User talk:Gabbe/Archive 3

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
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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 However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less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)

Uncontroversial merge?
Hello Gabbe! While going through old merge proposals, I stumbled upon Bramble which you proposed (many moons ago) to merge into Rubus. About a year later one person agreed but since then nothing has happened. Another year later, someone proposed a merge to Blackberry but they never set up a merge discussion and their proposal seems to have gone unnoticed since then...

If you still feel that a merge from Bramble to Rubus is justified, I think it's probably safe to call that move uncontroversial. As it happens, I know nothing about brambles or rubuses (rubi?), so any chance you might still be interested in completing that merge? It might be fun, and it'd clear up another merge from the oldest merge category remaining! Let me know if I can help with anything. Happy editing! Ajpolino (talk) 23:56, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

A favour
Hi, Gabbe. I noticed, you once edited this article in your administrative capacity. Would you please be so kind and blank a grossly offensive edit summary by a blocked IP against another editor. Thanks in advance,  Poeticbent  talk 06:27, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

It's been twelve years, today.
Wishing Gabbe a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman ( talk ) 16:51, 21 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
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

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

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

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

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

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13:37, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Coordinates; overprecise but inaccurate, possibly invented
Please do not invent coordinates for articles without at least checking that they point to the event in question. Also, please confine your coordinates to either whole arcseconds or to 4 digits of accuracy. Abductive (reasoning) 08:10, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Invitation to Admin confidence survey
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Beginning in September 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation Anti-harassment tool team will be conducting a survey to gauge how well tools, training, and information exists to assist English Wikipedia administrators in recognizing and mitigating things like sockpuppetry, vandalism, and harassment.

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For the Anti-harassment tools team, SPoore (WMF), Community Advocate, Community health initiative (talk) 19:52, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

13 years of adminship
Wishing Gabbe a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman ( talk ) 00:17, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

Least Developed Countries map
Hey, this is regarding the image you made, File:Least Developed Countries map.svg. I'm having problems opening the svg file and I'm inexperienced with photo-editing anyway, so I thought it might be easier to just discuss it with you. Would it be a good idea to add (in another colour) countries that meet the Least Developed Countries criteria but don't want to be included? According to the Least Developed Countries article, this includes Ghana, Papua New Guinea, and Zimbabwe. Their inclusions would be especially useful in some of the English (and apparently German and Italian) articles about the Three/Four Worlds model. Prinsgezinde (talk) 12:16, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Interesting idea. I could create a similar file (titled something like "Least Developed Countries candidates map.svg") including the alterations you suggested. If you can wait until the end of the day I'll have it ready by then. Gabbe (talk) 12:41, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks! I found a newer version of the handbook that also still mentions those three countries, meaning it was seemingly still valid as of October 2015. By the way, Equatorial Guinea was promoted from Least Developed Country in 2017, so it can be made green as well. Prinsgezinde (talk) 12:54, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * There, I've updated the original map (to reflect the current status of Equitorial Guinea), and also created a second map. The other one is available at File:Least Developed Countries map, with candidates.svg. If you need anything else, just let me know. Gabbe (talk) 05:22, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks a bunch, that'll definitely help. I'll put them to good use later today. Prinsgezinde (talk) 11:39, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

No Second Chance (miniseries) moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, No Second Chance (miniseries), does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Jovanmilic97 (talk) 01:13, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

ArbCom 2019 special circular
   

This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:14, 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.

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Your draft article, Draft:No Second Chance (miniseries)


Hello, Gabbe. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "No Second Chance".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the, , or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 11:47, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
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From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 10:19, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society
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I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. ​

Best regards, Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 15:39, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2020s American horror television series


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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2020s horror television series


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"Amazing Stories (upcoming TV series)" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Amazing Stories (upcoming TV series). Since you had some involvement with the Amazing Stories (upcoming TV series) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Steel1943 (talk) 04:26, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Bite the Dust (film)


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Nomination for deletion of Template:Libyan General National Congress election, 2012
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Iceland parliamentary election result templates


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Happy First Edit Day!
 Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 08:19, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

George Montandon
Are you planning on adding some references to George Montandon, and maybe extending it a little bit? This would not pass WP:Afc in its current state. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 11:34, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
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Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:07, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Wrong info on the Lisey's Story page.
Question when you have the time. Nodnarbdrac1771 (talk) 00:54, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Cyprus election result templates


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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Finland election result templates


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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Romania election result templates


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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Slovakia election result templates


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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Slovenia election result templates


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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Slovakia election result templates


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Happy First Edit Day!
 Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:27, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled
A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:06, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

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

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18:12, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
 '''Wishing Gabbe a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Best wishes! CAPTAIN RAJU''' (T) 18:27, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

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

"Home (upcoming TV series)" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Happy Birthday!
 Wishing Gabbe a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee!   Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 19:06, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Twenty Year Society
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I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Twenty Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for twenty years or more. &#x200B;

Best regards, Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 16:10, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

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