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Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

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

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Arbitration

• Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
• The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:54, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

User:Nordaltic

Hi! Why you blocked user without edits? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.46.24.138 (talk) 07:08, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Because all his edits were caught and stropped by a filter, so they don't show normally. All of them, (and there were many), were blatant racism, using the N-word several times. In the future, please remember to sign your comments in talk pages by adding four tildes at the end. -- Alexf^(talk) 11:04, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

The reason why I don’t signed my message is because this would unnecessarily ping user. And why you sure this user is male? 1.46.21.29 (talk) 13:11, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Not so. It is a requirement and does not ping anyone. It just indicates who posted the message and when. As per gender, who cares? Racism is unacceptable, no matter who posts it. -- Alexf^(talk) 13:48, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

User Bhargavshingala

Bhargavshingala (talk · contribs) made another edit to Medha Shankar, pushing the same site. I reported them to AIV for spam, but perhaps it's worth adding the site to the spam blacklist? Ravensfire (talk) 04:21, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 213, January 2024

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at three diverse works Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on the state of the Wikiproject

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Happy Adminship Anniversary!

• Woohoo! Drmies (talk) 02:38, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! 16 years - can't believe how fast it goes! (and nearing 20 years as an editor). Yikes! -- Alexf^(talk) 02:59, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Sorry about the duplicate block

Normally I get a warning if a user's block status has changed. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:51, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

No big deal. -- Alexf^(talk) 01:52, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

User talk:PenaVegaUniversal

I'm a bit puzzled by this block; I don't see any promotional edits at all. Shouldn't it just be a username block? Or am I missing something? --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 18:41, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

You are correct. A case of mistaken identity upon review. Unblocked. Thanks for the heads up. -- Alexf^(talk) 18:58, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).

Administrator changes

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• Ameliorate!
• Ancheta Wis
• Anthony Bradbury (deceased)
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Bureaucrat changes

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Interface administrator changes

• Enterprisey
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Guideline and policy news

• An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news

• Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)

Arbitration

• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
• Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
• Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
• The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in February 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:01, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 214, February 2024

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Pickersgill-Cunliffe review four books

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GJT Airlines / GetJet Airlines

How did you know that GJT Airlines looked like it was editing the GetJet Airlines page for the purpose of advertising ? I did a revert of (almost all) the user's edits within 5 minutes on 14 February, plus a possible anonymous (IP address only) sock-puppet the following day within 2 minutes. I didn't report anything formally and the GetJet Airlines page has relatively few views each day. Pmbma (talk) 14:40, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

It wasn't advertising as much as the username. It was reported at UAA. The name of a company is in violation of the username rules. -- Alexf^(talk) 15:15, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Many Thanks for the info Pmbma (talk) 16:30, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

User talk:Hellomoon.me

You may wish to revoke TPA Cahk (talk) 08:13, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

@Cahk: It's not a nasty comment. It is an explanation in Bengali of his motivation to explain and promote Islam. Not the place, but I'll let it go in case he comes to his senses, reads the instructions. and decides to request an unblock and enter that process. If he goes nasty, then yes. Thanks. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:18, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Vandalism only account

Hi, I believe you made a mistake earlier today on the WP:VOA account (Miyakoanand) I reported on a WP:GENSEX topic - [1]. Warning a vandalism only account is not required and I believe the correct course of action for admins per WP:VOA/WP:DISRUPTONLY is to ban them indef. Raladic (talk) 02:28, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

User has been watchlisted. I'll give them one chance on their next edit and see. -- Alexf^(talk) 02:46, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

Administrator changes

• Sdkb
• The Night Watch

• East718
• Isabelle Belato
• Mzajac
• Staecker
• Stan Shebs
• Sugarfish
• Tamzin

Bureaucrat changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
• Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

Technical news

• The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

Miscellaneous

• The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
• Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:21, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 215, March 2024

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at four recent works

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Happy First Edit Day!

Thanks! I can't believe it's been exactly 20 years to the day! -- Alexf^(talk) 00:11, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Twenty Year Society

Dear Alexf,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Twenty Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for twenty years or more. ​

Best regards, The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:17, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

— The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:17, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! Joined. -- Alexf^(talk) 11:27, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).

Administrator changes

• Kbdank71
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Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.

Technical news

• The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)

Arbitration

• An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".

Miscellaneous

• Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.

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The Bugle: Issue 216, April 2024

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7, Nick-D and Pickersgill-Cunliffe discuss six (count 'em, six!) works comprising eight volumes Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on a lecture by the Australian official historian

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I love your talk page archive setup

I've been experimenting with some talk page archiving, and I really like how you do it on your page. Can you elaborate on your setup? I can only really see that you use the talkheader template, but there isn't any other script I can see. If you could, I'd love if youd just copy paste some that I can yoink over to my own page :). Cheers -REDACTED403 (talk) 02:39, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@REDACTED403: It is fairly easy. First I go to the last archive I have (by clicking on my Talk page at the top. This opens it. I then change the number to one more and save the page. At the top of the new archive page I place {{talkarchive}} at the top. Then I go back to the Talk Page to be archived, and cut the text I want to move, (usually the last 3 months or more, depending on volume). Then I move this to the newly created archive page. Save everything and done. -- Alexf^(talk) 14:08, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Chelsea F.C.-Manchester United F.C.

Hello, I hope you are doing well. I am interested in re-creating Chelsea-Manchester United rivalry article, which was deleted by you. I wanted to know why it was deleted and if I can re-create it again with reliable sources?

Thank You! AkephalostheHeadless (talk) 19:12, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

You haven't posted a link to the deleted article, so I do not know, nor remember when or why. You can certainly create it if there are enough reliable sources to back it up. For an existing similar article you can check Arsenal F.C.–Chelsea F.C. rivalry. Good luck. -- Alexf^(talk) 08:48, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

Administrator changes

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Bureaucrat changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

Technical news

• Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:25, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Revoke TPA?

Hi, Alex. On GYATT RIZ's talk page, do you think it's time to revoke TPA after this comment they made in response to your block? Let me know your thoughts and I'll try to respond back ASAP. Thanks. (please  mention me on reply) NoobThreePointOh (talk) 10:28, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@NoobThreePointOh: Nah. No biggie. Some people don't understand the project. Some think it funny to say inane things. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:37, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Eh. I guess they're a bit immature to be saying these types of comments, so maybe it's like a "whatever" thing, you can say? NoobThreePointOh (talk) 10:39, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 217, May 2024

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at a diverse range of works Op-ed: Hawkeye7 on the "center of gravity"

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49.255.223.3

@Suffusion of Yellow: For the life of me I do not remember what it was. I was doing many reversions of vandalism (it was a busy day). I just looked at the filters, and I do not see what I probably saw that day. Maybe it was a mistake? Nothing to undo now as the short block has already expired. -- Alexf^(talk) 01:37, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Alright, made the edit for them. But I think that's a fairly stable IP, so might be a good idea to let them know it was a mistake. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 01:40, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done -- Alexf^(talk) 10:08, 16 May 2024 (UTC)