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Qweqwewe

Seems like I remember that you're an administrator. User Qweqwewe has been causing a number of problems on the Taiwan related site. His talk page has complaints from a few users and seems unresponsive to them. Any suggestions? Readin (talk) 21:26, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Possibly unfree Image:Mizan Zainal Abidin.png

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Romanian ?!

Hello Nat !

Why Romanian ?! I just can't see why would someone want to learn Romanian ... PS: I'm Romanian ...

Toate cele bune,

Chris

Fête nationale du Québec article

Hi Nat; oh those tour guides. I've put in a request to change Fête nationale du Québec to Saint Jean Baptiste Day. You may wish to join or observe (whatever it is that admins do) the discussion at the Talk Page; Mathieugp (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) has tried to move the page unilaterally so I though it best to formalize the process. --soulscanner (talk) 07:01, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

A little update about this dispute. I've asked some dissenting editors to acknowledge the Wikipedia naming conventions that emphasize that article titles should be the ones that are most recognizable to English-speakers[1]. If they do not, I think we should ask for a Request for comment as the next step in solving this dispute, as such a refusal could constitute bad faith. It will require at least two editors to start the process. Thank you. --soulscanner (talk) 19:46, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Please register your support here. I know the actual poll was hard to find in all the scribbling. --soulscanner (talk) 05:23, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome, but...

I've been here for quite awhile. Thanks for the welcome, which I appreciate, but I am in a few WikiProjects, most notably the Legend of Zelda one.PokeHomsar (talk) 19:33, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Liberal

The term liberal to me is not offensive, as conservative isn't offensive to me. I call that an accurate label, not an offensive one, when it describes someone with left-leaning ideology.PokeHomsar (talk) 19:58, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

What exactly d you want me to change/remove?

I've been approached on this before. The other admins said my page was fine when Blaxthos brought it up, so I really don't know what you want me to change.PokeHomsar (talk) 03:36, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

OK.

OK. I don't have to change your user page as some admins said it was OK a few days ago. Even Blaxthos, who is like scrutinizing my every post to find a violation of Wiki rules, said it was "OK." Thanks for your concern, but I'll see how the story develops.PokeHomsar (talk) 05:57, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi Nat... just for clarity, no one has ever said his userpage was "okay". What I did say is that the userpage is less of a concern than is his battlefield mentality and POV-warriorism. Another admin at ANI suggested we allow his userpage to remain so that unfamiliar editors may easily identify the POV-influenced nature of his posts instead of bending backwards too far to assume good faith. Seemed reasonable to me... /Blaxthos ( t / c ) 11:54, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:2008 main page redesign proposal/AndonicO.

I hope you don't mind that I liberally copied from your coding (and yours still looks better... ha)? · AndonicO ^Engage. 02:50, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:2008 main page redesign proposal/Nat/Gamma/Wikimedia

Please delete this page because it is a subpage for a proposal. You can move it to the user name space. Electrical Experiment (talk) 16:02, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Off-topic thread at Talk:Quebec

I believe you would indeed be doing everyone a favor by removing the entire thread about the Intolerable Acts; there is far too much ad hominem and soapboxing in the thread and far too little substance. I involved myself by trying to tell one of the editors to refrain from personal attacks, but he seems to think he is justified to violate NPA. I think the intervention of an uninvolved admin would be required.--Ramdrake (talk) 18:13, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

RfB Thank You spam

Thank you for participating in my RfB! I am very grateful for the confidence of the community shown at my RfB, which passed by a count of 154/7/2 (95.65%). I have read every word of the RfB and taken it all to heart. I truly appreciate everyone's input: supports, opposes, neutrals, and comments. Of course, I plan to conduct my cratship in service of the community. If you have any advice, questions, concerns, or need help, please let me know. Again, Thanks! — Rlevse • Talk • 08:48, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Beijing

Hi Nat, I'm in the process of trying to improve the article of Beijing right now. Seen the article's quality is pretty subpar. I re-organized the opening section with contents and references from the "Peking (Beijing)" article from the Encyclopædia Britannica (15th edition)'s Macropædia, however, User:Nikkul, keeps removing the contents in which I guess he saw it as "unencyclopedic" without given really good explanations (removed unencyclopedic info in intro). Could you gave your input and come to the article for assistence.--TheLeopard (talk) 18:31, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Please help me mark references. Thank you.

Dear Nat:

I am the author of this article: Union of Chinese Nationalists. See the article on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Chinese_Nationalists

This political organization in mainland China currently has registered members of 3,913 (Aug. 9th, 2008) and continues to expand rapidly. By the end of this year, the organization is supposed to have exceeded 5,000 registered members. Most members prefer to have their aliases registered for their own safety reasons; however, it appears to be a factual effective online organization well known by China's Ministry of National Security (China's leading intelligence headquarter). I can honestly tell you that even Chinese President Hu Jintao has ever heard about the organization.

The following references are available for this article but I have great difficulties to add references to the article since I am not very familiar with Wikipedia editor policy. Please help me mark references. Thank you.

• ＊中國泛藍聯盟希望得到馬英九聲援 http://news.epochtimes.com/b5/8/3/24/n2056239.htm
• ＊918期間大陸泛藍聯盟被定為非法組織 http://news.epochtimes.com.tw/6/9/21/37121.htm
• ＊泛藍聯盟浙江召集人魏楨淩被抓 http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/b5/2008/07/29/a176720.html
• ＊黃花崗雜誌抗議中共鎮壓中國泛藍聯盟 http://www.huanghuagang.org/misc/kangyi_zhenya_fanlan_big5.htm
• ＊請問”中國泛藍聯盟負責人張子霖被判刑兩年”案，是怎麼一回事? http://blog.dwnews.com/?p=34081
• ＊國台辦：所謂的“中國泛藍聯盟”組織是非法的 http://tw.people.com.cn/BIG5/14810/5663993.html
• ＊王德邦：無條件釋放中國維權陣營的勁旅——中國泛藍聯盟成員！ http://www.fireofliberty.org/trad/article/4251.asp
• ＊香港團體抗議呼籲胡錦濤停止迫害泛藍聯盟 http://news.epochtimes.com/b5/8/6/21/n2163010.htm
• ＊香港團體要求中國釋放泛藍聯盟成員 http://news.epochtimes.com/b5/8/2/24/n2022084.htm
• ＊中國大陸不能只有民族主義，而輕忽民生與民權；台灣不能贏得了民權民生，卻失去了民族。http://blog.ifeng.com/article/1490790.html
• ＊中國泛藍聯盟多人被捕網站遭清空 http://www.voafanti.com/gate/big5/www.voanews.com/chinese/archive/2007-06/w2007-06-13-voa20.cfm
• ＊泛蓝联盟成员聚餐咨询参选人大事宜 被指非法聚会 http://boxun.com/hero/2006/fanlan/2_1.shtml
• ＊RFA：泛蓝联盟成员遭刑拘　疑于将参选人大有关----2006年6月25日 http://boxun.com/hero/2006/fanlan/11_1.shtml
• ＊明报:中国泛蓝联盟拟选地方人大 ----(博讯2006年6月26日) http://boxun.com/hero/2006/fanlan/40_1.shtml
• ＊自由亚洲：当局继续禁止中国泛蓝联盟成员张起与家人见面--(博讯2006年7月01日) http://boxun.com/hero/2006/fanlan/17_1.shtml
• ＊天网快讯：泛蓝[红岩聚会]参与人遭拘留----(博讯2006年6月23日） http://boxun.com/hero/2006/fanlan/30_1.shtml
• ＊快讯：中国泛蓝联盟重庆管理员张起被刑事拘留--(博讯2006年6月23日) http://boxun.com/hero/2006/fanlan/16_1.shtml
• ＊泛蓝联盟：女性知识分子与维权/井绳 ----博讯2006年5月27日 http://boxun.com/hero/2006/fanlan/10_1.shtml
• ＊中国泛蓝联盟将在湖北、上海、江苏、四川举办纪念抗战活动 ----2005年8月08日 博讯 http://boxun.com/hero/2006/fanlan/15_1.shtml
• ＊泛蓝联盟：缅怀六四 青天白日旗在长江上空飞扬------(博讯2006年6月03日) http://boxun.com/hero/2006/fanlan/44_1.shtml
• ＊青天白日旗在重庆飞扬 泛蓝联盟红岩聚会纪念六四-------(博讯2006年6月05日) http://boxun.com/hero/2006/fanlan/41_1.shtml
• ＊朱学渊：“泛蓝联盟”让胡温“投鼠忌器” http://www.chinesepen.org/Article/hyxz/200803/Article_20080315211541.shtml
• ＊遭全面打壓 中國泛藍聯盟籲國民黨關注 http://city.udn.com/1257/2173661?tpno=14&cate_no=0
• ＊国台办:大陆泛蓝联盟属非法组织 与国民党无关 http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/200704/25/t20070425_11160126.shtml
• ＊中國「泛藍聯盟」號召悼念九一八 http://news.epochtimes.com.tw/6/8/23/35025.htm
• ＊中國泛藍聯盟要求當局出台政黨法 http://shenyun.epochtimes.com/b5/8/3/10/n2038969.htm
• ＊取缔中国泛蓝联盟不利于国家统一和民主改革 http://www.zaobao.com/special/forum/pages5/forum_tw070427b.html

Sincerely;

Yu, Hung-Hsuan from Taipei, Taiwan on Aug. 9th, 2008

(v rearagned the above so its now a list insted of loads of things across the page :) also some sites are listed as bad with WOT - Sophie ^(Talk) 20:12, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Republic of China

If you looked more closely you'll see that I was reverting their vandalism. Besides they had stop vandalising the article and my reverting of their vandalism had stopped long before you protected the article. Signsolid (talk) 22:53, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Image:Chinaimg.png

Hi, your image, commons:Image:Chinaimg.png is up for deletion. Figured you should know. -mattbuck (Talk) 21:24, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

WP:CANADA banner

Hi Nat,

I've been giving the WP:CANADA (& Portal:Canada) pages a bit of a sprucing up. As part of that I've created a new ad for Wikipedia ads. I was wondering if you could upload it as a new version of the one currently being used? Much simpler than going through a whole rigmarole of deletes and renames and moves.

Is the new banner. There was nothing wrong with your version, I was just aiming for something that fit with the new bits and pieces I've come up with that people seem to like. Let me know if you'd rather not. Cheers! [ roux ] [x] 13:18, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Straw poll

The Main Page Redesign proposal is currently conducting a straw poll in selecting five proposals before an RFC in which it will be against the current main page. You're input would be appreciated. ChyranandChloe (talk) 04:10, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:40th Canadian federal election/table

Template:40th Canadian federal election/table has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you.

Template:40th Canadian federal election/table/test as well. Found these abandoned versions and figured that we probably don't need them anymore. Cheers! Kelvinc (talk) 05:20, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Image:Natuserpage.png listed for deletion

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Sockpuppet user?

You username appears to be very similar to user Nat Kurse. Are you a sockpuppet? Prowikipedians (talk) 07:31, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Hillsong (disambiguation)

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CALL TO REFORM: 2) Please do not add Simplified and Hanyu Pinyin to the infobox (OUTDATED)

Salut!, Ça va?

My french aint really good... lol.

K, Id like to ammend that article of the guidelines because Hanyu Pinyin is NOW (since 01-01-2009) the official romanization system in the ROC (Taiwan)... The sources are available in both the Hanyu Pinyin article and the Tongyong Pinyin one.. Tongyong is now no longer official... Plus, you could also use google news...

Would u consider:

NEW 2) Please do not add Simplified and Tongyong Pinyin to the infobox

I guess that if I unilaterally change the Jhongua Minguo to Zhonghua Minguo, u would accuse me of vandalism, or any other contributor would revert...

County governments are being compelled to switch to Hanyu too... Just read the sources...

Au revoire... (Is that correct?)Gumuhua (talk) 23:47, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Just an update: another contributor, Pyl, changed the Tongyong to Hanyu in the infobox, I think furhter debate is not needed, cause the sources agree with such a move... Do u agree?

We should change the ROC-related articles guidelines about Tongyong-Hanyu... U ask for debate before making any unilateral movement, so Im waiting for ur POV on the matter... Cya!! Gumuhua (talk) 02:18, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

objection over the map

Can you explain to me why you have covered Indian territory under china in the map?

Chiang Kai-shek article

This article Chiang Kai-shek is under Vandalism by IP 122.121.xx.xxx , please to protect the article, thanks.

problems about the captial of Republic of China

Firstly,my English is poor.As a consequence,I can't translate something professional written in Chinese to English.Secondly,how can I use an E-mail from the government regarded as the attitude of the government as the reference.Huang Sir (talk) 13:02, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Canadian Code of Arms Shield

Hi Nat,

You have requested that the Canadian Coat of Arms Shield image be removed.

There have been no changes to the SHIELD since 1921 and therefore this shield is current and accurate.

There have been changes to the Canadian Coat of Arms other then the shield:

1957 : Canada's arms were slightly modified to produce a cleaner more contemporary design, the Government replaced the original Tudor crown of the 1921 design by a crown that would represent not just one of the royal families of English monarchs, but centuries of kings and queens of England.

July 12, 1994 : augmented with a ribbon with the motto of the Order of Canada: "Desiderantes Meliorem Patriam". (They desire a better country).

Please refer to http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/symbl/arm2-eng.cfm#a1

I noticed a slight difference with the 1957 shield to the current one, however, I decided to redraw the shield to address the concerns at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Canadian Coat of Arms Shield.svg. Now, I want to hear your thoughts. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 18:19, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Audio CD

• 06:22, 29 January 2008 Nat protected Audio CD ‎ (anon. issues/vandalism [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed])

Since it's been over 18 mohths I've started a review to see if this semiprotection is still considered necessary. See talk:Audio CD. --TS 10:29, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

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Pamela Taylor article marked for delation

Hi Nat, you want to vote to keep this article around until at least after the by-election in Toronto Centre: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pamela Taylor.--Abebenjoe (talk) 19:01, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikimania 2011

I'm not sure if you are on the mailing list for Wikimedia Canada, so that's why I left you this message. You're previously involved in bid process for hosting Wikimania in Toronto. Right now we're forming a bid team for Wikimania in 2011. Would you be interested? OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 16:59, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

File:3rei Sud Est.jpg

Hello. I was looking through images moved to Wikimedia Commons and I came across File:3rei Sud Est.jpg which you uploaded. I see it's tagged with a Creative Commons license, but - and perhaps I'm being dim here, or it's because I can't read Romanian - I don't see any license mentioned at the blog it came from. Can you help? Angus McLellan (Talk) 12:14, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

File:3rei Sud Est.jpg

Hi Nat, I see that this image has been uploaded as CC-by-SA, but where does the site you downloaded it from say this is the case? - Tbsdy (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) ^talk 00:59, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

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Wikimania 2009

Since you added this information into the Wikimania 2009 bid page, can you contact me offline so that I can get the details of the previous deal?? I am working with KDMI and I need the info for the 2011 bid... Thanks!! Raysonho (talk) 05:55, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Images uploaded 5/5/2010

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misspelt word, no big thing

Your leasure is leisure, more correctly. Just at your own pace. I like it. 75.208.190.231 (talk) 00:19, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox ontario election

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Yok Mu-ming

Hi there...When I went to read about the above, the website told me that the article had been deleted and that you were the editor who deleted it. I do not know if the old article was any good; perhaps its low quality was such that it did not merit inclusion. If I prepare a new article on Yok Mu-ming, leader of the ROC "New Party" and post it here, would you do me the favour of creating the article (I cannot create articles as I am not a registered user here and my preference is not to register). Would you do that for me? I will ensure whatever I propose to post is well referenced etc and try to make it a fairly decent article. If you agree in principle, just let me konw and I will try to create it at the weekend. Thanks. 84.203.69.75 (talk) 20:45, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Please accept this invite to join the Conservatism WikiProject, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to conservatism. Simply click here to accept! – Lionel (talk) 08:13, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

have you noticed that..

When im editing a new section it double appears the same thing... hmmm oh by the way your signature is that numa numa song?

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MSU Interview

Dear Nat,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox chinese/China/Map

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Tyndale University College & Seminary Logo

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox UofT College

Template:Infobox UofT College has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Secondarywaltz (talk) 17:23, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Wildrose Alliance Party/meta/shortname

A tag has been placed on Template:Wildrose Alliance Party/meta/shortname requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Wildrose Alliance Party/meta/color

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Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Liberal Party of Alberta/meta/shortname

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Speedy deletion nomination of Template:PC Alberta/meta/shortname

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Speedy deletion nomination of Template:PC Alberta/meta/color

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Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Liberal Party of Alberta/meta/color

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April - National Contribution Month

Good day Nat,

During the month of April, Wikimedia Canada is preparing the National Contribution Month, and we are looking for experienced contributors to organize a contribution day (or half-day) in their region.

Contribution days are activities where Wikipedia's contributors, students, or anybody interested in contributing to Wikipedia meets together to collectively improve a predetermined theme. This meetings generally take place in library where references are easy of access, but can be organized in any communal room. Beside improving articles, a goal of this participatory workshops is to initiate neophyte in the cooperative contribution of Wikipedia.

If you are interested in organizing or participating in a contribution day in your region, communicate witht he national team on the project's talk page. The exact agenda of each local event is left to the discretion of the organizer. Help is available for the organization from contributors who already organized these type of days, so don't be worried. If you have any questions or want more information, don't hesitate to contact us.

Benoit Rochon (talk) 00:53, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Odan.jpg

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. m.o.p 02:13, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

October 2013

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File:SaskLiberal.png listed for deletion

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You're invited: Art & Feminism Edit-a-thon

Art & Feminism Edit-a-Thon - You are invited!

File:Csaky madonna.jpg

Hi Nat! The first ever Art and Feminism Edit-a-thon will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2014 across the United States and Canada - including Toronto! Wikipedians of all experience levels are welcome to join! Any editors interested in the intersection of feminism and art are welcome. Experienced editors will be on hand to help new editors. Bring a friend and a laptop! Come one, come all! Learn more here! SarahStierch (talk) 08:25, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Odan.jpg

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:28, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox vice-regal

Template:Infobox vice-regal has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:42, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Ontario Libertarian Party small logo.png

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 13:35, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

University of Toronto campus merger

Please see the talk on the University of Toronto page about merging all three campuses.Davidhar (talk) 21:27, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Crowned Portcullis.png

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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File:UofT tree with colours.jpg listed for discussion

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Extended confirmed protection

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Extended confirmed protection (also known as "30/500 protection") is a new level of page protection that only allows edits from accounts at least 30 days old and with 500 edits. The automatically assigned "extended confirmed" user right was created for this purpose. The protection level was created following this community discussion with the primary intention of enforcing various arbitration remedies that prohibited editors under the "30 days/500 edits" threshold to edit certain topic areas.

In July and August 2016, a request for comment established consensus for community use of the new protection level. Administrators are authorized to apply extended confirmed protection to combat any form of disruption (e.g. vandalism, sock puppetry, edit warring, etc.) on any topic, subject to the following conditions:

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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

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A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Nat.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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Administrators' newsletter - February 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
• Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
• Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news

• When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
• Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
• The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries

• JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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SMILE!! :-)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:PRC provinces small imagemap/45em

Template:PRC provinces small imagemap/45em has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 13:48, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:39th Canadian Parliament standings

Template:39th Canadian Parliament standings has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Steel1943 (talk) 23:04, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Ontlaseating

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New mailing list for Wikimedia Canada

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ArbCom 2019 special circular

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

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)

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

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

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

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:04, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2019

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

Administrator changes

GermanJoe • Girth Summit • Kees08 • Nosebagbear

DESiegel • GB fan • MSGJ • Voice of Clam • WilyD

DeltaQuad • Fang Aili • Pakaran

Bureaucrat changes

DeltaQuad • Pakaran

Interface administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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Oversight changes

L235 • Mz7 • ST47 • Stwalkerster • The Blade of the Northern Lights • Xaosflux

DeltaQuad • DGG • Julia W

Guideline and policy news

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

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

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

Arbitration

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

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2019

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Administrator changes

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

Technical news

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

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

Miscellaneous

• The global consultation on partial and temporary office actions that ended in October received a closing statement from staff concluding, among other things, that the WMF will no longer use partial or temporary Office Action bans... until and unless community consensus that they are of value or Board directive.

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