User talk:AlistairMcMillan/Archive18

Disruptive editing
What reason could you possibly have for restoring to my talk page a lot of material that I had removed, which you had nothing whatsoever to do with? See WP:TPO. 193.60.234.210 (talk) 18:06, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:AM SmartFolderXMLSource.png
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Atlanta United FC
Could you please intervene in an edit war I am currently having with User:Walter Görlitz over the use of colors in Atlanta United FC. Walter has a habit of changing team infoboxes to random colors that have zero relevance to a sports team's branding. These teams guard their brands tightly, and do not permit alterations whatsoever. Team pages should have accurate colors according to WP:Manual of Style/Trademarks. However, Walter an admin named User:BU Rob13 claim that these random colors are guarded by MOS:CONTRAST. Every sports team page uses the actual team colors for userboxes, where MOS:CONTRAST has never been an issue. To claim the discrimination as a way to trump copyright is, in my opinion, unethical. Jamesmiko (talk) 06:54, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
 * It's not a a habit, and they're not random colours.
 * What's unethical is
 * to claim that this anything but observing MOS:CONTRAST,
 * to not discuss on your own talk after I asked you to discuss the colour scheme there.
 * When you're ready to talk, you can do so on your talk page, where I laid-out the team colours with their actual colour contrast values, or on the team article's talk page. Walter Görlitz (talk) 13:17, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Latest preview release
A template you created has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Primefac (talk) 01:02, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:34, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins) .MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:46, 15 November 2016 (UTC)