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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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13:38, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Terrorist attack listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Terrorist attack. Since you had some involvement with the Terrorist attack redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 08:57, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Quake II: Quad Damage listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Quake II: Quad Damage. Since you had some involvement with the Quake II: Quad Damage redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Lordtobi ( &#9993; ) 15:59, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Help with mobile-friendly Current Events project?
Hi! I've proposed a few changes to Portal:Current events that will make the layout work well on narrow-width displays.


 * Portal talk:Current events

As you have previously had involvement with the Current events page, I would appreciate your participation in the discussion, if it is convenient for you. Thank you for your time. &#32;— RossO (talk) 17:10, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Princess Snow White listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Princess Snow White. Since you had some involvement with the Princess Snow White redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Steel1943 (talk) 02:59, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Gu Gong


A tag has been placed on Gu Gong requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a real person or group of people, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the. Tdts5 (talk) 21:27, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

The Uw-consensus series is nominated for deletion
This message is here to inform you that a template series you were involved in editing, Uw-consensus, has been nominated for deletion. The deletion discussion can be found here. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 00:31, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Sockpuppet of User:LaurenceArmourKid
Hey! I noticed that you blocked the user. From the similarity in the edits, its obvious that it is a sock-puppet of another account Special:Contributions/Heaven Round 2 which too has crossed 4 warnings. Would you mind blocking it? Jiten Dhandha •  talk  •  contributions  • 22:43, 25 September 2017 (UTC)


 * ✅ --Ixfd64 (talk) 22:44, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * See also Sockpuppet investigations/UnderArmourKid and the related LTA case. This is their typical unblock request style... –72 (talk) 22:46, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the link! I wasn't aware that this was an LTA case (havent had to deal with him/her before). I've watchlisted the SPI page in case I find more such accounts. Jiten Dhandha  •  talk  •  contributions  • 22:50, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of Self-directed education
Personally I felt the decision making process is a bit too quick and arbitrary. I have posted my reasons for no-deletion, and have been adding more content and citing more sources during the past few days. There isn't much back and forth discussions from others. Then the decision is promptly made to delete Self-directed education. I have to contend that the process is too quick and arbitrary. Also is there any other place for me to put this complaint other than your talk page since that page is already deleted? Yuanliangliu (talk) 08:30, 20 October 2017 (UTC)


 * You can try deletion review. --Ixfd64 (talk) 17:15, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Whoops!
Accidentally missed thank and hit rollback lol Gatemansgc (talk) 17:58, 31 October 2017 (UTC)


 * No problem, it happens! --Ixfd64 (talk) 17:59, 31 October 2017 (UTC)


 * I tend to thank the people that beat me to vandalism. Thankfully I caught it and self-reverted my revert! Gatemansgc (talk) 18:02, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

15 years of editing!!

 * Has it been that long already? Dang, time goes fast... --Ixfd64 (talk) 17:31, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

Alert
&mdash; Coffee //  have a ☕️ //  beans  // 21:21, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of EcoQuest for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article EcoQuest is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/EcoQuest until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jimfbleak - talk to me?  07:21, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Talk:Mother (series)
Can you please fix Talk:Mother (series) - it didn't follow the main page move, and should be at Talk:Mother (video game series). --Netoholic @ 22:05, 14 February 2018 (UTC)


 * ✅ --Ixfd64 (talk) 22:35, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Mother (series)
Just wondering: At Talk:Mother (video game series), do you believed there is also consensus for retargeting Mother (series) to Mother (disambiguation) as a R from incomplete disambiguation, or should Mother (series) be nominated at WP:RFD to determine that? Steel1943 (talk) 23:24, 14 February 2018 (UTC)


 * From what I could tell, there are no objections to retargeting the redirect. --Ixfd64 (talk) 23:29, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Steel1943  (talk) 23:39, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for February 8
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Block-appeal
Template:Block-appeal has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page.  Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 00:07, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * No problem. And thanks for my first barnstar ever! Ixfd64 (talk) 21:56, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

X Complax
Leng-Leng-Leng-Leng-Leng-Leng-Leng-Leng. 113.210.49.47 (talk) 08:07, 26 April 2019 (UTC)


 * LOL WUT IRL.jpg


 * Ixfd64 (talk) 17:00, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

ArbCom 2019 special circular
   

This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 03:01, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Summer of sonic listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Summer of sonic. Since you had some involvement with the Summer of sonic redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 22:03, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

Prod
Hi. You Proded Eric Brodkowitz. He actually at least now meets WP:NBASE (participated in a major international competition (such as the World Baseball Classic, Baseball World Cup or Olympics) as a member of a national team) - he just this week was the starting pitcher in the 2019 European Baseball Championship for Team Israel. The European Baseball Championship is the main championship tournament between national baseball teams in Europe. I would like to have his page restored. It is of interest to those following the championship. How can that be done? --2604:2000:E010:1100:8C41:B665:79B4:6E53 (talk) 03:17, 9 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Try Requests for undeletion. Ixfd64 (talk) 03:21, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Woohooo
 Wishing Ixfd64 a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Mjs1991 (talk) 04:59, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Google Code-In 2019 is coming - please mentor some documentation tasks!
Hello,

Google Code-In, Google-organized contest in which the Wikimedia Foundation participates, starts in a few weeks. This contest is about taking high school students into the world of opensource. I'm sending you this message because you recently edited a documentation page at the English Wikipedia.

I would like to ask you to take part in Google Code-In as a mentor. That would mean to prepare at least one task (it can be documentation related, or something else - the other categories are Code, Design, Quality Assurance and Outreach) for the participants, and help the student to complete it. Please sign up at the contest page and send us your Google account address to google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org, so we can invite you in!

From my own experience, Google Code-In can be fun, you can make several new friends, attract new people to your wiki and make them part of your community.

If you have any questions, please let us know at google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org.

Thank you!

--User:Martin Urbanec (talk) 21:58, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

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

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:56, 14 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks!
 * Can't believe it's been 17 years. Time certainly flies. Ixfd64 (talk) 17:36, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Precious
You are recipient no. 2347 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:57, 22 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you! Ixfd64 (talk) 05:37, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

"Mossberry" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Mossberry. Since you had some involvement with the Mossberry redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Steel1943 (talk) 18:36, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for merging of Template:Plain
Template:Plain has been nominated for merging with Template:Plain link. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 01:46, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Your edit to Pager
I used the word "beeper" and my wife didn't know what I was talking about. I told her that beepers are pagers and she had never heard them called that. I pulled up the Pagers article and it says, "sometimes called beeper" and she said, "I wonder if it's an age or regional thing." I found your edit here that inserted the term and then checked your userpage. We graduated high school around the same time and we both are from the Western United States. So that was a fun thing that happened this morning and I thought I'd mention it to you. Have a good day. Useight (talk) 15:34, 5 August 2020 (UTC)


 * I'm glad you found the information useful. And it's always great to see a fellow Wikipedian with a similar background. :-) Ixfd64 (talk) 20:12, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Please help with usability testing
Hello! The Anti-Harassment Tools team is running a usability test to find out how and where IP addresses are used when patrolling wikis, particularly when patrolling RecentChanges. This could include New Pages or RecentChanges patrol. We want to see your patrolling process and get your views on some prototypes. Getting your perspective would be really helpful to us at this stage of the process. If you’d like to help, and have 30 minutes to spare, please fill out this Google form with your details: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfjYyRNGMkO4_TdNOgG4qmK9cp9YOKzM4GFO5pTd_bEcu23YQ/viewform

For the purpose of the tests we’ll be using Google Forms for recruitment, and UserTesting.com to conduct the actual tests. Please review the privacy statement and release form in https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ijmwrIoNO0W1p_zfFU1LBf3_6mFF53kUUFy1L_DCUKc (Google docs link)

Thank you,

NKohli (WMF) (talk) and PSaxena (WMF) (talk)  19:52, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
 Happy Adminship Anniversary! Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!

Best wishes, Megan☺️   Talk to the monster  10:44, 21 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you! Ixfd64 (talk) 23:30, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
 Happy Adminship Anniversary! Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 11:11, 21 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much! Ixfd64 (talk) 23:30, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
 Happy Birthday! Have a very happy birthday on your special day!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:31, 10 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks a bunch! Ixfd64 (talk) 05:41, 10 October 2020 (UTC)