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CSD on Belinda Ferrari

Per the nom A7, there is no assertion of notability in the dif that it was nominated under. WP:PROF #1 which was the reason for declining is better suited to a discussion. Just saying.--Savonneux (talk) 09:39, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

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Redian Software was created again

Hi, After you deleted Redian Software, it was re-created. I have nominated for CSD but perhaps a salting is due as well. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 16:57, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

I've deleted it again. I don't usually salt until the article's been recreated at least 3 or 4 times, unless there's a BLP reason to do so. It is possible that such a company might become notable some years down the line. Cheers, Espresso Addict (talk) 17:04, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Books & Bytes - Issue 18

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Darren Dione Aquino

You deleted this page 2 weeks prior to the subject announcing his candidacy for mayor of NYC - that seems curiously untimely. Likewise the no notability label, given that he's an actor who has logged appearances on L&O SVU and the Sopranos, makes him at least as notable as some other character actors and bit players for whom we have pages. Personally, I've never heard of the guy before seeing his announcement for the mayoral race and I'll grant you that most of the hits on his name lead to self-promotional pages, but I suspect that, at least for now, he's notable enough that the page should go back up. Irish Melkite (talk) 10:25, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Nothing done on this yet. Strong feelings expressed with deletion request even with candidacy. Swliv (talk) 18:35, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for Stephen Straus

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DYK for Chantry House, Bunbury

On 11 October 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chantry House, Bunbury, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1595, the Chantry House in Bunbury, Cheshire, was leased for 2,000 years for the rent of a red rose? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chantry House, Bunbury. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Chantry House, Bunbury), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Jizhou ware

The QPQ is now sorted out, so we can proceed. Sorry for the delay (out of my hands as you know). Johnbod (talk) 01:23, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

DYK for De laude Cestrie

On 16 October 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article De laude Cestrie, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 12th-century manuscript De laude Cestrie is one of the earliest prose works about an English town? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/De laude Cestrie. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, De laude Cestrie), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Jean Alexander

On 16 October 2016, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Jean Alexander, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 05:20, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

DYK for List of literary descriptions of cities (before 1550)

On 22 October 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article List of literary descriptions of cities (before 1550), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that medieval works praising cities often follow rules laid down in Ancient Greece? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/List of literary descriptions of cities (before 1550). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, List of literary descriptions of cities (before 1550)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Magic words

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DYK for Thomas Aldersey

On 25 October 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thomas Aldersey, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Thomas Aldersey (pictured) gave the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, now an educational charity, their first school? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Aldersey. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Thomas Aldersey), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:21, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Warmingham

On 29 October 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Warmingham, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the dairy-farming area of Warmingham, Cheshire, is the source of around half the pure salt (brine pump pictured) manufactured in the UK? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Warmingham. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Warmingham), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Three years ago ...

reason
... you were recipient no. 649 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:35, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda! It is good to know you are still editing. Espresso Addict (talk) 19:20, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Rose Hartman

Can you help organize the links and references on the rose hartman wiki page

Brazil201 (talk) 03:30, 31 October 2016 (UTC)brazil201Brazil201 (talk) 03:30, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 19

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O.B. Macaroni Company A7

Hi,

This isn't a criticism - you are well within your rights to decline speedies - but I was wondering what the claim of importance in that article was? I don't know if you're aware, but I seem to have gained quite a reputation for seeing claims of importance where none exist (I think that's nonsense, but that's another matter), but even I cannot see where there is any claim of importance there. I was taken to ANI not long ago for declining A7s that certainly had more of a claim of importance that I can see there, and I can't help but feel if I had declined that A7 on the grounds of there being a claim of importance, I would have been taken there again, and most likely topic banned regarding A7 tag removals (it was proposed but didn't go through). What am I missing? Thanks. Adam9007 (talk) 02:34, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Charles Husband

On 5 November 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Charles Husband, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Charles Husband was the engineer behind what was, on completion, the world's largest fully-steerable radio telescope? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Charles Husband. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Charles Husband), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

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PhD Chapter at KTH

The page exists in two languages English and Swedish and I was just trying to make it look Wikipedia style. I've managed to link the two pages through Wiki Data yesterday night and you just managed to delete it. How's this helping out mentoring a newbie on Wiki?!

There is plenty of information on different Wiki pages that are connected to the PhD Chapter at KTH. Where KTH is the most important technical University in Stockholm, Sweden.

It is not an unimportant organization, but rather well-known in Stockholm and active.

Please find a way to help me out doing what's needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Desciu (talk • contribs) 12:06, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

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Rev.Karathota Dhammasiri Thero

Hi, I saw you deleted Rev.Karathota Dhammasiri Thero but the creator immediately replaced it (complete with my tags & speedy template from the original page!). He also created this mostly non-English page as a promotional tie in Granthakara Pirivena, and apparently is trying to insert related material here Horana. Would you mind taking a look, please? Thanks! JamesG5 (talk) 05:37, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

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Reconsider speedy deletion of VANESSA MARCOTTE

@ Espresso Addict,Hello. The reason you've mentioned for speedy deletion of my article is "does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject". The implication I am assuming being every other murders doesn't deserve to be on this encyclopedia. Even so, it is likely the killer or the serial killer will be apprehended one day. Assuming that the perpetrator is a serial killer, which is highly likely in connection with another similar incident, it is very likely that the culprit will be on this encyclopedia at the already existing extensive section on the topic.

I am sure the deceased Vanessa Marcotte will be added as a victim on that page. So down the time, identity of Vanessa Marcotte will be written on this encyclopedia through the 'importance or significance of her serial killer'. Why not dedicate a page on this encyclopedia to her now, rather than through a 'significant' serial killer down the time? I am sure a page dedicated on her would get inputs and be expanded.

I am assuming that the perpetrator might be a serial killer here, but if it is possible to undo the speedy delete, I urge you to do so.

Kireadsalot (talk) 05:50, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your note

@ Espresso Addict,

Hello and thanks for your note. Also thanks for sharing links on WP:VICTIM, well-documented historic event, Matthew Shepard, yet another policy. They are informative. Though I found Alexander crystal seer to be quite hilarious.

Regards

Kireadsalot (talk) 09:20, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of Laboratoire d'Laboratoire d'Economie Forestière

Hello, the article that I created "Laboratoire d'Economie Forestière" has been deleted under terms A7 (No indication of importance) and G12 (Unambiguous copyright infringement). I wanted to context such deletion, but it has been too fast, the article has been already deleted! Any how, I still think that a "This page is a draft, contribute to expand it" notice would have been more appropriate than deletion.

A7 - No indication of importance

The Laboratoire d'Economie Forestière of Nancy is the second in Europe and one of the first in the World in terms of both researchers and publications in the subject of forest economics. It's true, the subject is relatively small, but within the (admittedly) few people into the domain is universally known, and I don't think that a wikipedia should discriminate against "minorities subjects". I did want to put verifiable and exact numbers, but for that I needed to get some documents in the library on Monday. Too late, it did took just a few hours for its deletion! Furthermore, the LAB is a research and educational public institute, and as such it should be exempted from A7 ("with the exception of educational institutions"). Nevertheless, I still want to add numerical information on why it is notable within its topic.

G12 - Unambiguous copyright infringement

While it's true that the source of the text comes from the about us page of the web site of the lab, the text has been formatted to match the wikipedia standard (I got AgroParisTech and INRA istitutions as examples) and the source is in the public domain, so there is no copyright infringements. That's said, again, it was my intention to expand it, but I needed to get some material that I didn't have with me.

So, at the end, can I re-create on Monday the page adding the required information, or would it be cancelled again ? In general, I would suggest to wait a few days for content that is not "unambiguously" spam and that can instead be improved...

Lobianco (talk) 16:54, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

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SpiderG

Hi Expresso Addict. SpiderG appears to be a re-creation of an article with the same name that you deleted per WP:G11 a few days ago. Can you tell if there have been any significant improvements made to this latest version? -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:36, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

user:Brazil201

Can you help me with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbin_Van_Cayseele_Stanislas Brazil201 (talk) 01:15, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

user:Dick4T

Is user:Dick4T a username violation? 2602:306:3357:BA0:5DC4:7161:A299:3D3C (talk) 01:03, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Shabnam Hashmi

You're kidding me that that was declined? Seriously, no wonder we have such a backlog with new pages. This is what pushed me away from Wikipedia in the first place and today I remembered why I did that. Not your fault, the community has defined its expectations. This is just incredibly frustrating as someone who really loved to poor time into wiki. Sorry for taking my anger out on you. Thank you. --allthefoxes ^(Talk) 19:59, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Question on deletion of Ventura Enterprise Risk Management

Hi, I was just wondering what the criteria is for "credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject". The page was created on the same template as a company called Vormetric and did have references to real events on credible media. Melcous has kindly informed me on how to sign, but I'm guessing that's not the reason for the deletion.

Vehicle security companies

Hello,

Thank you for your edit on my first page. Can you help me edit it to bring it up to wiki standards? And maybe the same for TG21 and other vehicle security companies?

Kind regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by INTRX009 (talk • contribs) 21:45, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Mohammad Mahfujur Rahman

Hi. Just trying to improve how I look at new articles. I went back and still don't see a credible claim of importance - he's a lecturer at one university, and a researcher at another. What am I missing? Thanks. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 17:50, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Berenice Mulubah

Hello there, I notice you declined the speedy A7 on Berenice Mulubah but I have requested speedy G5 for the article because it was created by a sock puppet of Daniel Kobe Ricks Jr (talk · contribs) hope this won't hurt the policies of reinstalling speedy because it was actually recreated by a blocked user. Thank you – GSS (talk) 06:12, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Espresso Addict!

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Hello.Zahid

Can you please let me know why you have deleted my artile Khaleej Mag? It was about an important magazine of Pakistan and Asia. It is a part of Pakistan largest startup incubation and accelaration center.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Hello.Zahid (talk • contribs)

Against normal standards for talk page behavior, I respectfully eliminated the last sentence of the comment, which I attribute to a potential language translation issue.

I nominated the article for deletion, and the question is answered at my talk page.—CaroleHenson (talk) 08:49, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Deleted IPAM post

Hello, I have noticed that my entry on IPAM was recently deleted for copyright issues, potential COI, and notability. Given these concerns, I would like to recreate the page with new, 'original' information and proper referencing/citations, including primary and verifiable sources (i.e. media publicity, and non-trivial mentions in peer-reviewed academic books). Is permission required to edit the deleted page, or should I create anew? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Metaxaskid (talk • contribs) 17:22, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

ERRORS/TFA

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Sorry

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Create a wiki page for BASI PANDA?

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Books and Bytes - Issue 20

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Issue 20, November-December 2016
by Nikkimaria (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs), Samwalton9 (talk · contribs)

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DYK nomination of Layover (novel)

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DYK for Nobuyo Maeda

On 28 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nobuyo Maeda, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that before starting her pioneering genetic studies of complex human diseases such as atherosclerosis, Nobuyo Maeda researched sea snake venoms? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nobuyo Maeda. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Nobuyo Maeda), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Template:Did you know nominations/Susan Dynarski

Espresso Addict, I wasn't sure whether you'd seen that there was a reply to your DYK review. When you get the chance, please stop by to continue the review. If you'd prefer than I find a new reviewer, just ping me. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:13, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Sarah Elizabeth Smith

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A tag has been placed on Sarah Elizabeth Smith requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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DYK nomination of Layover (novel)

Hello! Your submission of Layover (novel) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 00:26, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2017).

Administrator changes

Amortias • Deckiller • BU Rob13

Ronnotel • Islander • Chamal N • Isomorphic • Keeper76 • Lord Voldemort • Shereth • Bdesham • Pjacobi

Guideline and policy news

• A recent RfC has redefined how articles on schools are evaluated at AfD. Specifically, secondary schools are not presumed to be notable simply because they exist.
• AfDs that receive little participation should now be closed like an expired proposed deletion, following a deletion process RfC.
• Defender, HakanIST, Matiia and Sjoerddebruin are our newest stewards, following the 2017 steward elections.
• The 2017 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Góngora, Krd, Lankiveil, Richwales and Vogone. They will serve for approximately 1 year.

Technical news

• A recent query shows that only 16% of administrators on the English Wikipedia have enabled two-factor authentication. If you haven't already enabled it please consider doing so.
• Cookie blocks should be deployed to the English Wikipedia soon. This will extend the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user after they switch accounts under a new IP.
• A bot will now automatically place a protection template on protected pages when admins forget to do so.

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WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 10

Issue 10 of the WikiProject X newsletter is here!

This month, we discuss the new CollaborationKit extension. Here's an image as a teaser:

23:59, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For your work on Clare Hollingworth last January. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:26, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Max Leopold Wagner

Thank you Fpittui (talk) 13:27, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Exemplo347 (talk) 23:32, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian. Since you had some involvement with the Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. ThatGirlTayler (talk) 00:14, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).

Administrator changes

TheDJ

Xnuala • CJ • Oldelpaso • Berean Hunter • Jimbo Wales • Andrew c • Karanacs • Modemac • Scott

Guideline and policy news

• Following a discussion on the backlog of unpatrolled files, consensus was found to create a new user right for autopatrolling file uploads. Implementation progress can be tracked on Phabricator.
• The BLPPROD grandfather clause, which stated that unreferenced biographies of living persons were only eligible for proposed deletion if they were created after March 18, 2010, has been removed following an RfC.
• An RfC has closed with consensus to allow proposed deletion of files. The implementation process is ongoing.
• After an unsuccessful proposal to automatically grant IP block exemption, consensus was found to relax the criteria for granting the user right from needing it to wanting it.

Technical news

• After a recent RfC, moved pages will soon be featured in a queue similar to Special:NewPagesFeed and require patrolling. Moves by administrators, page movers, and autopatrolled editors will be automatically marked as patrolled.
• Cookie blocks have been deployed. This extends the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user if they switch accounts, even under a new IP.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian

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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. CopernicusAD ^(u) (t) :) 20:43, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 21

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Books & Bytes
Issue 21, January-March 2017
by Nikkimaria (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs), Samwalton9 (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)

• #1lib1ref 2017
• Wikipedia Library User Group
• Wikipedia + Libraries at Wikimedia Conference 2017
• Spotlight: Library Card Platform

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Thanks for creating a wiki page for Basi

Hello I am very thankful to you for creating a page on Basi (Giant Panda). I did not know how to create a page on Wikipedia but I do know how to edit it ...I will add more details on her page about her life so that more and more people will get to know about this amazing Giant panda .once again thank you very much I am very grateful to you for creating a page for her. Panda73897 (talk) 08:46, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017).

Administrator changes

Karanacs • Berean Hunter • GoldenRing • Dlohcierekim

Gdr • Tyrenius • JYolkowski • Longhair • Master Thief Garrett • Aaron Brenneman • Laser brain • JzG • Dragons flight

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC has clarified that user categories should be emptied upon deletion, but redlinked user categories should not be removed if re-added by the user.
• Discussions are ongoing regarding proposed changes to the COI policy. Changes so far have included clarification that adding a link on a Wikipedia forum to a job posting is not a violation of the harassment policy.

Technical news

• You can now see a list of all autoblocks at Special:AutoblockList.
• There is a new tool for adding archives to dead links. Administrators are able to restrict other user's ability to use the tool, and have additional permissions when changing URL and domain data.
• Administrators, bureaucrats and stewards can now set an expiry date when granting user rights. (discuss, permalink)

Miscellaneous

• Following an RfC, the editing restrictions page is now split into a list of active restrictions and an archive of those that are old or on inactive accounts. Make sure to check both pages if searching for a restriction.

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On this day, 11 years ago...

Hey, Espresso Addict. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Lepricavark (talk) 02:46, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:AVTcover (2007).jpg

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).

Administrator changes

Doug Bell • Dennis Brown • Clpo13 • ONUnicorn

ThaddeusB • Yandman • Bjarki S • OldakQuill • Shyam • Jondel • Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC proposing an off-wiki LTA database has been closed. The proposal was broadly supported, with further discussion required regarding what to do with the existing LTA database and defining access requirements. Such a tool/database formed part of the Community health initiative's successful grant proposal.
• Some clarifications have been made to the community banning and unblocking policies that effectively sync them with current practice. Specifically, the community has reached a consensus that when blocking a user at WP:AN or WP:ANI, it is considered a "community sanction", and administrators cannot unblock unilaterally if the user has not successfully appealed the sanction to the community.
• An RfC regarding the bot policy has closed with changes to the section describing restrictions on cosmetic changes.

Technical news

• Users will soon be able to blacklist specific users from sending them notifications.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2017 elections, the new members of the Board of Trustees include Raystorm, Pundit and Doc James. They will serve three-year terms.

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Books and Bytes - Issue 22

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Books & Bytes
Issue 22, April-May 2017

• New and expanded research accounts
• Global branches update
• Spotlight: OCLC Partnership
• Bytes in brief

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Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)

It's not usual for an administrator to edit through full protection "just because I can". I see no reason why your edit had to be made now.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:58, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

Well, I'd written it before I realised that the article was fully protected not just semi-protected. Since it doesn't (afaik) relate to the edit war, and the cholera update is in the news in the UK & probably worldwide today, it doesn't seem to me to be a negative edit, nor a particularly contentious one, but feel free to revert if you feel differently. (You might bear in mind that the medical project guidelines state that medical information should where possible depend on reliable non-news references.) If I hadn't been an administrator I'd have made a request for the edit to be performed. I have very limited online time these days, so if I put off work until some period of time is up, I wouldn't ever get around to it. Espresso Addict (talk) 02:32, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Cholera outbreaks and pandemics

On 26 June 2017, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Cholera outbreaks and pandemics, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 12:00, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2017).

Administrator changes

Happyme22 • Dragons flight

Zad68

Guideline and policy news

• The RFC discussion regarding WP:OUTING and WMF essay about paid editing and outing (see more at the ArbCom noticeboard archives) is now archived. Milieus #3 and #4 received support; so did concrete proposal #1.

Technical news

• Fuzzy search will soon be added to Special:Undelete, allowing administrators to search for deleted page titles with results similar to the search query. You can test this by adding ?fuzzy=1 to the URL, as with Special:Undelete?fuzzy=1. Currently the search only finds pages that exactly match the search term.
• A new bot will automatically revision delete unused file versions from files in Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old.

Miscellaneous

• A newly revamped database report can help identify users who may be eligible to be autopatrolled.
• A potentially compromised account from 2001–2002 attempted to request resysop. Please practice appropriate account security by using a unique password for Wikipedia, and consider enabling two-factor authentication. Currently around 17% of admins have enabled 2FA, up from 16% in February 2017.
• Did you know: On 29 June 2017, there were 1,261 administrators on the English Wikipedia – the exact number of administrators as there were ten years ago on 29 June 2007. Since that time, the English Wikipedia has grown from 1.85 million articles to over 5.43 million.

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017).

Administrator changes

Anarchyte • GeneralizationsAreBad • Cullen328 ^{(first RfA to reach WP:300)}

Cprompt • Rockpocket • Rambo's Revenge • Animum • TexasAndroid • Chuck SMITH • MikeLynch • Crazytales • Ad Orientem

Guideline and policy news

• Following a series of discussions around new pages patrol, the WMF is helping implement a controlled autoconfirmed article creation trial as a research experiment, similar to the one proposed in 2011. You can learn more about the research plan at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial. The exact start date of the experiment has yet to be determined.
• A new speedy deletion criterion, regarding articles created as a result undisclosed paid editing, is currently being discussed (permalink).
• An RfC (permalink) is currently open that proposes expanding WP:G13 to include all drafts, even if they weren't submitted through Articles for Creation.

Technical news

• LoginNotify should soon be deployed to the English Wikipedia. This will notify users when there are suspicious login attempts on their account.
• The new version of XTools is nearing an official release. This suite of tools includes administrator statistics, an improved edit counter, among other tools that may benefit administrators. You can report issues on Phabricator and provide general feedback at mw:Talk:XTools.

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Books and Bytes - Issue 23

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Books & Bytes
Issue 23, June-July 2017

• Library card
• User Group update
• Global branches update
• Spotlight: Combating misinformation, fake news, and censorship
• Bytes in brief

Chinese, Arabic and Yoruba versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017).

Administrator changes

Nakon • Scott

Sverdrup • Thespian • Elockid • James086 • Ffirehorse • Celestianpower • Boing! said Zebedee

Guideline and policy news

• ACTRIAL, a research experiment that restricts article creation to autoconfirmed users, will begin on September 7. It will run for six months. You can learn more about the research specifics at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial, while Wikipedia talk:Autoconfirmed article creation trial is probably the best venue for general discussion.
• Following an RfC, WP:G13 speedy deletion criterion now applies to any page in the draftspace that has not been edited in six months. There is a bot-generated report, updated daily, to help identify potentially qualifying drafts that have not been submitted through articles for creation.

Technical news

• You will now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device that has logged into your account before, you will be notified after five failed attempts. You can also set in your preferences to get an email when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address, which may be encouraged for admins and accounts with sensitive permissions.
• Syntax highlighting is now available as a beta feature (more info). This may assist administrators and template editors when dealing with intricate syntax of high-risk templates and system messages.
• In your notification preferences, you can now block specific users from pinging you. This functionality will soon be available for Special:EmailUser as well.

Arbitration

• Applications for CheckUser and Oversight are being accepted by the Arbitration Committee until September 12. Community discussion of the candidates will begin on September 18.

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Invitation to Admin confidence survey

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).

Administrator changes

Boing! said Zebedee • Ansh666 • Ad Orientem

Tonywalton • AmiDaniel • Silence • BanyanTree • Magioladitis • Vanamonde93 • Mr.Z-man • Jdavidb • Jakec • Ram-Man • Yelyos • Kurt Shaped Box

Guideline and policy news

• Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
• Following a discussion about mass-application of ECP and how the need for logging and other details of an evolving consensus may have been missed by some administrators, a rough guide to extended confirmed protection has been written. This information page describes how the extended-confirmed aspects of the protection policy are currently being applied by administrators.

Technical news

• You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.

Arbitration

• Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
• A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

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Books and Bytes - Issue 24

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Books & Bytes
Issue 24, August-September 2017

• User Group update
• Global branches update
  • Star Coordinator Award - last quarter's star coordinator: User:Csisc
• Wikimania Birds of a Feather session roundup
• Spotlight: Wiki Loves Archives
• Bytes in brief

Arabic, Kiswahili and Yoruba versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!

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Precious four years!

Precious

Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:48, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2017).

Administrator changes

Longhair • Megalibrarygirl • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93

Allen3 • Eluchil404 • Arthur Rubin • Bencherlite

Technical news

• The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is creating an "Interaction Timeline" tool that intends to assist administrators in resolving user conduct disputes. Feedback on the concept may be posted on the talk page.
• A new function is now available to edit filter managers that will make it easier to look for multiple strings containing spoofed text.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors will be invited to submit candidate statements for the 2017 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 12 until November 21. Voting will begin on November 27 and last until December 10.
• Following a request for comment, Ritchie333, Yunshui and Ymblanter will serve as the Electoral Commission for the 2017 ArbCom Elections.

Obituaries

• The Wikipedia community has recently learned that Allen3 (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as JohnCD. Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017).

Administrator changes

Joe Roe

JzG

Ericorbit • Perceval • Thingg • Tristanb • Violetriga

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

Technical news

• Wikimedians are now invited to vote on the proposals in the 2017 Community Wishlist Survey on Meta Wiki until 10 December 2017. In particular, there is a section of the survey regarding new tools for administrators and for anti-harassment.
• A new function is available to edit filter managers which can be used to store matches from regular expressions.

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is open until Sunday 23:59, 10 December 2017 (UTC). There are 12 candidates running for 8 vacant seats.

Miscellaneous

• Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
• The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative is conducting a survey for English Wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works (i.e. which problems it deals with well and which problems it struggles with). If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be emailed to you via Special:EmailUser.

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ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Espresso Addict. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

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Re:

Actually none of these claims has a reliable source. I can try a PROD, but one of the author's sockpuppets will come to stop it, thus exhausting the time I can dedicate to this specific case of self-promotion.--Vituzzu (talk) 11:42, 5 December 2017 (UTC)