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Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

Guideline and policy news
 * A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
 * Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
 * Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news
 * When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
 * Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
 * The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries
 * JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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13:38, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Oriental Desert Express
 Schwede 66  01:52, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 6 February 2017
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The Bugle: Issue CXXX, February 2017
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This Month in GLAM: January 2017
About This Month in GLAM · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · Romaine 18:52, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

ITN recognition?
Just wondering why I did not get an ITN recognition message on my talkpage for André Salvat?Zigzig20s (talk) 17:29, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I've just done so, but do note In the news/Administrator instructions, which says "... which you can copy and paste (and fill out if you want to) to the user talk pages of the nominators and updaters. If not, somebody else will do it for you; these tasks don't require admin tools!" :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 03:07, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you!Zigzig20s (talk) 03:09, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Email
Hello. I just replied to your recent email. Please confirm that you received the reply as I'm not sure about the generic email address which was used. Andrew D. (talk) 00:56, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I've received it over on my staff email. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:11, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:20, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Q
Dear Ed, a little birdie tells me you know about military stuff. Can you have a look at User:Aporter90/James Sullivan (Medal of Honor) and tell me if you think this passes notability guidelines--GNG and MILHIST guidelines? Thanks so much! Semper ubi sub ubi, Dr Aaij (talk) 15:57, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Hey there! Sullivan is definitely notable per WP:MILPEOPLE. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:11, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Just did some copyediting and formatting. Could use some info on his early and later life, if there is any, and maybe even info on how the subterfuge was detected for Medal of Honor purposes. Was it much later or discovered at the time? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:21, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks Ed. Don't write the article for her! Otherwise you two will have to split the grade. My other question is whether there's enough to write a full-fledged article, with a decent amount of content. DYK is one cut-off point, but that's easily reached; Ms. Porter is in a writing class and I need her to write. Dr Aaij (talk) 03:20, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * YAY!!!!! Ed, thank you kind sir for your help! There is not much on his earlier life nor on his later life except he tried to get his pension and was denied. I honestly believe from what I can gather that he was awarded it under the Sullivan name but just recently (2011ish) someone was like hey this MOH belongs to this guy. In 2016 he got the correct tombstone that recognizes him as a MOH recipient. --Aporter90 (talk) 03:38, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Dr Aaij, write?! What is that??? I do not know of this writing you speak of....just some minor small copyedits have been made to my orginal sand....but now I shall go and put more sand in my box!--Aporter90 (talk) 03:38, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Ed, you hear that? She called you sir! That beard of yours is working! :) (BTW, Aporter has tattoos, so don't piss her off.) Dr Aaij (talk) 03:44, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * There's a little more info on Google Books!  Might be some on Hathi as well, but their search is ... less user-friendly. Also, you have everyone's support here if you'll give Dr Aaij a difficult time in class. ;-)
 * Not a lot out there, but if multiple articles is acceptable, I'd say she's good! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 04:53, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Dun dun dun. It's almost like this is a collaboratively edited site and you can't stop us from editing... ;-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 04:59, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Ed, are you still smartassing around, pinging decent people long after your bedtime? Haha, yes--great copy edits, but that's the reason I had them work in sandboxes first. You can see I just made a subpage under my name with all the drafts from the class, with a very wide range of quality and promise. Porter is among the best of them. That YoungWizard draft has just enormous potential. Thanks again, Ed, and thanks Godsy; we may call on y'all again later when we get to the DYK stage. Dr Aaij (talk) 05:07, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Sounds good! And a couple thoughts on the others—"Influence of unemplyment [sic] on crimes in France" is an awfully ambitious undertaking (but a fascinating one!), and LuckyBastardClub might warrant a couple sentences in 95th Air Base Wing, but I wouldn't think it's notable. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:21, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you to everyone!!!--Aporter90 (talk) 05:28, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Ed, could you please be so kind and take a look at my hopefully finished product. I'd greatly appreciate it! User:Aporter90/James Sullivan (Medal of Honor)  Aporter90 (talk) 18:56, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * how does that look now? :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 16:01, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Ed I appreciate that. I am working on another Civil War MOH guy maybe when I get done with that one you can take a gander at it...if you would like. Aporter90 (talk) 16:10, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Certainly! Leave me a message when it's ready and I'll take a look. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:54, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok I will do Ed! My James Sullivan (Medal of Honor) is in mainspace now!! :) Aporter90 (talk) 16:13, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

March Madness 2017
G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:


 * tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
 * updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
 * creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.

For the Milhist co-ordinators. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:24, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 February 2017
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