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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• Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.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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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:20, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Eric West

Hi,

I don't know much about editing Wikipedia or what the rules are, so I am reaching out to someone who might have a little more knowledge.

For many years there has been a racist attack by a group of people to make sure actor/musician Eric West does not have a Wikipedia page, they purposely remove his name from the cast credits on pages about films or shows he's been in. Spends hours of their life to search Wiki just to see if his name is on any pages. https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Fortress_(2021_film)&action=history

Fortress, Satisfaction, Hey Girl

The user: Duffbeerforme has constantly tried to have his name removed from any page on Wiki, along with another group of people who have blocked his page from being made on Wikipedia. see here. [1]

He's is an successful model that has been the face of major campaigns and fashion week runways around the world, a Billboard charting producer, songwriter AND record label (Eric West Management) on various Billboard charts on Eric’s own record label, an award-winning actor (Hey Girl, Satisfaction, Fortress, Late Show with Steve Colbert), and been considered a style icon by GQ and has been covered by every major outlet there is GQ, Esquire, Complex, Hollywood Reporter, In Style, Golden Globes, Vibe.

Based on the Billboard charts alone, he would be eligible for a page. The bigger issue is how there are people masked as editors on Wiki who are going against its own guidelines and should not be allowed on the platform. As someone that knows him personally, he's fine and he doesn't care, but I do. I hope someone at Wiki can look at this so that this doesn't happen in the future when people have a vendetta against you.

https://www.culturefix.co.uk/?p=19910

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/shorty-awards-2015-nominees-include-778517/

https://latv.com/watch/american-latino-s18-e16

Billboard chart: #58 https://web.archive.org/web/20210413234536/https://www.billboard.com/charts/current-albums/2021-03-13/

https://www.esquire.com/uk/style/news/g5701/best-dressed-men-at-new-york-fashion-week/?slide=4

https://www.gq.com/story/black-turtleneck-new-york-fashion-week-fall-2018

https://www.goldenglobes.com/photo-gallery/fashion-expression-celebrating-individual

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/s/10-best-things-saw-nyfw-180025628.html

https://www.complex.com/style/2015/09/men-changing-womenswear-nyfw

Billboard chart: #21 https://web.archive.org/web/20211106134738/https://www.billboard.com/charts/emerging-artists/2021-11-06

https://www.complex.com/style/2014/12/promo-actor-artist-eric-west-navigates-with-the-g-watch-r-lg

https://web.archive.org/web/20220122032646/https://www.vibe.com/features/vixen/vibe-vixen-25-hottest-actors-under-35-278227/

https://twitter.com/DIRECTV/status/780097035961794560

https://twitter.com/BritishGQ/status/574811935566249984

https://www.instagram.com/ericxwest/

https://twitter.com/EricXWest/status/697551528459177985

https://twitter.com/EricXWest/status/1470849338096197633 Bobbym212 (talk) 22:24, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

@Bobbym212: If you believe this person to be notable, you are welcome to start a draft (e.g. Draft:Eric West) that addresses the previous reasons for deletion. I suggest you use the Article Wizard to do so, but first you should consult the conflict of interest and reliable sources policies. I will not edit articles on your behalf though. If you believe a user is mixing personal feelings with editing, you can always request dispute resolution but I suggest you first try to get an article accepted to strengthen your case for inclusion in other articles. Regards SoWhy 10:28, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. I'm not sure if I know how to make a draft but I'll ask around and see if there is anyone else that can. Bobbym212 (talk) 14:23, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

@Bobbym212: Just use the Article Wizard I linked to, it will guide you step by step through the creation process. You can also find more information under Wikipedia:Your first article. Regards SoWhy 14:39, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Same as above.

Just want to continue to show how Eric is the ONLY cast member they target and remove.

https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Fortress_(2021_film)&action=history Bobbym212 (talk) 01:35, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 55

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Issue 55, January – February 2023

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2023

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

Administrator changes

Aoidh

KillerChihuahua

CheckUser changes

Ferret

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.

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. (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.

Arbitration

• 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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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:11, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Looking for an adopter

My name is Jerold Crawford. I am approaching 70 this year and I live in Tampa, FL. I have been in Wikipedia for a while. I enjoy editing documents for grammar and to add railroad information. I did a lot of editing to the Wigwag (railroad) article and would like to work further on railroad articles. I am self-taught on Wikipedia but I can not figure out even the basic things even using the talk pages or the sand box. I also like making interesting (to me) additions about the weather, geography, science and the like. I do not want to continue limping along. Full disclosure: I am a person who was gifted with (as opposed to suffering from) having Asperger's Syndrome. I noticed that your from or in Germany. I do not speak German. I speak American English and can limp along in Spanish. I am sorry, I do not know how to sign my letters so I will just put the information below.

Jerold Crawford jeroldincitruspark@gmail . com Jeffshusband (talk) 12:59, 29 April 2023 (UTC)