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Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
- Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.
- Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531
- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
- This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C
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Dear Wikimedian,
You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process.
This is a reminder that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) ends on May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.
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On behalf of the UCoC project team,
RamzyM (WMF) 23:18, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
Spam farm you blocked
Hi HJ Mitchell, I stumbled across the spam farm you blocked and found
Logomaniyya (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
who registered a little after your initial block wave, uses the visual editor and has overlaps on links being spammed with other socks ([1], [2], [3]). Any chance you could check/block them? Pahunkat (talk) 18:15, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins
Hi there! Phase I of the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:
- Proposals 2 and 9b (phase II discussion): Add a reminder of civility norms at RfA and Require links for claims of specific policy violations
- Proposal 3b (in trial): Make the first two days discussion-only
- Proposal 13 (in trial): Admin elections
- Proposal 14 (implemented): Suffrage requirements
- Proposals 16 and 16c (phase II discussion): Allow the community to initiate recall RfAs and Community recall process based on dewiki
- Proposal 17 (phase II discussion): Have named Admins/crats to monitor infractions
- Proposal 24 (phase II discussion): Provide better mentoring for becoming an admin and the RfA process
- Proposal 25 (implemented): Require nominees to be extended confirmed
See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron (talk), via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:09, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
Promotion of Wolverton Viaduct
Happy Adminship Anniversary!
Happy adminship anniversary! Hi HJ Mitchell! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:53, 1 May 2024 (UTC) |
- +1 With love and respect. Maliner (talk) 08:05, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Wow, 14 years as an admin! It's been... interesting! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:18, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- happy anniversary harry! 196.188.98.47 (talk) 17:16, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- Wow, 14 years as an admin! It's been... interesting! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:18, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue 217, May 2024
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IP address blocked?
Hi there. I can't access my regular account (Looktowindward) as a block was put on my IP address (I think the message suggested my IP was within a 'range' that included accounts which you detected had been abusive). I tried to log-in to contact you about this, as I certainly haven't been abusive on here, but my could not remember my password - and the password reset page is blocked under the IP restriction. So I set up this new account to get in touch and ask if you could remove the block on my IP, so I can use the original Looktowindward account (i.e. so I can access the password reset and go in again that way)! I hope that makes sense and that this can be resolved. Thanks! Looktowindward2 (talk) 15:42, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- Hi again. I've now reset my password for my original account (via a different wifi). I will try to access later from the IP address that was blocked. Looktowindward (talk) 08:19, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
68.225.132.241
68.225.132.241 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
This IP is back again after your previous blocks. Could you block them again? Thanks. 73.67.145.30 (talk) 15:22, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 16 May 2024
- News and notes: Democracy in action: multiple elections
- Special report: Will the new RfA reform come to the rescue of administrators?
- Arbitration report: Ruined temples for posterity to ponder over – arbitration from '22 to '24
- Comix: Generations
- Traffic report: Crawl out through the fallout, baby
I do wish you had not removed protection from that page. You might think 16 years after the vandalism started, the vandal would have moved on. Such is not the case. The vandal has been remarkably persistent with this stupid stuff about homeless people, which first appeared in 2006.[4] ] If you don't want "permanent" semi, maybe set it to expire in 10 years or so. Thank you! ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:46, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
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Widen a pblock? Or blacklist?
Hi Harry! You pblocked Special:Contributions/106.222.208.0/22 from various articles to do with steel production in India back in March. That hasn't stopped them adding their spamlink to more tangental articles – Tata Steel for instance [5] [6]. Is it worth you widening their pblock to include Tata Steel or would I be better requesting a blacklisting of reninemetal.com? 81.187.192.168 (talk) 17:45, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
- Blacklisting is definitely one option but there's more than one domain being spammed though there are constructive edits on the range. Might be worth raising at ANI to see if anyone has any bright ideas. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 09:16, 5 June 2024 (UTC)