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Happy First Edit Day, Malinaccier, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Mz7 (talk) 05:37, 9 January 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you! Cannot believe it has been ten years! Malinaccier (talk) 22:19, 17 January 2017 (UTC)Reply[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

NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67

Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

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.

13:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Jagex Tower. Since you had some involvement with the Jagex Tower redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Lordtobi (✉) 10:46, 12 March 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello Malinaccier - I just noticed you left an unusual block message on the aforementioned talk page. Do bear in mind that when blocking someone, you must show them where, and how, to appeal their blocks. The correct template is below; change "x" for time and reason:

You have been blocked from editing for a period of x for x. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: ((unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~)).

As you can see, the guide to appealing blocks is mentioned within this one - do use this message from now on. Regards, Patient Zero^talk 10:47, 5 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

In fact, check out Template:Uw-block for more parameters. Patient Zero^talk 10:48, 5 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello. Thanks for your concern, but keep in mind that there is no formal obligation or reason for an administrator to explain how to request to be unblocked (please see the blocking policy WP:EXPLAINBLOCK). Just so you know, the block message displays information on appealing an unblock (see MediaWiki:Blockedtext). I do not think it is a bad idea to explain on the talk page how to appeal a block, but the blocked user is already given instructions on how to do so. Thanks, Malinaccier (talk) 18:21, 5 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Peter Schmidt (economist) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 22:27, 12 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 15 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Peter Schmidt (economist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that economist Peter Schmidt's 1977 work on stochastic frontier models is considered one of the most influential Journal of Econometrics papers of all time? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Peter Schmidt (economist). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih^Talk 00:01, 15 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yay, thanks! Malinaccier (talk) 00:07, 15 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for approving my request. Could you also move my username up in the list. It is in the wrong place due to the capitalized 'B'. Due to the protection, I can't make even such a minor change myself MB 16:28, 16 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Differentiating between capital and lowercase letters is strange; however, I have done it at your request. Malinaccier (talk) 19:01, 16 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your user page is available in two different launaguges may i ask how you did that so I can do the same? Dinah In Wonderland 16:45, 16 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Dinah Kirkland: Once you create a userpage on another language's Wikipedia, you just add an interlanguage link at the end of your userpage like this [[fr:Utilisateur:Malinaccier]]. See Help:Interlanguage links for more options! Malinaccier (talk) 19:06, 16 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Okay! Thanks! I do have a page on the Italian and Japanese wiki but that's helpful to know! Dinah In Wonderland 19:19, 16 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you very much for enabling rollback. Rhinen

No problem! Malinaccier (talk) 21:23, 16 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello Malinaccier,

Thanks for the permission. I will do well to contact you if i need any guidance. Zazzysa (talk) 22:05, 16 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No problem! Malinaccier (talk) 22:22, 16 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Not sure if my ping worked (I've had trouble with them not working before, even when I follow the advice at Help:Fixing failed pings) so I'm posting here. Would you mind explaining what you meant by "recent edit warring concerns"? I have, to my knowledge, never even been seriously accused of edit warring, let along had any problem with it.

After trying to figure out what you meant on my own, I realized that my block log contains a block for supposed edit warring, but this thread (particularly, my longer post in the middle with all the diffs in it) should be ample enough proof that the block was a mistake, and Ritchie's subsequent correction and apology are there as well. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 20:52, 18 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@MPants at work and MjolnirPants: I am willing to believe I made a mistake here, but what happened here, and here, and here? Malinaccier (talk) 21:00, 18 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm not completely sure I remember what was up with the IPv6 editor, though I seem to recall it was retaliation for several editors templating them for edit warring. I believe I only reverted once at Mark Dice, though several other editors also reverted the IP.

PraiseTheShroom is a blocked sock of Perfect Orange Sphere (the first and last link you gave are about the same 3RRN report), and even if you want to ignore the result (no violation) and the summary by Ian and Neutrality, I can provide you with diffs of some truly egregious and over-the-top deception by that sockmaster. Hell, as far as I can tell, they've discovered the magic of VPN's and continued socking and lying about sources, as of a couple days ago. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 21:24, 18 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@MPants at work and MjolnirPants: My interpretation of the last case is that you were both engaged in an edit war, but the admins declined to block either of you. Since there was no violation of 3RR and the other cases do appear to be spurious (it was hard to tell without really going in depth), I will enable rollback on your account so long as you understand not to use rollback as part of an edit war. Sound good? Malinaccier (talk) 21:38, 18 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I suspect that if you dive into that 3RRN thread, reading the whole thing and checking the diffs out for yourself, you will change your mind. But since I honestly have no intention (or even inclination) towards edit warring, I'll happily make such a promise. I'd go so far as to take an oath against edit warring. Hell, I'll even... (drumroll please) pinky swear not to. I've explained to others before that I normally limit myself to 2 reversions per day, and it's no trouble to apply that to a new tool. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 21:57, 18 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done deal! Malinaccier (talk) 22:06, 18 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you very much, and please accept my apologies if I seemed overly defensive. Your comment kind of caught me off guard, as I just came back from a weeks-long wikibreak and the recent drama I've been involved in wasn't fresh in my mind. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 00:05, 19 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I totally understand. It is difficult on Wikipedia to not feel like every comment on your edits is an indictment. And for my part, when I saw the three links above it appeared to be edit warring pretty cut and dry. I am glad that you helped me get to the bottom of things so that I knew I could trust you with the permission. Enjoy your editing! Malinaccier (talk) 00:15, 19 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. ) Cullen328 Let's discuss it 20:30, 23 July 2017 (UTC) Reply[reply]

No problem. Best of luck! Malinaccier (talk) 03:46, 24 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017).

Administrator changes

Anarchyte • GeneralizationsAreBad • Cullen328 ^{(first RfA to reach WP:300)}

Cprompt • Rockpocket • Rambo's Revenge • Animum • TexasAndroid • Chuck SMITH • MikeLynch • Crazytales • Ad Orientem

Guideline and policy news

• Following a series of discussions around new pages patrol, the WMF is helping implement a controlled autoconfirmed article creation trial as a research experiment, similar to the one proposed in 2011. You can learn more about the research plan at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial. The exact start date of the experiment has yet to be determined.
• A new speedy deletion criterion, regarding articles created as a result undisclosed paid editing, is currently being discussed (permalink).
• An RfC (permalink) is currently open that proposes expanding WP:G13 to include all drafts, even if they weren't submitted through Articles for Creation.

Technical news

• LoginNotify should soon be deployed to the English Wikipedia. This will notify users when there are suspicious login attempts on their account.
• The new version of XTools is nearing an official release. This suite of tools includes administrator statistics, an improved edit counter, among other tools that may benefit administrators. You can report issues on Phabricator and provide general feedback at mw:Talk:XTools.

Hi. Thanks for the protection. Would you mind to revert to the previous version of the IP edit wars? The IP manipulated some sourced information. I know what Transporterman said about accents (it seems reasonable), but the IP manipulated too some information of the note and also the bolded spanish form of the name. Manuchansu (talk) 18:49, 4 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Manuchansu: Hi! Which version are you wanting to restore? I am not going to "pick a side" by reverting one side or another's edits, but if there is something that must be changed to be compliant with Wikipedia policy or style conventions, I can make that change. Thanks, Malinaccier (talk) 19:28, 4 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Of course not Malinaccier. Well, that's exactly ("pick a side") what the IP did, because he (or she) knew very well what he/she was doing. As you can see, at the entrance the IP has removed the bold of the spanish name; as you can see on the talk (I mean my first statement), that was his given name and it is currently used by many sources or authorities. Later, on the notes section (which I created to reflect the complexity of the case), the IP manipulated the original «Born as Ángel Guimerá y Jorge, which used by most of Spanish sources» to «Born as Ángel Guimerá y Jorge, before the Catalan spelling normalization of Pompeu Fabra». The rest are changes about the accent, but I agree with TransporterMan criteria. Manuchansu (talk) 19:56, 4 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Yeza: @Unapersona: As @Leptictidium: said, this version (the version of the page before any of us touched it) is the logical starting point for the discussion.--Andiport (talk) 20:06, 4 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It looks like additional sourced material has been changed since the 14th of June (comparison). Do you still want me to go back? Malinaccier (talk) 20:12, 4 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sourced material has been added by both sides in the debate (initially by me, then that was replaced with different material by Manuchansu). That's why I agree with Andiport that the starting point should be the version right before either Manuchansu or I touched the article.--Leptictidium (mt) 20:16, 4 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That okay with you, @Manuchansu:? Malinaccier (talk) 20:24, 4 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No, that's not correct. Leptictidium added non-neutral sources, deleting and manipulating other information with his change. I have provided a compendium of sources from national libraries and literary authorities (as the Library of Congres), so there is no comparison. For two weeks he has only asked for one thing: to return the article to the previous version, but he has not rebuffed all the academic sources that I have provided or have given strong arguments.

The argument of Leptictidium and other users coming from ca:wiki (which casually they have little edits in en:wiki) is to return to the original edition, because they seem to want to remove certain facts from this person. But it's difficult to believe the previous manichaean and manipulated version of the article when Biblioteca Nacional de España (1) and the Bibliotheque nationale de France (2) catalog him as «Ángel Gimerá y Jorge» or just «Ángel Guimerá», the Library of Congress (3) and the National Library of Australia (4) catalog him as «Angel Gimerá». Even the Encyclopaedia Britannica recognized him as "Ángel Guimerá" (5).

So, Malinaccier, I understang your point, but in this case...if the previous version is recovered, that will be to recognise as good all for what the other part has fought. Having the article locked and under control, in 10 years you will not see that these users have interest in this biography, except to keep the version according to a certain point of view. Manuchansu (talk) 20:54, 4 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Okay everyone, let's take this discussion to the article's talk page. I am not going to make a change to the page that is not supported by a broad consensus. Is there a way you can reach a compromise? Malinaccier (talk) 20:58, 4 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I agree with taking the discussion to the talk page.--Leptictidium (mt) 08:09, 5 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Malinaccier, precisely the changes of the IP that I have indicated to you are not sustained under any consensus...precisely the person which edited under IP did in that way to be able to introduce changes knowing the problems of this article. Anyway it's ok, I accept your statement. Manuchansu (talk) 21:02, 4 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Kipala (talk) 07:31, 5 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Kipala: Let me know if that worked for you. Malinaccier (talk) 07:35, 5 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Kipala: I changed the block settings for User:Mtongori as you requested. If there is still an issue, please post here for a fast response since I will not be online for some time. Thanks! Malinaccier (talk) 07:57, 5 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please review WP:NOQUORUM before relisting more AfDs. This is in reference to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gareth Roberts (ice hockey). ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 17:53, 6 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks, I am aware of the "no quorum" close and in some cases I will close discussions as a "soft delete." Depending on the case I will relist if I think the discussion could benefit from more participation. This is a judgment call and I expect different administrators have different "styles" and thoughts when it comes to this procedure. Apparently both SoWhy and I both felt that more attention would bring clarity to the discussion while you did not. Malinaccier (talk) 18:19, 6 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

SoWhy previously had a misunderstanding regarding whether a single !delete vote in addition to the nominating statement prevents NOQUORUM from applying. If you believe the nomination is likely to be controversial, you're welcome to relist, of course, but you should explain why it is controversial. Note that NOQUORUM received an update recently that requires admins to treat these like PRODs (see this RfC). That can mean relisting (equivalent to de-prodding) if you feel processing the PROD is inappropriate, but this does require a rationale. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 14:46, 7 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@BU Rob13: Thanks for the link to the RFC; I understand the history of the policy better now! Malinaccier (talk) 17:20, 7 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

[1]. There have been accusations made^[who?]. see ref, "Back at the end of July, Microsoftee Dare Obasanjo attacked the Open Web Foundation for ...", I think the "Microsoftee" is typo, see Google searches.--YFdyh000 (talk) 14:33, 7 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@YFdyh000: I reverted it because of the grammar, but now I see what you were trying to say. I restored your edit and copyedited for clarity and grammar. Thanks for the note! :) Malinaccier (talk) 17:27, 7 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Christian Guzman at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 16:42, 7 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there - you recently responded to my request for revert rights, and given that my list of known contacts for help is relatively small, I was hoping you could help point me in the right direction regarding a recent edit. After reverting page-blanking vandalism on the Anna Faris page yesterday, and placing it on my watchlist, I have noticed that the primary image used was changed by an anonymous user. I've read over various guidelines (WP:MUG) regarding images, however, the one used there does not apply.

However, it is my personal opinion that the new image used is of lower quality than the previous one... what steps would you recommend I take in the future with issues such as this? Would my judgement in this case (lower quality image) be correct, and therefore it should be undone?

Thanks for taking the time --Hunterm267^Talk 18:21, 8 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Hunterm267: Sure, I think the previous image is more flattering. There is nothing wrong with using the "undo" button and explaining in your edit summary that you liked the first image better. In this case, though, you could always move the new image down into the article text somewhere and restoring the infobox image. This page describes a perspective that might be useful to your understanding. Malinaccier (talk) 18:27, 8 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I appreciate your reply! Most of the edits/undos I have made thus far have been ones that I consider to be obvious - that is, almost undeniably necessary. Working to become more comfortable in being BOLD is my next goal, and I appreciate your confirming that my intention in this case was correct. --Hunterm267^Talk 18:32, 8 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

And the thing is that the same anonymous editor (or somebody else) might come back and revert you again. I have learned through the years on Wikipedia not to get too attached to any one version of an article. It will be changed again soon! Stay in touch as you have more questions. Malinaccier (talk) 18:34, 8 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Kelly Starrett, Juliet Starrett at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 15:17, 11 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Malinaccier: there is a ceiling fan company called Casablanca, and that is what I thought this account was named after. Sorry about the misunderstanding. Cold and Spicy 00:03, 16 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Coldandspicy: No worries! There is also a city named Casablanca as well as a really old movie Casablanca (film). When evaluating whether an account's username represents a company it can be useful to look at the user's edits. A hypothetical User:Chipotle might represent the Chipotle Mexican Grill or the person may just like Chipotle peppers. If they are editing promotionally on the restaurant's article, that is a much more clear sign. Malinaccier (talk) 00:09, 16 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I edited the Henrik Steffens Professor article and made it a redirect to Henrik Steffens, and noticed right afterwards that you declined the speedy tag stating that these are two entirely different things. I just wanted to leave you a message to let you know and apologize for the goof :-). I didn't mean to step on your toes and didn't realize that you declined the speedy before I made the change. Please feel free to revert my edit without the need for my approval; I trust your better judgment here :-). If you have questions or need anything, please let me know and I'll be happy to help. Cheers -- ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:13, 16 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Oshwah: I actually tried to block Kjelltyrid right after you did, so it looks like we were on a similar track :). The professorship is a different topic than the person it is named after, so I do not think it should be deleted per WP:A10. I don't think it should be speedily deleted based on notability alone either, though I do think an AFD would inevitably result in a "delete" or a "redirect". My thought was to nominate the article for an AFD to give Kjelltyrid the chance to make an argument for notability (though I do think it is heading for a redirect). Maybe I am being too charitable. What do you think? Might as well notify Alex Shih who protected the page :). Malinaccier (talk) 01:23, 16 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That sounds perfectly fine to me! I thought they sounded similar, so I just made that article into a redirect. Feel free to undo and proceed with the PROD or AFD tagging, and thanks for getting back to me :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:30, 16 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Done Malinaccier (talk) 01:46, 16 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi mate, I saw you blocked the above-mentioned user for making bad edits a couple of weeks ago. Well, he's back. Any chance you could do the honours and dispose of him again please? – PeeJay 12:51, 17 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Done Malinaccier (talk) 13:28, 17 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 23 August 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kelly Starrett, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Juliet Starrett, a world whitewater rafting champion, and her husband Kelly Starrett, a national whitewater champion, co-founded one of the world's first CrossFit gyms? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih^Talk 00:03, 23 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 23 August 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Juliet Starrett, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Juliet Starrett, a world whitewater rafting champion, and her husband Kelly Starrett, a national whitewater champion, co-founded one of the world's first CrossFit gyms? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Alex Shih^Talk 00:03, 23 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Malinaccier, I would like to tell you about a user that I am having a hard time with. His (or her, idk) name is Quinton Feldberg. I keep asking Quinton questions, but he (or she, I'm just going to assume she) either keeps ignoring me or keeps saying "I already answered that question.". Would you please talk to her and tell her to treat me with a little bit more respect? Thank you. (Btw, I don't mean more respect than anyone else, I'm just saying she is not respecting me that much) --Gibberish eaters (talk) 16:30, 26 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

???????? Quinton Feldberg (talk) 16:32, 27 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sorry for the slow reply. I can see from Quinton's talk page that he has not been responding to you, but this is likely because he was operating an illegal bot on his account and editing while not being there. Hopefully he is more responsive now. Malinaccier (talk) 17:03, 28 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You are invited to join the discussion at User talk:Usernamekiran/Archive 6#Alt account. —usernamekiran(talk) 19:28, 28 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017).

Administrator changes

Nakon • Scott

Sverdrup • Thespian • Elockid • James086 • Ffirehorse • Celestianpower • Boing! said Zebedee

Guideline and policy news

• ACTRIAL, a research experiment that restricts article creation to autoconfirmed users, will begin on September 7. It will run for six months. You can learn more about the research specifics at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial, while Wikipedia talk:Autoconfirmed article creation trial is probably the best venue for general discussion.
• Following an RfC, WP:G13 speedy deletion criterion now applies to any page in the draftspace that has not been edited in six months. There is a bot-generated report, updated daily, to help identify potentially qualifying drafts that have not been submitted through articles for creation.

Technical news

• You will now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device that has logged into your account before, you will be notified after five failed attempts. You can also set in your preferences to get an email when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address, which may be encouraged for admins and accounts with sensitive permissions.
• Syntax highlighting is now available as a beta feature (more info). This may assist administrators and template editors when dealing with intricate syntax of high-risk templates and system messages.
• In your notification preferences, you can now block specific users from pinging you. This functionality will soon be available for Special:EmailUser as well.

Arbitration

• Applications for CheckUser and Oversight are being accepted by the Arbitration Committee until September 12. Community discussion of the candidates will begin on September 18.

I appreciate your help User:Malinaccier. We are restricted to make edits on article so we have submitted an edit request. Please review it if it meets and complies Wikipedia's guidelines and policy, then please approve it. Much appreciated. Thanks--124.155.255.219 (talk) 18:11, 4 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, I changed things up in your edit request a bit to make it more suitable for Wikipedia, but this should work fine. Malinaccier (talk) 18:40, 4 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Malinaccier, have emailed you a few more details about the article. Request you to have a look and revert. Thank you. Anurag Dev Kashyap (talk) 14:48, 25 March 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Malinaccer, we are eagerly looking forward to your inputs on the redrafted article. Request you to please have a look at my email and advise on the best way forward. As confessed earlier I’m not an expert in Wikipedia and consider you as my cognitive senior in this matter. Thank you. Anurag Dev Kashyap (talk) 13:38, 16 April 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, please see my email response. Malinaccier (talk) 13:42, 16 April 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 9 September 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Christian Guzman, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 300,000 people watch every time Christian Guzman trains? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Christian Guzman. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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) 00:04, 9 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for you time and efforts for Wikipedia. I truly respect your support of our global community. Please answer my 3 inquiries when you are convenient.
First of all, I don't have holistic view of Wikipedia, so my inquiry might be quite silly to you, but please understand that I am learning Wikipedia continuously.
1) If the topic below consider the policy on content forks what kind of subject can be made? Peace Treaty with North Korea

2)The inquiry ofWP:CRYSTALBALL, Korean reunification is acceptable for Wikipedia users, As the topic #1 above, it is discovered existence of signed Initial Peace Treaty between U.S. and North Korea via Agreed Framework, can it be considered WP:CRYSTALBALL be removed  ?

3) Regarding the changing name of the topic with some feedback of other users, Could you please let me know your opinion whether one of these be suit to Wikipedia?

• Options of U.S. to North Korea crisis
• Diplomacy of U.S. to North Korea nuclear issue
• Options of U.S. to North Korea missile tests

I believe that it would be hugely favorable for us to have one of the topics above on Wikipedia. There are several topics about North Korea missile tests & crisis on Wikipedia, but as far as I know, there is no space for the summarized advice or opinions from the global experts on this topic.

• Only for within the latest 24 hours, It is easy to find more than 50 reliable news and opinion articles about North Korea crisis, but it is difficult to see it all.

As Wikipedia is one of the primary live Global Encyclopedia on Internet, it would be advantageous to have room for subject above on Wikipedia,

• Please refer to the three example subject of last 24 hours below. "North Korea is able to exact nuclear annihilation". iol.co.za. Retrieved 2017-09-11. "The world's dilemma: Why North Korea will become a nuclear power despite pressure". scmp.com/. Retrieved 2017-09-11. "North Korea warns US will pay due price for spearheading UN sanctions". smh.com.au/. Retrieved 2017-09-11.

(Please note, these inquiry contains some of my AfD comment on the article.) Goodtiming8871 (talk) 05:47, 11 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Goodtiming8871. I will try to answer your questions:

1. A content fork is splitting a long article into smaller sub-articles. Examples of appropriate sub-articles are given here. The sub-articles must be written from a neutral point of view and their subjects must also have received significant coverage from independent sources.
2. Yes, if the Peace Treaty with North Korea article was written more about previous attempts at a peace treaty and less about future problems and challenges then most people would not view WP:CRYSTAL as a problem.
3. Is there a reason that these topics should not go in 2017 North Korea crisis#Reactions? I agree that the US response to North Korea's missile tests are receiving significant coverage in the media, but why not just include these in the main article?

Hopefully these have given you things to think about. Thanks for editing on Wikipedia--we appreciate your efforts! Malinaccier (talk) 14:48, 11 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dear Malinaccier, Thank you for your wise guide for my inquiry. I can understand and agree with your point, and it is reasonable and the best position at the current global circumstance, From my understanding it comes from your more than ten years invaluable experience on Wikipedia. (I think I should pay for your precious advice ) ...As I am still novice user on Wikipedia, and don't have a comprehensive view, Please let me know your opinion for the examples of the proposed actions below.

• Option1: Relocate the current article to 2017 North Korea crisis#Reactions and redirect the topic to 2017 North Korea crisis#Reactions
• Option2: Relocate the current article to the draft space and relocate the article part by part to 2017 North Korea crisis#Reactions Goodtiming8871 (talk) 04:06, 12 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Option 2 sounds good to me, since the current article needs some editing for style. It currently has too much original analysis, but with a little bit of work would go well in 2017 North Korea crisis#Reactions as you pointed out. Malinaccier (talk) 15:50, 12 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dear Malinaccier, Thank you for your feedback. Regarding the topic Peace_Treaty_with_North_Korea, before particular event happen, can it redirect to subject of the item to 2017 North Korea crisis#Reactions?

From my understanding, the deletion of the subject means: it does not restrict the redirect it to other related Wikipedia article as an interim solution, and this topic can be restored on Wikipedia if there is another official suggestion on peace treaty between USA(or U.N) and North Korea, As one of the people who wants to see the diplomatic solution, I believe that it is beneficial to have a space of the summarized the article of all options about North Korea issues. Goodtiming8871 (talk) 01:00, 18 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, I do think a redirect would be appropriate. Let me just make sure that the closing administrator @Ritchie333: agrees. As for recreating the article: based on the Articles for Deletion discussion, if there was an official peace treaty suggestion then it could be recreated (so long as the tone was improved as well!), but there would need to be zero speculation about this treaty. Malinaccier (talk) 13:11, 18 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You can make a redirect provided it does not meet the criteria to raise a deletion discussion, which it probably won't. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:27, 18 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dear User:Malinaccier, User:Ritchie333,

Thank you for your prompt response, I would redirect the topic to the relevant current Wikipedia topic. => 2017 North Korea crisis#Reactions
Regarding the previous article "Peace treaty with North Korea", Can you please move it to the draft: space? (until there is an official peace treaty suggestion in the future)
I would like to place some of the useful articles to Wikipedia article (example: add the chart on the subject of Agreed Framework ) for the benefit of Wikipedia public. Goodtiming8871 (talk) 01:23, 19 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Goodtiming8871: Please see Draft:Peace treaty with North Korea :). Malinaccier (talk) 13:25, 19 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dear User:Malinaccier,

Thank you for your dilligent work for Wikipedia and benefit of public. Goodtiming8871 (talk) 02:27, 21 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Malinaccier, thank you for your comments at my RfA. Your support is much appreciated! ansh666 20:48, 22 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No problem! Malinaccier (talk) 16:28, 2 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Malinaccier, very nice to meet you. Well my situation is quite messy and odd. Basically, I've been struggling to write articles using one account, so I created new multiple ones to do it instead. The administrators then accused me of creating sock puppets and webhost abuse (the latter is absolutely nonsense, if you care you can do further reading here). They deleted all of my drafts from all of these accounts and I really need them back. I’ve spent more than a year writing them. Please help Malinaccier! I’m waiting patiently for your reply. Thank you... Beyoncetan (talk) 22:20, 28 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sorry for the delay--I was travelling! Did you ask the administrators who deleted the articles if they could provide you with copies? Malinaccier (talk) 16:30, 2 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).

Administrator changes

Boing! said Zebedee • Ansh666 • Ad Orientem

Tonywalton • AmiDaniel • Silence • BanyanTree • Magioladitis • Vanamonde93 • Mr.Z-man • Jdavidb • Jakec • Ram-Man • Yelyos • Kurt Shaped Box

Guideline and policy news

• Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
• Following a discussion about mass-application of ECP and how the need for logging and other details of an evolving consensus may have been missed by some administrators, a rough guide to extended confirmed protection has been written. This information page describes how the extended-confirmed aspects of the protection policy are currently being applied by administrators.

Technical news

• You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.

Arbitration

• Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
• A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

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It has come to my attention that the instructions I created at User:MusikAnimal/userRightsManager were incorrect. I'm now fixing it for everyone who set it up improperly. The importScript code should have gone in Special:MyPage/common.js and not Special:MyPage/userRightsManager.js (whoops!). When you click on "assign permissions" at WP:PERM the script should now be working. Sorry for the mistake... and hope it's OK that I've added this for you — MusikAnimal ^talk 20:01, 21 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks! Malinaccier (talk) 13:20, 23 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you Malinaccier for granting me Rollback rights. I assure you that I duly realise my responsibilty. Cheers !

Deepanshu M. (talk) 17:39, 30 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No problem! Malinaccier (talk) 17:39, 30 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy Halloween!

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Hello Malinaccier:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
    – Linguist^unEins^uno 19:28, 31 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Send Halloween cheer by adding ((subst:Happy Halloween)) to user talk pages with a friendly message.

Happy Halloween to you as well! Malinaccier (talk) 18:15, 6 November 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2017).

Administrator changes

Longhair • Megalibrarygirl • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93

Allen3 • Eluchil404 • Arthur Rubin • Bencherlite

Technical news

• The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is creating an "Interaction Timeline" tool that intends to assist administrators in resolving user conduct disputes. Feedback on the concept may be posted on the talk page.
• A new function is now available to edit filter managers that will make it easier to look for multiple strings containing spoofed text.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors will be invited to submit candidate statements for the 2017 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 12 until November 21. Voting will begin on November 27 and last until December 10.
• Following a request for comment, Ritchie333, Yunshui and Ymblanter will serve as the Electoral Commission for the 2017 ArbCom Elections.

Obituaries

• The Wikipedia community has recently learned that Allen3 (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as JohnCD. Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.

The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative (led by the Safety and Support and Anti-Harassment Tools team) is conducting a survey for en.wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with the Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works - which problems it deals with well, and which problems it struggles with.

The survey should take 10-20 minutes to answer, and your individual responses will not be made public. The survey is delivered through Google Forms. The privacy policy for the survey describes how and when Wikimedia collects, uses, and shares the information we receive from survey participants and can be found here:

• https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2017_AN/Incidents_Survey_Privacy_Statement

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Thank you on behalf of the Support & Safety and Anti-Harassment Tools Teams, Patrick Earley (WMF) talk 18:24, 1 December 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017).

Administrator changes

Joe Roe

JzG

Ericorbit • Perceval • Thingg • Tristanb • Violetriga

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

Technical news

• Wikimedians are now invited to vote on the proposals in the 2017 Community Wishlist Survey on Meta Wiki until 10 December 2017. In particular, there is a section of the survey regarding new tools for administrators and for anti-harassment.
• A new function is available to edit filter managers which can be used to store matches from regular expressions.

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is open until Sunday 23:59, 10 December 2017 (UTC). There are 12 candidates running for 8 vacant seats.

Miscellaneous

• Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
• The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative is conducting a survey for English Wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works (i.e. which problems it deals with well and which problems it struggles with). If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be emailed to you via Special:EmailUser.

Hello, Malinaccier. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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@@Iñaki Salazar: Yes? Malinaccier (talk) 15:47, 22 December 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi Malinaccier. You've recently blocked Pocketthis for two weeks, but I think they might be back editing at DUI in California as 172.58.20.52 and 172.58.23.122. This is just a guess based on the previous edit warring and ownership issues that were affecting the article, but I haven't started an SPI or anything formal. Anyway, just asking whether you feel that some further action is needed here or if there's nothing to be concerned about. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:36, 25 December 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

172.58.20.43 has appeared to engage in edit warring, while making claims about being an attorney and referring to the article's creator in their edit sums. I'm almost positive now that this is WP:EVADE. I'm going to ask for WP:RPP to prevent any further disruption, but please advie on how to proceed with respect to the socking. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:48, 25 December 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Marchjuly: I am opening up a checkuser request at WP:SPI. I think you are right. Malinaccier (talk) 17:27, 26 December 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Never mind, I see that other admins handled this and Pocketthis is blocked indefinitely. Malinaccier (talk) 17:32, 26 December 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for checking on this and thanks to Alex Shih for stepping in. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:30, 26 December 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2017).

Administrator changes

Muboshgu

Anetode • Laser brain • Worm That Turned

None

Bureaucrat changes

Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the administrator policy should be amended to require disclosure of paid editing activity at WP:RFA and to prohibit the use of administrative tools as part of paid editing activity, with certain exceptions.

Technical news

• The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey results have been posted. The Community Tech team will investigate and address the top ten results.
• The Anti-Harassment Tools team is inviting comments on new blocking tools and improvements to existing blocking tools for development in early 2018. Feedback can be left on the discussion page or by email.

Arbitration

• Following the results of the 2017 election, the following editors have been (re)appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Alex Shih, BU Rob13, Callanecc, KrakatoaKatie, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, RickinBaltimore, Worm That Turned.

Hey, Malinaccier. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Chris Troutman (talk) 00:14, 9 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That's crazy! Thanks! Malinaccier (talk) 18:13, 12 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It appears that, on your views of past edits by Harry231001, that ClueBot NG has made yet another mistake - I'm not sure how the addition of current jobs next to their current team names is automatically marked as vandalism... e.g. Ryan Lowe was changed by Harry231001 ANN scored at 0.85330, the score should not really be that high to be honest. Iggy (Swan) 19:14, 15 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Iggy the Swan Yes, it is strange. I will look into it—thanks! Malinaccier (talk) 13:55, 16 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Administrator changes

None

Blurpeace • Dana boomer • Deltabeignet • Denelson83 • Grandiose • Salvidrim! • Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC has closed with a consensus that candidates at WP:RFA must disclose whether they have ever edited for pay and that administrators may never use administrative tools as part of any paid editing activity, except when they are acting as a Wikipedian-in-Residence or when the payment is made by the Wikimedia Foundation or an affiliate of the WMF.
• Editors responding to threats of harm can now contact the Wikimedia Foundation's emergency address by using Special:EmailUser/Emergency. If you don't have email enabled on Wikipedia, directly contacting the emergency address using your own email client remains an option.

Technical news

• A tag will now be automatically applied to edits that blank a page, turn a page into a redirect, remove/replace almost all content in a page, undo an edit, or rollback an edit. These edits were previously denoted solely by automatic edit summaries.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee has enacted a change to the discretionary sanctions procedure which requires administrators to add a standardized editnotice when placing page restrictions. Editors cannot be sanctioned for violations of page restrictions if this editnotice was not in place at the time of the violation.

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

Administrator changes

Lourdes†

AngelOfSadness • Bhadani • Chris 73 • Coren • Friday • Midom • Mike V

† Lourdes has requested that her admin rights be temporarily removed, pending her return from travel.

Guideline and policy news

• The autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) is scheduled to end on 14 March 2018. The results of the research collected can be read on Meta Wiki.
• Community ban discussions must now stay open for at least 24 hours prior to being closed.
• A change to the administrator inactivity policy has been proposed. Under the proposal, if an administrator has not used their admin tools for a period of five years and is subsequently desysopped for inactivity, the administrator would have to file a new RfA in order to regain the tools.
• A change to the banning policy has been proposed which would specify conditions under which a repeat sockmaster may be considered de facto banned, reducing the need to start a community ban discussion for these users.

Technical news

• CheckUsers are now able to view private data such as IP addresses from the edit filter log, e.g. when the filter prevents a user from creating an account. Previously, this information was unavailable to CheckUsers because access to it could not be logged.
• The edit filter has a new feature contains_all that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2018 Steward elections, the following users are our new stewards: -revi, Green Giant, Rxy, There'sNoTime, علاء.

Obituaries

• Bhadani (Gangadhar Bhadani) passed away on 8 February 2018. Bhadani joined Wikipedia in March 2005 and became an administrator in September 2005. While he was active, Bhadani was regarded as one of the most prolific Wikipedians from India.

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

Administrator changes

331dot • Cordless Larry • ClueBot NG

Gogo Dodo • Pb30 • Sebastiankessel • Seicer • SoLando

Guideline and policy news

• Administrators who have been desysopped due to inactivity are now required to have performed at least one (logged) administrative action in the past 5 years in order to qualify for a resysop without going through a new RfA.
• Editors who have been found to have engaged in sockpuppetry on at least two occasions after an initial indefinite block, for whatever reason, are now automatically considered banned by the community without the need to start a ban discussion.
• The notability guideline for organizations and companies has been substantially rewritten following the closure of this request for comment. Among the changes, the guideline more clearly defines the sourcing requirements needed for organizations and companies to be considered notable.
• The six-month autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) ended on 14 March 2018. The post-trial research report has been published. A request for comment is now underway to determine whether the restrictions from ACTRIAL should be implemented permanently.

Technical news

• There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee is considering a change to the discretionary sanctions procedures which would require an editor to appeal a sanction to the community at WP:AE or WP:AN prior to appealing directly to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA.

Miscellaneous

• A discussion has closed which concluded that administrators are not required to enable email, though many editors suggested doing so as a matter of best practice.
• The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team has released the Interaction Timeline. This shows a chronologic history for two users on pages where they have both made edits, which may be helpful in identifying sockpuppetry and investigating editing disputes.

You may wish to revoke talk page access.--Cahk (talk) 07:04, 16 April 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for the note! I don't see the isolated post as abusive. If the user continues, I will definitely protect. Thanks again, Malinaccier (talk) 13:43, 16 April 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Administrator changes

None

Chochopk • Coffee • Gryffindor • Jimp • Knowledge Seeker • Lankiveil • Peridon • Rjd0060

Guideline and policy news

• The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is now indefinitely restricted to autoconfirmed users.
• A proposal is being discussed which would create a new "event coordinator" right that would allow users to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit.

Technical news

• AbuseFilter has received numerous improvements, including an OOUI overhaul, syntax highlighting, ability to search existing filters, and a few new functions. In particular, the search feature can be used to ensure there aren't existing filters for what you need, and the new equals_to_any function can be used when checking multiple namespaces. One major upcoming change is the ability to see which filters are the slowest. This information is currently only available to those with access to Logstash.
• When blocking anonymous users, a cookie will be applied that reloads the block if the user changes their IP. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. This currently only occurs when hard-blocking accounts.
• The block notice shown on mobile will soon be more informative and point users to a help page on how to request an unblock, just as it currently does on desktop.
• There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee is seeking additional clerks to help with the arbitration process.

Obituaries

• Lankiveil (Craig Franklin) passed away in mid-April. Lankiveil joined Wikipedia on 12 August 2004 and became an administrator on 31 August 2008. During his time with the Wikimedia community, Lankiveil served as an oversighter for the English Wikipedia and as president of Wikimedia Australia.

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

Administrator changes

None

Al Ameer son • AliveFreeHappy • Cenarium • Lupo • MichaelBillington

Guideline and policy news

• Following a successful request for comment, administrators are now able to add and remove editors to the "event coordinator" group. Users in the event coordinator group have the ability to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit. Users will no longer need to be in the "account creator" group if they are in the event coordinator group.
• Following an AN discussion, all pages with content related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies, broadly construed, are now under indefinite general sanctions.

Technical news

• IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in June. This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.
• The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team will build granular types of blocks in 2018 (e.g. a block from uploading or editing specific pages, categories, or namespaces, as opposed to a full-site block). Feedback on the concept may be left at the talk page.
• There is now a checkbox on Special:ListUsers to let you see only users in temporary user groups.
• It is now easier for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked.

Arbitration

• A recent technical issue with the Arbitration Committee's spam filter inadvertently caused all messages sent to the committee through Wikipedia (i.e. Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee) to be discarded. If you attempted to send an email to the Arbitration Committee via Wikipedia between May 16 and May 31, your message was not received and you are encouraged to resend it. Messages sent outside of these dates or directly to the Arbitration Committee email address were not affected by this issue.

Miscellaneous

• In early May, an unusually high level of failed login attempts was observed. The WMF has stated that this was an "external effort to gain unauthorized access to random accounts". Under Wikipedia policy, administrators are required 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.

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

Administrator changes

Pbsouthwood • TheSandDoctor

Gogo Dodo

Andrevan • Doug • EVula • KaisaL • Tony Fox • WilyD

Bureaucrat changes

Andrevan • EVula

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC about the deletion of drafts closed with a consensus to change the wording of WP:NMFD. Specifically, a draft that has been repeatedly resubmitted and declined at AfC without any substantial improvement may be deleted at MfD if consensus determines that it is unlikely to ever meet the requirements for mainspace and it otherwise meets one of the reasons for deletion outlined in the deletion policy.
• A request for comment closed with a consensus that the ((promising draft)) template cannot be used to indefinitely prevent a WP:G13 speedy deletion nomination.

Technical news

• Starting on July 9, the WMF Security team, Trust & Safety, and the broader technical community will be seeking input on an upcoming change that will restrict editing of site-wide JavaScript and CSS to a new technical administrators user group. Bureaucrats and stewards will be able to grant this right per a community-defined process. The intention is to reduce the number of accounts who can edit frontend code to those who actually need to, which in turn lessens the risk of malicious code being added that compromises the security and privacy of everyone who accesses Wikipedia. For more information, please review the FAQ.
• Syntax highlighting has been graduated from a Beta feature on the English Wikipedia. To enable this feature, click the highlighter icon () in your editing toolbar (or under the hamburger menu in the 2017 wikitext editor). This feature can help prevent you from making mistakes when editing complex templates.
• IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in July (previously scheduled for June). This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.

Miscellaneous

• Currently around 20% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 17% a year ago. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless if you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.

Hello,

It's a year late, but many thanks to granting me Auto-Patrolled status. It is much appreciated!

--The Commodore (talk) 15:36, 13 July 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ha, no problem! Malinaccier (talk) 18:12, 23 July 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello Malinaccier, Thank you for your previous kind advice about drafting an article for Peace Treaty on the Korean Peninsula last year November. As you are well aware of the current rapid diplomatic situation among the USA, China, South Korea and North Korea regarding denuclearization with ICBM nuclear weapons programme in DPRK, and written document about promising a Peace Treaty on the Korean Peninsula in the near future during Trump-Kim summit and April 2018 inter-Korean summit, Please let me know whether the topic: Draft:Peace Treaty on Korean Peninsula could be included on the main space of Wikipedia.

I hope that it can be added to the Wikipedia not too late as every day there are so many innocent children in DPRK are staving because of tough economic situation in DPRK and I believe that a Peace Treaty on the Korean Peninsula would bring a bright smile with essential food to the children in DPRK Goodtiming8871 (talk) 02:36, 30 July 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Administrator changes

Sro23

KaisaL • Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news

• After a discussion at Meta, a new user group called "interface administrators" (formerly "technical administrator") has been created. Come the end of August, interface admins will be the only users able to edit site-wide JavaScript and CSS pages like MediaWiki:Common.js and MediaWiki:Common.css, or edit other user's personal JavaScript and CSS. The intention is to improve security and privacy by reducing the number of accounts which could be used to compromise the site or another user's account through malicious code. The new user group can be assigned and revoked by bureaucrats. Discussion is ongoing to establish details for implementing the group on the English Wikipedia.
• Following a request for comment, the WP:SISTER style guideline now states that in the mainspace, interwiki links to Wikinews should only be made as per the external links guideline. This generally means that within the body of an article, you should not link to Wikinews about a particular event that is only a part of the larger topic. Wikinews links in "external links" sections can be used where helpful, but not automatically if an equivalent article from a reliable news outlet could be linked in the same manner.

Technical news

• The WMF Anti-Harassment Tools team is seeking input on the second set of wireframes for the Special:Block redesign that will introduce partial blocks. The new functionality will allow you to block a user from editing a specific set of pages, pages in a category, a namespace, and for specific actions such as moving pages and uploading files.

Just a happy birthday message to you, Malinaccier, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Nat965 (talk) 10:26, 16 August 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Administrator changes

None

Asterion • Crisco 1492 • KF • Kudpung • Liz • Randykitty • Spartaz

Optimist on the run → Voice of Clam

Interface administrator changes

Amorymeltzer • Mr. Stradivarius • MusikAnimal • MSGJ • TheDJ • Xaosflux

Guideline and policy news

• Following a "stop-gap" discussion, six users have temporarily been made interface administrators while discussion is ongoing for a more permanent process for assigning the permission. Interface administrators are now the only editors allowed to edit sitewide CSS and JavaScript pages, as well as CSS/JS pages in another user's userspace. Previously, all administrators had this ability. The right can be granted and revoked by bureaucrats.

Technical news

• Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour.
• Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says Deprecated. Use ... instead. An example is article_text which is now page_title.
• Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is page_age.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59 UTC, 12 September, and the candidates that move forward will be published on-wiki for community comments on 18 September.

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

Administrator changes

Justlettersandnumbers • L235

Bgwhite • HorsePunchKid • J Greb • KillerChihuahua • Rami R • Winhunter

Interface administrator changes

Cyberpower678 • Deryck Chan • Oshwah • Pharos • Ragesoss • Ritchie333

Oversight changes

Guerillero • NativeForeigner • Snowolf • Xeno

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, the process for appointing interface administrators has been established. Currently only existing admins can request these rights, while a new RfC has begun on whether it should be available to non-admins.
• There is an open request for comment on Meta regarding the creation a new user group for global edit filter management.

Technical news

• Partial blocks should be available for testing in October on the Test Wikipedia and the Beta-Cluster. This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available.
• The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to measure the effectiveness of blocks. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks.
• Because of a data centre test, you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity.
• The community consultation for 2018 CheckUser and Oversight appointments has concluded. Appointments will be made by October 11.
• Following a request for comment, the size of the Arbitration Committee will be decreased to 13 arbitrators, starting in 2019. Additionally, the minimum support percentage required to be appointed to a two-year term on ArbCom has been increased to 60%. ArbCom candidates who receive between 50% and 60% support will be appointed to one-year terms instead.
• Nominations for the 2018 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission are being accepted until 12 October. These are the editors who help run the ArbCom election smoothly. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please consider nominating yourself.

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

Administrator changes Sir Sputnik Kudpung • Liz • Lourdes Everyking • Jackmcbarn Interface administrator changes Dinoguy1000

CheckUser changes AGK • Ivanvector • Stwalkerster • TonyBallioni Oversight changes Amorymeltzer • Oshwah • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93 Keilana

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment determined that non-administrators will not be able to request interface admin access.
• A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the Mediation Committee should be closed and marked as historical.
• A village pump discussion has been ongoing about whether the proposed deletion policy (PROD) should be clarified or amended.
• A request for comment is in progress to determine whether pending changes protection should be applied automatically to today's featured article (TFA) in order to mitigate a recent trend of severe image vandalism.

Technical news

• Partial blocks is now available for testing on the Test Wikipedia. The new functionality allows you to block users from editing specific pages. Bugs may exist and can be reported on the local talk page or on Meta. A discussion regarding deployment to English Wikipedia will be started by community liaisons sometime in the near future.
• A user script is now available to quickly review unblock requests.
• The 2019 Community Wishlist Survey is now accepting new proposals until November 11, 2018. The results of this survey will determine what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year. Voting on the proposals will take place from November 16 to November 30, 2018. Specifically, there is a proposal category for admins and stewards that may be of interest.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors will be invited to nominate themselves as candidates in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 4 until November 13. Voting will begin on November 19 and last until December 2.
• The Arbitration Committee's email address has changed to arbcom-enwikimedia.org. Other email lists, such as functionaries-en and clerks-l, remain unchanged.

Hello, Malinaccier. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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.

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

Administrator changes Galobtter Orangemike BorgQueen • Davidruben • Ocee • Revolving Bugbear • Theda • There'sNoTime • Timc • Tijuana Brass • Tristessa de St Ange Bureaucrat changes Addshore

CheckUser changes Joe Roe • SilkTork Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime Oversight changes AGK • Joe Roe • SilkTork Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Guideline and policy news

• There are a number of new or changed speedy deletion criteria, each previously part of WP:CSD#G6:

1. G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is ((db-disambig)); the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages.
2. R4 (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no file links) that have the same name as a file or redirect at Commons are now covered under the new R4 criterion (discussion). This is ((db-redircom)); the text is unchanged.
3. G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use ((db-blankdraft)).

• The Wikimedia Foundation now requires all interface administrators to enable two-factor authentication.
• Members of the Bot Approvals Group (BAG) are now subject to an activity requirement. After two years without any bot-related activity (e.g. operating a bot, posting on a bot-related talk page), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice.

Technical news

• Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length. All accounts must have a password:

1. At least 8 characters in length
2. Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the Password Blacklist library)
3. Different from their username

User accounts not meeting these requirements will be prompted to update their password accordingly. More information is available on MediaWiki.org.

• Blocked administrators may now block the administrator that blocked them. This was done to mitigate the possibility that a compromised administrator account would block all other active administrators, complementing the removal of the ability to unblock oneself outside of self-imposed blocks. A request for comment is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change.
• ((Copyvio-revdel)) now has a link to open the history with the RevDel checkboxes already filled in.

Arbitration

• Following the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: AGK, Courcelles, GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, Mkdw, SilkTork.

Miscellaneous

• Accounts continue to be compromised on a regular basis. Evidence shows this is entirely due to the accounts having the same password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately.
• Around 22% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 20% in June 2018. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless of whether you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.

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

Administrator changes

Enterprisey • JJMC89

BorgQueen

Harro5 • Jenks24 • Graft • R. Baley

Interface administrator changes

Enterprisey

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators.
• Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent request for comment has amended the blocking policy to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
• A request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.

Technical news

• A discussion regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of Wikipedia:Requests for page protection is in progress (permalink). The proposed changes will make it easier to create requests for those who are not using Twinkle. The workflow for administrators at this venue will largely be unchanged. Additionally, there are plans to archive requests similar to how it is done at WP:PERM, where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2019 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2019, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2019, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• A new IRC bot is available that allows you to subscribe to notifications when specific filters are tripped. This requires that your IRC handle be identified.

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

Administrator changes Evad37 There'sNoTime Alex Shih • Brian • Mushroom • Nakon • Oscarthecat • PeruvianLlama • Ragib • Reaper Eternal • Rossami • Tom Interface administrator changes Evad37 • Galobtter Ritchie333

CheckUser changes There'sNoTime Keegan • Ks0stm Oversight changes There'sNoTime Ks0stm • Sphilbrick

Guideline and policy news

• The RfC on administrator activity requirements failed to reach consensus for any proposal.
• Following discussions at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and Wikipedia talk:Administrators, an earlier change to the restoration of adminship policy was reverted. If requested, bureaucrats will not restore administrator permissions removed due to inactivity if there have been five years without a logged administrator action; this "five year rule" does not apply to permissions removed voluntarily.

Technical news

• A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
  • paid-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing.
  • checkuser-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2019 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Base, Einsbor, Jon Kolbert, Schniggendiller, and Wim b.

chocolate fiction

Thank you for quality articles such as hot chocolate - the only article I know beginning with a quote, Ender's Game, Quang Nhuong Huynh and Dorothy Ann Purser, for admin services, for a neat user page, for "I disagree, we can talk about it if you want to", for helping from 2007, - repeating from ten years ago: you are an awesome Wikipedian!

Awesome

Ten years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:48, 27 March 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A year ago, you were recipient no. 2168 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:47, 27 March 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Administrator changes Reaper Eternal • ThaddeusB Bogdangiusca • Christopher Parham • Necrothesp • Schneelocke • Siroxo • Sarah Mentifisto → Lofty abyss Interface administrator changes Mr. Stradivarius

Bureaucrat changes DeltaQuad Kingturtle

Technical news

• In Special:Preferences under "Appearance" → "Advanced options", there is now an option to show a confirmation prompt when clicking on a rollback link.
• The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Please see meta:Community health initiative/User reporting system consultation 2019 to provide your input on this idea.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee clarified that the General 1RR prohibition for Palestine-Israel articles may only be enforced on pages with the ((ARBPIA 1RR editnotice)) edit notice.

Miscellaneous

• Two more administrator accounts were compromised. Evidence has shown that these attacks, like previous incidents, were due to reusing a password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. All admins are strongly encouraged to enable two-factor authentication, please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
• As a reminder, according to WP:NOQUORUM, administrators looking to close or relist an AfD should evaluate a nomination that has received few or no comments as if it were a proposed deletion (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted.

Administrators must secure their accounts The Arbitration Committee may require a new RfA if your account is compromised. Use strong, unique passwords for your Wikipedia account and associated email Change your password now if your Wikipedia account password or email password is reused on another website, exposed, or weak Enable two-factor authentication now for improved security

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This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:48, 4 May 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Health of Filipino Americans#Merger Discussion . RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 01:24, 4 May 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Administrator changes HickoryOughtShirt?4 • RexxS Necrothesp Bratsche • Kyle Barbour • Kzollman • Madman Interface administrator changes Pharos

Bureaucrat changes Primefac CheckUser changes Reaper Eternal

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment concluded that creating pages in the portal namespace should be restricted to autoconfirmed users.
• Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.

Technical news

• XTools Admin Stats, a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: Steward Stats and Patroller Stats.

Arbitration

• In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases, the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions; administrators found failing to have adequately done so will not be resysopped automatically. All current administrators have been notified of this change.
• Following a formal ratification process, the arbitration policy has been amended (diff). Specifically, the two-thirds majority required to remove or suspend an arbitrator now excludes (1) the arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and (2) any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.

Miscellaneous

• A request for comment is currently open to amend the community sanctions procedure to exclude non XfD or CSD deletions.
• A proposal to remove pre-2009 indefinite IP blocks is currently open for discussion.

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

Administrator changes

Andonic • Consumed Crustacean • Enigmaman • Euryalus • EWS23 • HereToHelp • Nv8200pa • Peripitus • StringTheory11 • Vejvančický

CheckUser changes

Ivanvector

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC seeks to clarify whether WP:OUTING should include information on just the English Wikipedia or any Wikimedia project.
• An RfC on WT:RfA concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus.
• An RfC proposal to make the templates for discussion (TfD) process more like the requested moves (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful.

Technical news

• The CSD feature of Twinkle now allows admins to notify page creators of deletion if the page had not been tagged. The default behavior matches that of tagging notifications, and replaces the ability to open the user talk page upon deletion. You can customize which criteria receive notifications in your Twinkle preferences: look for Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria.
• Twinkle's d-batch (batch delete) feature now supports deleting subpages (and related redirects and talk pages) of each page. The pages will be listed first but use with caution! The und-batch (batch undelete) option can now also restore talk pages.

Miscellaneous

• The previously discussed unblocking of IP addresses indefinitely-blocked before 2009 was approved and has taken place.
• The 2019 talk pages consultation produced a report for Phase 1 and has entered Phase 2.

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

Administrator changes

28bytes • Ad Orientem • Ansh666 • Beeblebrox • Boing! said Zebedee • BU Rob13 • Dennis Brown • Deor • DoRD • Floquenbeam¹ • Flyguy649 • Fram² • Gadfium • GB fan • Jonathunder • Kusma • Lectonar • Moink • MSGJ • Nick • Od Mishehu • Rama • Spartaz • Syrthiss • TheDJ • WJBscribe

¹Floquenbeam's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.

²Fram's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment seeking to alleviate pressures on the request an account (ACC) process proposes either raising the account creation limit for extended confirmed editors or granting the account creator permission on request to new ACC tool users.

• In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the mitigation activity completed.

• The scope of CSD criterion G8 has been tightened such that the only redirects that it now applies to are those which target non-existent pages.
• The scope of CSD criterion G14 has been expanded slightly to include orphan "Foo (disambiguation)" redirects that target pages that are not disambiguation pages or pages that perform a disambiguation-like function (such as set index articles or lists).
• A request for comment seeks to determine whether Wikipedia:Office actions should be a policy page or an information page.

Technical news

• The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Community feedback is invited.

Miscellaneous

• In February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) changed its office actions policy to include temporary and project-specific bans. The WMF exercised this new ability for the first time on the English Wikipedia on 10 June 2019 to temporarily ban and desysop Fram. This action has resulted in significant community discussion, a request for arbitration (permalink), and, either directly or indirectly, the resignations of numerous administrators and functionaries. The WMF Board of Trustees is aware of the situation, and discussions continue on a statement and a way forward. The Arbitration Committee has sent an open letter to the WMF Board.

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

Administrator changes Johnuniq • Kosack • Valereee Ad Orientem • Ched • Gadfium • Jonathunder • Nick • Yelyos Bald Zebra • Beetstra • Doug Bell • Journalist • Ruud Koot • Splash • Voice of Clam Interface administrator changes Dinoguy1000

CheckUser changes RickinBaltimore Oversight changes Beeblebrox RickinBaltimore

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, the page Wikipedia:Office actions has been changed from a policy page to an information page.
• A request for comment (permalink) is in progress regarding the administrator inactivity policy.

Arbitration

• Editors may now use the template ((Ds/aware)) to indicate that they are aware that discretionary sanctions are in force for a topic area, so it is unnecessary to alert them.

Miscellaneous

• Following a research project on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to improve the privacy of IP editors. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page.
• The new page reviewer right is bundled with the admin tool set. Many admins regularly help out at Special:NewPagesFeed, but they may not be aware of improvements, changes, and new tools for the Curation system. Stay up to date by subscribing here to the NPP newsletter that appears every two months, and/or putting the reviewers' talk page on your watchlist.

  Since the introduction of temporary user rights, it is becoming more usual to accord the New Page Reviewer right on a probationary period of 3 to 6 months in the first instance. This avoids rights removal for inactivity at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis.

Hey, Malinaccier. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Birthday from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Mjs1991 (talk) 05:12, 16 August 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Administrator changes

Bradv • Chetsford • Izno

Floquenbeam • Lectonar

DESiegel • Jake Wartenberg • Rjanag • Topbanana

CheckUser changes

Callanecc • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes

Callanecc • Fox • HJ Mitchell • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

Technical news

• Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
• The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes) now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.

Arbitration

• A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2019 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

Miscellaneous

• A global request for comment is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify edit filters across all public Wikimedia wikis.

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

Administrator changes Barkeep49 Beetstra • KillerChihuahua • Kusma Arcadian • Extraordinary Machine • Xeno JamesBWatson → JBW Interface administrator changes Evad37

CheckUser changes Courcelles • SilkTork • Timotheus Canens Oversight changes Courcelles • SilkTork • Timotheus Canens

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.

Technical news

• 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.

Arbitration

• The 2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointment process has begun. The community consultation period will take place October 4th to 10th.
• The arbitration case regarding Fram was closed. While there will be a local RfC focus[ing] on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future, there is currently a global community consultation on partial and temporary office actions in response to the incident. It will be open until October 30th.

Miscellaneous

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

A tag has been placed on Category:Treaty of Paris (band) albums requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more 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 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. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 13:11, 25 October 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Thanks for uploading File:Sweet Dreams, Sucker cover.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 02:41, 26 October 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Administrator changes GermanJoe • Girth Summit • Kees08 • Nosebagbear DESiegel • GB fan • MSGJ • Voice of Clam • WilyD DeltaQuad • Fang Aili • Pakaran Bureaucrat changes DeltaQuad • Pakaran Interface administrator changes MSGJ

CheckUser changes L235 • Mz7 • SQL • ST47 Ivanvector DeltaQuad Oversight changes L235 • Mz7 • ST47 • Stwalkerster • The Blade of the Northern Lights • Xaosflux DeltaQuad • DGG • Julia W

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC was closed with the consensus that the resysop criteria should be made stricter.

• The follow-up RfC to develop that change is now open at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/2019 Resysop Criteria (2).

• A related RfC is seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors may now nominate themselves as candidates for the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections. The self-nomination period will close November 12, with voting running from November 19 through December 2.

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

Administrator changes

EvergreenFir • ToBeFree

Akhilleus • Athaenara • John Vandenberg • Melchoir • MichaelQSchmidt • NeilN • Youngamerican • 😂

CheckUser changes

Beeblebrox

Deskana

Interface administrator changes

Evad37

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC on the administrator resysop criteria was closed. 18 proposals have been summarised with a variety of supported and opposed statements. The inactivity grace period within which a new request for adminship is not required has been reduced from three years to two. Additionally, Bureaucrats are permitted to use their discretion when returning administrator rights.
• Following a proposal, the edit filter mailing list has been opened up to users with the Edit Filter Helper right.

Technical news

• Wikimedia projects can set a default block length for users via MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry. A new page, MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry-ip, allows the setting of a different default block length for IP editors. Neither is currently used. (T219126)

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 2 December 2018 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

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.