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Some relisting advice
Hey J947, I thought I'd drop you a line to talk about some of the relists you've been doing over at AfD. I've got a couple of points of feedback: It's great that you want to help the admins out and your effort is appreciated. Just be a little more careful, ok? Thanks  A  Train talk 20:16, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Several of your recent relists have been for articles where there is a pretty clear consensus. Articles for deletion/University Radio Falmer, Articles for deletion/Sharn (Forgotten Realms) (2nd nomination), Articles for deletion/Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog... I could go on, but I think you get the picture. No offense, but relists like these come off as careless.
 * Several of your relists lately have also been third relists, like Articles for deletion/Aaron Parrett and Articles for deletion/John Sehil. Per WP:RELIST, third relists are supposed to be extraordinary measures, not a routine course. Look at Articles for deletion/2017–18 Under 20 Elite League, for example, where Jo-Jo specifically lays out why the third relist was required.
 * Ok, sorry if I'm coming off as badgering, but I'm going through more of the deletion log and pretty much every single relist you've done in your last session is a bad relist. Articles for deletion/Battle of Strasbourg (506) has not had only a few participants or seems to be lacking arguments based on policy. Articles for deletion/Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog made me spit my beer out. Maybe take a break from relisting debates at AfD and have a re-read of Deletion process.  A  Train talk 20:37, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll address all of the relists slowly. First, John Sehil: My relist was basically per Ritchie333; extraordinarily, there were very few good arguments, and I suspected sockpuppetry. Also, I will note that at least 95% of the time when I come across a twice relisted AfD, I do not relist it again. A rare example of a recent AfD I relisted 3 (and 4) times was WP:Articles for deletion/Kilcoole gun-running. Plus, many other relisters relist thrice, even on soft deletion-eligible AfDs.  J 947 ( c ) (m)   20:50, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * My dude/ette, I know you're no the only one relisting things thrice. But that doesn't put you in the right, it just means you have plenty of company in the wrong. I'm a big WP:IAR guy, but I tend to break on the "don't create unnecessary work for other volunteers" side of that. Listen, if you're writing out a big defence, don't worry about it. I'm not here to get up your craw, I just hope you'll put some more consideration in before you decide to go closing AfD debates.  A  Train talk 21:23, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * Wow, that was quick! :)  J 947 ( c ) (m)   05:11, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

16:30:05, 12 October 2017 review of submission by Jane Kardi
references like that? check please thank u!


 * Sorry, but none of these sources are reliable enough for us to include. I also advise you to read our general notability guideline, and think whether Tkachenko meets those guidelines.  J 947 ( c ) (m)   18:21, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Adam Marjoram
Hi J947,

When I get home from school I will add refernces. Please don't delete the article.

Dylan Cricketer993 (talk) 01:16, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, you have 7 days to add references. Thanks for the note.  J 947 ( c ) (m)   01:49, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I have added a reference. Is it ok if I remove the tag now? Cricketer993 (talk) 06:14, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

08:55:45, 16 October 2017 review of submission by CB at BIICL
Please would you explain why you rejected the page so that I can edit and re-submit. I am a novice user of Wikipedia so please explain in simple terms. Thanks CB at BIICL (talk) 08:55, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
 * J947, not sure whether you can see the deletion log entry. If not, here's what's recorded: "Expired PROD, concern was: A WP:PROMO page on an unremarkable organisation; significant RS coverage not found. I was able to confirm that the org exists and conducts res...)" Hope this helps.  Schwede 66  10:04, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I can see the deletion log through AFCH, but thanks for the reminder anyways.  J 947 ( c ) (m)   17:34, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but the page does not have what we think are reliable sources. Also please read our general notability guideline and decide whether you think the British Institute of International and Comparative Law meets that.  J 947 ( c ) (m)   17:34, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Manoel Island Football Ground
Hi J947,

Why did you remove the contents of the Manoel Island Football Ground page please? Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MTax00 (talk • contribs) 22:15, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * You were supposed to add the content to Draft:Manoel_Island_Football_Ground. Please add any more content there.  J 947 ( c ) (m)   22:25, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

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AfD.
Hi, J947, I would like you to possibly alter or vacate your close at Articles for deletion/Anait Isahanova.Sources presumably exist, one-word-!votes without reasoning et al have never been good arguments in any AfD and the correct steps on the AFD at that point of time would have been either a NC close or a relist!Regards:) Winged Blades of Godric On leave 11:26, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I've added a rationale.  J 947 ( c ) (m)   18:39, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

MfD relists
Can you please stop immediately relisting every discussion that hits "Old Business" at MfD? MfD is a bit of an oddball in that not every discussion needs to be hashed out to the same extent that AfD requires. In many cases, a single comment can provide a sensible, obvious solution and no further comments get made because the regulars can see that no further comments are necessary. Recent examples include Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User 2017 wildfire (obvious userfy), Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Medieval England (request to userfy and no opposition), and Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Finetooth/South Fork Clackamas River (histmerge). The problem is compounded because I'm basically the only admin who regularly haunts MfD, so if I don't log on and immediately close the discussions, you relist them right away and we wind up with functionally-complete discussions cycling endlessly through MfD because I wasn't on for a day. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 03:57, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the comment. I was unaware of that. Not cycling endlessly though as I'll leave it after two relists as too dangerous for a NAC/NAR. I'll remember this advice under future reviewing. BTW, is the 'Old Business' updated daily only? I often see discussions that have been on for over 7 days still in the normal section.  J  947 ( c ) (m)   04:15, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok, not literally endlessly, but 21 days for a non-controversial discussion to cycle through MfD can feel endless. Relists are helpful if there's an ongoing discussion, or new information comes up that might sway the participants (in those cases it would be useful to include a comment in your relist). But otherwise it's ok to wait a bit and see if someone putters along to close it up.
 * Old Business is updated approximately daily, I think, check Legobot's edits in the history to confirm. The oldest discussions I've seen outside of it were 8 days, which I think is pretty tolerable all things considered. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 04:31, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

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Articles for deletion/2013 Bihar Maoist attack
Hello J947. In Articles for deletion/2013 Bihar Maoist attack there was actually nothing to merge and the page could have been easily deleted. In fact, the same rationale was also provided by although the bolded vote was merge. The title of the page is a pretty ambiguous to be a redirect. Would you be open to reconsidering your decision? I am notifying all the users in the AfD User:BiggestSataniaFanboy89, User:Störm, User:TheGracefulSlick, User:Marvellous Spider-Man in case they have contrary opinions.--DreamLinker (talk) 14:05, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree that there was practically no content to merge and would have !voted delete myself. However, there was a pretty clear consensus (4–1), even without vote-counting, that the result was to merge. You can raise a discussion at RfD also.  J 947 ( c ) (m)   19:11, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Steve Laury
Hello J947. Regarding the proposed deletion of the Steve Laury article. I noticed that in the last week there have been massive edits to this article after years of very low activity. I suspect some sort of editing mischief, as most of the data which was in this article is now gone. Can you revert back to the version of 23:20 November 1, 2017 before all this mass editing began? Also, the talk page for the article indicates that Steve Laury himself, or someone claiming to be Steve Laury may have performed these edits. BobCC (talk) 15:30, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * , the vandalism was dealt with last night. The page has been restored to an older version and semi-protected. Primefac (talk) 15:34, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

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FYI that I also confirmed your sock for a week. I'm assuming you'll hit 10 edits with it before then. TonyBallioni (talk) 04:25, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I wasn't sure whether to place a request in both as I thought that having EC would cover AC/C. And yeah, I probably will hit 10 edits quite soon.  J 947  (c · m)  04:28, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
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Articles for deletion/Totara LMS (2nd nomination)
I backed out your keep close here and relisted. None of the keep !votes addressed the nomination or provided policy-based reasons to keep the article. A no consensus close might have been justified, but I think it would be better to get more discussion either way. TonyBallioni (talk) 03:46, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Silly me. I guess I misread the keep !votes as providing notability-based reasoning. Anyhow I already knew you'd changed it via Echo. I'll comment there in order to get some policy-based analysis on the article's inclusion.  J 947  (c · m)  03:50, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * That's fine: I don't have a dog in the fight, as it were. The arguments were essentially MUSTBESOURCES without providing a reason why we should assume this under WP:NPOSSIBLE. I used the echo system to let you know, but I also always like leaving a note. All the best. TonyBallioni (talk) 03:53, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

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 * I'll help! I haven't done NPP in a while though.  J 947  (c · m)  20:30, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Redirect deletion
I'm personally not willing to delete the redirect until the ACE2017 template isn't pointing at it any more, but someone else might disagree. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 21:48, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Done. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 21:53, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Oops, . :) My text was I've fixed the link on the template. Thanks for reminding me! (Though couldn't you have done it?).  J 947  (contribs · mail) 21:57, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Could you please do User:J947/Notability standards as well?  J 947  (contribs · mail) 22:00, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * .  J 947  (contribs · mail) 22:05, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

I could have done it, but I might have removed the link in the template instead of redirecting it like you did, so it was better to leave it to you to handle. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 23:43, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Okay; that's perfectly reasonable.  J 947  (contribs · mail) 03:06, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

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I've archived all proposals closed in November 2017
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Your GA nomination of Bruce by-election, April 1865
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 * Finally! I'm not particularly active now though.  J 947 &thinsp;(c) , at 03:52, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

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I've been updating that page, plus the list of over 100 people seeking adoption (which I've now stripped down to around 20 active editors genuinely seeking help.

I've been working to identify those Adopters who are currently available, and those who haven't been active on Wikipedia for a while. But I don't think the bot has been updating correctly, so a manual check from you would be really helpful. I've also made some suggestions and a few edits to make life easier for newcomers. I've put some of my observations down in answer to a recent post about inactivity of some Adopt-a-User Project contributors. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 00:41, 29 January 2018 (UTC)
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DYK for Richard Gibbons (jurist)
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The Signpost: 20 February 2018
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Mentorship
Hello J947, The possibilities of getting unblocked is just too small. The admins well not mentor me as it was suggested by User:Floquenbeam, who is quite backed up by a lot of people.

I thank you for your suggestion, but I will have to deny it.

--Weekssonia/IExistToHelp (talk) 05:29, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Lourdes†
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AngelOfSadness • Bhadani • Chris 73 • Coren • Friday • Midom • Mike V
 * † Lourdes has requested that her admin rights be temporarily removed, pending her return from travel.

Guideline and policy news
 * The autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) is scheduled to end on 14 March 2018. The results of the research collected can be read on Meta Wiki.
 * Community ban discussions must now stay open for at least 24 hours prior to being closed.
 * A change to the administrator inactivity policy has been proposed. Under the proposal, if an administrator has not used their admin tools for a period of five years and is subsequently desysopped for inactivity, the administrator would have to file a new RfA in order to regain the tools.
 * A change to the banning policy has been proposed which would specify conditions under which a repeat sockmaster may be considered de facto banned, reducing the need to start a community ban discussion for these users.

Technical news
 * CheckUsers are now able to view private data such as IP addresses from the edit filter log, e.g. when the filter prevents a user from creating an account. Previously, this information was unavailable to CheckUsers because access to it could not be logged.
 * The edit filter has a new feature  that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.

Miscellaneous
 * Following the 2018 Steward elections, the following users are our new stewards:, , , ,.

Obituaries
 * Bhadani (Gangadhar Bhadani) passed away on 8 February 2018. Bhadani joined Wikipedia in March 2005 and became an administrator in September 2005. While he was active, Bhadani was regarded as one of the most prolific Wikipedians from India.

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Signpost issue 4 – 29 March 2018
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New Page Review Newsletter No.10
Hello, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages! ACTRIAL:
 * ACTRIAL's six month experiment restricting new page creation to (auto)confirmed users ended on 14 March. As expected, a greatly increased number of unsuitable articles and candidates for deletion are showing up in the feed again, and the backlog has since increased already by ~30%. Please consider reviewing a few extra articles each day.

Paid editing
 * Now that ACTRIAL is inoperative pending discussion, please be sure to look for tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary.

Subject-specific notability guidelines
 * The box at the right contains each of the subject-specific notability guidelines, please review any that are relevant BEFORE nominating an article for deletion.
 * Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves with the new version of the notability guidelines for organisations and companies. A further discussion is currently taking  place at: Can a subject specific guideline invalidate the General Notability Guideline?

Nominate competent users for Autopatrolled
 * While patrolling articles, if you find an editor that is particularly competent at creating quality new articles, and that user has created more than 25 articles (rather than stubs), consider nominating them for the 'Autopatrolled' user right HERE.

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 * The next issue Wikipedia's newspaper The Signpost has now been published after a long delay. There are some articles in it, including ACTRIAL wrap-up that will be of special interest to New Page Reviewers. Don't hesitate to contribute to the comments sections. The Signpost is one of the best ways to stay up date with news and new developments - please consider subscribing to it. All editors of Wikipedia and associated projects are welcome to submit articles on any topic for consideration by the The Signpost's editorial team for the next issue.

Jordan Holland
How do I keep Jordan Holland’s page from being deleted? He plays defensive back for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football league. He had played for the Cleveland Gladiators and Billings Wolves as well. I even have pictures to prove it. Also how do I add a picture for him? His father is the linebacker coach for the 49ers as wells. Please help me put on this. Wizkid97 (talk) 02:39, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
 * A reference has been added.  J 947 &thinsp;(c) , at 19:29, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg 331dot • Cordless Larry • ClueBot NG
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Gogo Dodo • Pb30 • Sebastiankessel • Seicer • SoLando

Guideline and policy news
 * Administrators who have been desysopped due to inactivity are now required to have performed at least one (logged) administrative action in the past 5 years in order to qualify for a resysop without going through a new RfA.
 * Editors who have been found to have engaged in sockpuppetry on at least two occasions after an initial indefinite block, for whatever reason, are now automatically considered banned by the community without the need to start a ban discussion.
 * The notability guideline for organizations and companies has been substantially rewritten following the closure of this request for comment. Among the changes, the guideline more clearly defines the sourcing requirements needed for organizations and companies to be considered notable.
 * The six-month autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) ended on 14 March 2018. The post-trial research report has been published. A request for comment is now underway to determine whether the restrictions from ACTRIAL should be implemented permanently.

Technical news
 * There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee is considering a change to the discretionary sanctions procedures which would require an editor to appeal a sanction to the community at WP:AE or WP:AN prior to appealing directly to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA.

Miscellaneous
 * A discussion has closed which concluded that administrators are not required to enable email, though many editors suggested doing so as a matter of best practice.
 * The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team has released the Interaction Timeline. This shows a chronologic history for two users on pages where they have both made edits, which may be helpful in identifying sockpuppetry and investigating editing disputes.

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Happy Birthday
Wishing J947 a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 06:25, 6 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks! :)  J 947 &thinsp;(c) , at 05:16, 11 April 2018 (UTC)