User talk:Amortias/Archives/2017/August

Administrators' newsletter – August 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Anarchyte • GeneralizationsAreBad • Cullen328 (first RfA to reach WP:300)
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Cprompt • Rockpocket • Rambo's Revenge • Animum • TexasAndroid • Chuck SMITH • MikeLynch • Crazytales • Ad Orientem

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a series of discussions around new pages patrol, the WMF is helping implement a controlled autoconfirmed article creation trial as a research experiment, similar to the one proposed in 2011. You can learn more about the research plan at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial. The exact start date of the experiment has yet to be determined.
 * A new speedy deletion criterion, regarding articles created as a result undisclosed paid editing, is currently being discussed (permalink).
 * An RfC (permalink) is currently open that proposes expanding WP:G13 to include all drafts, even if they weren't submitted through Articles for Creation.

Technical news
 * LoginNotify should soon be deployed to the English Wikipedia. This will notify users when there are suspicious login attempts on their account.
 * The new version of XTools is nearing an official release. This suite of tools includes administrator statistics, an improved edit counter, among other tools that may benefit administrators. You can report issues on Phabricator and provide general feedback at mw:Talk:XTools.

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Please comment on Talk:Syrian Civil War
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Lewis Reeves
The source added to Lewis Reeves is imdb which is NOT a WP:RS. WP:BLPPROD still applies. Please revisit your decision. Cabayi (talk) 20:09, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Timeline standards
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Please comment on Talk:Turkey
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Mrakd002.302
Hi Amortias. If Maile66 thinks it's not actionable, would you be able to do something about this user? Every few days, they go on a spree of adding unsourced content to Prince's song articles; they get final warnings, then blank their talk page of them. Magnolia677 gave them several warnings, Muhandes gave them a final warning in April, Loriendrew gave a final warning in June... how many final warnings can one editor receive before they are sanctioned? This could be vandalism in a less obvious way for all I know as is it original research. They have never responded and have not stopped adding unsourced content since registering.  Ss 112  20:36, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Okay, Widr has blocked them for three days. I'll keep an eye on them but it's virtually assured they will resume when they're unblocked.  Ss 112  20:37, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

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Please comment on Talk:Student financial aid
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"Body Like a Back Road"
Please, could you protect Sam Hunt single "Body Like a Back Road", in the past weeks, the page has a lot of vandalism, a six month protection will be okay, thank you. (24.41.228.188 (talk) 18:08, 5 August 2017 (UTC))

Category:Expired proposed deletions of unsourced BLPs
Don't forget to restore Category talk:Expired proposed deletions of unsourced BLPs, EXPRODBLP, CAT:EXPRODBLP, and CAT:EXPBLP. – Train2104 (t • c) 22:16, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Battle of Mosul (2016–17)
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Please comment on Talk:Cold War II
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Please comment on Talk:Jose Antonio Vargas
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Please comment on Talk:Fighter aircraft
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Please comment on Talk:2017
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Please comment on Talk:Massacre of Verden
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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Images
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J. Randy Taraborrelli
Hello Amortias, would you give me an explanation of why you deleted that page? Is there a deletion consensus or a policy violation? He's a bestselling author who had written biographies of A-list people. Thanks in advance. Bluesatellite (talk) 15:01, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

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Please comment on Talk:2017
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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Recent years
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COI - of a different kind
Hi. Because it involves New Page and AfC reviewers along with other maintenance workers (SPI, COIN), an informal chat has begun on some aspects of paid editing. See Conflict of Interest - of a different kind. Please add your thoughts there. It is not a debate or RfC. From WP:NPPAFC. Opt-out. Sent by  MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:24, 20 August 2017 (UTC) .

Please comment on Talk:Western painting
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Please comment on Talk:Cold War II
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Please comment on Talk:Jared Taylor
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Thank You
Thanks bro for your help ill do my best.rupa$$ (talk) 10:09, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer Newsletter
Hello, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

Backlog update: Technology update: General project update: If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:33, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
 * The new page backlog is currently at 16,991 pages. We have worked hard to decrease from over 22,000, but more hard work is needed! Please consider reviewing even just a few pages a a day.
 * has created a NPP browser in WMF Labs that allows you to search new unreviewed pages using keywords and categories.
 * The Wikimedia Foundation Community Tech team is working with the community to implement the autoconfirmed article creation trial. The trial is currently set to start on 7 September 2017, pending final approval of the technical features.
 * Please remember to focus on the quality of review: correct tagging of articles and not tagbombing are important. Searching for potential copyright violations is also important, and it can be aided by Earwig's Copyvio Detector, which can be added to your toolbar for ease of use with this user script.
 * To keep up with the latest conversation on New Pages Patrol or to ask questions, you can go to Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers and add it to your watchlist.

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Please comment on Talk:2017
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Please comment on Talk:2017
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Please comment on Talk:Battle of Ia Drang
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Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
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