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Administrators' newsletter – January 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2020).

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Technical news
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Arbitration
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Thank you ...
... for help in the deletion discussion ;)

DYK ... that the choral conductor Michael Gläser was called in to lead the Thomanerchor in Leipzig when its musical director Georg Christoph Biller fell ill?

I'm going to use him in the strange discussion about how to present German names on the Magnificat I was proud to present to begin 2021. Have a good new year! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:11, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

"FHRITP" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2021).

Administrator changes
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Oversight changes
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Arbitration
 * The standard discretionary sanctions authorized for American Politics were amended by motion to cover post-1992 politics of United States and closely related people, replacing the 1932 cutoff.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting in the 2021 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2021, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2021, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * Wikipedia has now been around for 20 years, and recently saw its billionth edit!

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021). Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment is open that proposes a process for the community to revoke administrative permissions. This follows a 2019 RfC in favor of creating one such a policy.
 * A request for comment is in progress to remove F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a, which covers immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
 * A request for comment seeks to grant page movers the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target. The full proposal is at Page mover/delete-redirect.
 * A request for comment asks if sysops may place the General sanctions/Coronavirus disease 2019 editnotice template on pages in scope that do not have page-specific sanctions?
 * There is a discussion in progress concerning automatic protection of each day's featured article with Pending Changes protection.

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 * When blocking an IPv6 address with Twinkle, there is now a checkbox with the option to just block the /64 range. When doing so, you can still leave a block template on the initial, single IP address' talkpage.
 * When protecting a page with Twinkle, you can now add a note if doing so was in response to a request at WP:RfPP, and even link to the specific revision.
 * There have been a number of reported issues with Pending Changes. Most problems setting protection appear to have been resolved (T273317) but other issues with autoaccepting edits persist (T275322).

Arbitration
 * By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, any gender-related dispute or controversy and associated people. Sanctions issued under GamerGate are now considered Gender and sexuality sanctions.
 * The Kurds and Kurdistan case was closed, authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed.

Miscellaneous
 * Following the 2021 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AmandaNP, Operator873, Stanglavine, Teles, and Wiki13.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021). Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
 * Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.

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 * When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem.
 * Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers.

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Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:06, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

See my talk today, - it's rare that a person is pictured when a dream comes true, and that the picture is shown on the Main page on a meaningful day. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:15, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Cause and effect
Here. I have no idea what Causality dummy looked like at the time of deletion, but I'm pretty sure that most of those redirects had been around for a long time, targeting somewhere more reasonable (possibly Causality?). – Uanfala (talk) 21:47, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , that's an embarrassing mistake (overzealous Twinkle deletion). I'll restore them all and point them to Causality again. Thank you for letting me know! —Kusma (𐍄·𐌺) 22:11, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I think I've got them all. Thanks again! —Kusma (𐍄·𐌺) 22:27, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

"Cаrоlуn Тrеnсh-Ѕаndіfоrd" listed at Redirects for discussion
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DYK for Rosa M. Morris
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DYK for Katja Meier
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021). Administrator changes
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Interface administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, consensus was found that third party appeals are allowed but discouraged.
 * The 2021 Desysop Policy RfC was closed with no consensus. Consensus was found in a previous RfC for a community based desysop procedure, though the procedure proposed in the 2021 RfC did not gain consensus.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:51, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

new page request
Hi Kusma,

Any chance you can help start a page for Johann Joseph Doemling? Your native German language skills would be helpful to ensure an accurate translation.

Some information is available at https://wuerzburgwiki.de/wiki/Johann_Joseph_D%C3%B6mling; and carboxyhemoglobin.

Cheers, SloppyTots (talk) 21:12, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , I will try to write at least a stub, but I don't think I can do a proper article. I have stopped translating anything that I haven't verified with the sources myself, and the sources of the Würzburgwiki article are not accessible online. By the way did you know that James Lind was supposed to go on the second voyage of James Cook and was supposed to get £4000 for it? I have been meaning to dig up more on the backstory, but a slight mention is at A Voyage Round the World. Anyway, I'll let you know when I have something about Dömling. —Kusma (t·c) 21:58, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , I have made a start at User:Kusma/sandbox/JJD. I'll translate most of the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie article tomorrow-ish, complete the "works" section and then probably declare it finished for the moment and move it to mainspace. Hope that's useful for you. —Kusma (t·c) 22:56, 11 May 2021 (UTC)


 * , thank you! That will be great. We also need to start a page for Josef von Fodor, obituary, but this can be done later. Since I'm relatively new to Wiki, several of the new pages I had attempted to start usually get merged or recommended for deletion. Found it better to work with a veteran editor. I briefly looked into the James Lind and Captain Cook connection. Seems like it'll be big news if it is indeed James Lind (1736-1812) and not James Lind (1716-1794)! One book and few webpages seem to indicate it is James Lind (1716-1794) based on the scurvy connection. Cook's voyage was 1772-1775, James Lind (1736-1812) had embarked on several voyages in the 1760s including Iceland in 1772 with Joseph Banks, timeline seems to work where it could be the case that another voyage was contemplated for 1772-1775. Whatever the case, this confusion is in alignment with historians agreeing that the history of the four James Linds is a complete mess due to the similar names/locations/medical achievements. I'll also invest some more time digging up more on the Lind (1736)-Cook connection in the days ahead. Cheers, SloppyTots (talk) 23:16, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
 * It does seem interesting that Cook wanted to hire Lind as an astronomer. Only James Lind (1736-1812) appears to have a background in astronomy and meteorology.SloppyTots (talk) 01:19, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , there is no question that it was the James Lind born 1736. From Beaglehole's edition of Cook's journals, vol II, p. 913 "8 February . Royal Society, Minutes of Council . Dr James Lind recommended to the Board of Longitude ‘as a person who will be extreamly useful in the intended voyage for discoveries in remote parts; on account of his skill and experience in his profession, and from his great Knowledge in Mineralogy, Chemistry, Mechanics, and various branches of Natural Philosophy; and also from his having spent several years in different climates, in the Indies'.-R.S., Council Minutes, vol. VI, p. 131. 10" It was not really Cook but Joseph Banks who wanted Lind as part of his large entourage, and after Banks had failed to get his will with regards to the expedition ships of Cook's second voyage and decided not to go, they went to Iceland, the Hebrides and the Orkneys together instead in 1772. —Kusma (t·c) 08:31, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , awesome! The same claim is in 10.1098/rsnr.1992.0025 as well. I'll integrate this in the Lind's page. Excellent observation. SloppyTots (talk) 13:53, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , Dömling article is done :) —Kusma (t·c) 21:10, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , Danke schoen! Macht's gut SloppyTots (talk) 21:46, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Nohra concentration camp
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German wikipedia, math
I saw your comment at ANI and it made me curious what was so bad about editing math there. (Purely a theoretical interest, as I don't speak German.) --JBL (talk) 18:30, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , the thing that I really hate is they lowercase all proper name-derived adjectives. Essentially, they write "gaussian curvature", "riemannian geometry". Standard in German mathematical texts is to use uppercase for most name-derived adjectives, so it is "Riemannsche Geometrie". But "abelsche Gruppe" is very common and "noetherscher Ring" is also fairly common. This probably displeases people who want everything to be consistent. But consistently lowercasing everything looks terrible to me and makes me not want to contribute. So I don't. I should probably get over that but I don't want to. —Kusma (t·c) 19:05, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Interesting, thanks! --JBL (talk) 23:25, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

THANK YOU!

 * Happy to be of service. —Kusma (t·c) 14:39, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Page Deletion
Hi,

I had created page named Nexxzy, combined from various sources, it's a malicious virus, infecting online gamers, since page didnt exist on wikipedia i created it. May I know why it was deleted?

Second, I found a sports person doesn't hold a medal as suggested by them, can it be edited / deleted, I have another verified source where someone else holds the said medal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyanex (talk • contribs) 06:41, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * There was no indication of notability as software or as a crime. While it is good to warn people against malicious software, we can't do that unless the warning is repeated in reliable sources. Your article was based on your own experiences with the scammers, making it original research, which we can't publish here. If you find reliable sources (not forums or wikis) that cover this scam, I'm happy to restore it, but it might still be deleted unless you have multiple independent sources talking about it. As for your second question, if you find an unverifiable claim in an article, please remove it. If there are conflicting sources that contradict each other, this is also worth mentioning. When in doubt, explain your thinking on the article talk page. —Kusma (t·c) 08:01, 18 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you I understand, there was one source from scammer.info web page. If i find more than 3-4 sources, I will publish it in future. About second thing, I can give you the details would you be able to edit it? I can provide you with the source and page, I am pretty new to this, I don't want to create conflicts with another editors. Cyanex 08:24 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Sure, let me know what article this is about and what the issue is and I can have a look. But you can always be bold here :) —Kusma (t·c) 09:43, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I haven't edited someone else's edit. I will learn from you. Master Kusma, that's what I should call you. Here since 2004, that's truly amazing! I am happy we are having this conversation, my first time to be honest. But seriously amazing!! I read your profile and random library, random quote, added few things to my profile too. Just random quote for now. So much to learn. Coming back to topic. Cyanex (talk) 09:55, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , we're fairly egalitarian here, no need to be in awe of people with long tenure. The article you mention is in pretty bad shape and seriously lacking in references. I know too little about gymnastics or about sports in India to fix this (I can Google some mentions, but I don't know whether what I can find are reliable sources or not), so I've just inserted some templates and removed the mention of her as current title holder (this is probably the most recent). —Kusma (t·c) 14:17, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I appreciate your experience though. I know about sports, one of them being gymnastics, hence I came across this article. I was creating pages for players holding international & national medals but with no wiki page yet. Secondly, I was wondering about talk page, we have spoken much. I haven't seen anyone else talking on your talk page. Do you delete this later? Cyanex (talk) 17:06, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * See the archives: User talk:Kusma/Archive 1 through User talk:Kusma/Archive 35. —Kusma (t·c) 18:25, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Lot of talking, Thank you for your time :) Cyanex (talk) 07:51, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Lisa Kahn (poet)
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Deletion of Bonnie and wild page
Hi kusma, can you please send me the deleted copy/page for Bonnie and Wild. I’ll edit it to better indicate its noteworthiness. Cheers. Twistedmouth (talk) 07:06, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Userfied the article, see your talk page. —Kusma (t·c) 18:40, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Hint concerning deletion discussions
Hi Kusma, you may want to have a look or comment at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents where I mentioned you. --Cyfal (talk) 17:14, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Jatin Ahuja
Hi,

I guess the page you have deleted namely 'Jatin Ahuja' is something that needs to be put on Wikipedia.

EdwardMill (talk) 18:14, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , your attempt did not demonstrate the subject's suitability for inclusion in Wikipedia any better than the previous version that was deleted at Articles for deletion/Jatin Ahuja. If the person has not been covered by multiple independent reliable sources, they should not be on Wikipedia. —Kusma (t·c) 18:47, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Developments while replying to your request
Hello. I'm sorry to message you here, but I was in the process of typing a reply to your polite request when I noted that the entire discussion had been closed on me. I must investigate what exactly has taken place, and will follow up with you shortly. But, I did want to thank you for your reply. — Christopher, Sheridan, OR (talk) 09:06, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

The developments: As you may be aware, the discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents was closed with a no-action decision. A broader policy is under discussion at Wikipedia talk:Signatures. I've already stated that I won't change my signature just to satisfy one disruptive editor, but that I was already intending to change my signature in anticipation of the policy discussion.

What I had been in the process of typing, was my acknowledging the very respectful manner in which you asked me to implement the change (of signature), which was missing from the discussion on my own Talk page. Thank you. Please forgive me, but it's quarter-to-three in the morning here, and it's been a long day; I will work on my new signature after a night's rest. — Christopher, Sheridan, OR (talk) 09:48, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Sleep well, and don't dream of Wikipedia :) —Kusma (t·c) 09:55, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

About Thilo Wilke - fails WP:NFOOTY - may avoid WP:PROD if German language (or any other languages) references can be identified?
Hi Kusma. This article obviously fails the WP:NFOOTY test. I am considering contesting the proposed deletion of this article. It would appear to me that coverage in reliable sources of his travel all around the world to play with amateur or semi-professional clubs in in German language media at least - "Ein Karlstadter wird mit 27 Fußballprofi in Australien" for example - might be enough to pass the WP:GNG test. I would appreciate your opinion about this. Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 10:28, 26 May 2021 (UTC)


 * @Shirt58, I think the article is quite unlikely to pass AFD, although the life of a semi-professional football player who has played in the top leagues of New Zealand and Bavaria has more to it than most one-game WP:NFOOTY passes. Most of the coverage is by fairly local news media, except for perhaps the kicker interview. I absolutely don't mind if you want to contest the PROD (that's what PROD is for) but I am far from convinced we should have an article about him. —Kusma (t·c) 12:13, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * @Shirt58: de-prodded the page. If there are people who think he is notable, fair enough.   I don't have the energy to deal to find out how people usually deal with the UPE tag, although I don't feel BLPs should carry such black marks for years. —Kusma (talk) 20:49, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * For the record, I'm unsure personally if I'd call notability, but I think this is a pretty interesting case that I could see closing keep or no consensus at RfA AfD. I don't directly edit sports articles, although I've closed many sporting RMs, but I keep an eye on sports-related AfDs because of their interesting considerations, and I've seen similar "fails NFOOTY but has a claim to GNG" articles survive. Local coverage isn't much of an issue for GNG -- it's NCORP that fails for it. And yes, as for the UPE tag, I don't think it should hang around forever on articles that have been checked by a neutral third party. Vaticidalprophet 20:54, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * @Vaticidalprophet: I don't think Thilo Wilke is standing for adminship, but I wish him good luck anyway :) —Kusma (talk) 21:04, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Ha, fixed that, I've got RfA on the brain. Vaticidalprophet 21:04, 31 May 2021 (UTC)