User talk:Gronk Oz/Archive 6

New Article creation, please check his eligibility and give your advice?
Haris Baloch, a young entrepreneur and founder of Rifiako Media...

Articles

https://nation.com.pk/20-Feb-2021/struggle-to-inspire-story-of-rifiako-media-owners-haris-baloch-and-mehran-khan

https://www.brecorder.com/news/40070706/the-way-of-living-your-life-is-to-dream-big

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2282912/dreaming-big-in-balochistan

https://www.aaj.tv/news/30243668

https://english.newstracklive.com/news/how-two-youngsters-haris-baloch-and-mehran-khan--created-digital-media-company-rifiako-media-sc17-nu293-ta293-1119376-1.html

External Accounts

https://www.instagram.com/har1sb

https://twitter.com/Harisabaloch

https://www.tiktok.com/@theharisbaloch

https://www.facebook.com/iRealHarisBaloch

if possible for article creation, please proceed for further process if not please give advice...

Thank you Hassan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Khudaeidadkhan (talk • contribs) 08:21, 26 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Hello, Firstly, thank you for supplying those sources.  As you probably know, Wikipedia articles live or die by the sources that support them.  In this case, I am unsure.  There seems to be coverage in several major news sources.  However, I have some reservations about them and I have asked for another opinion at Teahouse  I suggest you follow the discussion there, and if there are questions you might be able to contribute to them.--Gronk Oz (talk) 10:59, 26 December 2021 (UTC)


 * some good answers came back on the Teahouse, including from a Wikipedia Administrator. I'm sorry to tell you that most of them agreed that these sources do not show that Haris Baloch is notable (in Wikipedia's special meaning of the word).  In particular, there are two problems with them:
 * All of the articles say the same thing, in almost the same words. This usually happens when newspapers are just repeating a press release or where a story is syndicated.  They do not appear to be independent of one another, and probably not independent of the subject.
 * Those articles don't really say anything about what he or his company have achieved: they are just puff pieces. As one respondent said: "These guys have persuaded newspapers to describe them as 'entrepreneurs', who 'come up with solutions'.  But there's no evidence that they've ever done anything useful."
 * My view is that it's probably too soon in their careers - Wikipedia documents what has happened after the fact; it doesn't promote businesses that are still getting established. So AFTER they have made significant achievements, which have been written about independently by reliable sources, it would be better received.--Gronk Oz (talk) 00:56, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Heather Conley
I edited a while ago in 2015 and it was a positive experience. My new year's resolution was to add to the global commons of knowledge. Unfortnately, between 2015 and 2021 there have arisen a new form of delete trolls who edit and critique without doing their own due diligence. I respectfully find it to be a form of bullying meant to drive out new contributors. If your intention is to make this a welcoming space, support new contributors, look at the sources, do your own due diligence -- build, don't tear down. Also, if you called out the sourcing from the State Department archives on Heather Conley which came from open source, non-copyright material -- I guess I will have to escalate this pursuit. I hope this community isn't as toxic as my initial experience has been. — Preceding unsigned comment added by XhainXpert (talk • contribs) 18:11, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Can I assume your comments relate to the article on Heather Conley, rather than Hassan Ali Kasi where you posted it? I have added a heading to that effect; let me know if that is not correct.
 * I fully appreciate your desire to help, and I am sorry that this experience so far has been negative. Now that I check, I see that other people (nothing to do with me) deleted the article because parts of it were just copied from a copyright source.  Wikipedia has a legal obligation not to violate copyright that belongs to anybody else.  In this case, you plagiarized https://www.gmfus.org/news/heather-conley-named-next-gmf-president. Wikipedia has no choice - they cannot continue to host the offending material.
 * But all is not lost. Find some good sources, and summarize the essence of what they say in your own words.  The public domain material CAN be used (but the page I linked above is not PD)..--Gronk Oz (talk) 06:28, 9 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Gronk Oz Thank you for your response. However, the individual who deleted the article in its entirety did so without seeing that most of the content was, in fact, from the State Department archives which are, indeed PD. I will do so again but the concept of proportionality and spirit of congenial community, are certainly reflected in Wikipedia's terms of service. I will edit again. My hope is that those who edit that post do so constructively, adding to the body of open source knowledge rather than disproportionately deleting articles in their entirety. I would appreciate you citing where it says the entire article must be removed since you have helpfully supported the decision.
 * — Preceding unsigned comment added by XhainXpert (talk • contribs) 07:51, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Check out criterion G12 "Unambiguous copyright infringement" of the Criteria_for_speedy_deletion. If the offending material had been added separately then most likely that change would simply have been reverted.  Anyway, if you rewrite the article I suggest that you do as  suggested and add the attribution template US government sources, or more specific department templates in Category:United States government attribution templates.  And the article still needs additional references to reliable sources that are independent of the subject.--Gronk Oz (talk) 08:46, 9 January 2022 (UTC)--
 * Thanks. I am giving up on it. Quite deflating after putting in more than an hour on my first page in five years only to have it deleted on -- what I think even you would recognise are -- grounds subject to interpretation even under the most charitable reading.
 * That is up to you, of course. I think it would be a pity, because it could be fixed, and Wikipedia would be better for having an article about her.--Gronk Oz (talk) 09:25, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

I am glad to see that the article has been restored. A happy ending is always good.--Gronk Oz (talk) 07:05, 10 January 2022 (UTC) Agreed -- thanks so much. XhainXpert (talk) 21:01, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * WOW! Thanks for all the great edits. I am learning a lot from watching you work!!!
 * My pleasure. It isn't easy to find sources for her.  And what happened to the Department of State one that was there before (the one that was Public Domain) - if I remember rightly it had a lot of material about her career history, but now it has gone... --Gronk Oz (talk) 22:05, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * P.S. In talk page discussions like this, please try to remember to start a new paragraph, and sign off your comments using " ~ ". It really helps to follow along the conversation.--Gronk Oz (talk) 22:05, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

my article Lorfield Eagle Unified School District
Hi, thank you about my article, i am still trying to pull more resources thank you--Chrisw89 (talk) 22:26, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Grant Robert Sutherland
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Jeffrey Rosenfeld
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * Discuss this at: 

Burleigh Birth Year?
Hello. Where is there a request by the author--a public figure--to not publish the year (not actual date) of birth? This seems to be the tail wagging the dog, as it does not reveal personal details not already available.TrainTracking1 (talk) 05:21, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, I don't think she meets the standard in "public figure" and there do not seem to be "a multitude of reliable published sources" that give that same birth year. Nevertheless, Wikipedia has special rules concerning articles about living people, including "unsourced or poorly sourced [material about living persons]...should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion."(WP:BLP)  I do not know what Spartacus Educational's review and editorial processes are, but it hasn't made it onto Wikipedia's list of Perennial Sources.  Some other sources give her YoB as 1959 or 1960 ( and the black-listed peoplepill.com which I can't link).  As for your general concern about the tail wagging the dog, the exact interpretation of the BLP privacy policy is is a perennial topic of discussion.  There was a discussion specifically about the Year of Birth in the BLP noticeboard here.
 * I am happy to continue the discussion if you want, but it would be best to take it to the Talk page of the article (Talk:Nina Burleigh) so that other editors can get involved if they want.--Gronk Oz (talk) 12:09, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the detailed reply. Given her numerous books, especially about the former president, and her recent pieces in the Times, as well as essays for NBC and others, puts her in a fairly high profile. I can see the point for more reliable sources on YoB. In addition, though, since there are a number of sources that do post the 1959 or 1960 date, that does indicate a certain level of public recognition. You're right in that it probably should be a TALK: issue. My interest is also about the note of a request by the person to not have the date listed. I'd not come across that in Wiki before where instructions are given by the subject. TrainTracking1 (talk) 16:49, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * WP's general policy on respecting the privacy of living people is at WP:BLPPRIVACY and it's worth reading, although parts are open to different interpretations (such as whether it may reasonably be inferred that the subject does not object to the details being made public). There does come a point where the information is so widely published that Wikipedia respecting their privacy becomes irrelevant.  If you browse through the lengthy(!) BLP Noticeboard discussion linked above, you will see that even among very senior editors there are strongly different views about where that balance should be.  Considering all that, if you want to say that Burleigh has passed that point, and put the year back, then I won't object as long as it can be referenced to a reliable source.--Gronk Oz (talk) 00:22, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Cool. Thank you for the information. I'll keep looking for that citation. TrainTracking1 (talk) 00:30, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Otto Anderson
Thanks for adding all those refs to the article :D I'll withdraw shortly, but just wanted to say that I appreciate when people add refs brought up in afds to the article (it's much rarer than one would expect). Hope you're having a good week. A. C. Santacruz &#8258; Please ping me! 12:02, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Aw, shucks; Penale52 did all the work! Or should I say, he/she got the ball rolling; I just moved it along.--Gronk Oz (talk) 13:03, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Moving it is half the battle :) A. C. Santacruz &#8258; Please ping me! 13:18, 9 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Many thanks Gronks for your work on this article!  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 15:01, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Teahouse question
When asked I normally link...WP:ADMINH Moxy - 00:03, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Wow, that is heavy going but remarkably helpful. I have been around for a while but have had very little involvement with the bureaucracy of WP (fortunately!) - at least until recently.  Understanding how they all relate is helpful.  Thanks!   --Gronk Oz (talk) 05:49, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * . --Gronk Oz (talk) 07:39, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Warmhaus
Hello

You left a note on the page I just created.

I wrote the article. My English may not be very good :) Therefore, there may be some problems first of all.

If there is something else I need to do, I would like to complete it quickly.

My purpose is to serve wikipedia.

Thanks in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captain388 (talk • contribs) 07:46, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello Captain388, and thanks for getting in touch. The main thing the article needs is to be built up from more references.  Good references - books that have been written about the company, detailed magazine articles discussing it, etc.  Unfortunately the only two articles I can find in English just discuss them using recyclable packaging - very little about the company itself.  Foreign-language sources can be used, but I don't speak any other languages so I can't help there.
 * The other thing that needs quick attention is the list of External links. Most of these absolutely do not belong in External links; they probably should be used as the References in the body of the article.  Read through what each of those sources says about the company, then summarize it in your own words in the articles itself, and add the appropriate reference.--Gronk Oz (talk) 08:08, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Your ANI post
I merged your ANI post with one two entries above it; since it was substantively about the same matter. Hope you don't mind. -- Jayron 32 13:14, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * - yes, thank you. I am embarrassed: I did look before I posted, but obviously I did not look carefully enough.  I will endeavour to do better next time.--Gronk Oz (talk) 13:43, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 * It's all good. These things happen.  -- Jayron 32 13:57, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Morane-Borel military monoplane
I'm happy to have my typos corrected, but did you not notice the under construction template? There was no need to drop the empty section template while I'm still composing the article! Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 12:22, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that. The AWB tool put that in, and you're quite right that I didn't check for an "under construction" template.--Gronk Oz (talk) 12:27, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * 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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Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Jimbo Wales

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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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:22, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Moved User:Gronk Ox/Bill Ferris to User:Gronk Oz/Bill Ferris
Hi, I noticed that you had made a page under what appears to be a typo. I've moved to the location above. Hope that's okay! Skynxnex (talk) 21:06, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * oh wow, I can't believe I did that! Thank you very much for picking it up, and fixing the problem.--Gronk Oz (talk) 12:05, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
 * No worries. I sometimes look at Database reports/Ownerless pages in the user space to find newly created ones and help shuffle them around. Skynxnex (talk) 16:55, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

John Laurie (engineer) moved to draftspace
Thanks for your contributions to John Laurie (engineer). Unfortunately, it is not ready for publishing because '''As per talk page discussion. Best wishes.'''. Your article is now a draft where you can improve it undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 14:42, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

John Laurie (engineer)
Hi my friend, I can sense your frustration, and I fully understand. It's been a rollercoaster. For my mistakes, I just wanted to apologise again. Even with the best of intentions, and care, we can sometimes make dumb mistakes, as I did. Best regards, BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 05:14, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * thanks for being so understanding, and I apologize for being so grumpy. But it's all sorted now, and I think I might have to delete the article anyway because Notability is proving difficult.--Gronk Oz (talk) 10:37, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * , I really hope you don't delete it. It's super interesting and, I think, almost there. You're now very close. Best regards, BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 12:06, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
 * LOL, I can see why you have such a collection of Barnstars! Okay, that is enough encouragement for me to push on for a while... --Gronk Oz (talk) 12:28, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

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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Sorry
Fully agree with your edit comment at : that was my error. Thanks for double-checking! Boud (talk) 11:05, 23 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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Trolled
"Rosetie: I am also struggling to undertand what you are asking for"

I'm pretty sure that your struggle was and is the purpose. Note in particular the contrast between the OP's gibberish request/question and the fluency of their other text. Not to mention that a response to the gibberish is the OP's sole interest. -- Hoary (talk) 02:46, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I expect you are right. The continued repetition of the same nonsense phrases is a bit of a give-away.  Nevertheless, I can't help trying to give people the benefit of the doubt... --Gronk Oz (talk) 02:55, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

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

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



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

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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Precious anniversary
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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

Guideline and policy news

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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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
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →



CheckUser changes
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Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Beeblebrox · Opabinia regalis

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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