User talk:LuK3/Archive 11
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Cite facts
How are they "destructive?" Basic citing of facts is not destructive, it's constructive. Jacobj6 (talk) 16:00, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- Jacobj6, where do you see "destructive"? I warned you that you were making unconstructive edits by removing correctly sourced statements. Please use the article talk page to discuss this issue. -- LuK3 (Talk) 16:03, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- And I'm warning you that the "correctly" sourced documents are NOT correctly sourced. Hence my edit. 173.71.73.34 (talk) 01:17, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022
Hello LuK3,
- Backlog status
At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000[a] at the end of May.
Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.[b]
In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).
While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).
- Backlog drive
A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. 
Barnstars will be awarded.
- TIP – New school articles
Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.
- Misc
There is a new template available, {{NPP backlog}}, to show the current backlog. You can place it on your user or talk page as a reminder:
Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 12863 articles, as of 20:00, 17 November 2024 (UTC), according to DatBot
There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.
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User talk:2A00:23C7:B691:D101:24B1:9C5C:F18D:3AF4: Revision history
I'm not sure the user User talk:2A00:23C7:B691:D101:24B1:9C5C:F18D:3AF4: Revision history was editing disruptively intentionally. It could be someone in trouble who needs toe police but doesn't understand Wikipedia isn't the police. Proxima Centauri (talk) 17:03, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
- Proxima Centauri, I do not feel comfortable unblocking this editor based on the now oversighted edits. I did, however, link them to a list of resources for mental or medical help. Please let me know if you need anything else. -- LuK3 (Talk) 17:16, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
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The message you left me on my talk page.
Hello, earlier I got a message from you about how talk page owners can delete any material they want. (diff) I appreciate the message, but I just wanted to make you know what exactly happened.
What happened was I wished user MZMcBride (because of first edit day, I think?) Another editor (RedRose64) butts in and wastes both me and Idoghor Melody's time, (Idoghor Melody also wished MZMcBride, and had the heart to cheer me up after I was completely discouraged and upset by the way I was treated by both editors.) Anyways, back to the story. RedRose64 reverts both me and Idoghor Melody's wishes with the edit summary "Enough already. Idoghor Melody, DinosaurTrexXX33, you should check that the message hasn't been posted by somebody else". I then revert her edit, then MZMcBride comes in and tells me to "Cut it out". Both editors did not assume any type of good faith, and then has the audacity to request a 1-2 year block on my account. He then states "And a quick scan of their contributions indicates that they have very little interest in editing articles or otherwise improving the project." and yes, I try hard to improve articles, but this was just rude and shows that they're not ready to be contributing on Wikipedia, however, no replies or mentions have been made yet, showing that it's over. Thank you. Dinoz1 (chat?) 12:40, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
P.S, DinosaurTrexXX33 was my old username.
- Dinoz1, while I'm sorry this happened to you, I really don't think anything can (or should) be done besides letting it go. You can leave a message on their talk page regarding how you feel about how you were treated. -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:58, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you. I assume they're too [edited due to possible personal attack] to admit their mistake, so i'll let it go for now. Dinoz1 (chat?) 12:59, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Dinoz1, calling someone "butthurt" can be construed as a personal attack so I would highly suggest retracting that. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:00, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- My apologies, this incident made me very discouraged and stressed. I'll edit the message to make it more polite. With all that said, have a happy Fourth of July! Dinoz1 (chat?) 13:02, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Dinoz1, calling someone "butthurt" can be construed as a personal attack so I would highly suggest retracting that. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:00, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
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Could you revoke TPA? 47.227.95.73 (talk) 12:40, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).
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Technical news
user_global_editcountis a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)
Arbitration
- An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.
Miscellaneous
- The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.
A message from Viewmont Viking
Probably time to remove access for user:Happy Day Car Rental from their talk page VVikingTalkEdits 13:17, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
- Viewmont Viking, done, thanks for letting me know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:20, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
A message from Randhirpandeyht
Hi Luk
I wish to have a Wikipedia page of the brand HealthTrip.com, How can I create one. Randhirpandeyht (talk) 12:23, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Hey LuK3
Hey LuK3 I hope your having a good day today ,it is very hot and sunny in uk where are you from Ndl lover (talk) 20:36, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Hey LuK3 I think I met you yesterday also Ndl lover (talk) 20:42, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
About a recently blocked IP
Hey! Can TPA be removed for IPs as part of their block? 115.96.153.224 has proceeded to take the vandalism to their own talkpage after being blocked. Aidan9382 (talk) 12:30, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
- Aidan9382, done, thanks for letting me know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:36, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Request for blocking a vandal
Can you please block 24.114.51.190 IP? He continues vandalizing pages about WW2 even after your warning. Thanks. 178.210.195.138 (talk) 06:47, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
- An example: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Third_Battle_of_Kharkov&action=history 178.210.195.138 (talk) 06:48, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
- Done. For the future, you can post these kind of requests over at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. There are more administrators that watch that page than my talk page. Thanks! -- LuK3 (Talk) 11:06, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
A message from Wikipedialuva
Hi Luk3. A user you blocked with a suppressed username relating to Nancy Pelosi seems to have changed usernames to "Marmite Hurricane" and is causing similar vandalism. Just wanted to let you know. Thanks. Wikipedialuva (talk) 21:21, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
- Wikipedialuva, it looks like it has been taken care of. Thanks for letting me know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 22:37, 2 August 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.
New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022
Hello LuK3,
- Backlog status
After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.
- Coordination
- MB and Novem Linguae have taken on some of the coordination tasks. Please let them know if you are interested in helping out. MPGuy2824 will be handling recognition, and will be retroactively awarding the annual barnstars that have not been issued for a few years.
- Open letter to the WMF
- The Page Curation software needs urgent attention. There are dozens of bug fixes and enhancements that are stalled (listed at Suggested improvements). We have written a letter to be sent to the WMF and we encourage as many patrollers as possible to sign it here. We are also in negotiation with the Board of Trustees to press for assistance. Better software will make the active reviewers we have more productive.
- TIP - Reviewing by subject
- Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages by their most familiar subjects can do so from the regularly updated sorted topic list.
- New reviewers
- The NPP School is being underused. The learning curve for NPP is quite steep, but a detailed and easy-to-read tutorial exists, and the Curation Tool's many features are fully described and illustrated on the updated page here.
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Red Bull Arena (Leipzig)
Thank you for your reversion of the undiscussed move. As you noticed, there was multiple attempts to disruptively move the three Red Bull Arenas to nonsense names (not only made up, but ones that would be utterly inappropriate as being in Spanish for a German stadium). The person making those moves is clearly the same as Dancer JJ who attempted identical moves and was reverted) a little over a year ago and was warned specifically about it as it constitutes vandalism. Being that there's some pretty clear socking going on here, I wonder if a checkuser SPI isn't a bad idea. oknazevad (talk) 04:19, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
- Oknazevad, thanks for the note. I blocked Jhoneditor2025 as a sock of Dancer JJ. You can file a SPI however I'm not sure how helpful CU data would be now, it is most likely stale. -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:04, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
- Works for me. oknazevad (talk) 21:21, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
Well, he's at it again. I think both accounts need to be outright indeffed. oknazevad (talk) 17:34, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
A message from SunilNevlaFan
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- Thank you for the kind words SunilNevlaFan. I would like to share this with rest of the Oversight team who are also worthy of recognition. -- LuK3 (Talk) 16:48, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
- You’re welcome! On a side note, I have a question. Are E-Mail addresses personal information that need to be suppressed? SunilNevlaFan✨ 16:57, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
- Correct. -- LuK3 (Talk) 17:38, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
- You’re welcome! On a side note, I have a question. Are E-Mail addresses personal information that need to be suppressed? SunilNevlaFan✨ 16:57, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of 2010 Tonight Show conflict
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 2010 Tonight Show conflict you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. 
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of RunningTiger123 -- RunningTiger123 (talk) 04:19, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
RD?
Can you revdel all their edits? I added the template but they edited since then and they're all copyvios. PRAXIDICAE🌈 14:27, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
- Yep, I revdeleted the edits and yanked TPA, thanks for letting know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:30, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of 2010 Tonight Show conflict
The article 2010 Tonight Show conflict you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:2010 Tonight Show conflict for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of RunningTiger123 -- RunningTiger123 (talk) 02:42, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
Revoke this user's TPA
Hello, could you please remove User:Borat Margaret Sagdiev's talk page access? They're making inappropriate edits on their talk page. Thanks, Magnatyrannus (talk | contribs) 00:46, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
- Magnatyrannus, done, thanks for letting me know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:48, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
- No problem. Magnatyrannus (talk | contribs) 00:49, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2022
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- 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).
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Miscellaneous
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- Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.
Your GA nomination of Conan O'Brien
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Conan O'Brien you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk) 13:01, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Conan O'Brien
The article Conan O'Brien you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Conan O'Brien for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk) 02:21, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
Repeat IP vandal
Hi LuK3, you blocked Special:Contributions/71.15.188.253 last week for vandalism. They have returned to vandalize Columbia-class submarine, one of their targets last week. Thanks. BilCat (talk) 02:31, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- Hi BilCat, sorry I just saw this message. It looks like Materialscientist blocked that IP for 1 month. -- LuK3 (Talk) 11:46, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- No worries. As long as they're blocked to prevent more disruption, it doesn't matter who blocked them. BilCat (talk) 20:30, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
A message from 2001:16A2:CB78:7C01:E179:7AA0:F864:90A3
About the refrences on the article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Gaber I found the information for the resources on IMDB and on the wikipedia pages of the movies and series that were attached such as IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14004894 kira & el gin https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86_(%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85)#%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%84 and Tasleem Ahaly https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A3%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A_(%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85)#%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84 On the cast of Khawatir (TV Series 2005–2015) - IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3062514/ You can also see around 61 Movies and Series that were found on Imdb about the acting 2001:16A2:CB78:7C01:E179:7AA0:F864:90A3 (talk) 12:56, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
- IP editor, there are a few problems with those references. IMDb cannot be used as a reliable source because it is user-generated, see WP:IMDB. Wikipedia also cannot be used as a reliable source, see WP:CIRCULAR. I would suggest taking a look at WP:RS and WP:SOURCE to see how you can identify reliable sources. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:00, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Bleacher Creatures
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Your GA nomination of Bleacher Creatures
The article Bleacher Creatures you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Bleacher Creatures for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sewageboy -- Sewageboy (talk) 17:41, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
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Correction to previous election announcement
Just a quick correction to the prior message about the 2022 MILHIST coordinator election! I (Hog Farm) didn't proofread the message well enough and left out a link to the election page itself in this message. The voting will occur here; sorry about the need for a second message and the inadvertent omission from the prior one. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:42, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
Edit to Sneeze page
Hello Luk3 you just removed an addition I put on the Sneeze page. Granted I am new on here. But what proof can I add to it if I am the first person to discover this theory. I tried adding the same over 10 years ago and again someone removed it. Can I simply ask that you begin by starting to analyse yourself when you sneeze and you will soon discover my theory is true. Don’t forget that for centuries people believed the earth was the centre of the universe until Copernicus proved otherwise. 2A02:C7E:4AA:8E00:98A7:9ABA:1880:64DC (talk) 12:37, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
- That is considered original research, which should not be included in Wikipedia articles. All information in articles should be verifiable in reliable, secondary sources. This is especially true for medical articles, see WP:MEDRS. -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:40, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
I see you are an admin, and you made an edit to Clinical mental health counseling last week. There's something unusual happening on that article I've never seen before. Look at the edit history and you'll see a large number of new registered editors making mostly cosmetic edits. I ran a bunch of the editors through the "editor interaction" utility and did not find any pattern of similar articles. Just this one article. I left a message on a few talk pages asking if this was a school editing assignment, but no responses. Just seems odd they would all choose this similar article. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 10:28, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
- And as soon as I looked at the article again I figured out the problem. Someone recently added a lot of cleanup tags, and the new editors were directed there as part of a newcomers task. The tags were removed yesterday, which will undoubtedly slow down the new editors. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 10:34, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the message Magnolia677. I definitely saw some questionable edits on that article but didn't really dive into any potential sockpuppetry. If you do see any additional disruption, feel free to drop me a note or post it over at WP:RFPP. Thanks! -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:20, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
Fraudulent Page Information
Good Day! My Client Celebrity Kamillion is trying to get access to her page or have it taken down as it's fraudulent information on the page. Can you please assist asap? Here's the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaMillion 2600:4040:745E:D00:F1E3:4FB2:FAF4:8D00 (talk) 21:43, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
- IP editor, please read Wikipedia:Contact us/Article subjects regarding articles relating to you or someone you represent. -- LuK3 (Talk) 21:48, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
Happy Second Adminship Anniversary
- Thank you for the nice message! -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:06, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
Happy Adminship Anniversary!
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Thank you! -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:06, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
Happy Adminship Anniversary!
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A message from SharaAnn26
Hello, I'm new to wikipedia and I'm looking for some help on how I can add a reference in the content. SharaAnn26 (talk) 13:51, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
Disable TPA
Could you disable the TPA of 94.245.129.116? ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 14:50, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
- Blaze Wolf,
Done, thanks for letting me know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:52, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
- No problem! I saw you reverted them and I thought you were gonna disable their TPA then but you must not have seen the previous revisions. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 14:55, 29 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.
TPA for Wikiedit42069
The VOA Wikiedit42069 has continued to vandalise their talk page after you blocked them. Can you revoke their TPA? dudhhr talk contribs (he/they) 15:14, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
- Disregard this message, TPA has been revoked by Favonian. dudhhr talk contribs (he/they) 15:24, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
Remove Javad Safai quickly
Shut up, you have to delete this person, this person is not important, I order you to delete him quickly 31.2.212.145 (talk) 12:19, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
- That's not how deletion works, there is an active AFD discussion, let that run its course. -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:22, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022
Hello LuK3,
Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.
Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also.
Software news: Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved.
Suggestions:
- There is much enthusiasm over the low backlog, but remember that the "quality and depth of patrolling are more important than speed".
- Reminder: an article should not be tagged for any kind of deletion for a minimum of 15 minutes after creation and it is often appropriate to wait an hour or more. (from the NPP tutorial)
- Reviewers should focus their effort where it can do the most good, reviewing articles. Other clean-up tasks that don't require advanced permissions can be left to other editors that routinely improve articles in these ways (creating Talk Pages, specifying projects and ratings, adding categories, etc.) Let's rely on others when it makes the most sense. On the other hand, if you enjoy doing these tasks while reviewing and it keeps you engaged with NPP (or are guiding a newcomer), then by all means continue.
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Backlog:
Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!
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2409:4073:2117:D122:5CC8:189:DE7F:BEA8
I keep trying to report user:2409:4073:2117:D122:5CC8:189:DE7F:BEA8 to AIV, but it keeps deleting. 2601:246:C080:38C0:4C0E:2A83:16B4:92CF (talk) 12:09, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
- IP editor, it looks like that IP is part of partial rangeblocks. The bot over at AIV tends to archive partially blocked editors before they could be fully blocked. I blocked the /64 range for spam. -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:12, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
Can this be used as a reliable source?
Hello Luke, I'm a little confused here about a source that probably can be considered reliable. Could you check the discussion at Wikipedia:Help desk#October 16.
October 2022
Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living (or recently deceased) persons. Thank you. Elizium23 (talk) 01:23, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
- @Elizium23 I think they were reverting changes made by a sock puppet? Also, please read WP:DTTR. Thanks, Blanchey (talk) 08:09, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
House of the Dragon
Hey there. For the ratings table you added, there is a slight inconsistency. You're using viewing figures for multiple airings of the same episode for some and then for others, you're just using the original airing. Basically, you're using two different measurements. The ratings table has 3.2 million for the first episode, yet the episode table has 2.17. The first six episodes appear to be using the multiple-airings number, while the last four just uses the original airing. The numbers need to be consistent. Also, can you please add |url-status=live to references that are archived, so the reference points the original, live link first instead of the web archived version. Thanks. Drovethrughosts (talk) 16:44, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Drovethrughosts, thanks for the message. There are definitely some discrepancies with that graph which I'll look into more today. I tried to use both linear and streaming numbers however those numbers are constantly changing. As for the url-status parameter, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks. -- LuK3 (Talk) 16:59, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
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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195.224.81.98
You may wish to revoke TPA. However, you may also wish to help the teacher of the class undergo the process of creating an account, provided it is not impersonation and it is truly a shared IP address. Thanks. — 3PPYB6 (T / C / L) — 14:26, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the message 3PPYB6, talk page access has been revoked. {{Anonblock}} was added to the top of their talk page when the IP was originally blocked which gives instructions on how to have an account created. -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:39, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
Please no
Please don't block me. Ifyouwhereamogus (talk) 16:25, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
Vernon Jones
I thought you might find this interesting. — Nythar (💬-🎃) 23:29, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
Protection for Chad Johnson (TV personality)
Hi Luk3, you previously protected Chad Johnson (TV personality) because of "Persistent disruptive editing". That expired this past March. Since then, about once or twice a month, anon IPs (probably the same person) have been doing drive-by removals of the sourced info. It usually gets reverted in a timely manner. Would you consider semi-protecting this article again to discourage these removals? It's just that the anon is wasting everyone's time. Wes sideman (talk) 15:33, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Wes sideman, you caught me right before getting offline. You can post the request over at WP:RFPP to get a more timely response. -- LuK3 (Talk) 17:29, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
- Many people have been hacking my account and editing things so a lot of people think ive been doing the editing but I havent 207.195.80.149 (talk) 16:19, 25 November 2022 (U-->
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.
A message from 96.4.168.118
quit deleting the stuff i put down im telling you the truth i did see a vampire walking down in new yrok 96.4.168.118 (talk) 17:07, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
A goat for you!
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Happy Holidays!
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Hello LuK3: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Dinoz1 (chat?) 13:25, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
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Seeking assistance/insight
Hi LuK3, you indef blocked a user for the summation of these edits as disruptive editing. I don’t think I would have made the same decision so I’m hoping you’d be willing to share if this is how I should be handling such instances going forward? Cheers, ZsinjTalk 13:48, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
- Zsinj, thanks for the message. A few compounding issues went into the block. First of was the addition of spam links. Another was the unexplained content removal here. In hindsight a partial block would probably be better in this case, I still believe a block was in order. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:57, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
- LuK3, thanks for the reply! I agree that a block was appropriate considering their lack of response on their user talk page. Happy editing! ZsinjTalk 14:01, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
Happy New Year, LuK3!
LuK3,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
— Moops ⋠T⋡ 05:26, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.
New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023
Hello LuK3,
- Backlog
The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to WaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.
- 2022 Awards
Onel5969 won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. Rosguill led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!
Minimum deletion time: The previous WP:NPP guideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification and WP:BLAR). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in the feed are now highlighted in red. (As always, this is not applicable to attack pages, copyvios, vandalism, etc.)
New draftify script: In response to feedback from AFC, the The Move to Draft script now provides a choice of set messages that also link the creator to a new, friendly explanation page. The script also warns reviewers if the creator is probably still developing the article. The former script is no longer maintained. Please edit your edit your common.js or vector.js file from User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js to User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft.js
Redirects: Some of our redirect reviewers have reduced their activity and the backlog is up to 9,000+ (two months deep). If you are interested in this distinctly different task and need any help, see this guide, this checklist, and spend some time at WP:RFD.
Discussions with the WMF The PageTriage open letter signed by 444 users is bearing fruit. The Growth Team has assigned some software engineers to work on PageTriage, the software that powers the NewPagesFeed and the Page Curation toolbar. WMF has submitted dozens of patches in the last few weeks to modernize PageTriage's code, which will make it easier to write patches in the future. This work is helpful but is not very visible to the end user. For patches visible to the end user, volunteers such as Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have been writing patches for bug reports and feature requests. The Growth Team also had a video conference with the NPP coordinators to discuss revamping the landing pages that new users see.
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George McGovern
Hi, can you please rev delete the latest edits? Thanks. --DB1729talk 23:23, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
- DB1729, done, thanks for letting me know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 23:26, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
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.
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday!
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Your GA nomination of New York Yankees
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article New York Yankees you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of The C of E -- The C of E (talk) 10:41, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you very much The C of E, take as long as you need. -- LuK3 (Talk) 23:23, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
Melissa Gilbert's birth year
Melissa Gilbert's year of birth was 1964, not 1963. Search it on Google. 86.130.217.201 (talk) 20:28, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- IP editor, "search it on Google" is not a valid reliable source. See WP:BLPRS. -- LuK3 (Talk) 22:36, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- What do you mean? 86.133.195.90 (talk) 19:20, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
- Almost all of the information, especially information pertaining to living people, need to have reliable sources to verify information. Google is a search engine which cannot be considered a reliable source. You can read WP:RSP to see some commonly used reliable sources. -- LuK3 (Talk) 20:46, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
- I've checked the cited source, and it is 1964. It was changed by an user with a history of changing birthdates without explanation in 2022. See Talk:Melissa Gilbert#Year of birth for details on what I found. Note that I didn't do a "Google search"! So while the IP is correct, I hope they'll learn something about how to check the cited sources in the future. BilCat (talk) 21:13, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
- Almost all of the information, especially information pertaining to living people, need to have reliable sources to verify information. Google is a search engine which cannot be considered a reliable source. You can read WP:RSP to see some commonly used reliable sources. -- LuK3 (Talk) 20:46, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
- What do you mean? 86.133.195.90 (talk) 19:20, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
- User:Nyoerg68 changed the birthdate on several occasions in 2022 without explanation, including after receiving talk page warnings about it. Most of their edits are BLP sneaky vandalism. I've placed a final warning on their talk page, but, in my non-admin opinion, an indef block is probably already warranted. BilCat (talk) 21:32, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
Concern regarding Draft:Noormustafa Kamal bin Yahya
Hello, LuK3. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Noormustafa Kamal bin Yahya, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.
If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.
Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 02:01, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of New York Yankees
The article New York Yankees you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:New York Yankees for comments about the article, and Talk:New York Yankees/GA3 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of The C of E -- The C of E (talk) 08:03, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
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.
Your draft article, Draft:Noormustafa Kamal bin Yahya
Hello, LuK3. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Noormustafa Kamal bin Yahya".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 02:08, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
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.
DYK for New York Yankees
On 13 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article New York Yankees, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the New York Yankees were first named after a Scottish regiment? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/New York Yankees. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, New York Yankees), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
Cat food
If we could please get another RD1 on Cat food? The IP immediately re-added the copyvio... - Adolphus79 (talk) 12:35, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
- Adolphus79, done, thanks for letting me know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:51, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you! But... There was another one after I messaged you, not the entire website again, but still the first paragraph copy/pasted over... LOL - Adolphus79 (talk) 14:50, 25 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.
Hi. Can you revoke this IP's TPA? Thanks. Zoe Trent Fan🎤💍 12:35, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
- Zoe Trent Fan, done, thanks for letting me know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:36, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
You've got mail
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. JeffSpaceman (talk) 13:19, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
- JeffSpaceman, replying here. All taken care of, thanks for letting me know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:37, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
New Page Patrol – May 2023 Backlog Drive
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).
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- 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
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I just got banned
I think it's kind of funny but Basically I edited A Wikipedia page that said that Transgender's were killed or castrated in Nazi Germany & I have nothing against any group of people but It's pretty obvious that this didn't happen so basically I got a very woke/leftist person Who said that this really happened & 1 got banned. Like I understand that this is ment to be inclusive but like come on It didnt happen &l didn't Say or Do anything wrong. Like I even said "God bless you" Like yeah I agree I should probably be more open but like Thats not real history & this is misinformation being spread online. 2A04:4A43:549F:DB0D:0:0:13DF:497 (talk) 22:29, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
- It's getting late Can you respond quicker 2A04:4A43:549F:DB0D:0:0:13DF:497 (talk) 22:48, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
- Take this discussion to Talk:Nazi eugenics. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:57, 21 May 2023 (UTC)