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Administrators' newsletter – December 2019

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

Administrator changes

added EvergreenFir • ToBeFree
removed Akhilleus • Athaenara • John Vandenberg • Melchoir • MichaelQSchmidt • NeilN • Youngamerican • 😂

CheckUser changes

readded Beeblebrox
removed Deskana

Interface administrator changes

readded Evad37

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • The global consultation on partial and temporary office actions that ended in October received a closing statement from staff concluding, among other things, that the WMF will no longer use partial or temporary Office Action bans... until and unless community consensus that they are of value or Board directive.
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GOCE December 2019 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2019 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the September edition. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January.

Election time: Nominations for the election of a new tranche of Guild coordinators to serve for the first half of 2020 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!

September Drive: Of the thirty-two editors who signed up, twenty-three editors copy edited at least one article; they completed 39 requests and removed 138 articles from the backlog, bringing the backlog to a low of 519 articles.

October Blitz: This event ran from 13 to 19 October, with themes of science, technology and transport articles tagged for copy edit, and Requests. Sixteen editors helped remove 29 articles from the backlog and completed 23 requests.

November Drive: Of the twenty-eight editors who signed up for this event, twenty editors completed at least one copy edit; they completed 29 requests and removed 133 articles from the backlog.

Our December Blitz will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now!

Progress report: From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an all-time low of 479 articles.

Request archiving: The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to Zhuyifei1999 and Bobbychan193, YiFeiBot is now archiving the Requests page. Archiving occurs around 24 hours after a user's signature and one of the templates {{Done}}, {{Withdrawn}} or {{Declined}} are placed below the request. The bot uses the Guild's standard "purpose codes" to determine the way it should archive each request so it's important to use the correct codes and templates.

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, Miniapolis, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist.

>>> Sign up for the December blitz! <<<
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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:05, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Changes to Italian American page

Just curious why you reverted my edits on this page back to the previous erroneous information.

jpd6711 9 Dec 2019

Jpd6711 (talk) 02:58, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

@Jpd6711: Christopher Columbus is generally accepted to have been Italian. See that article for numerous sources that confirm this. Your edit to Italian Americans, in which you changed "was Italian" to "is thought by some to be Italian" with regard to Columbus, apparently reflects your opinion, but we are not interested in your opinion here, unless it is shared by reliable sources cited with the content. You cited none for your change to the article's content, so it was reverted. See WP:BURDEN. Also see Original research and Neutral point of view. General Ization Talk 03:55, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the appropriate handling of the latest Edit War on Jesus. I was actually in-progress on doing the same but you beat me to it! Jtrevor99 (talk) 02:34, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Qu'est ce qui est assez pertinent pour être poster sur Wikipedia ?

Bonjour, je me demandais qu'est ce qui détermine une personne assez " pertinente" pour avoir une page dédiée sur Wikipedia ? AbigaelleNiep (talk) 21:42, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

See WP:BIO. Also, this is the English Wikipedia; please compose all talk page messages in English. General Ization Talk 00:26, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Taquan Air Flight 20

Just letting you know that this accident doesn't meet the guidelines for List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft. Namely the size of the aircraft involved....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 18:11, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

Cheers

Damon Runyon's short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas" is a fun read if you have the time. Right from the start it extols the virtues of the hot Tom and Jerry

This hot Tom and Jerry is an old-time drink that is once used by one and all in this country to celebrate Christmas with, and in fact it is once so popular that many people think Christmas is invented only to furnish an excuse for hot Tom and Jerry, although of course this is by no means true.

No matter what concoction is your favorite to imbibe during this festive season I would like to toast you with it and to thank you for all your work here at the 'pedia this past year. Best wishes for your 2020 as well G. MarnetteD|Talk 11:53, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

~~~ Merry Christmas! ~~~
Joyeux Noël! ~ Buon Natale! ~ Vrolijk Kerstfeest! ~ Frohe Weihnachten!
¡Feliz Navidad! ~ Feliz Natal! ~ Καλά Χριστούγεννα! ~ Hyvää Joulua!
God Jul! ~ Glædelig Jul! ~ Linksmų Kalėdų! ~ Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus!
Häid Jõule! ~ Wesołych Świąt! ~ Boldog Karácsonyt! ~ Veselé Vánoce!
Veselé Vianoce! ~ Crăciun Fericit! ~ Sretan Božić! ~ С Рождеством!
圣诞节快乐！~ メリークリスマス！~ 메리 크리스마스!
สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส! ~ Selamat Hari Natal! ~ Giáng sinh an lành!

Hello, General Ization! Thank you for your work to maintain and improve Wikipedia! Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:22, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

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Season's Greetings

Hello General Ization: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Donner60 (talk) 07:55, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

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Changes to Impeachment InThe United States

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

My edits were legitimate and were made to reflect accuracy in the applied section. The column header says "Result." The removed information was not a result, but a further description of the current status. The information used to replace the pre-existing information reflected a more accurate description of the current status of this particular event. Wayngrove (talk) 20:11, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

@Wayngrove: Once again, as already explained on your Talk page: You do not get to remove entire paragraphs of reliably-sourced content without discussion on the appropriate Talk page and unless you can establish consensus for the removal. I'm not sure what you think is contradictory between the Results column of the table and the content you were removing, but it is not. And even if it was, you may not remove large blocks of content once restored by another editor without discussion. General Ization Talk 20:14, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
I suggest you read the article at the link I provided on your Talk page. The impeachment of Donald Trump is complete, regardless of when the articles are delivered and whether or not he is convicted in the Senate and removed from office. No less than the Republicans' own expert witness spells that out at the link. General Ization Talk 20:17, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

I read the article but it still does not support your reasoning for undoing and reaffirming the existing information. Yes, the impeachment is complete, but there is no result without a trial by the senate. Therefore, there should be no information or "Pending" information listed in the Results column.Wayngrove (talk) 20:31, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

I'm not going to discuss this with you in two places at once. See your Talk page. General Ization Talk 20:33, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Happy New Year!

General Ization,
Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 00:55, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – January 2020

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

Guideline and policy news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:06, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

false accusations from you

You falsely accused me of making disruptive edits to the John K Bush page and if you have any honor or integrity you should apologize. Your claim is entirely unsubstantiated and motivated by your politics. The edits I made were clarifications supported by the source material of the previous editor. The previous editor made vague claims like (paraphrased)"Bush compared abortion to slavery". My edit was that Bush compared Roe v. Wade to Dred Scott, which is the specific comparison that bush made. You political ideologues are going to have to come to grips with the reality that your opposition to truth just poisons wikipedia and destroys your own credibility. Wikipedia should not be an ideological echo chamber, but right now that's all it is.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wokeandbroke (talk • contribs) 00:20, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Requesting article changed back to its correct name

Looking at his talk page, you’ve previously warned the user JorgeLaArdilla (talk) about changing article names. He has changed Mohamed Salah to Mo Salah, with their reasoning “no-one calls him Mohamed Salah”, which is nonsense. I’d revert if I could, but I’m not accustomed to how this process works. Would be grateful for your assistance. Barton Dave (talk) 00:04, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Please submit your request at Wikipedia:Requested moves. The page has been protected so that only admins can move it. General Ization Talk 04:59, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2020).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, partial blocks are now enabled on the English Wikipedia. This functionality allows administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site. A draft policy is being workshopped at Wikipedia:Partial blocks.
  • The request for comment seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure closed with wide-spread support for an alternative desysoping procedure based on community input. No proposed process received consensus.

Technical news

  • Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating. There is currently one template: {{uw-pblock}}.
  • When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [1]

Arbitration

  • Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.

Miscellaneous


Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:05, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report
Our 2019 Annual Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

  • Overview of Backlog-reduction progress (a record low backlog!);
  • Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page;
  • Automated archiving of requests;
  • Membership news and results of elections;
  • Annual leaderboard;
  • Plans for 2020.
– Your Guild coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist.
To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2020).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, the blocking policy was changed to state that sysops must not undo or alter CheckUser or Oversight blocks, rather than should not.
  • A request for comment confirmed that sandboxes of established but inactive editors may not be blanked due solely to inactivity.

Technical news

  • Following a discussion, Twinkle's default CSD behavior will soon change, most likely this week. After the change, Twinkle will default to "tagging mode" if there is no CSD tag present, and default to "deletion mode" if there is a CSD tag present. You will be able to always default to "deletion mode" (the current behavior) using your Twinkle preferences.

Miscellaneous


Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:20, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Rollback misclick

Sorry, I accidentally rollbacked one of your AIV reports. I'm trying to undo it, but it might be too late. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 15:04, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

2019 Dayton Shooting

Hi Gen - I have worked on the above article and 2019 El Paso shooting. The edit I made today reverted the political pov added on January 27 by Cement4802 and returned the article to it's neutral, consensus version. I did leave an edit summary.IP75 (talk) 02:18, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

GOCE March newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2019. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2020, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election results: There was little changeover in the roster of Guild Coordinators, with Miniapolis stepping down with distinction as a coordinator emeritus while Jonesey95 returned as lead coordinator. The next election is scheduled for June 2020 and all Wikipedians in good standing may participate.

January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work, completing 215 copy edits including 56 articles from the Requests page and 116 backlog articles from the target months of June to August 2019. At the conclusion of the drive there was a record low of 323 articles in the copy editing backlog. Of the 27 editors who signed up for the drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

February Blitz: Of the 15 editors who signed up for this one-week blitz, 13 completed at least one copy edit. A total of 32 articles were copy edited, evenly split between the twin goals of requests and the oldest articles from the copy-editing backlog. Full results are here.

March Drive: Currently underway, this event is targeting requests and backlog articles from September to November 2019. As of 18 March, the backlog stands at a record low of 253 articles and is expected to drop further as the drive progresses. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Help set a new record and sign up now!

Progress report: As of 18 March, GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests in 2020 and there was a net reduction of 385 articles from the copy-editing backlog – a 60% decrease from the beginning of the year. Well done and thank you everyone!

Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist

To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2020).

Guideline and policy news

  • There is an ongoing request for comment to streamline the source deprecation and blacklisting process.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • The WMF has begun a pilot report of the pages most visited through various social media platforms to help with anti-vandalism and anti-disinformation efforts. The report is updated daily and will be available through the end of May.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:00, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Reaching out

Hi, I've recently moved to Columbus and am significantly working on this topic. Is this somewhere you live or lived? I've run into your name on some photos and article history pages. You can email me at ematwikipedia@gmail.com, let me know if you'd be interested in helping or someday attending a local meetup. Best, ɱ (talk) 22:05, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

@Ɱ: Yes, I live in Columbus. I'll be happy to help, and/or to meet (albeit virtually for a time), though I'm a little busy with COVID-19-related RL at the moment. You can email me using the link at the top of the page. Welcome to central Ohio! General Ization Talk 00:40, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
Sorry, actually the link is in the upper-right corner of my user page (not here). General Ization Talk 00:41, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
Alright, sent you an email. ɱ (talk) 02:02, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
Thanks. Actually, I pinged you on another service. Thought that might be an easier venue for a chat than this or email. General Ization Talk 02:29, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

User:BFDIBebble socks

Also please check User:Dr. D.S. White and User:Flith buster. Thanks. Lard Almighty (talk) 14:04, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

@Lard Almighty: I do not have access to the checkuser tools. Please submit a new SPI for these users. General Ization Talk 14:06, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
Thanks. I have done but not with this user as the master. I'll alter the SPI. Lard Almighty (talk) 14:08, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Sock tags

Sock tags should only be placed by administrators or SPI clerks. Please do not place sock tags, especially on the user pages of unblocked users. It is disruptive. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 19:22, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

@AntiCompositeNumber: The {{sockpuppet}} template without the confirmed parameter can be placed by anyone, as it states that an account is suspected of sockpuppetry. The placement of the templates with the confirmed parameter was based on checkuser confirmation and the fact that the accounts were in fact already blocked indef, as the template states. There is nothing at Template:Sockpuppet/doc that suggests that the placement of an accurate template by a seasoned user is disruptive. If you think this should be addressed as a matter of policy, please arrange for that documentation to be updated or for some other guidance to be offered. While I have no beef with you, I don't think your personal opinion is sufficient for you to state that any action on my part is disruptive. General Ization Talk 19:32, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2020).

Administrator changes

removed Gnangarra • Kaisershatner • Malcolmxl5

CheckUser changes

readded Callanecc

Oversight changes

readded HJ Mitchell

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:19, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2020).

Administrator changes

added CaptainEek • Creffett • Cwmhiraeth
removed Anna Frodesiak • Buckshot06 • Ronhjones • SQL

CheckUser changes

removed SQL

Guideline and policy news

Arbitration

  • A motion was passed to enact a 500/30 restriction on articles related to the history of Jews and antisemitism in Poland during World War II (1933–45), including the Holocaust in Poland. Article talk pages where disruption occurs may also be managed with the stated restriction.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:27, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

GOCE June newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since March 2020. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. All times and dates stated are in UTC.

Current events

Election time: Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 00:01 on 16 June. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, or you know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

June Blitz: This blitz begins at 00:01 on 14 June and ends at 23:59 on 20 June, with themes of articles tagged for copyedit in May 2020 and requests.

Drive and blitz reports

March Drive: Self-isolation from coronavirus may have played a hand in making this one of our most successful backlog elimination drives. The copy-editing backlog was reduced from 477 to a record low of 118 articles, a 75% reduction. The last four months of 2019 were cleared, reducing the backlog to three months. Fifty requests were also completed, and the total word count of copy-edited articles was 759,945. Of the 29 editors who signed up, 22 completed at least one copy edit. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

April Blitz: This blitz ran from 12 to 18 April with a theme of Indian military history. Of the 18 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed a total of 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

May Drive: This event marked the 10th anniversary of the GOCE's copy-editing drives, and set a goal of diminishing the backlog to just one month of articles, as close to zero articles as possible. We achieved the goal of eliminating all articles that had been tagged prior to the start of the drive, for the first time in our history! Of the 51 editors who signed up, 43 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Other news

Progress report: as of 2 June, GOCE participants had processed 328 requests since 1 January, which puts us on pace to exceed any previous year's number of requests. As of the end of the May drive, the backlog stood at just 156 articles, all tagged in May 2020.

Outreach: To mark the 10th anniversary of our first Backlog Elimination Drive, The Signpost contributor and GOCE participant Puddleglum2.0 interviewed project coordinators and copy-editors for the journal's April WikiProject Report. The Drive and the current Election of Coordinators have also been covered in The Signpost's May News and Notes page.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist.

To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 15:46, 5 June 2020 (UTC).

Invitation to RedWarn

Hello, General Ization! I noticed you have been using Twinkle and was wondering if you'd like to beta test my new tool, RedWarn, specifically designed to improve your editing experience.

RedWarn is currently in use by over 75 other Wikipedians, and feedback so far has been extremely positive. If you're interested, please see the RedWarn tool page for more information on RedWarn's features and instructions on how to install it. Otherwise, feel free to remove this message from your page. If you have any further questions, please ping me or leave a message on my talk page. Your feedback is much appreciated! Ed6767 talk! 02:47, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2020).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:25, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious
Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:05, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, @Gerda Arendt: But I've been active on Wikipedia since January 2006! General Ization Talk 02:17, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
Sure, but I'm slow, it took me until three years ago to notice how precious you are ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:33, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
General Ization Talk 02:07, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Elle a

Please remove the comment as it was posted by accident.

Then why is a — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevieb2685 (talk • contribs) 03:08, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

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