User talk:Jauerback/Archives/2017

Happy New Year, Jauerback!


Happy New Year! Jauerback, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

Donner60 (talk) 05:50, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

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Glee
Do you even watch the ending credits for glee?? Watch the ending credits, you'll see if it credits her as Mercedes' mother! Zhyboo (talk) 20:23, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Nope, and I don't care. See WP:RS. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 20:37, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

You cannot go around acting rude with other members, it's really not acceptable. That really gets on my nerves. Zhyboo (talk) 05:40, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

"I don't care" so ignorant, smh. Zhyboo (talk) 05:41, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Telling you that I don't care is rude, but "so ignorant" is acceptable? Right. Go away. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 12:41, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

Okay, if you're going to behave this way, I'm gonna take this as violation, and yes it's VERY acceptable, whatever. Zhyboo (talk) 13:47, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

I came to you, you were rude to me first "keep digging, I don't care", no one should behave that way, this is not social media! Zhyboo (talk) 14:02, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

2016 CrossFit Games
Thank you for the clarification, it's a lot easier to believe since you've provided evidence. I'm just trying to keep Wikipedia as factual as possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:CA9A:EB00:117B:3457:532E:9B3A (talk) 20:42, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Talk page abuse
Hello, I wanted to let you know that user:2601:647:4581:6437:8C62:7053:AF61:2D12 has been abusing her talk page over a long period of time. CLCStudent (talk) 15:47, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Access revoked. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 15:49, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Twinkle misuse?
"Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit you made to User:Soaper1234, did not appear constructive and has been reverted." The person you warned doesn't have any contribs. Explain if you would? &#42;Xyaena~* (talk) 16:29, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * See the Edit filter log. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 16:35, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I see. I apologize for the misunderstanding. I didn't know there was an edit filter log. &#42;Xyaena~* (talk) 16:43, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Cold465
I have pinged you on User talk:Cold465 about possibly unblocking that user. I'm letting you know here in case you don't get pings.--Yamla (talk) 19:42, 28 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
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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)
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 * 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)

Question about revert
Hello. I got the following message from you: "This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit you made to John McCurdy (baseball), did not appear constructive and has been reverted. (...)". I'm not really sure whether or not that was done by a bot, but I just corrected the day of birth in that article, after realising that it didn't make sense and looking at all the sources cited in the article. While it was just a minor change, I believe it follows Wikipedia's guidelines, according to []: "Correcting inaccuracies, while keeping the rest of the content intact". Thank you, and I apologise in advance if I made some kind of rookie mistake.

Hdk0 (talk) 19:00, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, but when a birthdate is changed so dramatically (in this case, by nearly 50 years), it looks like someone isn't making good-faith edits. I see you correcting an error the original author made. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 19:57, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

comment
{{user jauer the link is of government application form for medical course for 2017 session let it be like that please dont delete — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aglapaglasem (talk • contribs) 16:26, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Looks like WP:SPAM to me and apparently another admin agreed with me since you are now blocked. Jauerback{{sup|dude?}}/{{sub|dude.}} 16:45, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

{{Clear}}

Why havent you crashed your airplane yet
You deserve to diaf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aussie swine (talk • contribs) 14:00, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

comment
Hi Jauerback, I need to change a logo on a page. How this this possible?

Thanks so much, Lillian Squires (talk) 13:38, 16 February 2017 (UTC) Lillian
 * This is the image use policy page that should help get you started: WP:IUP. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 18:51, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Road Warrior Hawk
Your revert here actually added back incorrect info. Per sources Hawk was born January 26th, I've already corrected it. Just wanted to let you know.Chris "WarMachineWildThing"  Talk to me 23:22, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

2601:447:8102:C0B0:F8AB:5D0A:B73B:61B6
I'm just leaving you a message to let you know that I increased the block duration and added another rationale to the IP's block (for making a legal threat). Hope you don't mind ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   10:26, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Nope, not one bit. I didn't see that threat when I made the block. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 10:30, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Bibliothécaires Sans Frontières
Hello, I'm very new to wikipedia, and I wanted to correct the Libraries Without Borders article on the site. Bibliothécaires Sans Frontières means Librarians without borders, a separate, different organization. So, I wanted to change the title to: Bibliothèques Sans Frontières, or Libraries Without Borders as the translation of the page "Bibliothèques Sans Frontières" that already exists in French.

I'm not much of an online editor, but I do translation work and wanted to contribute. I don't know who created this page, but both the English content and the redirects to this page indicate that Bibliothécaires Sans Frontières page title is a typo that should be the English version for Bibliothèques Sans Frontières. Even the links on the page send me to their websites.

I'd really appreciate your help,

Thanks, MattBenoît (talk) 09:47, 24 February 2017 (UTC)M
 * I would suggest starting a discussion on the article's talk page about a potential move to a new name. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:23, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

I'll do that right now, thanks, -M MattBenoît (talk) 09:20, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

question
Hello Jauerback.

What seems to be unconstructive? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diggitydogdin (talk • contribs) 16:00, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I really don't think it requires an explanation. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 16:05, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

How so? I'm confused... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diggitydogdin (talk • contribs) 13:30, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Unless you have a reliable source stating the same, if you put it back again, you will be blocked. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:37, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

That's literally all you had to say, to have me put a source there...

Thank you I guess — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diggitydogdin (talk • contribs) 15:03, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Comment
This Wikipedia is a great mess and censorship. Useless crap. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hussein Obama (talk • contribs) 13:46, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
 * You weren't being censored, but you need to stop making test edits on article pages. Use a sandbox. If you still disagree, you're more than welcome to leave. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:49, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

March, 2017
Hello, the page Khamgaon is in my watchlist. I am planning to edit it once I am done with Lonar crater lake, Buldhana district and few other pages. What I wanted to ask is, how did you find that improper edit, and how did you revert it in such a little time? thanks. —usernamekiran (talk ) 14:34, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * That would be WP:ROLLBACK. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 15:00, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Please unblock
Hi Jauerback. I see you blocked User:Soft Soap 'Shonen as "clearly not here to contribute to the encyclopedia". I'm sure your intention was good, but why? There was a clear indication on the userpage that it's an alternate account of mine. I would have put something there under my own name, too, but there was no time, it had already been blocked. You might have asked me. Please unblock. Bishonen &#124; talk 17:04, 24 February 2017 (UTC).
 * I'm sorry. I didn't realize it was going to be an alternate account of yours, but rather to harass you. Unblocking now. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 17:06, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, I know my socks are pests. But you've deleted the userpage now ? Come on. Clicking on the diff that was there would have made all clear. Bishonen &#124; talk 17:08, 24 February 2017 (UTC).


 * I see all is well now, and thank you for your vigilance. Sorry if I got heated. Actually, it's surprising it never happened with Bishzilla, Darwinbish, etc etc. Bishonen &#124; talk 17:10, 24 February 2017 (UTC).
 * I am wondering, why multiple accounts are required? —usernamekiran (talk ) 14:39, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * They're not required, and normally not acceptable, but in some cases they are. See WP:VALIDALT. Bishonen &#124; talk 15:22, 14 March 2017 (UTC).

MacmcdonaldsMcdonalds
maybe just a mis-click ? - Mlpearc  ( open channel ) 16:22, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Possible, but with the very recent history of vandalism at that page, my guess is that it's a bunch of kids who decided to hit it at once. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 16:25, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

What do you gain by this?
Here's an article you just edited or reverted something - (my apologies if my form, or lack thereof, offends your sensibilities). The *whole entire first paragraph* appears to be "original research."* Yet, you take out my one simple sentence that doesn't contradict the information already in the article, but adds some elaboration. This is ludicrous to quote your interpretation of all Wikipedia's arcane rules that are notoriously contradictory so that you can feel like the ultimate judge and arbiter of one single sentence. This is absurd. We can finish this if you'd like at terrywfoote@gmail.com. Otherwise, I wish you a happy life with nothing else going on but feeling powerful by removing half a sentence. Terry Foote (talk) 20:28, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
 * WTF, I'll humor you by answering even though I doubt you'll understand or believe me. I was patrolling new pages, saw an edit was improper, so I reverted it. I didn't read the rest of the article. Feel free to clean it up. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 23:41, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, admittedly I should let this go, but I'm a human being with weaknesses and foibles, just trying to get along just like everyone else. Here's the only intention of the half sentence I added on to the climate aspect of Clearwater Beach - if someone didn't know better, you'd thing that Clearwater has a similar climate to Baltimore, as both are classified as humid subtropical.  Baltimore experiences blizzards, while Clearwater is at least 85 degrees F for 1/2 the year, making it far more similar to tropical Miami or Havana.  I was just offering a clarification, and I think that link from the NOAA offers clear evidence of this.  It's not even really an opinion as you look at daily temperatures, and Clearwater is far closer to Miami (in a tropical zone) than Baltimore (in a humid subtropical).  I don't think there's ever been one single blizzard in Florida.  I gave you such a hard time a week ago admittedly because I'd gone a few days without a good night's sleep (sorry about that, my fault entirely) and it just seems like I can't put in one simple well meaning half sentence without it getting removed, and I simply don't have the time or inclination to justify it.  If you feel so strongly about it, by all means, take it out. Terry Foote (talk) 19:33, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Please email me at terrywfoote@gmail.com. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terry Foote (talk • contribs) 22:10, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
 * No thanks. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 22:52, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
 * That's a pity. What exactly does "Jauerback" mean - does that mean you fancy yourself a Wikipedia version of Jack Bauer?  Terry Foote (talk) 22:46, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

What do you gain by this?
Here's an article you just edited or reverted something - (my apologies if my form, or lack thereof, offends your sensibilities). The *whole entire first paragraph* appears to be "original research."* Yet, you take out my one simple sentence that doesn't contradict the information already in the article, but adds some elaboration. This is ludicrous to quote your interpretation of all Wikipedia's arcane rules that are notoriously contradictory so that you can feel like the ultimate judge and arbiter of one single sentence. This is absurd. We can finish this if you'd like at terrywfoote@gmail.com. Otherwise, I wish you a happy life with nothing else going on but feeling powerful by removing half a sentence. Terry Foote (talk) 20:28, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
 * WTF, I'll humor you by answering even though I doubt you'll understand or believe me. I was patrolling new pages, saw an edit was improper, so I reverted it. I didn't read the rest of the article. Feel free to clean it up. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 23:41, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, admittedly I should let this go, but I'm a human being with weaknesses and foibles, just trying to get along just like everyone else. Here's the only intention of the half sentence I added on to the climate aspect of Clearwater Beach - if someone didn't know better, you'd thing that Clearwater has a similar climate to Baltimore, as both are classified as humid subtropical.  Baltimore experiences blizzards, while Clearwater is at least 85 degrees F for 1/2 the year, making it far more similar to tropical Miami or Havana.  I was just offering a clarification, and I think that link from the NOAA offers clear evidence of this.  It's not even really an opinion as you look at daily temperatures, and Clearwater is far closer to Miami (in a tropical zone) than Baltimore (in a humid subtropical).  I don't think there's ever been one single blizzard in Florida.  I gave you such a hard time a week ago admittedly because I'd gone a few days without a good night's sleep (sorry about that, my fault entirely) and it just seems like I can't put in one simple well meaning half sentence without it getting removed, and I simply don't have the time or inclination to justify it.  If you feel so strongly about it, by all means, take it out. Terry Foote (talk) 19:33, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Please email me at terrywfoote@gmail.com. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terry Foote (talk • contribs) 22:10, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
 * No thanks. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 22:52, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
 * That's a pity. What exactly does "Jauerback" mean - does that mean you fancy yourself a Wikipedia version of Jack Bauer?  Terry Foote (talk) 22:46, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
 * If you're this nice of a person in real life, you must have a lot of friends. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 11:47, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the concern. My real life is just fine.  It's my online life I'm sick of, i.e. Facebook, Wikipedia, etc.  I was hoping perhaps you'd get me banned for life because I obviously don't have the strength to keep away on my own.  Anyway, you really haven't been nice yourself in this whole interaction, so you know the whole thing about stones and glass houses, right?  .  As I said, you know the replacement edit is absolutely no different in meaning than my "original research?"  And you tell me that I'm the mean one.  Anyway I'm done Jack Bauer.  Keep on keeping Wikipedia safe from wikiterrorists like myself, someone trying to help people understand a little more about the climate of one beach in the world.  Terry Foote (talk) 13:52, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Anyway, I'm done Jack Bauer.
 * P.S. the entire transportation section of the Clearwater Beach article lacks one single footnote, and there is a sentence longer than my original sentence about the weather in"recreation, entertainment and shopping" that isn't footnoted. Ironic, right? I mean, how do any of us know that "On the pier itself is a nightly display of goods sold by local artisans such as jewelry, candles, and other gift items" isn't "original research?" You're slipping Jack Bauer - Wikipedia needs your protection. OK, NOW I'm done.  Terry Foote (talk) 14:10, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Hi
User Johnpacklambert who has had been given a topic ban and several warnings about aggressive editing has redirected the article about Renee Bull for no apparent reason. Or discussion about it, I just saw it and it happened months ago. He just need to stop overriding and ignoring Wikipedia guidelines for the purpose of deleting and redirecting articles. --BabbaQ (talk) 16:50, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
 * If you haven't already, I would suggest discussing this with him first, since this doesn't really have anything to do with his topic ban. If that turns up fruitless, you can always go to WP:ANI. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 17:59, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

RevDel
Hi. Could you please revdel the edits made by 82.15.185.16 in Tom Gilmore ? --Kostas20142 (talk) 16:33, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ Jauerbackdude?/dude. 17:36, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Huge spam?
Hi there. I see you're checking the vandalism postings. Would you have a moment to look at the many edits made today by User talk:Jagd5? I have searched high and low on the Elections Canada website but have been unable to locate a source for these edits. With this edit the editor added election expenses for "Jacques Turgeon", but when I enter Jacques Turgeon into a search at Elections Canada, it does not bring back the $20,553.28 this editor entered. This has been done on about 100 Wikipedia articles. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 18:38, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).

Administrator changes
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 * Some clarifications have been made to the community banning and unblocking policies that effectively sync them with current practice. Specifically, the community has reached a consensus that when blocking a user at WP:AN or WP:ANI, it is considered a "community sanction", and administrators cannot unblock unilaterally if the user has not successfully appealed the sanction to the community.
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Hamilton (play)
You may want to hide my reverts or at least the edit summaries, because it contains the username as well. Thanks, sorry if this is a stupid thing to say Єl Cid, Єl Caɱ̩peador ‡  ᐁT₳LKᐃ  01:47, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Jeez, I should have caught that. Thanks for pointing it out. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 01:50, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

84.21.151.6


Hi,

I just wanted to let you know that it looks like you and another admin conflicted block durations when blocking this IP. Whether or not you want to reset the block duration is up to you, but I thought I'd let you know. Regards. 2601:1C0:100:F44B:1056:9979:D4E9:73AE (talk) 00:19, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thannks. Nice catch. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 00:38, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2017).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Happyme22 • Dragons flight
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Guideline and policy news
 * The RFC discussion regarding WP:OUTING and WMF essay about paid editing and outing (see more at the ArbCom noticeboard archives) is now archived. Milieus #3 and #4 received support; so did concrete proposal #1.

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 * Fuzzy search will soon be added to Special:Undelete, allowing administrators to search for deleted page titles with results similar to the search query. You can test this by adding ?fuzzy=1 to the URL, as with Special:Undelete?fuzzy=1. Currently the search only finds pages that exactly match the search term.
 * A new bot will automatically revision delete unused file versions from files in Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old.

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 * A potentially compromised account from 2001–2002 attempted to request resysop. Please practice appropriate account security by using a unique password for Wikipedia, and consider enabling two-factor authentication. Currently around 17% of admins have enabled 2FA, up from 16% in February 2017.
 * Did you know: On 29 June 2017, there were 1,261 administrators on the English Wikipedia – the exact number of administrators as there were ten years ago on 29 June 2007. Since that time, the English Wikipedia has grown from 1.85 million articles to over 5.43 million.

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Oberweis
I'm guessing the cat change was based on the sentence "The business was started in 1915 by Peter J. Oberweis". To be honest, either date is fine with me. GigglesnortHotel (talk) 16:50, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I didn't catch that. I don't who changed it or why that was changed. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 17:03, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017). Administrator changes
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 * Following a series of discussions around new pages patrol, the WMF is helping implement a controlled autoconfirmed article creation trial as a research experiment, similar to the one proposed in 2011. You can learn more about the research plan at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial. The exact start date of the experiment has yet to be determined.
 * A new speedy deletion criterion, regarding articles created as a result undisclosed paid editing, is currently being discussed (permalink).
 * An RfC (permalink) is currently open that proposes expanding WP:G13 to include all drafts, even if they weren't submitted through Articles for Creation.

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 * LoginNotify should soon be deployed to the English Wikipedia. This will notify users when there are suspicious login attempts on their account.
 * The new version of XTools is nearing an official release. This suite of tools includes administrator statistics, an improved edit counter, among other tools that may benefit administrators. You can report issues on Phabricator and provide general feedback at mw:Talk:XTools.

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Southpointe Academy page
Hi, I hope I'm doing this right. I'm just learning how to edit pages on Wikipedia and I'm trying to add to the Southpointe Academy wikipedia page. There is a notice there that some of the material has been removed due to a copyright issue. The material in question is taken from the school's own website - does that count as being in the public domain? Alternatively, I can edit the entire section so there is no copyright issue - in order to that, can I remove the copyright issue notice? Thanks! Rejaadar (talk) 18:32, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017). Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * ACTRIAL, a research experiment that restricts article creation to autoconfirmed users, will begin on September 7. It will run for six months. You can learn more about the research specifics at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial, while Wikipedia talk:Autoconfirmed article creation trial is probably the best venue for general discussion.


 * Following an RfC, WP:G13 speedy deletion criterion now applies to any page in the draftspace that has not been edited in six months. There is a bot-generated report, updated daily, to help identify potentially qualifying drafts that have not been submitted through articles for creation.

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 * You will now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device that has logged into your account before, you will be notified after five failed attempts. You can also set in your preferences to get an email when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address, which may be encouraged for admins and accounts with sensitive permissions.
 * Syntax highlighting is now available as a beta feature (more info). This may assist administrators and template editors when dealing with intricate syntax of high-risk templates and system messages.
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017). Administrator changes
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 * Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
 * Following a discussion about mass-application of ECP and how the need for logging and other details of an evolving consensus may have been missed by some administrators, a rough guide to extended confirmed protection has been written. This information page describes how the extended-confirmed aspects of the protection policy are currently being applied by administrators.

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Arbitration
 * Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
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78.32.243.10
Not really a big deal in this particular case since there was only one other previous block on this IP address, but did you intend to only block them for 31 hours? Regards. 198.236.58.11 (talk) 15:28, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, I did. Since that block was back in July and this could very easily be another user, escalating blocks after such a long duration isn't always the best option, in my opinion. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 16:11, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Longhair • Megalibrarygirl • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93
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Technical news
 * The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is creating an "Interaction Timeline" tool that intends to assist administrators in resolving user conduct disputes. Feedback on the concept may be posted on the talk page.
 * A new function is now available to edit filter managers that will make it easier to look for multiple strings containing spoofed text.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors will be invited to submit candidate statements for the 2017 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 12 until November 21. Voting will begin on November 27 and last until December 10.
 * Following a request for comment,, and  will serve as the Electoral Commission for the 2017 ArbCom Elections.

Obituaries
 * The Wikipedia community has recently learned that (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as . Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:50, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Disgusted
You bastard! MaxTraxx 82 (talk) 10:00, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep it up. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:05, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Aruthur Shewsbury
Hi Jauerback, this is Toonight2Day, I made the revert to the Arthur Shewsbury page, just letting you know, I forgot to log in. Yeah it's a book by John Williamson, you can look it up on the net.Toonight2Day (talk) 04:36, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Blocked IP editor
You should probably remove talk page access for User:86.14.91.181. Boomer VialHolla! We gonna ball! 23:56, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Looks like someone beat me to it. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 00:03, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Problem editor
I noticed you recently left a caution at. I left a caution as well which was deleted. This editor seems to be doing some very awkward editing which amounts to complete vandalism. Could you have a look? Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 01:59, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok, I just now noticed this. I don't know how I missed it. Sorry. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 00:04, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

ANI Experiences survey
The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative (led by the Safety and Support and Anti-Harassment Tools team) is conducting a survey for en.wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with the Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works - which problems it deals with well, and which problems it struggles with.

The survey should take 10-20 minutes to answer, and your individual responses will not be made public. The survey is delivered through Google Forms. The privacy policy for the survey describes how and when Wikimedia collects, uses, and shares the information we receive from survey participants and can be found here:


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Thank you on behalf of the Support & Safety and Anti-Harassment Tools Teams, Patrick Earley (WMF) talk 18:24, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Hiding offensive username
Hey, Jauerback. Thanks for attending to this report of mine. Sorry to be bothering you for it, but I think the policy says offensive usernames should be hidden from diffs too, right? I'd be much obliged if you could please take care of this too. Thx.  Fleet  Command ( Speak your mind! ) 13:51, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Done. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 14:47, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Joe Roe
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg JzG
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ericorbit • Perceval • Thingg • Tristanb • Violetriga

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

Technical news
 * Wikimedians are now invited to vote on the proposals in the 2017 Community Wishlist Survey on Meta Wiki until 10 December 2017. In particular, there is a section of the survey regarding new tools for administrators and for anti-harassment.
 * A new function is available to edit filter managers which can be used to store matches from regular expressions.

Arbitration
 * Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is open until Sunday 23:59, 10 December 2017 (UTC). There are 12 candidates running for 8 vacant seats.

Miscellaneous
 * Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
 * The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative is conducting a survey for English Wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works (i.e. which problems it deals with well and which problems it struggles with). If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be emailed to you via Special:EmailUser.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:58, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

Close
I edit conflicted with you closing that ANI thread, saw you reverted yourself and then applied mine - I think the issue with your close was "Result=" vs. "result=" -- There'sNoTime (to explain) 17:30, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Really? It's just the capital letter? Jeez. I need to reread how to use that template. Thanks. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 17:31, 27 December 2017 (UTC)