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Administrators' newsletter – December 2019
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2019).
Administrator changes
EvergreenFir • ToBeFree
Akhilleus • Athaenara • John Vandenberg • Melchoir • MichaelQSchmidt • NeilN • Youngamerican • 😂
CheckUser changes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC on the administrator resysop criteria was closed. 18 proposals have been summarised with a variety of supported and opposed statements. The inactivity grace period within which a new request for adminship is not required has been reduced from three years to two. Additionally, Bureaucrats are permitted to use their discretion when returning administrator rights.
- Following a proposal, the edit filter mailing list has been opened up to users with the Edit Filter Helper right.
Technical news
- Wikimedia projects can set a default block length for users via MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry. A new page, MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry-ip, allows the setting of a different default block length for IP editors. Neither is currently used. (T219126)
Arbitration
- Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 2 December 2018 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.
Miscellaneous
- The global consultation on partial and temporary office actions that ended in October received a closing statement from staff concluding, among other things, that the WMF
will no longer use partial or temporary Office Action bans... until and unless community consensus that they are of value or Board directive
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- The global consultation on partial and temporary office actions that ended in October received a closing statement from staff concluding, among other things, that the WMF
GOCE December 2019 Newsletter
editGuild of Copy Editors December 2019 Newsletter
 Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the September edition. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January.  Election time: Nominations for the election of a new tranche of Guild coordinators to serve for the first half of 2020 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself! September Drive: Of the thirty-two editors who signed up, twenty-three editors copy edited at least one article; they completed 39 requests and removed 138 articles from the backlog, bringing the backlog to a low of 519 articles. October Blitz: This event ran from 13 to 19 October, with themes of science, technology and transport articles tagged for copy edit, and Requests. Sixteen editors helped remove 29 articles from the backlog and completed 23 requests. November Drive: Of the twenty-eight editors who signed up for this event, twenty editors completed at least one copy edit; they completed 29 requests and removed 133 articles from the backlog. Our December Blitz will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now! Progress report: From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an all-time low of 479 articles. Request archiving: The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to Zhuyifei1999 and Bobbychan193, YiFeiBot is now archiving the Requests page. Archiving occurs around 24 hours after a user's signature and one of the templates {{Done}}, {{Withdrawn}} or {{Declined}} are placed below the request. The bot uses the Guild's standard "purpose codes" to determine the way it should archive each request so it's important to use the correct codes and templates. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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About sentence in First Bridge section
editHi, i have a question regarding a sentence in the “First Bridge” section of Government Bridge. Regarding the sentence “It had been built in a difficult part of the rapids, and its drawspan was at an angle to the current (making the bridge hard for steamboats to clear)“, I’m not sure how to clarify it. I saw this book source and I’m wondering if it mentions clarifications. What can I do to clarify the sentence quoted? WikiHelper26 (talk) 17:11, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
- The word "drawspan" is tagged for clarification; I don't know what it means, and it's not in my dictionary. The rest of the sentence is fine. All the best, Miniapolis 19:58, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Miniapolis: I fixed the wording to draw-span. It is similar to the word swing-span. The bridge is a swing bridge. --WikiHelper26 (talk) 22:27, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks, and I guess it's obvious I don't know that much about bridges
All the best, Miniapolis 00:39, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks, and I guess it's obvious I don't know that much about bridges
- @Miniapolis: I fixed the wording to draw-span. It is similar to the word swing-span. The bridge is a swing bridge. --WikiHelper26 (talk) 22:27, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
Cheers
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Merry Christmas, Miniapolis/Archives/2019! Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. And for all the help you've thrown my way over the years. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 19:15, 19 December 2019 (UTC) |
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New Page Review newsletter December 2019
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- Reviewer of the Year
This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.
Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.
Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.
Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.
| Rank | Username | Num reviews | Log |
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| 1 | Rosguill (talk) | 47,395 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 2 | Onel5969 (talk) | 41,883 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 3 | JTtheOG (talk) | 11,493 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 4 | Arthistorian1977 (talk) | 5,562 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 5 | DannyS712 (talk) | 4,866 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 6 | CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk) | 3,995 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 7 | DragonflySixtyseven (talk) | 3,812 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 8 | Boleyn (talk) | 3,655 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 9 | Ymblanter (talk) | 3,553 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 10 | Cwmhiraeth (talk) | 3,522 | Patrol Page Curation |
(The top 100 reviewers of the year can be found here)
- Redirect autopatrol
A recent Request for Comment on creating a new redirect autopatrol pseduo-permission was closed early. New Page Reviewers are now able to nominate editors who have an established track record creating uncontroversial redirects. At the individual discretion of any administrator or after 24 hours and a consensus of at least 3 New Page Reviewers an editor may be added to a list of users whose redirects will be patrolled automatically by DannyS712 bot III.
- Source Guide Discussion
Set to launch early in the new year is our first New Page Patrol Source Guide discussion. These discussions are designed to solicit input on sources in places and topic areas that might otherwise be harder for reviewers to evaluate. The hope is that this will allow us to improve the accuracy of our patrols for articles using these sources (and/or give us places to perform a WP:BEFORE prior to nominating for deletion). Please watch the New Page Patrol talk page for more information.
- This month's refresher course
While New Page Reviewers are an experienced set of editors, we all benefit from an occasional review. This month consider refreshing yourself on Wikipedia:Notability (geographic features). Also consider how we can take the time for quality in this area. For instance, sources to verify human settlements, which are presumed notable, can often be found in seconds. This lets us avoid the (ugly) 'Needs more refs' tag.
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Merry Christmas!
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Joyeux Noël! ~ Buon Natale! ~ Vrolijk Kerstfeest! ~ Frohe Weihnachten!
¡Feliz Navidad! ~ Feliz Natal! ~ Καλά Χριστούγεννα! ~ Hyvää Joulua!
God Jul! ~ Glædelig Jul! ~ Linksmų Kalėdų! ~ Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus!
Häid Jõule! ~ Wesołych Świąt! ~ Boldog Karácsonyt! ~ Veselé Vánoce!
Veselé Vianoce! ~ Crăciun Fericit! ~ Sretan Božić! ~ С Рождеством!
圣诞节快乐！~ メリークリスマス！~ 메리 크리스마스!
สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส! ~ Selamat Hari Natal! ~ Giáng sinh an lành!
Hello, Miniapolis! Thank you for your work to maintain and improve Wikipedia! Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 17:52, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
- Spread the WikiLove and leave other users this message by adding {{subst:Multi-language Season's Greetings}}
Happy Holidays
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Thank you for continuing to make Wikipedia the greatest project in the world. I hope you have an excellent holiday season. Lightburst (talk) 23:35, 21 December 2019 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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| Thanks for all your work with the GoCE! Happy holidays! —Bsoyka talk 04:03, 23 December 2019 (UTC) |
Happy Holidays
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Happy Holidays! |
The Signpost: 27 December 2019
edit- From the editors: Caught with their hands in the cookie jar, again
- News and notes: What's up (and down) with administrators, articles and languages
- In the media: "The fulfillment of the dream of humanity" or a nightmare of PR whitewashing on behalf of one-percenters?
- Discussion report: December discussions around the wiki
- Arbitration report: Announcement of 2020 Arbitration Committee
- Traffic report: Queens and aliens, exactly alike, once upon a December
- Technology report: User scripts and more
- Gallery: Holiday wishes
- Recent research: Acoustics and Wikipedia; Wiki Workshop 2019 summary
- From the archives: The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited (re-revisited?)
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- WikiProject report: Wikiproject Tree of Life: A Wikiproject report
Precious anniversary
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Best wishes for 2020, including courage. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:12, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
- Many thanks, Gerda, and the same to you. We all need more courage. Warmest regards, Miniapolis 15:07, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you, I agree! If you also like radiance and light, look here, but not decorated yet ;) - keep looking throughout the new year, - 2019 was like this. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:12, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
Happy New Year!
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Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 22:03, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
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Coordinators emeriti
editSince you've decided to step back from being a coordinator this next cycle after many years of regular service, I am wondering if you would accept a nomination to join the coordinators emeriti? You've been a coordinator for longer than anyone else, and I know that I, and I am sure others, value your knowledge and would appreciate your continued advice around the Guild. Cheers and Happy New Year! Tdslk (talk) 18:58, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- Had to count on my fingers; I thought that Puddleglum had withdrawn in favor of me. Without me, and with Jonesey back as lead, we have four assistant coordinators and that's plenty. I accept your kind offer with gratitude, but what if I come back? (Not meant as a threat, regardless of how it sounds .) You've been around longer than I have, and I look forward to returning the favor. Happy New Year and all the best, Miniapolis 19:59, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- If you are planning to continue as a coordinator, then by all means please do so, and my apologies for the misunderstanding! (And if you do decide to come back later as a coordinator, I would happily support your de-emeritization as necessary.) Tdslk (talk) 21:10, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- No need for me to come back this term (since AFAICT we have a total of five coordinators without me), so I'd be honored to be nominated . Thanks and all the best, Miniapolis 21:27, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- No need for me to come back this term (since AFAICT we have a total of five coordinators without me), so I'd be honored to be nominated
- If you are planning to continue as a coordinator, then by all means please do so, and my apologies for the misunderstanding! (And if you do decide to come back later as a coordinator, I would happily support your de-emeritization as necessary.) Tdslk (talk) 21:10, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
Thank you!
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buidhe is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!
Thanks for the copy edit of Alternative law in Ireland. Much appreciated!
Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Buidhe (talk • contribs) 00:27, 14 December 2019 (UTC)