User talk:Anne Delong/Archive 21

This is the archive of messages posted on Anne Delong's talk page, October to December, 2017.

Please comment on Talk:Otto Warmbier
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Please comment on Talk:2017
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017). Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
 * Following a discussion about mass-application of ECP and how the need for logging and other details of an evolving consensus may have been missed by some administrators, a rough guide to extended confirmed protection has been written. This information page describes how the extended-confirmed aspects of the protection policy are currently being applied by administrators.

Technical news
 * You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.

Arbitration
 * Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
 * A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

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Please comment on Talk:Laffer curve
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WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest
Hi. Thankyou for your participation in the challenge series or/and contests. In November The Women in Red World Contest is being held to try to produce new articles for as many countries worldwide and occupations as possible. There will be over $4000 in prizes to win, including Amazon vouchers and paid subscriptions. If this would appeal to you and you think you'd be interested in contributing new articles on women during this month for your region or wherever please sign up in the participants section. The articles done may also count towards the ongoing challenge. If you're not interested in prize money yourself but are willing to participate and raise money to buy books about women for others to use, this is also fine. Help would also be appreciated in drawing up the lists of missing articles. If you think of any missing articles please add them to the sub lists by continent at Missing articles. Thankyou, and if taking part, good luck!♦ Dr. Blofeld  09:00, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Red
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Will
I guess what I would try in that situation is searching on the album titles. They seem to be more unique, and would enable you to check if there are album reviews for a start — and since coverage of a band would normally be most prevalent right around the time of a new album release, and thus would include the name of the album as well, that might help as well. I'll run a ProQuest search myself this afternoon to see if I can help. Bearcat (talk) 16:01, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I found nothing on ProQuest for any possible combination of search terms. I think we may be looking at one of those instances where a band has a technical pass of an NMUSIC criterion (two notable members) but no discernible evidence of the reliable source coverage required to actually confer includable notability for it. Bearcat (talk) 17:03, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for checking, . I had tried searching for the album titles; I also looked at newspaperarchive.com which has back issues from a number of Canadian newspapers. What happens in a case like this? Redirect all of the pages to Fulber or Peterson? Combine the pages into one article and leave it nearly unsourced?  Just because a musician is notable doesn't mean that everything he or she has ever done is notable enough for a separate article.&mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 03:39, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I'd list it for deletion, making sure to cite WP:XY in the rationale as a reason why it can't just be redirected. We used to have a practice that bands which met that criterion were effectively exempted from having to be reliably sourced because of the subjectivity involved in picking a redirect target, but that's not the case anymore — if anybody actually searches for it, since there's no standalone article Fulber and Peterson will both come up in the search results anyway. Bearcat (talk) 03:43, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Sven Hassel
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Please comment on Talk:T-Mobile Arena
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Halloween cheer!


Happy Halloween!

'''Hello Anne Delong: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!''' – North America1000 15:27, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

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WP:CLEAN

 * Hello, North America. Thanks for the Halloween wishes. WikiProject Cleanup sounds interesting, but I already have three projects on the go, so right now I'm not up for another one. Maybe later after I finish up some things.&mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 01:35, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for replying, and the project will be there if you end up freeing more time. North America1000 02:42, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Roman Polanski
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Longhair • Megalibrarygirl • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Allen3 • Eluchil404 • Arthur Rubin • Bencherlite

Technical news
 * The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is creating an "Interaction Timeline" tool that intends to assist administrators in resolving user conduct disputes. Feedback on the concept may be posted on the talk page.
 * A new function is now available to edit filter managers that will make it easier to look for multiple strings containing spoofed text.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors will be invited to submit candidate statements for the 2017 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 12 until November 21. Voting will begin on November 27 and last until December 10.
 * Following a request for comment,, and  will serve as the Electoral Commission for the 2017 ArbCom Elections.

Obituaries
 * The Wikipedia community has recently learned that (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as . Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.

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Please comment on Talk:White power
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WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge award
I didn't think there'd be a gold award for the first year, but your contributions definitely justify it! Great work! – Reidgreg (talk) 15:09, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Draft:Alice Teichert concern
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Please comment on Talk:2018 World Rally Championship
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Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
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Please comment on Talk:His Dark Materials
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ANI Experiences survey
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017). Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ericorbit • Perceval • Thingg • Tristanb • Violetriga

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

Technical news
 * Wikimedians are now invited to vote on the proposals in the 2017 Community Wishlist Survey on Meta Wiki until 10 December 2017. In particular, there is a section of the survey regarding new tools for administrators and for anti-harassment.
 * A new function is available to edit filter managers which can be used to store matches from regular expressions.

Arbitration
 * Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is open until Sunday 23:59, 10 December 2017 (UTC). There are 12 candidates running for 8 vacant seats.

Miscellaneous
 * Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
 * The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative is conducting a survey for English Wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works (i.e. which problems it deals with well and which problems it struggles with). If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be emailed to you via Special:EmailUser.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:57, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cricket
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Five years of editing

 * My, how time flies when you're having fun! Thanks, Chris.&mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 13:23, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Heartbeat International (crisis pregnancy center network)
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Please comment on Talk:Kashmir conflict
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Please comment on Talk:Me Too (hashtag)
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