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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 September newsletter
The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:


 * Courcelles scored a magnificent 4869 points, with 92 good articles on Olympics-related themes. Courcelles' bonus points alone exceeded the total score of any of the other contestants!
 * Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, with 1066 points, was in third place this round, with two featured articles and a good article, all on natural history topics.
 * Other contestants who qualified for the final round were 🇲🇭 Nova Crystallis, Iazyges,  SounderBruce,  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Kosack and 🇺🇸 Ceranthor.

During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best editor win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg None
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Asterion • Crisco 1492 • KF • Kudpung • Liz • Randykitty • Spartaz
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Amorymeltzer • Mr. Stradivarius • MusikAnimal • MSGJ • TheDJ • Xaosflux

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a "stop-gap" discussion, six users have temporarily been made interface administrators while discussion is ongoing for a more permanent process for assigning the permission. Interface administrators are now the only editors allowed to edit sitewide CSS and JavaScript pages, as well as CSS/JS pages in another user's userspace. Previously, all administrators had this ability. The right can be granted and revoked by bureaucrats.

Technical news
 * Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour.
 * Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says . An example is   which is now.
 * Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59 UTC, 12 September, and the candidates that move forward will be published on-wiki for community comments on 18 September.

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Basketball
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This Month in GLAM: August 2018
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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:35, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:22, 15 September 2018 (UTC) Note: the previous version omitted a link to the election page, therefore you are receiving this follow up message with a link to the election page to correct the previous version. We apologies for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

Sock
Hi Katie,

I have reason to believe that this account is a sock of the IP address you just recently blocked. He is pushing an identical POV on the same articles (e.g. Ionian Sea, Epameinondas Charisiadis. Thanks, Khirurg (talk) 00:02, 16 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Never mind, it's been already handled at SPI. Cheers, Khirurg (talk) 01:55, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Jeremy Corbyn
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Jeremy Corbyn. Legobot (talk) 04:23, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Have your say!
Hi everyone, just a quick reminder that voting for the WikiProject Military history coordinator election closes soon. You only have a day or so left to have your say about who should make up the coordination team for the next year. If you have already voted, thanks for participating! If you haven't and would like to, vote here before 23:59 UTC on 28 September. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:29, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

The redirect at America
America seems to be fully-protected due to a content dispute that seems to be over. Would it be possible to reduce the protection level on it? Enterprisey (talk!) 06:06, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Lowered edit protection to semi, because this is a long-term vandalism target, and kept the move protection at sysop. Katietalk 11:46, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Enterprisey (talk!) 17:31, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Justlettersandnumbers • L235
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Bgwhite • HorsePunchKid • J Greb • KillerChihuahua • Rami R • Winhunter

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Cyberpower678 • Deryck Chan • Oshwah • Pharos • Ragesoss • Ritchie333

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Guerillero • NativeForeigner •  Snowolf • Xeno

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, the process for appointing interface administrators has been established. Currently only existing admins can request these rights, while a new RfC has begun on whether it should be available to non-admins.
 * There is an open request for comment on Meta regarding the creation a new user group for global edit filter management.

Technical news
 * Partial blocks should be available for testing in October on the Test Wikipedia and the Beta-Cluster. This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available.
 * The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to measure the effectiveness of blocks. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks.
 * Because of a data centre test, you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity.
 * The community consultation for 2018 CheckUser and Oversight appointments has concluded. Appointments will be made by October 11.
 * Following a request for comment, the size of the Arbitration Committee will be decreased to 13 arbitrators, starting in 2019. Additionally, the minimum support percentage required to be appointed to a two-year term on ArbCom has been increased to 60%. ArbCom candidates who receive between 50% and 60% support will be appointed to one-year terms instead.
 * Nominations for the 2018 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission are being accepted until 12 October. These are the editors who help run the ArbCom election smoothly. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please consider nominating yourself.

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Please comment on Talk:Naomi Osaka
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Changing the image of lord Krishna from his Wikipedia page
Change the picture of lord Krishna from his his Wikipedia page. The picture of him looks awful in low resolution. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.99.219.186 (talk) 11:03, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

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This Month in GLAM: September 2018
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RFA page created
Requests for adminship/Sir Sputnik... Thanks, GABgab 18:01, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Get ready for November with Women in Red!
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Protect me from doner kebab
Hi Katie, thanks for protecting the Doner kebab page! It's been on my watchlist for a few years, and does seem to attract more than its fair share of jokers. On the other hand, because it's a year-long protection, if you wanted to reduce it from extended auto-confirmed to regular auto-confirmed, I think it would be ok. There's really only one blocked/banned editor who's causing the persistent disruption, Shingling334 (who's also been on my watchlist for a couple of years). Normally he edits as an IP, and when he once in a while gets an account... well, as they say he's not the brightest bulb in the bushel (do they say that?) and I can't remember the last time he made it past four days to auto-confirmed, before one of us who keep an eye out catches and blocks him. Would hate to deprive our new autoconfirmed users of the opportunity to comment on the notorious snack food! --IamNotU (talk) 05:14, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Self-report of my violation of topic ban
As you might recall, you topic banned me from the WP namespace last year. I just made a mistake. I wanted to suggest an improvement to Template:In the news so I went to Template talk:In the news to make the suggestion diff. However, I had not noticed that Template talk:In the news was redirected to WT:In the news; I assume that the WT namespace is close enough to the WP namespace that I shouldn't be editing there. So I reverted my edit, and am reporting my violation to you. Given that I thought I was editing Template talk:In the news rather than WT:In the news, and then quickly removed my edit and reported it before anyone else noticed, I'm asking that no action be taken. Thanks, Nfitz (talk) 23:05, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Dissent from Catholic teaching on homosexuality
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Books & Bytes, Issue 30
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Issue 30, August – Septmeber 2018  French version of Books & Bytes is now available in meta!
 * Library Card translation
 * Spotlight: 1Lib1Ref spreads to the Southern Hemisphere and beyond
 * Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
 * Global branches update
 * Bytes in brief

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2018).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Sir Sputnik
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Kudpung • Liz • Lourdes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Everyking • Jackmcbarn

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Dinoguy1000

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg AGK • Ivanvector • Stwalkerster • TonyBallioni

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Amorymeltzer • Oshwah • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Keilana

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment determined that non-administrators will not be able to request interface admin access.
 * A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the Mediation Committee should be closed and marked as historical.
 * A village pump discussion has been ongoing about whether the proposed deletion policy (PROD) should be clarified or amended.
 * A request for comment is in progress to determine whether pending changes protection should be applied automatically to today's featured article (TFA) in order to mitigate a recent trend of severe image vandalism.

Technical news
 * Partial blocks is now available for testing on the Test Wikipedia. The new functionality allows you to block users from editing specific pages. Bugs may exist and can be reported on the local talk page or on Meta. A discussion regarding deployment to English Wikipedia will be started by community liaisons sometime in the near future.
 * A user script is now available to quickly review unblock requests.
 * The 2019 Community Wishlist Survey is now accepting new proposals until November 11, 2018. The results of this survey will determine what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year. Voting on the proposals will take place from November 16 to November 30, 2018. Specifically, there is a proposal category for admins and stewards that may be of interest.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors will be invited to nominate themselves as candidates in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 4 until November 13. Voting will begin on November 19 and last until December 2.
 * The Arbitration Committee's email address has changed to arbcom-en@wikimedia.org. Other email lists, such as functionaries-en and clerks-l, remain unchanged.

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Please comment on Talk:Proud Boys
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Rollback
Hi Katie,

I just read about the rollback possibility, and you were on the list whom I am able to ask for such option. As I am watching more and more pages - and they grow rapidly - many times there are consecutive improper IP edits - among others' as well - that I cannot undo one by one, mostly by the conflicting intermediary edits. I.e., recently in the Austrian Empire article it was really-really hard, though 3 edits have been done (though including many-many changes), just perform one complete undo I really spent about 10 minutes to check twice if I don't have even a mistype...So it would be really helpful to have rollback possibility. Thank You.(KIENGIR (talk) 23:10, 7 November 2018 (UTC))

This Month in GLAM: October 2018
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This Month in GLAM: October 2018
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Sock block
Frayae is a sock of whom? More to the point, is it impossible for a sockblock log entry to link to something with more detail? ― Mandruss  &#9742;  16:00, 15 November 2018 (UTC) Assuming the blocking admin does it like Katie did in this case, the procedure for finding the SPI is as follows: 1. Go to the user page of one of the socks. 2. Display its page history. 3. Find where the admin added the template. 4. Click on the link in that edit summary. 5. Click on the link to the SPI archives. I've been around for 5+ years and 40K+ edits, and I just learned this. And I'm not entirely sure I'll remember it the next time I need it. This is not what I meant by "maximum transparency". Transparency is for everybody, not just the very experienced with good memories. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  16:43, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Special:Diff/868963530 - TNT 💖 16:02, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * That's all well and good, but for maximum transparency shouldn't there be a link somewhere to the CheckUser results? I don't see that on either user page. Not claiming malfeasance in this case or any other. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  16:07, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Now I see a link to Sockpuppet investigations/A Den Jentyl Ettien Avel Dysklyver in an edit summary, which is less visible. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  16:09, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * To summarize:
 * You can also click on “sockpuppet investigation” in the template itself. We don’t always tag socks though or file SPIs or link in the block log, and this is one of those cases as the LTA likes all the attention. It’s my view as well as the view of several other people familiar with the case that the chaos surrounding a block of an established sock is part of the reason he does it. There’s not really a good way to handle it in this case as there should be some explanation for the block of an established user, but we also do want to deny them the martyrdom. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:52, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Not sure how I missed that link, thought I looked at all of them. That does improve visibility significantly, and may be easier to remember. No such link on the puppetmaster's page, however, and I'm almost 100% certain about that. Almost. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  17:00, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh it's in the fine print at the bottom. Sheesh. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  17:02, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Welcome to the arcane world of sock blocking and tagging! :-) Katietalk 22:13, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

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You are awesome — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:C870:BA00:341B:AB71:9E70:3C2B (talk) 03:03, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Jackie Walker (activist)
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Arbcom
Wow I am here so infrequently these days that I missed that you were now an Arb! Am certain you're doing great things for the project. Hope you are keeping well my friend. All the best Samir 22:00, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Mon
Homme — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.112.45.113 (talk) 09:03, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

You've got mail!
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