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Reforming ITN
Hi Bagumba! I saw your !vote at In_the_news/Candidates—Ongoing democracy struggles will always be more encyclopedic for me than the trite WP:MINIMUMDEATHS blurbs—and it definitely resonates. ITN overall seems to have locked itself into this very specific and peculiar set of standards. Do you have any thoughts on how it might be more broadly reformed? &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 07:57, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Looking at the discussion for its last removal, it seems to be based off rationales using incorrect information, which are contradicted. Any reform attempts are contingent on more like-minded editors becoming involved, or being more persuasive to existing ones.  Sorry, I dont have anything concrete.—Bagumba (talk) 08:30, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Disruptive height-changing IP has returned
has returned as and  and is once again changing the height parameters to templates in infoboxes. – Sabbatino (talk) 16:22, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, those IPs don't have active edits now, and the range is not narrow enough to be able to do a block.—Bagumba (talk) 07:03, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Steven Adams
I put three reliable sources, idk what more you want. Like I said, ESPN, Adrian Wojnarowski, who is literally an NBA Insider, and NBA.com, you know, the league Adams plays for? 1Luca2 (talk) 17:12, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
 * A source that says "finalizing a trade" does not mean "traded".—Bagumba (talk) 00:10, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

It kind of does. 1Luca2 (talk) 00:26, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
 * "kind of does" ≠ "does". See No original research. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 00:35, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Fine, it does mean it. You are such a hater! When I am the main moderator of Wikipedia I am blocking you from my account! 1Luca2 (talk) 08:25, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

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Edits by Phillypaboy123
is continuing to add WP:RSBREAKING content to NBA personnel pages despite many warnings on the editor's talk page. Just today I reverted such additions at Justin Anderson (basketball), Derrick Walton and Template:Philadelphia 76ers roster. – Sabbatino (talk) 08:42, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Based on past warnings, blocking for the unsourced edit on Template:Philadelphia 76ers roster. It's not clear how to verify that one.—Bagumba (talk) 10:12, 2 December 2020 (UTC)

how to apply WP:INTEXT
Hiya!

You linked me to the interesting WP:INTEXT policy clarification. How would you apply it to the sentence:

"conspiracy theories falsely allege fraud"?

I would say it should say "conspiracy theories, which news sources unanimously report as false, allege fraud", with one or more citations after the word "sources". Marvinmarsupial (talk) 22:53, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * My response at the article talk page was here.—Bagumba (talk) 02:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC)


 * : For the statement "the sun sets in the west each evening", if you were writing about a group that claimed otherwise, would you write "they falsely claim" or would you just write "they claim"? Marvinmarsupial (talk) 03:33, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I would word it reflecting the WP:WEIGHT of the sources. In the election case, the sources cited say "falsely". If you want to change it, you would need to establish a new consensus, perhaps with evidence of why it is undue.—Bagumba (talk) 05:38, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * : I shouldn't need to establish consensus in order for wikipedia to cover the subject neutrally. Marvinmarsupial (talk) 06:33, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is crowdsourced, and all decisions are by consensus here. If that doesn't suit you, there are other outlets, like your own blog, etc.—Bagumba (talk) 07:24, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * : rather than consensus-building on each article, there are wikipedia-wide policies for editors to follow. it's not up to a few editors to decide what point of view to represent. they must represent a neutral point of view. Marvinmarsupial (talk) 08:11, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Feel free to establish a new consensus that the article is not neutral. You can also refer to Dispute resolution. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 08:24, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Deshon Taylor
Hi Bagumba, I hoped I could please get your help on Deshon Taylor. It has had an IP (and now a user) appear intermittently to change his birth year incorrectly. I have left notes and edit summaries but they are insistent on the year from Taylor's Twitter bio. Many thanks and all the best. CalDoesIt (talk) 18:29, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * It looks to be a content dispute. The Twitter source could arguably be correct.  I'd suggest starting a discussion at the article talk page.  You could consider tagging Disputed inline in lieu of further reverts. You might also consider getting related WikiProjects involved (e.g.  WP:BASKETBALL) to get others' perspective.  You can also refer to WP:DR. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 19:13, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the guidance. Thank you. CalDoesIt (talk) 19:20, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

IP needs a timeout
This guy. Heights/weights/positions on rosters. Thanks. Rikster2 (talk) 23:10, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Done.—Bagumba (talk) 00:45, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Protect Demond Greene?
An IP keeps inappropriately PRODing the article. Greene played in EuroLeague and the Olympics so he meets WP:NSPORTS a couple of ways. Rikster2 (talk) 21:06, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Done.—Bagumba (talk) 02:06, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Tell us about your experiences editing the English Wikipedia!
Hi!

I am conducting an interview study about how Wikipedia editors collaborate in the English edition of Wikipedia. The project description is on the WMF meta wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Characterizing_Collaboration_Models_in_the_EN,_FR_and_ES_Language_Editions_of_Wikipedia.

This research study is part of a larger project where we are trying to understand how editors collaborate in different language editions of Wikipedia. I was looking some article talk pages and came across the conversations that you had on the Lebron James article talk page. I am interested in learning more about those conversations and some other interactions you have had with editors.

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DYK nomination of Great American Bank
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DYK for Sarah Fuller (athlete)
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SPI or no SPI
I have a feeling that is related to. Tatum90210 just like AGreatPhoenixSunsFan is exclusively editing the Phoenix Suns-related stuff. Therefore, I cannot decide if a SPI should be filled up, because Editor Interaction Analyser does not really help in determining the connection between the two editors. So should I try filling a SPI or not? – Sabbatino (talk) 19:20, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry for late response. Go ahead and file an SPI, though it would need evidence about specific editing style, more than just being a Suns fan. I havent looked into it.—Bagumba (talk) 00:38, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

NBA Stat Format
Hello, what is the correct format for NBA stats. I see we do number for points and text for other stats in some pages. Is this a standard? Like 18 points, one rebound, nine assists, and ten blocks, in 20 minutes? Nintendoswitchfan (talk) 08:47, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Follow MOS:NUMERAL i.e. 0–9 in words.—Bagumba (talk) 08:49, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Ok. Thank you very much. Nintendoswitchfan (talk) 08:51, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

NBA Christmas Day Stats
Are NBA game records specific to Christmas Day notable enough as entries for players' Wikipedia pages? Nintendoswitchfan (talk) 11:40, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
 * The better question is for you to explain why you think they are (or are not) notable, and provide an example or two.—Bagumba (talk) 12:47, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Example, Duncan Robinson record first-half threes on a Christmas day game Nintendoswitchfan (talk) 13:23, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I personally wouldn't add it. But I wouldn't object to it either, as at least it's in a reliable source, e.g. AP, and not just a bloggy fan site or a stats db.—Bagumba (talk) 14:19, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Got it. I feel like it's not notable enough either, but someone put it in his career records list earlier. Nintendoswitchfan (talk) 17:24, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

protection for Blake Snell
Hi Bagumba, can you protect the Blake Snell page? Natg 19 (talk) 04:42, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Done.—Bagumba (talk) 04:50, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Great American Bank
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DYK nomination of Ty Jordan
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ArchiveSent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:07, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

What was the basketball-reference change made to the biography template?
Hey - I am auditing all historical NBA player articles (currently in the middle of the Ps) and noticed that is appears that basketball-reference shows up whether there is a "bbr" field or not - is that the case? I have been adding the field in my audits but can stop doing so if it is no longer necessary. Thanks. Rikster2 (talk) 21:51, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I just added Wikidata support, similar to what had been done recently for the NBA profile. So if bbr is specified, it is used. If it's not, it uses the value in Wikidata, if it is available.  It's up to editors if they want to explicitly add the BBR id on Wikipedia or not, kinda like some people add the "short description" here and not rely on Wikidata. If you have any objections, I can change or remove it. —Bagumba (talk) 01:04, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
 * No, just wanted to make sure I was updating these to the latest standard. I will probably just keep adding bbr. Rikster2 (talk) 01:07, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok. I should have mentioned it at WT:NBA, but was lulled into thinking it was similar to the NBA link change.—Bagumba (talk) 01:15, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Funeral
Dear Bagumba Your sentence is still not reading quite right. Maybe you may be kind enough to check it out.Gladiator-Citizen (talk) 07:35, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Feel free to boldly edit it. I just happened to pass by there and have no great interest.  Cheers. —Bagumba (talk) 07:42, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Bagumba can you help me?
Hey Bagumba, can you tell me "How to know does photo have copyright"? BosnianBeast60 (talk) 08:59, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * You can refer to Image use policy. The safe thing is to assume everything on the interenet is not free, unless you find an explicit statement that says otherwise. Some resources can be found at Free image resources.—Bagumba (talk) 09:53, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, see ya BosnianBeast60 (talk) 10:53, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Ty Jordan
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Adam Gibson
Hey. Adam Gibson (basketball) is now the only Adam Gibson page after Adam Gibson (computer scientist) was deleted last year. What's the best play here? Redirect Adam Gibson (basketball) to Adam Gibson and set a script to redirect all Adam Gibson (basketball) links? Thanks. DaHuzyBru (talk) 05:25, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Per WP:G14, a dab with only one link is useless. In a case like this, just move that link to override the dab page. You might get hassled moving to a page title that already exists, in which case you can request a technical move at WP:RM. I went ahead and moved Adam Gibson (basketball). I'll update the navboxes. If there are still links where the redirect can be avoided, I may or (likely) may not get around to updating them.—Bagumba (talk) 09:52, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Somebody needs a block
this guy Rikster2 (talk) 18:17, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
 * 2 weeks. Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 01:02, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

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East Asia Super League
Hi Bagumba,

You answered my question regarding the updates for the East Asia Super League page. I'm assuming much of what I have below contains a little too much self promotion. But, I would appreciate you taking a look and making suggestions as what I can do on behalf of EASL to get the page updated. Thanks,

Introduction

East Asia Super League (EASL) is the premier basketball league in Asia. Its mission is to elevate the sport in the region and aims to become one of the top three leagues in the world by 2025. The inaugural season will tip-off in October 2021 and feature eight teams from Greater China, Japan, Korea and the Philippines.

EASL is aligned with top professional clubs as well as major digital media platforms from around the world. Each region continues to invest in sports, presenting a major opportunity for a new and innovative basketball league.

Digital content

As the hub of basketball news in Asia, EASL produces unique original content focusing on some of the region’s best players, taking fans behind the scenes and providing in-depth looks at the biggest stories surrounding the game.

Since June 2020, EASL has produced shows such as EASL BALLERIFIC, EASL Full-Court Press, EASL CAM, EASL All-Access and EASL Fresh. The shows feature the likes of CBA Finals MVP Sonny Weems, PBA icon Jarred Dillinger and many more.

Between June 2020 when EASL launched its digital content, and January 2021, it has attracted 220,000 new followers, generated over 50 million engagements, seen its videos played more than 40 million times, and reached over 200 million fans.

EASL BALLERIFIC is an online show featuring top professional players from across the region discussing their careers, personal stories and competing in challenges. The show brings together the best of the best and introduces stars from new regions to the EASL’s fan base.

EASL Full-Court Press is a weekly news show that updates fans on the latest happenings in the game around Asia, and also includes player interviews and deep dives into specific stories.

EASL CAM goes behind the scenes into the lives of players, giving fans a unique look at what it takes to be the best. Launched with CBA Finals MVP Sonny Weems, the first episodes reached more than 20 million people.

EASL All-Access gives fans a glimpse into what players get up to off the court, as well as their training routines and what they like to do to relax.

EASL Fresh was a series of six episodes produced around The Terrific 12 tournament in Macao. I took fans behind the scenes as players prepared for their games and explored the culture of the vibrant city.

History

EASL was co-founded in 2016 by CEO Matt Beyer and CFO Henry Kerins, who saw the potential for a league featuring the best club teams in Asia.

It held four preseason tournaments in Macao between 2017 and 2019, featuring teams from the CBA (China), B.LEAGUE (Japan), KBL (Korea) and PBA (Philippines), with the first The Super 8 event in

September 2017. In 2018 the format expanded and hosted The Terrific 12 tournament, which the following year was watched by more than 117 million people worldwide.

The company rebranded to become East Asia Super League (EASL) in 2019, and in August 2020 reached a 10-year exclusive agreement with FIBA, the sport’s world governing body, to run a new regional championship.

The Super 8

EASL’s first tournament in September 2017, was The Super 8. It consisted of eight teams, and took place at the Studio City Event Centre in Macao.[5] The teams taking part were the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions, Shenzhen Aviators (formerly Shenzhen Leopards), Goyang Orions, Seoul Samsung Thunders, Fubon Braves, Pauian Archiland, Chiba Jets and Ryukyu Golden Kings.

The inaugural tournament was won by the Chiba Jets of the B. League,[6] with the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions finishing second, and the Goyang Orions third. The event attracted 21 million views worldwide. A second edition of the tournament, the Summer Super 8, followed in July 2018 at the Macao East Asian Games Dome,[7] and featured the introduction of two professional club teams from the PBA, the NLEX Road Warriors and Blackwater Elite. They were joined by the Guangzhou Loong Lions, Xinjiang Flying Tigers, Seoul Samsung Thunders, Incheon Electroland Elephants, Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka and Formosa Dreamers. The Lions came out on top, while Samsung Thunders and Electroland Elephants finished second and third, respectively.

The Terrific 12

In 2018, The Super 8 tournament expanded into The Terrific 12, and was organized in collaboration with and supported by the Sports Bureau of Macao SAR government and hosted at the Studio City Event Centre. The competing teams were the Shandong Heroes (formerly Shandong Golden Stars), Zhejiang Guangsha Lions, Xinjiang Flying Tigers, Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus, Seoul Samsung Thunders, Fubon Braves, Yulon Luxgen Dinos, Nagoya Diamond Dolphins, Ryukyu Golden Kings and Chiba Jets. The Kings took first place beating the defending champion Lions, with the Samsung Thunders finishing third.

The following year, Asia League rebranded to become East Asia Super League and hosted The Terrific 12 at the Tap Seac Multi-Sports Pavilion in Macao between September 17 and 22. The competing teams were the Liaoning Flying Leopards, Shenzhen Aviators, Zhejiang Guangsha Lions, Chiba Jets, Niigata Albirex BB, Ryukyu Golden Kings, Utsonomiya BREX, Jeonju KCC Egis, Seoul SK Knights, Blackwater Elite, TNT KaTropa and San Miguel Beermen. The tournament featured the EASL debut of former NBA player and CBA import Lance Stephenson, who was named Finals MVP for his 34-point performance as the Flying Leopards beat the SK Knights in a thrilling 83-82 finish. Plans for The Terrific 12 in September 2020 were cancelled because of the Coronavirus pandemic.[9]

EASL 2021-2022

The inaugural EASL season will begin in October 2021, with eight teams from Greater China, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.[10] competing in two groups, with the top two in each group advancing to a Final Four event.[11] It will be the first league involving clubs from different domestic competitions for the region.[12]

At the group stage, teams will play each other home and away between October 2021 and January 2022. The winners and runners-up from each group will then play in the Final Four, which is scheduled for February 2022.

To qualify for the 2021-2022 EASL season, teams must finish in the top one or two final playoff standings for the previous season in their respective domestic leagues. The region's top eight teams will again qualify for the 2022–23 season.

The league plans to expand to 16 teams in the 2023-2024 season.

Ballerofficial (talk) 01:22, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Wikipedia. I assume you are referring to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Basketball. As you have a registered account, it's generally helpful to the community if you don't edit while logged out. In this case, it was helpful for me to know that you've had difficulties twice getting your edits reverted. Editing on Wikipedia typically follows a BOLD, revert, discuss cycle. You made a bold edit, someone else reverted, and then it's often best for the parties to discuss the issue. In the case of the reverts of your edits, the other editor left an edit summary explaining the problems they had with your edits.  This can be seen in the page history for East Asia Super League (seen here). My suggestion would be for you to discuss this at the article's talk page, Talk:East Asia Super League to reach a consensus. Again, please also be aware of Wikipedia's views on editing with a conflict of interest. For your convenience, I've left a similar overview on your account here as I previously left on your IP's talk page. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 04:59, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Notre Dame Captains navbox
Is there any way Template:Notre Dame Fighting Irish captains navbox isn't WP:NAVBOXCREEP? Between this and the rushing leaders ones I feel as though TfD may be necessary. Best, GPL93 (talk) 22:11, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * One obvious delete rationale is WP:NAVBOX #4: There should be a Wikipedia article on the subject of the template. My general rule of thumb for infoboxes and navboxes is don't put anything that we would not generally expect to see in the lead of an FA (somewhat akin to WP:ELNO's not allowing a site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a featured article.)—Bagumba (talk) 02:31, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you, supposedly there's actually two of these and they're trying to merge. Best, GPL93 (talk) 14:18, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
 * The second TfD is now up at Templates for discussion/Log/2021 February 2. Best, GPL93 (talk) 21:56, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * D'oh! Actually never even knew there was a first one, because that one above only linked to the talk page about the merge, which said nothing about a TfD. Oh well, it'll get there.  Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 01:42, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Follow-up
Hola! Wanted to share some additional info per your question at WT:ITNC. I think the whole link vs other field is being rightly populated. E.g. check this query below. We surely added more links to the main page than the below 94. Hence, ignoring that almost might be alright. Ktin (talk) 16:15, 3 February 2021 (UTC)


 * 94 seems too low. I suspect some clicks from the MP are somehow not being classified as "internal".—Bagumba (talk) 16:29, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , Agree on the first statement. If the second is true, we have pretty much no way of getting the right answers. i.e. if the referer page is not captured accurately. For now, I have been ignoring the type field (i.e. link vs other) which seems reasonable to do. Ktin (talk) 16:42, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Any leads in those groups whom we can ask to check the sanctity of the .tsv files? Ktin (talk) 16:42, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Perhaps someone at Village pump (technical) would have more details on type other?—Bagumba (talk) 17:01, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * But, fwiw -- the COVID pages views match the asterisk test that we setup on WT:ITNC sometime back. So, that reasonably tells us that we are capturing the referer field correct. Ktin (talk) 16:44, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Andrew Langford
Hello Bagumba,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Andrew Langford for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly indicate why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:Hangon_preload&preloadtitle=This+page+should+not+be+speedy+deleted+because...+ contest this deletion], but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.

JW 1961  Talk  22:10, 3 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi Bagumba, I know you didn't create this current version of the page, but were the creator of the orignal article which was re-directed then an IP created this "article" that showed up on page curation - sorry for the auto template from page curation JW 1961   Talk  22:13, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the background.—Bagumba (talk) 00:10, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Protect Dennis Smith Jr.?
Pending trade. Rikster2 (talk) 01:42, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Done.—Bagumba (talk) 02:04, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

News
FYI  --Patrickpedia (talk) 09:02, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Sportsnet says "finalizing plans to introduce Toronto assistant Chris Finch as the new coach", and CBSSports says "Finch is expected to be named their new coach". That's not saying it's completed.  They're both breaking news based off of anonymous sources.—Bagumba (talk) 09:07, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

Autoblock
Could you take a look at, who seems to have been caught in the autoblock you gave PeopleAreSuss? Normally, if the account had edited productively for a long time, I'd just have gone ahead and modified the block, but while this account hasn't done anything wrong it sure seems awful strange that almost two years after being created it picks this day to emerge from inactivity for a somewhat manic romp across Wikipedia, raining praise on other users, renaming themselves, and along the way coincidentally editing "sock puppet". They seem to have been able to edit other pages again, perhaps by changing their physical location. So maybe they don't to have the autoblock lifted. But something still seems a little off to me here. Daniel Case (talk) 05:34, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I blocked PeopleAreSuss solely for being a vandal-only acct. Sorry, but I have no other history or insight on them.  Probably not enough to declare WP:DUCK, not sure about CU.  Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 12:11, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Need help/tip
Hi, Im editing a Basketball player bio page and I need help with adding career history/previous teams played inside the info basketball biography template info box. The field is called 'years and teams'. I get an error message whenever trying to add information. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!Feed2wiki (talk) 17:39, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Wikipedia. I believe you are using the VisualEditor?  I'm actually not familiar with it, as I edit using native wiki markup.  You can try getting help at Teahouse. Best.—Bagumba (talk) 17:51, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

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Technical news
 * When blocking an IPv6 address with Twinkle, there is now a checkbox with the option to just block the /64 range. When doing so, you can still leave a block template on the initial, single IP address' talkpage.
 * When protecting a page with Twinkle, you can now add a note if doing so was in response to a request at WP:RfPP, and even link to the specific revision.
 * 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).

Arbitration
 * 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.
 * The Kurds and Kurdistan case was closed, authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed.

Miscellaneous
 * Following the 2021 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AmandaNP, Operator873, Stanglavine, Teles, and Wiki13.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:13, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Block or semi
Hey mate. This user might require a block or Andrew Bogut might need to be semi'd again. Thanks. DaHuzyBru (talk) 13:45, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Someone else blocked the user already. I reinstated the pending changes for 2 years; the vandalism appears infrequent. Let me know if the situation changes.—Bagumba (talk) 15:14, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Page move discussion: Dean Smith
There is a discussion ongoing regarding whether Dean Smith should to be moved to another page. Since you had some involvement with Talk:Dean Smith, you might want to participate in the move discussion, which is taking place here. Domeditrix (talk) 18:26, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Robin Schreiber
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:01, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

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