User talk:Ddstretch/Archives/2017/April

Administrators' newsletter – April 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg TheDJ
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Xnuala • CJ • Oldelpaso • Berean Hunter • Jimbo Wales • Andrew c • Karanacs • Modemac • Scott

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a discussion on the backlog of unpatrolled files, consensus was found to create a new user right for autopatrolling file uploads. Implementation progress can be tracked on Phabricator.
 * The BLPPROD grandfather clause, which stated that unreferenced biographies of living persons were only eligible for proposed deletion if they were created after March 18, 2010, has been removed following an RfC.
 * An RfC has closed with consensus to allow proposed deletion of files. The implementation process is ongoing.
 * After an unsuccessful proposal to automatically grant IP block exemption, consensus was found to relax the criteria for granting the user right from needing it to wanting it.

Technical news
 * After a recent RfC, moved pages will soon be featured in a queue similar to Special:NewPagesFeed and require patrolling. Moves by administrators, page movers, and autopatrolled editors will be automatically marked as patrolled.
 * Cookie blocks have been deployed. This extends the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user if they switch accounts, even under a new IP.

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I'm trying to get some objectivity into the discussion here  Would you take a look and correct if I have it wrong? Snowded TALK 21:04, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello. Sorry for the delay in replying - I'm busy with some guests staying at the moment. I've looked very quickly at the discussion, and think the right thing to do is to plow ahead with listing the sources and attempting an evaluation, as you are doing. My own opinion is that anything which does more than refer to published sources and has a dispassionate discussion about the sources' objectivity and importance (and reliability) just gets mired in political wrangles which are not helpful here. You may find people enjoy the political wrangling, but they really are not helpful in any discussion about these matters here. Keep to a strict objectivity and rational discussion of sources only. Sorry, I may have a bit more time after Thursday, but I'm not sure before then.  DDStretch    (talk)  21:20, 16 April 2017 (UTC)