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Administrators' newsletter – January 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2020).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Hammersoft
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Andres • Brion VIBBER • Rkitko • Thatcher

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Barkeep49 • BDD • CaptainEek • Primefac

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Barkeep49 • BDD • CaptainEek
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Joe Roe

Guideline and policy news
 * Speedy deletion criterion T3 (duplication and hardcoded instances) has been repealed following a request for comment.

Technical news
 * You can now put pages on your watchlist for a limited period of time.

Arbitration
 * By motion, standard discretionary sanctions have been temporarily authorized for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes). The effectiveness of the discretionary sanctions can be evaluated on the request by any editor after March 1, 2021 (or sooner if for a good reason).
 * Following the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , ,.

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TheWikiWizard-January 2021
Hello, ImprovedWikiImprovment! Here is the January 2021 issue of TheWikiWizard. Pilot Project, trying a smaller and different style newsletter
 * Here are the events of January!!

Wikipedia News

 * Wikipedia is now 20 years old!! Notice a different logo?
 * There is now more than 1 billion edits on Wikipedia!
 * The Simple English Wikipedia now has more than 180,000 Articles! So close to 200,000!

Humor

 * Did you realize that the word "Humour" has been spelt wrong? I didn't until now! ;)
 * I hope you didn't edit Wikipedia straight on and Missed Christmas...

Chedly Ayari
Hello, Before undoing my modification, did you consult the source I mentioned in my edit summary? Several hours after the original sources announcing this person's death, a Tunisian minister has publicly denied this information. This would not be the first time a death is falsely announced by some media. By the way, one of the two original sources (this one) does not state he died. Moumou82 (talk) 21:06, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Apologies; there is enough doubt here for us to not state he is dead at this point. --IWI (talk) 21:09, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I certainly understand that handling sources in a foreign language might make it more difficult to assess. Moumou82 (talk) 21:12, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2021).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Hog Farm
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Mattflaschen • Nandesuka • Savidan • Wangi

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Berean Hunter • Xeno

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Someguy1221 • Xeno

Arbitration
 * The standard discretionary sanctions authorized for American Politics were amended by motion to cover post-1992 politics of United States and closely related people, replacing the 1932 cutoff.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting in the 2021 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2021, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2021, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * Wikipedia has now been around for 20 years, and recently saw its billionth edit!

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TheWikiWizard-February 2021
Hello, ImprovedWikiImprovment! Here is the February 2021 issue of TheWikiWizard. Pilot Project, trying a smaller and different style newsletter

Wikipedia News

 * A New Code of Conduct is being made by Wikipedia/The WMF more info here
 * Meta Wiki has Steward Elections open! see this page for more information

Humour
'''THESE STATEMENTS ARE NOT TRUE/NOT GOOD ADVICE. ALWAYS FOLLOW THE POLICIES THAT WIKIPEDIA HAS. EVERYTHING LISTED HERE IN THIS SECTION IS SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF HUMOUR'''
 * If you have a COI, and you don't want to declare it, don't! (For all we know, a dog could be writing [or rather typing] this statement ;) )

The Signpost: 28 February 2021
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg TJMSmith
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Boing! said Zebedee • Hiberniantears • Lear's Fool • Only • WGFinley

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment is open that proposes a process for the community to revoke administrative permissions. This follows a 2019 RfC in favor of creating one such a policy.
 * A request for comment is in progress to remove F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a, which covers immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
 * A request for comment seeks to grant page movers the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target. The full proposal is at Page mover/delete-redirect.
 * A request for comment asks if sysops may place the General sanctions/Coronavirus disease 2019 editnotice template on pages in scope that do not have page-specific sanctions?
 * There is a discussion in progress concerning automatic protection of each day's featured article with Pending Changes protection.

Technical news
 * When blocking an IPv6 address with Twinkle, there is now a checkbox with the option to just block the /64 range. When doing so, you can still leave a block template on the initial, single IP address' talkpage.
 * When protecting a page with Twinkle, you can now add a note if doing so was in response to a request at WP:RfPP, and even link to the specific revision.
 * There have been a number of reported issues with Pending Changes. Most problems setting protection appear to have been resolved (T273317) but other issues with autoaccepting edits persist (T275322).

Arbitration
 * By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, any gender-related dispute or controversy and associated people. Sanctions issued under GamerGate are now considered Gender and sexuality sanctions.
 * The Kurds and Kurdistan case was closed, authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed.

Miscellaneous
 * Following the 2021 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AmandaNP, Operator873, Stanglavine, Teles, and Wiki13.

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TheWikiWizard-March 2021
Hello, ImprovedWikiImprovment! Here is the March 2021 issue of TheWikiWizard.

Wikipedia News

 * I came across an interesting article about Wikipedia.
 * had a successful RFA, Congrats!

Humour
This section was written by User:Canadian Otaku, I hope you enjoy it as much as I (Tsugaru) did!
 * If you edit Wikipedia around 1-5 AM, beware, as any admin could block you for being up too late!
 * It's really easy to break Wikipedia, just click here.
 * Ignore people telling you to stop putting "Hrrnngg,,,beans" on the article Bean (film), they don't know what good edits are.
 * Jimbo is god, and can do anything he wants to!

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Alexandria • Happyme22 • RexxS

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
 * Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.

Technical news
 * When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem.
 * Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers.

Arbitration
 * A community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure is open until April 25.

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Hi
I just wanna say hi Francisco Nubuelas (talk) 10:49, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi there :) --IWI (talk) 10:50, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

I just want to say can we work together as a team? Francisco Nubuelas (talk) 9:34, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I’m happy to collaborate with anyone here on Wikipedia; what did you have in mind? --IWI (talk) 08:39, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

TheWikiWizard-April 2021
Hello, ImprovedWikiImprovment! Here is the April 2021 issue of TheWikiWizard.

Wikipedia News

 * MediaWiki has a new logo. Looks great, doesn't it?
 * Did you get to see the April Fools DYK for the Main Page? If not, catch them here (Under April 1)
 * In the Beta Features, try out "Discussion tools" it is a very useful feature for replying to talkpage messages. You will need an account to do so!

Memorials

 * has passed away. Our condolences go out for Pi zero and anyone who knew him. Thank you Pi zero for your service here at Wikimedia. We are very sorry to hear this. We will never forget your valuable contributions to Wikipedia and it's sister projects.

Humour
Tsugaru's Humour Section Please find CanadianOtaku's Humour Section below
 * April Showers can't Bring May Flowers, if the Flowers ran away to June!
 * You can't get in trouble, if you don't cause trouble!
 * The May Flowers can't be flowers if they are roses!
 * Sadly, there was no edit war of 2021, maybe next year.
 * This joke space is up for rent!
 * You too can be a hacker by removing everything in an article!
 * Error 410: I dropped this joke and I can't find it.

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 * Just a reminder that TWW is delivered between the 16th to the 20th of each month


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Administrators' newsletter – May 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Enchanter • Carlossuarez46

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, consensus was found that third party appeals are allowed but discouraged.
 * The 2021 Desysop Policy RfC was closed with no consensus. Consensus was found in a previous RfC for a community based desysop procedure, though the procedure proposed in the 2021 RfC did not gain consensus.

Technical news
 * The user group  will be renamed to  . This is for technical reasons. You can comment at  if you have objections.

Arbitration
 * The community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure was closed, and an initial draft based on feedback from the now closed consultation is expected to be released in early June to early July for community review.

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TheWikiWizard-May 2021
Hello, ImprovedWikiImprovment! Here is the May 2021 issue of TheWikiWizard.

Wikipedia News

 * The Simple English Wikipedia was mentioned in a article online very recently, you can read the article here.
 * Meta is looking for Board Election Volunteers you can read up more by following that link.
 * The English Wikipedia, has just passed 6,300,000 articles!

Tip of the Month
This tip is one of the many ways to combat spam on Wikipedia:
 * On Wikipedia, articles either meet the General Notability Guideline or not. When you come across a new article, it is extremely important to determine if it is a real article, or just a spam article. Start with a search on Google, for reliable sources, if you get none in return, then look at the article for non-NPOV content, also scan the references section in the article to see what sources it uses, and check the 'other languages' section and Wikidata to see if it is on other Wikipedias. If other Wikipedias have the same content and/or a CSD or AfD tag (WP:AFD) it is likely spam or not notable, so you can then nominate it for deletion to get input, remember that CSD criterion does not always apply to these articles depending on the content/contex. Also remember to check for copyright violations via earwig's

Memorials
Our condolences go out to the editors and their families, thank you for your work on Wikimedia projects.
 * has sadly passed away this month, you can read more about SlimVirgin's passing here
 * also sadly passed away earlier this month.

Humour

 * This section was made by, please note it contains some emojis, so you might just see a box if your browser doesn't support them. - つがる  Talk to つがる:)  🍁


 * Got blocked on the English Wikipedia because of your epic hacking skills? Start hacking other Wikimedia projects, they ca- Wikimedia-globalblock.svg This user account is currently locked across all Wikimedia projects.
 * This joke is a work in progress, so I might drop some hammers.


 * This joke is 2 spaces away, so ａ🔨ｎ- woah that was close!

Editor's Notes

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Grammar
Hello. As a former grammar school boy, I was interested to see you have a userbox in which you describe yourself as a "Grammar Nazi". This was after I had noticed that on your User page you include this sentence: "Contrary to popular belief, the mis-spelling of "improvement" in the name of both accounts are intentional to make them more unique." This contains three grammatical errors. (1) Instead of "the name of both accounts", it should be "the names of both accounts", because 'names' must be plural to agree with 'both accounts'. (2) The verb in "are intentional" should be singular because the subject of the sentence is the singular "mis-spelling". (3) It makes no sense to say "more unique" because 'unique' already means 'only one of its kind'. It does make me rather sad that I have just spent about twenty minutes of my life writing this. That school did a real good job on me! Best regards. --Blurryman (talk) 23:41, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Haha, looks like you've got me there. That is indeed very ironic. I’m intrigued; how did you come across my user page? --IWI (talk) 00:01, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi sport! When checking out edits to pages I follow, I sometimes look at user pages to see if they provide any information on the person making the edits. At the moment, I can't recall what it was you had edited, because it was a few days ago. Perhaps it was just that your user name intrigued me! --Blurryman (talk) 00:21, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Ashleyyoursmile • Less Unless
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Husond • MattWade • MJCdetroit • Carioca • Vague Rant • Kingboyk • Thunderboltz • Gwen Gale • AniMate • SlimVirgin (deceased)

Guideline and policy news
 * Consensus was reached to deprecate Editor assistance.
 * Following a Request for Comment the Book namespace was deprecated.

Technical news
 * Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this.

Arbitration
 * After a Clarification request, the Arbitration Committee modified Remedy 5 of the Antisemitism in Poland case. This means sourcing expectations are a discretionary sanction instead of being present on all articles. It also details using the talk page or the Reliable Sources Noticeboard to discuss disputed sources.

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TheWikiWizard-June 2021
Hello, ImprovedWikiImprovment! Here is the June 2021 issue of TheWikiWizard.

Wikipedia News

 * The IRC channels used for Wikipedia have changed, you can read more on it here. While TWW was aware of this in the last issue, we decided to wait and publish this in this issue, when the issue is not as new any more, and more information has been developed.
 * There was quick interruption in editing on Wikipedia, that was to test server switching should an emergency happen, more details can be found here.

Humour

 * This section was written by -- つがる   Talk to つがる:)  🍁


 * Internet Explorer still thinks freenode is the best IRC service!
 * It has been proven that editing the article Cheese while eating Cheese is considered a WP:COI.
 * This joke has been donated to us from aliens, hopefully they learned UTF-8: ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£

Editor's Notes

 * Thanks for your patience as we experienced delays in publishing this issue.


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Administrators' newsletter – July 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Trialpears
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AGK • Eliz81 • Mulad • ThaddeusB • Vianello • Who
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ragesoss



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AGK • DGG

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AGK

Guideline and policy news
 * Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.
 * An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs.

Technical news
 * IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page.

Arbitration
 * The community authorised COVID-19 general sanctions have been superseded by the COVID-19 discretionary sanctions following a motion at a case request. Alerts given and sanctions placed under the community authorised general sanctions are now considered alerts for and sanctions under the new discretionary sanctions.

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Happy First Edit Day!
 Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2021).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg BusterD
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Kees08 • Nickshanks • Protonk • Schissel • Ultraexactzz • Wknight94



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg TheresNoTime

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg TheresNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg ST47

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.

Technical news
 * Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import.

Arbitration
 * Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.

Miscellaneous
 * You can vote for candidates in the 2021 Board of Trustees elections from 4 August to 17 August. Four community elected seats are up for election.

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TheWikiWizard-Summer 2021
Hello, ImprovedWikiImprovment! Here is the Summer 2021 issue of TheWikiWizard.

Wikipedia News

 * There is an election that is taking place, for the Wikikmedia Foundation, to read more about it click here
 * The Wikipedia Library, has made some updates to their terms of use. You can read more here
 * Wikimania took place this month!
 * There are a few new admins who have joined the Admin Team, congrats to them! Remember, if you see a use who you believe meets the criteria for adminship here, or on other projects (Please check that Wikipedia/Wikimedia Project's Adminship Criteria page, as they vary by project), you can give it a try and nominate them for adminship if they are okay with it!

Humour

 * There is no due date in Wikipedia, so I could take 1000 years to write this issue! ;P
 * If you are reading this, you are reading this! (makes no sense, but okay!)
 * There is no more Humour to put and this sentence is no longer funny.
 * The mess I made in my room is bigger than this city!
 * Here's a list of all events that happened between TWW issues

Editors notes

 * I have been really busy with school so I was unable to write this issue for a long time. Thanks for your patience. :)


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Administrators' newsletter – September 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Jake Wartenberg
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Emperor • Viridian Bovary
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →

Guideline and policy news
 * Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee.
 * A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates.
 * A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)
 * A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs.

Technical news
 * The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.

Arbitration
 * A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments.

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Blablubbs
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Alvestrand • Black Falcon • Deathphoenix • Dppowell • Mark Arsten • JGHowes (deceased)



Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Callanecc
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Mkdw

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Galobtter

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, extended confirmed protection may be used preemptively on certain high-risk templates.
 * Following a discussion at the Village Pump, there is consensus to treat discord logs the same as IRC logs. This means that discord logs will be oversighted if posted onwiki.

Technical news
 * DiscussionTools has superseded Enterprisey's reply-link script. Editors may switch using the "Discussion tools" checkbox under.

Arbitration
 * A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures.
 * Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.
 * The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.

Miscellaneous
 * Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list.
 * The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates.

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TheWikiWizard- October 2021
Hi, ImprovedWikiImprovment! Here is the October 2021 issue of TheWikiWizard!

Wikipedia News

 * Wikimedia Asian Month is beginning once again!
 * Check out the 2021 Community Wishlist's results!
 * For those interested, check out the "Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2021" (Click on link for more details and to find out if you can register!)
 * Check out this new feature for The Wikipedia Library!

Humour

 * It's Halloween coming up again, and that means you can have an excuse to eat candy and binge edit Wikipedia again
 * Frankenstein told me this does not exist... (Does not make sense, but okay...)
 * Is Humour funny? I guess we'll have to find out!

Editor's Notes

 * Thank you for your patience, I was busy, and still am, so issues of TWW may be delayed.


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 * Phase 2 of the 2021 RfA review has commenced which will discuss potential solutions to address the 8 issues found in Phase 1. Proposed solutions that achieve consensus will be implemented and you may propose solutions till 07 November 2021.

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 * Toolhub is a catalogue of tools which can be used on Wikimedia wikis. It is at https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/.

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TheWikiWizard- December 2021
Hi, ImprovedWikiImprovment! Here is the December 2021 issue of TheWikiWizard!

Humour

 * Christmas is here again, time to bug people to get you the stuff you really, really want! (Anyone going to get me some butter cookies, or that giant Costco teddy bear?)
 * If you don't like turkey, there's always the rotisserie chicken!
 * If you ate too much turkey and regret it, then you should have read the above message ;)

Wikipedia News

 * We don't have much to report this month, but we do have the following...


 * The Simple English Wikipedia has almost reached 200,000 articles!
 * Wikipedia Asian Month which took place in November, has finished. Now, all the articles are judged and then it is determined who gets the postcards, even if you don't get one, or didn't participate, there is always next year, and we thank you for everything you have done!
 * Arbitration Committee Elections December 2021 took place earlier this month, for elegible editors. (At the time of this writing it was still taking place, but I assumed by the time this issue was sent, it would have been finished - It is set to finish at December 6 2021 at 23:59 UTC )

Editor's Notes

 * I haven't forgotten about TWW ;) Don't worry.
 * TWW is in the process of getting a new main page, if you have any ideas, or would like to help, please shoot a message on the TWW talk page.
 * That's it for this issue! This is the last issue for 2021. See you all in 2022! Have a safe and happy holiday season!


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Regarding the page for Winston Churchill
Good Evening (or at least it is evening here in the US),

I wanted to voice a concern with some bias that I perceived in the Winston Churchill page, which I noticed that you have edited.

There is very little in the page which discusses in any substantive detail the high regard in which he is held, rightfully, due to his extraordinary achievements, particularly in the legacy section. The focus seems heavily on a highly critical perspective on his views, especially from historian Martin Gilbert. Yet, no counterperspectives are given on his views on race for instance. You could use quotes disputing Churchill’s supposed racism from the esteemed historian Andrew Roberts. He has written much on Churchill which countermanded much of the legacy section and much of the spin which is put on Churchill’s legacy. The page would also benefit, in the legacy section, of a discussion of his legacy: his high esteem especially in the west, his poll results consistently voted by the people as the greatest Briton, etc. These are all conspicuously absent and suggests a subtle bias against one of the greatest people in British history. 173.67.29.44 (talk) 03:54, 10 December 2021 (UTC)


 * You have a concern about bias coupled with the sentence "one of the greatest people in British history"; I think your problem stems from there. --IWI (talk) 04:01, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

City only guidelines
Hi, I noticed your edit on Gary Numan, where you removed Hammersmith stating: City only, per guidelines. I'm aware that Wikipedia often has hidden corners, can you please point me to these guidelines, as I couldn't find them in Template:Infobox person or WP:MOSBIO. Thanks. Sciencefish (talk) 17:58, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi. I haven’t been able to find the specific guideline either, however there is definitely consensus to not include neighbourhoods and only include the city/town as they are usually ambiguous in definition and are not important to the lead. --IWI (talk) 22:26, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Can you please point me to the discussion where that consensus was reached, as I can't locate it. Thanks. Sciencefish (talk) 10:00, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Like I said, I’m not sure of the specific discussions, but I am aware it exists. Besides, there are other reasons why I think neighbourhoods should be omitted as mentioned above. --IWI (talk) 13:37, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. So as there are no specific guidelines or consensus regarding their removal, I will take this to discussion. Sciencefish (talk) 13:58, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * That is acceptable. --IWI (talk) 13:59, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * The city only guideline is in Template:Infobox person. Sciencefish (talk) 09:26, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2021).

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 * Following consensus at the 2021 RfA review, the autopatrolled user right has been removed from the administrators user group; admins can grant themselves the autopatrolled permission if they wish to remain autopatrolled.


 * Additionally, consensus for proposal 6C of the 2021 RfA review has led to the creation of an administrative action review process. The purpose of this process will be to review individual administrator actions and individual actions taken by users holding advanced permissions.

Arbitration


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