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Re: WikiFFyta

Hello Wikiacc! I'm afraid I have little information regarding whoever is operating behind this. There is a discussion regarding this going on at the Wikipedia review. Also found a Facebook group with the same name, though I'm unsure if it is related.--thunderboltz^(TALK) 17:03, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

rodovid and werelate

Hi Wikiacc,

Thank you for the reply. I will try to get back to this in the coming week. I know WR uses a different tree format, but it's the same sort of data... and they have much more of it than Rodovid does and the backing of a major genealogy library, so it's worth making an effort to find a solution that would work for all free-genealogy supporters.

–SJ+ 16:05, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello again. We're revisiting new project ideas on Meta, and Rodovid + WeRelate are at the top of the list of supported ideas. If you are around, please drop a quick line there. – SJ + 18:28, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposal to shut down WP Geographic Coordinates & ban coordinates on wikipedia articles

This means you. --Tagishsimon (talk) 11:50, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Wikiacc,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.9.115.210 (talk) 21:50, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

File:Wikipedia IRC Feed cropped.JPG listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Wikipedia IRC Feed cropped.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Cloudbound (talk) 20:46, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Your contributed article, Culture of Somaliland

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Culture of Somaliland. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – [[:Culture of Somalia]]. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at [[:Culture of Somalia]] – you might like to discuss new information at [[Talk:Culture of Somalia|the article's talk page]]. If you think the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. Atlantic306 (talk) 04:48, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

I'm not going to take a position right now on whether Culture of Somaliland should have its own article. However, a closer look at the history makes it clear that WP:A10 does not apply here. I created the page in 2005 (not recently) and its first version as an article was written in 2006. Furthermore, the article is a plausible redirect to Culture of Somalia, like my first version was. Please use the talk page or a forum like WP:AFD to discuss this article, rather than CSD. Wikiacc (¶) 06:50, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your message. Think the redirect was the best option but was a bit concerned that the redirect was being reverted so I thought putting it through A10 would decide it. Thanks Atlantic306 (talk) 16:35, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

TheSandDoctor (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas6}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

From Canada to you, whereever you may be (if you celebrate a different holiday, I wish you a merry & happy one. Happy Festivus at the very least ! --TheSandDoctor (talk) 00:56, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks TheSandDoctor! Merry Christmas to you too. Wikiacc (¶) 02:30, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

You're welcome! --TheSandDoctor (talk) 03:47, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Styrofoam

“Styrofoam” is a brand name; the article is about that brand. The brand is not “Styrofoam insulation”. There are more than 250 incoming links to the name and it should not have been moved without discussion. When you feel there is reason enough to move an article like that, go through a requested move discussion first. It’s been moved back now, and the dab page is at Styrofoam (disambiguation). — Gorthian (talk) 20:54, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Transport puzzle

Per commentary on my user talk page, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Transport puzzle has been reopened and the article has been restored for the time being. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:07, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Poke and sashimi

It's been a very longtime since I had any of this influence but when I was growing up my dad made a mix of Japanese and Hawaiian dishes but he would not generally eat raw fish. I remember now what he was trying to tell me, years ago, about the differences between Hawaiian raw fish and Japanese raw fish but it wasn't until I saw this in a source from our article that I got it. It's more than the ingredients but the preparation of the fish itself and the way it is diced. Hawaiian "style" poke is prepared differently than Japanese sashimi. Dad was part Japanese and I was actually born in Japan then moved to Hawaii but I was never fond of either Hawaiian or Japanese food growing up. My brother liked poi and I was the only kid that could use chopsticks but I copied my dad eating rice when I was a toddler. I have a much better appreciation for both cultural foods but I won't eat raw fish either.--Mark Miller (talk) 06:57, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing, Mark Miller. Wikiacc (¶) 11:46, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

File PROD

Thanks for nominating numerous files for discussion. Are you aware that WP:PROD has been extended to files? In 2017, the consensus agreed to extend PROD to files. If you have enabled Twinkle, you can go to a file page, hover around "Twinkle" menu, and select "PROD". Alternatively, you can manually use {{subst:prod}}. -- George Ho (talk) 04:50, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks George Ho; I was aware. I prefer to use FFD for licensing-related questions (the vast majority of my recent nominations), though I'll do better in the future about using PROD when applicable for images that are bad for some other reason. Wikiacc (¶) 11:50, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Toleration Act

It should be at Toleration Act 1688. See previous discussions on the talk page. DuncanHill (talk) 18:48, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

@DuncanHill: I was fixing Rjensen's cut-paste move from 2016; I didn't actually move the page. If consensus favors Toleration Act 1688, feel free to move the page there. Wikiacc (¶) 19:22, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

I see, thanks. I think Rjensen hadn't read the first post on the talk page! DuncanHill (talk) 19:23, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Barnstar from WikiProject History Merge

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	For history-merging nearly 500 bot-reported cut-pasted articles between 9 May and 4 July, thus putting a significant dent into the WikiProject History Merge backlog. Thankyou very much! wbm1058 (talk) 15:53, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, wbm1058, and thanks for updating the reports pages! I hope to resume the history merges when I have the time. Wikiacc (¶) 05:34, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Replacing File:GoGos-WeGotTheBeat.jpg

Hello. You closed the discussion about File:GoGos-WeGotTheBeat.jpg in 2016 as "kept" in one article. This year, I intend to replace it with another image from the US release without needing to re-take the other to FFD. Is that okay? --George Ho (talk) 09:09, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

@George Ho: I think you'd need to tag the old file with {{di-orphaned fair use}}, but otherwise it seems okay. Wikiacc (¶) 17:51, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Precious

African art gnome

Thank you for beginning quality articles such as Outer Banks and European Research Area, for lists such as 1995 Pulitzer Prize, for cleaning up African art and African languages, for service from 2005, including gnomish cut&paste merges and church categories sorting, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2381 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:44, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Gerda Arendt! I should note that Outer Banks was a copyvio cleanup from the days before revdel (so I didn't actually begin it) and I haven't touched African art in over 15 years (!). With those disclaimers, I appreciate the recognition. Wikiacc (¶) 21:06, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

So I should add modesty also to the above ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:16, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Please take a look at this blocked editor's (Aristiderazu's) talk page access

This editor was blocked by admin JBW in March 2018. They just posted 1,415,712kb on their talk page - looks like they're using their talk page to host content... Shearonink (talk) 21:56, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Nevermind, that user's been blocked from talk page access by another admin. Sorry about the notifications to more than one admin's user talk - I didn't know where to report it and posted to admins who had edited that user's talk page. Thanks anyway, Shearonink (talk) 00:45, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Flagged images - found probable source, but not sure where reference is needed on the file page

@Wikiacc: Hi came across the warnings for the Lake Bardwell and the deadline is July 4 and decided to investigate. The instructions on where and how to add the requested source really should be linked from the template, I didn't figure out the source should be placed since a source is not a summary nor license. These are my first photo verification attempts so I'd welcome an assist in making sure the references are added where they need to be. [Line 2 of page policy] states the info from the site is public information, but should use byline/photo/image credits. I've found all the images flagged for the article within the US Army Corps of Engineers Website.

• MottPark Camping.jpg is on [1]
• Waxahachie Creek Park Camping.jpg is also on [2]
• Bardwell Blue bonnets.jpg is present on [3]
• Lake_Bardwell_Contour_Map.PNG is[| Bathymetric Map of Bardwell Lake via [4]

Thanks Wolfgang8741 says: If not you, then who? (talk) 12:17, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Wolfgang8741. The short answer is that the source link should go in the summary section. If the description page has an {{Information}} template the link would go in the "Source" part.

A tip you might find useful: use the colon trick to link to files. ([[:File:MottPark Camping.jpg]] produces File:MottPark Camping.jpg).

I'll go ahead and add these sources to the description pages now. Thanks for going and finding these. Hunting for image sources is valuable work! Wikiacc (¶) 12:36, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Binary response model with continuous endogenous explanatory variables

You've tagged Binary response model with continuous endogenous explanatory variables without starting a discussion; the reason is quite obvious, but the intended destination isn't. It is linked from Instrumental variables estimation, but only in the 'see also' section of that page. There was a related page (Probit model for panel data with heterogeneity and endogenous explanatory variables), but that no longer exists; the page creator account is long-blocked. Can you suggest a target, or might proposed deletion be more appropriate? Klbrain (talk) 16:07, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

I tagged this as part of a sweep of the contributor’s articles. The best target is instrumental variables estimation given what happened with the similar article on endogeneity in Poisson regression. At the time I tagged I wasn’t sure if that or probit model would be best.

I’m not opposed to proposed deletion, given the narrow scope and poor quality of the article. But I’ve been challenged before when I’ve tagged this contributor’s articles on similar grounds. Wikiacc (¶) 17:04, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the response; all very reasonable. I had closed a merge proposal to Probit model back in January 2020, given that the merge proposal was from 2017 and I could find no case or support, and the case wasn't clear to me. Nevertheless, it might be worth doing with the other target (Instrumental variables estimation); I'll have another look and might just do it; or tag with the new target. Klbrain (talk) 21:26, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Sorry

Someone else was using my account when those edits were made. Kanto7 (talk) 23:20, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

@Kanto7: I recommend checking your contributions to make sure that person's edits don't remain in any of the articles. In the future, make sure to keep your account secure. Ultimately, you're responsible for the edits made under your name. Wikiacc (¶) 23:26, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

you sent me a message saying my edits of a live person had been removed. I found a page on myself accidentally and tried to correct and expand it a bit. Why would I need to provide references?

Does a person trying to correct their own page created by someone else need a reference?BLK215 (talk) 16:25, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

@BLK215: Welcome to Wikipedia! The answer to your question is "yes", and the reason is that it's not enough for statements on Wikipedia to be true, they must also be verifiable. For more information, see our guide for people who have articles about them. Let me know if you have any questions. Wikiacc (¶) 03:47, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

File copyright/Files listed for discussion

Hello Wikiacc,

I've noticed you've listed some of my files for discussion... Is there a problem with them? I believe they were all uploaded justly and fairly. They are all for demonstrations purposes only and help the article immensely. They have been shared around the public domain many times, and do not seems to have a single original owner. I have done nothing wrong. If you want to have a "discussion" about those images, then let's have it here...:)

Thanks, Davism0703 (talk) 02:26, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

@Davism0703: your input is welcome, but please put it in the relevant section at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2020 August 16, so that everyone can participate, rather than having a private conversation here on my talk page. Wikiacc (¶) 02:28, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Alright, the discussion has now officially started at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2020 August 16. Thanks, Davism0703 (talk) 02:48, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Mexican Repatriation

I don't have any objections to your edit. I was mainly bored and trying to type the least amount of words possible. But I'm not exactly sure how you consider that particular article to be neutral POV. The term "ethnic cleansing" seems a bit extreme. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.87.224.29 (talk) 11:14, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

@76.87.224.29: thanks for your comment. This has come up before (see Talk:Mexican Repatriation); at present it does have citations and is clear about attributing the phrase to scholars, but I agree the wording could use work. Feel free to open a new discussion at the talk page to hash out better wording. Wikiacc (¶) 00:25, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Please help logos deleted

Hi I appreciated you helping me through the process of correcting the image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AMAA_Who%E2%80%99s_who_in_martial_arts_award_plaque,_2018.jpg but now I have a problem with a whole bunch of logos I uploaded but were speedy deleted, I have requested undelete with Media data and Non-free use rationale but nobody even on the chat channel can tell me if I need a release from the copyright holder or not. I noticed the image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JeetKuneDo.svg which is like the logos I uploaded and wondered what is going on with it and should I do the same this to approve. Unlike like Wikipedia I can't manage to get any help on commons, cheers Australianblackbelt (talk) 07:24, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi Australianblackbelt, I took a look at the request you made at Commons. The problem is that Commons doesn't allow non-free use, so you have to move the logos to English Wikipedia. This process is pretty simple, but you have to ask for it explicitly; see c:Commons:Undeletion requests#To allow transfer of fair use content to another project. Once the transfer is approved, you need to move quickly to transfer the images and get the rationales added. (You might find Template:Non-free use rationale logo helpful.)

File:JeetKuneDo.svg was kept because it's too simple for copyright. Commons can be stubborn sometimes, so even if you think an image is too simple for copyright, it can be hard to convince others. In the case of JeetKuneDo.svg, they could point to a letter from the US Copyright Office stating that the logo is too simple. For your images (assuming you don't have such a letter) it'll be harder. Wikiacc (¶) 02:24, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

I understand now that I uploaded the logos on commons instead of Wikipedia Australianblackbelt (talk) 03:45, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Underlinked tag

Could you please explain why you are reinserting the underlinked tag into stub articles that already have sufficient Wikilinks? Is this some bot at work? All of a sudden, we have hundreds of articles in which the underlinked tag has been added. It is creating unnecessary work for those of us trying to reduce the backlog of truly underlinked articles. Thank you. Rogermx (talk) 14:53, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi Rogermx, it looks like you've seen my comment at User talk:!matt5454!matt; that's the reason. Before starting, I checked a number of !matt5454!matt's recent edits, and found none where the removal was justified. I therefore did a mass revert. (On further examination it looks like many of !matt5454!matt's older edits were justified, and I've since reverted myself there.) It's not a bot, though you could call it bot-like editing. It might assuage some of your concerns to know that I don't intend to revert !matt5454!matt's edits going forward (the blocking process is more appropriate). Wikiacc (¶) 01:55, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Also, I am sure there are still articles where !matt5454!matt was justified, my revert was incorrect, and I haven't yet reverted myself. Wikiacc (¶) 01:58, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi Wikiacc, I apologize for the tone of my remarks, I overreacted. I assumed it was a bot because I have seen many stubs labeled underlinked by editors using bots. I appreciate your response and have a better understanding of what you were doing and why you were doing it. Wikipedia is an important pastime for me and I can get single-minded about it. Have a good day! Rogermx (talk) 02:20, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

@Rogermx: And I appreciate the work you and others are doing on the backlog of underlinked articles. I hope you also have a good day! Wikiacc (¶) 03:38, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Karl Brooks Heisey photo public domain

If a photo is public domain in the place where it was taken in Canada in 1920 100 years ago of a Canadian subject who died in 1937 80 years ago why would American copyright law have any application to this photo why is fair use required it boggles the mind. I noted the American flag next to the comment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unionville (talk • contribs) 12:02, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi Unionville, please don't forget to sign your talk page posts with four tildes, and follow the directions at WP:TPNEW for starting a discussion.

I assume you are referring to File:RFC Second Lieutenant Karl Brooks Heisey 1920.jpg. Wikipedia follows the copyright laws of the United States because Wikipedia is based in the United States. See WP:Non-US copyrights for more information. Fair use is only required if the image is not public domain in the US. Wikiacc (¶) 01:09, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

More details requested for PD image

Hi, you recently asked for more detail on File:Maria Moltzer.jpg; I had not tried updating the meta data on an upload until this time, but now have. Could you review the original cause for request, and my updates, and give me an update on the value of what I've provided? Thanks. Tomacpace (talk) 01:48, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

@Tomacpace: Looks great. Thanks for adding these details. Wikiacc (¶) 01:51, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

cheers. Tomacpace (talk) 01:56, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Question

Hello,

I am not sure to understand yourreasoning behind the deletion of image here. Would you mind elaborating (because it doesn't appear logical). Thank you. 172.58.236.25 (talk)

@172.58.236.25: the relevant reference is the guideline on non-US copyrights, particularly the section entitled "Restored copyrights"; basically, Wikipedia follows US copyright law, not Danish copyright law. If you'd like to contest the deletion please discuss with the closing admin (Jo-Jo Eumerus) or use WP:REFUND. Wikiacc (¶) 00:04, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2022

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

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Guideline and policy news

• 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.

Technical news

• 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.

Arbitration

• 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.

Miscellaneous

• 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 check your eligibility to vote.
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2022

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

Administrator changes

Modussiccandi

BOZ • Brookie (deceased) • Jackmcbarn • Jamesday • Jonathunder • Master of Puppets • Saravask

CheckUser changes

Callanecc

Oversighter changes

Callanecc

Guideline and policy news

• 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.

Technical news

• 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. (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. (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. (T295389)

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

• 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.
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2022

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

Administrator changes

Firefly • Sdrqaz

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Geschichte • Ryan Postlethwaite • Sabine's Sunbird • Wassupwestcoast

Interface administrator changes

Evad37

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

• 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. (T301928)
• When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. (T284114)

Arbitration

• 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.

Miscellaneous

• 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 Wikimedia Foundation Board will now review the guidelines.

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Precious

Two years!

Precious anniversary

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New administrator activity requirement

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:

1. Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
2. 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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Administrators' newsletter – May 2022

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

Administrator changes

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David.Monniaux • Fribbler • Grue • Kpjas • West.andrew.g

CheckUser changes

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Guideline and policy news

• 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.

Technical news

• 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.

Arbitration

• 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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Administrators' newsletter – June 2022

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

Administrator changes

Tamzin

Barek • Darkwind • Geometry guy • ProcseeBot • RoyBoy • Sean Whitton • Valereee • Visorstuff • WAvegetarian

Sn0wflake → VersedFenrir

CheckUser changes

Ivanvector

Guideline and policy news

• 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.

Technical news

• Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (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 Preferences → 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.

Arbitration

• 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).

Administrator changes

AA • Gwalla • Ioeth • Laurascudder • Moriori (deceased) • Nat • Rfl

Drilnoth → AFigureOfBlue

Bureaucrat changes

Lee Vilenski

Interface administrator changes

Nihiltres

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

• 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).

Administrator changes

Valereee

Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara

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.

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)

Arbitration

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

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 ⇧ 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).

Administrator changes

DanCherek • DatGuy • Femke • Z1720

Aldux • Graham Beards • Nyttend

Interface administrator changes

Mr. Stradivarius

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.

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.

Arbitration

• 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.

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).

Administrator changes

ScottishFinnishRadish

Staxringold

Ahoerstemeier (deceased) • Ched

Interface administrator changes

Cyberpower678

CheckUser changes

GorillaWarfare

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.

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 Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

Arbitration

• 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.

Miscellaneous

• 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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WikiProject histmerge

Hello! I was taking a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject History Merge/09, and I noticed this edit with the edit summary "Remove 4: pre and post IDs at same title". However, you removed a lot more than 4 entries from the table. Did you mean to remove that many entries? HouseBlaster^talk 21:13, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

I probably did not! Reverted while I try to figure out what happened there. Thanks for catching. Wikiacc (¶) 03:20, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2022

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

Administrator changes

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  • Isabelle Belato
  • Whpq
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  • Atama
  • Astronautics~enwiki
  • Athaenara
  • Eddie891
  • GraemeL
  • Marianocecowski
  • Natalya
  • Pratyeka
  • SB Johnny

Interface administrator changes

• TheresNoTime
• Ragesoss

CheckUser changes

• 
  • Blablubbs
  • Firefly
• Joe Roe

Oversight changes

• DGG

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.

Arbitration

• 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.
• AmandaNP, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee Elections. Xaosflux and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.

Miscellaneous

• 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 {{rangeblock|create=yes}} or {{uw-ublock|contains profanity}}.

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ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022

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

Administrator changes

• Eddie891
• Euryalus
• TheresNoTime

• Alex.muller
• Excirial
• RedWordSmith
• Ron Ritzman
• TheresNoTime
• Stephen

Interface administrator changes

TheresNoTime

TheresNoTime

CheckUser changes

TheresNoTime

Oversight changes

TheresNoTime

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.

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. (T319449)

Arbitration

• 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.

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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Happy New Year, Wikiacc!

Happy New Year!

Wikiacc,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Abishe (talk) 20:55, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2023

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

Administrator changes

• ComplexRational
• Extraordinary Writ

Stephen

• Andrew Yong
• Dbenbenn
• DESiegel
• GlassCobra
• Joe Decker
• Nancy
• Pathoschild
• StuffOfInterest
• William Pietri
• Wwwwolf
• Xdamr

Interface administrator changes

Nihiltres

CheckUser changes

Moneytrees

• Ivanvector
• SilkTork

Oversighter changes

• GeneralNotability
• Moneytrees

• Guerillero
• SilkTork

Guideline and policy news

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

Arbitration

• Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, CaptainEek, GeneralNotability, Guerillero, L235, Moneytrees, Primefac, 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.

Miscellaneous

• 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 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).

Administrator changes

Gimmetrow

• Bjelleklang
• Bob the Wikipedian
• Leithp
• WhisperToMe
• 100 inactive admins

CheckUser changes

• BDD
• Bradv
• Donald Albury
• Maxim
• MusikAnimal

Oversighter changes

• BDD
• Bradv
• Donald Albury
• Maxim

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.

Technical news

• The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

Arbitration

• 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.

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 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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Nomination for deletion of Template:Copyright notes Iraq

Template:Copyright notes Iraq has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Magog the Ogre (t • c) 14:26, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2023

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

Administrator changes

The Wordsmith

• Fuhghettaboutit
• Spinningspark (deceased)

CheckUser changes

Callanecc

Oversighter changes

Callanecc

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.

Technical news

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

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.

Miscellaneous

• 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 [p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

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