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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.
Change of Wiki Page name
I want to have my father's name changed on the wiki page from Dick Felt to Richard Felt. His page is becoming a target for search engines and idiots who want to slander people. Curtis Felt (talk) 23:15, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
- Yeah, I can imagine that wouldn't be a whole lot of fun. Generally, the standard for the naming of an article is to use what's in common usage, and every reference I can find from a quick Google search is that he was known from a public perspective by his nickname. Based on that, I'd be uncomfortable with just moving it without there being a community discussion — in fact, if I did so, I suspect that it'd get rolled back pretty quickly. I'd suggest you leave a note at WP:RM and see how it goes. In the meantime, what I could do is apply protection to the page so that it prevents the type of drive-by vandalism that's happening. I've actually never protected a page before, but I'd have to imagine there's a category under which this situation would fit. Mlaffs (talk) 23:35, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
Thank you. Please protect the page. This situation qualifies for special attention. Curtis Felt (talk) 00:28, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
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