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Taking Out The Trash is busy and is going to be on Wikipedia in off-and-on doses, and may not respond swiftly to queries.

I agree completely with your comment. My statement focused on another issue but I think yours went straight to the meat of things. Arbcom is about to do something gravely stupid, even by Wikipedia and Arbcom standards. By the way, you may want to make a statement under the general header, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions#General_facts if you haven't already. Coretheapple (talk) 19:14, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		The New Page Reviewer's Iron Award
		For over 360 article reviews during 2023. Well done! Keep up the good work and thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:50, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Taking Out The Trash. Blocked users abusing their talk page isn't really a case where page protection is the first response. Modifying the block is the best option and that's what was done for the case you reported. WP:TPA has a bit more on this. Regards. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 22:14, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. The subject of the article was determined to not be notable due to no citation being provided. It was also deleted as it was in draft for a long time without being edited. I discovered this, made my research and requested for the page to be restored and added sources. More than 20 of them! I also found another page on Wikipedia in which the subject was explicitly named. I'd appreciate a review of your decision or advice. Thank you.

Here is the other page where the subject was mentioned in relation to the context. Manohar Joshi Nuel Jr (talk) 21:01, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrative action review regarding an action on which you have commented. The thread is Self-requested review of blocks of LTA impersonator accounts. Thank you. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 20:11, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep on the watch on the pages Soby is attacking. She's going through her usual excessive proxy sockpuppetting. Luigitehplumber (talk) 17:26, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:

• Proposal 2, initiated by HouseBlaster, provides for the addition of a text box at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship reminding all editors of our policies and enforcement mechanisms around decorum.
• Proposals 3 and 3b, initiated by Barkeep49 and Usedtobecool, respectively, provide for trials of discussion-only periods at RfA. The first would add three extra discussion-only days to the beginning, while the second would convert the first two days to discussion-only.
• Proposal 5, initiated by SilkTork, provides for a trial of RfAs without threaded discussion in the voting sections.
• Proposals 6c and 6d, initiated by BilledMammal, provide for allowing users to be selected as provisional admins for a limited time through various concrete selection criteria and smaller-scale vetting.
• Proposal 7, initiated by Lee Vilenski, provides for the "General discussion" section being broken up with section headings.
• Proposal 9b, initiated by Reaper Eternal, provides for the requirement that allegations of policy violation be substantiated with appropriate links to where the alleged misconduct occured.
• Proposals 12c, 21, and 21b, initiated by City of Silver, Ritchie333, and HouseBlaster, respectively, provide for reducing the discretionary zone, which currently extends from 65% to 75%. The first would reduce it 65%–70%, the second would reduce it to 50%–66%, and the third would reduce it to 60%–70%.
• Proposal 13, initiated by Novem Lingaue, provides for periodic, privately balloted admin elections.
• Proposal 14, initiated by Kusma, provides for the creation of some minimum suffrage requirements to cast a vote.
• Proposals 16 and 16c, initiated by Thebiguglyalien and Soni, respectively, provide for community-based admin desysop procedures. 16 would desysop where consensus is established in favor at the administrators' noticeboard; 16c would allow a petition to force reconfirmation.
• Proposal 16e, initiated by BilledMammal, would extend the recall procedures of 16 to bureaucrats.
• Proposal 17, initiated by SchroCat, provides for "on-call" admins and 'crats to monitor RfAs for decorum.
• Proposal 18, initiated by theleekycauldron, provides for lowering the RfB target from 85% to 75%.
• Proposal 24, initiated by SportingFlyer, provides for a more robust alternate version of the optional candidate poll.
• Proposal 25, initiated by Femke, provides for the requirement that nominees be extended-confirmed in addition to their nominators.
• Proposal 27, initiated by WereSpielChequers, provides for the creation of a training course for admin hopefuls, as well as periodic retraining to keep admins from drifting out of sync with community norms.
• Proposal 28, initiated by HouseBlaster, tightens restrictions on multi-part questions.

To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her), via:

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:53, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I sincerely convey my thanks for watching the page 'Telugu language' and protecting it from vandals. Anandwiki.ind (talk) 03:39, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was tasked with creating a Wikipedia article for a woman not in Wikipedia for an Honors US History course. If her death is too graphic I understand, I was just trying to be specific. I believe it is important that people realize just how horrific Ted Bundy was so that Hybristophiliacs cannot romanticize him. Hope I'm not in trouble. Fish Gaurdian (talk) 17:56, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Taking Out The Trash, can you review this draft article Draft:S. S. Karthikeya. Thankyou! Pulmowrites (talk) 16:32, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not mass post to people's talk pages asking for a specific review. It will be reviewed when someone gets to it. Taking Out The Trash (talk) 16:33, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Got it, Sorry! Pulmowrites (talk) 16:40, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Got notice that you reviewed the article, but not change anything in the draft. Pulmowrites (talk) 16:45, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is an unreleased film with a set release date considered notable enough for acceptance into the mainspace? Pulmowrites (talk) 06:26, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Films are generally not notable until they have been released and data has been collected/reported on them (unless it's a major enough film that has been hyped up about on a global scale or something like that). Taking Out The Trash (talk) 17:15, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Kinghackxer/sandbox was incredibly WP:G10. Feel free to ping me when you tag such for deletion. Thanks. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 01:43, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:15, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! Phase I of the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:

• Proposals 2 and 9b (phase II discussion): Add a reminder of civility norms at RfA and Require links for claims of specific policy violations
• Proposal 3b (in trial): Make the first two days discussion-only
• Proposal 13 (in trial): Admin elections
• Proposal 14 (implemented): Suffrage requirements
• Proposals 16 and 16c (phase II discussion): Allow the community to initiate recall RfAs and Community recall process based on dewiki
• Proposal 17 (phase II discussion): Have named Admins/crats to monitor infractions
• Proposal 24 (phase II discussion): Provide better mentoring for becoming an admin and the RfA process
• Proposal 25 (implemented): Require nominees to be extended confirmed

See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron (talk), via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:09, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]