User talk:Ddstretch/Archives/2017/July

Runcorn Shopping City
Hello - not been in touch for a long time, and hope things are going sort of OK for you. I am asking you to perform a task as an admin if you have the time - if not, I'll ask someone else. It's a bit complicated but I hope not difficult to do. The shopping mall in Runcorn New Town was originally called Runcorn Shopping City. It then changed its name to Halton Lea, then to Runcorn Shopping Centre, and has just reverted to Runcorn Shopping City, so I tried to move Runcorn Shopping Centre to Runcorn Shopping City. But the latter exists as a redirect to the former, and my move request was refused, with the message to ask an admin to do it. Can you, please? I have already altered the text to reflect the change, with a suitable reference, and a change in the URL. With very best wishes. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 09:01, 1 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Hello Peter, Thanks for the message. Yes, I've not been all that active on here, as I've been working at improving my health (You can read some history of this on http://www.river-waldron.net if you want). I've now done the changes, and I hope I've not trod on the increasingly burdensome beaurocracy on here by doing so. It seems to work, though. Best wishes.  DDStretch    (talk)  17:25, 1 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks, that's fine. I am most grateful. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 20:43, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * The RFC discussion regarding WP:OUTING and WMF essay about paid editing and outing (see more at the ArbCom noticeboard archives) is now archived. Milieus #3 and #4 received support; so did concrete proposal #1.

Technical news
 * Fuzzy search will soon be added to Special:Undelete, allowing administrators to search for deleted page titles with results similar to the search query. You can test this by adding ?fuzzy=1 to the URL, as with Special:Undelete?fuzzy=1. Currently the search only finds pages that exactly match the search term.
 * A new bot will automatically revision delete unused file versions from files in Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old.

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 * A newly revamped database report can help identify users who may be eligible to be autopatrolled.
 * A potentially compromised account from 2001–2002 attempted to request resysop. Please practice appropriate account security by using a unique password for Wikipedia, and consider enabling two-factor authentication. Currently around 17% of admins have enabled 2FA, up from 16% in February 2017.
 * Did you know: On 29 June 2017, there were 1,261 administrators on the English Wikipedia – the exact number of administrators as there were ten years ago on 29 June 2007. Since that time, the English Wikipedia has grown from 1.85 million articles to over 5.43 million.

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