User talk:Stwalkerster/Archive January 2020

Administrators' newsletter – January 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019).

Administrator changes

Dreamy Jazz • Newslinger • Rosguill

Deor • Spartaz • Xeno

Angusmclellan • clpo13 • Edgar181 • Matthewedwards • NCurse

CheckUser changes

Bradv • Casliber • David Fuchs • Maxim • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy • Xeno

Oversight changes

Bradv • Casliber • DGG • David Fuchs • Maxim • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy • Xeno

Someguy1221

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment asks whether partial blocks should be enabled on the English Wikipedia. If enabled, this functionality would allow administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces, rather than the entire site.
• A proposal asks whether admins who don't use their tools for a significant period of time (e.g. five years) should have the toolset procedurally removed.
• Following a successful RfC, a whitelist is now available for users whose redirects will be autopatrolled by a bot, removing them from the new pages patrol queue. Admins can add such users to Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist after a discussion following the guidelines at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist.

Arbitration

• The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted rather than reasonably construed.
• Following the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Bradv, Casliber, David Fuchs, DGG, KrakatoaKatie, Maxim, Newyorkbrad, SoWhy, Worm That Turned, Xeno.

Miscellaneous

• This issue marks three full years of the Admin newsletter. Thanks for reading!

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Celestina007 (talk) 20:21, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Sorry

Mistook as the creating editor. Also the claim of significance is actually ripped from Dev Anand, which the user tried to post and copy. GPL93 (talk) 21:00, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

@GPL93: No worries, I figured that was what had happened - I was about to leave you a message but you've beaten me to that too! I suspect the BLP Prod will stick anyway. CSD is just too narrowly construed in some cases :) stwalkerster (talk) 21:02, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

He already removed it. I'm going to XfD it as it looks like he's trying to reconstruct it as a vanity page. Best, GPL93 (talk) 21:04, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Regarding article - Draft:Amal Kiran Jana

Hii Talk:Amal Kiran Jana I have tried to improve my article.Can you guide me to resolve the issues? Thankyou Pigandraccoon (talk) 18:03, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Can you please guide me to resolve the issues? Thankyou Pigandraccoon (talk) 18:24, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

I'm unclear as to which issue you are referring. From a (very) brief look, there's parts of it which sound promotional and opinionated ("talented", "many more", etc). There's significant parts which aren't referenced, and some of the references you've used aren't reliable sources (for example Instagram). stwalkerster (talk) 00:10, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

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Deletion review for AUTO1 Group

An editor has asked for a deletion review of AUTO1 Group. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. AUTO1GroupCommunications (talk) 16:26, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day, Stwalkerster, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 00:27, 31 January 2020 (UTC)