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Administrators' newsletter – July 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2020).
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment is in progress to remove the T2 (template that misrepresents established policy) speedy deletion criterion.
Technical news
- Protection templates on mainspace pages are now automatically added by User:MusikBot II (BRFA).
Arbitration
- Following the banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold an
RfC regarding on-wiki harassment
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all discussions about pharmaceutical drug prices and pricing and for edits adding, changing, or removing pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing from articles
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Merger discussion for Swan Hill
An article that you have been involved in editing—Swan Hill—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Jonathan O'Donnell (talk) 00:16, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you for alerting people to your proposal Jonathan. --Scott Davis Talk 02:44, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
sheesh
I remember when you went to tassie for a holiday - I have just found that the whole upper derwent hydro scheme seems to have escaped adequate coverage in wp en - what a chaotic mess - I have also sent an email about something else - I really miss not being at an Adelaide meetup in the last x years - you folks were really good company ! trust all is well, I might need to consult on a few other things down the line - thats enough for the moment JarrahTree 11:41, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
- Hi JarrahTree. That holiday feels like a long time ago, but I think there may still be some holiday snaps illustrating Wikipedia articles. I am looking in to your email, it has interrupted a bit of housecleaning ([1] ) but I don't think I have spotted the specific problem yet. --Scott Davis Talk 11:50, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
- thanks for looking, it might be interesting if I looked for my photos from the 70s again - my favourite - and what I forgot to reverse - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arrowsmith_descent_1977.jpg - c 11:54, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
- seeing no one else seems the slightest interested - could you have look at qantas article - I think both the recent edits were both wrong - any thoughts ? cheers JarrahTree 09:40, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
- @JarrahTree: I don't see a problem in the total changes since my last edit. Has the issue you were concerned about already been fixed? If not, can you be more specific of the problem? Thanks. --Scott Davis Talk 13:18, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
- NP - it was resolved - I basically was very tired last night and the two edits after jetstreamer had me confused - has since gone there and fixed, (I was annoyed by the potential BLP issues) - all been and gone... sorry to have bothered you about it JarrahTree 13:22, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
- That's OK. Editing Wikipedia while tired is nearly as bad as while drunk - don't do it :-) Thanks for getting more eyes on it. --Scott Davis Talk 13:32, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you for your understanding - there is something about dealing with BLP inside corporate articles... JarrahTree 13:37, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
- Yeah - it can be a sneaky way to malign someone. --Scott Davis Talk 13:54, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you for your understanding - there is something about dealing with BLP inside corporate articles... JarrahTree 13:37, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
- That's OK. Editing Wikipedia while tired is nearly as bad as while drunk - don't do it :-) Thanks for getting more eyes on it. --Scott Davis Talk 13:32, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2020).
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- There is an open request for comment to decide whether to increase the minimum duration a sanction discussion has to remain open (currently 24 hours).
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2020
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- It was removed from the article about a political party that has now changed its name. I have saved someone the effort by deleting the file myself. Cheers. --Scott Davis Talk 10:28, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2020).
Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment found consensus that incubation as an alternative to deletion should generally only be recommended when draftification is appropriate, namely
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- A request for comment found consensus that incubation as an alternative to deletion should generally only be recommended when draftification is appropriate, namely
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- The filter log now provides links to view diffs of deleted revisions (phab:T261630).
Arbitration
- The 2020 CheckUser and Oversight appointment process has begun. The community consultation period will take place from September 27th to October 7th.
- Following a request for comment, sitting Committee members may not serve on either the Ombuds Commission or the WMF Case Review Committee. The Arbitration Committee passed a motion implementing those results into their procedures.
Miscellaneous
- The Universal Code of Conduct draft is open for community review and comment until October 6th, 2020.
- Office actions may now be appealed to the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee.
Nomination of Lake Placid, Queensland for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Lake Placid, Queensland is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lake Placid, Queensland until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Bgtips1001 (talk) 13:21, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
Please tell me what you learned
Hi @ScottDavis: I just noticed that for a few years you looked after Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight. I would love to see the quality of articles on Australian politics, Australian history and just on Australian institutions generally really lift. I'm also interested in creating healthy collaborations between editors - because wiki can be such an isolating thing, and in some spaces, quite hostile. So, that project you had going seems to be a fantastic idea. So, what were the forces at work that slowed the project down? How would you do it differently if you were to do it again? The Little Platoon (talk) 21:13, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
- Hi The Little Platoon. Thanks for asking. From what I recall, it eventually wound down to a halt due to lack of interest - nominations stopped rolling in, and the designated ACOTF got very few edits in its fortnight. Eventually, I got tired of trying too. Around that time, I had other issues with Wikipedia as well and stepped away from the keyboard for a bit, followed by some significant real-world turmoil before I eventually returned to Wikipedia.
- I guess what is needed is the level of community that has people volunteer to pitch in and make a difference, even on articles that don't personally interest them. Over the years, the base level of a Wikipedia article has improved so that major article improvements take a lot more effort than they used to. --Scott Davis Talk 23:04, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
- I think sustaining any sense of community, without people ever actually meeting, is super hard. Do you think it would be hard to get ACotF going again? Technically I mean. (I'm okay with connecting and with writing. But I'm not too hot on coding and templates and whatnot.)The Little Platoon (talk) 09:15, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
- The Little Platoon I don't think there were any particularly complex templates - a couple of banners and such. {{Collab-australian}} contains the name of the current collaboration, {{Australian Collaboration Notice}} uses it and has a list of a few other recent collaborations. {{WikiProject Australia}} still has parameters
|acotf=and|past-collaboration=. {{Current Australian COTF}} was deleted, but the history is saved at Wikipedia:Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight/Current. Good luck, and if those templates are beyond you, I'll help out a bit when I can. --Scott Davis Talk 12:07, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
- The Little Platoon I don't think there were any particularly complex templates - a couple of banners and such. {{Collab-australian}} contains the name of the current collaboration, {{Australian Collaboration Notice}} uses it and has a list of a few other recent collaborations. {{WikiProject Australia}} still has parameters
- I think sustaining any sense of community, without people ever actually meeting, is super hard. Do you think it would be hard to get ACotF going again? Technically I mean. (I'm okay with connecting and with writing. But I'm not too hot on coding and templates and whatnot.)The Little Platoon (talk) 09:15, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – November 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2020).
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Guideline and policy news
- Community sanctions now authorize administrators to place under indefinite semiprotection
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- Sysops will once again be able to view the deleted history of JS/CSS pages; this was restricted to interface administrators when that group was introduced.
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Miscellaneous
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Twisted synapses
Oh dear, my brain seems to have flipped east and west - that was the second time I've done it in as many days! Too much looking must overtax the grey matter sometimes... Thanks for the fix. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 11:57, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
- @Laterthanyouthink: That one wasn't there for long.
I've corrected east-west flips that have been in articles for years sometimes I think. Thanks for doing the reading that enabled the article improvements. I've just read that the original DC of Munno Para West didn't extend that far, but got sidetracked into family history for a moment. --Scott Davis Talk 12:22, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – December 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2020).
Administrator changes
- Andrwsc • Anetode • GoldenRing • JzG • LinguistAtLarge • Nehrams2020
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- There is a request for comment in progress to either remove T3 (duplicated and hardcoded instances) as a speedy deletion criterion or eliminate its seven-day waiting period.
Technical news
- Voting for proposals in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey, which determines what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year, will take place from 8 December through 21 December. In particular, there are sections regarding administrators and anti-harassment.
Arbitration
- Voting in the 2020 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 7 December 2020 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.
Badgingarra wind farm
Hi Scott
Do you think you could start the article for this wind farm?
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badgingarra_Wind_Farm&action=edit&redlink=1
Much appreciated
DiamondIIIXX (talk) 06:12, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
This should help. https://www.thewindpower.net/windfarm_en_13366_badgingarra.php DiamondIIIXX (talk) 06:13, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- @DiamondIIIXX: yes, I should be able to make a start on that. Give me a day or two. --Scott Davis Talk 08:50, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- @DiamondIIIXX: I think I'm done with Badgingarra Wind Farm (I didn't need the day or two after all). The infobox is populated from Badgingarra wind farm (Q104637674) and Siemens SWT-3.6-130 (Q104638239) on Wikidata. --Scott Davis Talk 13:00, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- Always appreciate when talk pages are even touched - uncovered the intiruging dead project of mills... JarrahTree 13:34, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
- @DiamondIIIXX: - a possibly silly question, but why did you copy most of the values from Wikidata to the Wikipedia infobox instead of leaving the infobox to fetch them from Wikidata? --Scott Davis Talk 07:51, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
- @ScottDavis: When you edit an infobox on the Wikipedia page to add a field that doesn't exist - e.g. the hub height, rotor diameter etc, it automatically creates the infobox on the page - (side note, when you do this you have to add the coordinates because it deletes them?). It appears that I copied it but I simply added a few fields in the infobox on the page. Also, the reason I add the hub height/rotor diameter/capacity factor/annual net output in the page is there's no field - or I haven't discovered a field - for it in the wikidata page. Another reason is that the "height" property of the "powered by" statement for the wind farm is ambiguous, does it mean the hub height or tip height?! DiamondIIIXX (talk) 08:48, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
- @DiamondIIIXX: - ah, I don't use the visual editor. I wonder if you have identified a bug in it? Hub height and rotor diameter were in the wikidata-only version. The use did not appear to be ambiguous in the documentation on {{Infobox power station}} which says that
{{{wind_hub_height}}}is the "Height of the wind turbine towers from base to hub" and drawn from powered by (P516) with qualifier height (P2048). I did not include the Capacity factor or Annual net output as I didn't spot them in the references I used. They should be able to be drawn from capacity factor (P6639) and annual energy output (P4131) with optional qualifier point in time (P585) respectively (but I have not tried yet). I suspect that if we add them to Wikidata they will appear in that version of the infobox, as historic page versions usually use current template versions, so don't always look like they did at the time of the text edit. --Scott Davis Talk 09:16, 4 January 2021 (UTC) - @ScottDavis: I'm not talking about the hub height in the infobox power station, I'm talking about adding it to the wikidata entry. When I look at the "powered by" statement, I only see height, not rotor diameter. Are there hidden fields the infobox imports onto a Wikipedia page? DiamondIIIXX (talk) 10:25, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
- @DiamondIIIXX: The rotor diameter is one of the fields drawn from the turbine model, Siemens SWT-3.6-130 (Q104638239), although it can be overridden as a diameter (P2386) qualifier on powered by (P516) like tower height is. It looks like the information at {{Infobox power station}} is much more complete about the wikidata entities than the corresponding information at d:Wikidata:WikiProject Energy presently is. I used the former. --Scott Davis Talk 11:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
- @DiamondIIIXX: - ah, I don't use the visual editor. I wonder if you have identified a bug in it? Hub height and rotor diameter were in the wikidata-only version. The use did not appear to be ambiguous in the documentation on {{Infobox power station}} which says that
- @ScottDavis: When you edit an infobox on the Wikipedia page to add a field that doesn't exist - e.g. the hub height, rotor diameter etc, it automatically creates the infobox on the page - (side note, when you do this you have to add the coordinates because it deletes them?). It appears that I copied it but I simply added a few fields in the infobox on the page. Also, the reason I add the hub height/rotor diameter/capacity factor/annual net output in the page is there's no field - or I haven't discovered a field - for it in the wikidata page. Another reason is that the "height" property of the "powered by" statement for the wind farm is ambiguous, does it mean the hub height or tip height?! DiamondIIIXX (talk) 08:48, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
- @DiamondIIIXX: - a possibly silly question, but why did you copy most of the values from Wikidata to the Wikipedia infobox instead of leaving the infobox to fetch them from Wikidata? --Scott Davis Talk 07:51, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
- Always appreciate when talk pages are even touched - uncovered the intiruging dead project of mills... JarrahTree 13:34, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
How do you add CF and Annual generation through wikidata? DiamondIIIXX (talk) 11:59, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
- this set of edits added them to Wikidata and they now show in the infobox at the last edit with a wikidata infobox, but without the fine date detail you provided. I only used English Wikipedia as the reference as I'm not sure where you got those numbers. I've also noticed that you updated the installed capacity – I had used 130MW as that is the total in the sources I saw, not the slightly higher result of multiplying the number of turbines by their individual capacity.
- The talk pages of the template and Wikidata WikiProject have discussions about how to represent things and add more features. Pulling the references through is technically difficult, for example, but I expect the date for the capacity factor could be added like it is for the annual output. The template experts are pretty responsive (I got a format error fixed for the official website since I made that article). --Scott Davis Talk 12:17, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
- I downloaded the monthly csv files and collated the total into the table you see on the Wikipedia page.
- The installed capacity is without question the number of turbines X the MW rating of each turbine. Registered capacity may be different but usually the most important thing is simply the installed capacity.
- I simply took the average generation (524,712 + 504,217) / 2 and used that result for the Annual net output. More precisely, it's 514,479.5. I used this for calculating the capacity factor - it's (514479.5 * 100) / (133.2 * 365 * 24) = 44.10.
- I think once you edit the infobox it won't update itself from the wikidata source. DiamondIIIXX (talk) 12:44, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2020).
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Guideline and policy news
- Speedy deletion criterion T3 (duplication and hardcoded instances) has been repealed following a request for comment.
Technical news
- You can now put pages on your watchlist for a limited period of time.
Arbitration
- By motion, standard discretionary sanctions have been temporarily authorized
for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes)
. The effectiveness of the discretionary sanctions can be evaluated on the request by any editor after March 1, 2021 (or sooner if for a good reason). - Following the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, BDD, Bradv, CaptainEek, L235, Maxim, Primefac.
- By motion, standard discretionary sanctions have been temporarily authorized
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Speedy deletion nomination of Yagoona (disambiguation)
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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 11:27, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Shhhnotsoloud: I have copied in the content of the target page as it was up until November when the disambiguation page was replaced by a redirect. If the primary topic was to be changed from disambiguation to a redirect, then the (disambiguation) redirect should have been replaced by moving the disambiguation page to its place. I have completed this action by copy-paste as four lines was not worth the effort of selective undeletions and moves. --Scott Davis Talk 12:45, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for notifying me. I have sent the page to AfD. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 13:28, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
Nomination of Yagoona (disambiguation) for deletion
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yagoona (disambiguation) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2021).
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Arbitration
- The standard discretionary sanctions authorized for American Politics were amended by motion to cover
post-1992 politics of United States and closely related people
, replacing the 1932 cutoff.
- The standard discretionary sanctions authorized for American Politics were amended by motion to cover
Miscellaneous
- Voting in the 2021 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2021, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2021, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
- Wikipedia has now been around for 20 years, and recently saw its billionth edit!
Administrators' newsletter – March 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021).
Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment is open that proposes a process for the community to revoke administrative permissions. This follows a 2019 RfC in favor of creating one such a policy.
- A request for comment is in progress to remove F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a, which covers immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
- A request for comment seeks to grant page movers the
delete-redirectuserright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target. The full proposal is at Wikipedia:Page mover/delete-redirect. - A request for comment asks if sysops may
place the General sanctions/Coronavirus disease 2019 editnotice template on pages in scope that do not have page-specific sanctions
? - There is a discussion in progress concerning automatic protection of each day's featured article with Pending Changes protection.
Technical news
- When blocking an IPv6 address with Twinkle, there is now a checkbox with the option to just block the /64 range. When doing so, you can still leave a block template on the initial, single IP address' talkpage.
- When protecting a page with Twinkle, you can now add a note if doing so was in response to a request at WP:RfPP, and even link to the specific revision.
- There have been a number of reported issues with Pending Changes. Most problems setting protection appear to have been resolved (phab:T273317) but other issues with autoaccepting edits persist (phab:T275322).
Arbitration
- By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions
authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, any gender-related dispute or controversy and associated people.
Sanctions issued under GamerGate are now considered Gender and sexuality sanctions. - The Kurds and Kurdistan case was closed, authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for
the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed
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- By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions
Miscellaneous
- Following the 2021 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AmandaNP, Operator873, Stanglavine, Teles, and Wiki13.
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ygm JarrahTree 07:14, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
Regarding this article, don't you think that image of Parliament House is best suited as a lede image above the Scott Morrison Dropbox? It's currently down in the text body, but it looks out of place there. All the allegations draw back to Parliament House either figuratively (Porter) or literally (Higgins), so I just thought it would make the most sense. Ashton 29 (talk) 14:40, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
- @Ashton 29: I left it at the top at the end of my editing for tonight. I think the building at night is a great image for the Higgins rape allegation, but not so sure about it for the debating team allegation. --Scott Davis Talk 14:51, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021).
Administrator changes
- Alexandria • Happyme22 • RexxS
Guideline and policy news
- 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-redirectuserright, 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.
Administrators' newsletter – May 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021).
Administrator changes
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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
oversightwill be renamed tosuppress. This is for technical reasons. You can comment at T112147 if you have objections.
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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.
Administrators' newsletter – June 2021
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)
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- 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.
Administrators' newsletter – July 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021).
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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.