User talk:Ddstretch/Archives/2017/October

Administrators' newsletter – October 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Boing! said Zebedee • Ansh666 • Ad Orientem
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Tonywalton • AmiDaniel • Silence • BanyanTree • Magioladitis • Vanamonde93 • Mr.Z-man • Jdavidb • Jakec • Ram-Man • Yelyos • Kurt Shaped Box

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
 * Following a discussion about mass-application of ECP and how the need for logging and other details of an evolving consensus may have been missed by some administrators, a rough guide to extended confirmed protection has been written. This information page describes how the extended-confirmed aspects of the protection policy are currently being applied by administrators.

Technical news
 * You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.

Arbitration
 * Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
 * A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:23, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Just a thought
If you're going to block/warn someone for not actually breaking 3RR, you might want to unblock both parties involved. Primefac (talk) 18:26, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I have done. I was in the process of doing so when you posted your message here. Some things cannot be done simultaneously.  DDStretch    (talk)  18:28, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I sometimes get an itchy trigger finger and type too fast. Primefac (talk) 18:29, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * My poorly-worded and slightly snarky note was mostly questioning why you wouldn't just leave them a warning for edit warring as opposed to a "fake" block to get their attention. Primefac (talk) 18:30, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Because they were both engaged in edit-warring and so should have got a record that this was noted in their block log because an alert administrator would have taken action as soon as it was happening. I think sometimes, a stronger official notice than just a message that can be erased on a talk page is necessary, I think.  DDStretch    (talk)  18:33, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * That kind of flies in the face of WP:COOLDOWN (and the subsection after it). Primefac (talk) 18:44, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I viewed it as being a preventative for any future edit-war.  DDStretch    (talk)  18:48, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * However, on refreshing my memory of those sections, you may well be correct, and I should not do it again. I will note it. Thank for the heads-up.  DDStretch    (talk)  18:49, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Though at least one of the parties appreciated what I had done, it appears from their talk page.  DDStretch    (talk)  18:51, 7 October 2017 (UTC)