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 * You didn't get a response to your other question, but which article has the problem? As for italics, I don't know anything about mobile.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  21:06, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

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Deletion nominations
I would suggest slowing down on the deletion nominations, especially at miscelleny for deletion. It is unlikely the pages you recently listed there will be deleted. For now, I would suggest waiting to see the outcomes of the discussions you have already started before starting any more. If they are unsuccessful (i.e. the pages are not deleted), you should refrain from further similar nominations. Deletion discussions are traditionally a harder area for newcomers to break into; there are many complexities to them. Some observation and careful participation with rationales based on policies and guidelines is a good way to gain experience. Lastly, I would also suggest reading WP:NMFD. Warm regards, — Godsy (TALK CONT ) 23:11, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

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Note - edit summaries
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 * I understand that, but PRehse has been notified before on the use of edit summaries (1) (2) (3) (4). I disagree that templates like Uw-editsummary are for "beginners"; the wording isn't explicitly targeted towards newbies. Also, I understand that it takes a lot of time to add an edit summary to minor tasks like tagging, but it wouldn't hurt for him to use an edit summary for other edits like this and this. CoolSkittle  (talk) 19:41, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

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Ostrovok.ru
Hello, Ad Orientem! Merry Christmas and happy holidays! Can you review my article Draft:Ostrovok.ru and accept the submission? Thanks! Parsadanyan (talk) 19:41, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello Parsadanyan, Merry Christmas and welcome. I can't accept your draft right now due to most of the references being Russian; as I do not speak this language, I can't review them. Hopefully a reviewer who is fluent in Russian will review the draft soon. CoolSkittle  (talk) 19:46, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

A beer for you!
Hello. — CoolSkittle  (talk) 15:33, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

afc participation
hi thank you for your advice, hoping to become an afc member soon. how do i participate in afc without being a member in afc list. if i get a ban for that for doing edits. Unicorn212 (talk) 02:51, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Just reapply for AfC reviewer when you have at least 500 mainspace edits. Editors whos names are not on the list are strongly cautioned not to review AfC submissions. — CoolSkittle  (talk) 04:46, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
 * In the meantime, you can help cleaning up drafts, and CSD'ing inappropriate ones using Twinkle. — CoolSkittle  (talk) 04:47, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you :) Unicorn212 (talk) 05:25, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
 * hi today i have re applied for the afc reviewer and Npr, can you please check my application request for both afc and new page patrol/reviewers and please approve my request. And once again thank you for your support, right now am very much interested to be one of the reviewer. Unicorn212 (talk) 15:42, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, I cannot approve requests as I am not an administrator, so I will leave it up to someone who is one. Good luck on your application. — CoolSkittle  (talk) 19:01, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

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Egg gang
You wanted a discussion over egg gang? Ahrvdvj (talk) 23:15, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
 * There is a discussion currently taking place at Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 January 15. Please comment there. — CoolSkittle  (talk) 23:39, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Test
Wikipedia. CoolSkittle (talk) 09:39, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
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1919 Wild West Drama
Hello I saw your review of the article I submitted of 1919 Wild West Drama I am just wondering what sources I should add to make the article okay for publication — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheScottishElephant (talk • contribs) 15:39, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * , any reliable, secondary sources are okay. CoolSkittle  (talk) 02:43, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

Pending review for Loknayak Jai Prakash Institute of Technology
Hi CoolSkittle, I don't know what to do, please help me for Loknayak Jai Prakash Institute of Technology. This is the Government College. Please help MrJohnAlex (talk) 01:27, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I have already looked at it. -- It's  Boothsift  00:42, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Sandbox or Draft: City Express Money Transfer
Dear CoolSkittle, You can delete any one. Please keep the one which has the potential to get approved sooner. Thank you. Your suraj (talk) 05:00, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Tagging drafts
Hello, CoolSkittle,

Please do not tag draft articles G13 if they have been edited, in any way, in the past 6 months. They are not eligible if they have been edited within the past 6 months. Liz Read! Talk! 03:15, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
 * - I had the belief that maintenance edits did not count as stopping the G13 timer. Apologies. CoolSkittle  (talk) 04:07, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

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Hi, I'm Cra-natalia. I hope I'm doing right writing in new section. I need help on writing about a company. I understand that writing about a company isn't exactly allowed because it could mean promotion, but I was asked by someone to do this. He thinks because wiki is free for everyone, but I feel it's not that simple especially with so many terms, but still I tried to publish it anyway. I know my writings got speed deletion twice, and I've read some on the guidelines, but some parts got me confused and in the end I cant exactly explain to the person on why we can't just publish the company. Sorry if this is confusing, but is it possible to actually write about a company without looking like a promotion? I see there are other small companies that do this, so I want to know if I can post mine too.. There are some references too but I don't know if its acceptable or not. Thanks in advance. I'm not good with coding and the wiki looks like a coding editor to me, please bear with me and pardon me if I misunderstands a lot. Cra-natalia (talk) 13:09, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
 * , read up on WP:YFA, a guideline on creating your first article. You also have a conflict of interest, and it is advisable to declare it. See WP:COI. Are you being paid? If so, you must disclose it as failure to do so is a violation of the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use. See WP:PAID.  CoolSkittle  (talk) 14:46, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

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NACs at TfD
Hi, I appreciate your work trying to help close deletion discussions at TfD, but per WP:NACD, I would ask you to stop making closures as delete, especially where there is a mass nomination. We have scripts to easily delete the relevant templates, and I noticed you nominated some, but not all for CSD. It adds to the workload of the individual admin patrolling CSD who may not have the script installed or not know to look there, plus to use the script, I had to revert your closures. If you ever need some closed, feel free to stop by my talkpage and ask, and i'll happily do it (Or maybe one of my talkpage stalkers will too). Thanks, -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 06:55, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Kingturtle

Technical news
 * In Special:Preferences under "Appearance" → "Advanced options", there is now an option to show a confirmation prompt when clicking on a rollback link.
 * The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Please see meta:Community health initiative/User reporting system consultation 2019 to provide your input on this idea.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee clarified that the General 1RR prohibition for Palestine-Israel articles may only be enforced on pages with the ARBPIA 1RR editnotice edit notice.

Miscellaneous
 * Two more administrator accounts were compromised. Evidence has shown that these attacks, like previous incidents, were due to reusing a password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. All admins are strongly encouraged to enable two-factor authentication, please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
 * As a reminder, according to WP:NOQUORUM, administrators looking to close or relist an AfD should evaluate a nomination that has received few or no comments as if it were a proposed deletion (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted.

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Draft:Mohammad Hashem Botshekan
Hello, Sorry I'm not familiar with the talking procedure in English Wikipedia. I think I have to write here. I have created a new page in English Wikipedia, which is going to be the translated page of another article already available in Persian Wikipedia. I translated the content and put several references according to the inline citations guidelines but I still get the same warning message and I cannot publish the page. The page is under name "Mohammad Hashem Botshekan". Can you kindly help me please? I am looking forward to your reply. Regards, Reza — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rhs.haray (talk • contribs) 08:02, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Another reviewer will review your draft soon. CoolSkittle  (talk) 12:17, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Request on 11:39:29, 10 April 2019 for assistance on AfC submission by Sanchosimoes
Good morning. I need help to put a page on Wikipedia about an author that is not yet mentioned on this platform. You say that I use copyrighted material but all the information I used is public and published already several times on the Internet. Tell me what I can do to enrich the Wikipedia with the page of this awarded portuguese writer. I hope you are able to do it. Bests regards. Sancho Simões.

Sanchosimoes (talk) 11:39, 10 April 2019 (UTC)


 * The page has already been deleted. You will have to contact the deleting admin,, if you think the page should be restored. Please give him the relevant wikilink to the deleted page. CoolSkittle  (talk) 12:19, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Draft:List of Kumkum Bhagya episodes
Can you please review my article Draft:List of Kumkum Bhagya episodes Pallaviharsh (talk) 03:24, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg HickoryOughtShirt?4 • RexxS
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Necrothesp
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Bratsche • Kyle Barbour • Kzollman • Madman

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Pharos

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Primefac

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Reaper Eternal

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment concluded that creating pages in the portal namespace should be restricted to autoconfirmed users.
 * Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.

Technical news
 * XTools Admin Stats, a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: Steward Stats and Patroller Stats.

Arbitration
 * In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases, the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions; administrators found failing to have adequately done so will not be resysopped automatically.  All current administrators have been notified of this change.
 * Following a formal ratification process, the arbitration policy has been amended (diff). Specifically, the two-thirds majority required to remove or suspend an arbitrator now excludes (1) the arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and (2) any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.

Miscellaneous
 * A request for comment is currently open to amend the community sanctions procedure to exclude non XfD or CSD deletions.
 * A proposal to remove pre-2009 indefinite IP blocks is currently open for discussion.

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'Bus spotting' article
Hi mate,

Thank you for your contributions in keeping the article as civil as possible despite the uncivil and uncalled for efforts by user Exposemarvin to prove "his point".

We are extremely disappointed at ourselves that our hobby has become a breeding place for such evil to exhibit their corrupt powers.

It is truly saddening. NatIsrael972 (talk) 12:53, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Arnoldmutasa/sandbox


A tag has been placed on User:Arnoldmutasa/sandbox, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the. Kleuske (talk) 14:20, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * This notification appears to be accidental, as a result of moving a previous version of the sandbox to draft space, so when this new version was speedied Twinkle thought I created it as I was behind the first edit in the page history. I have forwarded this notification to . CoolSkittle  (talk) 16:00, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2019). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Andonic • Consumed Crustacean • Enigmaman • Euryalus • EWS23 • HereToHelp • Nv8200pa • Peripitus • StringTheory11 • Vejvančický

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

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC seeks to clarify whether WP:OUTING should include information on just the English Wikipedia or any Wikimedia project.
 * An RfC on WT:RfA concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus.
 * An RfC proposal to make the templates for discussion (TfD) process more like the requested moves (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful.

Technical news
 * The CSD feature of Twinkle now allows admins to notify page creators of deletion if the page had not been tagged. The default behavior matches that of tagging notifications, and replaces the ability to open the user talk page upon deletion.  You can customize which criteria receive notifications in your Twinkle preferences: look for Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria.
 * Twinkle's d-batch (batch delete) feature now supports deleting subpages (and related redirects and talk pages) of each page. The pages will be listed first but use with caution!  The und-batch (batch undelete) option can now also restore talk pages.

Miscellaneous
 * The previously discussed unblocking of IP addresses indefinitely-blocked before 2009 was approved and has taken place.
 * The 2019 talk pages consultation produced a report for Phase 1 and has entered Phase 2.

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Your draft article, Draft:Cameo (website)


Hello, CoolSkittle. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Cameo".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the, , or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Cpt Viraj  (Talk)   02:31, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I might get it restored some time. CoolSkittle  (talk) 13:06, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2019). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg 28bytes • Ad Orientem • Ansh666 • Beeblebrox • Boing! said Zebedee • BU Rob13 • Dennis Brown • Deor • DoRD • 1 • Flyguy649 • 2 • Gadfium • GB fan • Jonathunder • Kusma • Lectonar • Moink • MSGJ • Nick • Od Mishehu • Rama • Spartaz • Syrthiss • TheDJ • WJBscribe
 * 1 's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.
 * 2 's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg 28bytes • WJBscribe • Wizardman

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg MSGJ • TheDJ

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Beeblebrox • BU Rob13 • DoRD

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Beeblebrox • BU Rob13 • DoRD • GB fan

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment seeking to alleviate pressures on the request an account (ACC) process proposes either raising the account creation limit for extended confirmed editors or granting the account creator permission on request to new ACC tool users.
 * In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the mitigation activity completed.
 * The scope of CSD criterion G8 has been tightened such that the only redirects that it now applies to are those which target non-existent pages.
 * The scope of CSD criterion G14 has been expanded slightly to include orphan "Foo (disambiguation)" redirects that target pages that are not disambiguation pages or pages that perform a disambiguation-like function (such as set index articles or lists).
 * A request for comment seeks to determine whether Office actions should be a policy page or an information page.

Technical news
 * The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Community feedback is invited.

Miscellaneous
 * In February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) changed its office actions policy to include temporary and project-specific bans. The WMF exercised this new ability for the first time on the English Wikipedia on 10 June 2019 to temporarily ban and desysop . This action has resulted in significant community discussion, a request for arbitration (permalink), and, either directly or indirectly, the resignations of numerous administrators and functionaries. The WMF Board of Trustees is aware of the situation, and discussions continue on a statement and a way forward. The Arbitration Committee has sent an open letter to the WMF Board.

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RooH_(Single) Article deleted
Hello, Can you please help me to know why my article deleted? I only need to know what is that actual thing required for an article for publish? Please let me know. ShazzSidd (talk) 07:44, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I had nothing to do with the deletion. placed the tag, please contact them.   CoolSkittle  (talk) 12:17, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Turton F.C. logo.jpeg
Thanks for uploading File:Turton F.C. logo.jpeg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:48, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Johnuniq • Kosack • Valereee
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ad Orientem • Ched • Gadfium • Jonathunder • Nick • Yelyos
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Bald Zebra • Beetstra • Doug Bell • Journalist • Ruud Koot • Splash • Voice of Clam

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Dinoguy1000

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

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Beeblebrox
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg RickinBaltimore

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, the page Office actions has been changed from a policy page to an information page.
 * A request for comment (permalink) is in progress regarding the administrator inactivity policy.

Arbitration
 * Editors may now use the template Ds/aware to indicate that they are aware that discretionary sanctions are in force for a topic area, so it is unnecessary to alert them.

Miscellaneous
 * Following a research project on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to improve the privacy of IP editors. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page.
 * 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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Orphaned non-free image File:Brawl Stars logo 2019.webp
Thanks for uploading File:Brawl Stars logo 2019.webp. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:30, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2019). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Bradv • Chetsford • Izno
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Floquenbeam • Lectonar
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg DESiegel • Jake Wartenberg • Rjanag • Topbanana

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Callanecc • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Callanecc • Fox • HJ Mitchell • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

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
 * A global request for comment is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify edit filters across all public Wikimedia wikis.

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Barkeep49
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Beetstra • KillerChihuahua • Kusma
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Arcadian • Extraordinary Machine • Xeno
 * Pictogram voting rename.png JamesBWatson →

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Evad37

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Courcelles • SilkTork • Timotheus Canens

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Courcelles • SilkTork • Timotheus Canens

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
 * As previously noted, tighter password requirements for Administrators were put in place last year. Wikipedia should now alert you if your password is less than 10 characters long and thus too short.

Arbitration
 * The 2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointment process has begun. The community consultation period will take place October 4th to 10th.
 * 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.

Miscellaneous
 * The Community Tech team has been working on a system for temporarily watching pages, and welcomes feedback.

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg GermanJoe • Girth Summit • Kees08 • Nosebagbear
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg DESiegel • GB fan • MSGJ • Voice of Clam • WilyD
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg DeltaQuad • Fang Aili • Pakaran

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg DeltaQuad • Pakaran

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg MSGJ

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg L235 • Mz7 • SQL • ST47
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ivanvector
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg DeltaQuad

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg L235 • Mz7 • ST47 • Stwalkerster • The Blade of the Northern Lights • Xaosflux
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg DeltaQuad • DGG • Julia W

Guideline and policy news
 * 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
 * Eligible editors may now nominate themselves as candidates for the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections. The self-nomination period will close November 12, with voting running from November 19 through December 2.

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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.

The privacy policy for this survey is here. This survey is a one-off request from us related to this unique topic.

Thank you for your participation, Kbrown (WMF) 10:44, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:The Ninja Jack Show


Hello, CoolSkittle. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "The Ninja Jack Show".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the, , or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 23:58, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2019). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg EvergreenFir • ToBeFree
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Akhilleus • Athaenara • John Vandenberg • Melchoir • MichaelQSchmidt • NeilN • Youngamerican • 😂

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Beeblebrox
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Deskana

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Evad37

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC on the administrator resysop criteria was closed. 18 proposals have been summarised with a variety of supported and opposed statements. The inactivity grace period within which a new request for adminship is not required has been reduced from three years to two. Additionally, Bureaucrats are permitted to use their discretion when returning administrator rights.
 * Following a proposal, the edit filter mailing list has been opened up to users with the Edit Filter Helper right.

Technical news
 * Wikimedia projects can set a default block length for users via MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry. A new page, MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry-ip, allows the setting of a different default block length for IP editors. Neither is currently used. (T219126)

Arbitration
 * Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 2 December 2018 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

Miscellaneous
 * The global consultation on partial and temporary office actions that ended in October received a closing statement from staff concluding, among other things, that the WMF will no longer use partial or temporary Office Action bans... until and unless community consensus that they are of value or Board directive.

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Copyright
This is incorrect - most images are copyrighted. Yet they may be uploaded to Wikipedia sites, provided the uploader is the copyright owner, or the copyright owner had agreed to release the image with a Wiki-compatible license. Materialscientist (talk) 10:05, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. CoolSkittle  (talk) 03:00, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Dreamy Jazz • Newslinger • Rosguill
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Deor • Spartaz • Xeno
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Angusmclellan • clpo13 • Edgar181 • Matthewedwards • NCurse

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Bradv • Casliber • David Fuchs • Maxim • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy • Xeno

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Bradv • Casliber • DGG • David Fuchs • Maxim • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy • Xeno
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Someguy1221

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment asks whether partial blocks should be enabled on the English Wikipedia. If enabled, this functionality would allow administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces, rather than the entire site.
 * A proposal asks whether admins who don't use their tools for a significant period of time (e.g. five years) should have the toolset procedurally removed.
 * Following a successful RfC, a whitelist is now available for users whose redirects will be autopatrolled by a bot, removing them from the new pages patrol queue. Admins can add such users to New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist after a discussion following the guidelines at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist.

Arbitration
 * The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted rather than reasonably construed.
 * Following the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , , , , , ,.

Miscellaneous
 * This issue marks three full years of the Admin newsletter. Thanks for reading!

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2020).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Ergo Sum • Nick Moyes • QEDK • Wugapodes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Dennis Brown
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Aude • BrownHairedGirl • CALR • Jengod • John Reaves • J.smith • Kim Dent-Brown • K1Bond007 • MECU • Refdoc • RHaworth



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Opabinia regalis • Premeditated Chaos

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, partial blocks are now enabled on the English Wikipedia. This functionality allows administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site. A draft policy is being workshopped at Partial blocks.
 * The request for comment seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure closed with wide-spread support for an alternative desysoping procedure based on community input. No proposed process received consensus.

Technical news
 * Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating.  There is currently one template: uw-pblock.
 * When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title.

Arbitration
 * Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting in the 2020 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2020, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2020, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * The English Wikipedia has reached six million articles. Thank you everyone for your contributions!

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Draft:Argyle Country Club concern
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Argyle Country Club, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:22, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2020).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Money emoji
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Athaenara • DeltaQuad
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Fishhead64 • Kudpung • Mikaey

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg DeltaQuad

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg DeltaQuad

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg DeltaQuad

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, the blocking policy was changed to state that sysops must not undo or alter CheckUser or Oversight blocks, rather than should not.
 * A request for comment confirmed that sandboxes of established but inactive editors may not be blanked due solely to inactivity.

Technical news
 * Following a discussion, Twinkle's default CSD behavior will soon change, most likely this week. After the change, Twinkle will default to "tagging mode" if there is no CSD tag present, and default to "deletion mode" if there is a CSD tag present.  You will be able to always default to "deletion mode" (the current behavior) using your Twinkle preferences.

Miscellaneous
 * Following the 2020 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: BRPever, Krd, Martin Urbanec, MusikAnimal, Sakretsu, Sotiale, and Tks4Fish. There are a total of seven editors that have been appointed as stewards, the most since 2014.
 * The 2020 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Ajraddatz and Uzoma Ozurumba; they will serve for one year.

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