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Happy New Year, Nick!

Happy New Year!

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Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. -- Dane ^talk 02:28, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

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TheSuix socks

Hi, you blocked a couple accounts earlier Mancharg and Mentoap stating they are socks of TheSuix, as you subsequently blocked several others as socks of Aaron j christopher 101 for creating the same/similar content was the labelling of the first two a mistake or have we got two masters copying each other or possibly being the same person? Thanks Nthep (talk) 18:55, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Just me picking the wrong block summary when blocking. I'll fix it. Nick (talk) 18:57, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

NP, pain in the ass vandal whichever it is. Nthep (talk) 19:12, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Self revert warring

The user is at it again. I think they are at exactly 4500 edits. -- A Certain White Cat ^chi? 16:25, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Just to clarify Samtar (21:11, 13 January 2017), you (15:21, 8 January 2017), me (21:38, 7 January 2017) 2 have warned him already. -- A Certain White Cat ^chi? 16:30, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

(tps) That's peculiar enough that I had to take a look. I found these other accounts, but they're not using any obvious automation. I'm not familiar at all with wrestling topics and the multitude of sockmasters there, so I'll leave these for another admin to sort out. Yes, they're all  Confirmed to one another. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 17:09, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Odd editing behavior at User talk page. -- Dane ^talk 00:06, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Cat-adding IP

Greetings!

At 14:51 UTC on 14 January, you blocked 63.143.229.195 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) for block evasion. Precisely 15 hours later, Paul Erik blocked 63.143.232.92 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) for the same thing. Additional IPs making the same edits since your block include:

It appears that a range block may be in order. Thanks. —ATS 🖖 talk 23:09, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Range block might not work, here is one of several of my lists (some of these are super old)

I have several more lists of these IPs (I can say with a fair amount of confidence these are all related) that I can add later. Chrissymad ❯❯❯ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 23:43, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

I don't see any point in range blocking - it's not going to stop any of this behaviour, but risks inconveniencing legitimate users. Nick (talk) 23:47, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

David Dylan

Thank you for saving me from having to create a long CIR ANI on that editor. Meters (talk) 00:00, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Thanks for deleting that user page, and thanks for all the useful admin tasks that you have done. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 18:52, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes

NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67

Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

Guideline and policy news

• A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
• Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
• Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news

• When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
• Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
• The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries

• JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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13:37, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

db-move

Thanks for that btw! Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 20:11, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

G6 is for uncontroversial moves but the matter was under discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bouncing ball dynamics. That discussion has not yet closed and we arguably now have a content fork. Please review the overall situation. Andrew D. (talk) 13:31, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

This was an uncontroversial move, and there is no WP:CFORK. That bouncing ball dynamics is under discussion for deletion should have no impact on deleting a leftover redirect that was the result of a move of what is now bouncing ball (music). Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 14:15, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

@Andrew Davidson: The page move was completed by Headbomb, the move left a re-direct which was tagged and which I deleted. The action was uncontroversial at the time I undertook it, but as there may now be issues with the page move and 'competing' articles, merges, titles etc, can I ask that you and Headbomb reach agreement/compromise and let me know. I'll then undertake any administrative actions required. Nick (talk) 15:01, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

• Ok. We have a couple of related discussions at AfD and DYK and we hope that a consensus emerges from those. If more admin action is needed, we'll get back to you. Andrew D. (talk) 15:07, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Question

In Operation Ring article, there is a part about loudspeaker which is wrongly referenced and not related to the event. It is from Thomas de Waal's book and while the event is happened, the date of it was in june and happened not in that area but in different village called Erkeç so could you please take action.--Azerifactory (talk) 14:42, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Wilb2017

In connection with your block on Voiletr332, how about this one too? Of course, it could be Dr. Wilberto Cortés in person, but they both edited the Draft that I deleted. If he's paid for an article, I can't see him getting away from the lucrative theatre to edit himself... Peridon (talk) 18:34, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2017).

Administrator changes

Amortias • Deckiller • BU Rob13

Ronnotel • Islander • Chamal N • Isomorphic • Keeper76 • Lord Voldemort • Shereth • Bdesham • Pjacobi

Guideline and policy news

• A recent RfC has redefined how articles on schools are evaluated at AfD. Specifically, secondary schools are not presumed to be notable simply because they exist.
• AfDs that receive little participation should now be closed like an expired proposed deletion, following a deletion process RfC.
• Defender, HakanIST, Matiia and Sjoerddebruin are our newest stewards, following the 2017 steward elections.
• The 2017 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Góngora, Krd, Lankiveil, Richwales and Vogone. They will serve for approximately 1 year.

Technical news

• A recent query shows that only 16% of administrators on the English Wikipedia have enabled two-factor authentication. If you haven't already enabled it please consider doing so.
• Cookie blocks should be deployed to the English Wikipedia soon. This will extend the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user after they switch accounts under a new IP.
• A bot will now automatically place a protection template on protected pages when admins forget to do so.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:14, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Wisdom Collins jr

AKA Youngweezy et al. An ongoing problem - repeated socking and re-creation under varying titles. I've protected this one, the second today. The author has been added by someone to my reopening of the SPI on Collins wisdom. Peridon (talk) 16:45, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, I blocked Collins wisdom over the Christmas holidays, I've blocked a couple of socks where I've come across a page (usually an edit filter tripping) since. I didn't realise it was quite as extensive as it is. I'll SALT as and when I come across further re-creations (surely inevitable). Cheers, Nick (talk) 17:22, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

JaneDoe to JaneDoeporn

Thanks for your valuable input yesterday. I've opened Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pornactress.

Also, your archive box covers the New Section, History, and Delete tabs at the top. So, obviously, I couldn't delete your talk page when I tried. :)

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:36, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Wiki-coffee

Thank you for encapsulating the concern I've had since I saw that thread earlier. I'm not sure it's total CIR time but some content creation would be nice to see. Nthep (talk) 22:14, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

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Michael Davies

How is a redirect stupid? Adam9007 (talk) 23:02, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Just think about that redirect for a while, and then get back to me. Nick (talk) 23:04, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Seems plausible to me. You have a better disambiguation? Academic maybe? Adam9007 (talk) 23:12, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Kola Boof

Hi. Way back in 2007 you protected the page Kola Boof due to "per BLP concerns from subject on OTRS Ticket 2007061010002768". I'm not sure what they were, but a similar page has been created as Kola Boof (author). Also pinging @Zscout370: who performed a similar edit ("per BLP concerns from subject on OTRS Ticket 2007061210000024"). Thanks. Tassedethe (talk) 18:33, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

I don't volunteer with the OTRS system now, so will have to leave this with someone who does. I'm quite happy for the protection to be lifted as appropriate. Nick (talk) 19:04, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

OK thanks. I'll check with OTRS. Tassedethe (talk) 20:00, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).

Administrator changes

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Xnuala • CJ • Oldelpaso • Berean Hunter • Jimbo Wales • Andrew c • Karanacs • Modemac • Scott

Guideline and policy news

• Following a discussion on the backlog of unpatrolled files, consensus was found to create a new user right for autopatrolling file uploads. Implementation progress can be tracked on Phabricator.
• The BLPPROD grandfather clause, which stated that unreferenced biographies of living persons were only eligible for proposed deletion if they were created after March 18, 2010, has been removed following an RfC.
• An RfC has closed with consensus to allow proposed deletion of files. The implementation process is ongoing.
• After an unsuccessful proposal to automatically grant IP block exemption, consensus was found to relax the criteria for granting the user right from needing it to wanting it.

Technical news

• After a recent RfC, moved pages will soon be featured in a queue similar to Special:NewPagesFeed and require patrolling. Moves by administrators, page movers, and autopatrolled editors will be automatically marked as patrolled.
• Cookie blocks have been deployed. This extends the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user if they switch accounts, even under a new IP.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:55, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

sock you may know

[1] Seems like someone you and User:Jpgordon have had dealings with. Meters (talk) 18:08, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

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Evidently, the abuse filter did not prevent me from creating that page. Where should I report that abuse filter is not detecting spam articles with such titles like this one?--Barber1987 (talk) 17:18, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

@Barber1987: I'm not 100% certain - I'd head over to Wikipedia:Edit filter and then probably take your pick from Noticeboard, Requested Filters or False Positives. Don't worry about it going in the wrong place, just say I sent you. I've also passed the issue around a few admins who work on the edit filter management routinely, hopefully they'll maybe be able to fix it. Nick (talk) 17:25, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Delete Josh Reiner

if you could tell me why yiu deleted my page Josh Reiner i would appreciate it so i can be a better editor. MilesTreble (talk) 21:13, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

There was no indication of why Josh Reiner meets the inclusion criteria - there are tens of thousands of people recording music and releasing videos on YouTube, there was no indication that Josh was in some way important or would meet our notability policies, which can be read here. Nick (talk) 21:18, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

ok, a little harsh but thank you MilesTreble (talk) 21:21, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

It probably is a little harsh, but I cannot understand why you would commit to spending your time writing an article (which I know is time consuming, even for a short article) if you haven't checked to see whether it's going to meet the requirements for Wikipedia. We do make our rules, guidelines and useful advice readily available for editors writing new articles, and we strongly encourage you to read through them. If you do read through them now, and can come back and explain why you believe Josh is notable and qualifies for an article, I'll be happy to review your evidence and if appropriate, undelete the article for you. Nick (talk) 21:35, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

I thought he did qualify, there was valuable evidence and a lot of sources, but i will respect your advice and will research your wikipedia requirements a little more, it may take a few days, but i will try, thank you for your help. MilesTreble (talk) 22:31, 15 April 2017 (UTC)