernatora Была Сортавала, стал Сердоболь: что думают эксперты и местные жители по поводу идеи карельского губернатора]
[https://karelia.news/news/10098417/sortavalu-ne-budut-pereimenovyvat-v-serdobol/?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop Сортавалу не будут переименовывать в Сердоболь]
[https://karelinform.ru/news/2023-08-25/eto-budet-dorogo-stoit-zhiteli-karelii-v-shoke-ot-novogo-nazvaniya-turgoroda-3022574?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop «Это будет дорого стоить»: жители Карелии в шоке от «нового» названия тургорода]

Likewise, Leipäsuo - not "Leypyasuo": look at Лейпясуо.jpg. Same with Helylä: not "Khelyulya", Hiitola: not "Khiytola", Jänisjärvi: not "Yanisyarvi", Värtsilä: not "Vyartsilya" - etc. etc. etc. 2001:999:484:3DBE:60B3:7B7C:AB66:4AC8 (talk) 16:18, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

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