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Administrators' newsletter – July 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2020).

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Arbitration
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TFA
Thank you today for Arch of Remembrance, "Lutyens' largest war memorial in the UK. It's certainly impressive, the result of a healthy budget and careful planning, but its gestation was far from easy"! - DYK that Monteverdi's operas are now open for review, a tribute to the memory of the great Brian Boulton whose birthday we remember today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:26, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Contents of Grand Manan Adventure
Could you email me the contents of the above article, which you speedy-deleted as "advertising or promotion"? I'm not going to recreate it; I'm asking because its contents might help classify its image correctly on Commons. Vahurzpu (talk) 18:01, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXI, July 2020
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Conflict of Interest History of the Cross Border Xpress
Hi Harry, asked for help from Darren-M on removing a template that has been on the page since September 5, 2019, and now got an additional notice of Conflict of Interest, which was a surprise since the article has been on Wikipedia since 2014 and heavily reviewed and not one Administrator ever mentioned Conflict of Interest. And I never hid my involvement or name, using rnieders, how can this be resolved? All the best Rnieders (talk) 01:44, 19 July 2020 (UTC).

Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2020). Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * There is an open request for comment to decide whether to increase the minimum duration a sanction discussion has to remain open (currently 24 hours).
 * Speedy deletion criterion T2 (template that misrepresents established policy) has been repealed following a request for comment.
 * Speedy deletion criterion X2 (pages created by the content translation tool) has been repealed following a discussion.
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXII, August 2020
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Tower Hill Memorial
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for September 25, 2020. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/September 25, 2020. Congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 23:08, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Arameans article
Hello there, could you please take a look at Arameans article from time to time due to countless edit warrings with a group of national vandalists, such as user Mugsalot, who have successfully established themselves here on English Wikipedia by spreading POV editing. This has been going for the last couple of years. Permanently violating Wikipedia's policy instead of being a neutral encyclopedia, welcoming high-quality academic sources even if it doesn't fit these people's views, which shouldn't matter here. Many thanks in advance.

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:04, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2020). Administrator changes
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The Bugle: Issue Issue CLXXIII, September 2020
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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2020 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2020. Thanks from the outgoing coord team, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:17, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

88.81.153.78 vandalism
Can you reblock IP 88.81.153.78? Vandalising again it seems... Seemplez 09:09, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Also looks like they have an accomplice, Gammon778, maybe they need a block as well? Seemplez 09:15, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

TFA
Thank you today for Tower Hill Memorial, a war memorial "dedicated to merchant seamen in both world wars who lost their lives as a result of enemy action and have "no grave but the sea". It is one of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's memorials to the missing, and the CWGC's only monument in London. Anyone following my project will have already guessed that this is another work of Sir Edwin Lutyens (who was far from happy that his first design was rejected!)."! - Nice match to today's Nerotalanlagen, DYK later today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:42, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Would have been a nice match, but they switched to 24 hours again. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:05, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2020). Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment found consensus that incubation as an alternative to deletion should generally only be recommended when draftification is appropriate, namely 1) if the result of a deletion discussion is to draftify; or 2) if the article is newly created.

Technical news
 * The filter log now provides links to view diffs of deleted revisions (T261630).

Arbitration
 * The 2020 CheckUser and Oversight appointment process has begun. The community consultation period will take place from September 27th to October 7th.
 * Following a request for comment, sitting Committee members may not serve on either the Ombuds Commission or the WMF Case Review Committee. The Arbitration Committee passed a motion implementing those results into their procedures.

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your admin actions concerning The Banner
Hi, I read here, on the block history of this contributor, that you first blocked him indefinitely, after he had been blocked 8 times among other grounds for personal attacks or harassment, but also that you revoked this indefinite block 3 weeks later. As I have been suffering from continuing harassment in the recent months by this contributor, as explained here by me, but also [here by another contributor], I am interested in the circumstances when you first blocked him undefinity, and why you unblocked him later. However, somehow, probably because I am a relatively newcomer, I don't know how to have access to your diffs of that time. Can you please help me and provide me with these 2 diffs? Thank you in advance, --Emigré55 (talk) 15:25, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

your admin actions concerning The Banner
Hi, I read here, on the block history of this contributor, that you first blocked him indefinitely, after he had been blocked 8 times among other grounds for personal attacks or harassment, but also that you revoked this indefinite block 3 weeks later. As I have been suffering from continuing harassment in the recent months by this contributor, as explained here by me, but also [here by another contributor], I am interested in the circumstances when you first blocked him undefinity, and why you unblocked him later. However, somehow, probably because I am a relatively newcomer, I don't know how to have access to your diffs of that time. Can you please help me and provide me with these 2 diffs? Thank you in advance, --Emigré55 (talk) 15:25, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXIV, October 2020
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Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:56, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Checking in
Hi Harry, It's been a while since I've seen you around. Hope you are staying safe and that all is well. Best, Eddie891 Talk Work 14:56, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Hey ! Nice of you to check in! All is well, but work and family life is keeping me busy and doesn't leave a lot of time for other things like Wikipedia! I'm off for a week now though, so hoping I might be bale to get some writing done! :) What are you working on at the minute? HJ Mitchell &#124; Penny for your thoughts? 13:59, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Can I suggest early retirement as a cure. :) --ClemRutter (talk) 15:55, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Great to hear from you! I'm unfortunately quite busy myself, leaving little room for Wikipedia. I just finished a rewrite of James Oglethorpe and several Walt Whitman Poems, and have been tying up loose ends (namely GA reviews I forgot about) so I can draft some new articles later this week. I see you've done a lot of work on Portsmouth War Memorial as of late-- Looking really good! Cheers-- Eddie891 Talk Work 19:26, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Interesting combination of subjects! I was in Portsmouth at the end of August after a lovely holiday on the Isle of Wight. I actually went to see a different war memorial but was shocked that the city's didn't even have an article. It's not Lutyens, but it's a nice little side project. I was working (on and off) on The Cenotaph before I got busy, but that's a much bigger project. HJ Mitchell &#124; Penny for your thoughts? 19:49, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for October 30
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Royal Artillery Memorial, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Constitution Hill.

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October harvest
thank you --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:30, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2020).

Administrator changes
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 * Community sanctions now authorize administrators to place under indefinite semiprotection any article on a beauty pageant, or biography of a person known as a beauty pageant contestant, which has been edited by a sockpuppet account or logged-out sockpuppet, to be logged at WP:GS/PAGEANT.

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 * Sysops will once again be able to view the deleted history of JS/CSS pages; this was restricted to interface administrators when that group was introduced.
 * Twinkle's block module now includes the ability to note the specific case when applying a discretionary sanctions block and/or template.
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Arbitration
 * The 2020 Arbitration Committee Elections process has begun. Eligible editors will be able to nominate themselves as candidates from November 8 through November 17. The voting period will run from November 23 through December 6.
 * The Anti-harassment RfC has concluded with a summary of the feedback provided.

Miscellaneous
 * A reminder that standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people. (American Politics 2 Arbitration case).

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Peer review
Hello User:HJ Mitchell, I would like you to peer review the article, MCMXC a.D. for GA status. It is about an album by Enigma that was relatively famous in the early 1990s due to the success of "Sadeness (Part I)" and its unique (at the time) mixture of different genres and elements. Thanks. Lazman321 (talk) 05:04, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Request to remove create protect on Ian Greenstreet
Hello, The aforementioned article was create protected by you for genuine reasons which have been resolved now. in this draft Draft:Ian Greenstreet version. The article was deleted due to the fact that the article was created using marketing language and the subject was not notable. I have checked this current draft and improved it myself and ensuring it is rid of such marketing language and as well as provide sources to justify any claim made. I also wanted to mention that the individual is notable as he has received recognition in the UK, Ghana and have been covered in notable mediums/sources. Having him on Wikipedia will serve readers who seek such information. --Flixtey (talk) 08:07, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I've lifted the protection because there's enough in the draft to survive an A7 nomination, though I wouldn't rate its chances at AfD. HJ Mitchell &#124; Penny for your thoughts? 17:03, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your faith in my submission. I will work to improve it to an appreciable level. Thanks --Flixtey (talk) 17:14, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Featured article candidates/1989 (Taylor Swift album)/archive3
Hi, thank you so much for taking your time reviewing the FAC for "Blank Space". I wonder if you could help out with this FAC for 1989 as it has been put on urgent list for more reviews. Though I believe the article is near-ready after two failed noms and one PR, I think it needs a more in-depth scrutiny on the prose to make sure that it is absolutely ready. Thank you so much in advance, HĐ (talk) 03:04, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi HĐ, I'd be happy to take a look. I'll try and post some initial comments tonight but it might take me a couple of days to finish it because work is crazy at the minute. HJ Mitchell &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 09:51, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXV, November 2020
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Featured article candidates/1989 (Taylor Swift album)/archive3
Hello Harry, just in case you missed it, I have addressed your concerns at the FAC. Please let me know your thoughts on the progress. Thank you so much, HĐ (talk) 10:14, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * My apologies, I hadn't received the pings. I'll revisit now. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 11:23, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

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Yes
That is what we have wikilinks for. There is nothing exciting in that paragraph, and nothing that is directly relevant to the topic. Might as well give a history of the US Army for United States invasion of Grenada. Drmies (talk) 23:04, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry,, I completely disagree with you on that one. Wikilinks are for further reading but each article should be able to stand on its own. The Iranian Embassy siege is a featured article so it's been scrutinised against the FA criteria, which include comprehensiveness and placing the subject in context, and that paragraph has been there for nearly a decade. I can see an argument about the first part, the origins of the SAS, but the conception of European counter-terrorist military units is directly relevant. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 10:05, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Northern Bank robbery
Hiya, thanks for the GA review on Northern Bank robbery. I'm interested by what you mean about how it would need more work for FA, because that's not something I have done before. I can agree with needing to track down the Moore book, are you saying it would need more secondary sources? It is quite heavy with newspaper reports at the moment, but I haven't come across much further literature. Cheers and have nice Sunday, Mujinga (talk) 13:59, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. It was an interesting read. For FA, I'd normally expect to see books and other multi-page sources listed in a separate bibliography and probably a paragraph or so of background on the political situation in Northern Ireland at at the time (criterion 1b is "it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context", my emphasis). You'd certainly need to get hold of Moore, whether that means shelling out the £27 or so or tracking it down through a library. There's nothing wrong with relying heavily on newspaper articles as long as they're all reliable, as seems to be the case here, and you've consulted all the available source material. I think you might struggle to justify the use of the non-free banknote image at FAC, and there might be some tightening of the prose to be done. It might be an idea to double check that you've found everything written about the subject if I was able to turn up a book and a news article with just a bit of casual searching. I like to think Chandler's Ford shooting and Shooting of James Ashley (an FA) are good examples of articles on modern events that mix online news sources and book/journal sources if you're looking for something to compare to. Best, <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 15:13, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that's helpful. Yes, I remember the James Ashley article from the FA review! Mujinga (talk) 15:53, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I knew I recognised your name from somewhere! If you feel like working towards FAC, let me know if you need anything. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 10:13, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2020). Administrator changes
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Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject newcomer and Historian of the Year are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:45, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

York City War Memorial scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the York City War Memorial article has been scheduled as today's featured article for January 13, 2021. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/January 13, 2021, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

For Featured Articles promoted recently, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.

We suggest that you watchlist Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! <b style="font-family:Lucida;color:red">Jimfbleak</b> - talk to me?  11:20, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Help?
Hi. I see that you are one of the editors/admins active helping at DYK. I wonder if you can help me. I would like to post this to DYK, but cannot as an IP, and don't wish to register here (or for any political party for that matter). But I have a DYK that I am happy for someone else to post and get credit for. Might you perhaps be able to? Lmk. If not, I will ask someone else. It is as follows:

If not, please lmk so I can ask someone else. Thanks. 2604:2000:E010:1100:6DC2:B323:F0C5:CC83 (talk) 06:49, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid I haven't been involved with DYK for years. You'd be better off asking somebody who's more involved there. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 16:12, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * IP, you should be able to post directly onto Wikipedia talk:Did you know. CMD (talk) 16:41, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks to both of you! 2604:2000:E010:1100:FC0D:8215:7C02:6733 (talk) 23:14, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXVI, December 2020
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'Tis the season
Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. It's been a wild year, and I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your contributions and for the role you play in making Wikipedia as good as it can be. It was a pleasure interacting with you this year. I wish you and your loved ones all the best this December and in the years to come. Thanks for your invaluable help with Fabian Ware this year, for your invaluable advice, and for your invaluable content work. I hope your holidays are, well, happy! Cheers, Eddie891 Talk Work 21:31, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Eddie! It's been a pleasure working with you! <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 00:38, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Season's Greetings



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 * <font color="#006633">  Merry Christmas & Happy New Year


 * X Hi Harry! I hope you and yours are well and not too stressed. I hope you have a good holiday mate. Thanks for being so supportive when I was a newbie many moons ago. Regards Simon Adler (talk) 00:17, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Simon! Thank you! It's nice to know I had an effect on an impressionable newbie! Merry Christmas to you and yours. <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 00:39, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Pevsner
Harry - good to hear from you. A very odd year indeed. Yes, if we are able to travel anywhere in 2021, it would be good to have a beer. Snippets to follow. KJP1 (talk) 08:14, 24 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Great Western Railway War Memorial
 * This one's a blank, I'm afraid. Not mentioned in the entry for Paddington Station, and I checked the Artists entries for Jagger and Tait and it's not there either. Is it even listed? I can't make the HE link in the article work, and can't find it either in the HE Search function or in British Listed Buildings Online. It's not mentioned in the HE listing record for Paddington Station, as far as I can see.
 * I was wrong - it's part of Paddington Station's Grade I listing; "the GWR War Memorial of polished granite and Portland stone designed by TS Tait, with a fine bronze figure of an infantryman by Charles Sarjeant Jagger. This is inscribed on the base 'In honour of those who served in the World Wars 1914-1918, 1939-1945. 25,479 men of the Great Western Railway joined His Majesty's forces, 2,254 gave their lives".


 * London and North Western Railway War Memorial
 * Slim pickings, but at least it's there. "Between them [the pavilions] a WAR MEMORIAL by Reginald Wynn Owen, 1921, a stone obelisk on a granite base guarded by four bronze figures." {Cherry|Pevsner|2002|p=361} - Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner, London 4: North, Buildings of England, 2002, Yale University Press, New Haven, US and London, isbn 9780300096538, url.


 * Victory Arch at Waterloo
 * And this one's a blank, too. It's not mentioned in the Waterloo Station entry, which is a bit odd given its prominence! The sculptor, Charles Whiffen, doesn't have an entry. The station architect, John Robb Scott, does, but not that mentions this. That said, there's a fair bit of coverage online, so I suspect an article's possible.

Happy editing. KJP1 (talk) 08:56, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , Thanks very much for this! I'm not surprised that the pickings are a bit slim (disappointingly, the LNWR memorial seems to be rather obscure), though you'd think the Waterloo arch would at least merit a mention! <b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ Mitchell</b> &#124; <span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts? 15:14, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * You will almost certainly have seen it, but there's a superb old photo of the Euston memorial here, Reginald Wynn Owen. KJP1 (talk) 08:17, 25 December 2020 (UTC)