User talk:Stwalkerster/Archive May 2018

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AIV

Latest comment: 6 years ago5 comments2 people in discussion

Hello. WP:AIV is very overloaded and some of the reported vandals are still live. Could you please take some reports there? CLCStudent (talk) 22:29, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Could you at least block user: JSmith2018 right away? CLCStudent (talk) 22:38, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

That user is getting really out of control. I am going to need him blocked immediately please. Thank you. CLCStudent (talk) 22:42, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. CLCStudent (talk) 22:44, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

@CLCStudent: Done that specific one, I don't really have time to deal with the rest of AIV, sorry. [stwalkerster|talk] 22:46, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2018

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2018).

Administrator changes

None

Chochopk • Coffee • Gryffindor • Jimp • Knowledge Seeker • Lankiveil • Peridon • Rjd0060

Guideline and policy news

The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is now indefinitely restricted to autoconfirmed users.
A proposal is being discussed which would create a new "event coordinator" right that would allow users to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit.

Technical news

AbuseFilter has received numerous improvements, including an OOUI overhaul, syntax highlighting, ability to search existing filters, and a few new functions. In particular, the search feature can be used to ensure there aren't existing filters for what you need, and the new equals_to_any function can be used when checking multiple namespaces. One major upcoming change is the ability to see which filters are the slowest. This information is currently only available to those with access to Logstash.
When blocking anonymous users, a cookie will be applied that reloads the block if the user changes their IP. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. This currently only occurs when hard-blocking accounts.
The block notice shown on mobile will soon be more informative and point users to a help page on how to request an unblock, just as it currently does on desktop.
There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration

The Arbitration Committee is seeking additional clerks to help with the arbitration process.

Obituaries

Lankiveil (Craig Franklin) passed away in mid-April. Lankiveil joined Wikipedia on 12 August 2004 and became an administrator on 31 August 2008. During his time with the Wikimedia community, Lankiveil served as an oversighter for the English Wikipedia and as president of Wikimedia Australia.

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Admiral James Fuller Eberle GCB

Latest comment: 6 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Why did you revert my amendment? He died yesterday and all retired Admirals, of which I am one, were notified.

John Gower DevonJohn DevonJohn (talk) 09:18, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi, DevonJohn. I removed your edit because you did not cite a reliable source when you added the death date. As it can be quite stressful and damaging, we require a source to be provided for anything contentious - and this includes death dates. [stwalkerster|talk] 12:26, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Dead Aleksandr Askoldov

Latest comment: 6 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

[1]. -- Dutcman (talk) 12:59, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

@Dutcman: I've added that reference to the article (thanks!) - though I notice you'd again added it without the reference. [stwalkerster|talk] 13:17, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Deletion Review

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I've started a deletion review Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2018_May_24#The_Auditor-General_Republic_of_Namibia on a page you CSD'd. Legacypac (talk) 02:12, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Nick Drahos Death date

Latest comment: 6 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

What source do you need besides a family member telling you he has passed? I’m his grandson and I’m trying to update his wiki page. Cdrahos (talk) 11:14, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi there Cdrahos - firstly, my condolences for your recent loss.

We have a policy on Wikipedia to cite any facts which are reported to a reliable source (a publication with editorial oversight such as a newspaper), allowing readers to verify for themselves what is written. While this is always important, it is even more important when dealing with biographies of living (or recently deceased) people - we even have a special policy for it. This helps ensure that any material which is potentially damaging to someone is backed up by a publication which has a reputation for fact checking and editorial oversight; meaning people can't make up untrue information about someone.

While I understand that (especially as a family member) this can be frustrating, please try to think of it the other way around - a new (or unregistered) user changed the article to report a family member of yours was dead, when they were actually alive - it would probably be even more upsetting than the article being simply out-of-date for a while, especially if other people saw the article and took action such as publishing obituaries for an alive person.

If you would like to restore the edit, and you have something from which other people can verify themselves (such as a newspaper obituary), then please go ahead and re-add it with the citation. [stwalkerster|talk] 11:24, 24 May 2018 (UTC)