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clementine ford
You've made a lot of good edits to this page. These sources will help you out further:- https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/wtf/feminist-clementine-ford-sparks-walkout-by-refusing-to-answer-schoolboys-questions/news-story/281fd397dbef086806910390e5dae120 and also https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4838780/Dad-s-outrage-school-s-guest-speaker-Clementine-Ford.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:4163:AD00:41ED:85B3:3CCC:909C (talk) 11:43, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

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Recove `Dev Dhawal´ page
Mr. Dev dhawal is working for farmers rights and respect in Nepal. So help him to be respectable farmers societies in Asia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.94.253.97 (talk) 01:25, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2019).

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Kellie Loder Page
Hello! I recently came across the Kellie Loder page and saw significant issues with it. Among other things, I shortened the ridiculously long introduction and moved any missing information to the main body, and also made the language more encyclopedic and succinct. After going to eat lunch, I noticed everything that I had edited was reverted by User:Walter Görlitz, who said that the reason why he was reverting my edit was because I did not provide an adequate summary of them. However, I did leave enough information to justify my edits, and after perusing the edit log of the page, noticed that almost any time someone else has attempted to make constructive edits to the page as I did, Walter Gorlitz reverted them successively. After visiting his talk page, I noticed also that he as been warned for edit warring on another page, and I fear that he is using the risk of edit warring to prevent editors from making constructive edits. If he reverts me again, I have no power to revert it back if his reasoning for locking down the page is bad because I will have passed the 24 hour 3 edit rule. I would like you to step in or at least mediate. There are many problems with the Kellie Loder page and I would love to be able to make it better without being stonewalled.

Let me know if you have any questions or if you need me to provide you with anything!

Thanks, DrumSalad (talk) 18:55, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure why is involved, but she has been accused of WP:UPE and I suspect this is the case here.
 * For the record, DrumSalad is not anywhere near WP:3RR and no effort at WP:BRD has been made.
 * The issue is simple: the subject herself was involved in the article (which is why I suspect UPE). She started her career in the "Christian music industry" and, after a change in faith (which is not uncommon or unusual) wants to expunge that portion of her past. That's all discussed on the article's talk page and her own talk page. I'm fine with updating the article to reflect her current direction but rewriting the history, or even removing it, is not appropriate on Wikipedia. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:13, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello. I've thought about this a good deal, and wanted to reach out and apologize if I was a hostile earlier. I'm a bit up-tight today. I'll explain my intentions, and I want to get your suggestion for the right way forward. I do not want to bury the Christian music association as it was obviously a major focus of her career, however I do think that the folk/pop music association should go first so that her current musical focus is highlighted. The second thing that I want to do is slim down the intro section, because it is currently packed with detailed information that is already in the body. I think that the intro paragraph should succinctly highlight her career, but not go into detail about her inspiration for her first song at 16, for example, which can be found in the actual body of the article. By the way, is the subject directly involved in this page? You suggested that she is actively involved in manipulating the page to expunge the Christian music record. Could you link me her username so that I can see what she attempted to do? Again, thank you for your help. I want to work with you on this, as I'm certain that you also have concerns about the page that are in line with mine. Please let me know if you have any suggestions on how I should proceed with this, because I will try to restructure the intro section again, but not blank it out completely. DrumSalad (talk) 23:38, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Update : I made a less intrusive edit to the intro section. Let me know what you think! DrumSalad (talk) 23:47, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Do you mind if we move this discussion off Bilby's talk page and onto the subject's article? Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:10, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Not at all! DrumSalad (talk) 02:40, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Changed copyright condition on State Library South Australia photos
Hi Bilby,

There are two photos that have been placed on commons where at the time they were placed there, the owner of the photograph, SLSA stated they were public domain. However when I look at the source pages I now see they are in copyright. I raised this with SLSA reference desk and they suggested simply asking for permission. I'm not sure it might be granted the same as public domain which is very compatible with Commons. There is a wider issue of the Grimmett collection and SLSA owned photos not currently in commons but which provide some of the very few photos available for some significant deceased individuals.

Example 1 -- Colin Thiele and Max Fatchen
 * link to Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colin_and_Rhonnie_Thiele_with_Max_Fatchen_2000.png
 * SLSA source page https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+70557

Example 2 -- Don Dunstan - Government prior to 1969 claimed, that may be incorrect, is part of formerly public domain Grimmet collection
 * link to Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Don_Dunstan_1968.png
 * SLSA source page https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1662/5/8

Can you provide me with some guidance as what best to do? Alex Sims (talk) 01:22, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Adrian David Cheok Speedy Deletion
Hi Bilby,

I was surprised to see you deleted the Adrian David Cheok entry claiming copyright infringement. Obviously the timeliness of the deletion re: the Australian elections will be noted by anyone with knowledge of the subject and Australian elections. I may be wrong but I am not entirely certain the whole entry was plagiarised. Though indeed further citations and references were needed, over the recent months several citations and legitimate, valid references were included. This has been a controversial entry indeed, apparently created by the subject of the entry and then subsequently edited in a non-neutral way by arguably his students and himself (when anonymous, the edits did indicate Adelaide IPs). Is it possible that 'copyright infringement' was a handy excuse for a speedy deletion? I appreciate you are an Admin and that it looks like once the entry has been deleted there is not much point in discussing reasons, but thought that in the spirit of collegiality and public documentation I would share my concerns here. I for one never thought the subject was notable enough, but once there was an entry an attempt could have been made to keep the entry as Wikipedia abiding as possible. Thanks very much indeed in advance.

Predicatecalculus (talk) 15:42, 20 May 2019 (UTC)




 * I confirm that almost the entire article as originally created by User:Dj68000 on 12 December 2011 is copyvio from the page Bilby found that existed (according to archive timestamp) from 11 November 2010 or earlier. That content persisted through to the deletion—it was still copyvio with no non-infringing version to rescue and retain. Copyright is a non-negotiable policy here on wikipedia, no matter what the topic or one's political leanings, and your failure to WP:AGF or cast aspersions/propose sinister ulterior motives is not appropriate. There was a "Controversies" section that was much newer, and whose editorial origins I did not trace. If you or someone else wishes to write an article about this person, I or another admin could revive it. DMacks (talk) 16:16, 20 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks for checking that. Just to explain my reasoning, the copyright issues were foundational - almost the entire page was taken from a copyrighted site when it was first created in 2011, with only minor changes in wording, except for an extended quote by Cheok that was copied from one of his publications. Since then that has remained the base, and while other text was added, a significant portion of the article used the original text. For example, the original source read:
 * "He has previously worked in real-time systems, soft computing, and embedded computing in Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (Osaka, Japan). He has been working on research covering mixed reality, human-computer interfaces, wearable computers and ubiquitous computing, fuzzy systems, embedded systems, power electronics."
 * The text of the first article revision contained:
 * "He worked in real-time systems, soft computing, and embedded computing in Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs. He has been working on research covering mixed reality, human-computer interfaces, wearable computers and ubiquitous computing, fuzzy systems, embedded systems, power electronics. "
 * And the text as it stood at the time of deletion was:
 * "Cheok worked in real-time systems, soft computing, and embedded computing in Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs[citation needed]. He has been working on research covering mixed reality,[10] human-computer interfaces, wearable computers and ubiquitous computing, fuzzy systems, embedded systems, power electronics."
 * Other text in the article contained the same similarities. To confirm that this wasn't a case of the other site copying Wikipedia, I used the Wayback Machine to check a version that predated the creation of the Wikipedia article.
 * I had hoped that there would be a prior revision to revert back to in order to remove the copyrighted text from the history but still keep something to rebuild from - however, as this came from the first edit I had to delete the article as a whole. I also have absolutely no problem with someone creating the page again, given the potential notability problems you raise and assuming that the text meets Wikipedia's licensing requirements. - Bilby (talk) 16:26, 20 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much for the responses! It is much clearer now. I am not interested at all in writing an article about this person- as I said, the notability in my view is questionable. Predicatecalculus (talk) 20:41, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2019). Administrator changes
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Wojciech Waleczek
Hi. Could you please help me to move an userspace draft about an award-winning composer into article space? The draft is about Wojciech Waleczek—a succesful pianist from Poland whose numerous achievements deserve to be celebrated with his own Wikipedia page. He took 3rd prize at the Premio Mario Zanfi competition and was the absolute winner of the 4th Franz Liszt National Piano Competition—to name just a few of his accomplishments. Mr Waleczek already has his articles on German and Polish Wikipedia. Hope to hear back from you. Regards, AngelOfDestiny (talk) 14:41, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Clarity please
Hi, Bilby - to begin, thank you for your good work at Attkisson and for starting the discussion at BLP/N. I'm just trying to wrap my head around what just happened on the Attkisson TP so please correct me if I'm wrong, but with consideration to the blatant noncompliance with BLP/NPOV and the fact that the article is subject to DS under Arbitration enforcement log and possibly even Arbitration enforcement log, why was no immediate action taken to correct the noncompliance? I have never seen such resistance and mud-slinging against a BLP escalate without some kind of preventative action by an administrator. made an appearance, but how is it possible that WP:BLPCOI was overlooked? It was brought to everyone's attention. The WMF has even emphasized the importance of human dignity and respect, and how we are expected to behave when a BLP shows up to comment on the TP. I can't help but relate to what happened to me for using a bit of levity and jokingly misspelling a person's name in a TP discussion, and then after my t-ban appeal was granted, the ensuing harassment and gaslighting I'm forced to endure by 2 disgruntled admins who apparently believe WP:CONDUCTTOBANNED, WP:HARASSMENT and WP:PA don't apply to them. I'm bringing it up because I just witnesed battleground behavior at Attkisson, editors being extremely rude and unhelpful, stonewalling, and noncompliant with WP:CONDUCTTOBANNED, but it was allowed to persist. The result is terrible PR about WP over this very incident on Twitter and the internet. It's a bad reflection on all of us. Perhaps this is one of the reasons T&S is becoming more involved in the en.WP - not something any of us would like to see happen, much less encourage - but we're certainly not going to fix the problems with inaction. Please help me understand what just happened, because as an editor who was t-banned for taking polite and civil argument too far as others were doing but with incivility, and who is currently being harassed, it really makes me wonder what's going on when I step back and take a look at the big picture. I look forward to your response. <span style="text-shadow:#F8F8FF 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em,#F4BBFF -0.2em -0.3em 0.6em,#BFFF00 0.8em 0.8em 0.6em;color:#A2006D">Atsme Talk 📧 21:13, 25 June 2019 (UTC)  re-ping <span style="text-shadow:#F8F8FF 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em,#F4BBFF -0.2em -0.3em 0.6em,#BFFF00 0.8em 0.8em 0.6em;color:#A2006D">Atsme  Talk 📧 04:38, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Generally if we try to push something through - especially with AE rules - we'll get sufficiently pushed back that it will make things harder. I try not to use those unless I absolutely have to - it is much better to explain and work with editors than to drop enforcement on them, so that's my first choice. In this case I've been through BLP/N on this topic before, so I knew what the outcome would be, and that means that we'll have consensus instead of unwilling recipients of enforcement, and this would create a more enduring solution. (That said, I'm also involved, so I couldn't do much directly anyway).
 * I tend to give a lot of leeway on issues around vaccination. From my perspective, both "sides" are incredibly well intentioned. Those opposed to vaccination genuinely fear for their children as they are terrified that they will risk autism or other side effects for something that their children may never need, while those who oppose them (correctly, in my view) see anti-vaxx arguments as risking the health (and potentially lives) of children who cannot be vaccinated or whose parents chose not to vaccinate. Given that, I expect battleground behaviour - I don't have to like it, but I understand that the topic is emotional and important to those arguing. Equally, I don't like topic bans, because what I don't like to see is dissenting voices silenced unless those voices really can't engage with the process, as we need dissenting voices to maintain balance in some of these BLPs. (And we have a problem that there are now few dissenting voices in some of these topics, making the risk of unbalanced articles much higher). That said, there is a limit, and we were skirting it. - Bilby (talk) 10:23, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * OMG - can we clone you?? If more admins thought like you, editing would be far more pleasant in controversial topic areas. My apologies for the baggage I incorporated into my question, but the train left me at the WP:POVRAILROAD station, and I've been forced to walk the distance with baggage in tow. I just tossed one those bags in the dumpster. Crossing paths with you provided a nice boost in restoring my faith in the system. Lead on, Bilby. Thank you and happy editing! <span style="text-shadow:#F8F8FF 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em,#F4BBFF -0.2em -0.3em 0.6em,#BFFF00 0.8em 0.8em 0.6em;color:#A2006D">Atsme Talk 📧 13:18, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi Bilby and . As can be seen by a good look at my editing history, I don't care one iota about the vaccine issue. I'm actually very neutral on the subject because it's one I haven't investigated and, like the abortion issue, it's one I've chosen to stay far from as it's just too heated and seems to be lacking all rational, level-headed debate (except in rare cases). From a mile away one can see that it is a loosing battle to engage with those holding strong, myopic, binary thought processes on these issues. The truth, anyway, is rarely found at one of the extremes, and grows even more distant with accompanying hand-wavy arguments and insults like "science hater". In my case, though I have never edited nor likely even mentioned any pseudoscience on WP, it has been suggested that I have a major problem in this area, and that I'm a 'pseudoscience pusher". I'm seeing leeway given to this behaviour because, well, it's a controversial topic. But in my view, the problem we have when trying to create balanced articles is caused by editors who are fanatical about any given issue. I'm not sure that it's a good idea to allow activists on either side of heated topics to edit those areas.
 * One of my focuses here has been on BLP's, especially those that have become biased either by fans or foes running amok. To be honest, it's quite rare to find a balanced BLP. People who've edited Sharyl's page have largely been people who seem to hate her - from the choice of the Lede image (prior to my change), to scraping up and adding every random criticism that has ever been printed, whilst degrading mention of her many accolades - it became a hit piece. When I looked through some of the sources already in use, I noticed there was an obvious exclusion of any argument from Attkisson explaining her vaccine reporting, even though the topic was being extensively covered in her bio. We used the Daily Beast for several bits of content, yet their mention of her stated justification for the reporting she's done, namely a verified statement from a well-respected scientist, was disallowed. In the Snopes article that everyone fought tooth and nail to include, the statement by Zimmerman (who is still with the CDC and remains in good standing, and who has not retracted his claim) was included, but suggesting it be added to our BLP resulted in personal attacks on me, and claims that I am "pushing pseudoscience theories" (theories??). This is one of the worst things an editor on WP can be accused of: pushing pseudoscience. And I have done nothing to deserve these claims. What is being excluded by activist editors is important, encyclopedic fodder. We are favoring Snopes as a source over a scientist with the CDC. This is why people make fun of WP. This is why Larry Sanger claims we never learned how to deal with 'bad actors'. Because we allow the loudest and angriest to control content. Mainly because we are volunteers and there is nothing fun about dealing with those types, or the never-ending noticeboards.
 * It should also be easy to observe that my suggestions to add bits from RS already in use, additions that give insight into Attkisson's side of the story, namely, why she reports the wild and crazy stuff she does, do not make me an advocate. If I worked on Hitler's article and wanted to add a quotation from him to give readers greater understanding of his rationale, does that mean I support his ideas? Shouldn't the public expect more from WP editors, such as the ability to think outside of the anti/pro dichotomy?
 * Anyway, you've got a great conversation going here. Thanks for letting me poke my head in. Enjoy,  <font color="#A0A0A0">petrarchan47  คุ  ก   23:56, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * It should also be easy to observe that my suggestions to add bits from RS already in use, additions that give insight into Attkisson's side of the story, namely, why she reports the wild and crazy stuff she does, do not make me an advocate. If I worked on Hitler's article and wanted to add a quotation from him to give readers greater understanding of his rationale, does that mean I support his ideas? Shouldn't the public expect more from WP editors, such as the ability to think outside of the anti/pro dichotomy?
 * Anyway, you've got a great conversation going here. Thanks for letting me poke my head in. Enjoy,  <font color="#A0A0A0">petrarchan47  คุ  ก   23:56, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Anyway, you've got a great conversation going here. Thanks for letting me poke my head in. Enjoy,  <font color="#A0A0A0">petrarchan47  คุ  ก   23:56, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

BLP violation re-added
Bilby, your fix here has been undone. Since the page is locked to all but administrators, I wonder if you or can see to removing this violation.  <font color="#A0A0A0">petrarchan47 คุ  ก   17:57, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not following the rational. Perhaps take to BLPN, instead? El_C 18:02, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
 * you don't agree with Bilby's removal of the blog in the diff above? The rationale is stated in the edit summary, it's a violation of policy.  <font color="#A0A0A0">petrarchan47  คุ  ก   18:24, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Per WP:BLPSPS - "Never use self-published sources—including but not limited to books, zines, websites, blogs, and tweets—as sources of material about a living person, unless written or published by the subject of the article."  <font color="#A0A0A0">petrarchan47  คุ  ก   18:29, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
 * It is now at BLPN, danke.  <font color="#A0A0A0">petrarchan47  คุ  ก   08:06, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
 * My apologies - I have a flu, so I have been sitting around feeling sorry for myself rather than editing, and I should have got back to you sooner. When this has been through BLP/N before, the general consensus has been that we can use self-published sources to express the opinion of teh author, but not to express facts about the subject. Thus it is normally ok for us to say "Gorski was critical of ..." because that is expressing Gorski's opinion, but not "According to Gorski, only one expert was consulted" as that is a factual statement that comes from an SPS, so can't be used. Thus I removed Gorski's statements about Attkisson, but didn't remove Gorski's person opinions about her. I do have a problem with this approach as there will always be someone highly critical we can quote, especially with a controversial topic, but that is a difficult argument. I guess we'll see what happens at BLP/N this time. There are certainly those who have argued that we can't use an SPS on a BLP at all, but I'm not sure where consensus will lie as we've had a bit of editor turnover in that area of BLP. - Bilby (talk) 10:14, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Oh, that's a bummer. I'm sorry to hear this. Well, you sure are missed when you're under the weather. Please get well soon and when you feel up to it, the BLPN will be waiting. Cheers,  <font color="#A0A0A0">petrarchan47  คุ  ก   10:15, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

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Editing News #1—July 2019
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Did you know?

Did you know that you can use the visual editor on a mobile device?

Every article has a pencil icon at the top. Tap on the pencil icon to start editing.

 Edit Cards 



This is what the new Edit Cards for editing links in the mobile visual editor look like. You can try the prototype here: 📲 Try Edit Cards.

Welcome back to the Editing newsletter.

Since the last newsletter, the team has released two new features for the mobile visual editor and has started developing three more. All of this work is part of the team's goal to make editing on mobile web simpler.

Before talking about the team's recent releases, we have a question for you:

Are you willing to try a new way to add and change links?

If you are interested, we would value your input! You can try this new link tool in the mobile visual editor on a separate wiki.

Follow these instructions and share your experience:

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Recent releases
The mobile visual editor is a simpler editing tool, for smartphones and tablets using the mobile site. The Editing team has recently launched two new features to improve the mobile visual editor:


 * 1) Section editing
 * 2) * The purpose is to help contributors focus on their edits.
 * 3) * The team studied this with an A/B test. This test showed that contributors who could use section editing were 1% more likely to publish the edits they started than people with only full-page editing.
 * 4) Loading overlay
 * 5) * The purpose is to smooth the transition between reading and editing.

Section editing and the new loading overlay are now available to everyone using the mobile visual editor.

New and active projects
This is a list of our most active projects. Watch these pages to learn about project updates and to share your input on new designs, prototypes and research findings.


 * Edit cards: This is a clearer way to add and edit links, citations, images, templates, etc. in articles. You can try this feature now.  Go here to see how: 📲Try Edit Cards.
 * Mobile toolbar refresh: This project will learn if contributors are more successful when the editing tools are easier to recognize.
 * Mobile visual editor availability: This A/B test asks: Are newer contributors more successful if they use the mobile visual editor?  We are collaborating with 20 Wikipedias to answer this question.
 * Usability improvements: This project will make the mobile visual editor easier to use.  The goal is to let contributors stay focused on editing and to feel more confident in the editing tools.

Looking ahead

 * Wikimania: Several members of the Editing Team will be attending Wikimania in August 2019.  They will lead a session about mobile editing in the Community Growth space.  Talk to them about how editing can be improved.
 * Talk Pages: In the coming months, the Editing Team will begin improving talk pages and communication on the wikis.

Learning more
The VisualEditor on mobile is a good place to learn more about the projects we are working on. The team wants to talk with you about anything related to editing. If you have something to say or ask, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile.

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Arbitration
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Miscellaneous
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 * The new page reviewer right is bundled with the admin tool set. Many admins regularly help out at Special:NewPagesFeed, but they may not be aware of improvements, changes, and new tools for the Curation system. Stay up to date by subscribing  here to the NPP newsletter that appears every two months, and/or putting the reviewers' talk page on your watchlist. Since the introduction of temporary user rights, it is becoming more usual to accord the New Page Reviewer right on a probationary period of 3 to 6 months in the first instance. This avoids rights removal for inactivity at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis.

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August 2019
Per WP:TPOC you are not allowed to retain comments making accusations of bias while collapsing shorter response to those comments. Either collapse both sides of the argument or leave both sides alone.

I would also remind you of this discretionary sanctions warning you received last year: --Guy Macon (talk) 07:25, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
 * It would have been helpful if you had mentioned that you had raised this at WP:FTN, but I've responded there. - Bilby (talk)

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Technical news
 * Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
 * The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes) now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.

Arbitration
 * A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2019 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

Miscellaneous
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Speedy deletion nomination of User talk:Example/Archive 12


A tag has been placed on User talk:Example/Archive 12 requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

"Similar to Archive 13, this was almost certainly the result of an errant archive script syntax. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:EvergreenFir#Archiving_comments"

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, pages that meet certain criteria may be deleted at any time.

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Removing AFPSLAI Scholarship in list of Notable Scholarships
Good day Sir! I noticed that you removed what I have added in the list of notable scholarships. Are those notable scholarships are from America only? The reason why I added the Armed Forces & Police Savings and Loan Association, Inc. (AFPSLAI) Scholarship is that it is well-known here in the Philippines. It is one of the scholarship programs which produces a lot of Filipino graduates. These are the verifiable web links: 1. https://www.afp.mil.ph/index.php/8-afp-news/563-afpslai-scholarship-and-educational-assistance-program 2. https://philnewsph.com/2018/05/09/afpslai-scholarship-and-educational-assistance-program-application-requirements-qualifications-and-benefits/ 3. https://www.scribd.com/document/399082683/scholarship-application-form-pdf 4. https://fitzvillafuerte.com/information-about-afpslai.html 5. http://adventuresofateacherwannabe.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-thank-you-letter-for-afpslai.html?m=1 Jsnueva1022 (talk) 11:42, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2019).

Administrator changes
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Interface administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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Oversight changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a discussion, a new criterion for speedy category renaming was added: C2F: One eponymous article, which applies if the category contains only an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories.

Technical news
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Arbitration
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 * The arbitration case regarding was closed.  While there will be a local RfC focus[ing] on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future, there is currently a global community consultation on partial and temporary office actions in response to the incident. It will be open until October 30th.

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Editing News #2 – Mobile editing and talk pages – October 2019
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Inside this newsletter, the Editing team talks about their work on the mobile visual editor, on the new talk pages project, and at Wikimania 2019.

Help
What talk page interactions do you remember? Is it a story about how someone helped you to learn something new? Is it a story about how someone helped you get involved in a group? Something else? Whatever your story is, we want to hear it!

Please tell us a story about how you used a talk page. Please share a link to a memorable discussion, or describe it on the talk page for this project. The team would value your examples. These examples will help everyone develop a shared understanding of what this project should support and encourage.

Talk Pages
The Talk Pages Consultation was a global consultation to define better tools for wiki communication. From February through June 2019, more than 500 volunteers on 20 wikis, across 15 languages and multiple projects, came together with members of the Foundation to create a product direction for a set of discussion tools. The Phase 2 Report of the Talk Page Consultation was published in August. It summarizes the product direction the team has started to work on, which you can read more about here: Talk Page Project project page.

The team needs and wants your help at this early stage. They are starting to develop the first idea. Please add your name to the "Getting involved" section of the project page, if you would like to hear about opportunities to participate.

Mobile visual editor
The Editing team is trying to make it simpler to edit on mobile devices. The team is changing the visual editor on mobile. If you have something to say about editing on a mobile device, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile.

Edit Cards



 * On 3 September, the Editing team released version 3 of Edit Cards. Anyone could use the new version in the mobile visual editor.
 * There is an updated design on the Edit Card for adding and modifying links. There is also a new, combined workflow for editing a link's display text and target.
 * Feedback: You can try the new Edit Cards by opening the mobile visual editor on a smartphone. Please post your feedback on the Edit cards talk page.

Toolbar



 * In September, the Editing team updated the mobile visual editor's editing toolbar. Anyone could see these changes in the mobile visual editor.
 * One toolbar: All of the editing tools are located in one toolbar. Previously, the toolbar changed when you clicked on different things.
 * New navigation: The buttons for moving forward and backward in the edit flow have changed.
 * Seamless switching: an improved workflow for switching between the visual and wikitext modes.
 * Feedback: You can try the refreshed toolbar by opening the mobile VisualEditor on a smartphone. Please post your feedback on the Toolbar feedback talk page.

Wikimania
The Editing Team attended Wikimania 2019 in Sweden. They led a session on the mobile visual editor and a session on the new talk pages project. They tested two new features in the mobile visual editor with contributors. You can read more about what the team did and learned in the team's report on Wikimania 2019.

Looking ahead

 * Talk Pages Project: The team is thinking about the first set of proposed changes.  The team will be working with a few communities to pilot those changes. The best way to stay informed is by adding your username to the list on the project page: Getting involved.
 * Testing the mobile visual editor as the default: The Editing team plans to post results before the end of the calendar year. The best way to stay informed is by adding the project page to your watchlist: VisualEditor as mobile default project page.
 * Measuring the impact of Edit Cards: The Editing team hopes to share results in November.  This study asks whether the project helped editors add links and citations.  The best way to stay informed is by adding the project page to your watchlist: Edit Cards project page.

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FTN
I mentioned you at the fringe theories noticeboard. -Roxy, the dog . wooF 08:35, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

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How Come You Don't Disclose That You Are an Admin?
Hi. How come you don't disclose that you are an administrator on Wikipedia, on your user page? That is kind of deceptive to not disclose that, isn't it? Also, many times editors are looking for admins to assist in various circumstances, which I believe is part of an administrator's function. In your case, they would be unable to discern that you were actually an administrator, to ask for help... Please correct me if I am wrong that you are not an admin and have not been an admin for years...
 * My account is included in List of administrators/Active. - Bilby (talk)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2019).

Administrator changes
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Interface administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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 * An RfC was closed with the consensus that the resysop criteria should be made stricter.
 * The follow-up RfC to develop that change is now open at Requests for comment/2019 Resysop Criteria (2).
 * A related RfC is seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure.

Arbitration
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A survey to improve the community consultation outreach process
Hello!

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking to improve the community consultation outreach process for Foundation policies, and we are interested in why you didn't participate in a recent consultation that followed a community discussion you’ve been part of.

Please fill out this short survey to help us improve our community consultation process for the future. It should only take about three minutes.

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BLP
Hi Bilby,

Would it be possible to further explain your revert of my revert of a recent change to WP:BLP. Your edit summary is "not without consensus"; are you suggesting that there is consensus for BullRangifer's change to the policy? If so, could you share a link to the discussion? I looked at the policy Talk page, but couldn't find anything. - Ryk72 talk 00:11, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I misread the last edit, and though it was going the wrong way. I self reverted as soon as I realised I stuffed up. :) - Bilby (talk) 00:13, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
 * No worries. Thanks for the quick reply. - Ryk72 talk 00:15, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
 * That was an easy mistake to make. Been there, done that. I made the change after a discussion where I noted that when I had added the requirement to mention any denials a long time ago, I had failed to add certain qualifying words. So I just went and added them, but without any discussion on the BLP talk page.
 * I expected someone would maybe fine-tune and tweak it to make it better, but I didn't expect a complete deletion. What would be better wording? -- BullRangifer (talk) 01:55, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Edit war
Over at Gary Null you appear to be in an edit war. I suggest you stop now.Slatersteven (talk) 13:01, 17 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not trying to edit war, but the quote isn't in any of the sources provided, and under BLP we should remove it. I wanted to add an FV tag rather than remove, but I'm uncomfortable with attributing a quote to a BLP subject without a viable source. Otherwise, we do need to consiolidate the refs, as the same group of three refs are posted twice, making the ref list unweildy, but that isn't a BLP concern. - Bilby (talk) 13:06, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Sharyl Attkisson
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Sharyl Attkisson. You are encouraged to share your thoughts at the above talkpage discussion, within the next 24 hours, before administrator renders his decision on whether to extend the full page protection for Sharyl Attkisson and for how long. Doug Mehus T · C  18:06, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Sharyl Attkisson
Please stop re-adding a “factual accuracy is disputed” tag. The factual accuracy is not in dispute and has in fact been accepted by consensus. The dispute is over BLP. Please remove this inaccurate tag immediately and cease edit warring over it - keep note there is a 1RR rule in effect. <i style="color: green; font-family: Mistral;">Toa</i> <i style="color: green; font-family: Mistral;">Nidhiki05</i> 19:59, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * There is currently an RFC looking at the claim as to whether it is correct to add that she has denied a key accusation made in that section. Currently her denial has been removed. Considering the significance of that denial, it seems fair to let readers know that there is a dispiute about that content until it is resolved. - Bilby (talk) 20:02, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * It is not a factual accuracy issue. Either fix the tag or, ideally, remove it. <i style="color: green; font-family: Mistral;">Toa</i> <i style="color: green; font-family: Mistral;">Nidhiki05</i> 20:04, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * We are debating whether or not a key fact should be included. That seems to speak to factual accuracy. - Bilby (talk) 20:07, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

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Edit war
Hi, my added information regarding Levon Khachigian and Dz13 have been deleted by Megan Parry. All of my information is fully documented by references and Megan Parrys claims are false. I ask you to please look at the evidence and re-edit and include my added information. Thanks. Moroks (talk) 12:45, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
 * When protecting the page I don;t have any opinion about which version is correct - by definition, whatever state it was protected in is the wrong version. As it is now protected, hopefully the issues will be worked out on the talk page. - Bilby (talk) 13:42, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

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Hi Bilby. I noticed someone started a discussion about you without notifying you. Discussion is at Fringe_theories/Noticeboard --Ronz (talk) 01:04, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. I'll respond there. - Bilby (talk) 01:39, 28 December 2019 (UTC)