User talk:Fences and windows

Category:Kentucky colonels
Hi Fences

Thanks for closing Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2021_March_9.

However, you just deleted the category pages, without emptying the category. That leaves ~125 pages still in the non-existent Category:Kentucky colonels, contrary to WP:REDNOT.

Please can you list the category at WP:Categories for discussion/Working, so that the bot will empty the category. -- Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 01:49, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, I just came here to ask the same question. You can't delete categories like you would an article or talk page unless it is empty. You either have to manually change each page in the category or have a bot do it. But it doesn't happen automatically. Liz Read! Talk! 04:48, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, BrownHairedGirl and Liz, I'd asked about this at VPT before and was given the impression this was done by a bot automatically at CfD. Is there a closing script to do this? I've added it now; does it work post-deletion? Fences  &amp;  Windows  11:07, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, the bot works fine post-deletion. The bot just does what it's told at WP:CFDW, where your entry looks fine.
 * Before closing any XFD, it's a good idea to read the instructions. In this case, they are at Categories for discussion/Administrator instructions. --  Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 11:14, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Aye, noted. BrownHairedGirl, does the bot work for categories speedily deleted without CFD? Fences  &amp;  Windows  14:43, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
 * the bot works only off the instructiuons provided to it at WP:CFDW, under the various headings. Category speedy deletions outside of CFD are very rare. -- Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 14:48, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
 * BrownHairedGirl, there were a couple of dozen speedy deletion nominations recently due to creations by a banned user, which prompted my query at Village_pump_(technical)/Archive_188 after I had deleted and manually emptied several of them. I guess we need to follow the advice there to open a CFD, which makes speedy deletions more difficult. Ah well. Thanks for setting me right and your quick responses. Fences  &amp;  Windows  15:13, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I hadn't thought of the banned-user-rollbacks. But, to be honest, I deplore those speedy deletions of category pages cos they were created by a banned user. It's quite rare for a banned user to be the only person to populate a category, so it is a v bad idea to delete the whole show just because the category page creator has been banned.
 * Much better to list the categories at CFD, as advised at VPT. This doesn't involve lots of extra work, because WP:TWINKLE makes a CFD nomination easy, and it saves a lot of work from undoing inappropriate speedies. --  Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 15:24, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

A brownie for you!


Here is a brownie for you for all the immense amount of help you gave by reviewing my article on Puneett Chouksey and closing the AFD of Speedily delete on that article. Have a great day Sir/Ma'am!--Aleyamma38 (talk) 10:17, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Blocking 2600:1009:B12C:DDFC:C26E:3365:E23E:D35
Hello! Would you be so kind to block this anonymous user. He keeps reverting my edits and it’s so annoying. TylerKutschbach (talk) 01:28, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Please discuss with them on the talk pages, TylerKutschbach. Also leave a message on the IP's talk pages. I've semi-protected the pages for two days - that is not an invitation for you to revert again, as you risk being blocked for edit warring. You may already have breached WP:3RR. Fences  &amp;  Windows  01:45, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Anything I can clarify for you?
Hi Fences and windows. I'm very concerned that your comments at BLPN regarding the Sasha Grey misrepresent my position, my comments, and the available references. If there's anything I can do to clarify my position, please let me know. --Hipal (talk) 22:59, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 * We can continue discussion at BLP/N; my comments my not capture your intent, but I believe they address the consequences of your position. I will edit to clarify. Fences  &amp;  Windows  16:32, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if that can work, as I don't think you understand my position despite my clarifications. Thanks for the refactoring. --Hipal (talk) 16:43, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Maybe I don't understand your position or the basis for your position, Hipal, but it's best not to fork the debate. I think consensus is against you at both the talk page and noticeboard so you need to better articulate 1) the grounding of your position in our policies and guidelines and 2) the practical consequences of your position for the article and its sourcing in order to persuade people. I'm really not aiming to be obtuse. Fences  &amp;  Windows  21:46, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 * It's not a debate. There are no sides. I agreed to allow the article to be revised to whatever Morbidthoughts wanted, provided there are BLP-quality references backing them. He's done so as best he can, so that's resolved.
 * I've reached out to you to try to prevent misunderstanding and the problems that develop from working from misunderstanding.
 * I'd hoped that editors would discuss quality of sources, weight, and any other relevant policies, guidelines, or general consensus. It appears that will not happen. --Hipal (talk) 23:40, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Your responses at BLP/N have been quite terse and you don't always clearly explain what you are proposing and what the policy basis is. If you could expand more on that and not take pushback personally (which I acknowledge is difficult, especially in light of some of my own rhetoric) then others might understand what you're aiming for. Fences  &amp;  Windows  00:01, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've put far too much time and effort into this already. At this point, I'm going to wait to see what the ip's do when the protection is lifted. --Hipal (talk) 16:23, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Cadeken socks
Hi Fences and Window. I wanted get your advice and follow up on an issue we discussed at WP:AI. I respect your opinion. First, thanks for the even-handed manner in which you handled that matter. I need advice about the IP socks of. As I said at ANI, Cadeken is a prolific sockmaster, using both registered socks and numerous IP socks. I'm almost certain that Cadeken's latest registered sock is because of an identical editing pattern (articles related to mass killers and other violent crimes), but I'll deal with that at SPI. My concern is that inevitably when a Cadeken sock is blocked, soon after an IP located in central California emerges, making similar edits, often amid a registered sock edits. For example, here. Sometimes they are constructive edits, but often they are disruptive. To determine whether the sources are constructive, I would have to go to every source to confirm, and often these socks cite multiple sources. That's very time consuming, and with my limited time on Wikipedia, I probably would not take the time to do so. I could report the IP at SPI, but that often doesn't confirm sockpuppetry (and I understand why). So are those my only options? If so, I suspect the IPs problem edits will remain in articles for a long time, as they typically have in the past. I'm not complaining about how Wikipedia operates, but I want to make sure I have no other options before moving on to other matters here. Thanks. Sundayclose (talk) 22:50, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi Sundayclose, one thing I can do is semi-protect the usual/recent editing targets - let's put that together. I suspect they'll widen their target articles, but it'll disrupt their editing pattern.
 * If there is an obvious IP sockpuppet immediately after a block, reverting on sight and noting the block evasion in the edit summary and at the talk page seems reasonable. Fences  &amp;  Windows  23:46, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
 * There are some articles that are frequent targets. I'll let you know when I see them. Thanks. Sundayclose (talk) 00:35, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
 * F&W, please see WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Cadeken. Is it appropriate for me now to revert Keith Ann Nikolas on sight, or do I need to cull through edits to separate the good from the bad? How about the IP? I'm not asking for your admin action, just advice. Thanks. Sundayclose (talk) 20:32, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Sundayclose, it's a DUCK case, but wait for the SPI close then revert en masse. You're not obliged to check each edit, though be careful not to restore BLP violations etc.
 * As you've seen, I've semi-protected many of the recent repeat targets. Let me know of any I missed: STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting, Richland High School shooting, List of child abuse cases featuring long-term detention, Montgomery v. Louisiana, Miller v. Alabama, Tilden High School (Chicago), Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, John Getreu, Roy Charles Waller, List of school shootings in the United States (before 2000), GEDmatch, Washington State Penitentiary, List of longest prison sentences served, 2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Lydia Gouardo, Family Tree DNA, List of suspected perpetrators of crimes identified with GEDmatch, List of youngest killers. Fences  &amp;  Windows  19:05, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Revdel Request
Hi, Revdel Request for .. thank you, CommanderWaterford (talk) 16:03, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry CommanderWaterford, I wasn't online. I see it's been dealt with. Fences  &amp;  Windows  20:03, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

This might help!
User_talk:Bishonen Regards, El_C 13:38, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks El_C, I use the magic of Twinkle which does it all for me bar the thinking. Fences  &amp;  Windows  14:23, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Murder of Rachel Nickell post-RM
Hi Fences and windows, I pinged you but also wanted to leave you a courtesy notice about the post-Requested Move discussion here Talk:Murder_of_Rachel_Nickell. Thank you, Some1 (talk) 15:27, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi Fences and Windows
I am new to all of this BLP bullshit. But I really appreciated your edits on the BLP board for the porn star. (Remember the internet was built on porn!) But seriously it is cool that you want to save edits.

Have a nice day man. Peace. Infinitepeace (talk) 01:41, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * That’s OK, I think we should give a complete picture of any person's career including Grey's. My go-to response for most issues on Wikipedia is to hunt for sources. Fences  &amp;  Windows  09:54, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * me too. Anytime you need a second look at something or help finding sources, let me know. Is there a group of editors like you?  I know that BLP Noticeboard tends to attract people that like to delete other people's work, is there a page that people who support edits gather?  thanks again!  have a great weekend! Infinitepeace (talk) 22:58, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi Infinitepeace, maybe Help desk, Teahouse, or the Reference desks? There are also WikiProjects, Contests, and Good article nominations for collaborative, constructive editing. Fences  &amp;  Windows  23:46, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Blocked IP back again
It looks as if the editor whose IP 74.127.202.204 you blocked for block evasion after I raised their edits at BLPN is back, now at 74.127.202.115, making the same categorisations on often flimsy evidence, Do you want to deal with it or should I raise it elsewhere? NebY (talk) 17:18, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks NebY, I've blocked 74.127.202.0/24 for a month. Fences  &amp;  Windows  18:05, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. Do you have the capability to quickly revert all of the edits? I've been doing it one at a time. Sundayclose (talk) 18:07, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I just used rollback on them all, Sundayclose. Fences  &amp;  Windows  18:28, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you! NebY (talk) 18:34, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

They're back again on 74.127.202.46 categorising or (new) decategorising people as having a personality disorder, sometimes aligned with mentions in the articles and sometimes not, with facetious and serious edit summaries. NebY (talk) 10:31, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks NebY, I've blocked the range again for another three months. Fences  &amp;  Windows  10:54, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks again. I've discovered watchlisting categories works now, hurrah, so I've done that. They seem a bit of a BLP risk. NebY (talk) 14:14, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I see you've revdel'd one article. I don't know if you want to go back so far, but I found the claim inserted into the articles's text in 2017. I removed it last month without thinking to ask for revdel, sorry. NebY (talk) 15:38, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your vigilance! I revdelled further back, I couldn't verify that claim. Fences  &amp;  Windows  19:24, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Just over three months later, they're back as IP 74.127.203.206, adding disorder categories that aren't supported by article text in any I've sampled, mostly with the summary "i added him to another category". Some are BLPs again. Would you like to block them again? NebY (talk) 15:51, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Infinitepeace
seems to be inviting proxy editing on their talk page. I tried to post the actual policies, hoping to have a discussion as to whether what they are doing is allowed, but the links to the policies were deleted and I was asked to stay off their talk page (which of course I will do). I am still not sure whether the invitation to proxy edit is allowed, so I am reluctant to go to ANI. What do you think? Allowed or not allowed? --Guy Macon (talk) 01:29, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi Guy Macon, I've been pinged myself to save the article up for speedy deletion, but I'm not going near a checkuser block by a member of ArbCom. Fences  &amp;  Windows  14:47, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I am going to just go ahead and delete the section where they invite proxy editing. If they revert again I will have to think of something else. If that happens, can a speedy be used for just part of a page, should I request speedy on the whole thing, go to MfD, or go to AE? --Guy Macon (talk) 15:29, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I doubt anyone will answer the request to edit on their behalf or pursue their complaints, but a discussion about principles at AN wouldn't hurt. I think an editor who is blocked for a period of time might still legitimately prepare content in their talk page and discuss with editors things other than their block, but not an indef blocked editor - and especially not a sockpuppet of a blocked editor. Fences  &amp;  Windows  17:49, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Another admin blocked talk page access, so we are done here. Thanks for the clarification. --Guy Macon (talk) 05:37, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Pearl Petroleum et al
Hi. Just curious about what you think of this. Thanks. --- Possibly (talk) 05:16, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I replied at the noticeboard. Fences  &amp;  Windows  14:50, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Amazing reply, thank you for your thoughtful work there.--- Possibly (talk) 18:19, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Disruptive editor
Hi F&W, has resumed adding the same unsourced content to articles that you blocked them for. They changed the results at 2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania without providing a source. I reverted them and issued an ap DS alert. They then reverted me, again without providing a source. Their contributions seem to show a high volume of similar edits that are unsourced except for a claim about "Dave's atlas" in the edit summary. Can you re-block them? Thanks. ― Tartan357  Talk 01:54, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Done. Fences  &amp;  Windows  08:36, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Deleted article "Saraf Furniture"
Hi, I had submitted an article and it was deleted under Section G4 for speedy deletion on the basis of a discussion which was done in September, 2018. The Wikipedia page submitted in 2018 was not prepared by me. I had submitted the link to a forbes article on the company that was published on 27th January, 2021, was the article considered before deleting the page?

Please recover the article for further editing.

Thanks, --Adv.devanshmalhotra (talk) 02:54, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
 * "The pages slugged ‘Brand Connect’ are equivalent to advertisements and are not written and produced by Forbes India journalists." Adv.devanshmalhotra, the article was written using promotional sources like this. We can’t use such sources, see WP:RS. Fences  &amp;  Windows  08:42, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi, Got it! I will go through the same for a better understanding. Can you please recover the article as a draft in my account so that I can continue working on it. Thanks --Adv.devanshmalhotra (talk) 19:00, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

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Wikieditorial101
Thanks for you comment on my ANI report about Wikieditorial101. Take a look at this Freemasonry-fixated LTA. One and the same? Looks pretty DUCKy to me.Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:39, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not convinced it's the same user, Beyond My Ken, but I have indef blocked them for their repeated personal attacks and digging a deeper hole at AN/I. Fences  &amp;  Windows  00:18, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that, I appreciate it. When I get the time I may dig a little deeper into the LTA and into Wikieditorial101's contribs, just because it might come in handy if (when?) this editor re-appears. Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:14, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Gaetz AfD
HI. Just a heads up that there was a comment by on the above AFD, which i believe got deleted in the midst of it being moved. I noticed it because it was a short comment that was cited as 16KB in the history, which only had one entry. I think it's sort of an interstitial metaphysical space thing.--- Possibly (talk) 01:30, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I'll check and restore once I've cleaned up incoming links. Fences  &amp;  Windows  01:32, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the title change!--- Possibly (talk) 01:53, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Possibly, it's all sorted now I think. It took an hour to tidy up after the move - there's a reason AfDs are not usually moved... Fences  &amp;  Windows  01:56, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm super glad you did it. Thanks.--- Possibly (talk) 01:57, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Page Caesar DePaco victim again of edit warring, vandalism, and sanitization
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gustav_Benedictis and https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Ruimbarreira1411&action=edit&redlink=1

have both continued to attempt to sanitize the page Caesar DePaco. Ive had to revert all their edits, since they were mostly deletions through false assertions. Ruimbarreira introduced a huge rant on both the english and portuguese wikipedia, about how the media is engaged in a conspiracy and acting against his client. He is the individual's lawyer, and threatened to sue people in PT wikipedia. In fact he did file in court agaisnt PT wikipedia. See this edit for the rant https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caesar_DePa%C3%A7o&oldid=1019985689 see this edit and the final paragraph of the introduction. The only reference to this is the individual's own assertions, which are fine to be linked and part of the article, even if they are completely and demonstrably false.

Ruimbarreira1411 has actually sued portuguese wikipedia in an attempt to remove this page from existence. see here - https://blog.wikimedia.pt/2021/04/16/wikimedia-portugal-foi-ilibada-em-tribunal/

Gustav Benedictis is a new account, suddenly appeared, says they've lived in Florida and they are from Madeira... the same location as the person the article is about. (amazing coincidence). He also sanitizes the page for Summit Nutritionals Int., the company that's owned by Caesar DePaco. Another amazing coincidence.

Hope I can get your attention as this page is being constantly vandalised both here and in PT wikipedia, where I've contacted the admins there.

Kranke133 (talk) 16:48, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Kranke133, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Caesar_DePa%C3%A7o_-_legal_threats. Fences  &amp;  Windows  20:15, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Draft:The Legend of Zelda 3D All-Stars
Hi, definitely not trying to make this a 'I know/am smarter than you' or anything, but I am very big into video games, especially Nintendo. This draft is definitely a hoax:
 * From the talk page: "If the game is officially announced we need to really update this article, and if its not real lets not delete it." - this was created by the same IP who created Draft:The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD + Ganondorf's Fury (that you've now just deleted) as well as Draft:The Legend of Zelda 35 (also recently deleted)
 * Also just found Draft:Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda, another hoax... the two sources used in there are both regarding the recent Mario Game & Watch, not a Zelda one. Same draft also says it releases in November 2020 in the lead, and says in 2021 in the infobox. Same scenario regarding a comment on the talk page: "We need to update this article a lot if its real and please do not delete it if its not real. OK."
 * The Screenrant article you linked is indeed just wishful/hopeful thinking, AKA, purely speculation- mostly based off of the recent Super Mario 3D All-Stars
 * Note the usage of 'likely' and 'could' throughout the article
 * The article is from January 26, 2021. Note how one of the paragraphs starts off with, "February 21 marks the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda series. If a Zelda 3D All-Stars exists, then it will likely be announced shortly before or on the anniversary." It's now May 2021, so clearly that did not happen...

TL;DR- game is definitely something not in existence currently, as in not announced by any means whatsoever by Nintendo. Article you linked to is purely speculation about it existing/what it could contain.

Thanks. Magitroopa (talk) 00:22, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I think it's probably a hoax too, Magitroopa, but the existence of speculative sourcing for such a release makes it hard to apply the CSD criterion. It says "This only applies to cases where the deception is so obvious as to constitute pure vandalism" and WP:DWHOAX says "Hoaxes are generally not speedy deletion candidates". CSD is conservative by design. If you nominate at MfD, it'll likely not last long. Fences  &amp;  Windows  00:29, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

FIA Drivers' Categorisation (Platinum)
Hi. Now I don't have enough time to be in Wiki, so I have missed your message. This site copypasted my list not vice versa, please restore. The major content was the list of actual drivers with the Platinum status and references, not the requirements for the platinum categorisation. Corvus tristis (talk) 05:18, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Corvus tristis, I've restored it and I'm sorry I didn't check more carefully. The Wikipedia page does precede that website. This was caught up in some pages AS19Portsmouth created. Fences  &amp;  Windows  20:42, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

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Discussion archived
Hello F&W, the discussion at AN was automatically archived again (shouldn't it wait a bit more after new comments? Less than 24h had passed I think). But I would really appreciate some guidance and an answer to my questions. Sorry to bother you specifically but nobody else took action (I really appreciate you did) and I don't know who to ask. I would rather not reopen that discussion myself if I can receive an answer in another way. Thank you. -- &#123;{u&#124; Gtoffoletto  &#125;}  talk 12:25, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Gtoffoletto, you said at AN/I you want to "clear my name from this Sword of Damocles", however a topic ban is not a threat but protective. You've successfully edited for a year without impinging on your topic ban area so you may breathe easy.
 * You have a tendency to wikilawyer and bludgeon, being over-fixated on process and self-justification, which I believe leads you to not take on board what people say. In appearing to minimize the reasons for your topic ban and arguing with those opposed to it being lifted, you gave too many people the wrong impression.
 * The issue is not process but trust. An admin assessed that the community no longer trusted you to edit about UFOs and you have yet to regain that trust. Had I commented at AN/I then I might have agreed to lift the topic ban to give you a second chance, but I cannot override a lack of consensus. You might regain trust by self-reflection, e.g. accepting what JoJo Anthrax said, taking Fringe theories to heart, and studying Civil POV pushing and the other essays linked to in "More on civil POV pushing" for tips on following a more productive path.
 * You might lurk or engage at WP:NPOVN, or other noticeboards to get more of a feel for where community consensus lies on contentious issues. You engaged at WP:FTN briefly last year but it was always connected to UFOs, by your own admission engaging in "wild speculation" (see WP:NOTFORUM); you might try again on other topics in the spirit of the board, i.e. dispassionately discussing how to write about ideas that fall outside the mainstream neutrally and based on high-quality, independent sources.
 * A topic ban appeal that might be more successful would acknowledge without spin where you went wrong before, why you want to return to this area, what particular articles you're interested in and what sources you might use to improve them, how you've edited in other (perhaps adjacent) areas without disruption, and how you'll avoid disruption recurring. Fences  &amp;  Windows  16:39, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for your suggestions and explanations. I often edit about space and aeronautics in my time on Wikipedia (with some interesting detours into other topics) so that is why I feel this is a "Sword of Damocles" hanging over my head (although I don't intend to edit the subject area again given the excessive toxicity). I recognise my failures in dealing with past disputes and agree I could have handled them better. However, I reject accusations of POV pushing and find them unfair. Even the admin that blocked me reviewed the evidence and modified the reason for my ban to disruptive editing in the subject area. I agree I was disruptive as I have stated many times. However, I strive to always cite reliable sources and to follow them faithfully. And I believe my record shows that and that has lead the admin to change the ban reason. Is this a fair assessment of the situation in your opinion? JoJo Anthrax said I believe it is accurate to say that the basis for your topic ban was expanded, and not simply "changed.". But I don't believe that to be accurate from how I understand it.
 * [[File:Il Palazzo di Giustizia di Milano, sede del Tribunale, opera di Marcello Piacentini.jpg|thumb|I can see from my window the latin inscription on the Court of Milan which I will post here for you: "Sumus ad iustitiam nati neque opinione / sed natura constitutum est ius” We are called to justice since birth and law is based on nature, not on opinion.]]p.s. on a philosophical note: process is necessary to ensure trust. Without clear and fair processes people tend to make decisions based on opinion, which is affected by bias and is easily manipulated resulting in unfairness. This is a big problem for Wikipedia. And not an easy one to fix. -- &#123;{u&#124; Gtoffoletto  &#125;}  talk 21:58, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Hey F&W. Understand if you don't want to reply. But could you point me in the right direction to receive answers/guidance with questions like this? I am struggling to understand how all this works. Are there admins that volunteer to give guidance/coaching on such issues for example? I am lost here. Thanks. -- &#123;{u&#124; Gtoffoletto  &#125;}  talk 09:06, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Gtoffoletto, you seem unreceptive to my advice so I stopped replying. What you're looking for is Mentorship and there's one available admin at Adopt-a-user/Adoptee's Area/Adopters. Fences  &amp;  Windows  10:12, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry you feel that way. I've greatly appreciated and read carefully all your suggestions and guidance. I'll do the same with your last advice and see if an admin has time to help me out with some of the questions that I still have. Thanks for the help. -- &#123;{u&#124; Gtoffoletto  &#125;}  talk 10:40, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

UTorontoPHD single-purpose account
Hi,

Yesterday I replied to your comment here. Telmo6T has not edited since your warning, but shortly after my comments and a couple of article edits, a brand new single-purpose account UTorontoPHD was registered and emerged to the scene with similar behaviour; making promotional edits, including promotional edits like this.

I considered opening a sockpuppet investigation or another COIN discussion, but I realise that neither may not be an optimal solution in this case. Do you have a suggestion? Thanks, Politrukki (talk) 21:55, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Politrukki. It's plainly the same editor, but as they've abandoned that old account there's no call for SPI. I've reiterated the earlier warning, let's see if that and discussion is enough without needing to go to COIN. They appear to be engaging at the talk page. Fences  &amp;  Windows  22:45, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks again. I will give them a BLP DS alert in case these are two different people. Hopefully that's enough for now. Politrukki (talk) 13:49, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

User:SteveBenassi: POV and Battleground behavior, seemingly violating WP:NOTAFORUM
Hello. User:SteveBenassi, whom I reported earlier and whom gave a final warning about edit warring and ArbCom violations (and WP:BATTLEGROUND behavior, has begun to post very POV and forum-like material expressing his opinions across Talk pages (relating to Jews and Jewish history/origins in ways that seem to go against WP:NOTAFORUM). Previously, he intentionally made disruptive edits and edit warred in order to, by his admission, "make a scene" in order to push his POV.

Here is the earlier report I filed, in which User:NonReproBlue also participated (and where you warned SteveBenassi): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1067#User:SteveBenassi_WP:NOTHERE:_edit_warring/intentionally_disruptive_edits

Here are his recent edits to the Talk pages of three articles so far, first at Zionism [] And then at Italian Jews, here: []

At Zionism, it seemed to be in response to a ref another user had added, but at Italian Jews it seemed to be for the purpose of calling attention to his opinion.

I warned him and removed his addition to the Talk page at Italian Jews, referring him to WP:POV and WP:NOTAFORUM but he has again posted similar material to the Talk page of Genetic studies on Jews, here [], this time initially pinging a user who (a while ago) edit warred (adding fringe material) and with whom I had an exchange. His notifying of them also seems somewhat like WP:CANVASSING, since he would know they would be likely to agree with him.

SteveBenassi has a history of making intentionally provacative edits (by his own admission) and edit warring on purpose. Here is seems to again be pushing a POV, and it seems that he is interested in adding this materials to articles that concern Jews or Jewish history. His recent behavior could also be an ArbCom violation (but I am not as familiar with that).

This seems to me problematic and disruptive, and indicates, like the edits he was reported for before, that he is WP:NOTHERE and attempting to right WP:GREATWRONGS. It is also strange in light of his earlier statement that he would no longer edit Wikipedia ([]).

Any attention to this issue is greatly appreciated.

Thank you, Skllagyook (talk) 03:24, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello. User:Skllagyook You continue to try to block a new paper, The Geography of Jewish Ethnogenesis (2019),  http://www.biblaridion.info/video/ethnogenesis.pdf, because it is opposite to your POV, and you try block my comments about it. I do not make edits on any pages now, I try to engage users on the talk section of the pages. I am trying to follow the "Please try to stay on the task of creating an encyclopedia". You don't like this paper and are still trying to suppress it. You do not like my analysis of this paper because it is anathema to your views. No one else is complaining but you three, who work as a team to block changes.

See ... search Benassi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Zionism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Italian_Jews (deleted by Skllagyook) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Genetic_studies_on_Jews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eran_Elhaik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Oster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Eran_Elhaik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Eran_Elhaik SteveBenassi (talk) 03:54, 25 May 2021 (UTC)


 * User:SteveBenassi I explained the issue with the paper repeatedly. The issue, as explained, is that it makes extraordinary claims strongly at odds with the mainstream (research both early and recent) and has received no engagement from the maimstrean (e.g. in the form of citations). This issue is not my personal opinions, and your repeated claim that it is (assuming bad faith) is less than appropriate (see WP:ASPERSIONS and WP:AGF. Adding variations of the same material accross Talk pages with your own POV, with headlines like "Are most modern day Jews or their ancestors indigenous to the Levant? The answer is no." (here [])  and slanted, pov, and misleading descriptions of the "old" positions of "Ostrer and his camp" (here []), seems to suggest a battleground approach similar to that you admitted to in earlier instances (such as here []. Instead of editing the articles directly, you now seem to be posting opinionated material in the Talk pages designed to get others to make edits along the lines of those you prefer. Skllagyook (talk) 04:19, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

User:Skllagyook Others disagree with your POV of me and my work, see RS debate ...

"I have read the paper of Yardumian and Schurr. It is a secondary source by two qualified authors published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. The authors openly disagree with the conclusions drawn by some of the papers they review and give reasons for their disagreement; this is how science works and it isn't our business to take sides. I don't want to comment on exactly how it is used in articles, but I don't see the slightest reason to prohibit its use. Zerotalk 07:10, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Neutral editors please note that the use of this perfectly normal academic article is being edited out of several pages: not only at the Eran Elhaik page, which is crammed with references hostile to the author (in violation of wiki bio's NPOV policy) but also at the Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry here by Skllagyook, and then by User:Shrike (here and at Genetic studies on Jews here by Skllagyook, and at Jewish History here, again by Skllagyook.

It would appear in all four cases that Skllagyook has taken it upon himself to disallow a new perfectly normal piece of academic research to be cited for its conclusions anywhere on Wikipedia; That they do so because they are convinced the majority view is tantamount to the truth and not a contestable opinion. That is not only abusive POV pushing. It is outright censorship of any dissonant voice, one in this case, coming from perfectly respectable scholars. I.e. we have the extraordinary phenomenon of a peer-reviewed piece of scholarship suffering interdiction from appearing on Wikipedia because an editor has arrogated the right to step in an assume the mantle of ultimate judge on what can, and cannot be thought, about the topic. An editor of unknown background is acting as if they knew more about the topic of population statistics, genetics and Jewish history than the scholars who specialize in it or the peer-review committee who approved its publication on vetting it. Nishidani (talk) 08:34, 12 May 2021 (UTC)"

You lost the RS debate and are still trying to suppress me and this paper, get over it, and leave me alone.

SteveBenassi (talk) 04:46, 25 May 2021 (UTC)


 * That was the opinion of Nishidani. But I was not the only one who thought the paper might be WP:UNDUE, and that, if used at all, should be incorporated only according to WP:WEIGHT (as it was in the criticism section of Eran Elhaik). Skllagyook (talk) 04:51, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I've blocked SteveBenassi for 72 hours under Arbitration Enforcement. The post to Talk:Zionism breached ARBPIA. Fences  &amp;  Windows  11:08, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
 * So did the posts to the other pages, since they all contain the same statement:”Elhaik's paper was highly cited, it created a firestorm, many articles were written about it, because it threatens one of the justifications for Israel's right to exist in Palestine, DNA“. Even after being specifically told that these edits were a breach of sanctions he spammed it across multiple pages. I am genuinely curious why he is being cut so much slack, when it is abundantly clear that he is wp:nothere to build an encyclopedia. It would be different of he had a history of positive contributions, but literally the only edits he has ever made have been either to repeatedly insert his own original research (see his edits to wendigo) or inserting this specific rant about Elhaik’s work meaning Isreal has less of a right to exist (plus his rev-delled edits for “outing and off wiki harassment”) it seems like he is being given far too much leniency, and it is pretty much certain that as soon as this short block expires he will be right back at it. NonReproBlue (talk) 13:14, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
 * NonReproBlue, I don't generally get involved in Arbitration Enforcement. I don't think a 72 hour block for talk page posts is lenient and if he returns to disruptive behaviour I am sure it will be dealt with. However, if you believe further action is needed, please go to WP:AE. Fences  &amp;  Windows  13:55, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I suppose that I wasn't thinking that it was solely under the purview of AE, as the ARBPIA violations are only a part of what I see as a very troubling larger pattern of WP:BATTLEGROUND WP:PROFRINGE and WP:NOTHERE behaviors, but I apologize for bothering you and and will take your advice if it persists.NonReproBlue (talk) 16:30, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
 * One last question; in their unblock request they said "Three Users of unknown background are consistently blocking me and others, Shrike, NonReproBlue, and Skllagyook. They are probably Israeli or Zionist trained SockPuppet civilians." What would be the appropriate noticeboard to bring this to? AE because of the content of the accusation, or general Incident board? Because this seems egregious to me. NonReproBlue (talk) 16:58, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2021
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Sockpuppetry
Hi, can you renew the protection of the page "FOR TWO YEARS NOW" Sylvain Charlebois with ([Edit=Require extended confirmed access] like it was recently made in French to Sylvain Charlebois. The sockpuppet of Janvez is back again with the account wich should be blocked too like on French Wikipedia.

Note: A recent discussion on Talk:Sylvain Charlebois was recently added about that. Thank you.--CAQeux (talk) 23:11, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

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Appealing Topic Ban
It has been six months. What other information do you need? Kire1975 (talk) 16:35, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Is there a formal process? You said I could come back to you after six months. Thank you in advance. Kire1975 (talk) 18:41, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, Kire1975, I forgot to reply to your message here. Thanks for the reminder. To appeal the topic ban, you need to go to WP:AN to ask for consensus for it to be lifted or modified. See WP:UNBAN for the policy. As this was a community ban I cannot unilaterally remove it. Fences  &amp;  Windows  21:04, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello again, I've been reluctant to appeal the block because I don't see a clear and specific block reason posted anywhere. Nothing was posted on my user talk page, and all it says on the block log is "See ANI" but I have not saved the ANI link before it disappeared from WP:ANI. Would you mind putting that notification on my talk page properly per WP:EXPLAINBLOCK? Thank you. Kire1975 (talk)
 * Of course. I had linked to the wording in my comment above, but I've now placed it on your talk page. Fences  &amp;  Windows  13:45, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

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Need your help
A user with an IP 98.151.201.187 has been making nonsense edits on Saginaw Grant for the past day or two, a page for a Native American actor who has recently died. The user leaves no explanations and has now started reverting my undoings of his nonsense edits. After my experience with you blocking me last January, I won't dare try to get into an argument with anybody on any noticeboards or anything else. At the same time, this user has a history of vandalism and is being very disruptive and is now taking it to a page of a recently deceased person who is a beloved sacred elder/now ancestor in many communities. So my emotions are up. Can you please take a look at the edits this user made on this page and elsewhere and help me determine what to do next? Kire1975 (talk) 15:38, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Kire1975, I suggest you discuss this on their talk page so they understand what they're doing wrong. If they persist and appear to be vandalising/disruptive, go to WP:AIV. Fences  &amp;  Windows  20:34, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * That would be sensible, but since it's an IP user, they don't have a talk page? Kire1975 (talk) 21:11, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Kire1975, there's a talk page for each IP user: User talk:98.151.201.187. You can also explain in the edit summary and on the article talk, in case they miss the talk page comment. I think this user may be editing in good faith, but they appear confused and clumsy. Fences  &amp;  Windows  21:20, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

It goes beyond to edit here
Hi Fences

I congratulate your coolness, and have a better opinon on you that months ago, but did you sent this same warning to Marquardtika? Because I believed a consensus was reached months ago, and this guy is the one that it´s breaking it. You yourself wrote the part that this guy is "objecting."

Look, I´m writing a book on the fraud done by CNN. You, wikipedians, could appear as heroes for the truth or manipulated yes men for them. Think about it, if you block me then I will appear not like a right wing conspiracy theorist trying to hack Wikipedia kind of guy, but a truth teller that CNN is scared to death to attemp to sue me for saying they comitted a fraud, that is being censored by you.

Jimmy Wales and Wikipedia editors love to appear like the good guys, right?

I will keep defending truth at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard. See you there. Tomoo Terada (talk) 02:33, 12 August 2021 (UTC) Tomoo Terada

'' Your recent editing history at Chloe Melas shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing&mdash;especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring&mdash;even if you do not violate the three-revert rule&mdash;should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Fences &amp;  Windows  03:53, 9 August 2021 (UTC)''
 * Please discuss this at Talk:Chloe Melas, User:Tomoo Terada. I am not going to block you, I'm an involved admin. I could see you were edit warring (and past three reverts in 24 hours so I gave you a templated warning to avoid you getting blocked by continuing and not realising the risk. Fences  &amp;  Windows  20:53, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

I appreciate your friendly warning Fences, but it´s true what I wrote you. I don´t have any fear of being blocked or even banned from here because as I already said to you and will keep saying it, some people here obviously are owned by Chloe Melas. If they were already bought by her, any reason will not change "their" decision. Tomoo Terada (talk) 02:33, 12 August 2021 (UTC) Tomoo Terada

Draft review
Sir, I got your reference from User:Hatchens on regarding on a draft, which I want to produce it on a wiki page. But it was neglected 2 times due to unreliable resources. Bu I gave those reference which are some reliable and few Independent. Please look into my draft and Please give some advice where I can fix this. I even don't if there is any Indian origin to review it. But no offense. Please ping me.Jyoti Roy (talk) 05:52, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

The draft is Draft:Anubrato Mandol.Jyoti Roy (talk) 05:52, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2021
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2021
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 * Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.
 * The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:03, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Page restore req
Hi, a page that you deleted is "Operation Swift Retort Film" because of G4, can u please restore it or move it to draft so I can make it references? I have now 3 top newspapers references from last month so that will come in handy. --Static Hash (talk) 10:06, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi Static Hash, I've restored it at User:Static Hash/Operation Swift Retort (film). Please ensure the issues raised at AfD are fully addressed. Please check with me, the deleting admin, or go via WP:DRV before moving to articlespace. Fences  &amp;  Windows  15:10, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, admin, I think it's not notable at this time. --Static Hash (talk) 17:36, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi Static Hash, shall I delete it again? The sources you added either didn't mention the film or were by the filmmaker so cannot be used. We can document polemical or propaganda films, but we must not ourselves convey their message. The writing was not neutral and left out critical reception from at least two reviews. Fences  &amp;  Windows  17:45, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes sir you can delete it, thanks for your precious time. --Static Hash (talk) 17:47, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2021).

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:43, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
 '''Wishing Fences and windows a very and windows happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Best wishes! CAPTAIN RAJU''' (T) 01:23, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

User:Supercopone
You might want to take a look at this fellow too. He shows up in most of the places user:CappellsFromSkelmersdale has in the last two days with inane deletion remarks, and the contribs suggest a compromised account or something. Mangoe (talk) 18:51, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Why not talk to me first? Of seem to think that anyone who disagrees with you should be ran off. Please try to communicate with me first next time.Super (talk) 19:43, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Super, I also noticed your account but I concluded that there was no immediate indication of a concern. Mangoe's skepticism comes because accounts that return after a long absence with a burst of activity in a new area are often compromised or disruptive.
 * You seem interested in AfD and have joined the ARS, but please note the ARS is controversial (there have been recent sanctions for certain members due to disruption). You may want to observe AfD and DRV for a while before contributing so extensively so you get a feel for the norms. A few well-researched comments are more valuable than many drive-by !votes. Fences  &amp;  Windows  22:34, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. I just retired and am filling my free time. I wish more editors were as polite as you.Super (talk) 23:52, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2021
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:24, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

A quick question
How do you handle a editor who apparently had a hatred for pornography and is attempting to delete as many article as he can? An example can be seen here There is zero reason for an AfD. If you have time I would love advice on how to proceed. Another user mentioned a topic ban? Super (talk) 00:36, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Super, as you've already gone to AN/I then I think my advice is mainly moot. I think the AN/I post was premature: you've not gathered sufficient evidence of bias or a need for a topic ban. You need to be quite forensic and specific in presenting your case - shows diffs, quotes, examples.
 * My advice for AfD is always to search for more and better sources rather than focusing on the present state of the article. This is not easy in the field of pornography, but is still necessary. Editors nominating porn bios for deletion are often motivated by BLP concerns, because these articles can attract editors who want to add real names and other private information and the sourcing to porn industry sources is often promotional and low quality. Fences  &amp;  Windows  11:13, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Opabinia regalis
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy

Guideline and policy news


 * Following consensus at the 2021 RfA review, the autopatrolled user right has been removed from the administrators user group; admins can grant themselves the autopatrolled permission if they wish to remain autopatrolled.


 * Additionally, consensus for proposal 6C of the 2021 RfA review has led to the creation of an administrative action review process. The purpose of this process will be to review individual administrator actions and individual actions taken by users holding advanced permissions.

Arbitration


 * Following the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , , ,.

Miscellaneous


 * The functionaries email list () will no longer accept incoming emails apart from those sent by list members and WMF staff. Private concerns, apart from those requiring oversight, should be directly sent to the Arbitration Committee.

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How we will see unregistered users
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AustralianRupert • Cimon Avaro • Euryalus • Jehochman • Nunh-huh
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg 28bytes

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg 28bytes



Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Evad37 • Galobtter
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news
 * The Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines have been published for consideration. Voting to ratify this guideline is planned to take place 7 March to 21 March. Comments can be made on the talk page.

Technical news
 * The user group  will be renamed   in around 3 weeks. This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for technical reasons. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.
 * The Reply Tool feature, which is a part of Discussion Tools, will be opt-out for everyone logged in or logged out starting 7 February 2022. Editors wishing to comment on this can do so in the relevant Village Pump discussion.

Arbitration
 * Community input is requested on several motions aimed at addressing discretionary sanctions that are no longer needed or overly broad.
 * The Arbitration Committee has published a generalised comment regarding successful appeals of sanctions that it can review (such as checkuser blocks).
 * A motion related to the Antisemitism in Poland case was passed following a declined case request.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting in the 2022 Steward elections will begin on 07 February 2022, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2022, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * Voting in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey is open until 11 February 2022.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:01, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

In the event
I saw that you are one of admins willing to provide copies of deleted articles. In the event that List of feature films with LGBT characters is deleted (which is a distinct possibility), would you be willing to provide a copy of that article, after the deletion of that page, so the content can then be used on other pages on here? That would be very helpful. Thanks. --Historyday01 (talk) 15:27, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Historyday01, yes, I would. I doubt from a quick skim it'll be deleted, but I'll probably comment on the debate tomorrow. Fences  &amp;  Windows  23:33, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks. --Historyday01 (talk) 00:04, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Modussiccandi
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BOZ • Brookie (deceased) • Jackmcbarn • Jamesday • Jonathunder • Master of Puppets • Saravask



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Callanecc

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Callanecc

Guideline and policy news
 * A RfC is open to change the wording of revision deletion criterion 1 to remove the sentence relating to non-infringing contributions.
 * A RfC is open to discuss prohibiting draftification of articles over 90 days old.

Technical news
 * The deployment of the reply tool as an opt-out feature, as announced in last month's newsletter, has been delayed to 7 March. Feedback and comments are being welcomed at Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project.
 * Special:Nuke will now allow the selection of standard deletion reasons to be used when mass-deleting pages. This was a Community Wishlist Survey request from 2022.
 * The ability to undelete the talk page when undeleting a page using Special:Undelete or the API will be added soon. This change was requested in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.

Arbitration
 * Several unused discretionary sanctions and article probation remedies have been rescinded. This follows the community feedback from the 2021 Discretionary Sanctions review.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2022 appointees for the Ombuds commission are Érico, Faendalimas, Galahad, Infinite0694, Mykola7, Olugold, Udehb and Zabe as regular members and Ameisenigel and JJMC89 as advisory members.
 * Following the 2022 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AntiCompositeNumber, BRPever, Hasley, TheresNoTime, and Vermont.
 * The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey results have been published alongside the ranking of prioritized proposals.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:46, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

William Jacques
Hi - I don’t think our paths have crossed to date. I see you’re the major author of the William Jacques article. I’m interested in the connection between Jacques and the Read School, Drax. Our article states he was head boy, but I’m struggling to find an RS that confirms this. Do you happen to have one? Thanks and regards. KJP1 (talk) 20:23, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, KJP1 - good question! That was added a decade ago by an IP editor: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Jacques&diff=prev&oldid=499369595. Unfortunately, I didn't notice it wasn't sourced. I can't verify it (I checked the school website too), so I've removed it. Fences  &amp;  Windows  21:57, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for getting back so promptly. I think that is best for now, although I actually think it’s true. I’ll continue to look for a source, and I’ve posted the question on the school’s Talkpage. Regards. KJP1 (talk) 04:51, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Firefly • Sdrqaz
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ad Orientem
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Geschichte • Ryan Postlethwaite • Sabine's Sunbird • Wassupwestcoast



Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Evad37

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC is open proposing a change to the minimum activity requirements for administrators.

Technical news
 * Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the  and   rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators.
 * When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present.

Arbitration
 * has been updated to reflect current practice following a motion.
 * A arbitration case regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing has been closed.
 * A arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been opened.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines has closed, and the results were that 56.98% of voters supported the guidelines. The results of this vote mean the Wikimedia Foundation Board will now review the guidelines.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:13, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

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

Thanks for getting on top of that
Things were really getting out of hand at Neil Parish. Appreciate the quick response and cleanup. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:55, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Neil Parish
I'm not going to alter the duration of the protection on Neil Parish, but I would have preferred that you discussed with me if you disagreed with the duration of the protection I put in place before reducing it. Mjroots (talk) 15:03, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Honest error Mjroots, I thought it was only move protected and saw it needed quick action. I'll restore duration. Fences  &amp;  Windows  15:05, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * OK, fair enough. I've just created an edit notice, so hopefully the level of vandalism will now drop. Mjroots (talk) 15:09, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Colin M
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg David.Monniaux • Fribbler • Grue • Kpjas • West.andrew.g



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ks0stm

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ks0stm

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
 * Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.

Technical news
 * The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
 * A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:33, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Category:Parodies of conspiracy theories has been nominated for renaming
Category:Parodies of conspiracy theories has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Endwise (talk) 12:09, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Tamzin
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Barek • Darkwind • Geometry guy • ProcseeBot • RoyBoy • Sean Whitton • Valereee • Visorstuff • WAvegetarian
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ivanvector

Guideline and policy news
 * Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.

Technical news
 * Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages.
 * The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under . Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
 * An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:55, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Protect Dragon Group again
Hey there, I'm writing here to ask whether you could maybe protect Dragon Group again as you did in December 2020. There have been several cases of badly-veiled tendentious editing there over the last month and it's getting pretty tiring to keep up with it. Zarasophos (talk) 20:53, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry I didn't see this sooner, Zarasophos, it has now been done by another admin. Fences  &amp;  Windows  08:49, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
 * No problem! Thanks for the response. Zarasophos (talk) 17:08, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

Category:Space in fiction has been nominated for renaming
Category:Space in fiction has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 11:10, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AA • Gwalla • Ioeth • Laurascudder • Moriori (deceased) • Nat • Rfl
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Lee Vilenski



Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Nihiltres

Technical news
 * is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users.

Arbitration
 * An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.

Miscellaneous
 * The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).



Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Valereee
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
 * An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

Technical news
 * The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
 * Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

Arbitration
 * The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous
 * You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
 * Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
 * Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg DanCherek • DatGuy • Femke • Z1720
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Aldux • Graham Beards • Nyttend



Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Mr. Stradivarius

Guideline and policy news
 * A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
 * An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.

Technical news
 * The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia has been released.
 * The WMF is looking into making a Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the questions provided. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.

Arbitration
 * An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
 * The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous
 * The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
 * Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg ScottishFinnishRadish
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Staxringold
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ahoerstemeier (deceased) • Ched

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Cyberpower678

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg GorillaWarfare

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
 * Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
 * Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.

Technical news
 * The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
 * A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
 * The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.

Miscellaneous
 * An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
 * Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
 * You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
 * An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
 * Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Isabelle Belato · Whpq
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Atama · Astronautics~enwiki · Athaenara · Eddie891 · GraemeL · Marianocecowski · Natalya · Pratyeka · SB Johnny

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg TheresNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ragesoss

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Blablubbs · Firefly
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Joe Roe

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg DGG

Guideline and policy news
 * The article creation at scale RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November.
 * An RfC is open to discuss having open requests for adminship automatically placed on hold after the seven-day period has elapsed, pending closure or other action by a bureaucrat.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections.
 * The arbitration case request titled Athaenara has been resolved by motion.
 * The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has entered the proposed decision stage.
 * , and  have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee Elections.  and  are reserve commissioners.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2022 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers.
 * You can add yourself to the centralised page listing time zones of administrators.
 * Tech tip: Wikimarkup in a block summary is parsed in the notice that the blockee sees. You can use templates with custom options to specify situations like or.

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Happy Adminship Anniversary!
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Eddie891 · Euryalus · TheresNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Alex.muller · Excirial · RedWordSmith · Ron Ritzman · TheresNoTime · Stephen

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg TheresNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg TheresNoTime

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg TheresNoTime

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news
 * Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
 * The article creation at scale RfC has been closed.
 * An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.

Technical news
 * A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget.

Arbitration
 * Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
 * The proposed decision for the 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system is open.
 * The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed.
 * The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
 * A motion has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing Level 2 desysop.

Miscellaneous
 * Tech tip: A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add  to the end of an IP in Special:Contributions to see all of a subnet's edits, and consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Daesun jinrihoe emblem.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Daesun jinrihoe emblem.jpg. 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) 18:08, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg ComplexRational · Extraordinary Writ
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Stephen
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Andrew Yong · Dbenbenn · DESiegel · GlassCobra · Joe Decker · Nancy · Pathoschild · StuffOfInterest · William Pietri · Wwwwolf · Xdamr

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Nihiltres



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Moneytrees


 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ivanvector · SilkTork

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg GeneralNotability · Moneytrees
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Guerillero · SilkTork

Guideline and policy news
 * Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal.

Arbitration
 * Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , , ,.
 * The 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review has concluded with many changes to the discretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
 * The arbitration case Stephen has been closed.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
 * Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:08, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Help with redundant and copyrighted content
Hi. I am Prerna Gupta. A couple years ago I proposed some improvements to the page about me following COI policy and you chipped in here. An anonymous IP address recently added some content I think is redundant, promotional, and copy/paste of copyrighted content. I was hoping you would be willing to chip-in again at the discussion I started here. 138.118.80.34 (talk) 16:46, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Gimmetrow
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Bjelleklang · Bob the Wikipedian · Leithp · WhisperToMe · 100 inactive admins



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BDD · Bradv · Donald Albury · Maxim · MusikAnimal

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BDD · Bradv · Donald Albury · Maxim

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
 * Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.

Technical news
 * The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

Arbitration Miscellaneous
 * The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
 * In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.
 * Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
 * Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.

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

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Fuhghettaboutit · Spinningspark (deceased)



CheckUser changes
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Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Callanecc

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
 * Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
 * A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.

Technical news
 * The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
 * The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
 * A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
 * Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
 * The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a [p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

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

Administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard.

Technical news
 * Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11.
 * The rollback of Vector 2022 RfC has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
 * A link to the user's page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on . This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.

Arbitration
 * The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
 * A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.

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

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ale jrb · Dbachmann · DGG (deceased) · Jimbo Wales



CheckUser changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

Technical news
 * Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.

Arbitration
 * The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.

Miscellaneous
 * The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.

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

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ddstretch · Prodego · Resolute



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Courcelles

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
 * As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.

Technical news
 * Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.

Arbitration
 * The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

Miscellaneous
 * Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to.

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



Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Deckiller · Electionworld · MBisanz · Penwhale · Raul654 · Roadrunner · Viridae · Yannismarou

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Guideline and policy news
 * Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.

Technical news
 * Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.

Arbitration
 * Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.

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Prerna Gupta
Hi Fences and Windows. A few months ago, you chipped in on the Prerna Gupta page, where I disclosed that I am the article-subject. I followed up with a post asking about incorporating my nickname as "the queen of viral apps", per independent media articles. I wanted to circle back to see if you had a minute to evaluate the citations provided and see if the addition was justified. Prernagupta1 (talk) 15:06, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

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



Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AlisonW · Amberrock · Closedmouth · Scottywong

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Novem Linguae

Technical news
 * The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools.
 * Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist.

Arbitration
 * The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
 * The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.

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

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Dwheeler · G.A.S · Royalbroil · Ssd



CheckUser changes
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Oversighter changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
 * A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

Technical news
 * Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date.

Arbitration
 * The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

Miscellaneous
 * Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.

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



Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Tamzin
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Dennis Brown

Interface administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ragesoss · TheresNoTime

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Technical news
 * The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
 * There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
 * , and  have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections.  is the reserve commissioner.
 * Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
 * Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
 * Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
 * Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
 * An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

Miscellaneous
 * The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

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As per Appropriate Notification, as you are "an editor who have participated in previous discussions on the same topic (or closely related topics)", you are hereby alerted that the topic of Annie Altman's accusations against her brother have come back up on Talk:Sam_Altman. This completes alerting all previous members of the conversation who are not currently active (except the one who is blocked), as the others are currently active. -- 85.220.29.158 (talk) 01:04, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

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While I intend to clean this up, reduce commentary on Shen Buhai and instead straighten out a Han dynasty history, I explain the problem with Fajia/Chinese Legalism here. I hope that you will take a look at it to clarify the matter for you. The problem is not that I don't know my subject at this point. The problem is that I do know my subject. There are distinctions that I can articulate, but they are fine.FourLights (talk) 16:35, 29 November 2023 (UTC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Names

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

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ajpolino · Lourdes · Mairi · RockMFR · Somno · WilyD
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CheckUser changes
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Oversight changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * 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.
 * Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.

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

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Dennis Brown
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Julia W · Marasmusine · PBS



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Aoidh · HJ Mitchell · Sdrqaz · Spicy · ToBeFree · Vanamonde93 · Z1720
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Maxim
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Enterprisey · Izno · SilkTork

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Aoidh · Firefly · Sdrqaz · ToBeFree · Z1720
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Maxim
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Enterprisey · Izno · SilkTork

Arbitration
 * Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , , ,.
 * Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
 * The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.

Miscellaneous
 * The New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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Happy New Year, Fences and windows!


Happy New Year! Fences and windows, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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Roy Bahat
Hi. My name is Angela and I work for Roy Bahat. I disclosed my COI and submitted this page to AfC almost a year ago, where it was approved and became a live article. I proposed a few updates to the page a couple months ago after several press articles came out with more content.

I was hoping you might be willing to review the proposed additions indicated in bold here and let me know if they are ok, since I have a COI and may be bias. See Talk:Roy_Bahat for more context, where an editor accuses me of covert editing. Angela.Martin2023 (talk) 17:48, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ameliorate! · Ancheta Wis · Anthony Bradbury (deceased) · Cobi · Ev · Moondyne · Worm That Turned

Bureaucrat changes
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CheckUser changes
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Interface administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

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

Arbitration
 * 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.

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

Administrator changes
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 * 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.

Technical news
 * 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.
 * Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.

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



Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news Technical news Arbitration Miscellaneous
 * An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
 * The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes.
 * An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
 * Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.

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

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg JohnOwens · Killiondude · MelanieN · Nihonjoe

Bureaucrat changes
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CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Joe Roe

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg GeneralNotability

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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The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.

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

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Deskana · Mets501 · Staxringold

Bureaucrat changes
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Oversight changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * 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.
 * The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.

Miscellaneous
 * WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace citation needed tags with references! Sign up here to participate!

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



Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Brianga · De728631 · Georgewilliamherbert · Hyacinth (deceased) · ProveIt · The Night Watch

Technical news
 * Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki.

Miscellaneous
 * The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more

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Teamwork in action
—Cryptic 00:03, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Yep, you beat me to it by a minute,Cryptic. I need to get quicker on the draw; I'm getting rusty. Fences  &amp;  Windows  00:05, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Full protection of 2024 shooting at a Donald Trump rally
I would urge you to reduce the full move protection to extended confirmed move protection, or at least to move the page back to its original title pending the requested moves discussion. In general, we do not pre-emptively protect pages. And, if we are to protect a page, it should not reward the last mover in a series of contested moves. — Red-tailed hawk  (nest) 00:04, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I believe I'm actually the third admin to apply full move protection so it's far from a unilateral decision. It was applied, lost when extended confirmed was added, and then readded by Cryptic and then me a minute later. Fences  &amp;  Windows  00:07, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * (Fourth, by my count.) It's now been moved eight times in the space of about an hour and a half; there's no universe in which the protection was preemptive.  Current title's the longest-standing one, and (I think, anyway) the one where the requested move was started. —Cryptic 00:08, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Is it the longest-standing one because that is where the page was protected? Isn't that a bit circular? — Red-tailed hawk  (nest) 00:12, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * It's spent at least as much time extended-confirmed-move-protected at that title as it has admin-move-protected. It was first protected at 22:52, moved to the current title at 22:57, accidentally downgraded at 23:20, then not restored until 00:00 after I noticed move #7 and its reversion. —Cryptic 00:20, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * There's been move warring, there's an open discussion, and there's open declarations to shortcut the discussion. I fail to see how move protection is inappropriate. Also, see WP:WRONGVERSION. Fences  &amp;  Windows  00:14, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

This user reverted or removed my recent contribution because they deemed it seeming to be defamatory or libellous.
Libellous is a mispelling of Libelous, which implies criminality, and this person has just done a defamation by provingly, falsely accusing me of a malacious crime by stating that my contribution was criminal. Then they recommended me to read a page which had no proof whatsoever of their claim. They have also censored my contribution, which I presume accomplishes their goal of silencing dissent to their currently dominant political agenda. I am also perceiving what appears to be damage control, or negotiate tactics of not addressing the pre-emptive "protection" of the page regarding my contribution. There appears to be an effort to substitute explaining the purposes of their actions with stating the actions of other admins, and also the other admin that works within a minute of them weighs in to clarify that the page is being moved eight times within an hour and a half. This seems like sweeping. There are likely significant corruption insurance motives at work. 69.137.191.63 (talk) 22:34, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm an admin, I was upholding the Biographies of living persons policy. You wrote that a named living person was a "shooter" and suggested they were involved in a serious crime, but you provided no reliable sources to back this up. According to WP:BLPTALK, "Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced and not related to making content choices should be removed, deleted, or oversighted, as appropriate". Nobody on Wikipedia is allowed to make such unsourced speculatory remarks about another living person. My templated warning on your talk page was standard. Fences  &amp;  Windows  21:41, 19 July 2024 (UTC)