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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.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:31, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary

	Happy Adminship	from the Birthday Committee
	Wishing Airplaneman a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! -- Kpgjhpjm 00:33, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Ah, thank you, Kpgjhpjm. Time flies. Airplaneman ✈ 02:50, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Metallica "And Justice for All"

@Airplaneman:

About the Metallica "And Justice for All" release date...

Aside from Metallica.com listing September 5th, 1988 as the release date, here are two vintage posters advertising the release date

https://tshirtslayer.com/other-collectable/metallica-and-justice-all-poster

https://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=527791

These sources come directly from the band in the form of their own website and promotional materials.

Thank you.

GinsuVictim (talk) 19:56, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I've replied on my talk. - FlightTime (open channel) 20:00, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Is the conspiracy crap on 1967 USS Forrestal fire worthy of a RevDel?

It's all unsourced stuff from blogs. And of course WP:BLP applies to those recently deceased... Gatemansgc (TɅ̊LK) 20:11, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

@Gatemansgc: Taking a look… Airplaneman ✈ 20:12, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, though this revision should probably go too, as you can still do a prev from the next revision where the IP purged it and still see the crap: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1967_USS_Forrestal_fire&oldid=856796311 Gatemansgc (TɅ̊LK) 20:28, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

@Gatemansgc: I deleted two revisions (including that diff you provided right above) under WP:RD1 but am unsure about the other edits. I'll make a post on the administrator's noticeboard asking for a second opinion. Airplaneman ✈ 20:35, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Second opinions are always a good idea. I'll always be shocked how people think blogs are reliable sources. Sigh. Gatemansgc (TɅ̊LK) 20:39, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

See here for the AN post. And yep, it's shocking indeed. Rampant misinformation and libel is always tough… I'd like to think you and I are doing our best to combat it. I wonder if there is another (more effective?) way to go about it. Sometimes I feel like I'm playing whack-a-mole. Airplaneman ✈ 20:44, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Ah, well. And that's what we have second opinions for. And of course RevDel has to have very high usage standards because it's a very powerful tool.

It does seem like a neverending fight against vandalism at times, but that's why there can never be enough RC patrollers all using different techniques. I've always wanted to be an admin but I don't think I'd ever qualify as I don't do much other than fight vandalism. Gatemansgc (TɅ̊LK) 21:05, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Diversity of editors and vandal-fighting techniques does indeed help! As for being an admin… WP:RFA is brutal. If you haven't seen it yet, this recent Signpost 3-part series sheds some light on it. Airplaneman ✈ 22:24, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

It's pretty much all I do, if you check my edit count https://xtools.wmflabs.org/ec/en.wikipedia.org/Gatemansgc you'll see I only have 50something edits to talk pages. I rarely create anything, I fight vandals and sometimes fix typos. It's good to see that other people notice how scary RFA is though. I mean yes, admin tools can be dangerous if they're in the wrong hands for even a few minutes. But I didn't realize that Wikipedia was losing so many admins and gaining so few. It's a shame there isn't a trial period where an editor gets admin powers for a few hours (with a discussion period first, like the same level of discussion that goes into granting rollback) with supervision of several admins that can immediately revoke if something goes wrong, then there's a few days of comment period on how the potential admin used their powers. And why can't we have single-purpose admins? I'd like to be able to block an IP that keeps replacing a page with gibberish and obscenities, but I'm not interested in getting into disputes. If I feel I'm losing an argument, I'll just step away and go back to Gaia. Wow I'm blathering on lol. Gatemansgc (TɅ̊LK) 22:10, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

I agree with ya; there's definitely room for growth in making it easier for people to productively contribute. It just seems like the community can never reach a clear consensus on how to move forward with all of these reform proposals. It's still amazing to me how much we've done here with what we've got. Definitely inspiring. Airplaneman ✈ 23:36, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

With something so ingrained it's hard to break tradition. And truth, admins work so hard all the time! Still, it would be helpful to have single-purpose (maybe phrased as narrow scope?) admins that do specific things only. Just imagine one who hung out in WP:RFPP whenever they weren't RC patrolling, locking pages that were getting badly attacked but saving everything else for other admins. Gatemansgc (TɅ̊LK) 01:04, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Talk:Warner Bros.

Hi Airplaneman, thanks for protecting Talk:Warner Bros.! I wanted to know if you were able to redact the contents of the edits on that page, starting from 07:39 (inclusive), as they contain grossly insulting material against Aoi. Regards. Lordtobi (✉) 11:00, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

 Done—removed material containing personal attacks against Aoi (talk · contribs) under RD3. Airplaneman ✈ 18:37, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Lordtobi and Airplaneman, much appreciated. Aoi (青い) (talk) 19:33, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the welcome. It's nice to have that reassurance after wading into such acrimonious topics. Johnfwhitesell (talk) 13:16, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

@Johnfwhitesell: My pleasure. Thanks for contributing! As I'm sure you know, politics and the internet are a contentious mix (just see these topics for a taste of the conflict on here). Meetups could possibly be in your area if you feel like meeting contributors of all kinds face to face as well. Feel free to drop me a line at any time if you have questions. Airplaneman ✈ 19:13, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Character Pages That Have Been Protected Indefinitely: How Many of Them Exactly?

Dear Airplaneman,

Are you the one who semi-protected Murdoc's page indefinitely recently? You already know that he is the green-skinned bassist of the British cartoon band the Gorillaz.

Noodle the Japanese guitarist of said cartoon band had this happened to her for a short period of time. As for 2D and Russell's their pages remain unlocked.

But do you know how many fictional character pages in this website got SP'd indefinitely, e.g. Bambi from the 1942 Disney film of the same name or Ash Ketchum from the long-running and world-famous Pokemon anime series.

One last thing, you might be the one who protected the Ed Edd n Eddy character (and episode guide) a really long time ago. Just saying.

And as always please respond back to me as soon as possible.

Yours truly,

67.81.163.178 (talk) 23:45, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Hey, I'm a bit confused as to what you would like from me here. Check out my protection log to see what I've protected. Each page, in its page history, has a link to view its logs as well. Best, Airplaneman ✈ 00:03, 2 September 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.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:22, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Scott Wagner

Good move on semi'ing this article. But when attempting to edit it I get a message "Note: This page is semi-protected so that only autoconfirmed users can edit it. If you need help getting started with editing, see the Questions page" and cannot edit anything. I've had autoconfirmed status for maybe a decade, so something seems amiss. Also a bunch of weird stuff appears at the top of the page like some kind of quasi-GUI oriented editing environment. Any ideas? Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 03:23, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

@Shock Brigade Harvester Boris: My first reaction would be to log out, purge your cache, and try again. Otherwise, I'm not quite sure... we'd have to do some more digging. Editing works fine for me (but since I have admin permissions, I suppose that's not unexpected). Airplaneman ✈ 03:40, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, I got it figured out. For some reason the page defaulted to VisualEditor which apparently is not ready for prime time. I was able to activate "Source editing" and now everything works as expected. Seems a bit odd, but all is well. Sorry for the bother. Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 03:43, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Hey, no worries, I'm always happy to chat. Glad you figured it out. It's good information for me, too. Best, Airplaneman ✈ 03:45, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Request at RPP edited by User:Carl Tristan Orense without permission

I'd like to point out that my edit protection request was edited without my permission by User:Carl Tristan Orense. See my original version here. and his edits here and here. This is clearly against WP:TALK as the user did not have my permission to edit my comments. - R9tgokunks ⭕ 05:22, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

@R9tgokunks: You know, I thought I was hallucinating or something when I saw the wording of the requests change subtly. Didn't think to check the edit history. As a note, I don't think I would have made a different protection decision if the comments had not been doctored. @Carl Tristan Orense:, please don't do this again. It's inappropriate. Airplaneman ✈ 07:02, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

@Airplaneman: I've been told via my talk page that the user also has done this to another user in the past month. On the talk page for the user implicated, there is a section a few sections up called "September 2018, where one took issue with it, yet got no response from them. - R9tgokunks ⭕ 07:18, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Vandalism on the article for the new world record holder in the men's Marathon Eliud Kipchoge

Dear Airplaneman,

could you please have a look into my request for a semi protected page? There is ongoing vandalism on the runners article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_semi-protected_edit_requests

Regards, Da Vinci Nanjing (talk) 14:39, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

@Da Vinci Nanjing: Looks like your request has been taken care of. Regarding your request, having any claim to authorship to any particular article doesn't change the validity of your request. Airplaneman ✈ 18:08, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Your edit summary of protecting comedy made my day. :) Here, have a cookie on me. Cheers! StormContent 03:04, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

@StormContent: Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm gonna save this cookie for tomorrow. I've already had a few today… Airplaneman ✈ 03:06, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Armenia Airways

Hi @Airplaneman,

Would it be possible to separate ARMENIA AIRWAYS from ARMENIA AIRCOMPANY, because in real life they are two different companies. For some reason ARMENIA AIRWAYS redirects to ARMENIA AIRCOMPANY, but that is just because of someone's confusion, because in real life they are not related to each other. If you could separate them, that would be awesome.

Thanks, Lainjahno — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lainjahno (talk • contribs) 09:08, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

@Lainjahno: I don't understand how this gets us any closer to a solution than what I put here. Are you saying that the target of the redirect is mistaken? If so, many users have objected to changing the redirect. Airplaneman ✈ 15:53, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Ah, looks like I've found a possible future airline under "Armenia Airways". I don't think they warrant their own article yet because of insufficient coverage by reliable third-party sources. If they get off the ground, we can reconsider. Airplaneman ✈ 16:03, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Exactly, ARMENIA AIRWAYS is a planned airline that already has aircraft ready for operations. Many people oppose changing the redirect because they are confused with ARMENIA AIRCOMPANY, so if you can change the redirect target for the airline that would be awesome. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lainjahno (talk • contribs) 05:12, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

@Lainjahno: If there exist enough reliable, third party sources covering this topic such that it meets notability standards, I can give you pointers on how to write a draft article for it. I don't have enough interest in the topic to make time to do it myself, unfortunately. Airplaneman ✈ 05:16, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

why do you insist on re-instating the misleading para. What do you know about accreditation?????

Your background does not relate to management education. So why are putting your nose into something unrelated to your background. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.209.143.30 (talk) 06:40, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Thankfully, it doesn't take an expert in "management education" to figure out what is a possible conflict of interest on your part, just some experience and common sense. (Also, I'm curious as to what you know about my background, and how, given I don't say much at all about it on Wikipedia.) Please address the concerns from this edit, from the help desk, and from this edit. Airplaneman ✈ 11:47, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Sources needed for Days of the Year pages

I see you recently accepted a pending change to September 23. There was no source provided for this addition, but I found a source for this date of death in Gary Kurtz that could support this addition to the DOY page and have added a to that page to support the addition.

You're probably not aware of this change, but Days of the Year pages are no longer exempt from WP:V and direct sources are required for additions. For details see the WikiProject Days of the Year style guide.

As a pending changes patroller, please do not accept additions to day of year pages where no direct source has been provided on that day of year page. The burden to provide sources for additions to these pages is on the editor who adds or restores material to these pages. Thank you. Toddst1 (talk) 18:20, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

@Toddst1: Thanks for the heads-up. I'll keep this in mind! Airplaneman ✈ 19:17, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

More copyvios

Hi A, in these edits, Eivinas Maziliauskas has again submitted unsourced air dates and worse: more copyvio plot summaries. He's fresh off a block for the same thing. You can find one of the plot summaries here at the official Oggy YouTube channel. The summary for Thunder Oggy appears to be copied without attribution from Wikia, and the summary from Magic Laundry Bag also appears to be lifted from Wikia. I think this guy is more of a liability than a contributor. Personally, I'd indef him, but since I cleaned up a lot of his crap at that article, that might make me involved. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:22, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: I've issued an indefinite block for the account. I'm afraid this may not be the end though—socks are a thing. We'll see. As for the copyvios, if they're egregious, WP:RD1 may be something to look into, at least for the YouTube stuff (it appears Wikia is also under Creative Commons 3.0 licensing). Best, Airplaneman ✈ 18:44, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I'll keep my eyes peeled for socks. It should be very easy and I often think that blocks like these help to get the ball rolling on quenching disruptive behavior. Once you establish a pattern of socks, it's quicker to deal with them and the occasional CU might uncover whatever other nonsense he was doing before he became Eivinas. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:59, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Undue Weight

I was reading an old article about Wikipedia and it talks about due weight of edits. The articles title was The 'Undue Weight' of Truth on Wikipedia. In it a professor goes on about how is voice should be heard and citing himself for an edit to a page. I was just wandering what your thoughts on the matter are? Do "scholars" have a right to cite themselves on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rayrayjohn (talk • contribs) 21:07, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Problems in editing page "Sanduk Ruit"

Hello,

I have been trying to edit the wikipeida page "Sanduk Ruit" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanduk_Ruit but the edits I made were not accepted both the times I tried.

Could you please help me guide on how to edit so the edits are accepted? Also, what are the specific problem with the edits I made?

Thank you very much. Best regards, prawashgautam — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prawashgautam (talk • contribs) 06:44, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

@Prawashgautam: As I mentioned on your talk page, which contains links to the writing guidelines I cite, the edits that you made which where subsequently undone involved adding language that was unencyclopedic in tone while not adding any new encyclopedic information. I think much of the text of the revisions I reverted falls into this description. For example, If only his father Sonam had not noticed his son’s inquisitiveness and the signs that education could open up a world of opportunity before him, Ruit would never get the opportunity to set foot in school. I understand that this was the second time that your edits were undone, as you mention above. This style of writing is not acceptable for an encyclopedia. I suggest looking at other, more developed articles to see how the text is presented there. For example, Tunku Abdul Rahman, a fellow Magsaysay award recipient, showcases the basic encyclopedic writing style.

On another note, I'm concerned about your edit summary here, which seems to imply that this account is editing on behalf of an organization. Please note that usernames are meant for single-person use only. Best, Airplaneman ✈ 04:49, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Hello @Airplaneman, Thank you so much for your response. It really helped me. I will also go through the page on Tunku Abdul Rahman that you suggested before editing Sanduk Ruit's page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanduk_Ruit.

Also, you stated that you are concerned that I am editing on behalf of an organization. I want to clarify that this is my personal username under my own name prawash gautam.

I will request you for your guidance if I find any problems in editing in future.

Also, one more question, if edits are accepted, do I get a notification stating that it has been accepted? Or, notifications come only in case when edits are rejected. Yesterday, I made a small edit of a data on this same page, and I have not received any message or notificaiton about it until now. It is just a replacement of a figure by the latest one.

Thank you. Prawash — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prawashgautam (talk • contribs) 07:40, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

@Prawashgautam: I'm glad that my response was helpful for you. And thanks for the clarification about your username; I just wanted to check to make sure you didn't get into trouble later. Regarding "accepted" edits, a very small fraction of pages on Wikipedia have restricted editing access because of vandalism or other recurring abuse. Sanduk's page is not one of them. For Sanduk's page (and the vast majority of pages), edits do not need to be accepted by anyone to appear. It just so happens that other people are also interested in his page and keep an eye on what changes are made to it. It is true, for whatever page you contribute to, that you are notified when your edits are undone. The small edit you made yesterday was totally fine. Best, Airplaneman ✈ 14:19, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Invitation to Pinoy edit a thon @ OSU

Who: All members of the public

What: Filipino American History Month-themed Edit a thon at Ohio State University.

When: Saturday 20 October 2018, 4:00PM EST / 1600 until 4:55PM PST / 1655

Where: Eighteenth Avenue Library, Ohio State University

Sponsor: WikiConference North America 2018
San Diego Wikimedians User Group ( US-SAN )

Your host: RightCowLeftCoast (talk · contribs)

Please add your username to our attendees list so we know how many will be attending, due to limited space available.

A goat for you!

thanks for joining us tonight!! hope to see you again soon!

Fishantena (talk) 03:01, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! It was great meeting new faces and seeing old ones as well. Airplaneman ✈ 03:11, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

thought you might like a cupcake too. Fishantena (talk) 03:02, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Nom. Airplaneman ✈ 03:11, 3 October 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.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Protection for MasterChef Singapore

Hi Airplaneman, Sculture65 here,

I understand that I was not given protection to my article, MasterChef Singapore because of low vandalism, but based on the log, I've noticed that there were number of non-autoconfirmed users who come to edit either by good faith or vandalise it (one of them even have created the user account prior to the start of the show, such as Enter A Nickname.)

If you can review the article one more time, you should understand some new user activities making those edits. If you can grant me protection of this article, please protect it for one month, which will cover until the end of the competition.

Thanks. (Sculture65 (talk) 15:20, 7 October 2018 (UTC))

@Sculture65: My previous assessment still stands. I also agree with the assessment of Caknuck (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) here from today. It's great that you have started and contributed substantially to this article, but the philosophy of Wikipedia holds that anyone should be able to contribute (the article isn't yours). This means that we should be particularly welcoming to new contributors such as Enter a Nickname, especially if their edits appear to be constructive, instead of trying to prevent their contributions. Best, Airplaneman ✈ 03:44, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Assistance required for reviewing draft-

Hello Sir, I have created one draft about biography.Since this is my very first article I would like senior admin to review it and suggest if any modification/update is required. Appreciate if you can review and provide your valuable guidance on this draft -Nimbus 5000/Nimbus 5000/Sajid Shahid

Thanks Nimbus 5000 (talk) 11:56, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Hello Sir,

Appreciate your review on my above mentioned draft. Thanks Nimbus 5000 (talk) 09:17, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Hey Nimbus 5000, I unfortunately do not have the time to properly assist you with writing this article, which I'm assuming is User:Nimbus 5000/Nimbus 5000/Sajid Shahid. Sorry about that, Airplaneman ✈ 16:02, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Alice Dixson

Mabuhay! I just reverted some melodramatic unsourced BLP material at this article, which you've recently protected because of repeated additions of BLP material, and for which page protection apparently expired earlier today. Since that material has been revdeled, and I thus can't tell you whether this instance presents the same issue as before, I wanted to put you on notice of the possibility that the problem has arisen again. Ingat ka! - Julietdeltalima (talk) 22:03, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

@Julietdeltalima: Yep, looks like the same BS, unfortunately. Revisions deleted, page protected for a month. Thank you very much for the note. Airplaneman ✈ 23:15, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Camila (album)

Can you semi-protect the page to persistent block evasion by User:MariaJaydHicky? 183.171.115.67 (talk) 06:41, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Done, for a month. Best, Airplaneman ✈ 19:13, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Hey it's that city

1e26b0bc37606e555f8c5e470a4c52cf476d508d DNA backwards ptsd backwards and shots backwards led me to u Christy razim wi 2018 oct 12 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.13.27.227 (talk) 06:20, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Request for deleted content copy

Hi Airplanman,

I'd like to request a copy of the following page: West End Bridge (Pittsburgh), from an hour ago. I updated the winning architecture firm's name to the current Endrestudio, rather than EndreWare. However I understand that I have a conflict of interest with this post and would like to disclose the conflict, and to post editing suggestions on it's talk page. I would specifically like to get the content about the other firms involved which I did not contribute to, or change in my initial edit.

Thanks,

R8se (talk) 18:58, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

@R8se: It appears that your information was removed, but not deleted. The difference is that only administrators can access deleted information, but contributions that were simply removed in subsequent edits can still be viewed in the page history. I'm assuming you were looking for this edit. It was removed in the next edit by ToBeFree. Personally, I think we can reinstate the information that was removed if two criteria are met:

1. The information is substantiated by reliable sources (I see sources at the bottom of the page, but I do not know if they mention the winning firms)
2. Not including external links to the organizations

All the best, Airplaneman ✈ 19:36, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

RCLC

	4x2 award
	Thanks for the camaraderie you shared with me during WikiConference North America 2018 at the Ohio State University. May this image fuel your continued activity on Wikipedia, continued wielding of the mop, and continuing presence within the community that contributes to the various WMF projects. RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 02:34, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Abyssinia People

The Wikipedia Encyclopedia Article “Abyssinian people” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyssinian_people), has so many inaccuracies. When writing the article, they have used many outdated and questionable sources written by White European German Anthropologists instead of people who grew up in that culture and society. The Habesha pan-ethnicity has many debatable definition but there is a consensus on some major things about the Habesha culture, heritage, and identity that this current Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abyssinian_people&oldid=864975221) completely misses. These new edits, specifically the “Related ethnic groups” section was changed from the original “Afar, Agaw, Beja, Beta Israel, Hadiya, Oromo, Saho, Sidama, Somali” (which are actually related by culture and partially by ancestry, and definitely by geography) to an erroneous decision to change the “Related ethnic groups” section to “Semitic peoples” which are only remotely related by similarities in language and contact for the purpose of trade (trade partnerships). The major accounts that made this new and devastating erroneous change were: 94.234.53.31(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/94.234.53.31, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:94.234.53.31), Turtlewong (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Turtlewong, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Turtlewong, and Airplaneman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Airplaneman, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Airplaneman). I had contacted them in a civil and polite manner to inform them of their mistake but they blocked me from ever editing on Wikipedia ever again. The only Exceptions are the Beta Israel ethnic group that are real ethnic Jews with dark skin and African — Ethiopian/Eritrean/Habesha ancestrythat have lived in Ethiopia for centuries and intermarried into African families, (similar to how European Jews are ethnic Jews with light skin and European — East European/Russian/German/Polish/etc. ancestry that had intermarried into European families),; and the other exception are the Rashaida ethnic group who are descendants of (more) semi-recent Yemeni Arab Refugees who escaped persecution in the Arabian Peninsula (many of them were Deported to Yemen from Ethiopia, while there is still a small minorityin Eritrea). My last communication with them after they repeatedly blocked me from editing was this: “Abyssinian people are not or never were Semitic people, just because they speak a Semitic language does not mean that they are Semites. For example, the Frankish (French) people are actually Germanic people not Romance/Italic even though their language “French” is a Romance language. Another example are Jamaicans, Jamaicans speak English (Germanic language) but they’re not White European Germanic Anglo-Saxons. No Abyssinian person considers themselves as Semites, even in its most ultra-conservative definition. Amharas and Tigray-Tigrinyas the original Habesha (Abyssinian) — that took upon the Habesha identity — did not consider themselves in this way. People can debate if other Horn of Africa ethnic groups are considered Habesha but you cannot outright say a misleading statement stating that Habeshas (a.k.a. Abyssinians) are Semities, which is outright false.” They would not listen, but went on to silence me directly and indirectly silenced the Habesha community from telling their own story about their own culture and heritage. EstatesHEE (talk) 14:06, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Member of the Order of the Mop / Newcomer / Review

Hello AirplaneMan. Please excuse me if I am doing something improper, as I am new to Wikipedia. I am contacting you because you are Member of the Order of the Mop and you are concerned about making Wikipedia a nicer place for newcomers. I have created the page Draft:Pierre_Jovanovic nearly 2 months ago, and I am waiting for a review. Could you please consider having a look at it ? And again, please excuse me if my request is improper. I am learning the ropes. Best regards. Micha Jo (talk) 17:16, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Hey Micha Jo, your request is not at all improper, but I must decline. Due to "real-life" commitments, I'm only really devoting energy to maintenance tasks as I'm able. I did take a quick look at what's there and agree with Dan arndt about the need for reliable sources that establish notability; this is not a judgment on whether or not the subject is notable, simply an observation regarding sources (Amazon reviews don't count). Best, Airplaneman ✈ 17:59, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Dear AirplaneMan. Thanks for the kind advice. It is taken preciously. I will rework the page. Kind regards. Micha Jo (talk) 18:01, 30 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.

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• 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.

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Talk:Abyssinian people -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abyssinian_people##Disputed  — Preceding unsigned comment added by RealHistory45 (talk • contribs) 04:51, 14 November 2018 (UTC) 

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Sierra Leone controversy

Since you oversee the Miss Universe 2018 page, I thought I would contact you about Sierra Leone's possible participation in this year's pageant. The sources provided so far (like Pageant Daily) are linked to a personal Instagram account and the photo used shows a contestant wearing a sash that is NOT the official MU sash. The country did NOT participate last year, so I am highly doubtful they will send a delegate this year. If you delete Sierra Leone from the page, make sure you also delete her name from the Face of Sierra Leone page as well. Thank you for your attention in this matter. --Rahu22 (talk) 14:39, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

@Rahu22: I got a request at Requests for Page Protection on 25 August to restrict editing access to the page due to the addition of unverifiable or incorrect content, as you mention in your message above. Here is my administrative action from 25 August. I don't oversee the page, but I did indeed play a role in temporarily placing editing restrictions on it, and as a fellow Wikipedia contributor, I want to make sure that this place is the best it can be. I know there's currently discussion on Talk:Miss Universe 2018 regarding Sierra Leone; let's see where that goes. Airplaneman ✈ 23:25, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Confirmation: Sierra Leone is out

Hi, thanks for getting back to me. I just got an e-mail from the Miss Universe Organization president Paula Shugart and she confirmed that Sierra Leone has withdrawn. Everything on the Miss Universe 2018 page is correct now. The final delegate count is 94. --Rahu22 (talk) 00:08, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

@Rahu22: Sounds good! And also, just so it's easier for me to keep discussions together, I moved this most recent reply to be next to our old conversation. Best, Airplaneman ✈ 00:10, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Could you please guide me with some help

Hi ::@Airplaneman: I am sorry for disturbing you. I was hoping If you could help me out with wikiedu.org. I am new to wikiedu.org Will that be possible. If not can you recommend an Instructor who could help me. (Purplecart (talk) 10:54, 28 November 2018 (UTC))

For reference: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Purplecart. Airplaneman ✈ 23:18, 6 December 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

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• 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.

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Question

A bit late, and needless, for this now, no? The edit-warring stopped yesterday and there are discussions currently taking place on the talk page, at milhist and at ANI. Just sayin'... - wolf 01:58, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

@Thewolfchild: You're right. I had assessed the situation before talks started, took no action, and then came back later and saw more reverts but failed to check the talk page. I'll unprotect the page. Thanks for the heads up. Initial decision. Subsequent request. Airplaneman ✈ 08:43, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Unfair ban

Sorry to bother you but you gave me a ban that was unjustified. I want to know why you ban my IP address, otherwise I'll have to contact an administrator of Wikipedia to deal with this. Thanks! Bunderfuns (talk) 19:12, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Forgot to add where my ban took place. It was editing Asian Americans Bunderfuns (talk) 19:15, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

@Bunderfuns: You've come to the right place, since I'm an administrator. Explain this. Airplaneman ✈ 19:16, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

I see nothing wrong with the editorials I made. However, you made changes to it that's unacceptable to me or anyone reading those pages which is abusing your power. so I'll give you an offer; unbanned my IP or I will send honorbuddy bots through different VPNs to bombard your talk page with unprecedented targeted harassment for as long as my IP address has been banned. I'll give you an hour to undo your mistake. You don't have to change pages back the way I had them. It's a good offer. Take it Bunderfuns (talk) 19:28, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

That's not how you appeal a temporary block for obvious vandalism. Airplaneman ✈ 19:30, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Protection on MCS page

Please remove protection on this page. My understanding from WK policy is that protection shouldn't be added without discussion first. I didn't see anyo discussion. If there was one, please direct me to it.

From what I can tell, recent edits on this page don't satisfy Wikipedia guidelines for disruptive editing WP:DAPE, WP:CTDAPE. (They've included attempts to address bias and update key sources in good faith eg. the page's previous introduction linked to an outdated review, that was 15 years old, and attempts to update it were repeatedly deleted with no discussion -- LiteratureGeek excepted. This doesn't reflect a culture of openness and seems anti-intellectual in the context that new recent sources have been solid (with a few exceptions).

New editors make mistakes as they're learning, and I suspect they mostly learn by doing things wrong and being corrected. There is value in telling new editors what you think they're doing wrong in talk first (feedback is appreciated) rather than shutting them out. MKarlsssson (talk) 21:21, 16 December 2018 (UTC)MKarlssssonMKarlsssson (talk) 21:21, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

@MKarlsssson: Please refer to the page protection request from Natureium (talk · contribs) and my response to it here. There is an ongoing discussion on the article's talk page here. I saw the editing as disruptive because of what I saw to be the same editing behavior over a period of many days after attempts at explaining how they may be problematic. It also appeared suspicious because of the sudden appearance of multiple new accounts addressing the same subject matter in the same way, which is commonly associated with sock- or meat-puppetry. I'm not saying that this is what you or other editors are involved in; I am simply explaining why these common behavioral patterns helped motivate me to temporarily semi-protect the page.

I am aware that there are discussions at Literaturegeek's talk page and yours, for example, regarding the matter. I encourage you to join the discussion on the article's talk page in seeing how everyone can move forward in working collaboratively. Airplaneman ✈ 21:38, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

MKarlsssson, there is no WP:DEADLINE. Sometimes a break from editing an intense environment can lead to cooler heads. And anyway, it is a busy time of year.--Literaturegeek | T@1k? 21:55, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

@Literaturegeek: I think MKarlsssson was asking why the action I took disallowed their editing on the page but not your editing. I've made my case here, and hope that discussion related to article content can continue on the article's talk page. Airplaneman ✈ 22:01, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, I picked up on that and didn’t have anything more to add to your reasoning except to encourage MKarlsssson that there is no rush and to accept the page protection and take a break from the article.--Literaturegeek | T@1k? 22:07, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Bordeaux Airport - Wikipedia

Evening, we have a problem with CharlesDrakew user. He removes new destinations and he continues just after your intervention! He also removed your protection for his own interest. (December 16, 2018, 21:21)

Perpetual violation from him since June 2018. Many contributors have reported theses violations.

What else Can we Do?! Help please! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:CB19:194:8C00:F43E:8A42:FB79:6069 (talk) 21:40, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

The edit summaries in the article history clearly showed me the scope of the problem. See this page. Editing behavior by various contributors under IP addresses such as yours also match closely with editors who are now blocked for edit-warring and editing against consensus. Airplaneman ✈ 21:48, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

The page protection request. Airplaneman ✈ 21:50, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

It does not matter, you colleague has been breaking the page since June 2018 and you accept that?!

Wikipedia or the Violation of information? Wake up! It' time for landing Sir!!!! SHAME ON YOU!!!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:CB19:194:8C00:C034:4303:BA12:814 (talk) 12:43, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Brian Evans = Singer

To whom it may concern:

As can be shown to you via numerous threats by a man named Derek Shooks, this man has gone on a campaign to smear me, literally changing dozens of items on my Wikipedia page in just 2 days, all on December 15th and 16th, 2018, the very same days this man was sending me and my associates threatening emails. I was NEVER convicted of pretending to be Casey Kasem's son, that is supported by NO article connected to this article as a reference, and is an absolute lie. Derek Shooks was paid in full for photography work and does NOT own the copyright to ANY of the removed photo's and did not take the photograph you've removed of me and my mother (major league baseball took this photo, and I can prove they licensed the photo thereafter).

This man is on a smear campaign and I Demand Wikipedia revert ALL changes that have been made to my Wikipedia page, or else I will commence civil litigation. I also never took $3,000 from Casey Kasem and it is an absolute lie. To state that I am an American "convicted felon" is both false and completely untrue. I also never spent a year in jail. The page even states as such in the "personal life" section where it clearly states it was 6 months, was a misdemeanor, and was pardoned, a pardon I can email you.

This is a smear campaign by Derek Shooks, and I can also provide his insane text messages to me and you are permitting him to defame me. I request that you revert all of the statements by this man to state the fact supported by the links you've got as references.

The photo of me and my mother was not taken by Derek Shooks and should be restored immediately. This person is crazy, and clearly all of the intentions made by this man was to continuously attempt to call me a convicted felon, claim I pretended to be his son, which is supported by no facts or references, including any financial amount, and is utter nonsense.

I also wish to submit a current photo, and the photo of myself and my mother.

What this man is doing is attempting to extort over $10,000 from me, or he has threatened, and acted out those threats, to manipulate who I am on my Wikipedia page if I do not pay it and you are allowing him to do so.

I look forward to your response, and I cannot believe you would allow one man to do to my page what he has done. Look at how many attempts he made to try to emphasize this "felony" over the course of two days. From over 25 years ago, in just two days.

I am also still a singer, and will be recording further albums in the future and have not released a "final album," as I will be recording more into 2019. He even attempted to state that I am "An American Convicted Felon" as he attempts to both hurt my career, due to his own failed career, and dishonor the legacy of my mother. Charlie Sheen is a convicted felon, he's not listed as "An American Convicted Felon" in the first sentence of his Wikipedia page, as this man attempted to do to my page. It's utter nonsense.

Brian Evans — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2806:10B7:1:38F0:20C7:A2D2:BEC3:7BBF (talk) 07:25, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

See the article's talk page for more information. Airplaneman ✈ 18:09, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

21st Century Fox

Thanks for protecting 21st Century Fox Pepper Gaming (talk) 20:38, 17 December 2018 (UTC).

No worries, Pepper Gaming. Best, Airplaneman ✈ 00:55, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Tim Kaine

Thanks for taking a look at my edit on Tim Kaine.

I have made a rather large deletion on the Gary LaBarbera article just now - can you take a look at it for me? It seemed to me to be a total hit piece on this individual (the paragraph on Wikipedia, not the sources) so I'd like a second set of eyes to judge if deletion of the entire paragraph is the best move. I'm not super-experienced but the Original Research all over Wikipedia is a pet peeve of mine. Thanks! Ewen Douglas (talk) 00:30, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

@Ewen Douglas: I like to give credit where credit is due! Thanks for lending a critical eye to some tough topics. I took a few minutes to review your edit and agree that the sources don't support the text. I'm sure you're aware, but American politics is a fraught landscape, and it's no different here on Wikipedia. Be aware that American politics post-1932 are subject to discretionary sanctions, which basically imposes stricter rules on editing behavior on articles falling under its scope. See: this decision. This notice is often placed on the talk pages of editors involved in sanctioned subject areas. Take a look at the information it provides if you haven't already. Best, Airplaneman ✈ 01:08, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks very much. I do understand about American politics - I've been a resident in the US for the last 14 years. I also have hit a bit of a puzzle at the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez article - again, the text in a couple of key sentences did not match the cited source. Perhaps not surprisingly, it was added by the same editor who added the Gary LaBarbera text; that's what led me there. In any case, I fixed the sentences to match the cited source, and I've gotten some pushback from one other editor who seems to want to ignore what that source says. Perhaps I've overstepped in this case, but I don't think so; I'd appreciate any advice you could offer, thanks again! Ewen Douglas (talk) 03:42, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

@Ewen Douglas: Re: this message from Tsumikiria (talk · contribs): I'm concerned that you thought these were "subtle threats". It's the exact same content I pointed you towards in my previous comment in this thread; I just didn't paste it onto your talk page. Communication online via text is difficult, and it's important to assume good faith whenever possible. It's easy to miscommunicate or misread tone and intent in this medium, especially in such contentious topics as American politics.

Regarding Ocasio-Cortez's article, it looks like you are taking the right first step and discussing changes on the talk page. I would continue to stick to the facts and discuss in a level-headed manner. My advice would be to provide more evidence upfront in your discussion posts; this applies to both your message here on my talk page and your discussion on Ocasio-Cortez's page. That is, provide links to specific changes that you are referring to (especially helpful for articles as busy as hers) and also pull quotations from sources on talk pages to support your claims. You can use templates such as {{tquote}}.

I'm going to be honest here: since Ocasio-Cortez's article receives so much traffic, I'm less inclined to sink my own time into reviewing sources here as I did with LaBarbera's article. Though I strongly support fair and balanced writing on Wikipedia, expanded coverage of women and minorities, and am invested in American politics as a person (as an American citizen myself), I am not really interested, currently, in spending copious amounts of time hashing out details for American political articles on Wikipedia. I'm currently more interested in spending my limited free time here digging through the administrative backlog. There are plenty of others who are interested in Ocasio-Cortez and actively contributing who can do this. So, I don't think you've overstepped here, but there will always be people who see things differently. Hopefully my suggestions on how to approach talk page discussions will help you come to a reasonable compromise. And feel free to continue asking me any questions you may have, especially procedural questions. I just can't guarantee that I'll be willing to tackle every request regarding large amounts of content. Best, Airplaneman ✈ 18:17, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate the input! Ewen Douglas (talk) 13:47, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Children's Literature Project Relaunch

Children's Literature Project Relaunch December 2018

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Request to add a wiki page

Hey, I'm launching a web project soon and would like to have a wiki page on it. Should I have a neutral 3rd party make it for me due to conflict of interest? I spoke with another admin about it here and he advised me to just make it myself but hasn't gotten back to me on my follow-up question. Fahad Shah (talk) 05:21, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

@FShah: Hey Fahad, thanks for taking your conflict of interest into consideration here. I will echo what Oshwah (talk · contribs) said: editing on topics you're intimately involved with elsewhere in life is strongly discouraged, and that if your subject is notable, others will cover it (under the conditions outlined in this section of the notability policy). I understand that your website/project is in the works; unless it has gotten significant coverage from reliable, third-party sources, it will not pass the notability guidelines necessary for a page in the first place, regardless of who creates it, and especially since it doesn't yet exist.

Regarding your other account: from what you've told me, its existence goes against Wikipedia policy on having multiple accounts (and the conflict of interest guidelines). In general, having a "company account" is frowned upon here because promotional editing is prohibited.

I know I've basically told you not to do what you plan on doing. From the information I have, that's the judgment I've made. Of course, if the subject fulfills the notability guidelines, then it by all means should have a page. From here, you should pick one account to edit from and declare the other so that other editors know that the two are connected. I know that for an encyclopedia that "anyone can edit," the information Oshwah and I have provided seems like a lot. However, it's in light of this site's mission to provide quality content free from bias that such rules have been implemented, through community consensus.

All the best, Airplaneman ✈ 00:08, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Going off of what Airplaneman responded with above, I'll add that I responded to your follow-up message here. It pretty much says everything that Airplaneman said above, but with huge emphasis on the severity of what you're doing. To summarize: creating another account and using it in order to "conceal" your conflicts of interest and create articles or edit content in those conflict-areas is a serious violation of policy. It's one of the top reasons that users on Wikipedia will abuse multiple accounts (I'd say that it's the second-highest reason below long term abuse and blatant disruption), and it will result in extremely heavy sanctions on your accounts if you're caught doing so. I highly recommend (just like Airplaneman said above) that you use your FShah account to edit the user and user talk pages of the other account you created and link it to your FShah account, and then never use the other account again. I'll also emphasize here and speak for Airplaneman: We highly appreciate that you came to us with these questions and to get input regarding your website and your plans to edit Wikipedia first before doing so. If more people did what you did and simply asked if this was okay instead of just doing so, we'd have a lot less issues in general on Wikipedia and many less editors would be left frustrated and feeling disheartened. Never be afraid to come to one of us with any questions: even if you feel that they're very stupid. We won't judge you, and we won't look down upon you because of them. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:32, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

	Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2019!

Hello Airplaneman, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2019. Happy editing, Walk Like an Egyptian (talk) 06:32, 25 December 2018 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Administrators' newsletter – January 2019

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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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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:

1. At least 8 characters in length
2. Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the Password Blacklist library)
3. 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.

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