User talk:Fennec

I deleted everything again. It was mostly automated posts. -Fennec 19:53, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

What happened to PythonMOO?
I'm just wondering. I noticed you had posted in the talk page for MOO, mentioning that you deleted its article because it wasn't notable. I remember you from PythonMOO; remember I convinced you to make the "Hook Player Class" public? I enjoyed PythonMOO.  flarn 2006  [u t c] time: 00:43, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Never mind; I sent an email to  Ian  and he brought it back up. :-)  flarn 2006  [u t c] time: 19:46, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Just to let you know
You have been mentioned at Missing Wikipedians. XOttawahitech (talk) 14:40, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Policewoman listed at Redirects for discussion
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

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

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins) .MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Happy Birthday

 * Enjoy your day! Sorry I missed your real birthday. Barbara (WVS) (talk) 22:41, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

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

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

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

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

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

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Proposed deletion of AirWave Wireless


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 * Activity! Fennec 07:25, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Main page (text only) listed at Redirects for discussion
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Proposed deletion of Triscuit


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Nomination of Triscuit for deletion
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Devil's Triangle (disambiguation)
While I understand that the edit from the anonymous account qualifies for deletion under RD3, I would like to request you reverse the deletion due to the source of that edit ( https://twitter.com/congressedits/status/1045422483082551302 ). That this was edited by someone from within the US House of Representatives' domain may be an indication of malfeasance which will need to be readily accessible for official remedies. Hiding the evidence of what was done would make it more difficult to show what was done. Thank you. Blackfyr (talk) 22:17, 29 September 2018 (UTC) There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard regarding revision deletion. The thread is "Devil's Triangle (disambiguation) article dispute". The discussion is about the topic Revision deletion. Thank you. --Blackfyr (talk) 23:29, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Blackfyr — I am confident that any investigation into Congressional malfeasance that may involve "official remedies" will be able to use the Wikimedia Foundation's legal channels, and other investigations will find the screenshots readily available at the Twitter account you have linked here. However, if you would like to discuss the matter and find an administrator to reverse it, you are welcome to do so on the Administrators' noticeboard, as suggested in Revision_deletion. I will not object if a consensus there restores them. — Fennec 21:16, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
 * ==Notice of noticeboard discussion==

Invitation to rejoin as an active contributor
Hi, Fennec. I hope this finds you well. I remember you being on the Arbitration Committee in between my two stints and being heavily involved in the IRC channels. Time flies, it's been around ten years.

I'm going around to some less active admins and inviting them to rejoin the project on a more active basis. I imagine there is much going on in your life now, but you're on the list, so here I am. I have some resources at WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators I have compiled. You may find them helpful. I do want to thank you personally for being involved in IRC, for being a part of the Committee at a particularly difficult time in its history, and for your other contributions to the project.

I see you're making the occasional edit and logged action now and then to keep your hand in. There's been some discussion about imposing more stringent activity requirements for administrators who have been effectively uninvolved for a protracted time. I'd encourage you to do more, even if only occasionally. The people who were here during the growth years have a unique basis for contributing to site governance, on an ongoing basis, in my opinion.

If you do not anticipate being able to contribute more actively in the foreseeable future, I'd encourage you to consider resigning your bit by leaving a note at WP:BN. Whatever you decide, best regards, and thanks again for your contributions.  Uninvited Company 20:10, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Votes for Keeping listed at Redirects for discussion
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Proposed deletion of Skoj


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Proposed deletion of IBM Peridot (software)


The article IBM Peridot (software) has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing General notability guideline and the more detailed Notability (software) requirement. If you disagree and deprod this, please explain how it meets them on the talk page here in the form of 'This article meets criteria A and B because...' and ping me back through WP:ECHO or by leaving a note at User talk:Piotrus. Thank you."

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ArbCom 2019 special circular
   

This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:18, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
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Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Vernon Robinson for deletion
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Proposed deletion of File:Toilet-paper-trees.jpg


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My song, "Tools"
You just stay around to keep the tools, you just stay around to keep the tools! You think that we're all fools, you just stay around to keep the tools! Making minute edits every year, you make minute edits every year! We can see it's very clear, you make minute edits every year! Users such as yourself who make a significantly low amount of edits just to keep your administrative tools sicken me and many others. Just give up the tools already!!! What are you holding on to them for anyways!! What a selfish thing to do!!


 * The above is by User:Aspenkiddo (unsigned)

Hi! Question From a Journalist
I'm doing a story for Gizmodo on how editors monitor pronoun changes on Wikipedia. I've noticed you've contributed to a few pages by contributing the correct pronouns for folks who transitioned later in life/were known by their dead names during their professional lives. I'd love to set up a chat if you're interested in speaking. My email is henry.giardina@gmail.com. Please feel free to reach out, and keep up the great work!

-H — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hgiardina (talk • contribs) 18:32, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Thank you for your past contributions to the project. —&thinsp;JJMC89 bot 00:04, 1 May 2021 (UTC)


 * I'll try to help more :) -Fennec 00:57, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

"Google Go" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Sounds fine to me! Fennec 02:24, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Administrator activity policy update
Hello, Fennec. This message is to let you know about a change to the administrator policy:

Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Nomination for deletion of Template:NoSolicitation
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