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Administrators' newsletter – October 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2019).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a discussion, a new criterion for speedy category renaming was added: C2F: One eponymous article, which applies if the category contains only an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories.

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  • As previously noted, tighter password requirements for Administrators were put in place last year. Wikipedia should now alert you if your password is less than 10 characters long and thus too short.

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  • The Community Tech team has been working on a system for temporarily watching pages, and welcomes feedback.


GAN Backlog Drive – January 2022

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2022

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

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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.

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  • The functionaries email list (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.

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:37, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

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Miss World Continental Queen of Beauty titleholders templates

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Nomination for deletion of Miss Earth titleholders by year templates

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2022

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

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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.
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February 2022

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GA Reassessment - Royce White

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2022

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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
  • Christmas Island AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
  • Philadelphia GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
  • United Nations Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
  • SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
  • United Nations Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:07, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
  • Christmas Island AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
  • Philadelphia GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
  • United Nations Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
  • SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
  • United Nations Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:55, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Lauren Cohen

On 15 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lauren Cohen, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Harvard Business School professor Lauren Cohen is a powerlifting champion? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lauren Cohen. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lauren Cohen), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Charles

Template:Charles has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Fram (talk) 16:29, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Dabfix

Continuing conversation from Talk:Chip (name)#Given name list oddly ends alphabetically at J.

I've cleaned up plenty of pages using searchbar too, but it was so much easier with Dabfix. User:Dispenser has the source code for dabfix.py at their site, so you can see what it all entails. It is a pretty handy tool that would probably be an undertaking to come close to duplicating the behavior. It uses regex searches to find likely candidates, employs logic to remove unlikely candidates, and suggests short descriptions for the items. It suggests frequently linked redlinks and determines if they have a wikidata item that it may be appropriate to link to. It shows if related dab pages don't have a related page ending in "(disambiguation)" for linking to. It also formats the pages to conform to WP:MOSDAB, adding templates like {{dab}} and {{wikt}}. I'm probably missing some other features, as it has not worked for me recently; I think that something is wrong with its connection to Wiktionary. —Ost (talk) 02:57, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 March 2022

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No longer useful: Carleen is an article about the place in Cornwall, with a hatnote linking to Carleen (given name), which includes the arboretum via its namesake.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2022

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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. (T301928)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Anthony

Template:Anthony has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Fram (talk) 07:18, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Karie Ross

On 13 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Karie Ross, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Karie Ross was the first female reporter on ESPN's College Football GameDay? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Karie Ross. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Karie Ross), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:02, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Charlie Moore (basketball)

On 17 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Charlie Moore (basketball), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Charlie Moore played basketball for four universities? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Charlie Moore (basketball). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Charlie Moore (basketball)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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You have new message/s Hello. You have a new message at Template:Did you know nominations/When Jews Were Funny's talk page. Reidgreg (talk) 06:41, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 24 April 2022

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 5 June 2022 (running for second time). Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 2022, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/June 2022. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 15:58, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Thank you today for the article, introduced (in 2014): "This article is about an important painting series of works that served as illustrations for a series of essays in response to Franklin Delano Roosevelt human rights declaration, Four Freedoms."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:06, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 May newsletter

The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  1. New York (state) Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
  2. Christmas Island AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
  3. Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
  4. Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
  5. Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
  6. United States Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
  7. England Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2022

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

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Happy WikiBirthday!

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New message from Narutolovehinata5

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  • Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
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Arbitration


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Your GA nomination of Kelly Hecking

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Your GA nomination of Charlie Moore (basketball)

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WikiCup 2022 July newsletter

The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  • Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
  • Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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DYK for Kelly Hecking

On 5 July 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kelly Hecking, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Kelly Hecking won more Big East Conference championships than any other Notre Dame athlete? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kelly Hecking. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kelly Hecking), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Somerset Hills, New Jersey

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I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Somerset Hills, New Jersey for deletion in response to your request.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2022

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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.

GANs

Hi. Would you GA review Federico Gatti and Fabio Miretti? I had nominated them in April, but they haven't been seen yet. Dr Salvus 13:26, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Tashy Bohm

On 26 July 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tashy Bohm, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Northwestern's Tashy Bohm held the American public school 100 meter backstroke record for seven years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tashy Bohm. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tashy Bohm), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tashy Bohm

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Help for DYK nomination

Can you review this DYK nomination? Sportsfangnome (talk) 15:45, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Ryan Roberts (American football)

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Your GA nomination of Tashy Bohm

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2022

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

Administrator changes

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removed Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • CapitalistroadsterSamsara

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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.
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Always precious

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:59, 11 August 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tashy Bohm

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File:Here We Go Again (Nelson-Marsalis ft.Jones).ogg listed for discussion

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Recording sample unnecessary to help readers understand the whole song and the whole tribute article. May fail WP:NFCC#8.

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DYK for Emma Reaney

On 19 August 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Emma Reaney, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Emma Reaney is the only Notre Dame Fighting Irish swimmer to win an NCAA championship? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Emma Reaney. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Emma Reaney), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Category:Wynton Marsalis audio samples indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason 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. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz Read! Talk! 01:15, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

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sample inadequately covered by critical commentary about an album. may fail WP:NFCC#8.

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DYK for Ryan Roberts (American football)

On 25 August 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ryan Roberts (American football), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Ryan Roberts, a defensive end for Notre Dame, was a soccer player in high school? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ryan Roberts (American football). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ryan Roberts (American football)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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sample unnecessary to help readers understand the song. may fail WP:NFCC#8.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2022

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

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  • A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
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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.

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  • 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.

WikiCup 2022 September newsletter

WikiCup 2022 September newsletter

The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:45, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Emma Reaney

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Your GA nomination of Emma Reaney

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2022

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

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  • 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.

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Ryan Roberts (American football) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk) 21:21, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

GA reassessment

John W. Rogers Jr. has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 04:59, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

The article Ryan Roberts (American football) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Ryan Roberts (American football) for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk) 20:01, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

Template:NFL staff footer has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 07:10, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

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The article Ryan Roberts (American football) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ryan Roberts (American football) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Lee Vilenski -- Lee Vilenski (talk) 10:41, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2022

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

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Arbitration

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Nomination of Sheesh! for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Sheesh! is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sheesh! until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

QuietHere (talk) 17:16, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 November newsletter

The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is

  • England Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
  • Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
  • New York City Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
  • Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
  • United Nations Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
  • Chicago PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
  • Toronto Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.

  • England Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
  • United Nations Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
  • Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
  • Toronto Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
  • New York (state) Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
  • SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
  • England Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
  • Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
  • Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:29, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Sheesh!

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  • 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)

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In 2011–12 you split {{Miss America titleholders}} into small navboxes like {{MissAmericas 2000–2019}}.[1] Groups of two decades does look a bit odd to me together in one template but I think groups of one decade works well. I made {{Miss America titleholders/sandbox}} similar to {{Miss France titleholders}} and suggest to use that in articles instead of the small navboxes. We have many much larger navboxes. Thoughts? PrimeHunter (talk) 17:21, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

User:PrimeHunter, I am pretty sure that I was following some other template as a model, but I don't remember now. Do you think each individual should have a unified template including all other titleholders or just those in the nearby years. I am not that active in this area, but if the current trend is for a single unified template make the necessary edits to the current template and then delete the separate ones.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:03, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
I think everybody should display the full list of winners. That's the norm for navboxes with winners of something. We can just redirect the small templates to {{Miss America titleholders}} so the articles don't have to be edited. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:30, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
O.K.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:21, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
I have made the edits. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:12, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Template:MissAmericas footer has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:28, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Carla Vernón

Having looked into the coverage I do believe that this subject is notable and I'm willing to create the page myself. It would probably be best if once created you refrained from editing the page itself and instead propose changes on the talk page per WP:COI. I'l spend the next 20 minutes on it and see if I can throw together a starter article. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 19:06, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Apologies, I did not realize that you had already created Draft:Carla Vernón until I went to create Carla Vernón and a little box popped up. I will contribute there instead. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 19:11, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
User:Horse Eye's Back, I am happy to step aside into a supporting (via talk page role). Would you be able to move it to main space without AFC endorsement?--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:57, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
I don't know, I've never been in this situation before... I don't know if duplicating an AFC is kosher or if once the process is started it has to be finished. I also don't believe that I can accept the creation, my understanding is that some specific endorsement is needed for that. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 20:23, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
@Horse Eye's Back: There's nothing special about the draftspace that would prevent you from improving or editing on that article. If TonyTheTiger wanted to step aside from adding to the AFC and you were to add/modify content before submission, I don't see any issues here. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 03:40, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
That's not the question, the question is whether I can create the article in mainspace while there is an active draft. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 18:05, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
User:Horse Eye's Back, As has been pointed out at WP:COI, Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. My sister's PR firm is aware of this topic and has advised that she not attempt to have a WP biography on the main page the day that she takes office so as to avoid possible real, digital, trumped up or imagined skeletons or other possibly uncomfortable issues. So there is no rush.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 17:13, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
If your opinion has changed because the opinion of your sister's PR people has changed that's a problem. You really don't see how you're pointing a gun at your own head and pulling the trigger despite the whole community yelling "don't do it!" do you? This is going to end with you banned from either BLPs or wikipedia as a whole. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 00:09, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

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