User talk:Mike V

Wikipedia:Discussion review

Hello. I created the draft page and tagged it as "Brainstorming". You may contribute to this page. --George Ho (talk) 10:43, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Can't say much given the public nature of this, but nonetheless: enjoy the cookie! Banedon (talk) 02:38, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Mike V: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU ^(✉) 21:06, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

Are you able to tell me which account or SPI this CU block is related to? Special:Contributions/2602:306:C5E4:24A0:0:0:0:0/64. They're active again in a new range. EvergreenFir (talk) 00:02, 1 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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

Administrator changes

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Obituaries

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

13:37, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

		The Admin's Barnstar
		It's been over a year since you made a difficult decision that I'm glad you took. Thank you for making me return to Wikipedia. I will make a conscious effort to ensure you don't regret it. Darreg (talk) 19:54, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]