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uwcl again
So I ask about restoring that 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League again (better: moving the userfied version to mainspace). Yesterday the English champions were decided. People are interested in the article now. Changes to version mentioned in deletion review are +five teams, +final stadium known, plus UEFA mentioning the next edition on official channels. It is definitely "going ahead". -Koppapa (talk) 06:41, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hey . Have you read this? Look, UEFA talking about teams qualified to next version on their main page. Also I added two more teams. -Koppapa (talk) 06:57, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Koppapa, sorry for the delay, meant to reply but it slipped my mind. I don't see why this shouldn't now be moved to the mainspace, there are clear references confirming it is taking place. I'd fix the bare URL ref in source 1 though, but don't see any problems regarding notability or crystal now. Fenix down (talk) 10:29, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Are you able to restore it? -Koppapa (talk) 14:43, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Have restored it from your userspace. Not accusing you of being lazy or anything, but were you not able to move it yourself? I presumed you could which is why I didn't move it when I last replied. Fenix down (talk) 14:50, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

Palindrome
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Block request
In light of this and this, would you mind blocking the offender. Cheers, Number   5  7  09:07, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 48 hours to cool off. Does seem like he does want to contribute in a worthwhile way, sort of, but I agree language like that is not acceptable. Fenix down (talk) 09:11, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

NMI national team
Hi, NMI have never played a official international football match as per [national-football-teams.com]. Please refrain from reverting edits. Simione001 (talk) 07:06, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Please see your talk page for my response and additional comments on your general editing conduct which I find unacceptable. Fenix down (talk) 07:53, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Responded. Simione001 (talk) 08:29, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Responded. I dont agree with you threatening to block me. Simione001 (talk) 09:55, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Continued discussion. Simione001 (talk) 10:41, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

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Nominations for deletion
The following articles have been nominated for deletion:

Tyce Mister Dale Roberts (Northern Mariana Island footballer) Daniel Stafford Vince Stravino Daniel Westphal

Thanks. Simione001 (talk) 23:14, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
 * So, we discussed this at length last time. As perfectly plausible search terms, can you explain why you did not simply redirect them to the oldest players section of the national team? Can I ask that you do so and request for the AfD to be closed? Fenix down (talk) 07:08, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Because I dont agree. Simione001 (talk) 21:45, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

Steven McKagen
I have renominated this for deletion as it was voted to be deleted in the previous AfD. Simione001 (talk) 21:44, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * So why have you nominated a redirect at AfD. The correct place is RfD. Suggest you ask for the discussion to be closed and nominate at the correct place. Fenix down (talk) 22:20, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * So it's not particularly helpful simply to start deletion discussions in the wrong place (you should check WP:RFD for guidance, but I can see from the other articles where I have stated I think things should be redirected that this is not echoed by other editors. I think the best course of action is to let these discussions take their course and then start a wider discussion about the extent to which a redirect is appropriate per WP:RPURPOSE, particularly the point in the guideline which notes Sub-topics or other topics which are described or listed within a wider article. Fenix down (talk) 09:58, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

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There I explain my revert at Belgium national football team to the user King Philip V of Spain. Then you will understand the rationale of my revert. Hopefully it can convince you too. Cheers, Kareldorado (talk) 19:40, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

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Havnar Bóltfelag (Women)
Hi Fenix down. I removed the logo from this article because it lacks the non-free use rationale required by WP:NFCC. My edit sum did not mention No. 17 of WP:NFC. If the file had a non-free use rationale for the article, then I wouldn't have removed it; I would have brought it up for discussion at WP:FFD instead. If you feel the file's non-free use is justified for the article, please add the appropriate non-free use rationale. You might also want to check, KÍ Klaksvík (women) and Brøndby IF (women) since those use are also missing non-free use rationales. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:07, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

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Non-free soccer logos missing rationales
Hi Fenix down. Would you mind taking a look at some non-free files when you have a spare moment or two. I am asking you based up a suggestion you made in our recent discussion about Havnar Bóltfelag.

Anyway, these are all soccer logos which are missing rationales for one of more articles. I have tagged them with di-missing some article links. They all seem to be missing non-free use rationales for reserve/youth/B team articles and previous discussion at NFCR/FFD have typically not allowed such use per No. 17 of NFC#UUI, which is why I did not add the rationales myself. If you feel there are extenuating circumstances which justify the non-free use of these files in any of the articles missing a rationale, then please provide the rationale. If you think further discussion is needed at FFD, then please let me know add I will nominate them. FWIW, I did check through the articles' edit histories to try and find out who added them to the articles missing rationales, and added a notification template to the editor's respective user talk page. The files are as follows: File:Nkmaribor 2013.png, File:NK Renče.png, File:Olympiacos FC logo.svg, File:Valenciacf.svg, File:PSV Eindhoven.svg, File:ND Slovan.png and File:Novara Calcio logo.svg.

In addition to the above, File:ZeleznicarLjubljana.png and File:Nkbranik.png are also missing rationales, but not for other soccer articles; they are missing rationales for articles about other sports. File:AC Milan.svg does have a rationale for it's reserve team, but I do not think this is valid because of No. 17. I was going to nominate it for discussion at FFD, but I figured I might as well get some feedback on it from you as well. File:Slovenialogo.png is missing a rationale for Slovenia women's national football team. I know we've disagreed on this type of usage before, but I am not bringing it up here because of No. 17. Rather, I am bringing up because of WP:NFCC due to File:Football Association of Slovenia logo.png being available on Commons. I do understand that there are some slight differences between the two files, but I'm not sure if that is enough for the non-free is needed since both files essentially serve the same encyclopedic purpose. If the non-free, however, is the more accurate representation of the NZS's logo, then perhaps either (1) the Commons version should be removed altogether or (2) the non-free version should be moved to the federation's article and the Commons's version to the team articles. Finally, File:All India Football Federation 2016.png is a new updated version of a file which was removed by per Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2016 February 6. I did not add the rationale because even though the file is different, the non-free use is basically the same as the older file; however, you are an admin and if you feel the situation has changed since the FFD, then perhaps Explicit will reconsider his close or the non-free use of the new file can be discussed at FFD.

Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:33, 4 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi Marchjuly, thanks for your message, sorry it took me a while to get back but wanted to make sure I had time to look at all of them. To address your questions one by one:
 * First lot: NK Maribor to Novara Calcio. In this instance, I can't see a way around NFC#UUI17. If we accept that the men's / women's first teams are the physical manifestation of the intangible notion of "the club", then it is undeniable that Reserve, youth, B teams, etc are child entities of the first team. I would suggest that these be removed. The link to the main first team article which is present in all these articles suffices as a means of aiding the reader understand what article they have come to
 * File:ZeleznicarLjubljana.png and File:Nkbranik.png. A more tricky situation. Here, i would argue that, since we do not conventionally write article on omnisport clubs, that it is difficult to say. My view is that in this instance logos can be used for all first teams across all sports where the team itself is notable enough for an article. However, where an article exists on the overall Omnisport club, which I don't see that it does for either of these clubs, it is probably best to keep use minimal by only using it for the omnisport article.
 * AC Milan. Would suggest not valid per my comments above. Challenges that it makes it obvious which club is being referred to here I don't think are valid, a simple hat note to the first team at the top of the article can clarify.
 * Slovenia. I would suggest here, looking at slWiki that they are being used for the right articles. The commons logo seems to specifically be the FA logo, whereas the other badge, looking at google to be what is worn on the shirt. I would suggest for the non-free one that it is reasonable to use it both on the men's and women's teams. I don't think a discussion on which one, if either should take precedent is one that is going to gain much wider traction, so would suggest that the men's and women's teams be treated as of equal status from a parent / child standpoint. For futsal, I would want to keep it as a separate sport rather than a child entity, but probably it would be better to use the commons logo here for minimal useage given the similarity between the two files.
 * India. I don't see any particular change. Although I would like to see logos on all of the national teams because I think they are much more likely to be viewed than the federation themselves,  the current consensus is different. To my mind, if there is no substantial discussion of the logo in the context of the team then I don't think consensus would indicate that the file should be used. This is however, a purely theoretical argument. In practice, I think it extremely unlikely that this is enforceable in the long term. I have seen numerous examples of logos being removed under similar circumstances only to be added back shortly after and which then remain.
 * Hope this is helpful. Fenix down (talk) 10:28, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for taking a look at these. The AC Milan logo does have a rationale. Being bold and removing it from the reserve team's article would not be wrong in my opinion, but it's probably best to discuss this at FFD just to see what others think. Do you know if there's anything in the FOOTY MOS which discusses this kind of logo use?


 * As for the other files tagged with "missing some articles", a rationale was added for NK Maribor B with this edit, but the file was removed from the article with this edit. The rationale was added after the file was removed, so it's probably just two editors trying to resolve the issue in good faith. This file's usage will likely also need to be resolved via FFD. Rationales were also added for File:Valenciacf.svg, so again probably something that should be discussed at FFD. The remaining files are still as they were when I tagged them and can be removed from the articles lacking rationales after a week has passed.


 * I agree that the omnisport logos are a probably OK as long as there is no main article for each parent organization, but not if there is. So, I guess the omnisport articles will have to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.


 * Your suggestion regarding the Slovenia files seems workable to me. These also could be discussed at FFD just to see what others have to say, but maybe being bold is fine here. The India logo is a bit trickier since it the former version was removed by consensus via FFD, but technically this is a different file. One possible problem with allowing the use of the Slovenia and India logos, however, might be that it is seen by some as being "unfair" and "inconsistent". So, maybe an FFD would be a good idea just to give the community more chance for input. If the consensus turns out to be overwhelmingly in favor for the non-free use of such logos in these articles, then maybe that could be seen as the community sort of "reassessing"how No. 17 should be applied in such cases, which in turn might allow some logos previously removed via FFD to be "re-FFD'd" to reflect the new interpretation. On the other hand, if the consensus is clearly against such usage, then that would be a reaffirmation of the current interpretation of No. 17 with respect to such usage.


 * Finally a bit of personal soap boxing, I think there's always going to be differences between policy and actual practice when it comes to non-free use, especially as long as the WMF is content to stand on the sidelines and let editors try and sort things out. I can kind of understand why the WMF decided to allow non-free use and in principal think it's a good thing. Wikipedia, however, has grown quite a lot since that time and now the basic assumption by much of the community seems to be that the use of any image (freely licensed or otherwise) is by default automatic when it comes to articles. So, maybe it's time to not only re-assess No. 17, but all of the NFCC to determine whether it should be revised to reflect current practice. All this would be much easier if the copyright experts at the WMF would simply chime in and provide some guidance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:26, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

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Notable players removal
I noticed that you have removed Removed lists of Famous / Notable players from most or all of the Western Australian teams, citing lack of defined criteria from guidelines as per the Manual of Style. Can you please advise me on what format is really needed, and maybe one or two examples of club articles that do list appropriate criteria (which I can use as a guide), so that I can look at building these sections back up in a more acceptable way? Thanks. Matilda Maniac (talk) 22:26, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
 * To be honest, any criteria will do; international caps, X appearances, X goals. I think the key thing is firstly that the level for satisfying the criteria is not so low that the list becomes too long and secondly that the criteria are clear enough that a reader understands why players are listed and an editor knows whether they should include another player or not. I would caveat that with my opinion that if a player is really that notable they should really be discussed in sourced prose in the article to be of most use to the reader. That said, I personally would not remove any list as long as there were clear criteria and the list was either referenced or the players had their own article where the criteria can be verified. Fenix down (talk) 22:50, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, then. Can you please give me 1 or 2 links to club articles where the lists do meet these criteria, so i can use as a guide so that anything I rebuild is likely deemed acceptable ? Matilda Maniac (talk) 23:56, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I have also seen that its not just Western Australian NPL sites you have done this to, you have made ~240 such deletions over the past 2 months. Obviously this purge has been for a reason. I will make some changes for a couple of articles later this week, focusing on players who have their own articles and are thus already deemed 'notable', and then seek some additional comment from you. I agree that sourced prose per each notable player is the desired eventual outcome, but an acceptable list as a 'stub' is a start that can later be added to via prose. Matilda Maniac (talk) 05:36, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Correct, the reason for the removal, per the manual of style, is that a list of players without any inclusion criteria is actually an impediment to the reader understanding the article as they have no idea why players have been included / excluded. I'm not sure if I understand you correctly, but I would strongly advise against creating lists of notable players based on whether they are notable per WP standards as this simply recreates a category page. As an example of a helpful and clear list, I would suggest something like this. Although I am not a fan of these lists really, I can see how this can be useful for the following reasons:
 * It contains a link to the category page so all players who have played for the club can be searched.
 * It contains a link to an overall list of all players / foreign players (though these are only deemed necessary for clubs playing in fully professional leagues)
 * There are clear inclusion criteria and in this instance all of them need to be satisfied
 * All players have WP articles so whether they meet the inclusion criteria can be readily verified
 * The inclusion criteria restrict the number of eligible players to a reasonable length such that the list does not cause imbalance to the overall article.
 * Happy for to look at anything you do and provide feedback if you want. Fenix down (talk) 09:55, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

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Timor players list
Hi Fenix. I understand that you are looking after the page for the East Timor national football team. However, I think you should consider taking down the list of Brazilian players using a Timorese passport. A reference/citation has been provided for every one of them. In some case, two were provided. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThomsonNotThompson (talk • contribs) 11:13, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * They were not references confirming the suspicion of illegal activity. You can't make statements stating people are suspected of crimes without linking to sources specifically discussing this suspicion. The links you provided were merely to websites confirming that these were players who had played for the national team. Fenix down (talk) 11:15, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * That makes sense. Why don't we change the first line then to say "At least twenty-four Brazilians players have Timorese passports. They are:..."? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThomsonNotThompson (talk • contribs) 11:18, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * That would not solve the issue, can you provide a source that is both reliable and also lists these players under suspicion clearly stating such? If you can I am happy to unprotect the article to allow you to edit it. Fenix down (talk) 11:22, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Here is one: http://www.sportsintegrityinitiative.com/east-timorese-football-accused-corruption/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThomsonNotThompson (talk • contribs) 11:23, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't see any of those players named in that source. Please also remember to sign your posts by typing ~ at the end of your message. Fenix down (talk) 11:28, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

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Articles for deletion/2016 America East Conference men's soccer season Part 2
I, like the user above, also have concerns with this AfD. Unlike Nfitz, my concern is that one of the dissenters has now gone and re-created 10 of the 11 deleted articles specified in the discussion. I've been on Wikipedia for over 10 years and I've not encountered anything like this before. I would have to guess this flies in the face of some rule(s) in which I'm not well versed? As someone who deals a bit more in the deletion process, can you please advise? I appreciate it. GauchoDude (talk) 14:59, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Edit: I didn't count the original AfD article in the tally above. The user re-created 10 of 12 articles. GauchoDude (talk) 15:01, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Edit 2: After reviewing the user's contributions, it appears they have done the same thing over your other ruling for many of the articles in Articles for deletion/2016 America East Conference men's soccer season. GauchoDude (talk) 15:08, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Edit 3: Sorry for stalking, I mistakenly entitled this incorrectly. The original AfD I was referring to is located here: Articles for deletion/1978 VCU Rams men's soccer team. GauchoDude (talk) 15:09, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
 * No problem, I have CSD'd the recreations and warned the user. The correct way to deal with this is through WP:DRV. Fenix down (talk) 15:44, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/2016 America East Conference men's soccer season
I'm a bit concerned about your close in Articles for deletion/2016 America East Conference men's soccer season. You closed the discussion the day after it was relisted "more thorough discussion and clearer consensus", when no one had yet commented. You also closed it on the basis that "Claims below that the articles pass WP:NSEASONS are erroneous" when no one mentioned that in the debate. In fact, no one said it passed WP:NSEASONS either, if you read the wording closely. I'd suggest that you either comment on the open debate, and we have a discussion. Or you close it based on the discussion itself, rather than your opinion, which wasn't raised in the discussion. Nfitz (talk) 15:38, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
 * You wrote this: season not tournament. Seems notable enough. then this (when asked for an expansion) WP:NSEASONS defines when for college sports teams, an individual season for the top collegiate level is notable. Surely then it goes without saying that the season article for the entire league is notable! You were the only person who mentioned NSEASONS. If what you wrote is not saying "Keep per NSEASONS" I am not sure what it means? If this was not what you meant, then I would suggest you are much more careful with your wording. Moreover, my comment on NSEASONS was merely one of several comments I made outlining my view in an attempt to deal with all opinions against the original rationale.
 * Furthermore, one admin keeping an AfD open does not give it a fixed additional window of grace. I had not seen the AfD before, but when I reviewed it I felt that firstly there had been no successful attempt by any keep-voter to show GNG, or outline why any of the complaints originally put forward in the deletion rationale were incorrect. Secondly, with it already having been extended once and with the total AfD having been open for nearly three weeks, I did not see, since there was not a single third-party source in any of the articles, that any additional arguments were likely to be forthcoming that would satisfy GNG. Fenix down (talk) 15:56, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
 * My perhaps poorly worded point is, that we could divide articles like 2016 America East Conference men's soccer season into articles for each team; and we have notability criteria that for such articles, and an article for the top teams in this conference would likely be notable. Therefore, doesn't it go without saying that the parent article is also notable? Nfitz (talk) 02:04, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, sorry it took a while to reply. In theory yes, if you could show GNG / NSEASONS for each team then I would agree, a conference season summary article would not only be notable in itself but would also be useful from an aggregation point of view. In practice however, this wouldn't really work. I can't see an instance where even the majority of teams in any given conference would fulfill even one of the criteria laid out in NSEASONS. For the first two, only one team could by definition as it requires a team to be national champions. For the third, there could definitely be more, but in the seasons noted in the AfD, I see only a couple of teams at most progressing to the NCAA Div 1 Championship and obviously the fourth is specific to a handful of programs. That said though it would probably be worthwhile discussing at WT:FOOTY a proper guideline for competition seasons rather than relying on an interpretation of a guideline meant for something slightly different. Fenix down (talk) 10:59, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * No problem, I often don't check in for a few days. One hand I see your point, on the other, I don't really agree about the close. Nfitz (talk) 02:15, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't either, so I have disputed the claim as well as his claim on the VCU seasons. You can find it here, Nfitz. Quidster4040 (talk) 16:12, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Just so you know...
seeing the remarks on your militant deletions, you're making it looks like you're pretty much in the wrong here. Quidster4040 (talk) 16:04, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Just so you know, AfD isn't a vote. All the articles fail NSEASONS for reasons which I made abundantly clear in my closing rationale. furthermore, I could not find any indication in any articles of significant coverage outside of primary sources, no attempt in the discussion to show GNG, nor any attempt to include independant sources in the article during the discussion. Fenix down (talk) 16:17, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Talk pages
Just wanted to give you the heads up. When you deleted the recreations from these two afd's (thanks for that btw), you missed most of the associated talk pages. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:20, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'm just going through them now. Fenix down (talk) 16:20, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of 2014 Palau Soccer League for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 2014 Palau Soccer League is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/2014 Palau Soccer League until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Quidster4040 (talk) 16:27, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Unsourced squad lists
Any chance you could protect Barnstaple Town F.C. and Bideford A.F.C. due to an IP repeatedly adding unsourced squad lists? I tried RFPP, but as usual it was no use. Cheers, Number   5  7  13:37, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1978 VCU Rams men's soccer team


No consensus was reached, and furthermore CRYSTALBALL is a bad reason to delete an article unless every 2017 article for every sport is nominated for deletion. If that's where you're getting at, I'll happily nominate every sports team season article, regardless of sport, for deletion. Quidster4040 (talk) 16:02, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
 * when the team is not competing at a level to satisfy NSEASONS, the article needs to satisfy GNG. It cannot satisfy GNG by definition prior to the season actually starting. Therefore WP:CRYSTAL is particularly relevant here. Fenix down (talk) 16:18, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
 * How do we feel about this? Surely smashing many non-notable articles (with borderline exceptions for NCAA appearances in 2012 and 2013) into one article still leaves the article non-notable? Just because there happens to be a ton more information doesn't make the topic any more notable, or is there more forgiveness given as it covers a large swath of time? GauchoDude (talk) 15:53, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. GLenhart1 (talk) 20:25, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Deleted article
About a year ago, you speedy deleted the article on Esoh Paul Omogba twice. Could you tell me which editor created the article? Thanks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:50, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay, not had much time for WP recently. The first time it was deleted the creator was a user called Ryanaphon and the second time it was a user called Tatsuta Suzuki. Fenix down (talk) 00:16, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Could you double check the second name again? When I check the contributions for it says the user account is not registered. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:03, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

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

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 * AfDs that receive little participation should now be closed like an expired proposed deletion, following a deletion process RfC.
 * Defender, HakanIST, Matiia and Sjoerddebruin are our newest stewards, following the 2017 steward elections.
 * The 2017 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Góngora, Krd, Lankiveil, Richwales and Vogone. They will serve for approximately 1 year.

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