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September thanks
Thank you for ITN work! My story yesterday was The Company of Heaven, - I like your company! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:50, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks ! Ed [talk] [OMT] 04:06, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for posting Claus Wisser. Can you please give me credit? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:44, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Hey man im josh
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Alex Bakharev · CorbieVreccan · Cyphoidbomb · Davodd · Hog Farm · JamesR · KnightLago · Mark Ironie · Nosebagbear (deceased) · Rschen7754 · Tamzin · TonyBallioni



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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg RickinBaltimore
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg TonyBallioni · Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text: Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.

Technical news
 * Administrators can now choose to add the user's user page to their watchlist when changing the usergroups for a user. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 9 ("MarioProtIV topic ban") of the WikiProject Tropical Cyclones case has been rescinded.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of one new CheckUser.
 * Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections opens on 2 October and closes on 8 October.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:41, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 210, October 2023
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 19:25, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Bill Duplissea (baseball)
Aoidh (talk) 00:02, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Wade
I would say more like tea in a teacup, but potato/potahto, no? VQuakr (talk) 16:53, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Edit warring violation
You have violated the 1RR in place on Kfar Aza massacre. Please self-revert. Jeppiz (talk) 18:38, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not seeing that. I made an edit that removed some information that wasn't supported by the citations given. I don't see that action as falling under the definition of reverting (see the paragraph beginning "Any edit to existing text ..."). I also then reverted your edit because its content was still unsupported by the sources given. Please feel free to bring this to WP:AN3, but I would be unpleasantly surprised if I was reversed. Ed [talk] [OMT] 19:07, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Ok, happy to oblige Jeppiz (talk) 19:27, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. Jeppiz (talk) 19:27, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:56, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Triplex locomotive
Hello, The ed17 – Looking at this article’s history, I believe you were the editor who added the Quadruplex and Quintuplex section, under the heading “Expanding the Concept.” Is this correct? (I added the Quad patent drawing and amended the technical description, and a bit of editing to the Quint.) I’m currently in a dialogue on the talk page with another editor who has made substantial additions in the last few weeks, which I consider to be seriously over-reaching, and which alter the whole character of the article. Basically, he/she has inserted every locomotive type which has multiple engines, and used some logic which seems pretty dodgy (in my opinion) to justify this. Even the meaning of “concept” has been changed to suit that agenda. I’d be very obliged if you could look at the article to see what I mean, and I ask for your views. I’d welcome you to join the discussion, as I think it would benefit from some third-party input, or even mediation: At this stage it’s a stalemate verging on the acrimonious and personal. Many thanks for your consideration. Kokopelli-UK (talk) 13:03, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for reaching out. I don't have time at the moment to dive into this, but I'd advise you post a neutral request over at WP:Third opinion. Apologies! Ed [talk] [OMT] 05:10, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

DYK for If I Survive You
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 26 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your share in this interesting article! The author has an article now, - can you please copy a ref from the book to there? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:17, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Done. :-) Ed [talk] [OMT] 13:31, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

ITN change needed
Could you update the new ITN for the 2023 Lewiston shootings? There are 18 dead and 13 injured per a news conference. ~ Eejit43 ( talk ) 14:52, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Ed [talk] [OMT] 14:55, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Nomination of 2-8-8-8-2 for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/2-8-8-8-2 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 01:47, 27 October 2023 (UTC) (C&P from User talk:マイヤー式機関車 --マイヤー式機関車 (talk) 07:09, 27 October 2023 (UTC))

WikiCup 2023 November newsletter
The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-


 * BeanieFan11 with 2582 points
 * Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
 * Epicgenius with 1518 points
 * MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points
 * BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
 * AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points
 * Sammi Brie with 520 points
 * Unlimitedlead with 5 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.


 * Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
 * BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
 * Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
 * LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
 * Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
 * 🇺🇦 Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:52, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).



Administrator changes
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Technical news
 * The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
 * There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
 * , and  have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections.  is the reserve commissioner.
 * Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
 * Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
 * Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
 * Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
 * An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

Miscellaneous
 * The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:23, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 211, November 2023
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Books & Bytes – Issue 59
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes

Issue 59, September – October 2023 
 * Spotlight: Introducing a repository of anti-disinformation projects
 * Tech tip: Library access methods

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).

Administrator changes
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 * Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.

Arbitration
 * Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
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The Bugle: Issue 212, December 2023
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 23:59, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter
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Draft:NouveauShamanic
Hello, I greatly respect your opinions and insight. I was hoping if you find the time you could help me build up this draft as i’m again attempting for it to be recognized as my first and actual Wikipedia page. I believe it holds merit to be one, with your knowledge and prowess I am hoping to make it even better. Thank you! Elvisisalive95 (talk) 16:58, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I've added two more potential sources. It's pretty likely that this is best covered in the main Nicholas Cage article, but best of luck in getting it over the bars at WP:GNG and WP:PAGEDECIDE ("at times it is better to cover a notable topic as part of a larger page about a broader topic, with more context (and doing so in no way disparages the importance of the topic)"). Ed [talk] [OMT] 18:29, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Again, I thank you for your insight & help. We’re all lucky to have you & Wikipedia is a better place because of your contributions, fairness & kindness. Elvisisalive95 (talk) 18:55, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

I think Potassium should be not protected.
I mean that all above. 2001:EE0:4BC4:8D40:65D1:E41F:7E97:C466 (talk) 13:12, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello! You should make this request first at User talk:Materialscientist, who originally protected this article, and if they decline you can try WP:RFUP. Good luck! Ed [talk] [OMT] 18:35, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

December greetings
Today, I have a special story to tell, of the works of a musician born 300 years ago. - I wish you a good festive season and a peaceful New Year! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:51, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I hope you're well! Ed [talk] [OMT] 17:28, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * You can click on story - music - places and check, - I try to update. Perhaps more interesting than a plain yes ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:05, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Voting for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for 2023 is now open!
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RFA
Hi, I can't say I'm thrilled with spending my own time in the evening writing a well-thought out comment just to have it removed, The RFA was open when I hit edit so felt in that circumstance it should've stayed, But I guess rules are rules, Just a shame @Ingenuity couldn't have closed it 10 minutes later :), Thank you for at least apologising that does mean a lot, Thanks, – Davey 2010 Talk 22:07, 29 December 2023 (UTC)