User talk:Dgies/Archive 5

Nicholas Duggan
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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:NorthCoastBrewingCo.gif
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Thank You
Dear Dgies,

Thank you for the advice regarding my edit conflict problem.

--6afraidof7 (talk) 11:23, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Sock puppets
User:Hebog seems to be part of a sock puppet farm documented here: Suspected sock puppets/EdPuw. For some reason, the investigation was never concluded, not all of the trolling was cleaned up and though the sock puppeteer seems to have stopped his activities some accounts remain unblocked. It's pretty obvious when you look at the edit history of User:Emyr411's page that a lot of monkey business has been going on. Unfortunately, I'm not an admin so I don't have the means to deal with this mess but the whole lot needs fixing and maybe those accounts should be blocked to stop him coming back in 2008. Cheers. --Folantin (talk) 16:52, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Blogads
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Tata Nano image frenck Wiki
Merci beaucoup, Philippe Nusbaumer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.218.51.138 (talk) 18:25, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Archive box
I am attempting to make a new archive box, in which there is no  parameter, and one of the few pages still using the   parameter is this page. Is there any way possible to remove the  parameter from this box? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, MrKIA11 (talk) 21:23, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Fnu Lnu
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AfD nomination of Fnu Lnu
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Donald Flack Jr.
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Redirects and merges
Hi, just to let you know that when you redirect articles after mergers, you should add R from merge to the redirect page. This means that the article should not be deleted to preserve the GFDL and authors. Regards. Woody (talk) 22:03, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I think once upon a time I knew that but forgot. Thanks for the reminder. &mdash;dgies tc 22:16, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Undo
Hi Dgies, I have no problem with your reverting my edit to Jerome Kerviel, but I peronally find that stacking the citations makes it much more difficult to edit because it seriously breaks up the flow of text in the editing box. I don't know if there is any guideline on this. Joshdboz (talk) 18:46, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Not that I've found. I personally favor citation markup readability over prose markup readability because it's much trickier to create/maintain a citation template than it is regular prose.  Additionally, errors in citations tend to go unfixed much longer.  I agree that if citations never needed to be touched it would be best to collapse them, but since they need to be edited, its best to make that as easy as possible. &mdash;dgies tc 18:50, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Kerviel.jpg
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Jerry Doubleornothing
Thanks for the message. I don't think your revert has basis in guidelines (nor do I think your rationale has evidencible basis in reality). It's just a matter of personal preference. But if you reverted rather than re-expanding the refs I collapsed, you probably missed some other small fixes I made (note that I had several edits on the article). Note, for example, that a semicolon now once again improperly follows a ref superscript, which was the original reason for my going in and editing the article. Cheers, Robert K S (talk) 07:14, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Jérôme Kerviel
Sorry, I suppose the "readability" is in the eye of the beholder. While the cite is cleaner with structured formats and padding, the readability of the surrounding text it's citing becomes less so, especially with the extra page scrolling involved. But I'll make do. Professor marginalia (talk) 17:27, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Dgies, after having reverted at least three different editors on this issue without any clear policy basis for doing so, you might want to read Ownership of articles, which basically says that if you don't want to have your contributions edited mercilessly by others, Wikipedia might not be where you Find Your Grail. You have to be a bit of a Taoist about articles on Wikipedia.  If you find a bunch of other people making the same change, you might want to consider that they might be right, and you might be not, and just let it go. Robert K S (talk) 21:01, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Vector Marketing logo.gif
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Please regenerate gnuplot image
I've updated the dataset and gnuplot ranges for http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:SDA_Membership.svg. Would you please regenerate the image? Sdenny123 (talk) 05:17, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Done. Next time you can do it yourself: just install gnuplot, save the source data to a text file, and paste in the commands. &mdash;dgies tc 17:22, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
This should be an interesting tool, I wasn't even aware of the discussion regarding non-admins. It certainly is handy - I'll do my best with it! Credo From  Start    talk  17:31, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Admin Coaching Re-confirmation
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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Fifteencountsofarson.jpg)
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Operation Jaque
Dgies, I have edited the infobox you added to the article entitled Operation Jaque, by simplifying the information regarding the casualties sustained. "0 Commandos and crew dead; 0 commandos wounded; 0 captives killed; 0 captives wounded; 0 missing ", can be simplified to simply "None" or "No casualties". "0 Guerrillas killed; 0 Guerrillas wounded; 2 Guerrillas captured; 0 missing" can be simplified to "2 Guerrillas captured". Casualty sections of an infobox are intended to show what casualties were sustained, as opposed to casualties that weren't. I just thought I should notify you of my reasoning, to lower the chance of an edit war occuring. Thanks for reading. EasyPeasy21 (talk) 19:33, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I added a fairly literal translation of the infobox in the Spanish article without consideration for stylistic correctness. &mdash;dgies tc 21:05, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Gallery of works by Johann Sebastian Bach
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AAU reminder notice

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Superhero League of Hoboken missions.gif)
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Image reduce
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clark kerr
i have no idea where that came from. thanks for the heads-up on that. --emerson7 22:14, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Admin Coaching
I saw that you were listed in the Coaches for reconfirmation section of the admin coaching status page. Could you please update your status, and if you are still interested, drop me a note on my talk page? Thanks,  Genius 101 Guestbook  13:53, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Traditional marriage movement discussion
Hi. Back in 2007 you participated in this discussion. Would you be willing to provide your perspective on the current discussion at Talk:Traditional marriage movement? Thanks! (sdsds - talk) 02:33, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Kappa Mikey
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Admin Coaching: Reconfirmation
I was looking through the coaches at Admin_coaching/Status and saw that there are a lot under "reconfirmation".

Could you let me know if you are still interesting in being involved with Admin Coaching, or if you would prefer to have your name removed from the "reconfirmation" list. If you want to be involved, could you please move your entry from "Reconfirmation" to "Active" and indicate how many students you would be willing to have (obviously, if you are actively coaching at the moment, then please indicate this!)

If I do not hear from you within a week, I will assume that you would like to have your name removed from the list of coaches.

Regards, -- Phantom Steve /talk &#124;contribs \ 16:08, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Adoption
Hi Dgies,

I've started to clean up the Adopters' list. You appear to appear to have been editing only sporadically in the last months. I wonder if you're still interested in adopting new users. If you're not interested any more, would you mind removing yourself? Thank you and happy editing,  Snowolf How can I help? 11:18, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Infobox speed skater
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Adopt-a-user reminder
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An update from adopt a user
Hi there ! You may be wondering, what have I done to sound the alarm this time? Nothing. I'm messaging you in regards to the adopt-a-user program, which currently has a backlog of users wishing to be adopted. This doesn't make much sense, as we have a considerable list of users offer adoption, so there shouldn't be any backlog. I've begun to eliminate this backlog myself through a matching program, but I need your help to make it work. Of course, adoptees and adopters don't have to go through there, but I believe it helps eliminate the backlog because someone is actively matching pairs.

On the list of adopters, I have modified the middle column to say "Interests." It's easier working with other users that have similar interests, so if it's not too much to ask, could you add your interests in the middle column? For example, if I was interested in hurricanes, computers, business, and ... reptiles? I would place those in the middle column. Counter-vandalism and the like can also be included (maintenance should be used as the general term). The more interests, the better, since adoptees can learn more about you and choose the one they feel most comfortable working with. The information about when you're most active and other stuff can go into the "Notes" section to the right.

Finally, I've gone around and asked adoptees (and will in the future) to fill in a short survey so adopters can take the initiative and contact users they feel comfortable working with. We all know that most adoptees just place the adopt me template on their user page and leave it - so it's up to us to approach them and offer adoption. So, please take a look at the survey, adopt those that fit your interests, and maybe watchlist it so you can see the interests of adoptees and adopt one that fits your interests in the future.

Once again, thank you for participating in the adopt-a-user program! If you wish to respond to this post, please message me on my talk page.

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MSU Interview
Dear Dgies,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
 * All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
 * All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chlopeck (talk • contribs) 23:11, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary
Wishing Dgies a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk about my edits? 22:51, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:Superhero League Of Hoboken Title.gif
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Dcauw
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Wikipedia:SINBAD listed at Redirects for discussion
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Request for comment
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Orphaned non-free image File:She's in Control.jpg
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Tunisian Arabic
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As you are one of the contributors to Tunisian Arabic. You are kindly asked to review the part about Domains of Use and adjust it directly or through comments in the talk page of Tunisian Arabic.

Yours Sincerely,

--Csisc (talk) 13:49, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
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A new user right for New Page Patrollers
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A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins) .MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:46, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

Guideline and policy news
 * A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
 * Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
 * Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news
 * When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
 * Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
 * The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries
 * JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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13:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Moocher listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Moocher. Since you had some involvement with the Moocher redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. SmartSE (talk) 21:45, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Superhero League Of Hoboken Title.gif
Thanks for uploading File:Superhero League Of Hoboken Title.gif. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:58, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Precious
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:10, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

ArbCom 2019 special circular
   

This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:40, 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)

Nomination of Straße for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Straße is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Straße until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:10, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:51, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:38, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled
A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:05, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

How we will see unregistered users
Hi!

You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.

When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed.

Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.

If you have not seen it before, you can read more on Meta. If you want to make sure you don’t miss technical changes on the Wikimedia wikis, you can subscribe to the weekly technical newsletter.

We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.

Thank you. /Johan (WMF)

18:13, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

New administrator activity requirement
22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:56, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message
<div class="ivmbox " style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 1px solid #AAA; background-color: ivory; padding: 0.5em; display: flex; align-items: center; "> Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2022 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:35, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

"Frank Bananarama" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Frank Bananarama and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 13:28, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Administrative permissions and inactivity reminder
This is a reminder that established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. You are receiving this annual reminder since you have averaged less than 50 edits per year over the last 5 years.Inactive administrators are encouraged to reengage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to be engaged with the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.Thank you for your past contributions to the project. —&thinsp;JJMC89 bot 00:32, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Your signature and linter errors
Just a reminder that your signature contains obsolete font tags. They create Linter errors, and it is advised that you change your signature to  ASAP.

The purpose of this message is because Linter errors affect the way the page looks, and with a lot of errors, the page may render badly. To reduce Linter errors, please change your signature. See WP:SIGFONT for more info.

If the software doesn't accept my replacement signature, let me know, and if that's the case, unfortunately you may have to change it to something else. Sheep (talk • he/him) 09:37, 24 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks —dgies tc 00:00, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

==Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sports § Suggestion: Changing "Achievements and titles" order in Template:Infobox sportsperson== You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sports § Suggestion: Changing "Achievements and titles" order in Template:Infobox sportsperson. This invitation comes as you are the creator of the wrapper template Infobox speed skater. CLalgo (talk) 09:55, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:06, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message
<div class="ivmbox " style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 1px solid #AAA; background-color: ivory; padding: 0.5em; display: flex; align-items: center; "> Hello! Voting in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2023 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:29, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Administrative permissions and inactivity reminder
This is a reminder that established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. You are receiving this annual reminder since you have averaged less than 50 edits per year over the last 5 years.Inactive administrators are encouraged to reengage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to be engaged with the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.Thank you for your past contributions to the project. —&thinsp;JJMC89 bot 00:38, 1 February 2024 (UTC)