User talk:GeneralNotability/Archives/2020/January

Arbitration case opened
You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Arbitration/Requests/Case/RHaworth. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Arbitration/Requests/Case/RHaworth/Evidence. Please add your evidence by January 14, 2020, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Arbitration/Requests/Case/RHaworth/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko  talk  03:21, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Frank Swart
I notice Frank Swart was created again post June AfD Articles for deletion/Frank Swart - don't know if this is substantially the same article deleted in June? thanks. Britishfinance (talk) 21:35, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * , it's been a while, but to the best of my recollection it's not substantially similar. creffett (talk) 02:22, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Dreamy Jazz • Newslinger • Rosguill
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Deor • Spartaz • Xeno
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Angusmclellan • clpo13 • Edgar181 • Matthewedwards • NCurse

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Bradv • Casliber • David Fuchs • Maxim • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy • Xeno

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Bradv • Casliber • DGG • David Fuchs • Maxim • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy • Xeno
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Someguy1221

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment asks whether partial blocks should be enabled on the English Wikipedia. If enabled, this functionality would allow administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces, rather than the entire site.
 * A proposal asks whether admins who don't use their tools for a significant period of time (e.g. five years) should have the toolset procedurally removed.
 * Following a successful RfC, a whitelist is now available for users whose redirects will be autopatrolled by a bot, removing them from the new pages patrol queue. Admins can add such users to New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist after a discussion following the guidelines at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist.

Arbitration
 * The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted rather than reasonably construed.
 * Following the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , , , , , ,.

Miscellaneous
 * This issue marks three full years of the Admin newsletter. Thanks for reading!

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Tech News: 2020-02
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week
 * When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 January. It will be on all wikis from 9 January (calendar).

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Page mover granted
Hello, Creffett. Your account has been [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=User%3ACreffett granted] the "extendedmover" user right, either following a request for it or demonstrating familiarity with working with article names and moving pages. You are now able to rename pages without leaving behind a redirect, move subpages when moving the parent page(s), and move category pages.

Please take a moment to review Page mover for more information on this user right, especially the criteria for moving pages without leaving redirect. Please remember to follow post-move cleanup procedures and make link corrections where necessary, including broken double-redirects when  is used. This can be done using Special:WhatLinksHere. It is also very important that no one else be allowed to access your account, so you should consider taking a few moments to secure your password. As with all user rights, be aware that if abused, or used in controversial ways without consensus, your page mover status can be revoked.

Useful links:
 * Requested moves
 * Category:Articles to be moved, for article renaming requests awaiting action.

If you do not want the page mover right anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Thank you, and happy editing! Primefac (talk) 23:52, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! creffett (talk) 02:32, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-03
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * You can no longer read Wikimedia wikis if your browser use very old TLS. This is because it is a security problem for everyone. It can lead to downgrade attacks. Since 9 December you just see a warning. Soon the browser will not connect to the wikis at all. Most are users on Android systems older than 4.4. You can read the browser recommendations.
 * Special:LinkSearch has been moved from the "" section on Special:SpecialPages to the "" section.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-tools.svg Wikis can protect pages so that only some users can edit them. The standard protection levels are and . If your wiki use more protection levels the technical name might be renamed for standardisation. This doesn't affect what users see.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 January. It will be on all wikis from 16 January (calendar).

Future changes
 * Deepcat and Catgraph will stop working. This will happen at the end of January. This is because you can now use the normal search function instead.
 * You can use  to merge footnotes that follow each other. It is meant to be used for digitised books on Wikisource. If the order of the footnotes is wrong no error was shown but the bad was shown outside the  tag if you need to continue running Python 2 scripts. The Pywikibot team strongly recommends to migrate to Python 3. You can get help to do so.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The weekly MediaWiki branch cut will soon become automated. The timing for this cut may change. You can discuss in Phabricator if this affects you.
 * Octicons-tools.svg You can read about coming technical events and mentoring interns.

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Asking a permission to cancem the speedy deletion of my article.
Hi Creffet, Cam you help me to cancel the speedy deletion of my article? What do I need to do to cancel the deletion of my article? Pls help me.. Ketsrubelle 15:08, 25 January 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ketsrubelle (talk • contribs)

User:Importdoortodoor
Hi, I've blocked on the English Wikipedia but I appear to be unable to delete their user page as it comes from meta. I'm not logged in to meta and I don't have my phone handy to go through 2FA... if you have an account there could you tag the user page for speedy deletion over on meta? [And a whinge from me as I shout at the clouds: why don't I get logged in automatically to sister sites if I'm logged in here? sigh] --kingboyk (talk) 19:02, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
 * , will do. creffett (talk) 00:16, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 January 2020
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Tech News: 2020-05
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems
 * Some mobile diffs have problems. A couple of buttons are not shown. Structured data diffs on Commons are confusing. The developers are working on fixing it.
 * Administrators on wikis that use Structured Discussions can't move discussion pages. This is a bug. The developers are working on fixing it.

Changes later this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes
 * There is JavaScript code on Special:Undelete for administrators that makes it possible to automatically select multiple checkboxes by holding the "Shift" key and clicking. This code is also loaded by accident on other special pages and on articles. This makes pages slower to load. This will be fixed. If you know of other special pages where this is useful please tell the developers at T232688.

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Caroline de Costa BLP
Hi Creffett, thanks for your feedback about the wikipedia article on Caroline De Costa. This was the first time I've edited a wikipedia page and I've obviously missed some steps! I'm Caroline's daughter, trying to update the content to correctly reflect the work she has done. I created a section on Samuel Pozzi called 'Research in to the life and work of Professor Samuel Jean Pozzi' because this has been a significant focus for her. She has written 2 books and articles on the topic, links to which I included in the content. I then tried to create Wikipedia pages about those books but they were rejected because the books need to be independently determined to be 'notable'. It's a bit of a chicken and egg situation - she wrote the books, they are for sale, but I can't link to that. I have produced a website which documents all the work she has done on this topic but I don't think I can link to that either. One of the other changes was to remove 2 books which are no longer in print - how does one cite that? Any help much appreciated. :) Viveka-de-costa (talk) 09:03, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
 * , thanks for your message. As someone with a conflict of interest (since you're a close relative of the subject), you should post edit requests to the talk page instead of editing the article directly. The basic rules in play here are the "golden rule" of Wikipedia - for something to deserve an article (or inclusion in an article), it should have significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article. Thus, your website isn't a good source, since it's not independent of the article subject. If you can find other sources that discuss her interest in Samuel Jean Pozzi, then you could suggest the addition on the talk page and provide those sources. Finally, a book being out of print probably doesn't need to be cited, but it would probably be better to just note it as out of print rather than deleting it. creffett (talk) 22:39, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Rhona Rapoport - peacock
hi apologies if i am doing this wrong. i am a newbie at this i accept your criticism for Rhona Rapoport and have toned down the language. please tell me if this is ok

ta — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abstractrabbit (talk • contribs) 03:42, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

TOWNEW
Hi Creffett, thanks for your feedback about the wikipedia article on TOWNEW. We have removed any links that seem to promote our brand, and is written in a neutral tone. We do not believe the page should not be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knectek (talk • contribs)
 * , you say "we" and "our brand," so it appears that you have a conflict of interest regarding TOWNEW. I will post additional information about this on your talk page. Please also keep in mind that Wikipedia accounts must only be used by one person, not shared. creffett (talk) 00:09, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Creffett, we are new at this and did not know this, please delete this so we can make the changes. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knectek (talk • contribs) 02:02, 31 January 2020 (UTC)