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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:36, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians
I have serious concerns regarding the editing occurring on this article. there are blatant copy violations and it is possible that the wikipedian has inserted themselves into the article as the 'reindeer matriarch'. Help! Indigenous girl (talk) 21:22, 5 December 2018 (UTC)


 * You were right to revert. Earwig shows 96% and 96.6% probable copyvio. I'll look deeper at the earlier versions and the copyvio editor, as well. - CorbieV  ☊ ☼ 21:51, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! Indigenous girl (talk) 21:55, 5 December 2018 (UTC)


 * see also: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. Similar edits. I reverted all 19 as it was all unsourced, and I've warned the user. I don't have time to work on the articles themselves tonight, but let me know if there's more you need help with. - CorbieV  ☊ ☼ 22:01, 5 December 2018 (UTC)


 * What can be done about an editor that produces so many copyvios? Anything? There are some that have been previously reverted but all told there are two pages of edits that show this is an ongoing pattern.Indigenous girl (talk) 01:25, 6 December 2018 (UTC)


 * If you look on their usertalk, the level of warning for copyvio is one time only. It's serious. If they do that again, they're looking at a block. I'm looking now at Turtle Mountain again, and I think I have to revert even further back. The article needs serious work at any version, as there is so much unsourced and misspelled, but the stuff this user is adding is really not acceptable. -  <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 01:28, 6 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Looking at the voice, tone, and content of the edits, it's more than one account. Whether sock or meat is unclear at this point. Untangling it all now, but there may be several IPs involved in these edit sprees as well. I suggest checking related articles. Anything having to do with the inter-related tribes, bands, people they might claim as ancestors, related histories and claims. The contribs on these accounts are relatively minimal and focused. But I'd look for other accounts or IPs doing the same type of sprees on those and related articles. - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 02:35, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

- It is bad enough our own history is defined by others, it is bad enough that we are judged against documents of our holocaust. Per UN Resolution 61/295 we have the right to self identify and it is an International crime to censor us but while I appreciate the citing concern, I want you to consider the US Federal Government was abducting native children in an assimilation policy until 1978. My own father and grandmother stolen from their parents, our entire history defined by those who slaughtered us. Now, where are the records? The only ones we see are paramount to demanding a Jew be judged against Auschwitz documents, within the tribe we hid children to prevent abduction and our names were changes and we have been waging a war of misinformation by those who have always considered us savages while they reaped the wealth of Europe from us. My edits were correct. I am lineal Ogimaakwe of the Pembina from Turtle Mountain and not only did you decimate our edits, you decimated the edits of actual tribal leaders who have tried to edit. But you wont allow first hand common knowledge to be listed. You delete our bands, you tear apart our family history, you go through violating our sovereignty. You want things perfect for your perfect little rules, 1. give our land back 2. give the trillions in gold you stole from us back 3. admit it was wrong to abduct millions of children from their parents simply because they were Indian 4. stop being hypocrites! 500 years of a shit sandwich and now you want to talk about rules and following steps. I am ashamed of your ignorance and arrogance to not only remove our details for our SOVEREIGN NATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but then insult me on this thread! I am Native American, an Ogimaakwe, not that you know what that means. Equivalent to a Queen and you are disgrace. Is that tone enough for you? Maybe we should abduct your children for 100 years, change their names, steal everything you own, define you by our documents... IGNORANT! -


 * I did the original revert and I'm Native. Don't play oppression olympics. This is not the place for it. Your edits were copyright violations, plain and simple. Wikipedia isn't a place to report ones genealogy, inaccurate or not. Maintaining an informative and true pedia doesn't violate the sovereignty of any individual, social group, club or Nation. Indigenous girl (talk) 19:49, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Turtle Mountain & Pembina
I am a female Chief of a Band!

How dare you censor us. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blackeaglequeen (talk • contribs) 08:49, 6 December 2018 (UTC)


 * And I'm an enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe :) You weren't censored, your contributions were almost entirely copyright violations. I don't care if you are a chief or not (thank you for admitting that you are by the way, this shows you violated WP protocol by editing pages that you are directly connected to). You are also providing inaccurate information. Adik as a clan doodem refers specifically to rangifer tarandus caribou. CARIBOU. Indigenous girl (talk) 19:45, 6 December 2018 (UTC)


 * In addition to the declared COI and massive copyvios, I think what we have here is a clear case of WP:NOTHERE. - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 21:47, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Thanks for noticing :) - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 20:48, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

List of people of self-identified Cherokee ancestry
Articles for deletion/List of people of self-identified Cherokee ancestry Yuchitown (talk) 17:57, 20 December 2018 (UTC)Yuchitown

D/S Alert
Since you don't appear to have been notified. –dlthewave ☎ 02:57, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2019
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:38, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Reversion of edit to Indigenous peoples of the Americas............
Hello CorbieVreccan,

You are of course entirely correct to rewrite this passage to improve its accuracy. However, I would ask that you not simply revert it to the previous unencyclopaedic version. Please rewrite it to your liking from the ground up, i.e., while leaving out the "lazy around". Aside from the tortured English, it muddies the point -- and therefore the accuracy -- of the sentence. (What the heck is music "centered around" drumming? Seems to me percussion is an important element of most music. I'd suggest that once you remove the lazy around, you'll have an actual declaration.)

Thanks!

Laodah 02:04, 8 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Please source your change with WP:RS sources that source your statement that the majority of Native American music consists solely of drumming, with no singing. Changes need to be sourced. 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>  ☊ ☼ 19:55, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

Boann
Hello, It is sourced from F''rançoise Le Roux, C.-J. Guyonvarc'h. Mórrigan-Bodb-Macha. La souveraineté guerrière de l'Irlande Revue de l'histoire des religions Year 1987 204-1 p. 99'': I didn't mention the ref because it's quite a minor point. We can forget it. Thank you. GraemeKad (talk) 19:46, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2019
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:15, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

STAR Citations, etc.
Heya! I added pages for the Cohen footnotes (using the Rp function instead of creating multiple footnotes) you marked as needing more detail; I also added the evidence for the Johnson's house HQ on the talk page, but I haven't found any info on it other than one mention of its existence, and I don't think there's a surviving record (at least one that anyone has published) of it's duration. I took the mention of it within the article out but left the address in the infobox for the moment. May be best just to leave it out entirely? Not sure.

Let me know if that solves the clarification needs that were going on with my edits. I'll probably go back and try to specify page numbers on the other Cohen citations when I get a chance. Thanks.

&#32;Ⓐ Krop (talk) 06:23, 7 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Looks good. I've heard several mentions of the trailer they were staying in, and then it got towed. There was the effort to raise money for that, but I'm unclear on when this was in the timeline, or whether that was considered "the address". I only recall the first apt., and then maybe one after that, being the address(es). I don't think Marsha tried to maintain STAR as an org after Sylvia moved to Tarrytown. If someone knows differently, they should let us know. I just never heard of it. Marsha was doing things with the other gay groups, then with ACT UP, while Sylvia was upstate. Sylvia only moved back after Marsha was murdered.


 * The Unitorelli materials, IIRC, have had some really hard-to-resolve inconsistencies, often immediately between the archived text and then the commentary. There have been some major problems with the archiving, like no indication of who typed or transcribed the documents. I think in cases where there's just a flyer found in someone's things, it's hard to be sure, if no one recalls. So when there are inconsistencies, at times it's been hard to tell if it was Rivera, or Johnson, being inconsistent, or the archiver, or just a bad transcription/typos because it was late at night before the demo and someone was fatigued or intoxicated (and never thinking this would be their words preserved for posterity). I think that once we look at surrounding documentation, mostly video of the subjects speaking for themselves, there's enough to work with, but it hasn't been easy.


 * The Google preview of the Cohen book is rough - the first time through, per my edit summary, non of the the O'Leary content showed up at all. The second time, the preview finally brought up some mentions, but not the content that seemed to be contradicted by what is preserved on video. These particular articles draw a lot of editorialization masked as quotes from the subjects (but in language that wasn't used at the time, so red flags), so thanks for helping keep an eye out for that. -  <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 21:19, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:12, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Order of the Arrow
As mentioned on the talk page, the sourced content didn't back the assertions; it didn't even apply to the OA, but a different, defunct organization. Buffs (talk) 19:16, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Accusing me of disruptive editing or pushing a POV is absurd. EVERY edit has had a rationale AND discussion on the talk page (which you haven't responded to). I haven't deleted ANY content that was backed up by reliable sources; it's not like I deleted the whole criticism section. Buffs (talk) 18:08, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Additionally, I'm not censoring squat. I have indeed moved/removed sources that either don't support the given assertion, violate WP:SYNTH or violate WP:RS in general. Your edit summary "Keene is an expert in the field and that is her official site" shows that you're pretty clearly pushing a POV here while I'm simply trying to uphold editorial standards (especially for a GA article). Buffs (talk) 18:18, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
 * If such an opinion is widely held or a substantial minority, please back it up using reliable sources. Buffs (talk) 18:22, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Discuss articles on article talk. - <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, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Re: "Widely held" and "Substantial Minority"... In dealing with systemic bias, whether on WP or in mainstream news coverage, where a large group of white people have done bizarre parodies of Native Americans, who are a small minority of the population, you want to make it into a numbers game? - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 18:46, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
 * This isn't a numbers issue. It isn't a racism issue, so there's no need to bring race into it. It is one of using reliable sources as defined by Wikipedia. We have to have some level of editorial standards or we will just have everyone spouting every opinion on every subject. Buffs (talk) 20:15, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
 * If you feel editorial standards should be altered to counter what you feel is "systemic bias", then feel free to convince people to change the standards of WP:RS. Buffs (talk) 20:17, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Headdresses/War Bonnets
Corbie, this is quickly becoming quite unnecessarily aggressive by calling ALL of my edits "disruptive". Reverting changes and refusing to discuss + adding inappropriate articles from biased sources + are hallmarks of advocacy and exerting ownership of articles rather than adhering to Wikipedia principles of WP:NPOV, WP:N and WP:RS. Let's collaborate/discuss AND come up with better phrasing rather than blanket reversion/insults. Buffs (talk) 20:16, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
 * This began with you degrading sourcing and removing Native voices from Order of the Arrow, now you've moved on to do the same at Warbonnet, including past-tensing Native peoples and cultures. Your edits are showing a clear pattern. One of those patterns is a lack of familiarity with Indigenous cultures. The other pattern, well... - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 20:45, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, what? Buffs (talk) 21:36, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

James Arthur Ray edit
Did you take a close look at the edit made by the IP editor on this article before you undid it? I read over their edited version quickly and it didn't seem that bad. The article does need a lot of cleaning up, and some of it was just that. The whole "cultural appropriation" issue was raised - and the IP edit left in a section about it - at the time, but really it seems to me that was a sideline as far as Ray's case went - goodness knows he was far from the the first Anglo to ever run a "sweat lodge". If you don't want to restore the edit wholesale, I will try to see if I can go through and make some of the positive changes piecemeal. Regards, Brianyoumans (talk) 17:21, 14 March 2019 (UTC)


 * It's fine to check and update links. But that's only a small part of what was done. Paid editing is not OK, especially when it's to delete valid criticism of criminal behaviour. His fake sweat killed people.- <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 18:49, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2019
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:57, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Focus on content not editors
Proclaiming “POV” because a word like Veracity was used comes off as adversarial and is good case for assume good faith. Editing for about 10 years and just hit my 1000s. Little condescending to cite the pillars by the way or other policies, especially at someone with a decade and 1000 edits. Advise visiting the assume good faith article again. Spouting “POV” and “drive by tagging” raises concerns of agf and intentions. The subject has fallen out of the headlines but very concerning the aggressive policing of this article and undue weight given to one viewpoint, thus the npov check request. The talk page look like a lengthy stalemate. Good references being disputed to no end as well as spouting POV are tactics I have seen frequently used in edit disputes. Concur the sources should be verified, but because a source doesn’t align with a viewpoint doesn’t equate to it being invalid. Such as military times and business week both reporting on criticism of how Nathan Phillips conveyed his “Vietnam vet” status. Highly concerning the concerted and seemly aggressive efforts to disallow mention of such. No wonder Wikipedia struggles to attract new editors. Here at my 1000th edit and still seeing the same “POV” and “pillars” tactics I experienced in my first few contributors. Let’s keep it civil, find a genuine consensus and not discuss in circles. 0pen$0urce (talk) 02:00, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, OpenSource, I looked at your comment on the talk page and don't see much grounds for a POV tag, but that's in part because your writing isn't very clear, neither on the article talk page nor here. As for AGF, what I'm seeing you say here is that CorbieVreccan discredits sources because they don't align with their politics--that's an easy but serious charge to make. Drmies (talk) 03:17, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
 * May I advise reading the heading here, seems like your commenting on me and not the article nor the issue I am raising of NPOV and to a lesser extent undue weight given to one viewpoint. Fine to review and scrutinize sources, concerns manifest when those sources meet the wp:rs criteria and edits are reverted even when well sourced, "POV" accusations get flung around sometimes on a first edit as in my case. NPOV is another tenant of wikipedia, just because you don't like or agree with a well sourced edit doesn't invalidate it. Attacking sources are the low hanging fruit to remove a contribution, but when a reliable source is used, whelp then POV, 3rr, a dispute arises, need to discuss in circles, anything to keep those unwanted edits away, can be the perception. Complete disagree with your opinion (emphasis your opinion, we all have them) of my writing by the way lets focus on content not on contributors as the heading of this discussion conveys ...


 * One of the reasons I reverted the edit I think Open$ource is referring to was the "word" used was "voracity"  [sic] and I honestly had no idea what you were trying to say, Open$ource. That he was voracious in his claims? After you'd gone on extensively on the talk page about it being about a "typo" and "one word" I eventually realized you probably meant to say "veracity". But you never really cleared that up until now. It's really on you, not other editors, to clarify these things when you make a mistake, instead of expecting others to decipher it. As to the sources, I didn't make the call; we discussed it as a group on the talk page and I've stuck to the consensus. All anyone is asking you to do is to follow the same process. -  <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 19:14, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
 * P.S. I looked up "voracity". You are actually correct that it is a word, OpenSource, though not the one you've been indicating you meant to use: "the quality or state of being voracious." So I stand by my initial revert, based on what I intuited the word meant - that to claim that Phillips was "voraciously" making these claims is a BLP violation. But as you indicate you meant to say, "veracity", and were assuming we all knew this, well, you caused a lot of confusion with your statements. - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 23:34, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
 * A simple typo doesn't justify a well sourced edit being labeled "POV" and getting wholesale reverted, now the discussion is the usage of the word veracity or voracity, nah. Regardless doesn't justify "POV" proclamation. Lack of wp:agf --0pen$0urce (talk) 23:52, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Skowhegan, Maine
Is it possible to protect this article? The mascot section has been repeatedly vandalized. Indigenous girl (talk) 17:02, 16 April 2019 (UTC) Also, if an individual is going by Skowhegan Indians and they are editing the section on Skowhegan Indians is this COI? There is an organization called Skowhegan Indian Pride and I feel they are representing this organization and making repeated edits which include cutting sourced content without engaging on the talk page.Indigenous girl (talk) 17:10, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I will consider protection, but when disruption is by only one or a couple accounts, blocking the disruptive accounts is the usual remedy. The name does indicate a probable agenda on the article. What state is the article in at this point? Specifically, I see that the cited content is being altered. I will check this, but are they misrepresenting the sources? - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 17:48, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * They are adding unsourced material and at one point removed the entire section. The reverted a grammatical error as well.Indigenous girl (talk) 17:52, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Is the incorrect information still in the article or were you able to fix it? If it would risk you violating 3RR, can you show me diffs of the misrepresentations? - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 18:05, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * The current content includes the names of individuals who supposedly started the petition drive for a district wide referendum however there are no sources used to indicate this and the user themselves stated it was word of mouth (and that they were there). The fact that they admit 'they were there' leades me to believe that this is in fact a COI issue.Indigenous girl (talk) 18:19, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, delete the content that's not in the sources. Fix the content so it's factual. Be scrupulous about being accurate and NPOV. I will read the sources while you do that. As you are removing unsourced content added by a WP:SPA, which shouldn't be on the 'pedia, this does not look to me like a content dispute or revert war on your part. - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 18:26, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

May you join this month's editathons from WiR!
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Edit source.
Dear administrator. I saw that my last edit was not accepted. I thank you for your message but i don't want to experiment. I know that when it comes to male we refer as "HE" and when it comes to female we refer as "SHE". This is how it is and how it will always be. Kind regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lilac Grath (talk • contribs) 21:31, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia policy, as determined by consensus and WP:ARBCOMM, is that we use the WP:BLP's preferred pronouns, and their most recent statements to that effect, according to the WP:RS sources. Neither your, nor my, personal opinion matters on this topic. We all have to follow the policy. Failure to follow the policy means editing privileges are revoked. If you don't like the policy, take it up at the BLP or similar noticeboards. Cheers, - <b style="color:#44018F;">Co</b><b style="color: #003878;">rb</b><b style="color: #145073;">ie</b><b style="color: #006E0D">V</b>  ☊ ☼ 21:40, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Comment on Talk:Indigenous intellectual property
Can you explain your comment: But, dynamic IP editor who is removing warnings from your pages and who fits the same profile as the UTRS troll, I'd rather have someone who hasn't been disruptive do it. Why should it matter who makes the change? 5.104.90.107 (talk) 12:21, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Also, I have created an account to ensure that all of my edits going forward are attributed to one username. SolarStorm1859 (talk) 12:47, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Because all your edits up to that point had been disruptive and you had almost been blocked, you were using a dynamic IP despite clearly knowing IP policy, leading to the reasonable assumption that you were editing logged-out to avoid scrutiny, then your signature editing and speaking style was taken up by a new account that is now indef-blocked:. - <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, 28 April 2019 (UTC)


 * You may also have a look at: User_talk:Titodutta. Regards. --Titodutta (talk) 13:57, 28 April 2019 (UTC)


 * , please familiarize yourself with the disruption by the dynamic IP on Indigenous intellectual property and the UTRS vandal block. Thanks - <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, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I am not connected to the "UTRS vandal". This is another joe job just like . 5.104.90.107 (talk) 18:35, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * See Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1008 and User talk:ConcernedCitizenUSA and you might understand. 5.104.90.107 (talk) 18:55, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

ArbCom 2019 special circular
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This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:28, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 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
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Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Primefac

CheckUser changes
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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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