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Messages Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago Awesome Ten years! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:00, 14 September 2017 (UTC) ArbCom 2017 election voter message Hello, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC) Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India) Greetings, It is being planned to organize Wikigraphists Bootcamp in India, please fill out the survey form to help the organizers. Your responses will help organizers understand what level of demand there is for the event (how many people in your community think it is important that the event happens). At the end of the day, the participants will turn out to have knowledge to create drawings, illustrations, diagrams, maps, graphs, bar charts etc. and get to know to how to tune the images to meet the QI and FP criteria. For more information and link to survey form, please visit Talk:Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:46, 15 January 2018 (UTC) welcome Hi. Im Thinh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamthinh (talk • contribs) 12:08, 5 February 2018 (UTC) Tst. Đỗ Thị Hải An (talk) 12:18, 5 February 2018 (UTC) Supporting Indian Wikipedia Program resource distribution In 2017 - 2018, the Wikimedia Foundation and Google working in close coordination with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Wikimedia India chapter (WMIN) and user groups will pilot a program encouraging Wikipedia communities to create locally relevant and high-quality content in Indian languages. This program (Code name: Project Tiger) will: (a) Support active and experienced Wikipedia editors through the donation of laptops and stipends for internet access and (b) Sponsor a language-based contest that aims to address existing Wikipedia content gaps. The objective of the program is to provide laptops and internet stipends for existing editors who need support to contribute more actively. 50 basic model Acer Chromebooks and Internet stipends for 100 contributors are available for distribution. Provided resources are the sole property of the beneficiaries and should be used for the betterment of the movement. If you're an active Wikimedian, and interested to receive support from this project, please apply. It will take around 10 minutes of your time, and will ask descriptive questions about your contribution to Indic Wikimedia projects. Apply at: Supporting Indian Language Wikipedias Program#Apply for support Last date for submitting applications is 11th February 2018, 11:59 IST. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:12, 8 February 2018 (UTC) Project Tiger Writing Contest In 2017 – 2018, the Wikimedia Foundation and Google working in close coordination with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Wikimedia India Chapter (WMIN) and user groups from India, are piloting a program encouraging Wikipedia communities to create locally relevant and high-quality content in Indian languages. This program will (a) support active and experienced Wikipedia editors through the donation of laptops and stipends for internet access and (b) sponsor a language-based contest that aims to address existing Wikipedia content gaps. Phase (a) has been completed, during which active contributors were awarded laptops and internet stipends. Phase (b) will be a contest in which editors will come together and develop a writing contest focused on content gaps. Each month three individual prizes will be awarded to each community based on their contribution for the month. The prizes worth 3,000 INR, 2000 INR, and 1,000 INR, will be awarded to the top contributors for each month. The contest started at March 1, 2018, 0:00, and will end at May 31, 2018, 23:59 (IST). Useful links are as follows: Sign up at: Wikipedia:Project Tiger Writing Contest/Participants List of the articles can be referred at: Wikipedia:Project Tiger Writing Contest/Topics Submit/report your articles/contributions at: https://tools.wmflabs.org/fountain/editathons/project-tiger-2018-en For more details, rules, FAQ etc. kindly refer: Wikipedia:Project Tiger Writing Contest Looking forward your participation, all the best. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) at 22:21, 21 March 2018 (UTC). Cambodian visa policy towards Indians WP is not Wikitravel but such blatant discrimination in visa issuance policy is noteworthy in bilateral relations. Please clarify your reasons for removing the section as it pertains to one impoverished 3rd world nation discriminating against another or I am going to add it back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2403:6200:88A0:D2F:0:0:0:2 (talk) 04:46, 22 March 2018 (UTC) Please see WP:NOTSOAPBOX. — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 04:38, 27 March 2018 (UTC) Dear IP, try not to be combative and be patient. And if possible prefer to avoid the term 'third world', it's quite obselete now119.82.86.240 (talk) 11:24, 13 March 2019 (UTC) Lawrence Liang page problems Could I please ask you to take a look at Lawrence_Liang and help, if possible, by fixing and protecting? Thank you. --Iamnemonic (talk) 06:53, 31 March 2018 (UTC)--Iamnemonic (talk) 06:53, 31 March 2018 (UTC) Reputation Whitewashing of Lawrence Liang Please do not vandalise the Lawrence Liang page by deleting information about his present career and providing earlier wrong info, and by deleting info on his sexual harassment inquiry finding. As noted by Nikhil Cariappa, a suspicious attempt at repetitional whitewashing is happening: https://twitter.com/NikhilCariappa1/status/979532465223036928 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chopps2018 (talk • contribs) 07:58, 31 March 2018 (UTC) Sexual harassment mentions Dear Sir/Madam, kindly edit the following pages based on the precedent of Mr Lawrence Liang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asok_Kumar_Ganguly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Weinstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._Abdullakutty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajendra_K._Pachauri Please also refer to my comment on the talk page of Mr lawrence Liang. Thank you. Legal Eagle9999 (talk) 06:27, 3 April 2018 (UTC) Select Survey Invite I'm working on a study of political motivations and how they affect editing. I'd like to ask you to take a survey. The survey should take no more than 1-2 minutes. Your survey responses will be kept private. Our project is documented at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_%2B_Politics. Your survey Link: https://uchicago.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9S3JByWf57fXEkR?Q_DL=56np5HpEZWkMlr7_9S3JByWf57fXEkR_MLRP_5cqp8QIGl06AMi9&Q_CHL=gl I am asking you to participate in this study because you are a frequent editor of pages on Wikipedia that are of political interest. We would like to learn about your experiences in dealing with editors of different political orientations. Sincere thanks for your help! Porteclefs (talk) 12:47, 20 April 2018 (UTC) Orphaned non-free image File:Gujarat National Law University (emblem).jpg ⚠ Thanks for uploading File:Gujarat National Law University (emblem).jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media). Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:07, 20 June 2018 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for June 23 Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Khem Veasna, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Prey Veng (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.) It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:23, 23 June 2018 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – July 2018 News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2018). Administrator changes Pbsouthwood • TheSandDoctor Gogo Dodo Andrevan • Doug • EVula • KaisaL • Tony Fox • WilyD Bureaucrat changes Andrevan • EVula Guideline and policy news An RfC about the deletion of drafts closed with a consensus to change the wording of WP:NMFD. Specifically, a draft that has been repeatedly resubmitted and declined at AfC without any substantial improvement may be deleted at MfD if consensus determines that it is unlikely to ever meet the requirements for mainspace and it otherwise meets one of the reasons for deletion outlined in the deletion policy. A request for comment closed with a consensus that the {{promising draft}} template cannot be used to indefinitely prevent a WP:G13 speedy deletion nomination. Technical news Starting on July 9, the WMF Security team, Trust & Safety, and the broader technical community will be seeking input on an upcoming change that will restrict editing of site-wide JavaScript and CSS to a new technical administrators user group. Bureaucrats and stewards will be able to grant this right per a community-defined process. The intention is to reduce the number of accounts who can edit frontend code to those who actually need to, which in turn lessens the risk of malicious code being added that compromises the security and privacy of everyone who accesses Wikipedia. For more information, please review the FAQ. Syntax highlighting has been graduated from a Beta feature on the English Wikipedia. To enable this feature, click the highlighter icon () in your editing toolbar (or under the hamburger menu in the 2017 wikitext editor). This feature can help prevent you from making mistakes when editing complex templates. IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in July (previously scheduled for June). This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface. Miscellaneous Currently around 20% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 17% a year ago. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless if you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:22, 3 July 2018 (UTC) Orphaned non-free image File:West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (crest).jpg ⚠ Thanks for uploading File:West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (crest).jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media). Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Muhandes (talk) 16:19, 16 July 2018 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – August 2018 News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2018). Administrator changes Sro23 KaisaL • Ymblanter Guideline and policy news After a discussion at Meta, a new user group called "interface administrators" (formerly "technical administrator") has been created. Come the end of August, interface admins will be the only users able to edit site-wide JavaScript and CSS pages like MediaWiki:Common.js and MediaWiki:Common.css, or edit other user's personal JavaScript and CSS. The intention is to improve security and privacy by reducing the number of accounts which could be used to compromise the site or another user's account through malicious code. The new user group can be assigned and revoked by bureaucrats. Discussion is ongoing to establish details for implementing the group on the English Wikipedia. Following a request for comment, the WP:SISTER style guideline now states that in the mainspace, interwiki links to Wikinews should only be made as per the external links guideline. This generally means that within the body of an article, you should not link to Wikinews about a particular event that is only a part of the larger topic. Wikinews links in "external links" sections can be used where helpful, but not automatically if an equivalent article from a reliable news outlet could be linked in the same manner. Technical news The WMF Anti-Harassment Tools team is seeking input on the second set of wireframes for the Special:Block redesign that will introduce partial blocks. The new functionality will allow you to block a user from editing a specific set of pages, pages in a category, a namespace, and for specific actions such as moving pages and uploading files. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:31, 5 August 2018 (UTC) Thank you for the welcome So inspired by the wiki workshop. Can't wait to submit my first article Ascv (talk) 14:30, 27 August 2018 (UTC) My pleasure. — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 15:02, 27 August 2018 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – September 2018 News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2018). Administrator changes None Asterion • Crisco 1492 • KF • Kudpung • Liz • Randykitty • Spartaz Optimist on the run → Voice of Clam Interface administrator changes Amorymeltzer • Mr. Stradivarius • MusikAnimal • MSGJ • TheDJ • Xaosflux Guideline and policy news Following a "stop-gap" discussion, six users have temporarily been made interface administrators while discussion is ongoing for a more permanent process for assigning the permission. Interface administrators are now the only editors allowed to edit sitewide CSS and JavaScript pages, as well as CSS/JS pages in another user's userspace. Previously, all administrators had this ability. The right can be granted and revoked by bureaucrats. Technical news Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour. Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says Deprecated. Use ... instead. An example is article_text which is now page_title. Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is page_age. Arbitration The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59 UTC, 12 September, and the candidates that move forward will be published on-wiki for community comments on 18 September. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:23, 2 September 2018 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – October 2018 News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2018). Administrator changes Justlettersandnumbers • L235 Bgwhite • HorsePunchKid • J Greb • KillerChihuahua • Rami R • Winhunter Interface administrator changes Cyberpower678 • Deryck Chan • Oshwah • Pharos • Ragesoss • Ritchie333 Oversight changes Guerillero • NativeForeigner • Snowolf • Xeno Guideline and policy news Following a request for comment, the process for appointing interface administrators has been established. Currently only existing admins can request these rights, while a new RfC has begun on whether it should be available to non-admins. There is an open request for comment on Meta regarding the creation a new user group for global edit filter management. Technical news Partial blocks should be available for testing in October on the Test Wikipedia and the Beta-Cluster. This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available. The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to measure the effectiveness of blocks. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks. Because of a data centre test, you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. Arbitration The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity. The community consultation for 2018 CheckUser and Oversight appointments has concluded. Appointments will be made by October 11. Following a request for comment, the size of the Arbitration Committee will be decreased to 13 arbitrators, starting in 2019. Additionally, the minimum support percentage required to be appointed to a two-year term on ArbCom has been increased to 60%. ArbCom candidates who receive between 50% and 60% support will be appointed to one-year terms instead. Nominations for the 2018 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission are being accepted until 12 October. These are the editors who help run the ArbCom election smoothly. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please consider nominating yourself. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:13, 5 October 2018 (UTC) Golriz Ghahraman Merging WP:UNDUE content into the core of a short biography, therefore flooding it, is absolutely not an improvement: it's making it worse. I have been WP:BOLD and removed the content that you gave more prominence. I'm not sure about the best place for the remaining content, but it's impossible to resolve if you won't use the talk page. The Drover's Wife (talk) 11:07, 6 October 2018 (UTC) I was posting here to thoroughly apologise, because I'd carelessly assumed that you had reinstated Ascv's edit (which I seriously objected to as making things worse), when you had in fact done your own. I don't particularly object to your version of the wording there; although I feel it's a little bit POV in Ghahraman's favour and doesn't explain the controversy as well, I don't know that it's worth fussing over. Of course, while I was writing this message, you (again without discussion) have removed the content entirely, which is completely unacceptable. I'm not going to revert you immediately in the interests of stopping a revert war, but please revert yourself to your previous edit. We're clearly not far apart and this whole dispute would be completely unnecessary if you'd discuss first rather than ignoring the talk page. The Drover's Wife (talk) 11:15, 6 October 2018 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – November 2018 News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2018). Administrator changes Sir Sputnik Kudpung • Liz • Lourdes Everyking • Jackmcbarn Interface administrator changes Dinoguy1000 CheckUser changes AGK • Ivanvector • Stwalkerster • TonyBallioni Oversight changes Amorymeltzer • Oshwah • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93 Keilana Guideline and policy news A request for comment determined that non-administrators will not be able to request interface admin access. A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the Mediation Committee should be closed and marked as historical. A village pump discussion has been ongoing about whether the proposed deletion policy (PROD) should be clarified or amended. A request for comment is in progress to determine whether pending changes protection should be applied automatically to today's featured article (TFA) in order to mitigate a recent trend of severe image vandalism. Technical news Partial blocks is now available for testing on the Test Wikipedia. The new functionality allows you to block users from editing specific pages. Bugs may exist and can be reported on the local talk page or on Meta. A discussion regarding deployment to English Wikipedia will be started by community liaisons sometime in the near future. A user script is now available to quickly review unblock requests. The 2019 Community Wishlist Survey is now accepting new proposals until November 11, 2018. The results of this survey will determine what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year. Voting on the proposals will take place from November 16 to November 30, 2018. Specifically, there is a proposal category for admins and stewards that may be of interest. Arbitration Eligible editors will be invited to nominate themselves as candidates in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 4 until November 13. Voting will begin on November 19 and last until December 2. The Arbitration Committee's email address has changed to arbcom-enwikimedia.org. Other email lists, such as functionaries-en and clerks-l, remain unchanged. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:19, 3 November 2018 (UTC) ArbCom 2018 election voter message Hello, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – December 2018 News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018). Administrator changes Al Ameer son • Randykitty • Spartaz Boson • Daniel J. Leivick • Efe • Esanchez7587 • Fred Bauder • Garzo • Martijn Hoekstra • Orangemike Interface administrator changes Deryck Chan Guideline and policy news Following a request for comment, the Mediation Committee is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests. A request for comment is in progress to determine whether members of the Bot Approvals Group should satisfy activity requirements in order to remain in that role. A request for comment is in progress regarding whether to change the administrator inactivity policy, such that administrators "who have made no logged administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped". Currently, the policy states that administrators "who have made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped". A proposal has been made to temporarily restrict editing of the Main Page to interface administrators in order to mitigate the impact of compromised accounts. Technical news Administrators and bureaucrats can no longer unblock themselves unless they placed the block initially. This change has been implemented globally. See also this ongoing village pump discussion (permalink). To complement the aforementioned change, blocked administrators will soon have the ability to block the administrator that placed their block to mitigate the possibility of a compromised administrator account blocking all other active administrators. Since deployment of Partial blocks on Test Wikipedia, several bugs were identified. Most of them are now fixed. Administrators are encouraged to test the new deployment and report new bugs on Phabricator or leave feedback on the Project's talk page. You can request administrator access on the Test Wiki here. Arbitration Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 3 December 2018. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page. Miscellaneous In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Wikipedia. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on a website that suffered a data breach. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies. Wikipedia policy requires administrators to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in. Obituaries Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (Raymond Arritt) passed away on 14 November 2018. Boris joined Wikipedia as Raymond arritt on 8 May 2006 and was an administrator from 30 July 2007 to 2 June 2008. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:36, 3 December 2018 (UTC) File:RajahTannLogo.jpg listed for discussion A file that you uploaded or altered, File:RajahTannLogo.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Willy1018 (talk) 14:57, 13 December 2018 (UTC) I have no objections if any administrator chooses to delete it. — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 16:33, 13 December 2018 (UTC) Picture of Ang Mey Very true, it's not a picture of poor Ang Mey, but how did you know? (It's an engraving of a photo by Emile Gsell, taken during his visit to Phnom Penh about 1870.)PiCo (talk) 02:39, 14 December 2018 (UTC) A friend pointed it out to me privately. Also, there are no reliable sources pointing to that image as being legit. — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 06:47, 14 December 2018 (UTC) Looking again I think it's the photo, not the subsequent engraving. The best source is Jim Mizerski's book, Cambodia Captured - it's about the two pioneering photographers of Cambodia, John Thompson (sp?) and Emile Gsell. They both visited in 1870 (I think). The photo of the queen (presumably Norodom's senior queen - he would have had five ranked queens, as was the custom in Buddhist kingdoms) shows her posed next to a table with a distinctive cloth, which appears throughout the series of photos of the royal household. Ang Mey at that time was at Udong, a few hours upriver, and I don't think anyone would have brought her down to Phnom Penh to join in the session. Anyway, Mizerski's book is the Reliable Source.PiCo (talk) 08:28, 14 December 2018 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – January 2019 News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018). Administrator changes Galobtter Orangemike BorgQueen • Davidruben • Ocee • Revolving Bugbear • Theda • There'sNoTime • Timc • Tijuana Brass • Tristessa de St Ange Bureaucrat changes Addshore CheckUser changes Joe Roe • SilkTork Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime Oversight changes AGK • Joe Roe • SilkTork Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime Guideline and policy news There are a number of new or changed speedy deletion criteria, each previously part of WP:CSD#G6: G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-disambig}}; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages. R4 (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no file links) that have the same name as a file or redirect at Commons are now covered under the new R4 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-redircom}}; the text is unchanged. G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use {{db-blankdraft}}. The Wikimedia Foundation now requires all interface administrators to enable two-factor authentication. Members of the Bot Approvals Group (BAG) are now subject to an activity requirement. After two years without any bot-related activity (e.g. operating a bot, posting on a bot-related talk page), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice. Technical news Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length. All accounts must have a password: At least 8 characters in length Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the Password Blacklist library) Different from their username User accounts not meeting these requirements will be prompted to update their password accordingly. More information is available on MediaWiki.org. Blocked administrators may now block the administrator that blocked them. This was done to mitigate the possibility that a compromised administrator account would block all other active administrators, complementing the removal of the ability to unblock oneself outside of self-imposed blocks. A request for comment is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change. {{Copyvio-revdel}} now has a link to open the history with the RevDel checkboxes already filled in. Arbitration Following the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: AGK, Courcelles, GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, Mkdw, SilkTork. Miscellaneous Accounts continue to be compromised on a regular basis. Evidence shows this is entirely due to the accounts having the same password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Around 22% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 20% in June 2018. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless of whether you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:39, 1 January 2019 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – February 2019 News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2019). Administrator changes Enterprisey • JJMC89 BorgQueen Harro5 • Jenks24 • Graft • R. Baley Interface administrator changes Enterprisey Guideline and policy news A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators. Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent request for comment has amended the blocking policy to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need. A request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it. Technical news A discussion regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of Wikipedia:Requests for page protection is in progress (permalink). The proposed changes will make it easier to create requests for those who are not using Twinkle. The workflow for administrators at this venue will largely be unchanged. Additionally, there are plans to archive requests similar to how it is done at WP:PERM, where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for. Miscellaneous Voting in the 2019 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2019, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2019, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote. A new IRC bot is available that allows you to subscribe to notifications when specific filters are tripped. This requires that your IRC handle be identified. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:16, 4 February 2019 (UTC) Happy Adminship Anniversary! Administrators' newsletter – March 2019 News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2019). Administrator changes Evad37 There'sNoTime Alex Shih • Brian • Mushroom • Nakon • Oscarthecat • PeruvianLlama • Ragib • Reaper Eternal • Rossami • Tom Interface administrator changes Evad37 • Galobtter Ritchie333 CheckUser changes There'sNoTime Keegan • Ks0stm Oversight changes There'sNoTime Ks0stm • Sphilbrick Guideline and policy news The RfC on administrator activity requirements failed to reach consensus for any proposal. Following discussions at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and Wikipedia talk:Administrators, an earlier change to the restoration of adminship policy was reverted. If requested, bureaucrats will not restore administrator permissions removed due to inactivity if there have been five years without a logged administrator action; this "five year rule" does not apply to permissions removed voluntarily. Technical news A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host. Arbitration The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI). paid-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing. checkuser-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list. Miscellaneous Following the 2019 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Base, Einsbor, Jon Kolbert, Schniggendiller, and Wim b. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:13, 4 March 2019 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – April 2019 News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2019). Administrator changes Reaper Eternal • ThaddeusB Bogdangiusca • Christopher Parham • Necrothesp • Schneelocke • Siroxo • Sarah Mentifisto → Lofty abyss Interface administrator changes Mr. Stradivarius Bureaucrat changes DeltaQuad Kingturtle Technical news In Special:Preferences under "Appearance" → "Advanced options", there is now an option to show a confirmation prompt when clicking on a rollback link. The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Please see meta:Community health initiative/User reporting system consultation 2019 to provide your input on this idea. Arbitration The Arbitration Committee clarified that the General 1RR prohibition for Palestine-Israel articles may only be enforced on pages with the {{ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} edit notice. Miscellaneous Two more administrator accounts were compromised. Evidence has shown that these attacks, like previous incidents, were due to reusing a password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. All admins are strongly encouraged to enable two-factor authentication, please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia. As a reminder, according to WP:NOQUORUM, administrators looking to close or relist an AfD should evaluate a nomination that has received few or no comments as if it were a proposed deletion (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:57, 7 April 2019 (UTC) BLP Since, I've seen you get involved in BLP issues around Indic stuff, need to know of your take on a certain issue:- Over this version of Gemma_O'Doherty, there exists certain assertions:- (1) She has written or spoken about ... the need for Irish people to "reclaim their Irishness", saying "if that's racist, great, bring it on!" (Sourced to her tweet) (2) And, the first two paragraphs of the Opinion subsection. (Sourced to a video interview of her by some journalist in a personal capacity.) Do you believe that we, the editors, can selectively mention random tweets or parts of an interview to write such stuff ? My opinion is that it is in contravention of WP:BLP and that we make such claims, which portray her in a negative light, only iff reliable sources notice those or make such explicit assertions about her. ∯WBGconverse 18:12, 2 May 2019 (UTC) ArbCom 2019 special circular Administrators must secure their accounts The Arbitration Committee may require a new RfA if your account is compromised. Use strong, unique passwords for your Wikipedia account and associated email Change your password now if your Wikipedia account password or email password is reused on another website, exposed, or weak Enable two-factor authentication now for improved security View additional information Why have I received this message? All administrators are receiving it. What prompted you to send this message? Recently, several Wikipedia admin accounts were compromised. The admin accounts were desysopped on an emergency basis. In the past, the Committee often resysopped admin accounts as a matter of course once the admin was back in control of their account. The committee has updated its guidelines. Admins may now be required to undergo a fresh Request for Adminship (RfA) after losing control of their account. What do I need to do? Only to follow the instructions in this message. Check that your password is unique (not reused across sites). Check that your password is strong (not simple or guessable). Enable Two-factor authentication (2FA), if you can, to create a second hurdle for attackers. How can I find out more about two-factor authentication (2FA)? You can find out more about 2FA at m:2FA. This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:41, 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 – May 2019 News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2019). Administrator changes HickoryOughtShirt?4 • RexxS Necrothesp Bratsche • Kyle Barbour • Kzollman • Madman Interface administrator changes Pharos Bureaucrat changes Primefac CheckUser changes Reaper Eternal Guideline and policy news A request for comment concluded that creating pages in the portal namespace should be restricted to autoconfirmed users. Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG. Technical news XTools Admin Stats, a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: Steward Stats and Patroller Stats. Arbitration In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases, the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions; administrators found failing to have adequately done so will not be resysopped automatically. All current administrators have been notified of this change. Following a formal ratification process, the arbitration policy has been amended (diff). Specifically, the two-thirds majority required to remove or suspend an arbitrator now excludes (1) the arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and (2) any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication. Miscellaneous A request for comment is currently open to amend the community sanctions procedure to exclude non XfD or CSD deletions. A proposal to remove pre-2009 indefinite IP blocks is currently open for discussion. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:37, 5 May 2019 (UTC) Hello Sir Nicholas :) My name is Anik and we previously met at one of your Wikipedia workshops there. I have made my first edit on Ahmedabad University's Wikipedia page. Please have a look and let me know if I have been able to contribute correctly. Regards, Au-anikpatni (talk) 06:52, 9 May 2019 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – June 2019 News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2019). Administrator changes Andonic • Consumed Crustacean • Enigmaman • Euryalus • EWS23 • HereToHelp • Nv8200pa • Peripitus • StringTheory11 • Vejvančický CheckUser changes Ivanvector Guideline and policy news An RfC seeks to clarify whether WP:OUTING should include information on just the English Wikipedia or any Wikimedia project. An RfC on WT:RfA concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus. An RfC proposal to make the templates for discussion (TfD) process more like the requested moves (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful. Technical news The CSD feature of Twinkle now allows admins to notify page creators of deletion if the page had not been tagged. The default behavior matches that of tagging notifications, and replaces the ability to open the user talk page upon deletion. You can customize which criteria receive notifications in your Twinkle preferences: look for Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria. Twinkle's d-batch (batch delete) feature now supports deleting subpages (and related redirects and talk pages) of each page. The pages will be listed first but use with caution! The und-batch (batch undelete) option can now also restore talk pages. Miscellaneous The previously discussed unblocking of IP addresses indefinitely-blocked before 2009 was approved and has taken place. The 2019 talk pages consultation produced a report for Phase 1 and has entered Phase 2. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:49, 8 June 2019 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – July 2019 News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2019). Administrator changes 28bytes • Ad Orientem • Ansh666 • Beeblebrox • Boing! said Zebedee • BU Rob13 • Dennis Brown • Deor • DoRD • Floquenbeam1 • Flyguy649 • Fram2 • Gadfium • GB fan • Jonathunder • Kusma • Lectonar • Moink • MSGJ • Nick • Od Mishehu • Rama • Spartaz • Syrthiss • TheDJ • WJBscribe 1Floquenbeam's access was removed, then restored, then removed again. 2Fram's access was removed, then restored, then removed again. Bureaucrat changes 28bytes • WJBscribe • Wizardman Interface administrator changes MSGJ • TheDJ CheckUser changes Beeblebrox • BU Rob13 • DoRD Oversight changes Beeblebrox • BU Rob13 • DoRD • GB fan Guideline and policy news A request for comment seeking to alleviate pressures on the request an account (ACC) process proposes either raising the account creation limit for extended confirmed editors or granting the account creator permission on request to new ACC tool users. In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the mitigation activity completed. The scope of CSD criterion G8 has been tightened such that the only redirects that it now applies to are those which target non-existent pages. The scope of CSD criterion G14 has been expanded slightly to include orphan "Foo (disambiguation)" redirects that target pages that are not disambiguation pages or pages that perform a disambiguation-like function (such as set index articles or lists). A request for comment seeks to determine whether Wikipedia:Office actions should be a policy page or an information page. Technical news The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Community feedback is invited. Miscellaneous In February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) changed its office actions policy to include temporary and project-specific bans. The WMF exercised this new ability for the first time on the English Wikipedia on 10 June 2019 to temporarily ban and desysop Fram. This action has resulted in significant community discussion, a request for arbitration (permalink), and, either directly or indirectly, the resignations of numerous administrators and functionaries. The WMF Board of Trustees is aware of the situation, and discussions continue on a statement and a way forward. The Arbitration Committee has sent an open letter to the WMF Board. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:20, 1 July 2019 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – August 2019 News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2019). Administrator changes Johnuniq • Kosack • Valereee Ad Orientem • Ched • Gadfium • Jonathunder • Nick • Yelyos Bald Zebra • Beetstra • Doug Bell • Journalist • Ruud Koot • Splash • Voice of Clam Interface administrator changes Dinoguy1000 CheckUser changes RickinBaltimore Oversight changes Beeblebrox RickinBaltimore Guideline and policy news Following a request for comment, the page Wikipedia:Office actions has been changed from a policy page to an information page. A request for comment (permalink) is in progress regarding the administrator inactivity policy. Arbitration Editors may now use the template {{Ds/aware}} to indicate that they are aware that discretionary sanctions are in force for a topic area, so it is unnecessary to alert them. Miscellaneous Following a research project on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to improve the privacy of IP editors. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page. The new page reviewer right is bundled with the admin tool set. Many admins regularly help out at Special:NewPagesFeed, but they may not be aware of improvements, changes, and new tools for the Curation system. Stay up to date by subscribing here to the NPP newsletter that appears every two months, and/or putting the reviewers' talk page on your watchlist. Since the introduction of temporary user rights, it is becoming more usual to accord the New Page Reviewer right on a probationary period of 3 to 6 months in the first instance. This avoids rights removal for inactivity at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:24, 3 August 2019 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – September 2019 News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2019). Administrator changes Bradv • Chetsford • Izno Floquenbeam • Lectonar DESiegel • Jake Wartenberg • Rjanag • Topbanana CheckUser changes Callanecc • LFaraone • There'sNoTime Oversight changes Callanecc • Fox • HJ Mitchell • LFaraone • There'sNoTime Technical news Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools. The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes) now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces. Arbitration A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2019 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Miscellaneous A global request for comment is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify edit filters across all public Wikimedia wikis. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:37, 7 September 2019 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – October 2019 News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2019). Administrator changes Barkeep49 Beetstra • KillerChihuahua • Kusma Arcadian • Extraordinary Machine • Xeno JamesBWatson → JBW Interface administrator changes Evad37 CheckUser changes Courcelles • SilkTork • Timotheus Canens Oversight changes Courcelles • SilkTork • Timotheus Canens Guideline and policy news Following a discussion, a new criterion for speedy category renaming was added: C2F: One eponymous article, which applies if the category contains only an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories. Technical news As previously noted, tighter password requirements for Administrators were put in place last year. Wikipedia should now alert you if your password is less than 10 characters long and thus too short. Arbitration The 2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointment process has begun. The community consultation period will take place October 4th to 10th. The arbitration case regarding Fram was closed. While there will be a local RfC focus[ing] on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future, there is currently a global community consultation on partial and temporary office actions in response to the incident. It will be open until October 30th. Miscellaneous The Community Tech team has been working on a system for temporarily watching pages, and welcomes feedback. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:55, 2 October 2019 (UTC) Ranjan Gogoi Please log pages you apply ECP for BLP protection per ArbCom: Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Editing_of_Biographies_of_Living_Persons#Log_of_blocks,_bans,_and_restrictions — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buffs (talk • contribs) There is a bot that does it automatically for admins these days — [1] — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 11:07, 5 October 2019 (UTC) No. That is the notice to admins in general that an article has been placed on ECP (which can be placed there for reasons OTHER than ArbCom rulings). Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Editing_of_Biographies_of_Living_Persons#Log_of_blocks,_bans,_and_restrictions states "Log any block, restriction, ban or extension under any remedy in this decision here. Minimum information includes name of administrator, date and time, what was done and the basis for doing it. Alerts, blocks, bans, and restrictions passed further to remedy 1) or 6) should be logged at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions/Log, not here." Specifically, it should be logged here. Please add to the log accordingly. Buffs (talk) 15:23, 7 October 2019 (UTC) Thanks, I have added it. — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 11:10, 8 October 2019 (UTC) WikiProject India WikiProject India Namaste, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington. We would like to inform you about the recent changes to the WikiProject. As you may know, the old newsletter for WikiProject India ceased circulation in 2010. Now we have re-launched the newsletter in a new way. As a member, you are cordially invited to subscribe to the newsletter. Thank you. Subscribe Newsletter discussion Contribute Subscribe/Unsubscribe Archive Sent by Path slopu on behalf of WikiProject India. Go here to remove your name if you wish to opt-out of future mailings. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:56, 14 October 2019 (UTC) Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday from the Birthday Committee Wishing Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington a very happy birthday on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Don't forget to save us all a piece of cake!--PATH SLOPU 09:06, 21 October 2019 (UTC) WikiProject India Newsletter – October 2019 WikiProject India Newly recognized content The month of October 2019 started with Gateway of India re-attaining its Good Article status and the Sanjay Dutt filmography was recognized as Featured List. Newly nominated content List of international goals scored by Sunil Chhetri List of chief ministers of Jharkhand Bengal famine of 1943 India national football team at the Olympics Rakta Sambandham News Article India appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page on October 2, 2019. Vijayadashami (pictured) has ended, which celebrates the victory of good over evil. There are a lot of high-quality images on Commons uploaded by Itsmalay which can be used on some India cultural monuments articles. Parinda is nominated to appear on the main page on November 3. Miscellaneous You can join the discussions opened at Noticeboard for India-related topics. You can join the RfC on superlatives sentence at Talk:India. Events Events that occoured on October. Gandhi Jayanti (2 October) Digital Society Day (17 October) Martyrs' Day (21 October) Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir) (26 October) Thevar Jayanthi (30 October) Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (31 October) Discuss this newsletter Contribute Subscribe/Unsubscribe Archive Sent by CAPTAIN MEDUSA on behalf of WikiProject India. Go here to remove your name if you wish to opt-out of future mailings. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:20, 24 October 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 MSGJ CheckUser changes L235 • Mz7 • SQL • ST47 Ivanvector DeltaQuad 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. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:15, 3 November 2019 (UTC) ArbCom 2019 election voter message Hello! Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 on Monday, 2 December 2019. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2019 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. 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From my own experience, Google Code-In can be fun, you can make several new friends, attract new people to your wiki and make them part of your community. If you have any questions, please let us know at google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org. Thank you! --User:Martin Urbanec (talk) 21:59, 23 November 2019 (UTC) WikiProject India Newsletter – November 2019 WikiProject India Newly recognized content November 2019 recognized content includes: List of international goals scored by Sunil Chhetri List of chief ministers of Jharkhand Hindi Medium. Newly nominated content Karaikudi S. Subramanian K.G.F: Chapter 1 Mahavira Created by Sahibdin and nominated for Featured Media by TheMandarin News A significant number of the new articles received each day are about South Asian topics, mainly biographies and cultural themes, along with the usual spam for companies. There is a huge backlog at the NewPagesFeed and more editors with experience and knowledge of Indian subjects are urgently needed to patrol the pages. If you are already a New Page Reviewer, please help out as much as you can. If you are not, please check out WP:NPP, then take a look at the requirements at WP:NPR and if you feel up to it, apply for the New Page Reviewer right at WP:PERM. Kalapani territory has been a subject of edit warring by multiple editors. Kalapani is a disputed area between Nepal and India. The page was fully protected from 10 to 17 November. You're welcomed to patrol the page and keep your eyes on the new editors. Makes sure to assume good faith while editing the page. An editor is pushing too high Jain POV in Jainism related articles. Join the conversation about the user at the noticeboard India Search Result is a bot-generated page that tracks newly created articles related to India. It is a place to look out for new page pages. The page is updated daily and make sure to add it to your watchlist. Miscellaneous There are 14 Did You Know nominations, 25 Good Article nominations, 2 Featured Articles candidates, and 1 Featured List candidate to be reviewed. The Swaminarayan Sampraday and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh are opened for requested comments. You can review these article: Mouna Ragam, Everest (Indian TV series), Arjun Sarja filmography and Mullum Malarum for a peer review. Discuss this newsletter Contribute Subscribe/Unsubscribe Archive Sent by CAPTAIN MEDUSA on behalf of WikiProject India. Go here to remove your name if you wish to opt-out of future mailings. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:34, 28 November 2019 (UTC) WikiProject Hinduism WikiProject Hinduism Hello, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington. We would like to inform you about the recent changes to the WikiProject. We would like to introduce a newsletter to Wikiproject Hinduism. 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Administrator changes EvergreenFir • ToBeFree Akhilleus • Athaenara • John Vandenberg • Melchoir • MichaelQSchmidt • NeilN • Youngamerican • 😂 CheckUser changes Beeblebrox Deskana Interface administrator changes Evad37 Guideline and policy news 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) Arbitration 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. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:48, 2 December 2019 (UTC) Note This was an abuse of rollback and going by your longstanding efforts in ensuring the removal of allegations of sexual harassment, a bright-line violation of WP:INVOLVED to impose protection. Needless to say, that the edits have been reinstated by someone else and I support them. ∯WBGconverse 16:20, 5 December 2019 (UTC) @Winged Blades of Godric: I am uninterested in the subject and uninvolved in the content dispute. There have been repeated attempts by nameless editors to reinstate allegations that have been made without evidence, without any attempt to coherently discuss the issue on the talk page. I have similarly attempted to bring this to the attention of other editors by raising the issue repeatedly on the talk page. The matter was discussed in some length, and the additions considered WP:UNDUE and consequently removed. I would strongly recommend initiating a WP:RFC on the talk page to avoid WP:BLP issues. — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 10:25, 6 December 2019 (UTC) Also, please note that there were no use of administrator rollback. It was TW, and I left an edit summary. — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 10:29, 6 December 2019 (UTC) No; you are brazenly involved in the content dispute having partaken in a t/p discussion, reverted edits on basis of that discussion, and all that. Your interest/un-interest is immaterial. Also, what do you mean by nameless editors? There is no policy whatsoever to discriminate against IP-based editors There is nothing called administrator rollback, anymore; this is 2019 and we have unbundled that right in en-wiki, about an internet-eon ago. Your edit (1) contains the rollback tag, (2) has no customized edit-summary and (3) is tagged as a minor edit -- that's entirely the default WP:ROLLBACK tool's behaviour. ∯WBGconverse 10:44, 6 December 2019 (UTC) I have raised this at WP:AN#Opinions on INVOLVED. Regards, ∯WBGconverse 11:00, 6 December 2019 (UTC) @Winged Blades of Godric: You are right. I did use the rollback tool, albeit erroneously (I missed the first link you shared above). However, I have to ask if you have gone through the history of the article, extended discussions on the talk page? The general consensus among other commenters favoured exclusion of the content, at least until the conclusion of the discussion on the talk page. As I have stated before, I am disinterested in the subject, however I do have a low threshold of tolerance for prolonged, co-ordinated attempts at POVpushing on BLPs by SPAs, and I suppose you have been on this project long enough to know how that works. It is possible in this instance that I overstepped by bounds as an administrator, however the relatively long-term nature of abuse in terms of re-addition of contentious material by SPAs/anons, many times without appropriate citations and without discussion, over a prolonged period of time should give you a pause in your confrontational approach to this situation. No matter what you think about the incidents that are being documented on the article, do you think its justifiable to have a WP:COATRACK of a sub-section on a BLP that discusses allegations of sexual harassment? I took the decision to remove the edits of the SPAs/anons (using the rollback tool erroneously on one occasion) and later semi-protecting the BLP due to a prolonged pattern of abusive editing (against consensus), likely justified the use of tools in that instance. To anyone looking into the situation from the outside, I would strongly recommend a complete and thorough review of the article history and discussions on talk page before coming to an opinion. — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 06:24, 22 December 2019 (UTC) WikiProject India Newsletter – December 2019 WikiProject India Newly recognized content December 2019 recognized content includes: List of India national football team hat-tricks Blue Pilgrims Newly nominated content Chandrayaan-2 Surat Golaghat Created by Bellus Delphina News The holiday season has begun. WikiProject India Wishes you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a prosperous decade. We look forward to working with you in 2020! Editor Uanfala started a conversation about Lists of notable people in articles about places back in November and it still needs more editor's opinion on the subject. Join a disscusion about formatting writing credits and music credits. 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Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 08:40, 26 December 2019 (UTC) on behalf of DannyS712 (talk) Administrators' newsletter – January 2020 News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019). Administrator changes Dreamy Jazz • Newslinger • Rosguill Deor • Spartaz • Xeno Angusmclellan • clpo13 • Edgar181 • Matthewedwards • NCurse CheckUser changes Bradv • Casliber • David Fuchs • Maxim • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy • Xeno Oversight changes Bradv • Casliber • DGG • David Fuchs • Maxim • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy • Xeno Someguy1221 Guideline and policy news A request for comment asks whether partial blocks should be enabled on the English Wikipedia. If enabled, this functionality would allow administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces, rather than the entire site. A proposal asks whether admins who don't use their tools for a significant period of time (e.g. five years) should have the toolset procedurally removed. Following a successful RfC, a whitelist is now available for users whose redirects will be autopatrolled by a bot, removing them from the new pages patrol queue. Admins can add such users to Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist after a discussion following the guidelines at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist. Arbitration The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted rather than reasonably construed. Following the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Bradv, Casliber, David Fuchs, DGG, KrakatoaKatie, Maxim, Newyorkbrad, SoWhy, Worm That Turned, Xeno. Miscellaneous This issue marks three full years of the Admin newsletter. Thanks for reading! Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:07, 4 January 2020 (UTC) Happy First Edit Day! Administrators' newsletter – February 2020 News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2020). Administrator changes Ergo Sum • Nick Moyes • QEDK • Wugapodes Dennis Brown Aude • BrownHairedGirl • CALR • Jengod • John Reaves • J.smith • Kim Dent-Brown • K1Bond007 • MECU • Refdoc • RHaworth CheckUser changes Opabinia regalis • Premeditated Chaos Interface administrator changes Ragesoss Guideline and policy news Following a request for comment, partial blocks are now enabled on the English Wikipedia. This functionality allows administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site. A draft policy is being workshopped at Wikipedia:Partial blocks. The request for comment seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure closed with wide-spread support for an alternative desysoping procedure based on community input. No proposed process received consensus. Technical news Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating. There is currently one template: {{uw-pblock}}. When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [2] Arbitration Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee. Miscellaneous Voting in the 2020 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2020, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2020, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote. The English Wikipedia has reached six million articles. Thank you everyone for your contributions! 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After the change, Twinkle will default to "tagging mode" if there is no CSD tag present, and default to "deletion mode" if there is a CSD tag present. You will be able to always default to "deletion mode" (the current behavior) using your Twinkle preferences. Miscellaneous Following the 2020 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: BRPever, Krd, Martin Urbanec, MusikAnimal, Sakretsu, Sotiale, and Tks4Fish. There are a total of seven editors that have been appointed as stewards, the most since 2014. The 2020 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Ajraddatz and Uzoma Ozurumba; they will serve for one year. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:21, 2 March 2020 (UTC) Happy Adminship Anniversary! Administrators' newsletter – April 2020 News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2020). Administrator changes Cabayi • Lee Vilenski Boing! said Zebedee Jonny-mt • MarkGallagher • PeaceNT Money emoji → Moneytrees Bureaucrat changes SilkTork • WereSpielChequers CheckUser changes NativeForeigner Oversight changes Someguy1221 Daniel Case Guideline and policy news There is an ongoing request for comment to streamline the source deprecation and blacklisting process. Technical news There is a plan for new requirements for user signatures. You can give feedback. Arbitration Following the banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold a Arbcom RfC regarding on-wiki harassment. A draft RfC has been posted at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC (Draft) and not open to comments from the community yet. Interested editors can comment on the RfC itself on its talk page. Miscellaneous The WMF has begun a pilot report of the pages most visited through various social media platforms to help with anti-vandalism and anti-disinformation efforts. The report is updated daily and will be available through the end of May. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:00, 1 April 2020 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – May 2020 News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2020). Administrator changes Gnangarra • Kaisershatner • Malcolmxl5 CheckUser changes Callanecc Oversight changes HJ Mitchell Guideline and policy news Discretionary sanctions have been authorized for all pages and edits related to COVID-19, to be logged at WP:GS/COVID19. Following a recent discussion on Meta-Wiki, the edit filter maintainer global group has been created. A request for comment has been proposed to create a new main page editor usergroup. A request for comment has been proposed to make the bureaucrat activity requirements more strict. Technical news The Editing team has been working on the talk pages project. You can review the proposed design and share your thoughts on the talk page. Enterprisey created a script that will show a link to the proper Special:Undelete page when viewing a since-deleted revision, see User:Enterprisey/link-deleted-revs. Miscellaneous A request for comment closed with consensus to create a Village Pump-style page for communication with the Wikimedia Foundation. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:19, 2 May 2020 (UTC) WikiProject India 10,000 Challenge Hello Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington/Archive. You are invited to join the new WikiProject India 10,000 Challenge, a challenge which aims to see 10,000 improvements, destubs, and creations for Indian articles, covering every state of India and topic. Articles on all related topics are welcome. We need numbers to make this work and do something extraordinary for India on Wikipedia! Every 100 articles submitted will be copied into the wider Asian challenge. Sign up on the page if interested and start contributing! If you know someone who might be interested, please invite them by: {{subst:WikiProject India/The 10,000 Challenge Invite|~~~~}} Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:47, 12 May 2020 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – June 2020 News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2020). Administrator changes CaptainEek • Creffett • Cwmhiraeth Anna Frodesiak • Buckshot06 • Ronhjones • SQL CheckUser changes SQL Guideline and policy news A request for comment asks whether the Unblock Ticket Request System (UTRS) should allowed any unblock request or just private appeals. The Wikimedia Foundation announced that they will develop a universal code of conduct for all WMF projects. There is an open local discussion regarding the same. Arbitration A motion was passed to enact a 500/30 restriction on articles related to the history of Jews and antisemitism in Poland during World War II (1933–45), including the Holocaust in Poland. Article talk pages where disruption occurs may also be managed with the stated restriction. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:28, 1 June 2020 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – July 2020 News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2020). Administrator changes Malcolmxl5 John • TheCoffee • Tim! Creffett → GeneralNotability DeltaQuad → AmandaNP CheckUser changes Bbb23 Interface administrator changes TonyBallioni 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. The RfC has been posted at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC and is open to comments from the community. The Medicine case was closed, with a remedy authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for all discussions about pharmaceutical drug prices and pricing and for edits adding, changing, or removing pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing from articles. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:26, 1 July 2020 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – August 2020 News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2020). Administrator changes Red Phoenix Euryalus • SQL Jujutacular • Monty845 • Rettetast • Madchester Oversight changes GB fan Keegan • Opabinia regalis • Premeditated Chaos Guideline and policy news 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). Speedy deletion criterion T2 (template that misrepresents established policy) has been repealed following a request for comment. Speedy deletion criterion X2 (pages created by the content translation tool) has been repealed following a discussion. There is a proposal to restrict proposed deletion to confirmed users. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:21, 1 August 2020 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – September 2020 News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2020). Administrator changes Eddie891 Angela • Jcw69 • Just Chilling • Philg88 • Viajero CheckUser changes SQL Guideline and policy news Following a request for comment, the minimum length for site ban discussions was increased to 72 hours, up from 24. A request for comment is ongoing to determine whether paid editors must or should use the articles for creation process. A request for comment is open to resolve inconsistencies between the draftification and alternative to deletion processes. Arbitration A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2020 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. An open request for comment asks whether active Arbitrators may serve on the Trust and Safety Case Review Committee or Ombudsman commission. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:57, 2 September 2020 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – September 2020 News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2020). Administrator changes Ajpolino • LuK3 Jackmcbarn Ad Orientem • Harej • Lid • Lomn • Mentoz86 • Oliver Pereira • XJaM There'sNoTime → TheresNoTime 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 1) if the result of a deletion discussion is to draftify; or 2) if the article is newly created. Technical news 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. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:43, 1 October 2020 (UTC) Happy Birthday! Orphaned non-free image File:Toh chin chye.jpg ⚠ Thanks for uploading File:Toh chin chye.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. 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Administrator changes John M Wolfson Bduke • Nilfanion • Philosopher • Rspeer • Yunshui Interface administrator changes Ragesoss TonyBallioni CheckUser changes EdJohnston • Oshwah • Yamla Yunshui Oversight changes Anarchyte Yunshui Guideline and policy news Community sanctions now authorize administrators to place under indefinite semiprotection any article on a beauty pageant, or biography of a person known as a beauty pageant contestant, which has been edited by a sockpuppet account or logged-out sockpuppet, to be logged at WP:GS/PAGEANT. Technical news 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. Twinkle's block module now includes the ability to note the specific case when applying a discretionary sanctions block and/or template. Sysops will be able to use Special:CreateLocalAccount to create a local account for a global user that is prevented from auto-creation locally (such as by a filter or range block). Administrators that are not sure if such a creation is appropriate should contact a checkuser. Arbitration The 2020 Arbitration Committee Elections process has begun. Eligible editors will be able to nominate themselves as candidates from November 8 through November 17. The voting period will run from November 23 through December 6. The Anti-harassment RfC has concluded with a summary of the feedback provided. Miscellaneous A reminder that standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people. (American Politics 2 Arbitration case). Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:53, 1 November 2020 (UTC) ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message Hello! 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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:29, 24 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 Izno 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. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:37, 1 December 2020 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – January 2021 News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2020). Administrator changes Hammersoft Andres • Brion VIBBER • Rkitko • Thatcher CheckUser changes Barkeep49 • BDD • CaptainEek • Primefac Oversight changes Barkeep49 • BDD • CaptainEek Joe Roe 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. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:08, 5 January 2021 (UTC) Happy First Edit Day! Administrators' newsletter – February 2021 News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2021). Administrator changes Hog Farm Mattflaschen • Nandesuka • Savidan • Wangi CheckUser changes Berean Hunter • Xeno Oversight changes Someguy1221 • Xeno 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. 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! Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:10, 1 February 2021 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – March 2021 News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021). Administrator changes TJMSmith Boing! said Zebedee • Hiberniantears • Lear's Fool • Only • WGFinley Interface administrator changes AmandaNP 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-redirect userright, 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. Miscellaneous Following the 2021 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AmandaNP, Operator873, Stanglavine, Teles, and Wiki13. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:15, 1 March 2021 (UTC) Happy Adminship Anniversary! 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-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target. Technical news When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. (T278350) Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. (T277803) Arbitration A community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure is open until April 25. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:20, 1 April 2021 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – May 2021 News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021). Administrator changes Enchanter • Carlossuarez46 Interface administrator changes Ragesoss Guideline and policy news Following an RfC, consensus was found that third party appeals are allowed but discouraged. The 2021 Desysop Policy RfC was closed with no consensus. Consensus was found in a previous RfC for a community based desysop procedure, though the procedure proposed in the 2021 RfC did not gain consensus. Technical news The user group oversight will be renamed to suppress. This is for technical reasons. You can comment at T112147 if you have objections. Arbitration The community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure was closed, and an initial draft based on feedback from the now closed consultation is expected to be released in early June to early July for community review. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 7 May 2021 (UTC) 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) Guideline and policy news Consensus was reached to deprecate Wikipedia:Editor assistance. Following a Request for Comment the Book namespace was deprecated. Technical news Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this. Arbitration After a Clarification request, the Arbitration Committee modified Remedy 5 of the Antisemitism in Poland case. This means sourcing expectations are a discretionary sanction instead of being present on all articles. It also details using the talk page or the Reliable Sources Noticeboard to discuss disputed sources. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:46, 9 June 2021 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – July 2021 News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021). Administrator changes Trialpears AGK • Eliz81 • Mulad • ThaddeusB • Vianello • Who Lacrimosus → Ikuzaf Interface administrator changes Ragesoss CheckUser changes AGK • DGG Oversighter changes AGK Guideline and policy news Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed. An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs. Technical news IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page. Arbitration The community authorised COVID-19 general sanctions have been superseded by the COVID-19 discretionary sanctions following a motion at a case request. Alerts given and sanctions placed under the community authorised general sanctions are now considered alerts for and sanctions under the new discretionary sanctions. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:27, 3 July 2021 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – July 2021 News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2021). Administrator changes BusterD Kees08 • Nickshanks • Protonk • Schissel • Ultraexactzz • Wknight94 CheckUser changes TheresNoTime Oversighter changes TheresNoTime ST47 Guideline and policy news An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions. Technical news Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import. (T287380) Arbitration Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions. Miscellaneous You can vote for candidates in the 2021 Board of Trustees elections from 4 August to 17 August. Four community elected seats are up for election. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:19, 1 August 2021 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – September 2021 News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021). Administrator changes Jake Wartenberg Emperor • Viridian Bovary Ashleyyoursmile → Viridian Bovary Guideline and policy news Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee. A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates. A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them) A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs. Technical news The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page. Arbitration A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome. Miscellaneous The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:46, 3 September 2021 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – October 2021 News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021). Administrator changes Blablubbs Alvestrand • Black Falcon • Deathphoenix • Dppowell • Mark Arsten • JGHowes (deceased) Oversighter changes Callanecc Mkdw Interface administrator changes Galobtter Guideline and policy news Following an RfC, extended confirmed protection may be used preemptively on certain high-risk templates. Following a discussion at the Village Pump, there is consensus to treat discord logs the same as IRC logs. This means that discord logs will be oversighted if posted onwiki. Technical news DiscussionTools has superseded Enterprisey's reply-link script. Editors may switch using the "Discussion tools" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Arbitration A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures. Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed. The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year. Miscellaneous Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list. The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:05, 1 October 2021 (UTC) Happy Birthday! Wishing Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 03:10, 21 October 2021 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – November 2021 News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2021). Administrator changes Clpo13 Brian0918 • JDoorjam • Karanacs • MrDarcy • Mindspillage Interface administrator changes Evad37 CheckUser changes Dreamy Jazz • Ferret • GeneralNotability • Girth Summit • RoySmith Oversight changes Dreamy Jazz • LuK3 Guideline and policy news Phase 2 of the 2021 RfA review has commenced which will discuss potential solutions to address the 8 issues found in Phase 1. Proposed solutions that achieve consensus will be implemented and you may propose solutions till 07 November 2021. Technical news Toolhub is a catalogue of tools which can be used on Wikimedia wikis. It is at https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/. Arbitration GeneralNotability, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections. Ivanvector and John M Wolfson are reserve commissioners. Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves to stand in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections from 07 November 2021 until 16 November 2021. Miscellaneous The 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of five new CheckUsers and two new Oversighters. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:44, 1 November 2021 (UTC) ArbCom 2021 Elections voter message Hello! 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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:07, 23 November 2021 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – December 2021 News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2021). Administrator changes A Train • Berean Hunter • Epbr123 • GermanJoe • Sanchom • Mysid Technical news Unregistered editors using the mobile website are now able to receive notices to indicate they have talk page messages. The notice looks similar to what is already present on desktop, and will be displayed on when viewing any page except mainspace and when editing any page. (T284642) The limit on the number of emails a user can send per day has been made global instead of per-wiki to help prevent abuse. (T293866) Arbitration Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections is open until 23:59, 06 December 2021 (UTC). The already authorized standard discretionary sanctions for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes), broadly construed, have been made permanent. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:25, 3 December 2021 (UTC) Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:06, 7 December 2021 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – January 2022 News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2021). Administrator changes Amalthea • Ihcoyc (deceased) • Kateshortforbob • Kirill Lokshin • Rifleman 82 • Ryan Norton • Wrp103 Interface administrator changes Mr. Stradivarius CheckUser changes Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes Opabinia regalis Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy Oversighter changes Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes Opabinia regalis Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy Guideline and policy news Following consensus at the 2021 RfA review, the autopatrolled user right has been removed from the administrators user group; admins can grant themselves the autopatrolled permission if they wish to remain autopatrolled. Additionally, consensus for proposal 6C of the 2021 RfA review has led to the creation of an administrative action review process. The purpose of this process will be to review individual administrator actions and individual actions taken by users holding advanced permissions. Arbitration Following the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Cabayi, Donald Albury, Enterprisey, Izno, Opabinia regalis, Worm That Turned, Wugapodes. Miscellaneous The functionaries email list (functionaries-enlists.wikimedia.org) will no longer accept incoming emails apart from those sent by list members and WMF staff. Private concerns, apart from those requiring oversight, should be directly sent to the Arbitration Committee. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:25, 3 January 2022 (UTC) How we will see unregistered users Hi! 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This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for technical reasons. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections. The Reply Tool feature, which is a part of Discussion Tools, will be opt-out for everyone logged in or logged out starting 7 February 2022. Editors wishing to comment on this can do so in the relevant Village Pump discussion. Arbitration Community input is requested on several motions aimed at addressing discretionary sanctions that are no longer needed or overly broad. The Arbitration Committee has published a generalised comment regarding successful appeals of sanctions that it can review (such as checkuser blocks). A motion related to the Antisemitism in Poland case was passed following a declined case request. Miscellaneous Voting in the 2022 Steward elections will begin on 07 February 2022, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2022, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote. Voting in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey is open until 11 February 2022. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:02, 3 February 2022 (UTC) You have been removed from Wikipedia:Local Embassy due to inactivity Hi Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington! You're receiving this notification because you were previously listed at Wikipedia:Local Embassy, but you haven't made any edits to the English Wikipedia in over 6 months. Because of your inactivity, you have been removed from the list. If you would like to resubscribe, you can do so at any time by visiting Wikipedia:Local Embassy. Thank you! Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 18:00, 28 February 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – March 2022 News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2022). Administrator changes Modussiccandi BOZ • Brookie (deceased) • Jackmcbarn • Jamesday • Jonathunder • Master of Puppets • Saravask CheckUser changes Callanecc Oversighter changes Callanecc Guideline and policy news A RfC is open to change the wording of revision deletion criterion 1 to remove the sentence relating to non-infringing contributions. A RfC is open to discuss prohibiting draftification of articles over 90 days old. Technical news The deployment of the reply tool as an opt-out feature, as announced in last month's newsletter, has been delayed to 7 March. Feedback and comments are being welcomed at Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project. (T296645) Special:Nuke will now allow the selection of standard deletion reasons to be used when mass-deleting pages. This was a Community Wishlist Survey request from 2022. (T25020) The ability to undelete the talk page when undeleting a page using Special:Undelete or the API will be added soon. This change was requested in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey. (T295389) Arbitration Several unused discretionary sanctions and article probation remedies have been rescinded. This follows the community feedback from the 2021 Discretionary Sanctions review. Miscellaneous The 2022 appointees for the Ombuds commission are Érico, Faendalimas, Galahad, Infinite0694, Mykola7, Olugold, Udehb and Zabe as regular members and Ameisenigel and JJMC89 as advisory members. Following the 2022 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AntiCompositeNumber, BRPever, Hasley, TheresNoTime, and Vermont. The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey results have been published alongside the ranking of prioritized proposals. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:47, 2 March 2022 (UTC) Happy Adminship Anniversary! Wishing Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington a very Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Best wishes! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 00:29, 4 March 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – April 2022 News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022). Administrator changes Firefly • Sdrqaz Ad Orientem Geschichte • Ryan Postlethwaite • Sabine's Sunbird • Wassupwestcoast Interface administrator changes Evad37 Guideline and policy news An RfC is open proposing a change to the minimum activity requirements for administrators. Technical news Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928) When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. (T284114) Arbitration Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures § Opening of proceedings has been updated to reflect current practice following a motion. A arbitration case regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing has been closed. A arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been opened. Miscellaneous Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines has closed, and the results were that 56.98% of voters supported the guidelines. The results of this vote mean the Wikimedia Foundation Board will now review the guidelines. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:14, 7 April 2022 (UTC)