user talk:Nat

requested edit of [[User:Nat/Recall/Main]]

Your page User:Nat/Recall/Main has Multiple unclosed formatting tags lint errors, one of only 3 pages in English Wikipedia with this error.

If you would kindly replace the markup on that page with


{{User:Nat/Title|Requests for Recall}}
{{User:Nat/ubx/default}}








Are you sure want to continue?





Yup  |  Nope

It will fix all of the lint errors directly on this page and preserve the appearance. There will still be low-priority lint errors coming in from {{User:Nat/ubx/default}}, but that is not as important as the high-priority Multiple unclosed formatting tags error on this page. —Anomalocaris (talk) 03:07, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

:Anomalocaris : {{done}} Thanks for letting me know. --Ìch heiss Nat ùn ìch redd e wenig Elsässisch!^{Talk to me in EN, FR, PL, GSW-FR(ALS).} 03:33, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

File:Lim_Wee_Kiak_NDP.jpeg Insufficient Permissions

Hi Nat,

Just would like to check, I understand the file copyright owner has sent in an email using the template provided by Wikipedia. Could I just verify why it was still updated as having insufficient permissions by you, and how I should rectify this? For your reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lim_Wee_Kiak_NDP.jpeg

Thanks so much Nat! Wamprong (talk) 05:57, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

:Hi Wamprong, there an issue with using just the GFDL licence. We've sent the copyright holder a reply, but have yet to receive a response. Regards, --Ìch heiss Nat ùn ìch redd e wenig Elsässisch!^{Talk to me in EN, FR, PL, GSW-FR(ALS).} 06:20, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

:: Hi, thanks so much Nat, will look into it. Thanks! Wamprong (talk) 00:05, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

::: Hi Nat, I just checked back and I understand they have actually responded to the email about 2 weeks back, could you verify this? Thank you! Wamprong (talk) 02:07, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

:::: The copyright holder did not respond. An initial email was received and we sent a reply the same day. We have yet receive a response. --Ìch heiss Nat ùn ìch redd e wenig Elsässisch!^{Talk to me in EN, FR, PL, GSW-FR(ALS).} 02:15, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

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[[User:Dopoe,Jr|Dopoe,Jr]] ([[User talk:Dopoe,Jr|talk]]) 13:48, 2 June 2020 (UTC)@Nat

Hey Nat, thanks for your response. I do not have a personal relationship with KzeeBigname, neither do I seek to promote a particular website.

I would have added different media links if others were able. But since that was not the case, I used the available ones.

I may be a newcomer on Wikipedia, but as a writer, I write from a neutral point of view!

I made an error in one of my responses to your colleague Nathaniel Tang when he asked to provide" by which reason you are representative as stated and authorized to issue this permission."

I am sorry that I did not address this issue earlier and let it reach this far.

I take full responsibility for my action, which occurred due to me rushing to answer your colleague questions without properly deciphering it.

However, I hope you take into consideration the clarity I provided.

Thanks for your understanding and best regard.

[[User:Dopoe,Jr|Dopoe,Jr]] ([[User talk:Dopoe,Jr|talk]]) 15:12, 14 June 2020 (UTC)@Nat

Dopoe,Jr (talk) 15:12, 14 June 2020 (UTC) Hi Nat

I haven't heard from you since I responded to the comment you left on the KzeeBigname article I submitted for review. I am writing to know if my clarification has been fully comprehended and accepted.

Best wishes,

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Maintenance tags

I often clean up articles from :WP:Database reports; one of these lists pages with too many maintenance templates. Usually this is the work of an enthusiastic new editor who wants to make sure that all possible issues in an article are addressed. I welcome them, explain that this isn't how things are generally done, and give them links to WP:OVERTAGGING and other helpful pages.

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[[Draft:Tanisha Scott]]

You moved this draft from a sandbox to draft space, and also tagged it as possibly undisclosed paid editing. We have already had an article on Tanisha Scott since 2013. My first thought is simply to decline the draft as duplicating the article and to tag the draft and the article to be merged in article space, but is there any particular reason that you are aware of why I should do something else? Robert McClenon (talk) 21:04, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

{{re|Robert McClenon}} Thanks for the message. Sorry that I hadn't previously realised that there was already an article before I had moved the sandbox to drafts. What initiated my actions stems from this over at Commons. I will admit that I should have taken a more thorough gander. In any case, other than declining it, no other action necessary with regards to the draft. The user has been thoroughly warned on their talk page here on this project and on Commons UDR about UPE and COI. --Ìch heiss Nat. Redd mìt mìr.🥨 22:51, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

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Undefined rejection?

Hi Nat, I noticed [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:NammaFlix&diff=991555602&oldid=991554705 this] and the subsequent [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sarvasva30&diff=next&oldid=991554247 notice on the draft creator's talk page]. Did you mean to reject it with no explanation? This isn't my area of expertise, so if I'm asking an ignorant question about something that is commonly done, my apologies. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:33, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi {{Re|Cyphoidbomb}} Thank you for your message. I didn't mean to reject it with no explanation. I had initially planned to decline the submission with the same rationale as the last two times, but this would have been the third decline. I would have rejected the submission on notability grounds. --Ìch heiss Nat. Redd mìt mìr.🥨 22:32, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

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Bhupinder Singh Mahal

Many thanks for your suggestions to rewrite my submission in a more encyclopedic format.

I have made the revisions. Please let me know if the revised submission meets your requirement.

S Tallim S Tallim (talk) 17:28, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Request on 15:27:13, 10 April 2021 for assistance on [[Wikipedia:Articles for creation|AfC]] submission by S Tallim

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{{Lafc|username=S Tallim|ts=15:27:13, 10 April 2021|declinedtalk=Draft:Bhupinder_Singh_Mahal}}

Re Draft: Bhupinder Singh Mahal - I have made revisions to the draft in keeping with your suggestions. I was a founding member of a Sikh discussion group on Yahoo-Groups, now shut down. I was approached by Bhupinder in 2012 to help publish his book - about a Sikh emperor - as it could then be disseminated widely among the 1200 Sikh members of the group. No fees were asked nor paid. My son and I helped Bhupinder on the publication on Kindle Direct Publishing.

I do not have friendly relationship with Bhupinder. As our members bought his book and wrote favorably about it, and as I came across his recently published book "Origin of Jat Race", I was impressed with his works and decided to explore his life and activities. As I delved into his life I got persuaded to write his bio.

I am 88 and frail. Please assist me to improve the draft.

S Tallim S Tallim (talk) 15:27, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

S Tallim (talk) 15:27, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of [[:Template:Infobox Chinese/China]]

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Draft:Bhupinder Singh Mahal

I have excised lots of paras and sections.

I am trying to access archives of The Sikh Review to obtain articles by Mahal. I was able to access archives of Abstracts of Sikh Studies and these are referenced.

Mahal has in his possession: 1. Letters of appointment to various boards and commissions, and 2. photographic evidence of receiving of awards.

Permissions - Wikipedia Commons have two of the award photos which they say will be uploaded once the article is approved.

Please let me know if the revisions NOW made are satisfactory.

Your advice is valued.

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Bhupinder Singh Mahal

You had declined the draft on grounds of lack of reliable sources.

Independent, academic and peer-reviewed published sources are now furnished, namely:

1. Late Norman G. Barrier, Professor emeritus Asia and Sikh Studies at University of Missouri

2. Dr. Hardev Singh, Professor of Eminence, Punjabi University, Patiala (Punjab), India

3. Dr. Visho L. Sharma, Professor emeritus of Social Sciences, Western Michigan University

4. Dr. Shinder Thandi, Lecturer in Department of Global Studies, UC Santa Barbara.

Please review the draft which is now finalized.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021).

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:*Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.

:*An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs.

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:*IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page.

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:*The community authorised COVID-19 general sanctions have been superseded by the COVID-19 discretionary sanctions following a motion at a case request. Alerts given and sanctions placed under the community authorised general sanctions are now considered alerts for and sanctions under the new discretionary sanctions.

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Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2021).

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:*An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.

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:*Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import. ({{phabricator|T287380}})

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:*Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.

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:*You can vote for candidates in the 2021 Board of Trustees elections from 4 August to 17 August. Four community elected seats are up for election.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Emperor • Viridian Bovary

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:*Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee.

:*A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates.

:*A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)

:*A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs.

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:*The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.

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:*A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.

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:*The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments.

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021).

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Galobtter

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:* Following an RfC, extended confirmed protection may be used preemptively on certain high-risk templates.

:*Following a discussion at the Village Pump, there is consensus to treat discord logs the same as IRC logs. This means that discord logs will be oversighted if posted onwiki.

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:*DiscussionTools has superseded Enterprisey's reply-link script. Editors may switch using the "Discussion tools" checkbox under {{myprefs|Beta features}}.

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:*A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures.

:*Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.

:*The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.

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:* Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list.

:*The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2021).

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Evad37

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Dreamy Jazz • Ferret • GeneralNotability • Girth Summit • RoySmith

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Dreamy Jazz • LuK3

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:* Phase 2 of the 2021 RfA review has commenced which will discuss potential solutions to address the 8 issues found in Phase 1. Proposed solutions that achieve consensus will be implemented and you may propose solutions till 07 November 2021.

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:*Toolhub is a catalogue of tools which can be used on Wikimedia wikis. It is at [https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/ https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/].

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:*{{noping|GeneralNotability}}, {{noping|Mz7}} and {{noping|Cyberpower678}} have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections. {{noping|Ivanvector}} and {{noping|John M Wolfson}} are reserve commissioners.

:*Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves to stand in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections from 07 November 2021 until 16 November 2021.

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:*The 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of five new CheckUsers and two new Oversighters.

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Nomination for deletion of [[:Template:Main Page Header]]

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2021).

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:* Unregistered editors using the mobile website are now able to receive notices to indicate they have talk page messages. The notice looks similar to what is already present on desktop, and will be displayed on when viewing any page except mainspace and when editing any page. ({{phab|T284642}})

:* The limit on the number of emails a user can send per day has been made global instead of per-wiki to help prevent abuse. ({{phab|T293866}})

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:* Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections is open until 23:59, 06 December 2021 (UTC).

:* The already authorized standard discretionary sanctions for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes), broadly construed, have been made permanent.

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Administrators will no longer be [[WP:AUTOP|autopatrolled]]

A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:06, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2021).

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Amalthea • Ihcoyc (deceased) • Kateshortforbob • Kirill Lokshin • Rifleman 82 • Ryan Norton • Wrp103

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes

:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Opabinia regalis

:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy

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Following consensus at the 2021 RfA review, the autopatrolled user right has been removed from the administrators user group; admins can grant themselves the autopatrolled permission if they wish to remain autopatrolled.

Additionally, consensus for proposal 6C of the 2021 RfA review has led to the creation of an administrative action review process. The purpose of this process will be to review individual administrator actions and individual actions taken by users holding advanced permissions.

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Following the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: {{Noping|Beeblebrox}}, {{Noping|Cabayi}}, {{Noping|Donald Albury}}, {{Noping|Enterprisey}}, {{Noping|Izno}}, {{Noping|Opabinia regalis}}, {{Noping|Worm That Turned}}, {{Noping|Wugapodes}}.

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The functionaries email list ({{NonSpamEmail|functionaries-en|lists.wikimedia.org}}) will no longer accept incoming emails apart from those sent by list members and WMF staff. Private concerns, apart from those requiring oversight, should be directly sent to the Arbitration Committee.

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How we will see unregistered users

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You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.

When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed.

Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.

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We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2022

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AustralianRupert • Cimon Avaro • Euryalus • Jehochman • Nunh-huh

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:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Evad37 • Galobtter

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:*The Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines have been published for consideration. Voting to ratify this guideline is planned to take place 7 March to 21 March. Comments can be made on the talk page.

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:*The user group oversight will be renamed suppress in around 3 weeks. This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for technical reasons. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.

:*The Reply Tool feature, which is a part of Discussion Tools, will be opt-out for everyone logged in or logged out starting 7 February 2022. Editors wishing to comment on this can do so in the relevant Village Pump discussion.

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:*Community input is requested on several motions aimed at addressing discretionary sanctions that are no longer needed or overly broad.

:*The Arbitration Committee has published a generalised comment regarding successful appeals of sanctions that it can review (such as checkuser blocks).

:*A motion related to the Antisemitism in Poland case was passed following a declined case request.

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:*Voting in the 2022 Steward elections will begin on 07 February 2022, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2022, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically [https://meta.toolforge.org/accounteligibility/61 check your eligibility] to vote.

:*Voting in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey is open until 11 February 2022.

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2022

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BOZ • Brookie (deceased) • Jackmcbarn • Jamesday • Jonathunder • Master of Puppets • Saravask

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Callanecc

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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.

:*A RfC is open to discuss prohibiting draftification of articles over 90 days old.

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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}})

:*Special:Nuke will now allow the selection of standard deletion reasons to be used when mass-deleting pages. This was a Community Wishlist Survey request from 2022. ({{phab|T25020}})

:*The ability to undelete the talk page when undeleting a page using Special:Undelete or the API will be added soon. This change was requested in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey. ({{phab|T295389}})

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:*Several unused discretionary sanctions and article probation remedies have been rescinded. This follows the community feedback from the 2021 Discretionary Sanctions review.

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:* The 2022 appointees for the Ombuds commission are Érico, Faendalimas, Galahad, Infinite0694, Mykola7, Olugold, Udehb and Zabe as regular members and Ameisenigel and JJMC89 as advisory members.

:* Following the 2022 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AntiCompositeNumber, BRPever, Hasley, TheresNoTime, and Vermont.

:*The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey results have been published alongside the ranking of prioritized proposals.

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Nomination for deletion of [[:Template:Green Parties in Canada/proposal and current versions jan 2008]]

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2022

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ad Orientem

:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Geschichte • Ryan Postlethwaite • Sabine's Sunbird • Wassupwestcoast

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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.
A arbitration case regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing has been closed.
A arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been opened.

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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

{{ivmbox|The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.

Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:

Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period

Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.

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Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

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Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to activity within the next month.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to rejoin 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 00:10, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2022

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Colin M

:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg David.Monniaux • Fribbler • Grue • Kpjas • West.andrew.g

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:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ks0stm

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:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ks0stm

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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.
A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.

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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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Imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

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Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to activity within the next several days.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to rejoin 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 00:02, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

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Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions have been removed.

Subject to certain time limits and other restrictions, your administrative permissions may be returned upon request at WP:BN.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — xaosflux ^Talk 00:42, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2022

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Tamzin

:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Barek • Darkwind • Geometry guy • ProcseeBot • RoyBoy • Sean Whitton • Valereee • Visorstuff • WAvegetarian

:File:Pictogram voting rename.png {{noping|Sn0wflake}} → {{noping|VersedFenrir}}

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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.
An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2022

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AA • Gwalla • Ioeth • Laurascudder • Moriori (deceased) • Nat • Rfl

:File:Pictogram voting rename.png {{noping|Drilnoth}} → {{noping|AFigureOfBlue}}

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Lee Vilenski

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Nihiltres

File:Octicons-tools.svg Technical news

user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. ({{phab|T130439}})

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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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Administrators' newsletter – August 2022

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Valereee

:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara

File:Green check.svg Guideline and policy news

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.

File:Octicons-tools.svg Technical news

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.

File:Info Simple bw.svg Miscellaneous

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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Administrators' newsletter – September 2022

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg DanCherek • DatGuy • Femke • Z1720

:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Aldux • Graham Beards • Nyttend

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Mr. Stradivarius

File:Green check.svg Guideline and policy news

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.

File:Octicons-tools.svg Technical news

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.

File:Info Simple bw.svg Miscellaneous

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.
Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2022

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg ScottishFinnishRadish

:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Staxringold

:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ahoerstemeier (deceased) • Ched

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Cyberpower678

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg GorillaWarfare

File:Green check.svg Guideline and policy news

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.

File:Octicons-tools.svg Technical news

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.
An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2022

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

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File:Oversight logo.png Oversight changes

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File:Green check.svg Guideline and policy news

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.
The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has entered the proposed decision stage.
{{noping|AmandaNP}}, {{noping|Mz7}} and {{noping|Cyberpower678}} have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee Elections. {{noping|Xaosflux}} and {{noping|Dr vulpes}} are reserve commissioners.

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The 2022 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers.
You can add yourself to the centralised page listing time zones of administrators.
Tech tip: Wikimarkup in a block summary is parsed in the notice that the blockee sees. You can use templates with custom options to specify situations like {{tlx|rangeblock|2=create=yes}} or {{tlx|uw-ublock|2=contains profanity}}.

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022

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

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|Euryalus

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:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg TheresNoTime

:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg TheresNoTime

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg TheresNoTime

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg TheresNoTime

File:Green check.svg Guideline and policy news

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.

File:Octicons-tools.svg Technical news

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.

File:Info Simple bw.svg Miscellaneous

Tech tip: A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add /64 to the end of an IP in Special:Contributions to see all of a subnet's edits, and consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute.

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2023

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

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|Extraordinary Writ

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:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Stephen

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Nihiltres

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Moneytrees

:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg {{hlist|class=inline

|Ivanvector

|SilkTork

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg {{hlist|class=inline

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|Moneytrees

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:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg {{hlist|class=inline

|Guerillero

|SilkTork

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File:Green check.svg Guideline and policy news

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

File:Scale of justice 2.svg Arbitration

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

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Gimmetrow

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg {{hlist|class=inline

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg {{hlist|class=inline

|BDD

|Bradv

|Donald Albury

|Maxim

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File:Green check.svg Guideline and policy news

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.
Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.

File:Octicons-tools.svg Technical news

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.

File:Info Simple bw.svg Miscellaneous

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.
Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2023

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg The Wordsmith

:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg {{hlist|class=inline

|Fuhghettaboutit

|Spinningspark (deceased)

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:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Callanecc

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:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Callanecc

File:Green check.svg Guideline and policy news

Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.

File:Octicons-tools.svg Technical news

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

File:Scale of justice 2.svg Arbitration

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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Administrators' newsletter – April 2023

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Aoidh

:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg KillerChihuahua

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ferret

File:Green check.svg Guideline and policy news

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

File:Octicons-tools.svg Technical news

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

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Spicy

:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg {{hlist|class=inline

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Jimbo Wales

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Jimbo Wales

File:Green check.svg Guideline and policy news

A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

File:Octicons-tools.svg Technical news

Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.

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The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.

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The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2023

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Ingenuity

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:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Courcelles

File:Green check.svg Guideline and policy news

Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.

File:Octicons-tools.svg Technical news

Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.

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The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

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Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to {{noping|Jimbo Wales}}.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2023

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Novem Linguae

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg MBisanz

File:Green check.svg Guideline and policy news

Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.

File:Octicons-tools.svg Technical news

Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.

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Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2023

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Firefangledfeathers

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Novem Linguae

File:Octicons-tools.svg Technical news

The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. ({{phab|T334338}})
Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. ({{phab|T337431}})

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The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023

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

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:File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg {{hlist|class=inline

|Dwheeler

|G.A.S

|Royalbroil

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:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Bradv

File:Oversight logo.png Oversighter changes

:File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Bradv

File:Green check.svg Guideline and policy news

Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that {{tq|[s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment}}.

File:Octicons-tools.svg Technical news

Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. ({{phab|T324166}})

File:Scale of justice 2.svg Arbitration

The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming {{tq|local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus}}. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to {{tq|note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful}}.

File:Info Simple bw.svg Miscellaneous

Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023

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

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The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

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Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
{{noping|Xaosflux}}, {{noping|RoySmith}} and {{noping|Cyberpower678}} have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. {{noping|BusterD}} is the reserve commissioner.
Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

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The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

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Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.

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Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.

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Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: {{Noping|Aoidh}}, {{Noping|Cabayi}}, {{Noping|Firefly}}, {{Noping|HJ Mitchell}}, {{Noping|Maxim}}, {{Noping|Sdrqaz}}, {{Noping|ToBeFree}}, {{Noping|Z1720}}.
Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.

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The New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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