User talk:Kelapstick/Archive 9

Ten years
Hey hey! Congratulations on ten years Man! Well done.  Aloha27   talk  12:57, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Where does the time go?--kelapstick(bainuu) 02:30, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Amortias • Deckiller • BU Rob13
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ronnotel • Islander • Chamal N • Isomorphic • Keeper76 • Lord Voldemort • Shereth • Bdesham • Pjacobi

Guideline and policy news
 * A recent RfC has redefined how articles on schools are evaluated at AfD. Specifically, secondary schools are not presumed to be notable simply because they exist.
 * AfDs that receive little participation should now be closed like an expired proposed deletion, following a deletion process RfC.
 * Defender, HakanIST, Matiia and Sjoerddebruin are our newest stewards, following the 2017 steward elections.
 * The 2017 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Góngora, Krd, Lankiveil, Richwales and Vogone. They will serve for approximately 1 year.

Technical news
 * A recent query shows that only 16% of administrators on the English Wikipedia have enabled two-factor authentication. If you haven't already enabled it please consider doing so.
 * Cookie blocks should be deployed to the English Wikipedia soon. This will extend the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user after they switch accounts under a new IP.
 * A bot will now automatically place a protection template on protected pages when admins forget to do so.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:14, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

The Doe Run Company
Hello Kelapstick! I'm writing as a representative of The Doe Run Company, a natural resources company based in Missouri. I saw that you have an interest in mining, so I was wondering if you might be willing to review a list of simple changes I posted to The Doe Run Company Talk page here. The company's Wikipedia article is quite out of date, but I know that I can't make edits myself because of my conflict of interest. Thanks! TS at Doe Run (talk) 14:26, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, interestingly I have heard of your company. I will take a look. Cheers, --kelapstick(bainuu) 08:17, 3 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks very much, Kelapstick! I responded on the article Talk page. TS at Doe Run (talk) 20:14, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg TheDJ
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Xnuala • CJ • Oldelpaso • Berean Hunter • Jimbo Wales • Andrew c • Karanacs • Modemac • Scott

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a discussion on the backlog of unpatrolled files, consensus was found to create a new user right for autopatrolling file uploads. Implementation progress can be tracked on Phabricator.
 * The BLPPROD grandfather clause, which stated that unreferenced biographies of living persons were only eligible for proposed deletion if they were created after March 18, 2010, has been removed following an RfC.
 * An RfC has closed with consensus to allow proposed deletion of files. The implementation process is ongoing.
 * After an unsuccessful proposal to automatically grant IP block exemption, consensus was found to relax the criteria for granting the user right from needing it to wanting it.

Technical news
 * After a recent RfC, moved pages will soon be featured in a queue similar to Special:NewPagesFeed and require patrolling. Moves by administrators, page movers, and autopatrolled editors will be automatically marked as patrolled.
 * Cookie blocks have been deployed. This extends the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user if they switch accounts, even under a new IP.

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Karanacs • Berean Hunter • GoldenRing • Dlohcierekim
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Gdr • Tyrenius • JYolkowski • Longhair • Master Thief Garrett • Aaron Brenneman • Laser brain • JzG • Dragons flight

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC has clarified that user categories should be emptied upon deletion, but redlinked user categories should not be removed if re-added by the user.
 * Discussions are ongoing regarding proposed changes to the COI policy. Changes so far have included clarification that adding a link on a Wikipedia forum to a job posting is not a violation of the harassment policy.

Technical news
 * You can now see a list of all autoblocks at Special:AutoblockList.
 * There is a new tool for adding archives to dead links. Administrators are able to restrict other user's ability to use the tool, and have additional permissions when changing URL and domain data.
 * Administrators, bureaucrats and stewards can now set an expiry date when granting user rights. (discuss, permalink)

Miscellaneous
 * Following an RfC, the editing restrictions page is now split into a list of active restrictions and an archive of those that are old or on inactive accounts. Make sure to check both pages if searching for a restriction.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:19, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Tastes better than a barnstar
In lieu of pitchforks, a different kind of fork, plus some cake and ice cream to go with it. (And, as you see, a 'torch!) Thanks for being bold and reopening the RfC. Rivertorch  FIRE WATER   18:05, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Ian's Walk: A Story about Autism for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Ian's Walk: A Story about Autism 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 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ian's Walk: A Story about Autism 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.  DGG ( talk ) 02:24, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Umm... Mkdw  talk 03:16, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Doug Bell • Dennis Brown • Clpo13 • ONUnicorn
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg ThaddeusB • Yandman • Bjarki S • OldakQuill • Shyam • Jondel • Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC proposing an off-wiki LTA database has been closed. The proposal was broadly supported, with further discussion required regarding what to do with the existing LTA database and defining access requirements. Such a tool/database formed part of the Community health initiative's successful grant proposal.
 * 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.
 * An RfC regarding the bot policy has closed with changes to the section describing restrictions on cosmetic changes.

Technical news
 * Users will soon be able to blacklist specific users from sending them notifications.

Miscellaneous
 * Following the 2017 elections, the new members of the Board of Trustees include Raystorm, Pundit and Doc James. They will serve three-year terms.

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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
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Zad68

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.

Technical news
 * 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.

Miscellaneous
 * A newly revamped database report can help identify users who may be eligible to be autopatrolled.
 * 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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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:59, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Precious five years!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:57, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks Gerda. Hope the summer is treating you well. --kelapstick(bainuu) 11:38, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
Hello...Today is my birthday, so I checked the calendar to see who else shares my special day! So happy Adminship Anniversary! LA If you reply here, please &#123;&#123;Ping&#125;&#125; me. @ 09:18, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you. And a belated happy birthday to you. --kelapstick(bainuu) 11:39, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

RfA

 * Thanks so much. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  00:07, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Well earned Jim. Best of luck with the new tools. Hit me up if you need anything. -kelapstick(bainuu) 00:13, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Anarchyte • GeneralizationsAreBad • Cullen328 (first RfA to reach WP:300)
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Cprompt • Rockpocket • Rambo's Revenge • Animum • TexasAndroid • Chuck SMITH • MikeLynch • Crazytales • Ad Orientem

Guideline and policy news
 * 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.

Technical news
 * 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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Administrators' newsletter – September 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Nakon • Scott
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Sverdrup • Thespian • Elockid • James086 • Ffirehorse • Celestianpower • Boing! said Zebedee

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.

Technical news
 * 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.
 * In your notification preferences, you can now block specific users from pinging you. This functionality will soon be available for Special:EmailUser as well.

Arbitration
 * Applications for CheckUser and Oversight are being accepted by the Arbitration Committee until September 12. Community discussion of the candidates will begin on September 18.

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Boing! said Zebedee • Ansh666 • Ad Orientem
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Tonywalton • AmiDaniel • Silence • BanyanTree • Magioladitis • Vanamonde93 • Mr.Z-man • Jdavidb • Jakec • Ram-Man • Yelyos • Kurt Shaped Box

Guideline and policy news
 * 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.

Technical news
 * You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.

Arbitration
 * Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
 * A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

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Invitation to discuss the soon to built, Interaction Timeline
Hi Checkusers and Checkuser clerks,

The Anti-Harassment Tools team is seeking input about building the Interaction Timeline feature.

We’re inviting you to join the discussion because you use similar tools such as the Editor Interaction Analyser and User compare report during sockpuppet investigations.

You can leave comments on the on wiki discussion page or send an email to the Anti-Harassment Tools team.

For the Anti-Harassment Tools team SPoore (WMF), Community Advocate, Community health initiative (talk) 19:39, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Please let us know if you wish to opt-out of all massmessage mailings from the Anti-harassment tools team.

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
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Allen3 • Eluchil404 • Arthur Rubin • Bencherlite

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)

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:


 * https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2017_AN/Incidents_Survey_Privacy_Statement

If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be mailed to you via Special:Emailuser.


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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)

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)

Need help
Hello sir, I'm new on Wikipedia. Someone has removed an important content from one page. Want to add that again asap. All the articles regarding content is available on google. Can you halp?? Please reply 8mile8mile (talk) 20:22, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * No I cannot. Take it to the article talk page. --kelapstick(bainuu) 20:40, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls - now at DYK
Template:Did you know nominations/Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

Thanks - I didn't know about these volumes. Cool. Moishe Rosenbaum (talk) 03:38, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hey Thanks ! --kelapstick(bainuu) 15:26, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Muboshgu
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Anetode • Laser brain • Worm That Turned
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg None

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the administrator policy should be amended to require disclosure of paid editing activity at WP:RFA and to prohibit the use of administrative tools as part of paid editing activity, with certain exceptions.

Technical news
 * The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey results have been posted. The Community Tech team will investigate and address the top ten results.
 * The Anti-Harassment Tools team is inviting comments on new blocking tools and improvements to existing blocking tools for development in early 2018. Feedback can be left on the discussion page or by email.

Arbitration
 * Following the results of the 2017 election, the following editors have been (re)appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , , ,.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:37, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Placer mining
Category:Placer mining has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  19:35, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:02, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Dalhousie station
You improperly moved Dalhousie station (Calgary) since there are several Dalhousie stations. See Dalhousie Station for the disambiguation. Please move it back. Secondarywaltz (talk) 16:57, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Dalhousie station was a redlink, when it should have been a redirect. I was surprised to see it was a redlink, but will move it back (although you could have done it yourself, since there were no further edits to the article afterwards.) --kelapstick(bainuu) 17:06, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Strike that, you couldn't have since there were tags added to the redirect. It's debatable if it should have stayed or not, since it's the only instance of non-capitalized "station", and it being current (vs. Montreal being former), but not worth much debate. --kelapstick(bainuu) 17:06, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg None
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Blurpeace • Dana boomer • Deltabeignet • Denelson83 • Grandiose • Salvidrim! • Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC has closed with a consensus that candidates at WP:RFA must disclose whether they have ever edited for pay and that administrators may never use administrative tools as part of any paid editing activity, except when they are acting as a Wikipedian-in-Residence or when the payment is made by the Wikimedia Foundation or an affiliate of the WMF.
 * Editors responding to threats of harm can now contact the Wikimedia Foundation's emergency address by using Special:EmailUser/Emergency. If you don't have email enabled on Wikipedia, directly contacting the emergency address using your own email client remains an option.

Technical news
 * A tag will now be automatically applied to edits that blank a page, turn a page into a redirect, remove/replace almost all content in a page, undo an edit, or rollback an edit. These edits were previously denoted solely by automatic edit summaries.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee has enacted a change to the discretionary sanctions procedure which requires administrators to add a standardized editnotice when placing page restrictions. Editors cannot be sanctioned for violations of page restrictions if this editnotice was not in place at the time of the violation.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:52, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

11 years of editing, today.

 * Congratulations! Lady  of  Shalott  21:27, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Holy moly, has it been that long ? Where does the time go... Cheers, and thanks! --kelapstick(bainuu) 20:20, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Page protection
Hi. Could you downgrade the protection of Welcome-personal to template protection or semi-protection? Full protection shouldn't be necessary since the template's always substituted, and comparable templates like Welcome-anon are only semi-protected. Jc86035 (talk) 08:34, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I’ll try and have a look tomorrow when I’m at a computer. —kelapstick(bainuu) 15:33, 19 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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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:00, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:TheBigSpoon/sandbox
Thank you for that. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 23:52, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Not at all, I don't understand why anyone would object to it's deletion. Even if it were deleted under an incorrect procedure, a week long debate to end at the same conclusion would be a waste of time. --kelapstick(bainuu) 16:39, 5 March 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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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:23, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

User talk:Natalia Evyanova and Danny Wilson - Jesus is the only way to heaven!
Would this be a case for revocation of talk page access? -- BobTheIP editing as 92.29.29.149 (talk) 19:23, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Alts of User:Ihatewiki6797543.
User:Ihatewiki6797543 has made 2 alts. Could you please block them too? Sincerely, Tinted  Fate  18:41, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Will do. --kelapstick(bainuu) 18:46, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Self-DB
Thanks for the message. Those are .js pages (most of them anyway) that I haven't used in at least a year, and I'm requesting they be deleted for that reason. There's also a draft of an NFC proposal I never finished that's been taking up space the I'm requesting to be deleted as well.  К  Ф Ƽ Ħ  19:05, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Melanie Martinez (singer) protection collision
Seems we both had the same idea, but I got there from AIV and I see you got there from RFPP. I had the protection dialog open while looking at some revdel-able stuff and history, so I accidentally overdid your protection. I did set it for longer, given there had been some stuff earlier this week, and the protection from two weeks back wasn't sufficient. Feel free to restore your shorter period if you like, sorry for over-writing you. ~ Amory  (u • t • c) 14:54, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * No worries, I don't mind the longer protection, better to err on the side of caution. Cheers, --kelapstick(bainuu) 14:56, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but I mucked it all up — you had the longer protection, and I had apparently undone that somehow? I think I got March and May mixed up, oy.  At any rate, should be fine now, sorry for the pointless notifications! ~  Amory  (u • t • c) 14:59, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Also, I see that you just single-handedly swept through and cleared RFPP, nice work! ~ Amory  (u • t • c) 15:01, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Just trying to make myself useful again. Cheers, --kelapstick(bainuu) 15:55, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

List of Nostalgia Critic episodes
The discussion that led to the page's deletion is riddled with flaws that make its original deletion completely unsound. To keep its contents solely as a draft and not a full blown article must be reconsidered--Harmony944 (talk) 15:32, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

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I am asking you to participate in this study because you are a frequent editor of pages on Wikipedia that are of political interest. We would like to learn about your experiences in dealing with editors of different political orientations.

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A note regarding your speedy decline
Hi! I was glossing over Elnaaz Norouzi in NPP feed and found you declined its CSD. I wanted to bring this into your notice that there exits Draft:Elnaaz Norouzi also. It is better if we delete the COI article which was created by the subject herself and let the draft go through AfC. What say? Dial911 (talk) 06:14, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Never mind. It’s been sorted. Dial911 (talk) 06:45, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Discussion at User talk:Kudpung
You are invited to join the discussion at User talk:Kudpung. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:35, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Can't resist
Between you and Drmies the two of you will be the death of me. Cheers, and have a good weekend. --kelapstick(bainuu) 22:30, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * How
 * do
 * you
 * like
 * me
 * now? -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:17, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

ANI
It's not a content dispute if that user is not disputing content. --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 21:59, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
 * You haven't had a discussion, which you should have before going to ANI. You haven't tried to have a discussion, you demanded someone explain something. They responded saying you should ask nicely, which you should have. But don't lecture me one what is and isn't a content dispute. Deal with your problem like a grown up rather than whining at ANI. --kelapstick(bainuu) 22:28, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

Can you stop being a bully? K thanks bye. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.185.195.126 (talk) 23:15, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Wow, this is what constitutes as bullying these days? Requesting an adult to act like an adult. Welcome to Wikipedia, lowering the bar since 2001. --kelapstick(bainuu) 13:49, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks
Wasn't sure what I did wrong there, don't normally have problems with Twinkle. Govvy (talk) 20:08, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah no worries, must have been on the talk page or something. It happens. Cheers, --kelapstick(bainuu) 20:11, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

hi
Several people tried to make a page about the investor israel lucas gois,

I would like to request the unlocking of the name of Israel Lucas Góis, O quoted who great notoriety in the Brazilian market, would like to request permission to create the article on it.

Below are several references about the same.

Investidor Israel Lucas Góis Compra 37% da BEX e entra no mercado de Tecnologia Brazilian investor buys 37% of BEX

Israel Lucas Góis Fundador do BR Brazilian Investors compra 37% da BEXInvestor Israel Lucas Góis Acquires BEX in brasil

Dono do BR Brazilian Investors compra a BEX

Dono da Equity Brasil Capital compra 37% da plataforma financeira BEX Jornal Europeu

Israel Lucas Góis Purchase 37% of BEX and enter the Startup market: Jornal Americano.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Lima Oliveira sá (talk • contribs) 18:35, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2018). Administrator changes
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:05, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Continue removal without consensus of information based on reliable sources
Hi Kelapstick, sorry for the trouble, I write to you because you had already intervened for the edit war on the "Lega Nord" page. An user is continually removing a political position from the infobox (based on numerous reliable sources, even academic texts) without any consensus. He argues that in order to insert informations based on reliable sources, I need the consensus (in particular of his agreement). Pratically, without the consensus of the community, he wants to impose the removal of a political position (to Far-Right) based on many sources, and at the same time imposing a political position (left-wing) that is not based on any source (therefore an original research). In my view, this is an evident violation of the rules of Wikipedia (the second pillar of Wikipedia and the rules of Wikipedia:Consensus). If four users are against and four are favorable, the position based on reliable sources should prevail over that one based only on personal opinions. After a long discussion in the talk page it was not possible to find any agreement or compromise, which should start from the assumption that information based on many reliable sources can not be discretionally removed from a page. I have also tried to propose a compromise, like keeping only the indisputed political position in the infobox (only "Right-wing"), but without results. How is it possible to solve this long diatribe? --Wololoo (talk) 14:28, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, I wouldn't say I intervened as such, I just replied to a request at RFPP. I am not intending in getting involved in the dispute/discussion. --kelapstick(bainuu) 14:56, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I do not want to involve you in the dispute, but I would like an advise on what I can do...--Wololoo (talk) 14:59, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Have you taken it to the various noticeboards (WP:RSN, or dispute resolution?)--kelapstick(bainuu) 15:12, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I didn't know these noticeboards, I am not very practical of these procedures but I will consider the request of dispute resolution. Thanks --Wololoo (talk) 20:31, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2018). Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a successful request for comment, administrators are now able to add and remove editors to the "event coordinator" group. Users in the event coordinator group have the ability to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit. Users will no longer need to be in the "account creator" group if they are in the event coordinator group.
 * Following an AN discussion, all pages with content related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies, broadly construed, are now under indefinite general sanctions.

Technical news
 * IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in June. This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.
 * The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team will build granular types of blocks in 2018 (e.g. a block from uploading or editing specific pages, categories, or namespaces, as opposed to a full-site block). Feedback on the concept may be left at the talk page.
 * There is now a checkbox on Special:ListUsers to let you see only users in temporary user groups.
 * It is now easier for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked.

Arbitration
 * A recent technical issue with the Arbitration Committee's spam filter inadvertently caused all messages sent to the committee through Wikipedia (i.e. Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee) to be discarded. If you attempted to send an email to the Arbitration Committee via Wikipedia between May 16 and May 31, your message was not received and you are encouraged to resend it. Messages sent outside of these dates or directly to the Arbitration Committee email address were not affected by this issue.

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 * In early May, an unusually high level of failed login attempts was observed. The WMF has stated that this was an "external effort to gain unauthorized access to random accounts". Under Wikipedia policy, administrators are required to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:00, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your close at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Kingdom of Matthew City. I actually agree 100%, but I don't like doing unilateral speedies if they aren't by the book. If we didn't already have two ongoing draft deletion RfCs, I'd start one now to make A11=G14. Anyway, all the best :) TonyBallioni (talk) 19:01, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
 * No worries, I can understand the hesitation to just drop an IAR speedy deletion. I think there were a lot of unintended consequences when AfC and Draft space came about, and sometimes there are no mechanisms to deal with this sort of thing quickly, so I try and let logic prevail in these cases. Cheers, --kelapstick(bainuu) 19:19, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Wrong block
Ahem. I just accidentally blocked. Maybe we're both getting too old for this. Drmies (talk) 04:15, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Indeed we are. Welcome (back?) to the club of incorrect blockers. --kelapstick(bainuu) 16:13, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Revival for the page Igorrr
Hello,

I noticed you were the decision maker for the page Igorrr that has been deleted for several years now.

I have gathered information that I think would provide substantial backings for the article to meet WP:MUS. I hope you take your time to look at it. Here: Talk:Igorrr

Best, Potasmic (talk) 08:22, 12 June 2018 (UTC)


 * , I would suggest making a draft at Draft:Igorrr, and then submitting it through the Articles for Creation process. I have also moved the page you linked above to User:Potasmic/Igorrr, talk pages of deleted articles are routinely deleted quickly and without discussion, but I didn't want you to lose the information that you had presented. My deletion/protection was strictly administrative, and I don't have an opinion on the matter, one way or another. --kelapstick(bainuu) 15:34, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2018). Administrator changes
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 * An RfC about the deletion of drafts closed with a consensus to change the wording of WP:NMFD. Specifically, a draft that has been repeatedly resubmitted and declined at AfC without any substantial improvement may be deleted at MfD if consensus determines that it is unlikely to ever meet the requirements for mainspace and it otherwise meets one of the reasons for deletion outlined in the deletion policy.
 * A request for comment closed with a consensus that the promising draft template cannot be used to indefinitely prevent a WP:G13 speedy deletion nomination.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:22, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Category:Underground mines has been nominated for discussion
Category:Underground mines, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 09:40, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Category:Underground mines in Brazil has been nominated for discussion
Category:Underground mines in Brazil, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 09:41, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Category:Underground mines by country has been nominated for discussion
Category:Underground mines by country, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 09:46, 8 July 2018 (UTC)