User talk:Dolotta/Archive 6
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Question from Nasirali001 (10:32, 28 July 2022)
Hello --Nasirali001 (talk) 10:32, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
- An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.
Technical news
- The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
- Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)
Arbitration
- The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.
Miscellaneous
- You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
- Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
- Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.
Administrators' newsletter – September 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).
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Guideline and policy news
- A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
- An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.
Technical news
- The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia has been released.
- The WMF is looking into making a Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the questions provided. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.
Arbitration
- An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
- The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.
Miscellaneous
- The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
- Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.
Question from Johnmarbimdumpa2010 (18:45, 6 September 2022)
How to write article --Johnmarbimdumpa2010 (talk) 18:45, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
Question from Mreditor1436 (18:00, 8 September 2022)
why? --Mreditor1436 (talk) 18:00, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
Question from Yash.k23 (10:19, 29 August 2022)
I just need to understand why my content, which i posted around 2 months back. Kindly help me to know, if I need to do any changes.
Thanks --Yash.k23 (talk) 10:19, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
- Yash.k23 I need more information before I can help you. Since your only edit so far was to ask me this question, I am not sure what content you are talking about. Can you point me in the right direction? -- Dolotta (talk) 12:04, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
- I have posted content around a month back. At that point of time, it showed that to review and publish the content will take 90 days. But in between my content was deleted. So I am not sure why it was deleted. was there any feedback from review team for the same?
- Thanks Yash.k23 (talk) 06:15, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you for following up, Yash.k23. Cryptic deleted it because it was obvious advertising. In many circumstances like this, it happens because it is hard for those who generally focus on marketing/PR to switch from marketing to encyclopedic content. While Cryptic might have extra insights, I would recommend looking at existing Wikipedia articles for corporations, focusing on the references and how the article is worded. I would also take a look at WP:COI to see if it applies to you. Happy editing! -- Dolotta (talk) 15:32, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
- It read like a machine-translated brochure. "In 1987, Writer Corporation sorted to extend the need of the existing customer by launching Writer Information business that aimed to offer a plethora of digital solutions worldwide." was typical of the rest of the draft. —Cryptic 16:10, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
- Yash.k23 I need more information before I can help you. Since your only edit so far was to ask me this question, I am not sure what content you are talking about. Can you point me in the right direction? -- Dolotta (talk) 12:04, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
Question from NEMEYIMANA BOSCO NKUNDA (08:46, 23 September 2022)
Hello to you!
Receive warm greetings from my heart, let me hop you are doing well.
I take this chance to forward to you the following questions;
1. what does a Wikipedia editor needs to start up a good new article? 2. As an editor at Wikipedia, I would like to know if it can be possible for me to update an article having oral sources?
I would also like you to help me with the possible ways of updating new articles that can be visible on google search.
Thanks very much! --NEMEYIMANA BOSCO NKUNDA (talk) 08:46, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – October 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
- Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
- Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.
Technical news
- The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.
Arbitration
- Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
- A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
- The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.
Miscellaneous
- An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
- Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
- You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
- An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
- Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete.
Administrators' newsletter – November 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- The article creation at scale RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November.
- An RfC is open to discuss having open requests for adminship automatically placed on hold after the seven-day period has elapsed, pending closure or other action by a bureaucrat.
Arbitration
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections.
- The arbitration case request titled Athaenara has been resolved by motion.
- The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has entered the proposed decision stage.
- AmandaNP, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee Elections. Xaosflux and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
Miscellaneous
- The 2022 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers.
- You can add yourself to the centralised page listing time zones of administrators.
- Tech tip: Wikimarkup in a block summary is parsed in the notice that the blockee sees. You can use templates with custom options to specify situations like
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Question from SternStrategy (19:15, 1 November 2022)
Hi there! When will we be eligible to create our own wikipedia page post? --SternStrategy (talk) 19:15, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
- Greetings, SternStrategy, and welcome to Wikipedia! Your account was created at least 4 days ago and has 10 edits, so you have the technical ability to create an article. However, I would not create an article for which you have a conflict of interest. I wouldn't create an article titled Dolotta for example. Happy editing ! -- Dolotta (talk) 21:30, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
Happy Birthday!
 | Happy birthday! Hi Dolotta! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy this special day! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 07:19, 26 November 2022 (UTC) |  |
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
- The article creation at scale RfC has been closed.
- An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.
Technical news
- A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget. (T319449)
Arbitration
- Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
- The proposed decision for the 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system is open.
- The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed.
- The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
- A motion has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing Level 2 desysop.
Miscellaneous
- Tech tip: A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add
/64to the end of an IP in Special:Contributions to see all of a subnet's edits, and consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute.
Administrators' newsletter – January 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Oversighter changes
Guideline and policy news
- Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal.
Arbitration
- Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, CaptainEek, GeneralNotability, Guerillero, L235, Moneytrees, Primefac, SilkTork.
- The 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review has concluded with many changes to the discretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
- The arbitration case Stephen has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
- Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.
Administrators' newsletter – February 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
- Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.
Technical news
- The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
- In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.
Miscellaneous
- Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
- Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
- Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.
Administrators' newsletter – March 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
- Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
- A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.
Technical news
- The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.
Arbitration
- Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
- The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
- A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.
Miscellaneous
- The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
- Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
- The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a
[p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing
. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.
WikiShootMe edits
I’m just editing Wisconsably. Cheers! awkwafaba (📥) 04:44, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day!
 | Happy First Edit Day! Hi Dolotta! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 18:59, 17 March 2023 (UTC) | |
Sherry in Wood County
This article is currently confounded between the town and the unincorporated community. I found the town of Sherry website and don't really know how to proceed. Would it be OK to just make the article for the town? Not every unincorp. comm. has its own article, but for this one there is a lot of informtion that could be added. Have you noticed the geo coord for towns are denominated as regions while communities of any stripe are denominated as cities? The coordinates in this article are denominated as for a city. I am being trolled so I don't want to spend a lot of time on any edit. My Dupatryn's contracture has reduced me to hunt 'n peck. My mother attended UWEC when it was a Normal School. My parents married in secret because Mom was teaching. Tom (my nickname is Sam and Topeka Tom was taken) Topeka Sam (talk) 22:47, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
- @Topeka Sam: The article on the community (Sherry (community), Wisconsin) was redirected to the town's article (Sherry, Wisconsin) after being merged three years ago. Considering the circumstances, I don't think undoing the merger is warranted. The community is a part of the town after all and, save for some relatively well known and sourced communities, most unincorporated communities can be included in their town's article with an appropriate redirect. That being said, the town's article can certainly be expanded and copy edited as appropriate. Dolotta (talk) 16:01, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard.
Technical news
- Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. (T178356)
- The rollback of Vector 2022 RfC has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
- A link to the user's Special:CentralAuth page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on Special:Contributions. This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.
Arbitration
- The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
- A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.
Administrators' newsletter – May 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.
Technical news
- Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.
Arbitration
- The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.
Miscellaneous
- The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.
Administrators' newsletter – June 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
- As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.
Technical news
- Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.
Miscellaneous
- Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to Jimbo Wales.
Question from Bel grande (20:18, 18 June 2023)
hello im mute and just wanted to know.... --Bel grande (talk) 20:18, 18 June 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Guideline and policy news
- Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.
Technical news
- Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.
Arbitration
- Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.
Question from Thosem (18:22, 25 July 2023)
I'm good now but I was slowed down by a new setting in Safari that hides IP addresses by default. Wikipedia blocked me because of that but I eventually figured it out by comparing with an older version of Safari. It could be a significant frustration for newbies like me. I rummaged for hours trying to appeal the block but there was no clue to the problem available in Wikipedia, so that might be worth putting a warning somewhere. --Thosem (talk) 18:22, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
Question from Gempresh (12:02, 26 July 2023)
Hi Mentor.
How do I create a Wiki Page for myself? --Gempresh (talk) 12:02, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
Question from Nayeem63 (12:52, 26 July 2023)
hello my name is nayeem i am from india. are you a real person or a ai bot?
how and where should i start ? --Nayeem63 (talk) 12:52, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
Question from Nayeem63 on KRSNA (rapper) (18:04, 26 July 2023)
so i want to add a link to a page the page is semi protected i want a add a link to artists she is pretty famous her name is rashmeet kaur so tell me how to do it --Nayeem63 (talk) 18:04, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
Question from Prsureshnair (14:44, 28 July 2023)
I have posted an article and it is in draft status. How do I publish it? Please help me. --Prsureshnair (talk) 14:44, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
- Greetings, Prsureshnair and welcome to Wikipedia!
- In order to become a full fledged article, your draft needs to have references and the prose needs to be cleaned up. When that is completed, submit the draft for review again. -- Dolotta (talk) 13:22, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
Question from Zavergr (04:35, 30 July 2023)
I am an urban planner and conceived a new urban form that is called the interactive megalopolis. It was conceived in 1995 when published by Society of Automotive Engineering. I am now writing a major peer reviewed paper that will be published in Springer Academic. How do I contribute a new page, describing the interactive megalopolis? --Zavergr (talk) 04:35, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
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