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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Eddie891 · Euryalus · TheresNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Alex.muller · Excirial · RedWordSmith · Ron Ritzman · TheresNoTime · Stephen

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg TheresNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg TheresNoTime

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg TheresNoTime

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news
 * Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
 * The article creation at scale RfC has been closed.
 * An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.

Technical news
 * A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget.

Arbitration
 * Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
 * The proposed decision for the 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system is open.
 * The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed.
 * The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
 * A motion has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing Level 2 desysop.

Miscellaneous
 * Tech tip: A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add  to the end of an IP in Special:Contributions to see all of a subnet's edits, and consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute.

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WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - December 2022
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter error
The GOCE December 2022 newsletter, as sent on 9 December, contains an erroneous start date for our December Blitz. The Blitz will start on 11 December rather than on 17 December, as stated in the newsletter. I'm sorry for the mistake and for disrupting your talk page; thanks for your understanding. Sent by Baffle gab1978 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:29, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

This Month in Education: End of the 2022
This Month in Education

 Volume 11 • Issue 10 • October–November 2022

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In This Issue About This Month in Education · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · For the team: ZI Jony 06:56, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
 * 2nd Latin American Regional Meeting on Education
 * Adopting Wikipedia for Secondary School Students in Nigeria Classroom
 * Celebrating 2022 Vibrance in Kwara State University Malete
 * Celebrating the Wikipedia and Wikidata Birthday in school
 * Report on school libraries in Poland for the Wikiteka project
 * Wiki For Senior Citizens Network
 * WikiEducation, Educational practices and experiences in Mexico with Wikipedia and other open resources
 * Wikimedia & Education Workshops: a Wiki Movimento Brasil initiative
 * An event at the National History Museum in Tirana
 * Students 24-hour competition on Wikipedia article writing
 * Wiki-Data a Giant at 10
 * WikiGraphers: Visualizing Open Knowledge
 * Wikimedia Israel’s Educational Innovation: “Students Write Wikipedia” as a Matriculation-Exam Alternative
 * Wikimedia Morocco User Group Empowers Moroccan Teachers to Use Wikipedia in the Classroom
 * Wikimedia Russia has released the "Introduction to Wikipedia" textbook
 * “Wikipedia for School” contest was held in Ukraine for the third time
 * Announcing the Wikipedia & Education User Group Election Results

Australian Skeptics
Hi ... I think we may have met in person some time ago. Anyway, I have written an article critical of the Australian Skeptics, that you might want to have a look at : https://johnaugust.com.au/article/why-i-am-not-australian-skeptic JohnAugust (talk) 05:09, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi John, my memory is not great, but i think I recall you sending me something very much like the above quite a long time ago. I do not disagree with what you say. I also belong to the Humanists and think they are more important than the Skeptics. Too often the Skeptics make a big deal about something that is in no way important. --Bduke (talk) 06:12, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

King's Guide
Do you have a source that shows Queen's Guide has been renamed to King's Guide. According to The Queen’s Guide award is the highest award you can work towards in guiding it is still called the Queen's Guide. I could not find any sources indicating that it has changed name. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 20:25, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I just realised that if there is a source showing a name change and King's Guide is the most common use then Queen's Guide should move there and King's Guide should not be a disambiguation. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 20:27, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * The King (or Queen) is very much involved in the award. Every year all the King's Scouts and Kings Guides are invited to a rally at Windsor and the King addresses them. I remember going to it way back in 1956. I was living in UK then. Wikipedia says "King's Scouts are entitled to attend one King's Scout Parade held at Windsor Castle each year held on the Sunday closest to St George's Day; this is the only time when Scouts officially march". --Bduke (talk) 20:59, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I was also in the Scouts in the UK until I emigrated to Canada. The Queen died in September so the Guides and Scouts would not have attended a rally at Windsor during the reign of King Charles. However, the King's Scout, and here's the reference to show that the Queen's Scout was renamed the King's Scout, isn't a usable source for King's Guide. There doesn't seem to be any current references to call the Queen's Guide the King's Guide. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk),
 * I agree there does not seem to be any evidence that the award is not still called "Queen's Guide". --Bduke (talk) 08:26, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

So Good (soy beverage)
What do you mean? Xx236 (talk) 10:51, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

It has been discussed at Articles for deletion/So Good (soy beverage) and merged as a result of that discussion. --Bduke (talk) 11:01, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Why the page does still exists? It should be a redirect now or perhaps deleted. Xx236 (talk) 11:17, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
 * It does not exist now. It has been merged. --Bduke (talk) 02:17, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: January 2023
--evrik (talk) January 16, 2023

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Greetings!
Apologies for this message out of the blue but I saw one of your (helpful) edits and, not having seen the username before, had a look at your user page. I have rarely felt such a sense of affinity as I did reading your page. I may be a couple of years younger and my academic prowess was at London rather than Oxford (although my children and grandchildren have done much to right that balance), but I too was much involved in Scouting and also abandoned religious belief quite early on. I haven't had the multi national working experience but I have had the pleasure of being a working scientist in Wales, and now temporarily resident in New Zealand for as long as I am allowed. Many thanks for writing your user page and reminding me that maybe, just maybe, Brexit is not forever. Best wishes  Velella  Velella Talk 03:45, 8 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the comment. I posted on your user page. --Bduke (talk) 03:57, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - March 2023
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Blue Obelisk
Hi regards your Revert. I have take WikiChemists out because i didn´t find in any source that WikiChemists get the award. As sample here there is nothing with WikiChemists. Or did I look in the wrong source? Viele Grüße aus Deutschland :-) Calle Cool (talk) 12:34, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for you comment on my talk page. If you had given an edit summary, it would have been clear to me and others that your edit was fine, but you did not. Edit summaries are important. --Bduke (talk) 21:08, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * You are right - I will improve it at the next edit ;-) --Calle Cool (talk) 06:18, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: March 2023
--evrik (talk) March 16, 2023

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This Month in Education: March 2023
This Month in Education

 Volume 12 • Issue 3 • March 2023

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In This Issue About This Month in Education · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · For the team: ZI Jony 18:44, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Audio-seminar project of the Wikimedia Mexico Education Program
 * Empowering Nigerian Female Artists: Through Art & Feminism Edith-A-Thon at KWASU Fan Club
 * Exploring How Wikipedia Works
 * Florida graduate students complete Library History edit-a-thon for credit
 * Improving hearing health content in Brazil
 * Media Literacy Portal to become a key resource for media education in Czech Libraries
 * Wikeys in the Albanian language
 * Wikimarathon is an opportunity to involve students and teachers in creating and editing articles in Wikipedia
 * Wikimedia Polska short report
 * Wikimedia Serbia participated in the State Seminar of the The Mathematical Society of Serbia

Scouting Featured article review
I have nominated Scouting for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:14, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - May 2023
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20:21, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Coronation today, 6th May
Why the hell do we, in Australia, put up with this total nonsense? --Bduke (talk) 11:01, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

User from Kano
Hello @Bduke, Thank you so much for your kind response! I appreciate your willingness to help and your offer to guide me through the intricacies of editing on Wikipedia. I will definitely reach out to you if I encounter any challenges or have any questions. I understand the time difference, and I will keep that in mind when I contact you. Once again, thank you for your support and encouragement. Gwanki (talk) 10:04, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter
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WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - July 2023
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).



Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Novem Linguae
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Deckiller · Electionworld · MBisanz · Penwhale · Raul654 · Roadrunner · Viridae · Yannismarou

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg MBisanz

Guideline and policy news
 * Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.

Technical news
 * Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.

Arbitration
 * Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.

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WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: July 2023

 * Notes for July:
 * On our To do list, we need to prioritize some tasks for articles outside of the US or the UK.
 * The Scout Association has been nominated for a good article reassessment.
 * 25th World Scout Jamboree, this may be a good time to improve this article. Anyone going?


 * We want to develop a featured portal, look here if you want to help.
 * Wood Badge, Brownsea Island Scout camp and Philmont Scout Ranch all need attention.
 * Announcements for the benefit of all:
 * Please go and "" this page: Article alerts. You will quickly see if any issues arise.
 * Here is a list of other pages to watch as well: WikiProject Scouting/Watch


 * Other ways to participate:
 * Join the conversations on our talkpage | Help us plan future events
 * Become a member | Opt-out of notifications

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Sent by using  at 16:41, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Query about NJOURNALS
I am doing an informal survey of just you to see if I can get some preliminary understanding of how certain issues are seen by the wider WPcommunity, if at all. Do you consider WP:NJOURNALS to have the weight of a policy or guideline. If so, how did you come to that decision? I am trying to figure out what exactly is going on with that area of Wikipedia and something seems off to me. jps (talk) 12:16, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
 * It is labelled as an essay and I consider that makes it a guideline. --Bduke (talk) 23:59, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your explanation. That is useful information. jps (talk) 13:51, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Appreciation
Hello Bduke, I don't know how to start this comment but let me look for somewhere to start from. After taking a look at your userpage, your comments on the talk pages of some Nigerian Wikipedians (like this one) that I have come across, your user contributions, I want to specially thank you for being kind. For being a great admin too when you were still one. Thank you for all your contributions to this multilingual project. You see, see the project you contributed to, see what it has become now - the horsepower of knowledge and information. Maybe I wouldn't have met this project in this shape if you didn't contribute to it. I will be watching your TP from now :). Thank you once again! Vanderwaalforce (talk) 16:14, 5 October 2023 (UTC)s

Many thanks for your comment. After my time in Kano and my recent time on Wikipedia, I think I can help users from Nigeria as it must be more difficult for many there to edit than it is for me. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help you and your colleagues. However, I am getting old and my memory is not what it was. Bduke (talk) 01:02, 6 October 2023 (UTC)


 * @Bduke Yes! I will be in touch with you whenever necessary. Many thanks! Vanderwaalforces (talk) 04:52, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:19, 23 October 2023 (UTC)