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Administrators' newsletter – April 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg 331dot • Cordless Larry • ClueBot NG
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Gogo Dodo • Pb30 • Sebastiankessel • Seicer • SoLando

Guideline and policy news
 * Administrators who have been desysopped due to inactivity are now required to have performed at least one (logged) administrative action in the past 5 years in order to qualify for a resysop without going through a new RfA.
 * Editors who have been found to have engaged in sockpuppetry on at least two occasions after an initial indefinite block, for whatever reason, are now automatically considered banned by the community without the need to start a ban discussion.
 * The notability guideline for organizations and companies has been substantially rewritten following the closure of this request for comment. Among the changes, the guideline more clearly defines the sourcing requirements needed for organizations and companies to be considered notable.
 * The six-month autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) ended on 14 March 2018. The post-trial research report has been published. A request for comment is now underway to determine whether the restrictions from ACTRIAL should be implemented permanently.

Technical news
 * There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee is considering a change to the discretionary sanctions procedures which would require an editor to appeal a sanction to the community at WP:AE or WP:AN prior to appealing directly to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA.

Miscellaneous
 * A discussion has closed which concluded that administrators are not required to enable email, though many editors suggested doing so as a matter of best practice.
 * The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team has released the Interaction Timeline. This shows a chronologic history for two users on pages where they have both made edits, which may be helpful in identifying sockpuppetry and investigating editing disputes.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:23, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Scatach changes
good afternoon I have received your message where you have disapproved the changes made to the page about scatach. I have taken the trouble to send the references where I have taken the information to clarify the understanding.

about the sexual initiation of Scatach: http://www.ejhs.org/volume7/Anderson/text.html https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=iWDSahVrPqEC&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&dq=scatach&source=bl&ots=htSiVteZ8t&sig=rAwH9_YL1Pgk2wlCuEX-b22Mhm4&hl=es-419&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiirebgzKvaAhWozIMKHS_IBFE4ChDoAQgyMAI#v=onepage&q=scatach&f=false https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=reL170t6OSkC&pg=PA101&lpg=PA101&dq=scathach+bruja&source=bl&ots=22HQpy7k9i&sig=uRR5esp9hm70Q-1L9GG4MFqHZIc&hl=es-419&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim3KywyavaAhVI3IMKHeIuDOE4ChDoAQgsMAI#v=onepage&q=scathach%20bruja&f= false https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=iWDSahVrPqEC&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&dq=scatach&source=bl&ots=htSiVteZ8t&sig=rAwH9_YL1Pgk2wlCuEX-b22Mhm4&hl=es-419&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiirebgzKvaAhWozIMKHS_IBFE4ChDoAQgyMAI#v=onepage&q=scatach&f=false https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=D65LA3YB9eUC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=scatach+sexuality+initiation&source=bl&ots=IftCqNRWDI&sig=-G-vU0x_FR1hKl1qUfSCTJKY14o&hl=es-419&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjo1d_VzavaAhVOhq0KHZjyCikQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=scatach % 20sexuality% 20initiation & f = false https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=J0nODgAAQBAJ&pg=PT58&lpg=PT58&dq=scatach+sexuality+initiation&source=bl&ots=Ns0IoTdrcJ&sig=aWcEVq15BouNwBmTWSz0vHyrSIw&hl=es-419&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjo1d_VzavaAhVOhq0KHZjyCikQ6AEIUDAF#v=onepage&q=scatach%20sexuality%20initiation&f=false

about her and the modern relationships attributed to Fionn Mac Cumhail. Which as a cite do not have a validity as such but it has been popularized. https://www.taringa.net/comunidades/emporiomitologia/577397/Scathach-la-Diosa-Gurerrera-celta.html

however there is a reference of the two of them in the German wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sc%C3%A1thach http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Myth/CelticMythology

His appearances in role, Fate Grand Order and American Horror history http://americanhorrorstory.wikia.com/wiki/Sc%C3%A1thach http://es.elalquimista.wikia.com/wiki/Scathach http://fategrandorder.wikia.com/wiki/Sc%C3%A1thach

Worshipers: http://lunaplateada.obolog.es/scathach-reina-guerrera-diosa-muerte-67174 https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=qHlj_2fOGK8C&pg=PT382&lpg=PT382&dq=scathach+la+sombra&source=bl&ots=WvU3X5G1nq&sig=BERJZ1kDpZ0QJwQXJ4BpA-2rwWI&hl=es-419&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiXnp7qz6vaAhUS24MKHdoyA5EQ6AEIaTAP#v=onepage&q=scathach% 20la% 20shadow & f = false

I hope that with this the changes made are a little more justified — Preceding unsigned comment added by JhonnyRed (talk • contribs) 21:43, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Sobonfu Somé: Revision history
Hi. Thank you for your help in maintaining the integrity of my fist Wikipedia edits!

So I removed the commercial link and found and ISBN for the source. However, I was unable to find any reference to a prohibition on commercial links. Would you please send me a reference for my education?

With Gratitude and Humility, Taffy — Preceding unsigned comment added by TaffyEva (talk • contribs) 19:55, 19 April 2018 (UTC)


 * If a publication is notable, it will be mentioned elsewhere than on commercial sites. The External links guidelines classify commercial links as spam. - CorbieV  ☊ ☼ 00:51, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg None
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Chochopk • Coffee • Gryffindor • Jimp • Knowledge Seeker • Lankiveil • Peridon • Rjd0060

Guideline and policy news
 * The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is now indefinitely restricted to autoconfirmed users.
 * A proposal is being discussed which would create a new "event coordinator" right that would allow users to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit.

Technical news
 * AbuseFilter has received numerous improvements, including an OOUI overhaul, syntax highlighting, ability to search existing filters, and a few new functions. In particular, the search feature can be used to ensure there aren't existing filters for what you need, and the new  function can be used when checking multiple namespaces. One major upcoming change is the ability to see which filters are the slowest. This information is currently only available to those with access to Logstash.
 * When blocking anonymous users, a cookie will be applied that reloads the block if the user changes their IP. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. This currently only occurs when hard-blocking accounts.
 * The block notice shown on mobile will soon be more informative and point users to a help page on how to request an unblock, just as it currently does on desktop.
 * There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee is seeking additional clerks to help with the arbitration process.

Obituaries
 * (Craig Franklin) passed away in mid-April. Lankiveil joined Wikipedia on 12 August 2004 and became an administrator on 31 August 2008. During his time with the Wikimedia community, Lankiveil served as an oversighter for the English Wikipedia and as president of Wikimedia Australia.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:05, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Women in Red June Editathons
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg None
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Al Ameer son • AliveFreeHappy • Cenarium • Lupo • MichaelBillington

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a successful request for comment, administrators are now able to add and remove editors to the "event coordinator" group. Users in the event coordinator group have the ability to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit. Users will no longer need to be in the "account creator" group if they are in the event coordinator group.
 * Following an AN discussion, all pages with content related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies, broadly construed, are now under indefinite general sanctions.

Technical news
 * IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in June. This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.
 * The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team will build granular types of blocks in 2018 (e.g. a block from uploading or editing specific pages, categories, or namespaces, as opposed to a full-site block). Feedback on the concept may be left at the talk page.
 * There is now a checkbox on Special:ListUsers to let you see only users in temporary user groups.
 * It is now easier for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked.

Arbitration
 * A recent technical issue with the Arbitration Committee's spam filter inadvertently caused all messages sent to the committee through Wikipedia (i.e. Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee) to be discarded. If you attempted to send an email to the Arbitration Committee via Wikipedia between May 16 and May 31, your message was not received and you are encouraged to resend it. Messages sent outside of these dates or directly to the Arbitration Committee email address were not affected by this issue.

Miscellaneous
 * In early May, an unusually high level of failed login attempts was observed. The WMF has stated that this was an "external effort to gain unauthorized access to random accounts". Under Wikipedia policy, administrators are required to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:59, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Jim Morrison
Can you explain what entitles you to edit the article after it was fully protected by ? Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:50, 16 June 2018 (UTC)


 * I don't understand the question. Admins can still edit fully-protected articles. I was cleaning up the vandalism, sourcing content, and trying to repair the damage that has happened. Did you think fully-protected means no one edits? - CorbieV  ☊ ☼ 17:35, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
 * , I'm not being facetious here. Has there been some change in policy that I'm unaware of? That article is a vandal magnet and perennial battleground, that drives away productive editors. It's only protection that makes it tolerable to work there. Many productive editors who used to maintain it gave up in frustration after seeing our work continually degraded and destroyed. This is the first time in years I've put some effort into it, and it was wholly due to CambridgeBay protecting it after I reverted the most recent vandalism. - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 18:01, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
 * The article was fully protected because of a content dispute. You were involved in that dispute. You didn't remove information because of vandalism but because it was unsourced. There was no reason for CBW to fully protect it if the issue was blatant vandalism. Supposedly the material added by the editor had already been reverted anyway. You made extensive edits to the article. Full protection isn't intended to allow an administrator to edit an article without being disturbed by pesky non-administartors. I'm not saying that your edits were bad, but generally the only reason an admin edits a fully protected article is if (1) there's an egregious violation of policy that has to be fixed or (2) they are responding to a request from the Talk page where consensus for the change has been reached. See WP:FULL ("Modifications to a fully protected page can be proposed on its talk page (or at another appropriate forum) for discussion. Administrators can make changes to the protected article reflecting consensus. Placing the template on the talk page will draw the attention of administrators for implementing uncontroversial changes.").--Bbb23 (talk) 18:14, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Please look at the diffs. The misleading edit summaries by the now-blocked SPA said "unsourced", but the content was sourced in the body of the paragraph, and is now thoroughly sourced with third-party sources (as they had been before vandals had hit it earlier). They were BLP violations, and the SPA carried them over to another page. Another editor reverted it as vandalism. It was not a content dispute. - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 18:21, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
 * My apologies. I just had the policy clarified for me by a senior admin. I honestly did not know. Truly, I thought I was just doing what we're supposed to do as admins - clean up and fix problems. I'll wait to edit any more until the protection level changes. - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 18:34, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
 * No problem. I'm glad we worked it out.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:38, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

Jim Morrison to Get a Public Square - In Paris
"According to a new article on the website Paris Mojo, which itself quotes from the French newspaper Le Figaro, the American singer will be commemorated by the city in an official capacity when it unveils Place Morrison on an as-yet-unannounced date.

The exact location has yet to be determined, says the article, and the approval of Morrison’s surviving family must be obtained before the naming can proceed."

link to full article: http://bestclassicbands.com/jim-morrison-paris-honor-6-13-18/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nyaja Aibhlinn (talk • contribs) 01:51, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Arikara scouts
Why exactly are you moving this back to draft space? G M G <sup style="color:#000;font-family:Impact">talk  20:58, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Read the talk and edit summary. Read the article. It has errors (misused words, giving wrong meanings, choppy, repetitive sentences, and I'm checking for copyvios as that stuff alternates with sections of a totally different reading level by the same user). It still needs cleanup. Right now I'm going through another submission by the same user that has the same issues, just fewer. It's a lot of work. That one is not ready for mainspace. - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 21:23, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Issues that do not affect likelihood of success at AfD are not valid reasons for declining a draft. This includes "cleanup" unless you have evidence that there are copyright violations.  G M G  <sup style="color:#000;font-family:Impact">talk  21:43, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
 * As I said on the talk page, when a user jumps between short, choppy sentences with misused words, to flowing, flowery prose with tons of obscure adjectives, I think we are looking at possible copyvios. Just because we can't immediately catch them with copyvio check online - meaning they haven't been copied and pasted from an online source - doesn't mean there is not cause for concern. We shouldn't be approving articles that are full of misinformation. This is the type of cleanup I mean - inaccurate and full of probable copyvios. - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 21:46, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Well...I just finished working with this editor on a GA. And reading through the draft, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, other than a few period turns of phrase that I presume most wouldn't understand if they weren't familiar with the period. Kindly let our AfC reviewers do their job. Most of them are very good at it. Kindly don't accuse someone of copyright violation without evidence, and in the case that you do legitimately need to move something into draft space, kindly suppress the redirect.  G M G  <sup style="color:#000;font-family:Impact">talk  22:16, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
 * We've been discussing this over at AfC. The situation is resolved. Best, - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 22:19, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

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Move reverted.
I have reverted your move of Round dance, as no move request was filed for this page at Requested moves. WP:RM specifically states: ''Use this process if there is any reason to believe a move would be contested. In particular, use this process before moving any existing page with incoming links to create a disambiguation page at that title''. Cheers! bd2412 T 13:27, 30 June 2018 (UTC)


 * This was not a controversial move. It was brought up on the talk page and in various wikiprojects months ago and there was no objection. Cleanup has been done. Reversion was not necessary. Please indicate where there was controversy. I am asking you to self-revert. - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 16:39, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * The instructions at WP:RM are to use that process before moving any page with incoming links to create a disambiguation page. The controversy is that making such a move puts this page very high up on the list of pages with links to be fixed, which involves the time of the disambiguation community. To avoid such controversy, either go through the WP:RM process, or fix all the links before moving the page. Furthermore, per WP:TWODABS, we try to avoid two-link disambiguation pages, as the navigational function of disambiguation can be accomplished in a hatnote. Also, just because there are multiple topics for a term is not in itself proof that no topic is primary for the term. Circle dance is not a matching title, and the phrase "Round dance" does not even appear in the lede of that article. Like any other assertion of fact in Wikipedia, the statement that "Round Dance" "has a long usage in First Nations communities" requires reliable sources to serve as the basis for action; even the existence of such sources, however, does not prove the absence of a primary topic. Some real-world numerical evidence is needed to demonstrate that people who use the term are about evenly split between the two meanings. I do not find that sufficient evidence has been provided to upset the status quo ante, and I consider the creation of a WP:TWODABS page for this phrase to be controversial. bd2412  T 17:00, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Pbsouthwood • TheSandDoctor
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Gogo Dodo
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Andrevan • Doug • EVula • KaisaL • Tony Fox • WilyD

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Andrevan • EVula

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC about the deletion of drafts closed with a consensus to change the wording of WP:NMFD. Specifically, a draft that has been repeatedly resubmitted and declined at AfC without any substantial improvement may be deleted at MfD if consensus determines that it is unlikely to ever meet the requirements for mainspace and it otherwise meets one of the reasons for deletion outlined in the deletion policy.
 * A request for comment closed with a consensus that the promising draft template cannot be used to indefinitely prevent a WP:G13 speedy deletion nomination.

Technical news
 * Starting on July 9, the WMF Security team, Trust & Safety, and the broader technical community will be seeking input on an upcoming change that will restrict editing of site-wide JavaScript and CSS to a new technical administrators user group. Bureaucrats and stewards will be able to grant this right per a community-defined process. The intention is to reduce the number of accounts who can edit frontend code to those who actually need to, which in turn lessens the risk of malicious code being added that compromises the security and privacy of everyone who accesses Wikipedia. For more information, please review the FAQ.
 * Syntax highlighting has been graduated from a Beta feature on the English Wikipedia. To enable this feature, click the highlighter icon (Codemirror-icon.png) in your editing toolbar (or under the hamburger menu in the 2017 wikitext editor). This feature can help prevent you from making mistakes when editing complex templates.
 * IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in July (previously scheduled for June). This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.

Miscellaneous
 * Currently around 20% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 17% a year ago. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless if you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:22, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

This looks wrong, but I'm not sure
[]title=Fifth_World_(Native_American_mythology)&curid=2823549&diff=848105004&oldid=808552528 15:19, 30 June 2018 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doug Weller (talk • contribs)


 * Sorry for the delay, but... I'm not sure. Asking. - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 20:49, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

River Shannon
Hello CorbieVreccan, have a look at the first item on the Talk page. Then have a look at the massive debates in the Talk page archives. It is clearly a long-standing agreement about the use of the term British Isles in this article - that the term should not be used in the lead, but should be mentioned in the geography section. I was merely reverting someone who tried to introduce a change without consensus. My version was the status quo, a situation unchanged for several years. Perhaps you could have a look again, and if you agree, change it back to British Isles. Thanks. 31.52.163.19 (talk) 09:31, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
 * (main debate is in Archive 2 of Talk - it's a tedious read :) ). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.52.163.19 (talk) 09:35, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry, just noticed, there's an even longer debate in Archive 1 going back 10 years! Just to confirm - the consensus then, and subsequently, was to use 'British Isles' rather than 'Ireland and Britain'. 31.52.163.19 (talk) 09:40, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

You've got mail!
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Out of process deletion
Do you really think we need to go to DRV over an out of process deletion of an AfD nomination once two other editors had already commented? Have you grown that unfamiliar with policy? G M G <sup style="color:#000;font-family:Impact">talk  19:57, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day
Thank you! - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 17:51, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Sro23
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg KaisaL • Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news
 * After a discussion at Meta, a new user group called "interface administrators" (formerly "technical administrator") has been created. Come the end of August, interface admins will be the only users able to edit site-wide JavaScript and CSS pages like MediaWiki:Common.js and MediaWiki:Common.css, or edit other user's personal JavaScript and CSS. The intention is to improve security and privacy by reducing the number of accounts which could be used to compromise the site or another user's account through malicious code. The new user group can be assigned and revoked by bureaucrats. Discussion is ongoing to establish details for implementing the group on the English Wikipedia.
 * Following a request for comment, the WP:SISTER style guideline now states that in the mainspace, interwiki links to Wikinews should only be made as per the external links guideline. This generally means that within the body of an article, you should not link to Wikinews about a particular event that is only a part of the larger topic. Wikinews links in "external links" sections can be used where helpful, but not automatically if an equivalent article from a reliable news outlet could be linked in the same manner.

Technical news
 * The WMF Anti-Harassment Tools team is seeking input on the second set of wireframes for the Special:Block redesign that will introduce partial blocks. The new functionality will allow you to block a user from editing a specific set of pages, pages in a category, a namespace, and for specific actions such as moving pages and uploading files.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg None
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Asterion • Crisco 1492 • KF • Kudpung • Liz • Randykitty • Spartaz
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Amorymeltzer • Mr. Stradivarius • MusikAnimal • MSGJ • TheDJ • Xaosflux

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a "stop-gap" discussion, six users have temporarily been made interface administrators while discussion is ongoing for a more permanent process for assigning the permission. Interface administrators are now the only editors allowed to edit sitewide CSS and JavaScript pages, as well as CSS/JS pages in another user's userspace. Previously, all administrators had this ability. The right can be granted and revoked by bureaucrats.

Technical news
 * Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour.
 * Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says . An example is   which is now.
 * Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59 UTC, 12 September, and the candidates that move forward will be published on-wiki for community comments on 18 September.

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Justlettersandnumbers • L235
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Bgwhite • HorsePunchKid • J Greb • KillerChihuahua • Rami R • Winhunter

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Cyberpower678 • Deryck Chan • Oshwah • Pharos • Ragesoss • Ritchie333

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Guerillero • NativeForeigner •  Snowolf • Xeno

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, the process for appointing interface administrators has been established. Currently only existing admins can request these rights, while a new RfC has begun on whether it should be available to non-admins.
 * There is an open request for comment on Meta regarding the creation a new user group for global edit filter management.

Technical news
 * Partial blocks should be available for testing in October on the Test Wikipedia and the Beta-Cluster. This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available.
 * The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to measure the effectiveness of blocks. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks.
 * Because of a data centre test, you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity.
 * The community consultation for 2018 CheckUser and Oversight appointments has concluded. Appointments will be made by October 11.
 * Following a request for comment, the size of the Arbitration Committee will be decreased to 13 arbitrators, starting in 2019. Additionally, the minimum support percentage required to be appointed to a two-year term on ArbCom has been increased to 60%. ArbCom candidates who receive between 50% and 60% support will be appointed to one-year terms instead.
 * Nominations for the 2018 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission are being accepted until 12 October. These are the editors who help run the ArbCom election smoothly. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please consider nominating yourself.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2018).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Sir Sputnik
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Kudpung • Liz • Lourdes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Everyking • Jackmcbarn

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

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg AGK • Ivanvector • Stwalkerster • TonyBallioni

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Amorymeltzer • Oshwah • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Keilana

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment determined that non-administrators will not be able to request interface admin access.
 * A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the Mediation Committee should be closed and marked as historical.
 * A village pump discussion has been ongoing about whether the proposed deletion policy (PROD) should be clarified or amended.
 * A request for comment is in progress to determine whether pending changes protection should be applied automatically to today's featured article (TFA) in order to mitigate a recent trend of severe image vandalism.

Technical news
 * Partial blocks is now available for testing on the Test Wikipedia. The new functionality allows you to block users from editing specific pages. Bugs may exist and can be reported on the local talk page or on Meta. A discussion regarding deployment to English Wikipedia will be started by community liaisons sometime in the near future.
 * A user script is now available to quickly review unblock requests.
 * The 2019 Community Wishlist Survey is now accepting new proposals until November 11, 2018. The results of this survey will determine what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year. Voting on the proposals will take place from November 16 to November 30, 2018. Specifically, there is a proposal category for admins and stewards that may be of interest.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors will be invited to nominate themselves as candidates in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 4 until November 13. Voting will begin on November 19 and last until December 2.
 * The Arbitration Committee's email address has changed to arbcom-en@wikimedia.org. Other email lists, such as functionaries-en and clerks-l, remain unchanged.

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