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)

Homer

Hi, I added back "legendary" to the Homer article. His historicity and who he was is still disputed, see Homeric Question. Best wishes.-SharʿabSalam▼ (talk) 19:03, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

@SharabSalam: Is it possible that Homer never existed? Interstellarity (talk) 20:36, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
I have changed it to "semi-legendary" as I found many sources calling him "semi-legendary". I am not an expert in these things but per what the article says, there is no solid evidence that Homer existed and some have suggested that Homer isn't a person but a word that means "hostage" which the title of his epics. There is a discussion about this on the talk page of the article.--SharʿabSalam▼ (talk) 20:58, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
@SharabSalam: I do not object to that change. Interstellarity (talk) 21:18, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

So you redirect your enwiki userpage to your meta userpage

Here something I don't think you know about. Try seeing your non-existent userpage on the Spanish Wikipedia. What do you see? Your userpage on Meta! Here what you should do. Tag your enwiki userpage for U1 speedy deletion with ((Db-u1)) (or ((Db|Display userpage from meta))).

If you are concerned about your signature being red, you can change it to [[User talk:Interstellarity|Interstellarity]] in your preferences. ((replyto)) Can I Log In's (talk) page 00:23, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

@Can I Log In: Thanks for the suggestion. However, I would like to keep everything as is. Interstellarity (talk) 00:24, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Switzerland

Hi! "Switzerland" is a noun; the adjective derived from it is "Swiss". You've been going round piping adjectival occurrences of "Swiss" to "Switzerland"; in every case that I've checked, that has been a mistake. Example: "Manor AG is a Switzerland department store chain"; no, it isn't, it's a Swiss department store chain. Would you please revert those changes? Thank you! Or, if you prefer, I can do it – with luck, I might be able to do the whole job with a few clicks. Let me know? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 13:38, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello Justlettersandnumbers. The reason why I did this is on this discussion page, I have agreed to clean up links because if the RM passes, then those links would link to the disambiguation page. If I am messing anything up, please let me know and feel free to revert my changes. Thank you, Interstellarity (talk) 13:53, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
Aha, I see where you're going. I meant to do this: [[Switzerland|Swiss]]. Interstellarity (talk) 13:58, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
(edit conflict)OK – perhaps another time link to the discussion when making such changes? Anyway, I think you had it the wrong way round: you were changing [[Swiss]] to [[Swiss|Switzerland]]; I assume that what you meant to do was change it to [[Switzerland|Swiss]] so that it would still read correctly in the context, but point clearly to the article on the country? I've reverted your edits (I thought you'd gone offline without seeing my message). Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 14:06, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
@Justlettersandnumbers: I'm new to AutoWikiBrowser and getting to know its features and apologize for my mistake. I make mistakes all the time and I try to learn from them. I appreciate you pointing out my mistakes because they help me learn. Just one question: can you show me how I can link to that discussion in my edit summary while making those changes again? Interstellarity (talk) 14:10, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
OK, we all make mistakes – I'm a champion at it! Please go very slowly while learning about AWB, large numbers of faulty or trivial errors popping up on watchlists can be really quite unpopular (well, very unpopular indeed). You could include a link to that discussion in your edit summary in several ways, among them either exactly as you did in your first reply to me here (e.g., more [[Talk:Swiss (disambiguation)#Requested move 12 May 2020|here]], giving "more here"; or to an exact diff, e.g., more [[Special:Diff/956339841|here]], giving the same result but linking to where you offered to fix links (the "956339841" is copied from the tail end of the url of the diff). Is that the answer you were looking for? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 14:32, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
@Justlettersandnumbers: Yes, thank you so much. I made this edit and made a few configurations in the AWB settings and I think I configured it OK. Is there anything else I need to do before making those edits so I don't screw anything up? I'm trying to take things slowly and hopefully I'll be a pro at using it in the times ahead. Interstellarity (talk) 14:46, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
Your sample edit looks OK; I'm afraid I can't advise at all on using AWB. I'd suggest trying ten or twenty edits, then a pause to see if there's any reaction, negative or positive. Good luck, regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 16:18, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Nic Fanciulli Draft

Heeyyy, hope you're managing to stay safe and sane during this odd time.

I've done a complete overhaul of the Nic Fanciulli page and wondered if you have time to have a look at it?

Draft here --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Nic_Fanciulli

Took note of your comments and made a lot of changes.

Let me know please :-)

Take care. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgoldenbarnes (talk • contribs) 08:37, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

@Mgoldenbarnes: If you think it is ready, then go ahead and submit it for review. I will not review it again since I already reviewed it. Stay safe, Interstellarity (talk) 10:54, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Teahouse graphics

Hi Interstellarity,

I just quickly wanted to let you know that they're thinking about changing your graphic on the Teahouse because they don't really see why it was added, but I'm not sure if they will actually remove it or not, because it's still being disputed.

XLK123 (talk) 06:28, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

@XLK123: Could you please point to the discussion where they are thinking about that? Interstellarity (talk) 11:07, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
The post is about renaming the Teahouse, although removing the graphic is mentioned: [[1]]

Here is what was said: The Japanese tree painting is nice too, but what does it have to do with helping new editors? Zen state of mind? Something lowest-common denominator like a welcome mat might be more appropriate. The Pilot report designs, mentioned above by Nick Moyes, are all spectacular compared to the current text-heavy design. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 04:05, 29 March 2020 (UTC) I tracked down the revision that added the text header with "administration/FAQ" etc above the welcome graphic. It is only four months old. It was done by Interstellarity. I'm not sure it helps in terms of explaining the purpose of the page or in welcoming, but perhaps there was a reason.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 04:27, 29 March 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by XLK123 (talk • contribs)

@XLK123: Thank you very much for pointing me to that, but I already commented on that discussion. Interstellarity (talk) 11:18, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
Oh, sorry my mistake. XLK123 (talk) 12:11, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

TheWikiWizard - May 2020

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