User talk:Extraordinary Writ/Archive 10

Deletion of Tavi Castro
Hi there, I'm writing on behalf of management for Tavi Castro. To our surprise his wikipedia article was deleted. Can we please work towards reinstating his page and updating it. He is involved in Warner brothers new movie Aquaman 2 and the lost chambers and we would like the page to be updated and live as soon as possible for major updates.

Notability is not a problem here, a simple google search or his 16 million followers on social media should more than suffice, thank you very much. Bodyengineerswiki (talk) 19:50, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 * , I've restored Tavi Castro as a contested proposed deletion. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 02:54, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).

Administrator changes
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 * Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.

Arbitration
 * Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
 * The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
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Question from Ranaivonjanahary harisendra (08:01, 14 December 2023)
I find a job --Ranaivonjanahary harisendra (talk) 08:01, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello, ! If you have any specific questions about editing Wikipedia, please let me know. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:43, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Karakdict (13:07, 14 December 2023)
hi,

on the below page i added a new section and even gave citation to the official tourism boards website from where the text is taken, but its not being reflected there even though i clicked publish, did i do something wrong. please advise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuttichira_Beach --Karakdict (talk) 13:07, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello . Your edit was published successfully, but another user undid it because you copied the tourism board's website word-for-word, which is considered a copyright violation. You're welcome to try adding the content again—just make sure to rewrite the material using your own words. Let me know if you have any other questions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:31, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Regarding removal of tag
Hi @Extraordinary Writ sir, hope you are good. I want to tell you that a few days ago I created a page on which an editor has put COI tag, although I am not directly associated with that topic. Despite this, this tag is placed on that page. We have talked to that editor( CNMall41 ) on his talk page. I gave him answers to his questions but he disagrees with them. Due to my interest in the film world, I like to write about it and like to edit only on the pages related to it. Please help me to remove this tag. Worldiswide (talk) 08:37, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Now blocked for block evasion. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 22:53, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Extraordinary Writ, which editor is evading a block here? Liz Read! Talk! 00:12, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I blocked as a sockpuppet of . Happy to email you the details if you're curious. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:18, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
 * If appropriate, would you mind adding to Worldiswide's userpage please? –– Formal Dude   (talk)  03:50, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Done. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:17, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Moses Wanjala Jnr on Help:Introduction to the Manual of Style/5 (23:12, 17 December 2023)
Hello,, how do I edit here? --Moses Wanjala Jnr (talk) 23:12, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Mobile editing watchlist star editing pencil.png,, and welcome to Wikipedia! On mobile phones, the edit button looks like a pencil and should be in the upper right-hand corner of each article you want to edit. See the picture to the right. Once you push that button, you'll be able to make whatever changes you think would be helpful, from fixing typos to adding new content. You might want to read this page for more information, and feel free to ask me any other questions you might have. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:11, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

New pages patrol January 2024 Backlog drive
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Have a Happy Holiday!
Happy Holidays text.png Hello Extraordinary Writ: Enjoy the holiday season&#32;and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Jerium (talk) 17:06, 24 December 2023 (UTC) Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message Jerium (talk) 17:06, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Special:MobileDiff/1191532592
Hello Extraordinary Writ, you mentioned that "once a PROD has been removed, it cannot be restored." However, the edit summary for the removal is not related to this article.–Owais Al Qarni (talk) 11:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
 * , if you think the rationale was incorrect, the best thing to do is to start an AfD discussion about it. I suppose could revert the dePROD if they thought it was a mistake, but that's not very common: all a dePROD means is that someone thinks the article deserves to go through the full deletion process. I suspect A. B. was just saying that a "research magazine" is close enough to a "research journal" that further discussion is warranted. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 19:49, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
 * The article said it was a "research magazine". For that reason, I removed the PROD leaving the edit summary that I did. Just take it to AfD and let others validate your assessment.
 * I don't want to tie up Extraordinary Writ's talk page, so I'm signing out here. — A. B. (talk • contribs •  global count)  19:59, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from ChunkyBubbles (18:57, 30 December 2023)
An edit I made was deleted about a month and a half ago. Can I change settings so I am notified when this sort of thing happens? --ChunkyBubbles (talk) 18:57, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * , there unfortunately isn't a foolproof way to do this. If you go to the "notifications" tab of Special:Preferences, there's an "edit revert" box you can check, but the system isn't smart enough to recognize all reverts (and it wouldn't have noticed the one you're here about). By the way, if you haven't yet, I'd encourage you to take a look at our policy on writing about living people: it's very important that we write these articles carefully and use only reliable sources. Let me know if you have any other questions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:25, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

Administrator changes
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 * The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.

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Articles for deletion/Operation Snowball
Hello, Extraordinary Writ,

Thank you for relisting this AFD discussion. I've found that every so often, XFDcloser messes up relisting options. Either it doesn't remove the discussion from the old daily log or it doesn't post it to the new daily log or, even worse, it removes the AFD from the old log page and doesn't repost it to the new daily log and the discussion just falls through the cracks like it did here. But since XFDcloser works correctly 99% of the time, I guess it's an unpredictable bug to fix. But I appreciate you taking care of a problem that I didn't notice had occurred. Thanks! Liz Read! Talk! 01:35, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * No worries: I think it's happened to me before too. Thanks to for pointing this one out at WP:CR. I just checked for others and it looks like the same thing happened at Articles for deletion/Abdulieh Janneh—I've now relisted it as well. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 01:50, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

About you sending me the 3 refs for The Fifth Quarter
Hey @Extraordinary Writ, can you please send me the 3 refs for The Fifth Quarter via email? I want them for an expansion of Draft:The Fifth Quarter (TV series).

In exchange for the references, I have provided you with this reference.

Yours sincerely, TechGeek105 (his talk page) 04:24, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * , sent. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:11, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Mediawiki:Sandbox.js
Hello, Other Writ! Just out of curiosity--did you try to delete this page yourself and were prevented? My understanding is that regular admins have the ability to delete interface pages; they just can't undelete or edit them; just wanted to check if that's accurate. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 06:06, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi . Yep, it did indeed give me an error message (like Template:Protected interface, except with "Only interface administrators and interface editors can delete it"). I know I can delete non-.js MediaWiki pages as well as .js pages in userspace, but .js MediaWiki pages seem to follow their own rules. Oh well, gives you guys something to do. Thanks for taking care of this! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:27, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Of course, no problem! It makes sense that Mediawiki JS files have their own rules, I suppose, but it's interesting that the chart in Interface_administrators doesn't draw any distinctions between the two. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 06:31, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Kitography (19:36, 16 January 2024)
Hi! I'm trying to mark a change as reverted, and don't seem to be able to make that tag appear. The (changes) in question are the edits to the She's the Man article by this IP address user: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2600:1702:4280:8B0:8CCF:1A99:48E:3DCF. When I clicked undo that didn't work (conflicts).

Going back and forth on this sort of sucks - I did a bit of a write up on my user page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kitography#Busted:_She's_the_Man_was_not_released_in_2005, so I would love to know how to give a user (well, IP address) a warning / block? That took a lot of time to fix. --Kitography (talk) 19:36, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi . I wouldn't worry too much about whether the system recognizes it as reverted or not: it's pretty finicky (especially when there have been intervening edits by others), so as long as you've gotten rid of all the problem additions, that's all that matters. For warnings: when you're looking through an article's history (pages like this one), there's a blue or red button that says "talk" next to each username or IP address. If you click this button, you can leave that person a message or warning; if they continue making unhelpful edits after being warned, you can go to a page like this one to ask an admin to block them. In this case, though, the user has been already been warned several times and even blocked once previously, so I've now blocked them again, this time for a longer period. Thanks for helping clean this up! This is a part of Wikipedia where our processes can be kind of complicated, so if you run into any other similar issues, let me know and I'd be happy to take a look. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:52, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! This is much appreciated. Kitography (talk) 18:49, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from HalloKurdish (17:22, 17 January 2024)
Hey! I have a question, how can I use pictures as references? --HalloKurdish (talk) 17:23, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! Generally pictures don't make the best references because it's often unclear how to interpret them, resulting in various problems. I'd recommend finding a more conventional source like a book, newspaper, or trustworthy website to support your claim. If you have any questions about doing that or if you still want to cite an image, let me know the specifics and I'd be happy to provide additional help. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:50, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
 * But for example sources for peshmerga having M1117 Guardian or BMP-2 are only by pictures and there is no article which talks about them, that’s why I’m asking HalloKurdish (talk) 15:52, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Now blocked as a sockpuppet. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 18:47, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 60
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes

Issue 60, November – December 2023 
 * Three new partners
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Question from Slaking Hermit (18:35, 24 January 2024)
Heya!

I'm excited to be here on Wikipedia and I am keen to get stuck in. I tried out a couple of edits and then thought I should really read the Getting Started page and learn more of the basics. I found editting tricky, in a philosophical way? Like, what is an improvement, really... Who am I to decide the 'right' way something should be written...

Anyway, I got completely overwhelmed by everything that there is to read and learn about the Wikipedia project and community and how to take part. I'm easily overwhelmed at the best of times, if I'm honest, and there is so much here. For years I've loved getting lost traversing a subject, leaving trails of tabs open in the browser to be forgotten and then my laptop gets grouchy.

Sorry I'm rambling. I think I'm messaging to ask - What are all the different ways that people get into Wikipedia? How do people find their way? Any tips for combining open minded exploration with productive focus? --Slaking Hermit (talk) 18:35, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi ! There are lots of ways, but I think the best one is just to look for ways to improve articles you're already reading. Even if you just notice a typo or an error or a poorly worded sentence every few weeks, that's still an improvement, and you'll slowly find yourself getting more involved. If you're looking for something more active than that, you could try finding an interesting page (maybe something from Unusual articles, the ultimate rabbit hole) and trying to improve either that page or a lesser-known page linked from it. Or you could look at the lists of articles needing various forms of help, like Community portal (scroll down to "Help out") or Task Center. Just find something that you find interesting to work on, and don't let it turn into an obligation.
 * Don't second-guess yourself too much or worry about understanding all the rules: one of those rules is to be bold, and if you think something's an improvement, chances are you're right (and if not, someone will probably let you know). The two edits you made both look good to me, so you're off to a great start. The more you edit, the more familiar you'll get with the rules, norms, formatting, etc., and I promise it'll get much less intimidating even if you make a mistake or two along the way. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:40, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you Extraordinary Writ, that's really good advice and I appreciate the reassurance. Slaking Hermit (talk) 20:54, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

FreeMediaKid!
A few weeks ago, I had a request seeking private discussion about my relations onsite. I did not want to discuss it openly, because I calculated that the contents would be too disturbing and the conversation would get redacted and revisions deleted anyway, but seeing that you were the first to grasp what I needed, are you in the mood to trade emails? Remember, this is about me and my current state of mind. The aim is to address what has been bothering me as of late.  Free Media  Kid$  04:03, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
 * , if you're confident it's not better suited for oversighters, ArbCom, etc., you're welcome to send me an email. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:05, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I have been busy uploading material to the Internet Archive much of the time since the original post, so I apologize for responding this late. Still, I want to better equip myself with how to handle what is still bothering me and not need to raise the issue again in the future. There is nothing about the conversation that requires oversight, and the ArbCom seems like the wrong place to go about it either. I have just sent the email.  Free Media  Kid$  18:50, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Email received; I'll try to respond sometime in the next few days. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 21:11, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
 * , I've now responded. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 10:42, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).

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 * Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size.

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 * Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
 * Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

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 * Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
 * Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
 * The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in February 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with Unreferenced. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:01, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:49, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Sock
The sock you blocked five days ago, user:Jesus12disciples, has again appeared as user:Disciples12Jesus. O3000, Ret. (talk) 11:18, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Nevermind. Doug Weller cu blocked the user. O3000, Ret. (talk) 12:19, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from STANDPROFILE (19:27, 7 February 2024)
Hi, I am new here. I would like to edits an entry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_diplomacy) by including a "history" section. It looks like this page would benefit from some revision as there is the statement that it is "written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay", so to begin, I have two questions: 1) how should I process to add a "history" part (my suggestion would be to change "background" in "history" and revise parts. Does that work, or what would you suggest? 2) how can I translate the page in more languages? THANK YOU. --STANDPROFILE (talk) 19:27, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! Yes, changing the "background" section to "history" would probably be an improvement. It looks like there's a fair amount of historical information under the heading "Implementing science diplomacy", so you could consider moving some of that up into the new history section. Let me know if you run into any issues with the actual mechanics of editing the page or if you have any other questions. Regarding translation: is there a particular language that you're fluent in and want to translate the article into? If so, let me know and I can help you figure out how the process for translations works on that language's Wikipedia. If not, I'd suggest just focusing on the English-language version for now. Again, let me know if you have any questions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:11, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry for my late reply but THANKS A LOT, these are good suggestions. I will try making these changes soon, while I also will add some sentences more later. I get in touch if I have more questions in the revision process. Re. language, I could do German? STANDPROFILE (talk) 12:39, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, . You can read about how the German Wikipedia handles translations on this page. It looks like you can use the content translation tool, which may make the process easier. But I'm not an expert on how things work on the German Wikipedia, so if you have any questions specific to editing in that language, you may want to ask using one of their help pages (like this one or this one). Hope this helps! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:49, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Kindteenager (16:52, 13 February 2024)
Hello, what is your best editing tip? --Kindteenager (talk) 16:52, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delayed response, . I guess my best editing tip would just be to find an article that interests you and try your best to improve it. Even if that improvement is just fixing a typo or rewording a sentence, it still makes the article better, and if you're working on things that interest you, you're more likely to want to keep doing it. I'll answer your question about citations below in just a moment. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:59, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Kindteenager (18:31, 14 February 2024)
Hi, is it possible for you to teach me how to create a citation? --Kindteenager (talk) 18:31, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Sure. When you click the button to edit an article, do you see a button that looks like this: [[File:OOjs UI icon quotes-ltr.svg]]? This is the citation button, and if you click it, it will open up a form that'll automatically create a citation for any website you enter in. You can also choose the "manual" option and select "basic" if you want to write the citation yourself. If you're not seeing that button, let me know what you're seeing instead and I can try to help. You can also take a look at this page for more information about citations, although some of it may not be very helpful if you're editing on a mobile phone. If you have any other questions (either about this or something else), feel free to ask! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:03, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Chapter requests
Hi Extraordinary Writ! A while ago you had mentioned to me over at WP:RX that you would be willing to provide chapters for the book The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen by Rob Kirkpatrick and I was wondering if I could take you up on that? I'm specifically requesting the chapters on Nebraska and Born in the U.S.A.. Thanks! – zmbro (talk) (cont) 20:19, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * , sure: just shoot me an email. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:29, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * And, . Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:57, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Got it, thanks! – zmbro (talk) (cont) 23:33, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

MOSES OKOTCHI OLUOCHI (WANJALA JNR)
Moses Okotchi Oluochi is a Kenyan born on 16th Jan,1998 at Port Victoria -Budalangi in Busia County. He attended Lunyofu Primary School Moses Wanjala Jnr (talk) 08:32, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello again . Is there anything I can help you with? Extraordinary Writ (talk) 01:22, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Dr.Sajeev Nair on User:Dr.Sajeev Nair (10:08, 26 February 2024)
How do I create a Wikipedia page ? --Dr.Sajeev Nair (talk) 10:08, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello . You can read this help page for information about how to create a new article. As it explains, topics are only notable enough for a Wikipedia article if they've been written about in detail by multiple trustworthy sources (books, magazines, newspapers, etc.), so make sure you're writing about something that meets that requirement. Let me know if you have any questions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:05, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Sdkb · The Night Watch
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg East718 · Isabelle Belato · Mzajac · Staecker · Stan Shebs · Sugarfish · Tamzin



Bureaucrat changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
 * Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

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 * The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:21, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery categories
Hello, Extraordinary Writ,

I see you restored these categories. However, they are still empty. I will hold off tagging them again for a few hours but another editor or admin might very well tag them CSD C1. Of course, they then have another week to get things sorted out, I just hope that the editor who request their restoration realizes that if the categories remain empty for 7 days, they will be deleted again. Thanks for all of your work. Liz Read! Talk! 01:13, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Pinging : you may want to either run the bot now or add a page to each category to keep it from being tagged as empty. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 01:19, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks @Extraordinary Writ and @Liz. All of the categories should have at least one page in them now. I am currently running the bot. Best, — Frostly (talk) 01:56, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Rankin
Just out of curiosity, what brought that little mystery to your attention? DS (talk) 14:49, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh, I just stumbled across the message you left at WT:WPWA. Quite a story. That reminds me, I was going to check Newspapers.com now that it's working again...I'll go do that now. (If my meager assortment of talk-page stalkers has anything to add, feel free!) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:00, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Requesting urgent intervention on WP:ANI
Hey there. Could you help take a look on this issue? There appears to be persistent inexplicable edits coming from said IP address with zero response to discussions. Appreciate your help on this. Thanks. hundenvonPG (talk) 08:39, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I can't help with this at the moment. ANI is watchlisted by a very large number of people, so you generally don't need to alert individual admins if you've already made a post there. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:00, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Request to restore the redirects
Thanks for restoring the page for Hidayat ur Rehman Baloch.

I kindly request that you also consider restoring the redirects Maulana Hidayat ur Rehman Baloch, Hidayat Rahman Baloch and Maulana Hidayat Rahman Baloch. This will help ensure that searching users are directed to the correct page.

Best regards Ainty Painty (talk) 06:26, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Sure, done. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:46, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 61
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes

Issue 61, January – February 2024 
 * Bristol University Press and British Online Archives now available
 * 1Lib1Ref results

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AFD Request: List of preserved Southern Pacific Railroad rolling stock
See this: Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion - Wikipedia

If you want me to provide full context, here it is in quotation marks:

"This article had sources for citations, but only 60% of the article has citations, which means that 40% of the article has no citations. This article also fails WP:GNG for a stand-alone list."

"The notice "The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for stand-alone lists." on that article has been there since May 2017. And nothing has changed for it to meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for stand-alone lists." 14.203.182.49 (talk) 09:37, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Okay, done: see Articles for deletion/List of preserved Southern Pacific Railroad rolling stock. Sorry you didn't get a response at WT:AFD. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:23, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Funkcunk (17:52, 7 March 2024)
Hey there! I'm new to how Wikipedia actually works and was wondering what the guidelines are for editing character descriptions in the cast section of a movie/tv show. Sometimes it'll just say "Susan Sarandon as Janet Weiss" and sometimes there will be added information, e.g. "Susan Sarandon as Janet Weiss, Brad's fiancée." Is there any rules as to when information like this should be added to a page? And if there are pages that still have the first option, can they be changed by people such as myself to have more info? Sorry if this makes no sense, I can try and explain better if needed :) --Funkcunk (talk) 17:52, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi ! Yes, it's fine to add a brief description if you think it'd be helpful. You can see this page (for films) and this page (for TV shows) for more detailed guidance, but generally speaking you can just use your judgment: if you think it's an improvement, you're probably right (and if someone disagrees, they'll let you know). For films, usually we keep the description to a handful of words; for TV shows, longer descriptions are a bit more common. (Not sure why...) But again, just use common sense and you'll be fine. Hope this helps—let me know if you have any other questions! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:30, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much! I'll let you know if I have any more questions :) Funkcunk (talk) 16:59, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Dang well I added some character descriptions to The Faculty (1998) and they got removed 😭
 * Wikipedia confuses me lol Funkcunk (talk) 21:30, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry to hear that, . It sounds like the concern was that the descriptions repeated too much from the plot summary section. You could try making the descriptions shorter (maybe just a few words each) and/or focusing on characters who weren't mentioned in the plot summary. You can also leave a message for the user who undid your edit at User talk:MikeAllen—he has more experience writing about films than I do and might be able to give you some better advice. Don't be discouraged! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:19, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Oriyomi Esther Eriwayo (10:33, 12 March 2024)
Hello? How do I create a profile page for myself on Wikipedia --Oriyomi Esther Eriwayo (talk) 10:33, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello . Unless you've been written about in detail by multiple trustworthy sources (books, news websites, etc.), you are probably not eligible to have a Wikipedia article created about you. We do allow people to provide a little information about themselves on their their user pages (click here to create yours), but promotional user pages will be deleted. Ultimately the goal of Wikipedia is to create a high-quality encyclopedia, and if you're just trying to create a profile page, I'd encourage you to use one of the many other websites designed for that purpose. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:02, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

RFA2024 update: no longer accepting new proposals in phase I
Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:


 * Proposal 2, initiated by, provides for the addition of a text box at Requests for adminship reminding all editors of our policies and enforcement mechanisms around decorum.
 * Proposals 3 and 3b, initiated by and, respectively, provide for trials of discussion-only periods at RfA. The first would add three extra discussion-only days to the beginning, while the second would convert the first two days to discussion-only.
 * Proposal 5, initiated by, provides for a trial of RfAs without threaded discussion in the voting sections.
 * Proposals 6c and 6d, initiated by, provide for allowing users to be selected as provisional admins for a limited time through various concrete selection criteria and smaller-scale vetting.
 * Proposal 7, initiated by, provides for the "General discussion" section being broken up with section headings.
 * Proposal 9b, initiated by, provides for the requirement that allegations of policy violation be substantiated with appropriate links to where the alleged misconduct occured.
 * Proposals 12c, 21, and 21b, initiated by, , and , respectively, provide for reducing the discretionary zone, which currently extends from 65% to 75%. The first would reduce it 65%–70%, the second would reduce it to 50%–66%, and the third would reduce it to 60%–70%.
 * Proposal 13, initiated by, provides for periodic, privately balloted admin elections.
 * Proposal 14, initiated by, provides for the creation of some minimum suffrage requirements to cast a vote.
 * Proposals 16 and 16c, initiated by and, respectively, provide for community-based admin desysop procedures. 16 would desysop where consensus is established in favor at the administrators' noticeboard; 16c would allow a petition to force reconfirmation.
 * Proposal 16e, initiated by, would extend the recall procedures of 16 to bureaucrats.
 * Proposal 17, initiated by, provides for "on-call" admins and 'crats to monitor RfAs for decorum.
 * Proposal 18, initiated by, provides for lowering the RfB target from 85% to 75%.
 * Proposal 24, initiated by, provides for a more robust alternate version of the optional candidate poll.
 * Proposal 25, initiated by, provides for the requirement that nominees be extended-confirmed in addition to their nominators.
 * Proposal 27, initiated by, provides for the creation of a training course for admin hopefuls, as well as periodic retraining to keep admins from drifting out of sync with community norms.
 * Proposal 28, initiated by, tightens restrictions on multi-part questions.

To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her), via:

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Question from Jizams (10:12, 14 March 2024)
Hi, Am a artist, i wanna write my own biography --Jizams (talk) 10:12, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello . Unless you've been written about in detail by multiple trustworthy sources (books, news websites, etc.), you're probably not eligible to be the subject of a Wikipedia article. We do allow people to provide a little information about themselves on their their user pages (click here to create yours), but promotional user pages will be deleted. Ultimately the goal of Wikipedia is to create a high-quality encyclopedia, and if you're just trying to create a webpage for yourself, I'd encourage you to use one of the many other websites designed for that purpose. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:10, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Ar.S.Anand Kumar (03:01, 21 March 2024)
hi, how to add an institution (like college or hospital) profile on Wikipedia? --Ar.S.Anand Kumar (talk) 03:01, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello . I see you've been trying to create an article about the Papni School of Architecture. In order for the school to be eligible for an article, it needs to have been written about in detail by multiple reliable sources (like books, newspapers, trustworthy websites, etc.). Has the Papni School of Architecture been written about by any of those kinds of sources? If not, it is unfortunately not eligible for an article at this time. Let me know if you have any questions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:07, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Request
Hey, Extraordinary Writ,

I see you are active right now so I'm hoping you can take care of deleting the files in Category:Proposed deletion as of 23 March 2024. I tagged them for PROD'd deletion so I can't delete them myself. Thanks for any help you can provide. Hope you are having a good weekend! Liz Read! Talk! 22:28, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Done. I don't normally do much with files, so let me know if there's something I've missed. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 22:37, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of William Burnham Woods
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Your GA nomination of William Burnham Woods
The article William Burnham Woods you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:William Burnham Woods for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Irruptive Creditor -- Irruptive Creditor (talk) 23:44, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Urayness (13:38, 30 March 2024)
I'm just beginning to edit and draft in Wikipedia. I've just completed an article entitled "the size and shape of the atomic nucleus." A note at the top of the page states that the article is unassessed. How do I request an assessment? This is my first Wikipedia article and your suggestions would be most helpful! Urayness --Urayness (talk) 13:38, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi . Article assessments, which just involve someone assigning one of a few "grades" to the article, actually matter a lot less than many people expect, and there's not a lot of consistency about how they're assigned. Frequently someone will come across the article on their own and assess it (often as part of the process for reviewing new articles), so you may find it gets assessed at some point in the not-so-distant future. You could also ask at the physics WikiProject, where editors interested in physics congregate, if any of them wanted to assess the article and/or provide feedback. But again, it really doesn't make a difference how an article is assessed, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. Let me know if you have any other questions! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:37, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * as a science teacher, I'm quite familiar with the arbitrary nature of grades. I wasn't sure if it needed to be graded before it's released into the wild, but I see now that that is not the case. case. I do have a question for you: as the author of the article, am I now the de facto arbitrator on the talk page? I ask because recently I had a diagram removed from the Oddo Harkins rule article for being not relevant enough followed by an invitation to have a discussion and negotiate about it. to me. this seemed unilateral. My understanding is that the discussion happens first followed by the decision to remove, if consensual. Urayness (talk) 08:51, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * , these situations can unfold in several ways: sometimes people discuss and then remove, and sometimes people remove (to restore the status quo) and then discuss. There's no clear-cut rule; it depends on the circumstances and personal preferences. For your new article, being the original author doesn't give you any special rights or responsibilities, but if someone does make a change you disagree with, starting a discussion on the talk page is certainly a good next step. There's nothing stopping you from undoing the change first, but oftentimes it makes more sense to start with the conversation, especially if you want to get a better understanding of why the user did what they did. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:09, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Macbeth
You moved Macbeth (opera), without a redirect, and now hundreds of links are leading to nonsense instead to a precise opera. Shouldn't in case of a move to a new name without redirect the links be fixed first?? I'd like to hope that's all an April Fool's joke, but the pedantic name change seems to be planned to stay, sigh. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:23, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi Gerda. The links are being fixed as we speak. This issue happens whenever there's a move like this, and while people do come along eventually to fix the links, I'm happy to take care of it myself. There are technical reasons that make it difficult to fix the links first, unfortunately. As for the move itself, I don't have an opinion on whether it was a good idea or not—my job is just to assess consensus. Hope you're well. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:04, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).



Administrator changes
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 * An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024
Hello ,

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.

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Pg. move
I was trying to submit a page move request. Emphasis01 (talk) 05:43, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Please see WP:RSPM for instructions on how to start a move discussion. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:27, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I already saw those, I don't understand it. Do you see the edit on the request move page? Emphasis01 (talk) 08:11, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Never mind, someone adjusted it. Emphasis01 (talk) 08:13, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from JakobR32 (17:35, 4 April 2024)
Hey, I can't edit my change request. The "edit" button is missing, since the formatting is wrong. Here is the link to the talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Paraguayan_War Thanks --JakobR32 (talk) 17:35, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi . It looks like someone else has already fixed this for you. If it happens again, try clicking the "edit" button at the very top of the page, which should always be there. Let me know if you have any other questions! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:52, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip
Hi, I request you to please restore the Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip article that you deleted as I intend to write and expand. Thanks. Mfarazbaig (talk) 00:23, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
 * , I've restored it to Draft:Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. As it was created by a non-extended confirmed user (and sockpuppet), you shouldn't move it back to mainspace until you're comfortable taking responsibility for the contents. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:47, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Kpendry (00:05, 10 April 2024)
Hello Mentor! I have a added a large contribution to a Regenerative Architecture section on the wiki page "Sustainable City". This is from some research I have done for a university project and I thought I could contribute. In my paragraphs, I often include in-sentence citations. I am used to APA citation and I did my best to replicate that for the Wiki system. Please let me know if I did anything wrong! Thank you and have a great day! --Kpendry (talk) 00:05, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi . Nice start! The citations look good. One thing to keep in mind is that the style and tone of a Wikipedia article can be pretty different from the way people are taught to write a research paper or essay. Since the goal of an encyclopedia article is to summarize rather than to persuade, we try to avoid phrases like "it is essential to acknowledge", for example. Just something to think about going forward. Let me know if you have any questions! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:58, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from أرمز (16:08, 21 April 2024)
مرحبا! أريد مساعد باللغة العربية. --أرمز (talk) 16:08, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello . I understand from Google Translate that you're looking for an Arabic-language assistant. Unfortunately I don't speak Arabic, but user is listed as being willing to help answer Arabic-language questions, so you could leave a message for them at User talk:Meno25. You could also try asking on the Arabic Wikipedia for help from an English-speaking editor. I hope this helps. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 03:50, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Move of Edward IV and Edward V of England
Hi. Just a courtesy call to let you know I'll be contesting the closure of the discussion. Deb (talk) 07:55, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. My only involvement here was completing a technical request—I don't have an opinion at this point about the closure itself. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:58, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 62
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes

Issue 62, March – April 2024 
 * IEEE and Haaretz now available
 * Let's Connect Clinics about The Wikipedia Library
 * Spotlight and Wikipedia Library tips

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Question from Iamuser1234567890 (10:35, 18 April 2024)
Hello, thanks a lot for being my mentor. I would like to ask, when I will be able to edit pages which are protected to prevent vandalism? --Iamuser1234567890 (talk) 10:35, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi . To edit most protected articles, you'll need to have made at least ten different edits (currently you've made six). Accounts also have to be at least four days old, which yours already is. Some articles have higher requirements (e.g., 30 days and 500 edits), though, so if there's a particular page you want to edit, let me know and I can tell you the specific threshold. Note that if you're not currently eligible to edit an article, you can still request a change by going to this page and following the instructions. Let me know if you have any other questions! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 18:49, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot for solving my doubt. Iamuser1234567890 (talk) 08:50, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I would like to ask when I will be able to edit c. Iamuser1234567890 (talk) 08:52, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 * , that article is subject to the higher threshold: your account must be 30 days old with at least 500 edits. If you want to suggest an edit to that page, I'd encourage you to go to Edit Request Wizard/Protected, enter the article's name, and make your request. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 18:48, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

AfD closure
Hi there, I'm not sure the closure at Articles for deletion/Consulate General of France, Miami accurately reflected consensus. Three editors including myself argued for deletion while one editor argued for a redirect. "Consulate General of France, Miami" seems an unnecessary and implausibly specific redirect. AusLondonder (talk) 11:26, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi . There's not a ton a closer can do when someone suggests an alternative to deletion and no one offers an argument against it (see here for the most recent DRV on this issue). If you want me to relist so you can make an argument against redirecting, I can do that, although I'm not sure it would be the best use of editors' time. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 19:53, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Deborah Haarsma
Hi!

Are you writing a draft right now about the The BioLogos Foundation's current president Deborah Haarsma? I was about to start a draft on her, but then saw the message that such an article is under draft by you. The draft of yours is undeleted. If you wish to continue the draft, please reply. I won't write the article myself or may contribute to your work. If you wish to delete it, then please reply. I will start the work myself. Asaduzzaman Khan Shahriar (talk) 14:26, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi . I didn't write the draft—I just restored it for someone else after it was deleted. I've now restored it again, and you can see it at Draft:Deborah Haarsma. The user who created it hasn't edited recently, so you're welcome to make whatever changes you like and resubmit when you're ready. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 21:10, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

"Opposition to Chavismo" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Opposition_to_Chavismo&redirect=no Opposition to Chavismo] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. Tarnis<b style="color:#ffa0a0;">hed</b><b style="color:#420000;">Path</b><b style="color:#bd4004;">talk</b> 10:35, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

Administrator changes
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Bureaucrat changes
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CheckUser changes
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Oversight changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

Technical news
 * Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

Arbitration
 * The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous
 * This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
 * A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
 * Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!

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Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C
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Post-move cleanup
Re Talk:Cretan school, will you be doing some of the post-move cleanup work on these, per Requested moves/Closing instructions? Dicklyon (talk) 16:56, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks like has done some of it already, but I've taken care of the rest. I'm not sure how sources capitalize "Late Cretan School", so you're welcome to change that as well if necessary. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:57, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Much appreciated. Dicklyon (talk) 03:43, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins
Hi there! Phase I of the Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:

See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron (talk), via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:08, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Proposals 2 and 9b (phase II discussion): Add a reminder of civility norms at RfA and Require links for claims of specific policy violations
 * Proposal 3b (in trial): Make the first two days discussion-only
 * Proposal 13 (in trial): Admin elections
 * Proposal 14 (implemented): Suffrage requirements
 * Proposals 16 and 16c (phase II discussion): Allow the community to initiate recall RfAs and Community recall process based on dewiki
 * Proposal 17 (phase II discussion): Have named Admins/crats to monitor infractions
 * Proposal 24 (phase II discussion): Provide better mentoring for becoming an admin and the RfA process
 * Proposal 25 (implemented): Require nominees to be extended confirmed

WP:LUGSTUBS2
Hello. I noticed you carried out the mass move of pages associated with WP:LUGSTUBS. Today a few links popped up for R2 deletion, which were left behind from moves that cited WP:LUGSTUBS2. It seems as though this list should have been draftified, but no one ever went ahead and did so. I was wondering if you might be up to the task? Pinging @BilledMammal as proposer / the person who added the Template:Special draft tag to the original list. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:19, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Yeah, there was a lot of wording in the WP:LUGSTUBS2 closure about moving slowly and cautiously, so I don't think anyone was ever comfortable mass-moving them. Maybe BilledMammal can tell us where the process currently stands. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 17:33, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks like we'd need to tweak Template:Special draft. It links specifically to WP:LUGSTUBS and doesn't allow me to link to WP:LUGSTUBS2 instead. I'd be fine to work to mass tag and then move these to draft space, but I think we'd need that worked out first. Hey man im josh (talk) 19:48, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * It looks like there's been some discussion recently at Wikipedia talk:Lugstubs 2 list—apparently a pretty high proportion need to be redirected rather than draftified. Separating out the redirectable ones probably needs to be the first priority (BilledMammal had mentioned figuring that out via Quarry). Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:37, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh perfect, thanks. I'll follow up there instead of bugging you about it! Thank you! Hey man im josh (talk) 20:47, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jimmy neutron the third (15:46, 9 May 2024)
how the heck did my edit get deleted when I corrected a simple mistake? --Jimmy neutron the third (talk) 15:46, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * , it looks like your edit to Thousand-yard stare was reverted because the term can also be used outside the context of World War II. Your edit to Layla McCarter was reverted because it removed useful links to the articles Women's International Boxing Federation and Ronda Rousey. If you're looking for good ways to help, the list at Task Center might be useful. Let me know if you have any questions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 18:59, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm still fairly new, so mistakes will be made, I hope my mistakes won't lead to my account being restricted in any way. I'll check out the Task Center soon Jimmy neutron the third (talk) 16:46, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Caireau (19:17, 13 May 2024)
Hello! I've created an article recently that I realize has a Spanish translation. How do I connect these two articles in the "Languages" tab on the top right of the "article space" page? --Caireau (talk) 19:17, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi ! This is kind of hard to explain, so if you want, feel free to just tell me the two articles you want connected and I can take care of it for you. But here are the steps:
 * Go to the Spanish Wikipedia article.
 * From the "Herramientas" menu (top right), choose "Elemento de Wikidata".
 * You are now on Wikidata, which is part of the Wikipedia "family" of sites. Click "log in" and sign in with your same Wikipedia username and password.
 * Where it says "Wikipedia (1 entry)", click "edit".
 * Type "en" (for English) into the "wiki" field".
 * Copy-and-paste the name of the English Wikipedia article (the one you created) into the "page" field.
 * Click "publish". Done!
 * It really shouldn't be so hard to do something so simple, but c'est la vie, I guess. Let me know if you have any other questions! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 21:31, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Beautiful! Just got it done.
 * Thanks for such clear instructions and a quick reply!! Caireau (talk) 04:34, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Prwiz33 (20:05, 15 May 2024)
hello, is it true thatg you can not edit your own wikipedia page? --Prwiz33 (talk) 20:05, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * , it is strongly discouraged—see this page for an explanation of why. If there's already an article about you, this page will let you request changes to it; the suggestions will be reviewed by other editors to make sure they're unbiased and appropriate. If there isn't already an article about you, it's almost never a good idea to create one yourself. Let me know if you have any other questions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:52, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Shama72220 (09:08, 17 May 2024)
Hi --Shama72220 (talk) 09:08, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi ! Let me know if you have any questions about editing Wikipedia. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 16:55, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Solidance (15:32, 22 May 2024)
Hello Bob! This is Dan. I got a sandboxed entry. I wonder how and when can I get it into the wild. I appreciate your advice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Solidance/sandbox Regards, D. --Solidance (talk) 15:32, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi Dan. I've added a box to your draft with a blue button that says "Submit the draft for review!"—when you're ready, push that button and it'll go into the queue for review. Before you do that, though, it's important to cite reliable sources (books, newspapers, magazine, trustworthy websites, etc.) that are independent of the Solidance project and talk about about it in detail. Reviewers will be looking for those kinds of sources to see whether Solidance is eligible for an article, and if there aren't any of those sources, it may be too soon for it to have an article at this time. Let me know if you have any questions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 21:45, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Claimed permissions on user page
An editor who has already had a few alt accounts (already reported to SPI), now claims to be a pending changes reviewer using the infobox User wikipedia/Reviewer on their userpage. I went to WP:PERM and WP:PERM/PCR, and I could not find their request. Could not see anything in their editing history either. Let it go or should something be done? --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 04:50, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * That's odd. Probably just a misunderstanding, but I'll leave a message for them. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:08, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Henry Akpan David on Electrocompaniet (22:20, 28 May 2024)
Hello Please how to put my pic and phone number --Henry Akpan David (talk) 22:20, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello . The purpose of Wikipedia is to write an encyclopedia, not to provide information about non-notable people. Contributors to Wikipedia can create a user page to talk briefly about themselves (click here to create yours), but it can be deleted if it's used for self-promotion. (For privacy reasons, you shouldn't put your phone number on Wikipedia.) Let me know if you have any questions about how to contribute to the encyclopedia. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:16, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Ashikur Rahman710 (15:20, 3 June 2024)
Hello --Ashikur Rahman710 (talk) 15:20, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello ! Let me know if you have any questions about editing Wikipedia. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:51, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

AFC Reviewers
Hey, as you suggested in response to my PERM request, 'Trying AfC reviewing first might be a good idea,' I have submitted a request for the AFC Helper script. Please approve it so that I can review and decline articles that don't meet the requirements. Grabup (talk) 17:12, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't typically review those requests— does. If you want my opinion, though, it's that you should spend a couple of months getting more experience with deletion before applying for additional advanced permissions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 03:46, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the suggestion. Could you advise me on which deletion process I should focus on gaining more experience with? Grabup (talk) 03:52, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Just keep working on CSDs and especially AfDs. Notability can't be fully understood in just a couple of weeks—it takes time to recognize some of the nuances. Try participating in AfDs where several people disagree with each other. Anyone can !vote delete in the easy discussions, but being able to make a source-based and policy/guideline-based argument in a more complicated case is what really matters. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:04, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Sure, I am actively working on CDSs. Only today, I found 8 spam self-promotional drafts (more can found), which I reported and will be deleted. As for AFDs, I agree everyone can vote delete, but most of the time, I mention guidelines like WP:NPOL, WP:GNG, WP:ACTOR, WP:MUSIC, and more. After your and Spicy’s comments, I am now adding my votes while briefly discussing why the article should be deleted. For example, you can see this [1],[ 2]. Thanks for the suggestions, I am learning more day by day. Grabup (talk) 08:19, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @Extraordinary Writ: Hi there,
 * I hope you are well. It's been a month since my PERM was declined, and I'd like to get feedback on my eligibility to get NPP right based on my AfDs, CSDs, and AfC reviews. Thanks. Grab Up  -  Talk  18:28, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi . It looks like you've been doing good work since we last talked. You are still moving very quickly, and in my opinion spending another month or two at AfC and AfD would a good idea. I see you've nominated a few articles at AfD recently; this is a good way to show you can identify non-notable articles on your own. By the way, most of what new page patrollers do can actually be done by anyone: just go to Special:NewPagesFeed, select "new page patrol", and look for articles that need to be CSDed, AfDed, tagged for notability, etc. This is a good chance to practice. Anyways, it's up to you when you want to make the PERM request; the reviewing admin (who won't be me) will decide at that point whether you have enough experience. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:34, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback. Cheers! Grab Up  -  Talk  06:36, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Wanted to add this useful and relevant info
Hi, Can I add this below para in any of the existing articles on Wikipedia? Can be Online Food Ordering, may be under Type >> Delivery platforms  with a reference: " There exists one delivery platform in the United Kingdom, named as Fusion Kitchen allowing restaurants to sell food online through their delivery platform with 0% Commission, for both delivery and pickup. https://theprint.in/ani-press-releases/fusion-kitchen-celebrates-five-years-of-culinary-excellence-and-global-growth-amidst-0-per-cent-commission-milestone/1987957/. Can you suggest if this can go elsewhere ? Lakshmi VB Narsimhan (talk) 06:55, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding that kind of detail about one non-notable company would be undue and promotional, particularly if it's just sourced to a press release. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 21:34, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 * What sources or citations or achievements will make a company notable??, is it a Funded Company? Or Listed Company etc.? Lakshmi VB Narsimhan (talk) 05:01, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
 * A company is notable if it's been covered in detail by multiple independent and reliable sources (see WP:NCORP). Being funded or listed doesn't guarantee notability. But regardless, you shouldn't be trying to use broad articles like Online food ordering to promote a single company, whether notable or not. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:05, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
 * What kind of articles are not-broad ones, can you suggest a few if possible? Lakshmi VB Narsimhan (talk) 04:13, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I am not going to help you promote this company. That is not what Wikipedia is here for. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:19, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
 * No obligation please. I only needed a help to learn to grow Wikipedia but not for any company or personal gains. Lakshmi VB Narsimhan (talk) 05:05, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).

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 * Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.

Technical news
 * The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

Arbitration
 * The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
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