User talk:Ianblair23/Archive 12

Proposal to rename category
Please see my proposal to speedily rename/merge Category:Synchronised swimming in China to Category:Synchronized swimming in China NB: Category:Chinese synchronized swimmers uses “Z” Hugo999 (talk) 09:08, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Synchronized swimming categories for Brazil, China
Moved these to a full discussion. Hugo999 (talk) 01:51, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Mariuti Uan for deletion
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Nomination of Alfred Moussambani for deletion
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Rugby sevens templates
Hi Ian, many thanks for adding the noflag option to Template:ruw7. It needed to be done! Was there any problem with the Georgia functionality? It's a redlink but that's okay. It should just work with the standard 3-letter GEO code. -- Ham105 (talk) 13:43, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

2016 Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Community Survey
The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has appointed a committee to lead the search for the foundation’s next Executive Director. One of our first tasks is to write the job description of the executive director position, and we are asking for input from the Wikimedia community. Please take a few minutes and complete this survey to help us better understand community and staff expectations for the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director.
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Thank you, The Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Steering Committee via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:48, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Gordon Rugby Football Club logo.jpg
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Orphaned non-free image File:Sydney Uni Football Club logo.jpg
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Category:Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games navigational boxes has been nominated for discussion
Category:Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games navigational boxes, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. ~ Rob 13 Talk 09:05, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Sports in the Las Vegas Valley
Category:Sports in the Las Vegas Valley has been nominated for. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page. Tom Danson (talk) 13:14, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to the African Destubathon
Hi. You may be interested in participating in the African Destubathon which starts on October 15. Africa currently has over 37,000 stubs and badly needs a quality improvement editathon/contest to flesh out basic stubs. There are proposed substantial prizes to give to editors who do the most articles, and planned smaller prizes for doing to most destubs for each of the 53 African countries, so should be enjoyable! So it would be a good chance to win something for improving stubs on African sportspeople, including footballers, athletes, Olympians and Paralympians etc, particularly female ones, but also male. Even if contests aren't your thing we would be grateful if you could consider destubbing a few African articles during the drive to help the cause and help reduce the massive 37,000 + stub count, of which many are rated high importance (think Regions of countries etc). If you're interested in competing or just loosely contributing a few expanded articles on African Paralympians, Olympians and committees etc, please add your name to the Contestants/participants section. Diversity of work from a lot of people will make this that bit more special. Thanks. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:13, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox World Aquatics Championships country
Template:Infobox World Aquatics Championships country has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Primefac (talk) 03:01, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Eisa Al Dah


The article Eisa Al Dah has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * Bon-notable boxer - does not meet WP:NBOX

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. Peter Rehse (talk) 08:59, 9 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)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Country FINA alias ALB
Template:Country FINA alias ALB has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 16:50, 19 December 2016 (UTC)