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Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:59, 1 January 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipedia:Help page. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipedia:Help page redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Steel1943 (talk) 17:05, 9 January 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi. Do you have a minute to look at my edit request here under “Suggested changes to content about former Syncsort CEO Aso Tavitian"? I got your name from the WikiProject Cooperation page. If I am in the zone, but need to refine my edit suggestions, I'd appreciate your guidance.Michael at Syncsort (talk) 15:17, 11 January 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Is it possible for you to help me with a revision request

regards Joseph

Possibly.. what exactly is it you need help with? -- œ^™ 02:48, 10 May 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Please help me in creating the Article, the draft "Renjilal Damodaran" I am recreating with Reference

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Hi OlEnglish I need a admin to fix all my edits I did to Summer time in Europe because I made big mistakes by accident, thank you. Lachlb (talk) 17:20, 29 June 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ok will do. -- œ^™ 17:21, 29 June 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I want to delete pages Help:Daylight saving time in Europe and Book:Summer time in Europe because I accidentally created these pages also. Can you please delete these pages also, thank you. Lachlb (talk) 17:31, 29 June 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done. Careful next time! -- œ^™ 17:36, 29 June 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dear OlEnglish,

In your local river an 800lb White Sturgeon was caught....... Can send you the video-clip.... Forgive me if you know already.... MacOfJesus (talk) 10:43, 1 July 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Bernard Mc Nally: No I did not not know. I assume you mean this one. Wow! That's impressive! Which video clip are you referring to? -- œ^™ 22:54, 1 July 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have it on a Page...... kept it...... I can post it to you.... Do you have a Facebookpage...????? MacOfJesus (talk) 09:13, 2 July 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nah. I steer clear of most social media. :) -- œ^™ 03:49, 3 July 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I can send it to you, tell me how...???? MacOfJesus (talk) 18:06, 4 July 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Handle:   cottagelife.com   [June19,2019... ]  Put in:  800lb Sturgeon.....MacOfJesus (talk) 18:18, 5 July 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think you found it.... MacOfJesus (talk) 18:20, 5 July 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey, I was recently recovered from a draft page about a company called fiorano software Draft:Fiorano_Software it was edited a lot of times but I'm still confused about whether the citations are notable or the references are correct I have read the criteria quite a number of times but still need some admin to go through for a professional and experienced help check. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Neverenough5 (talk • contribs) 08:08, 3 July 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A much better place to ask, and somewhere you'd probably get higher quality help than from me, is the Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. Wikipedia:WikiProject Companies may also be of some assistance to you. -- œ^™ 08:28, 3 July 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

when I tried to put the info back it removed the template?

fixed. -- œ^™ 06:15, 9 July 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks!! =)

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wikipaedia. Since you had some involvement with the Wikipaedia redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. —Yours sincerely, Soumyabrata (talk • subpages) 11:38, 3 September 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This talk page is becoming very long. Please consider archiving. Geolodus (talk) 17:38, 7 September 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Will do, thanks for the reminder. -- œ^™ 00:24, 8 September 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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You're still around--good thing you didn't choose "Anglo-Saxon" as your handle... Drmies (talk) 00:30, 20 September 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nice to see you Drmies! Yes, I'll always be around. :)

That article is behind a paywall so I couldn't read it, but it's typical of the left-wing these days to just blindly call everyone a racist or a nazi or a white supremacist, even if they're Jewish! I really do hope we as a society get it together and finally see each other simply as human beings instead of white/black/red/yellow etc. -- œ^™ 03:02, 20 September 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wishing OlEnglish a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 23:55, 25 September 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wow it's been that long huh. Well, I'm happy to be of service! -- œ^™ 03:56, 28 September 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Awesome

Ten years!

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect List of Google Doodles (2012). Since you had some involvement with the List of Google Doodles (2012) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Steel1943 (talk) 18:47, 27 November 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I've put it at Wikipedia:The CiteWatch instead, where the bot won't overwrite it. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 11:27, 29 November 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nice. Thanks! -- œ^™ 11:29, 29 November 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Can I suggest removing the protection from the article since its now been moved away from 911. It was moved away from "911" in June so now should no longer get vandalism that it used to get from people looking for the emergency number and terrorist attacks when you protected it in 2011, thanks. Crouch, Swale (talk) 09:55, 10 December 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Crouch, Swale: Done, thanks. -- œ^™ 01:21, 23 December 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Damon Runyon's short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas" is a fun read if you have the time. Right from the start it extols the virtues of the hot Tom and Jerry This hot Tom and Jerry is an old-time drink that is once used by one and all in this country to celebrate Christmas with, and in fact it is once so popular that many people think Christmas is invented only to furnish an excuse for hot Tom and Jerry, although of course this is by no means true. No matter what concoction is your favorite to imbibe during this festive season I would like to toast you with it and to thank you for all your work here at the 'pedia this past year. Best wishes for your 2020 as well O. MarnetteD|Talk 20:43, 17 December 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you so much MarnetteD :) -- œ^™ 01:22, 23 December 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2020!

Hello OlEnglish, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2020. Happy editing, ★Trekker (talk) 13:54, 21 December 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply] Spread the love by adding ((subst:Seasonal Greetings)) to other user talk pages.

Merry Christmas to you too Trekker! -- œ^™ 01:22, 23 December 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello OlEnglish: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, RebeccaGreen (talk) 13:37, 25 December 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hello OlEnglish:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve the encyclopedia for Wikipedia's readers, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, Donner60 (talk) 05:34, 27 December 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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OlEnglish,
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– North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 22:45, 31 December 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why was the climate chart for Langford removed? TIA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:569:BE89:1700:E10B:C540:1256:CAE9 (talk) 01:06, 18 January 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I don't know anything about it. Can you find which edit it was that removed the climate chart and perhaps we can restore it. -- œ^™ 03:27, 5 March 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Template:Inadequate lead has been nominated for merging with Template:Lead too short. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. · • SUM1 • · (talk) 16:12, 8 March 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy Birthday!

Have a very happy birthday on your special day!

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Happy First Edit Day!

Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

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The article Valéron has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Reads as too promotional, and only source is an unverifiable claim that company's VP Sales & Marketing provided the information

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I converted the page into a disambig page. -- œ^™ 07:00, 13 June 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for that -- much appreciated. -AppleBsTime (talk) 16:50, 14 June 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi OlEnglish, your input would be welcome at WP:RFPU. Best regards, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 13:08, 18 July 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I realize the edit in question is almost two years old now, but I happened to be looking through some old contributions of mine...

I don't understand what you meant by "already categorized there" in this summary. The only other Rcat on the redirect itself, as distinguished from any categories on its target article DNA, is ((R from misspelling)), and that template does not also categorize the redirect as an initialism because most misspellings are not initialisms. The of parameter does not change that.

Do you mind if I revert? If so, what else do you suggest I do? --SoledadKabocha (talk) 16:26, 23 July 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@SoledadKabocha: Ah yes. Let me explain that edit. What I was trying to do there was tidy up the Redirects to initialisms category itself from duplicate, redundant categorizations, as it being a Tracking Category, it does not benefit anyone who may happen to be doing any kind of data analysis, or just wants an accurate count of just how many initialized pages there are on Wikipedia. The way I see it, it's much more helpful to tag only one example of a redirect in a particular category rather than tag every single variation, it just pollutes the category and kind of defeats the purpose of tracking these things. Category:Redirects to initialisms is a good example here too as according to WP:ACRONYMTITLE the default seems to be to title a page with the expanded form, so this rcat is essentially keeping track of the target of the redirect so we can know just how many Wikipedia pages there are out there that are titled as an acronym/initialism, while duplicated variations in capitalizations, misspellings etc. would just skew that number. So to put it plainly, two years ago I was browsing through Category:Redirects to initialisms, saw that there are multiple variations of redirects to a single page (DNA) categorized there, and decided to clean it up a bit. I don't feel strongly enough about this that I would deter you from reverting though, I don't think I could ever keep it totally clean of duplicated categorizations anyway, so feel free to edit however you please. But please let me know what you think: should we be categorizing every variation of a redirect simply because it fits the definition of the rcat? Or is keeping an accurate count of the target of the redirect the more important goal here? Hope all that made sense. -- œ^™ 03:43, 24 July 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I don't believe that avoiding duplication or "keeping an accurate count of the target of the redirect" has been much of the practical purpose of redirect categorization. However, I am really not that familiar with the development of the guidelines and templates; @Paine Ellsworth: might know better...? --SoledadKabocha (talk) 05:38, 24 July 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey friends! I agree with œ and would only add that I never categorize misspellings, miscapitalizations and the like to other maintenance categories. If a redirect is a misspelling, then that's all it is, just a search term to the target. It's not to an initialism or from a surname, etc. There are exceptions, as noted in the ((R from misspelling)) documentation, but they are rare. Ya'll stay healthy! P.I. Ellsworth  ed. ^put'r there 06:56, 24 July 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ok. I will not touch this redirect further. Thanks for the information. --SoledadKabocha (talk) 16:27, 24 July 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I’m confused as to why you moved my technical move request to the “Requests to revert undiscussed moves” section[3]. There is no move to revert and the proposed move was discussed. It makes no sense to put this request in that section. If you have an issue with my close please let me know. But the mechanism for challenging move decisions is via WP:MR. Thanks. —В²C ☎ 08:46, 4 September 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Born2cycle: My apologies, that was a simple editing mistake that I didn't catch, not sure how it happened but I only intended to remove the request for the Michel V. Tell article. Did not mean to touch your request. -- œ^™ 08:50, 4 September 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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• Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
• Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.

Technical news

• When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. (T278350)
• Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. (T277803)

Arbitration

• A community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure is open until April 25.

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

Administrator changes

Enchanter • Carlossuarez46

Interface administrator changes

Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, consensus was found that third party appeals are allowed but discouraged.
• The 2021 Desysop Policy RfC was closed with no consensus. Consensus was found in a previous RfC for a community based desysop procedure, though the procedure proposed in the 2021 RfC did not gain consensus.

Technical news

• The user group oversight will be renamed to suppress. This is for technical reasons. You can comment at T112147 if you have objections.

Arbitration

• The community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure was closed, and an initial draft based on feedback from the now closed consultation is expected to be released in early June to early July for community review.

Happy First Edit Day!

Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 11:59, 25 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello OlEnglish,

I saw a page you added your name to that offered to help out newcomers. Thanks for your service and help here on Wikipedia!

I've been quite frustrated lately that Wikipedia editors seem to be very eager to slap the "conspiracy theory" label on everything. For instance, despite the fact that the US State Department is reporting that its diplomats were the target of microwave directed energy weapons, the Directed Energy Weapons page says that DEWs are merely a conspiracy theory. What a joke!

The UFO page says UFOs are a conspiracy theory, despite the fact that the US Department of Defense now acknowledges that UFOs are real. The Origins of Covid page says that the Wuhan lab-origination hypothesis is a conspiracy theory, despite the fact that this is now the leading theory of Covid's origin!

There are literally dozens more pages that have this bias, and these pages are all incorrect. I'm concerned that Wikipedia is overrun by special interests at this point. Do you have any advice for me on what to do about it?

Thanks, Adam Good day1 (talk) 02:20, 27 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Good day1:, I completely agree with you, I've long noticed this bias. Part of the problem is how the Wikipedia:Fringe theories content guideline is worded, and you could make your point at the talk page there. However I have some bad news for you. It's so hard to get things changed around here, you must devote so much of your time and patience that it may sometimes feel hopeless to make any real change for the positive. After many years of experiencing this I've become quite jaded unfortunately and simply don't have the fortitude to put up a fight. That said, there are three other places I recommend you make your case: there's the Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard, and the Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard, and you can also make a comprehensive, point-by-point case at Wikipedia:Requests for comment, and be sure to show clear examples of bias with diffs and reliable references backing up your case. A well worded WP:RFC I'd say is your best chance to make some change or at least find some solidarity with other users like you. Thanks for reaching out to me. -- œ^™ 12:49, 29 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Administrator changes

Ashleyyoursmile • Less Unless

Husond • MattWade • MJCdetroit • Carioca • Vague Rant • Kingboyk • Thunderboltz • Gwen Gale • AniMate • SlimVirgin (deceased)

Guideline and policy news

• Consensus was reached to deprecate Wikipedia:Editor assistance.
• Following a Request for Comment the Book namespace was deprecated.

Technical news

• Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this.

Arbitration

• After a Clarification request, the Arbitration Committee modified Remedy 5 of the Antisemitism in Poland case. This means sourcing expectations are a discretionary sanction instead of being present on all articles. It also details using the talk page or the Reliable Sources Noticeboard to discuss disputed sources.

Please undo your deletion and approve my work. I spent a lot of time compiling that article only for you to delete it. I added enough reference so you can check. Please undo my work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Portharcourt Specials (talk • contribs) 09:50, 10 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Administrator changes Trialpears AGK • Eliz81 • Mulad • ThaddeusB • Vianello • Who Lacrimosus → Ikuzaf Interface administrator changes Ragesoss

CheckUser changes AGK • DGG Oversighter changes AGK

Guideline and policy news

• Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.
• An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs.

Technical news

• IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page.

Arbitration

• The community authorised COVID-19 general sanctions have been superseded by the COVID-19 discretionary sanctions following a motion at a case request. Alerts given and sanctions placed under the community authorised general sanctions are now considered alerts for and sanctions under the new discretionary sanctions.

Hello OlEnglish:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running until 31 July 2021.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
There is currently a backlog of over 1700 articles, so start reviewing articles. We're looking forward to your help!

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

Administrator changes BusterD Kees08 • Nickshanks • Protonk • Schissel • Ultraexactzz • Wknight94

CheckUser changes TheresNoTime Oversighter changes TheresNoTime ST47

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.

Technical news

• Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import. (T287380)

Arbitration

• Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.

Miscellaneous

• You can vote for candidates in the 2021 Board of Trustees elections from 4 August to 17 August. Four community elected seats are up for election.

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

Administrator changes

Jake Wartenberg

Emperor • Viridian Bovary

Ashleyyoursmile → Viridian Bovary

Guideline and policy news

• Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee.
• A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates.
• A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)
• A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs.

Technical news

• The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.

Arbitration

• A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.

Miscellaneous

• The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments.

Hello! I'm writing an article for The Signpost about the Random Page Patrol wikiproject. We often do interviews with Wikiproject members, and I saw your name on the list of members. As the very first member (and founder?), I'd love to ask about the project and your involvement in it. I could drop a few questions for you below which you could answer in your own time over the next couple of weeks. Let me know - thank you! Ganesha811 (talk) 19:17, 9 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Ganesha811: Hi there! Sorry for a bit late reply, I'm not that active much anymore. But yes, sure! I'd love to answer any questions you may have. :) -- œ^™ 09:54, 10 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you! Here's the questions I have for you, below. If you could answer them by September 20th, 10 days from now, that would be ideal. If you have any questions or clarifications, just ask. Thank you very much! Ganesha811 (talk) 12:47, 10 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• How did the Random Page Patrol come to be? Were you the founder? If not, how did you come across it?
• Why did you decide to become a random page patroller? What do you find valuable about the project?
• How often do you randomly page patrol? Do you use it mostly as a break from other Wikipedia contributions, or is it a major part of how you spend your time here?
• Are there any articles you have edited as part of the Random Page Patrol that particularly stand out in your memory?
• What would you say to someone considering joining the Patrol?
• Is there anything else you'd like to add that I haven't asked you?

Hi @OlEnglish: - if you are still interested in being interviewed, just a reminder to answer the questions by the end of the day tomorrow if possible. Thank you again! Ganesha811 (talk) 12:14, 19 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@OlEnglish: if you are still interested in being interviewed, I'm editing and putting together the article tonight, so please post your answers by then. Thank you! Ganesha811 (talk) 15:39, 23 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wishing OlEnglish a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Best wishes! CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 05:55, 25 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Administrator changes Blablubbs Alvestrand • Black Falcon • Deathphoenix • Dppowell • Mark Arsten • JGHowes (deceased)

Oversighter changes Callanecc Mkdw Interface administrator changes Galobtter

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, extended confirmed protection may be used preemptively on certain high-risk templates.
• Following a discussion at the Village Pump, there is consensus to treat discord logs the same as IRC logs. This means that discord logs will be oversighted if posted onwiki.

Technical news

• DiscussionTools has superseded Enterprisey's reply-link script. Editors may switch using the "Discussion tools" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features.

Arbitration

• A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures.
• Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.
• The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.

Miscellaneous

• Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list.
• The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates.

Best, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:08, 10 October 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Couldn't find any (Old English) mead for you; this'll have to do. Thanks for your many years of service. Drmies (talk) 16:01, 18 October 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

16:13, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes Clpo13 Brian0918 • JDoorjam • Karanacs • MrDarcy • Mindspillage Interface administrator changes Evad37

CheckUser changes Dreamy Jazz • Ferret • GeneralNotability • Girth Summit • RoySmith Oversight changes Dreamy Jazz • LuK3

Guideline and policy news

• Phase 2 of the 2021 RfA review has commenced which will discuss potential solutions to address the 8 issues found in Phase 1. Proposed solutions that achieve consensus will be implemented and you may propose solutions till 07 November 2021.

Technical news

• Toolhub is a catalogue of tools which can be used on Wikimedia wikis. It is at https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/.

Arbitration

• GeneralNotability, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections. Ivanvector and John M Wolfson are reserve commissioners.
• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves to stand in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections from 07 November 2021 until 16 November 2021.

Miscellaneous

• The 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of five new CheckUsers and two new Oversighters.

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

Administrator changes

A Train • Berean Hunter • Epbr123 • GermanJoe • Sanchom • Mysid

Technical news

• Unregistered editors using the mobile website are now able to receive notices to indicate they have talk page messages. The notice looks similar to what is already present on desktop, and will be displayed on when viewing any page except mainspace and when editing any page. (T284642)
• The limit on the number of emails a user can send per day has been made global instead of per-wiki to help prevent abuse. (T293866)

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections is open until 23:59, 06 December 2021 (UTC).
• The already authorized standard discretionary sanctions for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes), broadly construed, have been made permanent.

A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:06, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes Amalthea • Ihcoyc (deceased) • Kateshortforbob • Kirill Lokshin • Rifleman 82 • Ryan Norton • Wrp103 Interface administrator changes Mr. Stradivarius

CheckUser changes Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes Opabinia regalis Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy Oversighter changes Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes Opabinia regalis Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy

Guideline and policy news

• Following consensus at the 2021 RfA review, the autopatrolled user right has been removed from the administrators user group; admins can grant themselves the autopatrolled permission if they wish to remain autopatrolled.

• Additionally, consensus for proposal 6C of the 2021 RfA review has led to the creation of an administrative action review process. The purpose of this process will be to review individual administrator actions and individual actions taken by users holding advanced permissions.

Arbitration

• Following the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Cabayi, Donald Albury, Enterprisey, Izno, Opabinia regalis, Worm That Turned, Wugapodes.

Miscellaneous

• The functionaries email list (functionaries-enlists.wikimedia.org) will no longer accept incoming emails apart from those sent by list members and WMF staff. Private concerns, apart from those requiring oversight, should be directly sent to the Arbitration Committee.

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I see you edited the page goiter. Can you assist with the redirect? [4] 146.112.47.64 (talk) 18:40, 25 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Replied at Talk:Goitre. -- œ^™ 06:41, 29 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Administrator changes AustralianRupert • Cimon Avaro • Euryalus • Jehochman • Nunh-huh 28bytes Bureaucrat changes 28bytes

Interface administrator changes Evad37 • Galobtter Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news

• The Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines have been published for consideration. Voting to ratify this guideline is planned to take place 7 March to 21 March. Comments can be made on the talk page.

Technical news

• The user group oversight will be renamed suppress in around 3 weeks. This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for technical reasons. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.
• The Reply Tool feature, which is a part of Discussion Tools, will be opt-out for everyone logged in or logged out starting 7 February 2022. Editors wishing to comment on this can do so in the relevant Village Pump discussion.

Arbitration

• Community input is requested on several motions aimed at addressing discretionary sanctions that are no longer needed or overly broad.
• The Arbitration Committee has published a generalised comment regarding successful appeals of sanctions that it can review (such as checkuser blocks).
• A motion related to the Antisemitism in Poland case was passed following a declined case request.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2022 Steward elections will begin on 07 February 2022, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2022, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• Voting in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey is open until 11 February 2022.

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Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.

• AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
• The template ((db-afc-move)) has been created - this template is similar to ((db-move)) when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Administrator changes Modussiccandi BOZ • Brookie (deceased) • Jackmcbarn • Jamesday • Jonathunder • Master of Puppets • Saravask

CheckUser changes Callanecc Oversighter changes Callanecc

Guideline and policy news

• A RfC is open to change the wording of revision deletion criterion 1 to remove the sentence relating to non-infringing contributions.
• A RfC is open to discuss prohibiting draftification of articles over 90 days old.

Technical news

• The deployment of the reply tool as an opt-out feature, as announced in last month's newsletter, has been delayed to 7 March. Feedback and comments are being welcomed at Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project. (T296645)
• Special:Nuke will now allow the selection of standard deletion reasons to be used when mass-deleting pages. This was a Community Wishlist Survey request from 2022. (T25020)
• The ability to undelete the talk page when undeleting a page using Special:Undelete or the API will be added soon. This change was requested in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey. (T295389)

Arbitration

• Several unused discretionary sanctions and article probation remedies have been rescinded. This follows the community feedback from the 2021 Discretionary Sanctions review.

Miscellaneous

• The 2022 appointees for the Ombuds commission are Érico, Faendalimas, Galahad, Infinite0694, Mykola7, Olugold, Udehb and Zabe as regular members and Ameisenigel and JJMC89 as advisory members.
• Following the 2022 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AntiCompositeNumber, BRPever, Hasley, TheresNoTime, and Vermont.
• The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey results have been published alongside the ranking of prioritized proposals.

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

Administrator changes Firefly • Sdrqaz Ad Orientem Geschichte • Ryan Postlethwaite • Sabine's Sunbird • Wassupwestcoast

Interface administrator changes Evad37

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open proposing a change to the minimum activity requirements for administrators.

Technical news

• Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928)
• When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. (T284114)

Arbitration

• Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures § Opening of proceedings has been updated to reflect current practice following a motion.
• A arbitration case regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing has been closed.
• A arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been opened.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines has closed, and the results were that 56.98% of voters supported the guidelines. The results of this vote mean the Wikimedia Foundation Board will now review the guidelines.

22:53, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Wishing OlEnglish a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee!   Chris Troutman (talk) 10:06, 27 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you! :) -- œ^™ 06:01, 30 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hungry? Here's a little snack for you on your birthday, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day, OlEnglish! --𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 (talk) 21:34, 27 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you! :) -- œ^™ 06:01, 30 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Administrator changes Colin M David.Monniaux • Fribbler • Grue • Kpjas • West.andrew.g

CheckUser changes Ks0stm Oversighter changes Ks0stm

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
• Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.

Technical news

• The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
• A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.

Arbitration

• Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.

Happy First Edit Day, OlEnglish, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 07:20, 25 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey, OlEnglish. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Wiki-Birthday from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 (talk) 14:05, 25 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I've been here before! Happy Towel Day! 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 (talk) 14:05, 25 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Administrator changes Tamzin Barek • Darkwind • Geometry guy • ProcseeBot • RoyBoy • Sean Whitton • Valereee • Visorstuff • WAvegetarian Sn0wflake → VersedFenrir

CheckUser changes Ivanvector

Guideline and policy news

• Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.

Technical news

• Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
• The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.

Arbitration

• Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
• An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.

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

Administrator changes AA • Gwalla • Ioeth • Laurascudder • Moriori (deceased) • Nat • Rfl Drilnoth → AFigureOfBlue Bureaucrat changes Lee Vilenski

Interface administrator changes Nihiltres

Technical news

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

Arbitration

• An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.

Miscellaneous

• The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.

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

Administrator changes

Valereee

Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
• An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

Technical news

• The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
• Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

Arbitration

• The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

• You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
• Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
• Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.

Hello OlEnglish,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Redd Alert for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly indicate why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

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

Administrator changes DanCherek • DatGuy • Femke • Z1720 Aldux • Graham Beards • Nyttend

Interface administrator changes Mr. Stradivarius

Guideline and policy news

• A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
• An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.

Technical news

• The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia has been released.
• The WMF is looking into making a Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the questions provided. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.

Arbitration

• An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
• The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

• The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
• Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.

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Wishing OlEnglish a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 19:51, 25 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Administrator changes ScottishFinnishRadish Staxringold Ahoerstemeier (deceased) • Ched

Interface administrator changes Cyberpower678 CheckUser changes GorillaWarfare

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
• Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
• Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.

Technical news

• The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

Arbitration

• Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
• A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
• The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.

Miscellaneous

• An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
• Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
• You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
• An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
• Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete.

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

Administrator changes

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  • Whpq
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  • Atama
  • Astronautics~enwiki
  • Athaenara
  • Eddie891
  • GraemeL
  • Marianocecowski
  • Natalya
  • Pratyeka
  • SB Johnny

Interface administrator changes

• TheresNoTime
• Ragesoss

CheckUser changes

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  • Blablubbs
  • Firefly
• Joe Roe

Oversight changes

• DGG

Guideline and policy news

• The article creation at scale RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November.
• An RfC is open to discuss having open requests for adminship automatically placed on hold after the seven-day period has elapsed, pending closure or other action by a bureaucrat.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections.
• The arbitration case request titled Athaenara has been resolved by motion.
• The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has entered the proposed decision stage.
• AmandaNP, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee Elections. Xaosflux and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.

Miscellaneous

• The 2022 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers.
• You can add yourself to the centralised page listing time zones of administrators.
• Tech tip: Wikimarkup in a block summary is parsed in the notice that the blockee sees. You can use templates with custom options to specify situations like ((rangeblock|create=yes)) or ((uw-ublock|contains profanity)).

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

Administrator changes

• Eddie891
• Euryalus
• TheresNoTime

• Alex.muller
• Excirial
• RedWordSmith
• Ron Ritzman
• TheresNoTime
• Stephen

Interface administrator changes

TheresNoTime

TheresNoTime

CheckUser changes

TheresNoTime

Oversight changes

TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

• Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
• The article creation at scale RfC has been closed.
• An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.

Technical news

• A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget. (T319449)

Arbitration

• Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
• The proposed decision for the 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system is open.
• The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed.
• The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
• A motion has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing Level 2 desysop.