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4th GA Cup - Round 2
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Happy New Year, Biblioworm!


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The Bugle: Issue CXXIX, January 2017
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Re:New page reviewer granted
Dear User:Biblioworm, thank you for granting the WP:PERM request. As you mentioned, there is a huge backlog and I'll be glad to help. I also made a related request here if those are queries that you address. I hope you have a great day ahead of you. With regards, AnupamTalk 23:38, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
 * Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
 * Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news
 * When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
 * Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
 * The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries
 * JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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4th GA Cup - Round 3
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The Bugle: Issue CXXX, February 2017
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Special:AbuseFilter/833
Hey, so I was hoping we could find a way to improve this filter. By itself it's a good idea, but I think it's getting too many hits to be very useful, and some false positives like where they only added an external link. Also, though we should avoid renaming tags (you essentially have to create a new one), "Newer user possibly adding unreferenced or improperly referenced material" seems a bit lengthy and pollutes the display of Special:Contribs, revision history, etc. What do you think? &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  18:10, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I have disabled the filter for now. It seems there are a lot of false positives, and again the tag name is a bit too long. I'm happy to help refine the filter, but I wanted to wait till you're back on the wiki to get your input. All the best &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  00:10, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi . Thanks for your input. When I created the filter, I tried to add a mechanism to exclude external links and such, but I couldn't seem to do that without also excluding real unsourced additions. As for the tag, how do you suggest that we shorten it? Biblio (talk) 15:51, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Hey, sorry it took a while to get back to you. Honestly, I question the need for such a filter in the first place. Sadly, unsourced addition of content is super common – like every other edit by unconfirmed users. Patrollers interested in this line of work merely need to use Huggle and they'll stay busy. That's my two cents, and if it's OK, perhaps we could get more input from others before moving forward with it. If we do, a tag like "addition of unsourced content" should suffice. It's OK if the filter only applies to new users, or that the edit is only possibly unreferenced or improperly referenced. Brevity I think is more important. Best &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  04:00, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Taiwan
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Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News
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March Madness 2017
G'day all, please be advised that throughout March 2017 the Military history Wikiproject is running its March Madness drive. This is a backlog drive that is focused on several key areas:


 * tagging and assessing articles that fall within the project's scope
 * updating the project's currently listed A-class articles to ensure their ongoing compliance with the listed criteria
 * creating articles that are listed as "requested" on the project's various task force pages or other lists of missing articles.

As with past Milhist drives, there are points awarded for working on articles in the targeted areas, with barnstars being awarded at the end for different levels of achievement.

The drive is open to all Wikipedians, not just members of the Military history project, although only work on articles that fall (broadly) within the military history scope will be considered eligible. More information can be found here for those that are interested, and members can sign up as participants at that page also.

The drive starts at 00:01 UTC on 1 March and runs until 23:59 UTC on 31 March 2017, so please sign up now.

For the Milhist co-ordinators. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:24, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2017).

Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * A recent RfC has redefined how articles on schools are evaluated at AfD. Specifically, secondary schools are not presumed to be notable simply because they exist.
 * AfDs that receive little participation should now be closed like an expired proposed deletion, following a deletion process RfC.
 * Defender, HakanIST, Matiia and Sjoerddebruin are our newest stewards, following the 2017 steward elections.
 * The 2017 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Góngora, Krd, Lankiveil, Richwales and Vogone. They will serve for approximately 1 year.

Technical news
 * A recent query shows that only 16% of administrators on the English Wikipedia have enabled two-factor authentication. If you haven't already enabled it please consider doing so.
 * Cookie blocks should be deployed to the English Wikipedia soon. This will extend the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user after they switch accounts under a new IP.
 * A bot will now automatically place a protection template on protected pages when admins forget to do so.

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4th GA Cup - The Final
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The Bugle: Issue CXXXI, March 2017
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Kim Warnick
Coming to you since you are the one who deleted the Kim Warnick article (it was PROD'd). The article was junk, but she's definitely a notable musician. I was wondering if I could ask you to take a glance at the stub I've started at User:Jmabel/Kim_Warnick and tell me whether you think it does enough to establish notability that I can move it into article space. I fully understand that it's stubby, but as long as it is not liable to be deleted I'd like to put it out there to be worked on by others, because it's really not the sort of thing I'm mostly writing these days. - Jmabel &#124; Talk 23:02, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I see you've been mostly inactive lately, so I'm just going to be bold & move this to article space. - Jmabel &#124; Talk 16:01, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).

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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a discussion on the backlog of unpatrolled files, consensus was found to create a new user right for autopatrolling file uploads. Implementation progress can be tracked on Phabricator.
 * The BLPPROD grandfather clause, which stated that unreferenced biographies of living persons were only eligible for proposed deletion if they were created after March 18, 2010, has been removed following an RfC.
 * An RfC has closed with consensus to allow proposed deletion of files. The implementation process is ongoing.
 * After an unsuccessful proposal to automatically grant IP block exemption, consensus was found to relax the criteria for granting the user right from needing it to wanting it.

Technical news
 * After a recent RfC, moved pages will soon be featured in a queue similar to Special:NewPagesFeed and require patrolling. Moves by administrators, page movers, and autopatrolled editors will be automatically marked as patrolled.
 * Cookie blocks have been deployed. This extends the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user if they switch accounts, even under a new IP.

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXII, April 2017
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Dispute Resolution Noticeboard Volunteer Roll Call
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017). Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Gdr • Tyrenius • JYolkowski • Longhair • Master Thief Garrett • Aaron Brenneman • Laser brain • JzG • Dragons flight

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC has clarified that user categories should be emptied upon deletion, but redlinked user categories should not be removed if re-added by the user.
 * Discussions are ongoing regarding proposed changes to the COI policy. Changes so far have included clarification that adding a link on a Wikipedia forum to a job posting is not a violation of the harassment policy.

Technical news
 * You can now see a list of all autoblocks at Special:AutoblockList.
 * There is a new tool for adding archives to dead links. Administrators are able to restrict other user's ability to use the tool, and have additional permissions when changing URL and domain data.
 * Administrators, bureaucrats and stewards can now set an expiry date when granting user rights. (discuss, permalink)

Miscellaneous
 * Following an RfC, the editing restrictions page is now split into a list of active restrictions and an archive of those that are old or on inactive accounts. Make sure to check both pages if searching for a restriction.

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXIII, May 2017
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).

Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC proposing an off-wiki LTA database has been closed. The proposal was broadly supported, with further discussion required regarding what to do with the existing LTA database and defining access requirements. Such a tool/database formed part of the Community health initiative's successful grant proposal.
 * Some clarifications have been made to the community banning and unblocking policies that effectively sync them with current practice. Specifically, the community has reached a consensus that when blocking a user at WP:AN or WP:ANI, it is considered a "community sanction", and administrators cannot unblock unilaterally if the user has not successfully appealed the sanction to the community.
 * An RfC regarding the bot policy has closed with changes to the section describing restrictions on cosmetic changes.

Technical news
 * Users will soon be able to blacklist specific users from sending them notifications.

Miscellaneous
 * Following the 2017 elections, the new members of the Board of Trustees include Raystorm, Pundit and Doc James. They will serve three-year terms.

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXIV, June 2017
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The Bugle: Issue CXXXV, July 2017
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2017).

Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * The RFC discussion regarding WP:OUTING and WMF essay about paid editing and outing (see more at the ArbCom noticeboard archives) is now archived. Milieus #3 and #4 received support; so did concrete proposal #1.

Technical news
 * Fuzzy search will soon be added to Special:Undelete, allowing administrators to search for deleted page titles with results similar to the search query. You can test this by adding ?fuzzy=1 to the URL, as with Special:Undelete?fuzzy=1. Currently the search only finds pages that exactly match the search term.
 * A new bot will automatically revision delete unused file versions from files in Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old.

Miscellaneous
 * A newly revamped database report can help identify users who may be eligible to be autopatrolled.
 * A potentially compromised account from 2001–2002 attempted to request resysop. Please practice appropriate account security by using a unique password for Wikipedia, and consider enabling two-factor authentication. Currently around 17% of admins have enabled 2FA, up from 16% in February 2017.
 * Did you know: On 29 June 2017, there were 1,261 administrators on the English Wikipedia – the exact number of administrators as there were ten years ago on 29 June 2007. Since that time, the English Wikipedia has grown from 1.85 million articles to over 5.43 million.

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