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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2020
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Volume 12, No. 4 — 4th Quarter, 2020

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 * Feature: Don't fake your work
 * Follow-up: VG editing in a time of COVID
 * Interview: TarkusAB

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 * There have been a number of reported issues with Pending Changes. Most problems setting protection appear to have been resolved (T273317) but other issues with autoaccepting edits persist (T275322).

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 * By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, any gender-related dispute or controversy and associated people. Sanctions issued under GamerGate are now considered Gender and sexuality sanctions.
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list of xbox 360 backwards compatible page edits
may i ask you why the unsourced edits are being deleted as there is sources from xbox 360 owners the old xbox 360 web sites are long gone now so there should be a exemption to this article from users who own the games to verify the issues in the games when running on Xbox 360 for xbox original backwards compatibility

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 * Even though the site is no longer available it is archived and can be used as a reference. Various Wikipedia articles uses archived links for pages and sites that no longer exists as long as the source is considered reliable. Like American viewing figures on TV shows uses archived versions of articles that used to be on the website TV by the Numbers before it closed. All content on Wikipedia needs to be verifiable with reliable sources. Another option for List of Xbox games compatible with Xbox 360 would just to link to the former technical page in the external links and remove all notes regarding technical issues so it matches the formatting of List of backward-compatible games for Xbox One.   Alucard 16  ❯❯❯ chat?    07:43, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

i wish to request to update information on sonic heroes and Urbz sims in the city and Namco Museum Arrangement for Xbox 360 backwards compatibility
there is two games i own that do have some issues such as visual issues in sonic heroes in Xbox on xbox 360 And in Namco Museum Arrangment there is a possible crash on Arrangement Games based on the original Arcade games Sonic Heroes Has a visual distortion on text in the game directly noticeable Superusergeneric (talk) 07:50, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021). Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
 * Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.

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 * When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem.
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Nominations table in Grande Fratello series
The current nominations table of Grande Fratello VIP (season 5) is way too long to the page, which makes it so hard to read (and other GF seasons such as Grande Fratello (season 12), Grande Fratello (season 11), Grande Fratello VIP (season 4) and Grande Fratello VIP (season 3)). I tried to split it into 2 parts for WP:ACCESSABILITY reasons, but some users reverted it. ——A675974811 (talk) 03:58, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
 * They have to be split due to accessibility reasons there really isn't anyway around it unless there is another format that could be used. Let me look over it more this weekend when I have some free time. I'm pretty busy until Saturday.   Alucard 16  ❯❯❯ chat?    04:54, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi I am going to split those tables. If those edits will reverted by someone else, please help. ——A675974811 (talk) 05:56, 14 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi, wanted to let you know that my edits to these nominations tables are reverted by user Dominikcapuan and the reason is "Division of nomination table not up to standard, and not inherent to the WP: ACCESSIBILITY". A675974811 (talk) 12:37, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Naming of two new celebrity version of BB in 2021
Both Big Brother Australia and Finland will make their version of new celebrity seasons this year, and both of them chosen to name the show Big Brother VIP instead of Celebrity BB in AU or Jukkis BB in Finland. There is already a user who chooses to use Celebrity Big Brother (Australian season 2) as the title instead of Big Brother VIP (Australian TV series), I already made a move request you can find at here. And for the Finnish "VIP" version, I left a topic here. Hope you could give some advice. Regards. __——__ A675974811 (talk) 13:07, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2021
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Volume 13, No. 1 — 1st Quarter, 2021

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 * 34 Featured Pictures
 * 1,684 Good Articles
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 * Survey: How does WikiProject Video games determine character notability?
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Való Világ (season 10)
Hi, I reach you for help again. It seems I got involving an edit war. About Való Világ (season 10), since the end of February, the user suddenly came from nowhere and starting to change according to his preferences or revert all my edits just for "look like the Hungarian wiki" and threat me to "Refrain from editing" and the latest one even accused me "vandalism and malicious edits"... It's like every edit move is being watched by this user. I maintain all Való Világ pages mostly by myself for at least 6 years, I just follow the style of what the other English page like and take some idea from BB pages because there isn't an edit guideline for Való Világ, but this person came from nowhere and addicted to editing Való Világ (season 10) page only just for "look like the Hungarian page" and starting to revert without using the talk page. I requested full protection to the page yesterday but it was failed. Also, this user seems very aggressive towards other users according to what I saw. His theory is he is the only one who is doing right and the others not, in fact, he is the person who messing around and even did personal attacks toward other users. I am really tired of this. —— A675974811 (talk) 05:28, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

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Nomination of Big Brother VIP Albania for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Big Brother VIP Albania is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Big Brother VIP Albania 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. —— A675974811 (talk) 12:27, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021). Administrator changes
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 * Consensus was reached to deprecate Editor assistance.
 * Following a Request for Comment the Book namespace was deprecated.

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 * Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this.

Arbitration
 * After a Clarification request, the Arbitration Committee modified Remedy 5 of the Antisemitism in Poland case. This means sourcing expectations are a discretionary sanction instead of being present on all articles. It also details using the talk page or the Reliable Sources Noticeboard to discuss disputed sources.

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 * Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.
 * An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs.

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 * The community authorised COVID-19 general sanctions have been superseded by the COVID-19 discretionary sanctions following a motion at a case request. Alerts given and sanctions placed under the community authorised general sanctions are now considered alerts for and sanctions under the new discretionary sanctions.

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 * An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.

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 * Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import.

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 * Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.

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 * A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)
 * A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs.

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 * A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.

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New Page Patrol newsletter September 2021
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Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.

Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our  Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but  there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here.

At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages.

There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.

If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process or its software. Various awards are due to be allocated by the end of the year and barnstars are overdue. If you would like to manage this, please let us know. Indeed, if you are interested in coordinating NPR, it does not involve much time and the tasks are described here. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here. Sent to 827 users. 04:30, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Following a discussion at the Village Pump, there is consensus to treat discord logs the same as IRC logs. This means that discord logs will be oversighted if posted onwiki.

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 * A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures.
 * Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.
 * The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.

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 * Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list.
 * The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates.

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Tell Haddad
Hi Alucard. Please familiarise yourself with WP:DRAFTIFY if you have not already. Tell Haddad had seven references when you moved it to draft, and had been edited by the creator three minutes prior. Before it was turned into an article it was also a long-standing redirect to Eshnunna, which should at least have been restored. Thanks. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 10:00, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Big Brother (U.S. TV Series) Logo.png
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:04, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2021).

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 * Phase 2 of the 2021 RfA review has commenced which will discuss potential solutions to address the 8 issues found in Phase 1. Proposed solutions that achieve consensus will be implemented and you may propose solutions till 07 November 2021.

Technical news
 * Toolhub is a catalogue of tools which can be used on Wikimedia wikis. It is at https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/.

Arbitration
 * , and  have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections.  and  are reserve commissioners.
 * Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves to stand in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections from 07 November 2021 until 16 November 2021.

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 * The 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of five new CheckUsers and two new Oversighters.

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2021).



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 * Unregistered editors using the mobile website are now able to receive notices to indicate they have talk page messages. The notice looks similar to what is already present on desktop, and will be displayed on when viewing any page except mainspace and when editing any page.
 * The limit on the number of emails a user can send per day has been made global instead of per-wiki to help prevent abuse.

Arbitration
 * Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections is open until 23:59, 06 December 2021 (UTC).
 * The already authorized standard discretionary sanctions for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes), broadly construed, have been made permanent.

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2021).

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 * Following consensus at the 2021 RfA review, the autopatrolled user right has been removed from the administrators user group; admins can grant themselves the autopatrolled permission if they wish to remain autopatrolled.


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Arbitration


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Administrators' newsletter – February 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AustralianRupert • Cimon Avaro • Euryalus • Jehochman • Nunh-huh
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Bureaucrat changes
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Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Evad37 • Galobtter
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news
 * The Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines have been published for consideration. Voting to ratify this guideline is planned to take place 7 March to 21 March. Comments can be made on the talk page.

Technical news
 * The user group  will be renamed   in around 3 weeks. This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for technical reasons. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.
 * The Reply Tool feature, which is a part of Discussion Tools, will be opt-out for everyone logged in or logged out starting 7 February 2022. Editors wishing to comment on this can do so in the relevant Village Pump discussion.

Arbitration
 * Community input is requested on several motions aimed at addressing discretionary sanctions that are no longer needed or overly broad.
 * The Arbitration Committee has published a generalised comment regarding successful appeals of sanctions that it can review (such as checkuser blocks).
 * A motion related to the Antisemitism in Poland case was passed following a declined case request.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting in the 2022 Steward elections will begin on 07 February 2022, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2022, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * Voting in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey is open until 11 February 2022.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:01, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Userbox transclusions on your css page
Thanks for fixing your transclusion of Console gamer. Per your offer today, I mirrored your css page to my sandbox so that I could run my usual AWB find-and-replace settings against it. Only one other userbox transclusion is broken, but several have moved if you'd like to bypass the redirects. See and.

For what it's worth, the ".css" thing is a dirty hack, and I don't think it's really necessary. I had a small amount of IP vandalism on my user page in the early days. I requested that an admin semi-protect it (which you have every right to do with your pages) and I created an edit notice. Since then, I've had just about no vandalism whatsoever. That allows other experienced editors to conduct userbox and category maintenance as necessary. —  void  xor  20:49, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I updated my .css page with your sandbox copy. Thank you for helping me . I can't remember why I used .css for my userpage to be honest. I just remember wanting to have each section on a subpage so I didn't get confused with the coding lol. I wasn't too worried about vandalism as my userpage is already semi-protected.   Alucard 16  ❯❯❯ chat?    06:43, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

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