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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Administrator intervention against vandalism
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The Signpost: 17 January 2017
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Deleting File:Profile Photo of Nadia Cheaib dated December 2016.png
I have just emailed the proof of permission to use the deleted file to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. Is it possible to reverse the deletion, or I have to upload the file again? Thanks for your time. A rihani (talk) 09:23, 17 January 2017 (UTC)(talk)
 * Hi, I think you will need to upload the image again.--5 albert square (talk) 21:28, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
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Tech News: 2017-04
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * You can see a list of the templates on a page you edit with the visual editor.

Changes this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 January. It will be on all wikis from 26 January (calendar).

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Please comment on Template talk:Infobox
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Kevinlisbie 78
I must be quite intolerant this day after cleaning up other crap around the places. I find the user's lack of communication and continued upload behaviour unacceptable. I have smacked a block on the user and believe that they 1) need to talk, and 2) get some guidance prior to resuming uploads. I said to the user that I would remove if they agree to those conditions, and I mentioned the teahouse, rather than the talk page, though I am willing to compromise. — billinghurst  sDrewth  22:59, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * No worries, I was close to doing that myself :)--5 albert square (talk) 23:05, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

UTRS appeal #17415
Howdy, this user also has two appeals open on his talk page. Just Chilling (talk) 23:42, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Hey, closed now, thanks.--5 albert square (talk) 23:51, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-05
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * The OAuth management interfaces now look slightly different.

Changes this week
 * ElectronPdfService will be enabled by default on Meta and German Wikipedia. This is a new way to get articles as PDF files you can download. It will come to more wikis later.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from January 31. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from February 1. It will be on all wikis from February 2 (calendar).

Future changes
 * The Community Tech team will develop more tools to handle harassment of Wikimedia editors. The goal is to give the communities better tools to find, report and evaluate harassment. They will also work on more effective blocking tools.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The Wikimedia technical community is doing a Developer Wishlist survey. Developers can propose ideas before 31 January 23:59 UTC. This is soon.

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Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
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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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Tech News: 2017-06
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems
 * The block log sometimes showed blocks as being much longer than they were. This has now been fixed.

Changes this week
 * Wikimedia pages will now be better at showing pictures when you share them on social media. The descriptions will be different too. You can see an example of before and after.
 * Octicons-tools.svg There are some changes to the OOjs UI. Some old functions will not work anymore or not work as they used to. This could be a breaking change.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 February. It will be on all wikis from 9 February (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 7 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg Tidy will be replaced later this year. Instead, the HTML 5 parsing algorithm will be used to clean up bad HTML in wikitext. This will cause problems on a number of wikis. They need to be fixed first. You can see if your wiki still has something to fix here for one of the HTML problems. This list does not cover all problems. You can read about more problems.

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It's been six years, today.
Wishing 5 albert square a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman ( talk ) 00:37, 7 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Ah you're not the only one!--5 albert square (talk) 01:24, 7 February 2017 (UTC)


 * ah hasn't time flown by?!--5 albert square (talk) 01:29, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I thought it had been a lot longer than that! Congratulations! anemone  projectors  11:01, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I feel as if I've aged 10 years in the time!--5 albert square (talk) 12:31, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Template talk:Infobox person
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Talkback
... disco spinster   talk  19:51, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

RFPP: Sugar
Hi there. I think you were mistaken with your response to this unprotect request. True, has not edited since 2014 but he only restored the protection after the PC trial. The actual admin who semi-protected the page was who is still active. Not saying the change was a mistake but BorgQueen might have wanted to be involved. Regards  So Why  10:06, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, ah thanks, the log is quite long for that page and I must have mis-read it. It can be changed back if necessary, I don't mind :)--5 albert square (talk) 13:08, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
 * As I said, I think you were correct regarding the protection change. You might want to give BorgQueen a little heads-up though that you changed it although I doubt they will disagree. Regards  So Why  13:15, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I have :)--5 albert square (talk) 15:15, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Removal of offensive username
I saw on recent changes that you removed a username that was offensive - FYI, it is also included in this edit summary. Home Lander (talk) 00:58, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it's already been hidden. The other admin must have beaten me to it :)--5 albert square (talk) 01:09, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
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Meg Griffin
Is fighting over this minor addition to a page something worth fighting for? It's a single sentence which I think adds to the page. I've been a loyal member since 2011 and assure you I'm not just spamming. Thanks! - Scottwindcrest (talk) 23:57, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, I haven't mentioned anything about spamming so I'm confused as to where that came from. We go by consensus on Wikipedia, there is a discussion on the talk page not to include this. Anyway, the correct place to discuss this is Talk: Meg Griffin so everyone can see the discussion, not my talk page :)--5 albert square (talk) 00:09, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I understand you're the admin and it's your choice, I'm just saying is all. And, yes, I'll move this to Meg's talk page. :) - Scottwindcrest (talk) 00:43, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Just FYI I mentioned the spamming thing because I didn't want you to think I'm not serious about editing. I've been here for going on six years and don't just mess with pages arbitrarily. :) - Scottwindcrest (talk) 01:02, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-07
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg EventStreams is a new way to show activity on Wikimedia wikis. For now it works with the recent changes feed. It will do more things later. It will replace RCStream. Tools that use RCStream should move to EventStreams before 7 July.

Problems
 * The Firefox add-on Firefogg can cause problems with the Upload Wizard. This will not be fixed, because Firefox will not support Firefogg in the future. The Upload Wizard will no longer work with Firefogg.
 * Tool Labs and Wikimedia Labs databases will be under maintenance on 15 February. This will start at 17:00 (UTC) and last for about six hours. Some tools could have problems during or after this.

Changes this week
 * The TwoColConflict extension is a new way to solve edit conflicts. It makes it easier to copy and paste the relevant text to the text field. It will come to Meta and German Wikipedia this week. It is already available on MediaWiki.org. It will come to more wikis later.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 February. It will be on all wikis from 16 February (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-sync.svg You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 14 February at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Page Previews will be turned on for logged-out users on the Catalan, Greek, Russian, and Italian Wikipedias in the middle of February. Page Previews shows readers a short part of a linked article when they rest their mouse pointer on the link. This is to help them understand what it is about without leaving the article they are reading. Page Previews used to be called Hovercards. It will come to more wikis later this spring.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The Developer Wishlist is a list where developers prioritize tools they need. The voting closes at 14 February 23:59 (UTC). This process is only for developers.

Review
 * You can read the 2016 product summary from the Wikimedia Foundation Product group to see what they did with things they said they would work on in the annual plan.

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Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
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Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News
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