User talk:HelloAnnyong/Archive 18

Hello. I'm here to talk to you about said user. The person still actively uses both this account and semi-dynamic IPs. I'm addressing you directly about this situation instead of opening a full-on sockpuppet investigation for two reasons: you've dealt with him/her before, and I opened a sockpuppet case about this in the past and don't want to be too trigger-happy to open another one because of unrelated past sockpuppet investigation experiences. Some of the recently used IPs involved will be listed below, in chronological order. The person is still performing the behavior that got him/her in trouble in the past, and doesn't appear to be interested in being productive here; likewise activity has been prevalent at Andrew McNair (actor) (history). What are your thoughts about this, and is there something you'd want to do about this?


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Backtable Speak to meconcerning my deeds. 00:46, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Goes to the Movies in NYC this Saturday Dec 1
You are invited to Wikipedia Goes to the Movies in NYC, an editathon, Wikipedia meet-up and workshops focused on film and the performing arts that will be held on Saturday, December 1, 2012, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (at Lincoln Center), as part of the Wikipedia Loves Libraries events being held across the USA.

All are welcome, sign up on the wiki and at meetup.com!--Pharos (talk) 07:15, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Sisters of the Gion
Regarding this edit and its edit summary, the Japanese wikipedia says "shimai". JoshuSasori (talk) 23:18, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I took another look and the kana does say "kyoudai". I thought it was an error but it checks out elsewhere, so please disregard the above. I've restored the kyoudai. JoshuSasori (talk) 23:21, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Celebration and Mini-Conference in NYC Saturday Feb 23
You are invited to celebrate Wikipedia Day and the 12th anniversary (!) of the founding of the site at Wikipedia Day NYC on Saturday February 23, 2013 at New York University; sign up for Wikipedia Day NYC here, or at bit.ly/wikidaynyu. Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues!

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience!--Pharos (talk) 02:15, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Kohser issues
If you remember back when I made this report at SPI based on information obtained from Thekohser's Freelancer account. It was related to requested whitewashing of the Aburizal Bakrie to remove all criticism of him because of his upcoming presidential nomination. Today, Thekohser made this comment where he essentially admits to my suspicions being correct. Furthermore, at the SPI, the proxies for Thamrin2 and Antasari were blocked. However, Thamrin2 has still been editing the article and he has continued to whitewash the article of criticism. I am pretty much 100% sure that this is Thekohser. Since you were involved in the SPI back then, I wanted to let you know directly. What should be done? Silver seren C 00:03, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Revisit eeggs.com as source?
I saw your comment about the site at RSN as not RS in 2010. I researched the site a bit more deeply, and requested a revisit at RSN in 2011. There was one positive response, which went further, determining that eeggs.com had been cited as a source by multiple independent RS, but also deemed it standalone notable. I notice you did not counterargue at the time. There's now a toxic drawn-out head-down-plowing deletionist raid going on at Talk:Easter egg (media) (and yes, I bare my fangs, to McGeddon's dismay). It would be helpful if you'd weigh in here, if not there, or even pull the 2011 RSN discussion out of archive for extended response. I disagree with your 2010 analysis as "user submitted" and "self published", because the user submissions are suggestions and are vetted, and the site has a reputation and advertising motive not to publish false or unverified claims. Further, the site was published as a book in the late 90s, but is out of print. --Lexein (talk) 09:12, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
 * FYI eeggs.com is at RSN again, and has one response so far. --Lexein (talk) 11:47, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

IB Diploma Programme‎
Sigh. If you're still around, might need an extra set of eyes. Thanks. Oh, btw - I'm assuming that the CU data is stale at this point? Truthkeeper (talk) 02:35, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh dear. Yes, the CU data is extremely stale, but I think you could get that one based on geolocation of the IP and behavior. I've not been a CU for awhile, so open a case over there. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:04, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
 * This is probably enough. I'm about to log out - does it need an SPI? It's fairly obvious. I'm assuming she's still indef blocked? Can't remember. Truthkeeper (talk) 02:16, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Border Laird
Thanks, as soon as I saw his contribution history I realised he was back. Dougweller (talk) 08:17, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Unblock request
per a lengthy AN discussion here, I have unblocked the account. Personally I would have preferred to have seen that you had been notified of the discussion to begin with, but also note that it was 2 years ago and the editor's only block. Either way, I'm letting you know now. — Ched : ?  21:01, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

User:SweetBabyGirl06
Hello there. Feel free to view and/or discuss this user, whom you have dealt with in the past, at this active sockpuppet investigation. Thank you. Mungo Kitsch (talk) 22:15, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Meetup NYC this Sunday April 14
Hi HelloAnnyong! You're invited to our next meeting for Wikipedia Meetup NYC on Sunday April 14 -this weekend- at Symposium Greek Restaurant @ 544 W 113th St (in the back room), on the Upper West Side in the Columbia University area.

Please sign up, and add your ideas to the agenda for Sunday. Thanks!

Delivered on behalf of User:Pharos, 17:55, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Wool series fanfiction
I don't know why you removed the Wool series Fanfiction section. Check the books on Amazon: they DO exist and they DO meet with a certain level of success. Is there something I must do to make the section legit for Wikipedia?

By the way, I put it back online, but that was before I realized you were an administrator on Wiki, I didn't mean to disrespect your decision, I thought it was a malevolent action.

Maxzaoui (talk) 14:37, 1 June 2013 (UTC)maxzaoui


 * Just existing - or even being published - does not meet the standard for inclusion. The Wool page should not be turned into just a link farm for all Wool fanfics; in fact, the fanfics shouldn't be listed at all. Here's a comparison: it's well known that Fifty Shades of Grey started as a Twilight fanfic, but if you go to the Twilight page, there's no mention at all about Fifty Shades. Same sort of thing here. Per WP:V, everything on Wikipedia has to be verifiable by other sources; no original research is allowed. To that end, a lot of what was on the page was OR in some form by using the Amazon lists to draw conclusions and that sort of thing.
 * Also, the tone of what was there was pretty unencyclopedic. Terms like 'Woolmaster' and 'Woolites' and whatnot are fan terms and don't belong in an encyclopedic article. "You will find what the Woolmaster had to say" is very casual and isn't appropriate. As to linking to Howey's comments on Kindle Worlds, it's irrelevant on the page about Wool since he doesn't actually mention the series in the post at all. Also, it's not usable as a reference since it's a blog post (and falls under WP:PRIMARY). —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 18:01, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Blacklist entries
When you add something to the blacklist as you did here, you really need to add an entry to the logfile too at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/log, else what you added is likely to get removed.

In that logfile, if you are unable to reference a discussion about that entry on MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist or WikiProject Spam, or a COIbot report, or contribution histories, or any other evidence, then you should probably remove the entry and explore alternative solutions like blocking or page protection.

Adding the site to the revert-list of User:XLinkBot is also a good alternative to blacklisting in cases where the site can conceivably be linked in appropriate cases, but should be reverted most of the time (an example would be blogspot.com links). ~Amatulić (talk) 04:04, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, it's been awhile since I last added something to the blacklist. No specific issue on the MediaWiki talkpage, but I was able to reference a page where there's been a lot of vandalism. I can reference individual diffs, but I figured the blacklist would get blown out. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:08, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Reason?
Reason for reverting changes to link on Epitaph page?

Rahul.isha (talk) 07:54, 12 June 2013 (UTC) Rahul Isha


 * Because it's linkspam. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 23:47, 12 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Did you bother to visit the link and read the contents?
 * Rahul.isha (talk) 05:25, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Rahul.isha


 * Yes, and it's still linkspam. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:23, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

You've got mail!
&mdash; Vensatry (Ping me)  17:51, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
Did you forget about this discussion? Waiting for reply. Musdan77 (talk) 03:28, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Rowspans
Hi, I noticed that you added rowspans to the Alison Brie filmography, so I thought I'd let you know that the reason why some filmography tables don't have rowspans is because the editors on those articles follow what it says at WP:FILMOGRAPHY: "Please avoid rowspan as it is a significant WP:Accessibility issue..." And, it's up to you about what you want to do. It doesn't really matter that much to me. --Musdan77 (talk) 05:25, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Bradley Manning/October 2013 move request
Greetings. Because you participated in the August 2013 move request regarding this subject, you may be interested in participating in the current discussion. This notice is provided pursuant to Canvassing. Cheers! bd2412 T 21:32, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

Sock investigation
Please see Sockpuppet investigations/Ali Mohammad Khilji.

Notifying you due to your prior investigation of related case.

Thank you for your time,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:13, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Blade Runner
Replicants are bought; and many eventually develop emotions contrary to the work expected of them; such as a desire for freedom on earth. CensoredScribe (talk) 21:32, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
 * That's your own conjecture on the subject, and it's controversial enough that another editor also removed it. Also, calling Blade Runner a "film about immigration" is also a stretch. I see you've been going on a category tagging spree, and you may want to slow down. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 22:29, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Yup, over the last few months I've removed several of your categories from many articles. Tagging Aliens as a film about Female Soldiers and Babylon 5 in the Artificial Utereus category. Canterbury Tail   talk  23:16, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

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Range contributions
Today I was contemplating a rangeblock and was dredging up any memories of how to do it. Imagine my surprise when I found that your script, http://toolserver.org/~helloannyong/range/, was still alive and working at the Toolserver! This was very helpful, but I hear that time is running out. Given the rumblings about the Toolserver going away, is there any chance that this could be moved to https://tools.wmflabs.org/ ? Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 00:42, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Ha, I forgot about that. I think that code needs to be looked at; it's quite old, and occasionally I get messages that it's running some weird queries. I'm swamped with work right now, but maybe I'll move it if I get chance. Of course, if someone else wants to take it over, I'd be happy to hand over the code. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:01, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Update on this: I've rebuilt my tool at http://tools.wmflabs.org/rangecontrib/. It should be a bit faster now, and hopefully doesn't get out of date. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 23:58, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Sockpuppets on developed country
There appears to be new IP sockpuppets of User:Nochoje on developed country who was already an indefinitely blocked sockpuppet of User:Mywayyy - Sockpuppet investigations/Mywayyy/Archive. His behaviour on developed country has always been consistent on that article, always trying to put back the now defunct and decade old 2005 quality-of-life index by the economist. See the mastersock's behaviour and Nchoje's behaviour. He now appears to be using random IPs that come out of nowhere and do nothing but emulate the mastersock - See and. His behaviour is seriously disrupting the process of gaining a genuine consensus per WP:BRD. Massyparcer (talk) 12:35, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I have opened up an investigation at Sockpuppet investigations/Nochoje. Thanks. Massyparcer (talk) 16:43, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

IPv6 range contributions
Hello, HelloAnnyong. (I was tempted to just write "Hello, Hello", but I'm not sure if I know you well enough to be on first name terms.)

Can I thank you yet again for http://toolserver.org/~helloannyong/range/. Even though the other tool for this (now at https://tools.wmflabs.org/xtools/rangecontribs/index.php) was brought back into service long ago, sometimes it stops working, so your tool is invaluable. A very frustrating thing is that as far as I know there is no tool to do the same for IPv6 addresses. Normally, I do not place range blocks without first checking whether there are a lot of constructive editors in the range, so usually IPv6-hopping disruptive editors just get away with it. I wonder whether you would be willing to look into the possibility of adapting your tool to cover IPv6? My guess is that it wouldn't be too hard: a few modifications to some regexes or whatever you used, but obviously you will know better than me how much work it would entail. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 08:50, 16 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Hmm. I've just looked at your editing history, and I see that you are not very active at present. If you don't want to put time into this, I will fully accept that. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 08:52, 16 May 2014 (UTC)


 * ...and now I've seen the section above about the same tool, from a little over a month ago, where you said that you were "swamped with work right now". OK, if you are still swamped, you probably won't be able to help, though if you do find time I will be extremely grateful. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 08:56, 16 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Oh wow, I thought I responded to this. Sorry! As I wrote above to EdJohnston, I've been swamped with work - and that hasn't let up in the last month. Probably won't let up for at least another two weeks, to be honest. If you can hang on for another few weeks, I might be able to knock this out.. :/ —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 03:27, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
 * So an update on this. I just rewrote and moved my tool to http://tools.wmflabs.org/rangecontrib/. It's currently IPv4 right now, and uses MySQL functionality to search for IPs. The server isn't using a version of MySQL that has the equivalent functions for IPv6, so I have to come up with a way to do that. Hopefully soon... —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:00, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
 * The way IPs are stored in the database, it's not going to be possible to roll this on my own. IPv6 addresses are obviously much larger, and they require more processing to build the mask to do a match. If I could roll my own function and store it on the DB, it _might_ be possible - but I don't think tools allows that. Once the database is upgraded to the newer version, then I can probably pull this off. Sorry. :/ —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:29, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Request for comment
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

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Your range tool
Have a look please when time permits - the tool is very useful in my daily work. Materialscientist (talk) 05:04, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, toolserver is going away. Try http://tools.wmflabs.org/rangecontrib/ instead. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:02, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Something is wrong with linking there. Try, e.g., clicking on diffs and history in . And it would be nice to restore pagination of results - I get only 30 max. per IP range. Materialscientist (talk) 04:56, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Fixed the links. And I limited the pagination results because of how heavy the query is on the database. The amount of processing involved makes the query time out if you throw a high enough limit on it. Let me dig into it a bit more. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:03, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

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Reference Errors on 27 July
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Dervish (band)
Don't give me warnings about activities I haven't engaged in. I reverted MCSligo twice for deleting content under a false premise as did Tutelary twice before me. Two edits made yesterday aren't an "edit war" and I have not come close to violated 3RR. Helpsome (talk) 12:43, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that; I posted to the wrong user's talk page. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 14:48, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

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Civility
Please try to act more constructively and less destructively on Wikipedia. Undoing is easy, but it shouldn't be the default option. Just a tip. Freeranging intellect (talk) 00:13, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice! —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:18, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

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FYI, mentioned you in a comment
FYI, I've mentioned you in a comment, at. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:58, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

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Range contribs
Hey, I'm getting a "no webservice" error when I try to access he range contribs tool. Is there something you can do to get it back up? It's a really useful tool! Let me know if you need more information from my end. Thanks very much, HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  22:27, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Should be back now. Weird that it just cut out like that... —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 14:49, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello, I'm an admin from the Romanian Wikipedia, and when I try to use your tool it says that The URI you have requested, /rangecontrib/, is not currently serviced. Does it still work or can you fix it? Thank you!Ionutzmovie (talk) 20:09, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
 * It has now gone beyond saying that the tool is not "currently serviced": tools.wmflabs.org/xtools/rangecontrib says that the tool doesn't exist. Any chance of getting it back online? The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 16:02, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, I've been out of contact for awhile. It should be back now. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 02:12, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes. Thanks. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:35, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

English Asatro
I thought I'd add a semi-private comment to the one I made on Talk:Germanic neopaganism. I actually spent longer than a half hour on looking for secondary and tertiary sources, more like an hour by the time I finished. You're right that that group is not notable, especially for an article which is at times controversial and sometimes widely disputed. Germanic neopaganism isn't as controversial as Animal rights or Tobacco smoking, but it definitely needs a higher standard of references than seem to be acceptable for articles about trivial athletic figures and Podunk football teams. Trilobitealive (talk) 03:35, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Ha, yes. I've warned that editor three times now, so after this, it should go up for a block. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 04:12, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

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Andy4190 sockpuppet
Hi. I'm investigating suspicious activity on pages related to the East Timor national football team. Are you able to tell me more about Andy4190's sockpuppets? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jckkrr (talk • contribs) 16:54, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

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ArbCom elections are now open!
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Range contributions tool
Hello, HelloAnnyong. I have recently been using your tool at tools.wmflabs.org/rangecontrib, because for some reason tools.wmflabs.org/xtools/rangecontribs/index.php has disappeared over the last few days. Your tool is very useful, and thank you for contributing it. However, its present version gives only the most recent 30 edits, which for some purposes is nowhere near enough. If I remember correctly, the original toolserver version had an option to click a link for another 30, then click it for another 30, and so on. Is there any chance you might be willing to put in the work needed to make earlier edits available? I see that you are now very much less active on Wikipedia than you once were, so if you are unwilling to put in the time I will fully understand (but I will also be disappointed!) I am currently assessing IP ranges used over a very long period by a persistent vandal. I checked some of the ranges while the other range contributions tool was working, but since then some more ranges have come to light. Every piece of evidence I have seen suggests that the ranges have been used exclusively by that one vandal for a very long time, so that fairly long range blocks would be justified, but I am unwilling to place such long blocks without first checking for edits by other editors in the history. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk)

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Contributions of an old sock you blocked.
Hi. I just PRODded a page I found while looking to correct misspellings of Millennium. I then noticed that you blocked its creator 5 years ago, for socking. I'm wondering if you reviewed the users' creations. The article, Millenium_Methodist_Church_(Secunderabad), is a suspicious entry. The article name is misspelled. Cite 3 doesn't clearly support any of the facts it is cited for. The relevant paragraph in Cite 2 is a clone of the relevant paragraph in cite 3. Topic ceems to be not notable. (I haven't looked at the remaining cite; I'd guess it's of similar quality.) In other words, this seems to be an article created with misleading citations designed to keep it from being deleted by someone giving it a cursory review. The kind of underhandedness of editors whose names are infamous. Perhaps all the creations of all of the socks need to be reviewed. Was that done but this page was missed, or did that not get done? Interestingly, the user's next-to-last edit was oversighted. All_Saints_Church_(Secunderabad) seems to be similar. Please reply on my talk page.-- Elvey (t•c) 05:16, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

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)

Orphaned non-free image File:Colgate University Seal.svg
 Thanks for uploading File:Colgate University Seal.svg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:10, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Saturday December 3: Contemporary Chinese Art Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim
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File source problem with File:Colgate University Seal.svg
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If the necessary information is not added within the next days, the image will be deleted. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem.

Please refer to the image use policy to learn what images you can or cannot upload on Wikipedia. Please also check any other files you have uploaded to make sure they are correctly tagged. Here is a [ list of your uploads]. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 23:43, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

December 21: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (plus Wikipedia Day on Jan 15!)
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Ear Prosthesis listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Ear Prosthesis. Since you had some involvement with the Ear Prosthesis redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. 114.75.78.136 (talk) 15:01, 17 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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Proposed deletion of Yōko Ishino


The article Yōko Ishino has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * No assertion of notability; does not meet WP:NACTOR. Sig RS coverage not found.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. K.e.coffman (talk) 20:31, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Sunday March 26: Action=History Wiki-Hackathon @ Ace Hotel
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April 19: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
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