User talk:Avraham/Archive 59

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Noted. -- Avi (talk) 00:03, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Woohoo

 * Thanks! -- Avi (talk) 07:04, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Congratulations!!

 * Thank you! -- Avi (talk) 07:04, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Requests for adminship/Floquenbeam 2/Bureaucrat chat
I've opened a bureaucrat chat for a current RfA. Your input would be most appreciated at Requests for adminship/Floquenbeam 2/Bureaucrat chat. Primefac (talk) 19:51, 29 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 16:17, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Kia Jam for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Kia Jam 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/Kia Jam 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. Girth Summit  (blether) 07:07, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 21:52, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

ArbCom 2019 election voter message

 * Noted. -- Avi (talk) 21:53, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Help Me
hiee, pls help me to save the article from deleteing, this artile is about Agnel Roman. he is a one of the well-known music Directors in india. you can check other wikipedia articles like Ragini MMS, Panithuli, Maazii, Mickey Virus, Jigariyaa that mantion his name so that he has notability. and The Times of India is the reliable source. you can see the article in the same. what else is needed ?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annki777 (talk • contribs) 13:25, December 13, 2019 (UTC)
 * Please see WP:FILMMAKER. From the content of the article, it is not clearl that Mr. Roman passes these criteria. It is more likely that he does not. -- Avi (talk) 05:53, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Bureaucrat chat for RFA - Money emoji
I've opened a bureaucrat chat for the current RfA. Your input would be most appreciated at Requests for adminship/Money emoji/Bureaucrat chat. Cheers, Primefac (talk) 15:01, 18 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Sorry, was out of town. -- Avi (talk) 02:51, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Request to join very tight CratChat
If you could possibly give an opinion at Requests_for_adminship/Money_emoji/Bureaucrat_chat (asap), that would be just lovely. Thank you! And if not, no worries. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 20:36, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry, was out of town. -- Avi (talk) 02:52, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Happy Bureaucratship Anniversary!
 '''Wishing Avraham a very happy bureaucratship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 00:27, 8 April 2020 (UTC)'''
 * Thank you very much. -- Avi (talk) 21:08, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Bureaucrat access?
Hello Avraham,I'm updating the annual crat report for inactivity tracking (Bureaucrat activity/report) and really had to stretch to find something to qualify you here (a rename on meta). Do you actually want to continue as a bureaucrat here? Best regards, — xaosflux  Talk 14:24, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Strike that, I missed your Dec 2019 normal contribution (these are hard to mine for in contributions sometimes), mostly your "not very active" banners on your pages are what led me to ask. — xaosflux  Talk 15:52, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
 * For the record, I absolutely want to continue as a bureaucrat for now. I gave up all my other hats for inactivity, but try to take part in chats and do the occasional rename when I log in. Because of real life, sometimes I may not log in for weeks at a time—thus the banners. But bureaucrat activity can be handled in that time frame, so I wish to continue. Hope that clarifies things. Thanks for checking in! -- Avi (talk) 21:08, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Good to see you here Avi, hope to see more of you :D — xaosflux  Talk 21:31, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:35, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much! -- Avi (talk) 04:31, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Happy...

 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 23:42, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Happy...

 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 23:42, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
 Happy Birthday! Have a very happy birthday on your special day!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 19:14, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 23:42, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
 Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 11:08, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 04:49, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society
Dear ,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. ​

Best regards, Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 13:42, 27 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 04:49, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 September 15 § Template:Use shortened footnotes
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 September 15 § Template:Use shortened footnotes. Peaceray (talk) 05:48, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Commented. -- Avi (talk) 04:49, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Notice of noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is "Users with indefinitely protected user talk pages". Thank you. Jackmcbarn (talk) 19:19, 27 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I have been stalked and trolled numerous times as the protection log shows. -- Avi (talk) 20:31, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message

 * Thank you; voted. -- Avi (talk) 17:58, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

Happy Bureaucratship Anniversary!
 '''Wishing Avraham a very happy bureaucratship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 19:19, 8 April 2021 (UTC)'''
 * Thank you! -- Avi (talk) 04:34, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Google
Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Google, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Google and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Google during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Herostratus (talk) 09:06, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * As author, I killed it. -- Avi (talk) 17:00, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:43, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you! -- Avi (talk) 17:01, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you
... for what you said on User talk:SlimVirgin - missing pictured on my talk, with music full of hope and reformation --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:06, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you! -- Avi (talk) 19:31, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
 Wishing Avraham a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 23:25, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 06:56, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
 Happy Birthday! Have a very happy birthday on your special day!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 14:08, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

Request for input
Hello, hope all is well. Are you able to comment at an open BN thread? –xenotalk 02:26, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

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Sarabnas I'm researching Wikipedia Questions? 15:29, 24 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 00:26, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
 Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 06:09, 27 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 00:26, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 02:01, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled
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 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 06:54, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Google
I came across the MFD several months late.

Perhaps I am wrong to be applying mainspace standards to project space, but I feel that anything other than simple deletion would have been preferable.

One of the MFD comments suggested userfying. To the best of your knowledge, did anyone do so or perhaps copy it to Meta?

I know that the guidelines about external sites linking to Wikipedia are focused on mainspace and should not be applied here; my concern is that with the page deleted, I have no "easy" way to check the history to find to whose account it may have been userfied nor to verify that the content really was harmful enough to make deletion the preferred option (as opposed to, say, or ). I realize that the Wayback Machine might accomplish some of this, but that would be taking a gamble and not really in the spirit of the wiki.

I would prefer to create a disambiguation page; I suppose WP:Dead and WP:TENSE are sufficient precedent for said concept in projectspace. I don't have a draft ready; all I know is that What Wikipedia is not is one item that should be included. I have no opinion on whether the history should be restored behind any disambig that is created.

Anyway, thanks for any comments/suggestions. I will let you know if I do draft the disambiguation. --SoledadKabocha (talk) 02:31, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Not that I know of. I wrote the essay and was comfortable deleting it. It was past its time. If you want be to undelete it so you can move it to your userspace, please let me know. -- Avi (talk) 22:16, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I figured as much, though I feel that such a decision your role as creator of the essay should have been more clearly noted in the MFD closure as a CSD U1 or similar.
 * The disambiguation would be between NOTINDISCRIMINATE and (some section of) EL. I'm not interested in undeleting anything at present, though mainly because my mind has been elsewhere; I will reevaluate when I get a chance and let you know.
 * Apologies for not following up sooner, but I don't routinely use watchlists. --SoledadKabocha (talk) 02:44, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Merchandise giveaway nomination

 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 14:07, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays text.png Hello Avraham: Enjoy the holiday season&#32;and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 19:44, 22 December 2021 (UTC) Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message
 * Thank you - Avi (talk) 14:08, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 14:08, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for merger of Template:OTRS topicon
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New administrator activity requirement
22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Happy Passover!

 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 16:14, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Always precious
Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:17, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 16:14, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Updates to bureaucrat minimum activity requirements
Hello Avraham.

Following a discussion at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard, the minimum activity requirements for bureaucrats have been updated to also include the the recently updated minimum editing requirements for administrators (i.e. at least 100 edits every 5 years). This will be enforced beginning in January 2023. Should you no longer wish to volunteer as a bureaucrat you may request removal at SRP and.or let us know at WP:BN.

Best regards, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:37, 22 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the heads up. -- Avi (talk) 16:14, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Bureaucrat Chat
Your input is requested at the freshly-created bureaucrat chat. Useight (talk) 03:04, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, reviewing now; will opine shortly. -- Avi (talk) 16:53, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Opined. -- Avi (talk) 17:51, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Canadian Institute of Actuaries Logo.jpg
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 * Deleted, thank you. -- Avi (talk) 13:53, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

 * Thank you! -- Avi (talk) 16:54, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

 * Thank you! -- Avi (talk) 16:55, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Seventeenth anniversary on Wikipedia!

 * Thank you! -- Avi (talk) 18:17, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

ScottishFinnishRadish bureaucrat chat
Hi Avraham, I have started a bureaucrat discussion for ScottishFinnishRadish's RfA. It can be found at Requests for adminship/ScottishFinnishRadish/Bureaucrat chat. Thanks in advance. Acalamari 01:35, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the notice. -- Avi (talk) 14:26, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

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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. HapHaxion (talk / contribs) 19:13, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you, but this non-free but fair-use image is preferable for Wikipedia since it is smaller and of lower quality, so I restored it and submitted the other for deletion. Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 20:11, 16 November 2022 (UTC)