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Administrators' newsletter – August 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).



Administrator changes
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Arbitration
 * The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
 * The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:53, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

ArbClerkBot
Hi Bradv. ArbClerkBot doesn't seem to be up right now. Would it be possible to look into that? If you lack capacity to look into it, that's also totally understandable. It may also be helpful to add a technically-minded member of the clerk team to the maintainers of the bot.

Hope you're doing well, KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 17:12, 1 August 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ It was a queue error, standard "have you tried turning it off and back on again". -- Amanda (she/her)  21:52, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * We could also likely write a brief bash script to check the health of the task and if error shows, then kill it and let it restart. -- Amanda (she/her)  22:21, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * @AmandaNP: hm, it doesn't seem to have worked with the most recent post either. Best, KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 23:02, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Hey Kevin, I'm currently on vacation but I'll look into this next week. – bradv  17:22, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Take your time — this is as non-urgent as it gets :) KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 17:56, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I just looked into it. Something seems to have pulled out the underlying library we are using out from underneath us :/ Going to read the documentation again to see how to readd this, though I swear we haven't touched this, so this was either a server lapse or something tool admins did purposefully. -- Amanda (she/her)  18:14, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
 * So.
 * Technical reason: venvs/grid engine which we are using for this are extremely flakey on the bastion servers. I've been told that stability only exists in k8ns. So essentially we have to migrate to k8ns to prevent this from happening again, and I've never touched said software, and although wikitech:Help:Toolforge/Jobs framework exists, i've been told it's an absolute pain in the ass to set up, but will be fine once you get it there. And DeltaQuadBot is now at risk over this same issue and explains why I've had similar issues in the past there too. So another boatload of manhours to figure this out that I'm not taking unplanned time out of my day to deal with it. I will consider it for next weekend.
 * Plain english reason: Bot does not have the proper food to run, bot will continue to fail until we change it's diet, and DeltaQuadBot is at risk for this also. -- Amanda (she/her)  21:12, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
 * @AmandaNP, I'm not sure the version on toolforge ever worked properly. The bot was running on my own server until May 22, when it inadvertently got shut down. I've restarted the server and now it appears to be working again. I am interested in porting this though, so let's work on that together when we both have some free time. @L235, it's running again. ;) –  bradv  13:01, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
 * That would explain why it looks like the errors started last year... That is reassuring. I'll reach out and offer some dates that would be best. -- Amanda (she/her)  13:03, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).

Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
 * A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

Technical news
 * Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date.

Arbitration
 * The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:21, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Such a pleasant user page!

 * Thank you @Macbrew. Cheers. – bradv  18:50, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

New page patrol October 2023 Backlog drive
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I am partially blocked
Hi, I was partially blocked for problematic COI editing and wanted to check with you first before asking to be unblocked. The reason I would like to be unblocked is so I can directly edit a project I am working on that involves the California Historical Landmarks in Santa Clara County. There are many corrections that need to be made on this page as well as the landmark articles that, in several cases, do not point to the correct article and/or have no information about the landmark, e.g. the site of invention of the first commercially practicable integrated circuit. I admit that I did some problematic COI editing and I promise not to do it again. I enjoy doing the research and working on meaningful Wikipedia articles. Please let me know what you think? Greg Henderson (talk) 17:56, 27 September 2023 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure why you are asking me. User talk:Drmies already exists, and if you can't accept that advice you can try post an unblock request on your talk page or appeal to WP:AN. I would suggest, however, that your best path to restoration is to be as forthcoming as possible about your previous COI editing, and to help others with the cleanup efforts. More apologies alone won't cut it – we need to see that you understand what it takes to write a neutral encyclopedia. – bradv  19:49, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).

Administrator changes
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 * An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text: Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.

Technical news
 * Administrators can now choose to add the user's user page to their watchlist when changing the usergroups for a user. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 9 ("MarioProtIV topic ban") of the WikiProject Tropical Cyclones case has been rescinded.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:41, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

November Articles for creation backlog drive
 Hello Bradv:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!

The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:23, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Dunny830
I see you blocked this user. Are you able to restore Articles for deletion/Jijo Antony (2nd nomination) which they closed as no consensus? CNMall41 (talk) 21:56, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I see they are now edit warring the closure from different IP addresses. --CNMall41 (talk) 21:57, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I see this has now been taken care of by another admin. I'm not sure which LTA this is, but if you see them pop up again I suggest reporting them to AIV. – bradv  18:29, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).



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 * The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
 * There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

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 * Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
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 * Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
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 * Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
 * Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
 * An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

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Public clarification
Yeah, so it turns out you weren't even in that bit of discussion, sorry again—I was actually replying to User:SarekofVulcan, who mentioned NewYorkBrad in his comment, and of course I misread it as being yours. Slightly convoluted, but a fooolish mix up on my part. ——Serial 12:27, 28 November 2023 (UTC)


 * That makes more sense, but I think you're still missing a word. It doesn't really matter though – there are plenty of comments worth ignoring in that thread; no sense adding to the pile. – bradv  15:24, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Conflict with griefer Skitash on Tunisia related pages
Dear Wikipedia Administrators,

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to appeal the block you placed on my Wikipedia account. I believe the block was issued due to my attempts to revert edits made by a user engaging in ethno-centric bias, specifically in relation to the representation of Tunisian ethnicity, language, and Berber ancestry.

I understand the importance of maintaining a neutral point of view on Wikipedia and strive to adhere to its policies. In this case, my intention was to ensure that the information presented accurately reflects the diversity of perspectives and historical facts regarding Tunisian heritage.

The user in question has been systematically removing sourced content that acknowledges the non-Arabic aspects of Tunisian ethnicity and language, as well as information about Berber ancestry or other non-arab ancestry or language elements. This raises concerns about the impartiality and accuracy of the content being presented on Wikipedia.

I believe my efforts to revert these edits were in line with Wikipedia's commitment to providing unbiased and verifiable information. My actions were not intended to disrupt the platform but rather to uphold the principles of neutrality and inclusivity that are essential to Wikipedia's credibility.

I kindly request a review of the block on my account, taking into consideration the context of the edits in question and my commitment to upholding Wikipedia's content policies. I am more than willing to engage in constructive discussions, provide additional sources, and work collaboratively to ensure the accuracy and neutrality of the content related to Tunisian ethnicity and language. Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to a resolution that promotes the integrity and objectivity of Wikipedia.

Sincerely, asmodim Asmodim (talk) 22:23, 30 November 2023 (UTC)


 * The block has already expired, so there's no point in appealing it. I'm glad to see you are discussing your disagreements now instead of edit warring – that's a considerable improvement. The next step would be to make a coherent argument on the talk page, supported by reliable sources, on exactly what needs to be changed. Bonus points if you can do so while commenting on content rather than on the contributor. – bradv  01:58, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Editor experience invitation
Hi Bradv :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss 🍀  (talk) 02:18, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

BARFVD
A special BurnStar for U.

❤ GRINCHIDICAE🎄 19:20, 1 December 2023 (UTC)


 * You truly do make the worst barnstars. – bradv  19:24, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Other shrines
I saw you reviewed two of my shrine articles. I have two other pending ones Draft:Tashima Shrine and Draft:Sumiyoshi Shrine (Iki City). Could you look over them and fix Tashima Shrine with AWB if you have it?

I have a few other drafts pending too that are not shrines


 * Draft:Masakaki
 * Draft:Amazing Cultivation Simulator
 * Draft:Makimuku Ishizuka Kofun

Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk to the cutest Wikipedian) 06:54, 2 December 2023 (UTC)


 * @Immanuelle, you know you can move these yourself now, right? We trust you. – bradv  06:57, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, I see there's still a restriction in effect. I'll look these over in the next day or so. – bradv  06:59, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Immanuelle, I've accepted all of these. There is some concern that Amazing Cultivation Simulator may not meet WP:GNG, but that can be dealt with at AFD. Likewise, there was some objection to Makimuku Ishizuka Kofun being a stand-alone article rather than merged into Makimuku ruins, but that can be dealt with in mainspace if there is consensus for merging. (I also note that your restriction prohibits you from merging content from declined drafts, so arguably you couldn't even perform the merge as suggested by AfC reviewers anyway.) – bradv  17:16, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Bradv yeah currently all declined articles with suggested merges have been completed. I feel that restriction in particular is a rather unconstructive one that I plan on appealing soon.
 * I also want to attempt to prove I can do translations well by getting an exemption for Draft:Horaisan Kofun so I can prove myself
 * I am a bit unsure what to do for this, and whether to wait longer. Do you have advice in this area? Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk to the cutest Wikipedian) 19:37, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations!

 * You've outdone yourself. – bradv  21:21, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Just a thought
I just want to say that it is because of admin power moves such as these, that people like me who have spent an entire DECADE working towards improving Wikipedia want to quit for good. You speak about "thousands of people [...] working tirelessly to help improve the encyclopedia and achieve its vision" in your user page. What has been the point of my working tirelessly for a decade to achieve this, so that I can be demeaned and blocked without consequence for reverting spam? Krimuk2.0 (talk) 06:38, 3 December 2023 (UTC)


 * What about your treatment of the other editors on that page? I count at least 7 reverts from you on December 1, without even a single post on the talk page. This is textbook edit warring, and as someone who's been around for over a decade, you should know better. – bradv  15:23, 3 December 2023 (UTC)


 * You mean treatment of reverting spam & poorly sourced info from other editors, that was reverted by someone else soon after? Krimuk2.0 (talk) 06:35, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
 * It doesn't matter whether you were correct or not, you were still edit warring. Regardless, the talk page of the article is still available to you if you wish to engage in some collaborative article building. – bradv  14:50, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

thank you
Hi bradv, the ANI thread closed before I could respond to your final comment to me, so I am following up here. Overall, I regret not being more proactive about seeking more editor participation with the content side of the dispute - I filed a request at RFPP and then a report at ANEW, but I could have also gone to BLPN and/or pursued other content-related dispute resolution options, and I could have used the disputed inline template. I appreciate your responses to my replies to your requests for an explanation at ANI about why I thought a BLP exemption applied, because this interaction emphasizes how controversial BLP exemptions for 3RR can be. One aspect of our interaction that I found particularly helpful is the clarification of how a credible claim of a BLP exemption may seem apparent, but if it requires an essay of explanation, then it can be considered 'controversial.'And then I reviewed the July 2022 "Making WP:3RRNO point 7 more specific" discussion in the WT:Edit warring Archive, and I think it not only reinforces all of this but also adds depth related to the implementation and purpose of the policy. So I hope this follow up helps provide some reassurance about my improved understanding of the 3RRBLP threshold. Thank you, Beccaynr (talk) 04:34, 4 December 2023 (UTC)


 * I appreciate your message, @Beccaynr. I hope it didn't feel too much like I was interrogating you – I was really trying to understand your objections to the change. But yes, the 3RRBLP exemption is somewhat complicated, as it needs to strike a delicate balance between preventing disruptive editing while protecting the rights of the subjects of BLPs. I read that discussion you linked and I don't know where I stand: on the one hand adding a word like "obvious" or "uncontroversial" should make things more clear, but I question whether that would weaken our BLP protections. And if we make that change, what kind of other nefarious behaviour are we going to unlock? Perhaps another way of looking at this is that we don't even need that exemption – it's already covered by WP:IAR. In other words, if you're going to break 3RR it should be obvious to any reasonable Wikipedian that it was the right thing to do, and that you're willing to risk consequences to protect the integrity of the encyclopedia.  At any rate, I appreciate you patiently explaining the real-life context and implications of these edits. I don't know much about Indian politics or history, but I am trying to learn. Happy editing. –  bradv  15:13, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, bradv, and your questions felt more like the Socratic method to me, including because the interaction helped me better understand the meaning of 'controversial' in the 3RRBLP exemption. And while this is an imperfect analogy, I am familiar with the delicate balance of a lawyer's duties related to roles as an officer of the court and representative of a client, which in some ways reminds me of the delicate balance between protecting the encyclopedia from disruptive editing and protecting the rights of a BLP subject. I also feel as if I have some experience from work on contentious BLPs that made some concerns expressed in the WT:Edit warring archive discussion ring true about unintended consequences from policy language changes.At this point, I am tending to think of 3RRBLP somewhat like seeking ex parte relief - where other participants have no opportunity to be heard, and the best case is clearly obvious and urgent. I also found the WT:Edit warring archive discussion useful because admin perspective was offered; while it may be possible to find an admin who recognizes a BLP claim, "obvious to any reasonable Wikipedian that it was the right thing to do" seems to be a higher threshold, particularly for the broadest protection from being blocked. This has given me a lot to consider for how I personally wish to proceed, and I also appreciated the traffic ticket analogies in the archived discussion, because my personal preference is to slow down rather than try to talk my way out of tickets. Thanks again, Beccaynr (talk) 20:05, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Beccaynr and Bradv I respond to the ping also here. But this conversation is correctly formed with the special nature of topic. This page Dwivedi is stressful to modify because the whole history of assembly has intimidate and ad hominem challenges. The criteria and standards of other philosophers articles are not appliqués to the page from this problem. During the survey, I found that certain other Indian académics pages have this problem. Wikipedia may please take into account this particular circumstance with Indian politic to keep this a decent page.
 * The NDTV interview has the context of the birthday of Gandhi as same as the co-authored Indian Express. Her stress on Gandhi in this clip of less than a minute is not significant. Her articles and co-author book dedicated to Gandhi to be a most complete and learned job. The Print website quotes many of her solo words. But research on social networks shows that the journalist interpreted her statements to reflect indignation of the far right in social media. Clear that it is biased to create sensationalism. Most other media reports of her recent statements are the same method derived.
 * If you utilise Google and make social networks research, its statements are almost always wrongly attributed. It is the basis of threats and harassment. But the other basis is something now apparent after seeing the recent publishing history of article page. People of the far right want to keep the bad sensational target on Hinduism, but her vast declarations, written alone and co-written, on discrimination and racism of caste in India are the real animosity's cause. In the article in Esprit on Hindou many many Indian politicians and academicians are named not just Gandhi. The solution may be to make a section on her work on the castes and to expand it. Your project of making article separate on “Hindou Hoax” is good also. The alarming question here is that it can find the threats to her on social networks undeleted. Serious problematic is you can find assassinations of many Indian philosophers intellectuels in news and wikipedia. Guillaume R Legrand (talk) 21:21, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
 * You have both given me a lot to read up on. Thank you. – bradv  15:22, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

I'm giggling
If I'd known the sock would out themselves so publicly, I wouldn't have spent as much time on the SPI filing. Thanks for the good work b! Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 03:39, 6 December 2023 (UTC)


 * My pleasure. ;) – bradv  03:43, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Context for talk page stalkers here. – bradv  17:25, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).

Administrator changes
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Arbitration
 * Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
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New pages patrol January 2024 Backlog drive
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A solstice greeting
 ❄️Happy holidays!❄️

Hi Brad! I'd like to wish you a splendid solstice season as we wrap up the year. Here is an artwork, made individually for you, to celebrate. (The trees happened to be especially tall in this one.) I always appreciate your insights and contributions. Take care, and thanks for all you do to make Wikipedia better!Cheers, &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb }&#125;  talk

&#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 06:26, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Notice of Report Against You
This is to inform you that I made a report against you here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ironcladded (talk • contribs) 06:35, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Season's greetings
 We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, And a Happy New Year! May your holidays be filled with peace and joy. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year! CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:34, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

''Adapted from Xmas6. Spread the cheer by adding to their talk page.'' CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:34, 28 December 2023 (UTC)


 * @CAPTAIN RAJU, did you mean to put this in this section? – bradv  22:40, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I did not want put this in this section.I already tag new section/subject.thanks. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:52, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'm going to suggest you go back and add section headings for all the messages you sent out today. With the way you did it the messages won't archive properly. – bradv  23:02, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

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 * RefRenamer by Nardog is this issue's featured script. For whatever reason, the foundation will only give us better reference names in VisualEditor if we wish for it in the next survey. Nardog to the rescue! This script has a ton of options to satisfy almost anyone who wishes to use better refnames than ":0" and ":418".

Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Updated scripts

 * Nardog: MoveHistory can now look up the move history of any page from anywhere on the site.
 * User:Enterprisey/diff-permalink now has a version that copies the Special:Diff link with square brackets.
 * User:GhostInTheMachine/WatchlistTidy now moves the Active Filters panel to the right so that the Show/Hide button doesn't constantly jump.
 * User:Alexander Davronov/HistoryHelper has now become stable with some bugfixes and features such as automatically highlighting potentially uncivil edit summaries and automatically pinging all the users selected.
 * AutoEd/unicodehex.js will no longer replace legacy MediaWiki dot-entities (dot followed by two uppercase alphanumeric characters) in article links, which caused several links to become broken.



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 * Many of our favorite scripts such as User:Fred Gandt/userResourceManager, User:Guarapiranga/search-shortcuts and User:Bradv/Scripts/Superlinks haven't been updated for Vector 2022. You could be the one to change that!
 * User:Elominius/gadget/media timer works, but its UI looks alien. Someone could improve it...
 * To a lesser extent, the same goes for User:PrimeHunter/Search sort.js. I wish someone would integrate the sorts into the sort menu instead of adding 11 portlet links.
 * We want...
 * ...a mark-as-read button for Watchlyst Greybar Unsin
 * ...a tool to automatically fix CAT:BROKENREFs, preferably a fork/addition to User:TheJJJunk/ARA
 * ...a fix/fork of User:DannyS712/SectionRemover.js to make it work

1009Clock.jpg Requested scripts

 * A WP:3O requesting and responding tool, similar to Terasil's classic edit request tool
 * A "bytes removed"/"added" filter on the user contribs page
 * A review tool for WP:proposed deletions
 * Mass patrol new pages by a user for use in WP:RFP/A
 * ...and many more, all available at User scripts/Requests

Gnome-colors-list-add.svg New scripts

 * Aaron Liu: Watchlyst Greybar Unsin is a rewrite of Ais's Watchlist Notifier with modern APIs and several new features such as not displaying watchlist items marked as seen (hence the name), not bolding diffs of unseen watchlist elements which doesn’t work properly anyways, displaying the rendered edit summary, proper display of log and creation actions and more links.
 * Alexis Jazz: Factotum is a spiritual successor to reply-link with a host of extra features like section adding, link rewriting, regular expressions and more.
 * User:Aveaoz/AutoMobileRedirect: This script will automatically redirect MobileFrontend (en.m.wikipedia) to normal Wikipedia. Unlike existing scripts, this one will actually check if your browser is mobile or not through its secret agent string, so you can stay logged in on mobile! Hooray screen estate!
 * Chlod:
 * Deputy is a first-of-its-kind copyright cleanup toolkit. It overrides the interface for Contributor copyright investigations for easy case processing. It also includes the functionality of the following (also new) scripts:
 * Attribution Notice Template Editor (ANTE) graphically modifies content attribution notices. It is the successor to User:Chlod/Scripts/CopiedTemplateEditor and supports more templates than copied ones.
 * Infringement Assistant allows a user to hide sections of a page for suspected copyright violations and report the page to the appropriate Copyright problems noticeboard.
 * User:Elominius/gadget/diff arrow keys allows navigation between diffs with the arrow keys. It also has a version that requires holding Ctrl with the arrow key.
 * Enterprisey
 * diff-permalink-2 allows quickly copying wikilinks to diff and permalink pages from those pages, a variation of existing script User:Enterprisey/diff-permalink
 * archiver is a fork of Σ's Archiver with several bugfixes.
 * /parent-cats highlights categories that are a subcategory of a category already included in a page's categories.
 * User:Guarapiranga/accessKeysCheatSheet adds an access key shortcut to display all shortcuts based on code provided by Nardog and NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh.
 * User:HungKhanh0106/ProperDisplay loads a bunch of fonts to add correct rendering supports for "esoteric" languages.
 * User:Jeeputer/highlightPiped will make piped links irresistible (or else).
 * User:Jerome Frank Disciple/curlyfixer.js adds an WP:AutoEd function that straightens curly quotes per MOS. That's right! Such a module was only made in the 14th year of AutoEd's existence! Configure away!
 * Frequently link to Wikipedia on your websites yet find generating CC-BY credits to be such a hassle? Say no more! User:Luke10.27/attribute will automatically do it for ya and copy the credit to yer clipboard.
 * User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft, a spiritual successor (i.e. fork) to Evad37's script, with a few bugs solved, and a host of extra features like check-boxes for choosing draftification reasons, multi-contributor notification, and appropriate warnings based on last edit time.
 * Nardog
 * /CopyCodeBlock: one of the most important operations for any scripter and script-user is to copy and paste. This script adds a copy button in the top right of every code block (not to be confused with ) that will, well, copy it to your clipboard!
 * /RCMuter: Hide specific users, perhaps User:MediaWiki message delivery, from the Watchlist and Recent Changes.
 * /VitalTopicon makes you see the vital article topicon on WP:vital articles.
 * m:User:NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/AceForLuaDebugConsole.js adds the Ace editor (a.k.a. the editor you see when editing JS, CSS and Lua on Wikimedia wikis) to the Lua debug console. "In my opinion, whoever designed it to be a plain needs to seriously reconsider their decision."
 * Novem Linguae
 * DraftCleaner fixes formatting of new articles.
 * GANReviewTool quickly and easily closes good article nominations.
 * ReviewStatus displays whether or not a mainspace page is marked as reviewed.
 * SpeciesHelper tries to add the correct speciesbox, category, taxonbar, and stub template to species articles.
 * User:Opencooper/svgReplace and Tol's fork replaces all rasterized SVGs with their original SVG codes for your loading pleasures. Tell us which one is better!
 * User:Phlsph7/HighlightUnreferencedPassages adds a button to highlight all unreferenced paragraphs in reds, and can even do it automatically.
 * Still hate Vector 2022's floating TOC? User:Phlsph7/UnfoldedNumberedTOC(Vector2022) might make you give it a try.
 * Quite a bit of pages at Special:WantedCategories either exist now or got removed. User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/hideUnwantedCategories automatically hides those.
 * User:SuperHamster's Tools/View it! generates a gallery of images for a given subject on any Wikimedia project utilizing Structured Data on Commons. Images can then be added as needed.
 * Terasail
 * ArticleInfo displays page information at the top of the page, directly below the title.
 * /HeaderIcons takes away the Vector 2022 user dropdown and replaces it with all of the icons within, top level, right next to the Watchlist. One less click away! There's also an alternate version that uses text links instead of icons.
 * ...and any more, all available at WP:US/L.

Due to budget and procrastination limitations, we've only had time to review the first ~39% of the scripts since last issue. Help us out here! Aaron Liu (talk) 13:24, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:54, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you
I was just at the User:Worm That Turned talk page and read your mention of the EotW/Eddie award and how it helped you stay on board. For you to mention it after all these years gives me great enjoyment and a sense of awareness that the award accomplishes what it was intended to do. It means so much for me to hear that... at a time when I am thinking of slowing down or handing it on to the next caretaker. Thanks for the boost of encouragement. Buster Seven   Talk  (UTC) 06:07, 15 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Buster7, I meant what I said to WTT – the EotW program is definitely a good thing, and I really hope it stays as active and effective as it has been. Thanks for running it all these years. Incidentally, Worm's response to me was to pay it forward, so if you're encouraged and remotivated by my message, I suppose I have. Cheers. – bradv  01:52, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

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 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Red-tailed hawk · Robertsky
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ameliorate! · Ancheta Wis · Anthony Bradbury (deceased) · Cobi · Ev · Moondyne · Worm That Turned

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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Worm That Turned



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

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Enterprisey · Izno

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 * An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news
 * Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size.

Arbitration
 * Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
 * Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

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 * Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
 * Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:01, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Sockpuppet_investigations/Jim_2_Michael
I saw that you closed the previous previous SPI on this editor, after it had been pending for some time. I was wondering if you would be open to closing the current one as well, as it has also been pending for a while after CU had commented. 33ABGirl (talk) 09:19, 12 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Done. – bradv  17:03, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for taking the measure to block the account. 33ABGirl (talk) 02:29, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

I want to bring your attention to several IP's where the editing pattern is similar to the user account on the current event portal for a certain day. The IP's are 82.34.33.245, 185.177.200.54, and 2A00:23C4:B18A:2E01:96E6:F7FF:FE2B:63E4. These are the ones I found so far and have been recent since I opened that casepage. I wanted to bring this to your attention since you blocked and closed the page. I've been reverting the edits due to their suspicious similarities. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 2:36, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Another one is 76.146.66.26. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 16:17, 19 February 2024 (UTC)


 * This report may also be of relevance. I reported a similar IP to Courcelles (who did the CU on the SPI), who blocked the IP for a duration of one week. 33ABGirl (talk) 01:37, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 24
 Hello everyone, and welcome to the 24th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering all our favorite new and updated user scripts since. Uh-huh, we're finally covering the good ones among the rest! Aren't you excited? Remember to include a link in double brackets to the script's .js page when you install the script, so that we can see who uses the script in WhatLinksHere! The ScriptInstaller gadget automatically does this. Aaron Liu (talk) 01:00, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

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Cscr-featured.svg Featured script

 * Making user scripts load faster by SD0001 is this month's featured script, which caches userscripts every day to eliminate the overhead caused by force-downloading the newest version of scripts every time you open a Wikipedia page. Despite being released in April 2021, our best script scouters have failed to locate it due to its omission from the US of L. For security reasons, the script only supports loading JavaScript pages.

Farm-Fresh error go.png Newly maintained scripts
After earthly attempts at improving the original have failed...
 * Aaron Liu has created What redirects here from Guarapiranga/WhatRedirectsHere; their fork includes support for every MediaWiki wiki, corrected link positions, an access key, and some rudimentary translation.
 * Ahecht has created a fork of SiBr4/TemplateSearch, which adds the "TP:" shortcut for "Template:" in the search box, and updated it to be compatible with Vector 2022.
 * AquilaFasciata/goToTopFast is a much faster fork of the classic goToTop script that also adds compatibility for Minerva and Vector 2022.
 * Mesidast/Tidy citations is a fork of Meteor sandwich yum/Tidy citations is a fork of Waldyrious/formatcitations. It configurably harmonizes whitespace and cleans up parameters in citation templates, descriptive edit summary included.



Ambox important.svg Improve a script
Unfortunately, this section has remained nearly identical. Help us out here!
 * Many of our favorite scripts such as Fred Gandt/userResourceManager, Guarapiranga/search-shortcuts and Bradv/Superlinks haven't been updated for Vector 2022. You could be the one to change that!
 * Elominius/media timer works, but its UI looks alien. Someone could improve it...
 * To a lesser extent, the same goes for PrimeHunter/Search sort. I wish someone would integrate the sorts into the sort menu instead of adding 11 portlet links.
 * We want...
 * ...a mark-as-read button and watchlist notices support for Aaron Liu/Watchlyst Greybar Unsin
 * ...a tool to automatically fix CAT:BROKENREFs, preferably a fork/addition to TheJJJunk/ARA
 * ...a fix/fork of DannyS712/SectionRemover to make it work

Ambox clock yellow.svg Requested scripts

 * A simple script to second or archive proposed deletions
 * A script to auto-expand V22 ToC sections like this demo
 * A WP:3O response tool that can automatically remove the relevant request from the 3O dashboard
 * A byte filter to be split from Nux/LongTableFilters
 * ...and many more, all available at User scripts/Requests

Gnome-colors-list-add.svg New scripts

 * DannyS712/AbuseFilterMessageLinks add links to the "warn" and "disallow" messages in edit filters.
 * Diegodlh/Web2Cit/script adds an option to use Web2Cit (which WP:ProveIt also uses) instead of Citoid to generate citations in the Visual Editor.
 * Dragoniez/SuppressEnterInForm stops you from accidentally submitting anything due to pressing enter while in the smaller box, and works on almost anything... except the InputBox element itself, used in subscription lists and the Signpost Crossword! Oh, the humanity!
 * CopyVio detector, Adiutor.pngǵu/Adiutor (pictured) provides a nice, integrated interface to do some twinkley tasks such as copyvio detection, CSD tagging, and viewing the most recent diff.
 * Eejit43's redirect-helper script demo.png43 has quite the aesthetically pleasing scripts, all made in TypeScript.
 * /afcrc-helper is a replacement for the unmaintained Enterprisey/AFCRHS and processes Redirects for Creation and Categories for Creation requests.
 * /ajax-undo stops the "undo" button from taking you to another page while providing a text box to provide a reason for the revert.
 * /redirect-helper (pictured) adds a much better interface for editing and redirects, including categorization, for which valid categories are dictated by /redirect-helper.json.
 * /rmtr-helper helps process technical requested moves without being able to actually move them.
 * User Info Popup screenshot 1.jpg2/UserInfoPopup (pictured) adds a flyout after the watchlist star on userspace pages that displays the common information you might use about a user.
 * Jeeputer/editCounter, under userspace, adds a portlet link to count your edits by namespace, put them in a table, and put that table in a hardcoded subpage, all in the background.
 * Hilst/Scripts/sectionLinks converts all section links to use the § sign, which are known to be preferred over the ugly # by 99% of the devils I've met.
 * Moonythedwarf/extra-unreliable highlights phrases commonly used in spammed and POV'd paragraphs.
 * FormattedEditRequest-in-work.pngDungKhongDinhDanh/FormattedEditRequest (pictured) generates a wikitext-formatted diff view of any changes you've made that you can copy and paste anywhere.
 * PrimeHunter/Category source.js adds portlet links to tell you where a category for an article comes from and supports those from template transclusions.
 * Qwerfjkl/massCFD creates mass WP:CfD nominations.
 * Rublov/refspace highlights footnote spacing errors in red.
 * Sophivorus's MiniEdit adds some nice, li'l buttons next to paragraphs to edit their wikitext with a minimal interface.

Edit-listings

 * Dragoniez/ToollinkTweaks adds more and customizable links next to users in page history, logs, watchlist, recent changes, etc.
 * Firefly/more-block-info optimizes the display of rangeblocks in contribution pages. Doesn't work outside the English locale of any wiki, unfortunately.
 * Ingenuity/AbuseFilterContribs adds the edit filters that an edit tripped (if any) to a user's contributions page.
 * Nardog/ExamineMore makes it so the paging at Special:AbuseFilter/examine actually works, pending a fix to.
 * NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/AjaxLoader makes paging links (e.g. older 50, 500, newest) load without refreshing and makes you realize how slow your internet actually is.

Appearance-ricing

 * Ahecht/RedirectID adds the redirect target to all redirects. For all the WP:NAVPOPS haters. (Do these exist?)
 * Dragoniez/MarkBLockedGlobal: Remember the "strike blocked usernames" gadget? Now you can use a red, dotted line to highlight rangeblocks and global locks!
 * GhostInTheMachine/GraphicReplyLink replaces the [ ] link with 💬, which is some sort of rainy cloud I guess?
 * En.WP VPP Screen Shot 2024-01-13 with custom CSS.pngey/common (pictured) has some styles to overhaul your Vector 2022 experience. It reduces padding everywhere, and makes the top bar animation faster.
 * Aaron Liu/V22 is a fork that narrows the sidebars instead of upheaving them, reverts the January 2024 dropdown changes, and restores the old page-link color for links that don't go outside the current wiki.
 * Nardog: SmartDiff is a spiritual successor to Enterprisey/fancy-diffs. It makes the page title part of links in diffs clickable, along with template and parser function calls. Unnamed parameters can be configured per template to also be linked. All links are styled based on the normal CSS classes of rendered links.
 * Phlsph7/ClassicalTOC (Vector 2022) reinserts the inline table of contents to pages under Vector 2022.
 * For the paranoid: Rublov/anonymize replaces your username at the top of the screen with the generic "User page" text. Remember, it is your duty to persuade everyone that editing is an honor.
 * Sideswipe9th/Vector 2022 Floating Tools Menu moves the Page Tools menu to the left and makes it float along with the table of contents.
 * Sm8ps/SectionEditing makes pressing Tab toggle the visibility of the tiny [ ] links next to section headings.. Not a great name, eh?
 * The wub/tocExpandAll adds a button on top of the floating ToC to expand or collapse subheadings.

Permissions required!

 * Ahecht/potd-helper: A script to post the picture of the day. A powerful upgrade for your mop.
 * Selective Rollback dialog.pngniez
 * /AjaxBlock provides a dialog box for easy input of reasons while blocking users.
 * /Selective Rollback (pictured) provides a dialog box to customize rollback edit summaries and does them without reloading the page. Seriously, why doesn't MediaWiki already do this?
 * Theleekycauldron/DYK promoter automates (nearly) all the work needed to post a DYK hook.

QOL shortcuts

 * BrandonXLF/SVGEditor lets you edit any file that is an SVG, straight from the file page.
 * DanCherek/UAABotRemover adds a portlet link to enable a removal shortcut of faulty reports from Usernames for administrator attention.
 * DreamRimmer/BlankUserPage helps you destroy webhost-ers' hopes and dreams with a user-friendly dialog box.
 * ESanders (WMF)/commentlinks.js adds a "link" button right after the "reply" button while the WMF struggles to reach feature parity with Convenient Discussions.
 * Isaacl/copy-comment-link-to-clipboard does exactly what you'd think it does, but in Wikitext.
 * FenrisAureus/SimpleStatus adds a shortcut at the top to edit your /Status subpage while providing a pre-made template.
 * Fred Gandt/addCloneClearButtonAboveScributoConsole: What a mouthful! Yet all it does (no offense) is add another button on top of the Lua module debug console.
 * Guarapiranga/GlobalWatchlistLink adds a link to metawiki:Special:GlobalWatchlist next to the normal watchlist.
 * Nardog
 * PasteToCommons adds a paste handler to upload the pasted image to Wikimedia Commons.
 * Unpipe tries to detect violations of WP:NOPIPE and fix them as much as possible.
 * Ohconfucius/tometricunits automatically adds unit conversions of imperial units in brackets after their uses per MOS:UNITS.
 * Suntooooth
 * /flickrsearch adds a portlet link to search for uploadable flickr images about the subject.
 * /randomincategory adds a portlet link when on Category pages to go to a random page in the current category.
 * Vghfr/EasyTemplates adds a portlet link to automatically insert some of the most common inline fix templates.

Yes, we're just doing 'em as we go now. Thanks for reading through this looong issue, if you did! I'm sure this'll send a record for the longest issue ev-ah. You may need to wait even longer for the last issue, as our reserve of old-y and goodie scripts have ran out... We encourage you to try and do some of the requests or improvement tasks. See you in Summer, hopefully!

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