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RfA

Well, I'm glad another user considers to be an admin. Good luck! Sarrail (talk) 23:24, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, Sarrail! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:34, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

+1. Your RfA was perhaps the easiest Support decision I've made in RfA, and thankfully it's looking good. I look forward to seeing you around as an Admin!! :) SPF121188 ^{(talk this way) (my edits)} 20:07, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Slightly early, but will be logging out soon - please allow me to offer some early congratulations on a very successful run. Pinging Isabelle Belato - I believe you have a baton to pass on? Cheers both, Girth Summit _(blether) 19:07, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

The tradition lives on! Sarrail (talk) 19:13, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

It appears that Isabelle is on a wikibreak until March (their last edit was to install the WikiBreak Enforcer). I do not believe we have encountered this situation before—Tamzin, any thoughts as the creator of this tradition? HouseBlaster^talk 00:32, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

A baton for you!

An extraordinary baton for you!

While I would never dream to think myself a replacement for the inimitable Mx. Belato, in their absence I suppose it reverts to me to carry on this tradition. While I'd rather it under better circumstances, I do appreciate the opportunity to pass the baton to you in particular, XW, as you were the first person to redlink my own RfA, last January, and it played no small part in my own decision to run. And so it is my high privilege and distinct honor to pass to you this extraordinary baton. It will be great having you on the admin team—hopefully alongside Isabelle come March. I have been consistently, amply impressed by everything I've seen you do around the 'pedia so far, and I look forward to seeing what you do with the tools. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she|they|xe) 00:43, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Seconded, and bravo! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^put'r there 01:19, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Ah, yes, I remember: it was at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2022 January 7#Wikipedia:Inclusion criteria, right? That's a comment I've never regretted making. Many thanks, Tamzin, for the baton and for the kind words: I look forward to working with you. Cheers, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 01:25, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations

I know your RFA technically hasn't closed yet, but congratulations! Scorpions13256 (talk) 23:12, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

• Slightly early congratulations. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 23:31, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations from me too. I have closed your RFA as a success, well done for getting such strong support from the community. I see someone has already delivered the T shirt. When you get bored of scrabbling down the back of the sofa finding the right block message for each block, some kind person added a bit of code in my userspace that gives a very useful dropdown message. Take care and feel free to pop over if you need any advice. ϢereSpielChequers 00:09, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

• Felicitations Please pause for a minute and savor the moment... Done? Great. The backlog at WP:RfPP is waiting. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:14, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
• Congrats. Wear your new t-shirt proudly. -- Whpq (talk) 01:47, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

draft:@Properties

Hi, I re-added the CSD notice on this draft, as I know it’s against policy, but did so for a few reasons:

• The editor who removed it is new - I believe they do not understand WP:NCORP, they even left a comment to add house listings and prices…
• I found the interaction between the two editors suspicious, but have no evidence to bring it to admin attention.

Equine-man (talk) 08:01, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

No worries, Equine-man. I do think G11 is a bit of a stretch: although you're right that notability under NCORP is doubtful, the draft is more-or-less neutrally written and doesn't rise to the level of blatant advertising, at least for me. As for the removing editor, I don't think anything untoward is going on there (probably just a slightly overambitious newbie), but feel free to let me or another admin know if you notice anything else that's suspicious. Cheers, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:21, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, I’ll keep it on my watchlist, hopefully it might evolve to a meaningful article. Equine-man (talk) 08:50, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Apologies for...

this. I wasn't aware that public domain material didn't qualify for CSD, but I'll definitely keep that in mind moving forward! Thanks for the detailed edit summary, that helped a lot! Seems like I learn something new every day :) Thanks again and I look forward to seeing you around! SPF121188 ^{(talk this way) (my edits)} 19:58, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Not a problem, Spf121188! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:00, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Talk:Cal Kern

Hi. I was wondering if you could RevDel [1] and [2]. Also, I would appreciate it if you protected the talk page as well. I already requested protection, but I think it's faster to contact an individual admin. Thanks. SunilNevlaFan✨ 01:34, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Done; thanks for letting me know, SunilNevlaFan. I semi'd the talk page for three days, which hopefully is long enough (I don't like protecting talk pages any more than I have to), but let me or WP:RFPP know if disruption continues. (This was my very first revdel and my very first protection, so let me know if I made any mistakes...) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 01:40, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

From what I'm seeing, you did it perfectly! Again, thanks for your assistance with the matter. SunilNevlaFan✨ 01:42, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Congrats

Congratulations on becoming a administartior!`~HelpingWorld~` ^(👽🛸) 02:07, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

+1. Congratulations! Sarrail (talk) 02:25, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

+2! I just saw your name in the Deletion log and realized you were an administrator now! Welcome to the corps!

There's couple hundred people you can ask for clarification if you ever have any questions about the work. Don't hesitate to ask. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:31, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

+3! Congratulations! (and "Oh no, I missed yet another RfA which began & ended while I was working on a project and neglecting my watchlist.) Welcome to the team within the team! – Fayenatic London 21:55, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Many thanks to all of you (in this section and the other ones) who have wished me well over the last few days—I appreciate it immensely. Special thanks go out to WereSpielChequers for doing the honors and to Barkeep49 and Hog Farm for being the very, very best nominators I could ever hope for. And to everyone who supported my RfA, I just want to say that I couldn't be more grateful for the trust you've placed in me—and that I hope you'll let me know when I inevitably do something boneheaded. Thanks again, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:04, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Congrats, and the advice

Congratulations on your successful RFA! Carrying on a tradition, allow me to impart the words of wisdom I received from KrakatoaKatie after my RFA passed almost seven long, exhausting, and questionable years ago:

Remember you will always protect the wrong version. (I got nothing here. It's inevitable.) Remember you must always follow the rules, except for when you ignore them. Without exception, you will pick the wrong one to do. (See #5.) Remember to assume good faith and not bite. Remember that when you are applying these principles most diligently, you are probably dealing with a troll. (You'll attract many more of those now, because mop. They must like to drink the dirty water in the bucket.) Use the block ability sparingly. Enjoy the insults you receive when you do block, because really, what else is there to live for? Remember that when you make these errors, someone will be more than happy to point them out to you in dazzling clarity and descriptive terminology. It will not be a personal attack because we are admins and, therefore, we are all rouge anyway. Finally, remember to contact me if you ever need assistance, and I will do what I am able. — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 23:10, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

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Congrats from me too! I have no advice. Enjoy. Drmies (talk) 23:41, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Question from Tc16im12 (22:50, 18 December 2022)

Hello, I'd like to update the main photo for the Guerilla Toss wikipedia page. I have a photos that I have been given permission to use by the photographer and the band. Please let me know how to do this!

Thanks so much, p --Tc16im12 (talk) 22:50, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Tc16im12, and welcome to Wikipedia! Click here to go to the Upload Wizard, which will walk you through the process of uploading the picture to our servers. During that process, you'll give the file a name. Once you're done, click "edit" on the Guerilla Toss page and replace "Guerilla Toss, full band lineup, June 2018.jpg" (the current image) with the name of your new file. This is a bit tricky to explain, so if you get stuck anywhere along the way, let me know and I'll try my best to help. Cheers, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:06, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the response Tc16im12 (talk) 23:08, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Congrats!

I'm a little sad I missed your RFA. Best of luck Writ. MaxnaCarta (talk) 04:13, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations... and thank you

Cheers

A belated well done to you on your recent successful run for the mop, I see from my watchlist that you're already getting nicely stuck into page protections and revision deletions and all sorts of other good things. I would buy you a beer to celebrate, but I have no idea whether you drink or not so I have opted for a delicious-looking kiwi smoothie instead. Thank you too for your straightforward and well-explained close at Talk:1930 FIFA World Cup final... these things have the potential to become contentious, but a good close always goes a long way to alleviating such worries! Cheers, and wishing you and yours a happy festive season  — Amakuru (talk) 20:24, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, Amakuru! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:38, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Another belated congratulations and best wishes. Glad to have had a chance to support the RFA. Donner60 (talk) 07:39, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

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Whatever you celebrate at this time of year, whether it's Christmas or some other festival, I hope you and those close to you have a happy, restful time! Have fun, Donner60 (talk) 00:16, 23 December 2022 (UTC)}}

Donner60 (talk) 23:38, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, Donner60, and a (slightly belated) Happy New Year to you! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:23, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

		Happy Holidays
		Hello, I wish you the very best during the holidays. And I hope you have a very happy 2023! Bruxton (talk) 17:46, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Bruxton—hoping you had a wonderful holiday season. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:26, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Nazran conflict

Extraordinary Writ, Hello WikiEditor1234567123 — Blocked forgery of information, conducting edit wars. The author of the article is a vandal. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dzurdzuketi Товболатов (talk) 21:43, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Товболатов, as I said, you're welcome to start an AFD discussion about the Nazran conflict article if you'd like. As for WikiEditor1234567123, I'd suggest letting the sockpuppet investigation run its course and, if there are still conduct problems after that, starting a discussion at WP:ANI. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:37, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

A favor?

EW, once you get back, would you be able to give Macks Creek Law a read-through? I've got a governmental finance background, so that part of the MCL saga makes sense to me, but my knowledge of legal and legislative proceedings is poor, so I want to make sure I didn't mess anything up. The situation is made weirder by pretty much everyone referring to 20 years of various legislation by a single common name. Hog Farm _Talk 04:09, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Glad to—will leave some comments on the talk page. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:38, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

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

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A barnstar for you!

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		Dear colleague; Thank you so much for moving my draft of Bergö so promptly into article space (over a single-line REDIRECT) for me just now! Please know that your helpful assistance to your fellow editors is much appreciated. With kind regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(become old-fashioned!) 22:31, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Why, thank you, Pdebee: always glad to be of assistance! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 01:17, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

92.234.209.96

How about revdellin' their edits? Thanks. Sarrail (talk) 01:33, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Working on it. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 01:34, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

I think I've revdelled everything that needs to be revdelled; let me know if there's anything I've missed. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 01:41, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

I'm looking at two more: [3], [4]. Sarrail (talk) 01:42, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Gone. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 01:43, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Good, thanks. Sarrail (talk) 01:44, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Question from Hebin Zhang (04:07, 12 January 2023)

Hello, mentor! I have a question: How to use the translation tool to perform supplementary translations based on the existing entries when there are already corresponding language entries? --Hebin Zhang (talk) 04:07, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Hebin Zhang! To be honest, I don't know much about the translation tool: we don't use it very often on the English Wikipedia, so I'm not exactly sure how it all works. You might get a better answer if you ask at the Teahouse. Thanks, and sorry I can't be more helpful! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:25, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for reply! Hebin Zhang (talk) 12:21, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello!

Hi, Extraordinary Writ,

I realize that you posted a question to my talk page a while ago and by now it is lost in the big middle section of my talk page. I'm sorry that I didn't get to it promptly. I've found that if I don't answer queries immediately when I see them, they can linger around, unanswered. I can answer your questions here if you'd like so you don't have to go searching on my talk page for an older conversation. And feel free to email me if that is more comfortable for you.

I've been meaning to come here any way and let you know that I think you are doing a great job as a new administrator. Thank you for patrolling the CSD categories and getting a start on closing AFD discussions. I was an admin for 6 1/2 years before I decided to get involved in AFD closures last year and we really needed a few more admins involved there so thank you! There are other areas where we could use more admin help but becoming an admin is really about you finding what activities interest you which involves trying out a lot of different things. And what you work on also changes over time and there are some admins who alternate helping out on noticeboards for a couple of months with working on articles for a while and then move to page protection and blocking vandals. We could use more admin help in a lot of different areas so there is really no area where we have too many admins at work. But you are off to a great start, I think! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:15, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

You're welcome to answer the redirect-talk-page question here or on your talk page—either way is fine. And thanks for the kind words: I really appreciate it. I'm sure I'll be branching out to other admin areas as the backlogs wax and wane, but for now I'm mostly focusing on the areas I mentioned in my RfA. (Honestly, I've been surprised by how low many of the backlogs are: obviously there are some areas where things pile up, but AfDs, PRODs, CSDs, etc. are all usually dealt with very quickly. It seems the shortage of new admins hasn't turned into a crisis, thankfully—at least, not yet...) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:12, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Okay, redirect talk pages. I must have gone to WT:TWINKLE three or four times asking them to incorporate this feature into Twinkle so that when it deletes a redirect, it also deletes the redirect talk page. But no luck. I think they might be afraid of accidentally deleting User talk pages if the redirect is to a main User page. So, the main times when I worry about redirect talk pages is with all of the CSD G13s I delete (because there is often a redirect to a User sandbox) or with PRODs. There is no problem with AFDs because XFDcloser deletes them.

If I delete a page and I notice on the Twinkle pop-up box that redirects were deleted, I go to the accompany Talk page and search via "What links here" to see if there are any redirect talk pages. Another thing I do is that I always have a tab open to the Deletion log and sometimes I'll just do a page search (Control-F) for "Redirect" and check any redirects that pop up that were the result of a page deletion and not from being overwritten. The final tool in my arsenal is a Quarry query for orphaned talk pages. It was a query written for me by Xaosflux some months ago to find orphaned talk pages. I run it a couple of times a day. Frequently what pops up are not talk pages of redirects but IP editors who start articles on Talk pages because they don't seem to know about Draft space. If there is an actual article draft, then I move it to Draft space and then delete the Talk page. But there is often just a placeholder text and no real content. Any way, if you don't see a Submit Query button at the bottom of the query page, just fork off your own version of the query and use that one. Explicit also has their own separate Quarry query that they run but I prefer this one written by Xaosflux. It just provides you with URLs, not links, so you need to cut and paste the URLs in a tab and then look them over to see whether or not they warrant deletion. Any way, I hope these tips help. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:11, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, I figured it was something like that. I looked through the archives, and it sounds like Novem Linguae made some progress last year on coding up a fix—if I remember, I'll try and ask him sometime how much more work it'd be to finish that up. In the meantime, as long as you and Explicit are running the Quarry query regularly, I guess there's nothing for me to worry about. Have you ever tried https://orphantalk.toolforge.org/ (with the "hide subpages" box checked)? I used to run it once an a while and it worked fairly well. Anyways, thanks for taking the time to answer! I'll be sure to let you know if any more questions come to mind. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:27, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Thurgood Marshall

On 14 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thurgood Marshall, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when asked by reporters why he was retiring, U.S. Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall replied: "What's wrong with me? I'm old. I'm getting old and coming apart"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thurgood Marshall. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Thurgood Marshall), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

-- RoySmith (talk) 12:03, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Re: Unusual block lengths

Because it's boring to just indef. It's also fun when you can block in fortnights. Standard 24hr blocks for me are 37. Standard indefs for me are some absurd number based on just random numbers x fortnights. Gotta put some humour into it. Mitch32^{(won't you be my neighbor?)} 02:27, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for William Consovoy

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Hello, Extraordinary Writ,

I actually sent this message to you over the weekend but I didn't hear back so I'm not sure if you didn't have a reply or, like me, you don't check your email very often. Any way, from now on, I'll post messages directly to your talk page and skip using the email option. Have a good week! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:13, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

I responded last night, actually. Maybe try checking your spam folder? I have an unusual email provider and (as it says in my emailnotice) some people have reported that my emails get mistakenly sent to spam. If that doesn't work, let me know and I'll try sending it again. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 18:57, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Question from 4equals1 (12:24, 21 January 2023)

Hello, I wanted to add an image of an album cover to a Wikipedia page, but I couldn't find it when I searched for it. So I decided to add it manually, but it won't allow me to. How do I get past this? --4equals1 (talk) 12:24, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello, 4equals1, and welcome to Wikipedia! This is a bit of a tricky question because it depends on who holds the copyright for the album cover. If you hold the copyright, or if the person who does hold the copyright agrees to freely license it (meaning that the cover can be used by anyone, for any purpose, so long as attribution is provided), then you can go to this page and upload it using the instructions there. If the album cover can't be freely licensed, the image can't be uploaded except under narrow circumstances, for instance if there's a stand-alone article about the album that the image can be used in. Let me know if you think that exception applies. Apologies for the legal mumbo-jumbo, and let me know if you have any questions! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:09, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

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unprofessional attitude

https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinosaurus Funny it might be but the last picture isn't the most professional. I think it makes Wikipedia look like just a troll page which allows users to upload anything without consequences, and cannot even be removed... Thank you WNacht (talk) 07:27, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

WNacht, I don't speak Hungarian and have no involvement with the Hungarian Wikipedia, but if there's a problematic image over there, you're welcome to just click the "edit" button and remove it. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:32, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Note of Appreciation

Hey, I noticed that you have restored the article Saudi Vellakka. I was tagging all the articles created by the sockpuppet Ameer al safar with G5, this was one among them. As it was a new article I didn't look further into it. Later, Liz informed me about how to use G5 properly. Thank you for reversing the deletion. Akevsharma (talk) 05:00, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

No problem, Akevsharma! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:01, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

I wanted to ask you something else. Recently, a new user created a possible UPE article in the draft space with the title Draft:Ganesh Raj and then immediately created the same article in the main space with exactly the same content. It is clear that the user knew that having an article with the same title in the draft space would prevent it from being moved back to the draft space. I have added the report to an existing SPI and is waiting for the results. However, my concern is that is there any way to prevent this kind of crooked move other than directly going for an AfD? Akevsharma (talk) 06:06, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Very tricky! The answer depends on who you ask. Some people will just move it to a different draftspace title (like Draft:Ganesh Raj (2)), but others say that since the author has basically objected to draftification, you should send it to AfD. An added benefit of going to AfD is that you can use G4 speedy deletion if the article is ever recreated later on. In your case, I'd recommend waiting for the SPI to finish to see if you can use G5; if not, just take it to AfD. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:19, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Well noted. Akevsharma (talk) 06:28, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Edit conflict

You closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Byzantine emperors while I was contemplating a !vote. I doubt it changes anything, but here is what I had written:

• Keep per Avilich: The topic is notable and common sense suggests that there should be a page dedicated solely to this. Our current list of Roman emperors page represents a highly "legitimist" interpretation. The Latin emperors are excluded in favour of the Laskarids. The list stops in 1453 without regards for any subsequent claims. The Holy Roman Emperors, who had a stronger connection to Rome, are ignored entirely. If we are to have one list like this, I would title it List of Roman and Byzantine emperors for clarity.

—Srnec (talk) 21:51, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Srnec, I agree that your !vote probably wouldn't change the outcome, but I don't have a problem with re-opening the discussion if that's what you want. You're also welcome to start an RM discussion on moving the list to List of Roman and Byzantine emperors, of course. Let me know what you'd prefer. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 21:59, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

I would like the discussion re-opened. I think this is a big change that needs more thorough discussion. Thanks, Srnec (talk) 14:38, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Okay, Srnec, done. I'd encourage you to add your !vote sooner rather than later since (at least in theory) another admin can reclose the discussion at any time. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 19:45, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

File:Mariokart8deluxe.jpg

Hey, I forgot to change the details for the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe file earlier. It is now only being used on the page Mario Kart 8. There used to be a page for Mario Kart 8, but it was later merged with the main Mario Kart 8 page. If there are details that I missed that needs attention, I would appreciate it if you can inform me of additional info needed to keep the file. Thanks! Davidng913 (talk) 15:41, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Yep, that's fine, Davidng913. I've removed the deletion tag for you. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 19:59, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss

Please excuse my ignorance, but can you please explain "G6: Unambiguously created in the incorrect namespace" as the reason for deleting "The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss"? Was the article named incorrectly or does this mean that it did not have adequate notability documented? Jjhake (talk) 02:34, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Please disregard (or delete) my question. I thought you had deleted the article by this name, but I see now you were just deleting something that I had stupidly created in the "Wikipedia" namespace. Please excuse my pointless notes here... Jjhake (talk) 02:53, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

IP you blocked for block evasion

[5] - I'd like to know more. If you look at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:021120x&action=history an IP not geographically far away has also been posting complaints about the same editor, and there's a second IP making the same complaint at Sideman's talk page. Doug Weller talk 09:05, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi Doug Weller. Yep, they're all from the same LTA who's been bothering Wes sideman for a while now: other IPs/accounts include Rincon2023, 2601:589:4100:0:0:0:0:0/48, 71.27.210.33, 172.58.158.146, and 65.246.72.91. Revert, block, and ignore. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 17:11, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Defeedme. I checked but handed it over. Doug Weller talk 18:20, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Question from PSudhaRajeev7 (08:40, 27 January 2023)

How much time does it usually takes for an article (Bio of a person) to appear/publish on google ? --PSudhaRajeev7 (talk) 08:40, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello, PSudhaRajeev7, and welcome to Wikipedia! Once an article is created in mainspace (which means the title doesn't contain "Draft:", "User:", or anything like that), it will be checked by someone called a new page reviewer, who makes sure that the article meets our basic requirements. Recently this has been taking less than a month (and sometimes just hours), but it depends on how long the queue is. If the reviewer approves the article, it will usually appear on search engines within a couple of days. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 19:53, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much. :) PSudhaRajeev7 (talk) 17:54, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Stanford (2nd nomination)

Hi, should this discussion remain open as the previous discussion Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Stanford was closed as keep by yourself about a month ago, regards Atlantic306 (talk) 00:57, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the message. Generally speaking I can't close these sorts of AfDs early unless they're either completely disruptive (WP:CSK #2) or an objection better suited for DRV (WP:PCLOSE), but you're quite right that this shouldn't have been renominated so soon. Let's try this: TheManInTheBlackHat, for future reference, please don't renominate an article that's been recently kept at AfD (per WP:RENOM, a six-month wait is typically a good rule of thumb). If there's a serious problem with an AfD, usually it's best to ask the closer to relist it and/or go to WP:DRV instead of just renominating—otherwise, you're likely to get procedural complaints along the lines of what happened here. Thanks! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 23:42, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Question from Smegcott (13:20, 4 February 2023)

Hello! How are you. I had a question. I created a second sandbox (subpage) and I was wondering if there is a way to navigate to it other than just typing in the address in the URL address bar? Thank you for your help! --TheMSS (talk) 13:20, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Smegcott, and welcome to Wikipedia! I think the easiest way to do that would be to go to your user page (which you can access by clicking on your username in the upper right-hand corner of any page), click "edit", tap the link icon at the top of the screen that looks like this: , and type "User:Smegcott/sandbox2" into the search bar that comes up. This should put a link to your second sandbox on your userpage, where you'll be able to find it in the future. Let me know if that doesn't work or if you have any other questions. Cheers, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 01:47, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Wiley Rutledge

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 18 March 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/March 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 14:34, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

One year!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:57, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, Gerda Arendt! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:31, 11 February 2023 (UTC)