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About Template:Did you know nominations/Joseph Forbes (educator), Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Barlow Forbes and so on

Hi Amory,

• You closed the Joseph Barlow Forbes Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Barlow Forbes discussion as "delete" 6 August 2018
• I WP:G4-d Joseph Forbes (educator) 15 November 2018, based on on your close.
• Following the requests in Template:Did you know nominations/Joseph Forbes (educator) on 21 November 2018 I WP:USERFY-d
  • Joseph Barlow Forbes to User:Thmazing/Joseph Barlow Forbes
  • Joseph Forbes (educator) to User:Thmazing/Joseph Forbes (educator)

"If you are creating a new page with different content, please continue. If you are recreating a page similar to the previously deleted page, or are unsure, please first contact the user(s) who performed the action(s) listed below" says the pop-up message when I access both those now deleted mainspace articles.
I ask for your opinion and advice about this. Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 10:37, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up — I replied at Template:Did you know nominations/Joseph Forbes (educator). ~ Amory (u • t • c) 16:18, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-48

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• On wikis with translatable pages you could create a mess when you moved a page that had translatable subpages. A subpage is when you use / to create a new page: /wiki/Page/Subpage. The subpages would be moved but not the translations. The subpages are no longer automatically be moved. This is to make it safer to move pages. [1]

Changes later this week

• The advanced search interface will be available by default on all Wikimedia wikis. It makes it easier to use some of the special search functions that most editors don't know exist. It's already active on German, Farsi, Arabic and Hungarian Wikipedia. [2]
• Special:UnusedCategories show empty categories with no files or other categories. You can soon choose to not show soft redirect categories or some maintenance categories there. You can do this with the magic word __EXPECTUNUSEDCATEGORY__. [3]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 27 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 28 November. It will be on all wikis from 29 November (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 28 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• The mw.util.jsMessage() function was deprecated in 2012. It will be removed next week. Look for the warning Use of "mw.util.jsMessage" is deprecated in the JavaScript console to know if you use an affected script or gadget. If you are a gadget maintainer you should check if your JavaScript code contains mw.util.jsMessage. There is a migration guide. It explains how to use mw.notify instead. [4]

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22:22, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Blocked

Thanks for the help! Can you imagine a way to get the name of the new interface message? I searched for the text You are not allowed to unblock yourself, but all I got were a few discussion pages where someone was stating that as a summary of the policy. I also tried to change my preferences so that qqx was my default language, but it's not an option. Nyttend (talk) 02:25, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

@Nyttend: It's MediaWiki:ipbnounblockself ~ Amory (u • t • c) 02:30, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

I've added a link to my comment at WP:VP. Thanks! Curious, how did you get the name? Nyttend (talk) 02:33, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

From experience I know that a lot of the block messages start with ip, but in this case rather than guess/search I went to mw:Manual:User_rights and looked at the code. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 11:17, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Request for Rollback Permission

Hi! I'm requesting rollback permissions because I think I've got Twinkle down and I would like to move on to using huggle so I can fight vandals more efficiently. Thanks!! Philipnelson99 (talk) 07:44, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Hey Philipnelson99 I'm glad you're so enthusiastic — I've taken a look at a bunch of your reverts, and they all look good so far! Still, nearly all of your edits have been made in the past three days, so I think it'd be good if you spent some more time being active to get a feel for some of the more complex cases and policies. You just started leaving messages for users yesterday, but I think if you keep up the good work, rollback's a sure thing. Does that sound good? ~ Amory (u • t • c) 18:52, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Amorymeltzer I understand, I'm just really eager haha. I didn't realize the reply thing was part of twinkle, so it's probably best to wait a little bit ~ Philipnelson99 (talk) 18:56, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Provided Southwick

Hi! I am new to Wikipedia and got a notice that you deleted a page you made about Provided Southwick. The notification said to first contact you to see what the content was before I make a new one. -Slfarooqui (talk) 17:33, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Slfarooqui, this is about Draft:Provided Southwick right? There was only one edit, but I can restore it if you'd like to use that draft as a starting off point. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 18:40, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Revdel

Could you remove my edit at Backup please. ^{[Username Needed]} 15:24, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

• And the one it was reverting. Also the one at Arts University Bournemouth. ^{[Username Needed]} 15:31, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
  • @Username Needed: I've done Arts University Bournemouth but it's not clear to me what text in Backup is a copyvio. Do you have a link or specific text? ~ Amory (u • t • c) 16:26, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 December 2018

• From the editor: Time for a truce

• Op-ed: Looking back, looking forward: A beginner's experience on Wikipedia

• Special report: The Christmas wishlist

• Opinion: The blogosphere migrates to Galaxy WMF

• News and notes: Reviewer of the year, WikiCup winner, and the 2019 Wikimedia Summit

• Reflections: Wikipedia, history, and the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day

• In the media: Court-ordered article redaction, paid editing, and rock stars

• Discussion report: Farewell, Mediation Committee

• Arbitration report: A long break ends

• Traffic report: Queen reigns for four weeks straight

• Gallery: Intersections

• Recent research: Why do the most active Wikipedians burn out?; only 4% of students vandalize

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• From the archives: Ars longa, vita brevis

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The Oversighter's Barnstar

		The (information removed) Barnstar
		For your tireless work handling the cleanup and oversight of various time-sensitive revisions. I am happy to present you The Oversighter's Barnstar! Congratulations, Mifter (talk) 20:26, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

(Redacted) ~ Amory (u • t • c) 01:43, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

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​Received and replied. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 01:43, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018).

Administrator changes

Al Ameer son • Randykitty • Spartaz

Boson • Daniel J. Leivick • Efe • Esanchez7587 • Fred Bauder • Garzo • Martijn Hoekstra • Orangemike

Interface administrator changes

Deryck Chan

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, the Mediation Committee is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests.
• A request for comment is in progress to determine whether members of the Bot Approvals Group should satisfy activity requirements in order to remain in that role.
• A request for comment is in progress regarding whether to change the administrator inactivity policy, such that administrators "who have made no logged administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped". Currently, the policy states that administrators "who have made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped".
• A proposal has been made to temporarily restrict editing of the Main Page to interface administrators in order to mitigate the impact of compromised accounts.

Technical news

• Administrators and bureaucrats can no longer unblock themselves unless they placed the block initially. This change has been implemented globally. See also this ongoing village pump discussion (permalink).
• To complement the aforementioned change, blocked administrators will soon have the ability to block the administrator that placed their block to mitigate the possibility of a compromised administrator account blocking all other active administrators.
• Since deployment of Partial blocks on Test Wikipedia, several bugs were identified. Most of them are now fixed. Administrators are encouraged to test the new deployment and report new bugs on Phabricator or leave feedback on the Project's talk page. You can request administrator access on the Test Wiki here.

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 3 December 2018. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

Miscellaneous

• In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Wikipedia. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on a website that suffered a data breach. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
• Wikipedia policy requires administrators to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

Obituaries

• Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (Raymond Arritt) passed away on 14 November 2018. Boris joined Wikipedia as Raymond arritt on 8 May 2006 and was an administrator from 30 July 2007 to 2 June 2008.

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Tech News: 2018-49

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• Admins will not be able to unblock themselves if they are blocked by someone other than themselves. This is because it can cause damage if someone else takes over an admin account and other admins can't block them. If this is a problem for your community you can report it on Phabricator. You can also ask questions on Meta. There is a discussion on Phabricator about how to solve this if two admins fight with each other on a small wiki. [5]
• Small SVG images are now bigger when you see them in MediaViewer. [6]
• You can go to a section from the edit summary by clicking on the section name. Before this you had to click on the arrow. [7]
• When you jumped to a footnote that was referenced several times in an article it could be difficult to see where you were in the text. Now there are jump marks and highlights to help you find your way back. [8][9]

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 5 December at 16:00 (UTC) and at 23:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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16:12, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

December 2018 GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2018 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December 2018 GOCE newsletter. Here is what's been happening since the August edition. Thanks to everyone who participated in the August blitz (results), which focused on Requests and the oldest backlog month. Of the twenty editors who signed up, eleven editors recorded 37 copy edits. For the September drive (results), of the twenty-three people who signed up, nineteen editors completed 294 copy edits. Our October blitz (results) focused on Requests, geography, and food and drink articles. Of the fourteen people who signed up, eleven recorded a total of 57 copy edits. For the November drive (results), twenty-two people signed up, and eighteen editors recorded 273 copy edits. This helped to bring the backlog to a six-month low of 825 articles. The December blitz will run for one week, from 16 to 22 December. Sign up now! Elections: Nominations for the Guild's coordinators for the first half of 2019 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations, so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Tdslk. >>> Sign up for the December blitz! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:04, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Userpage

Why can I not edit my userpage now? I can surely write whatever i want on there The Earth is Flat and stupid (talk) 20:31, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

@The Earth is Flat and stupid: You are blocked and are not allowed to edit your userpage. That is all. Kb03 (talk) 20:33, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

The Earth is Flat and stupid (talk) 20:33, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Why am I blocked. The Earth is Flat and stupid (talk) 20:35, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, I read your userpage wrong. It was deleted as pure vandalism. Kb03 (talk) 20:35, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

• Hi The Earth is Flat and stupid, I deleted your userpage under the G3 criteria for speedy deletion. You can post some material there, but it's not free reign; see WP:UPNOT. You are not blocked, so please feel free to edit constructively! I'd be happy to help you if I can. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 20:39, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Merry Christmas :) ho,ho,ho The Earth is Flat and stupid (talk) 20:48, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for being so helpful. The Earth is Flat and stupid (talk) 22:07, 3 December 2018 (UTC)