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CSS styling in templates.
Hello, Just heads up that there is currently work on an extension in order to enable CSS styling in templates. Please check the document here to discuss best storage methods and what we need to avoid with implementation. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melamrawy (WMF) (talk • contribs) 19:38, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

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New Page Review - newsletter No.2
Hello , We now have New Page Reviewers! Most of us requested the user right at PERM, expressing a wish to be able to do something about the huge backlog, but the chart on the right does not demonstrate any changes to the pre-user-right levels of October. The backlog is still steadily growing at a rate of 150 a day or 4,650 a month. Only 20 reviews a day by each reviewer over the next few days would bring the backlog down to a managable level and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work! It didn't work in time to relax for the Xmas/New Year holidays. Let's see if we can achieve our goal before Easter, otherwise by Thanksgiving it will be closer to. Remember that we are the only guardians of quality of new articles, we alone have to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged by non-Reviewer patrollers and that new authors are not being bitten. This is even more important and extra vigilance is required considering Orangemoody,  and
 * A HUGE backlog
 * Second set of eyes
 * Abuse
 * 1) this very recent case of paid advertising by a Reviewer resulting  in  a community ban.
 * 2) this case in January of paid advertising by a Reviewer, also resulting in  a community ban.
 * 3) This Reviewer is indefinitely blocked for sockpuppetry.

Coordinator election
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CSS styling in templates
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New Page Review-Patrolling: Coordinator elections
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New Page Review - newsletter No.3
Hello , Voting for coordinators has now begun HERE and will continue through/to 23:59 UTC Monday 06 March. Please be sure to vote. Any registered, confirmed editor can vote. Nominations are now closed. We now have New Page Reviewers but despite numerous appeals for help, the backlog has NOT been significantly reduced. If you asked for the New Page Reviewer right, please consider investing a bit of time - every little helps preventing spam and trash entering the mainspace and Google when the 'NO_INDEX' tags expire. Discuss this newsletter here. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:35, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
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Admin
Why would it hurt my chances Mattwags323232 (talk) 21:59, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
 * What really hurts your chance is all the socks. Chrissymad  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  22:12, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

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The general 1RR restriction in ARBPIA
User:L235, it has been pointed out to me the New Guidelines (in the section "Motion: ARBPIA" near the bottom of the page). The key part is the sentence underlined in black. Question: Is this to imply that all new edits made since 26 December 2016 in Palestine-Israel articles can be deleted by editors, and they can challenge the editors who put them there in the first place, without the first editors restoring their edits until a new consensus has been reached? If so, you open the door for "abusive editing," that is to say, the new guidelines allow editors to freely delete areas in articles based on their sole judgment and conviction and which edits had earlier been agreed upon by consensus, and that such changes will remain in force until such a time that a new consensus can be reached. As you see, this can be problematic. Second Question: Do the new guidelines also apply to reverts made in articles where a consensus had already been reached before 26 December 2016, or do they only apply to reverts made after 26 December 2016? To avoid future problems arising from this new edict, can I make this one suggestion, namely, that the new guidelines in Palestine-Israel articles be amended to read with this addition: "Editors who violate this restriction may be blocked without warning by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense, or where abuses arise over reverts made in an article where a consensus had already been reached before or after the edict of 26 December 2016 took effect, such editors make themselves liable to disciplinary actions, including blocking."Davidbena (talk) 14:56, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry I didn't get back to you until now. You are correct that the restriction applies to all reverts going forward. Administrators are free to impose additional page-level sanctions, like requiring consensus before changing the article, as a discretionary sanction, and edit-warring of any kind may also be dealt with individually, including with discretionary sanctions. Hope this answers your questions. Thanks, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 13:46, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Kevin. Davidbena (talk) 14:43, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

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Notice of noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is "Standard offer unblock request from user Edday1051". Thank you. I see you're on break for exams (good luck!) and I don't think this thread really requires your attention, but policies gonna policy. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 13:25, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

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clerk action request
Hi, i don't know how process for this should work, but I want to ask if you, in your role as an arbitration clerk, could take care of updating Editing restrictions to drop the now-expired "Suspended restriction" about my editing, when convenient for you. It shows the restriction was to be expired on 5 May 2016, but that was a typo, it was enacted on on 5 November 2016 and was to expire on 5 May 2017. I ask you because you served as clerk in your implementing the decision on 5 November 2016 into the Arbitration/Requests/Case/Doncram record. I don't mind if you direct me somewhere else or call in any other eyes to check this out. Or I would be very happy if User:Beeblebrox (who I notice edits at Editing restrictions sometimes) or someone else notices this and replies instead. FYI the very last discussion at all related to this is this clarification request of 18 April 2017, in which Beeblebrox suggested a clarification. They were at first unaware of the expiration coming up due to the date typo in place, which they figured out was a typo that no one else had noticed. Anyhow, given that the Editing restriction page has long shown the restriction to be expired, I figure it can't hurt to make a request, and hope this is not a bother. Not urgent. Good luck with your current exams. -- do ncr  am  02:56, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reminder! I'll take care of this tonight. Setting a reminder for myself now. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 18:00, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I've done this now. Thanks, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 22:45, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks! -- do ncr  am  23:40, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

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New Page Review - Newsletter No.4
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Since rolling out the right in November, just 6 months ago, we now have reviewers, but the backlog is still mysteriously growing fast. If every reviewer did just reviews, the  backlog would be gone, in a flash, schwoop, just like that!

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Long time no chat
Hey, man. Haven't seen or talked to you in awhile. Just wanted to leave you a message to say hi, that I hope you're doing well, and that I was thinking of you (in a non creepy way of course lol).  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   06:56, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Oshwah – thanks so much for the message! I've been really busy these last few months – I went and started a nonprofit late last year and there's been a lot of work going into that. Great to hear from you, and I hope to be around more in the future! Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 16:42, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
 * L235 - What?!! You started a non-profit? That's flippin' awesome! Congratulations! Yes, as I can imagine - it's been eating up most of your time. No worries though; there's no deadline... there will be plenty of work waiting for you when you return ;-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   22:26, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

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Thank you kindly
Nice bit o' hardware for the mantelpiece, at any rate. :-)

Thanks for the kind words - they are, as always, greatly appreciated. Happy editing! -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 20:00, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

WP:ARCA request
I think that motion is needed to explicitly allow participation in RFC and move discussions if that what arbs want.--Shrike (talk) 07:05, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
 * The Committee directed me to archive the request without formal action, so there is no formal decision here explaining the Committee's stance. Nonetheless, speaking without my clerk hat on, I would assume, given their comments, that the status quo stands and existing procedures and motions mean what they say with no exceptions. I would encourage you (with the clerk hat back on) to file a new ARCA if material changes develop – for example, in an arb's words, if "examples where this has caused actual problems" arise. Thanks, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 21:15, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

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Nice to Meet You Too!
Hi Kevin,

It was very nice meeting you too! Minnesotans and Iowans are neighbors so let's keep in touch re editathons and other stuff. I have a feeling that our paths will cross again.

Take good care and have a safe flight home...

RachelWex 13:23, 13 August 2017 (UTC) RachelWex 13:23, 13 August 2017 (UTC)




 * Hey Kevin! Thanks for your kind words in the email. Further to my reply, here is our picture, which is on Commons. Deryck C. 16:09, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

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There is no bot!
RE :p  Ben · Salvidrim!   &#9993;  22:48, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Not even this one? (Good to hear from you!) Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 22:51, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Nope, we maintain the clerk activity list manually. :D Ben · Salvidrim!   &#9993;  22:53, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Absolutely didn't know that. Thanks! Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 23:00, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

FYI
Hello. Thanks for your post here Sockpuppet investigations/Dcasey98. My understanding is that IPs rarely get an indef block and in the case of the IPv6 IPs it would be almost meaningless since they change so quickly. I'm guessing you are already aware of this and I could be wrong but I wanted to let you know about things just in case. Thanks again and best regards. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 23:07, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Ah you caught it while I was posting here :-) Cheers. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 23:10, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note! I'm getting reoriented here – I've been off for a shockingly long while. Thanks! Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 23:14, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * You are welcome AND welcome back!!! MarnetteD&#124;Talk 00:33, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

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FWIW shortly after the sanction was imposed I asked Beeblebrox who imposed it about going to arbcom and he indicated that was so far as he remembered permissable. I was more or less acting on an assumption based on that earlier exchange. John Carter (talk) 00:22, 29 December 2017 (UTC) John Carter (talk) 00:22, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi John Carter, appealing a sanction or seeking its clarification at ArbCom is generally permissible; however, in accordance with WP:BANEX, that exception doesn't cover anything that is not related to your sanction, itself. Best, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 01:01, 29 December 2017 (UTC)r

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American politics
Hi Kevin, what do you mean about the case being closed and declined. It appears still to be open. What was declined exactly? SarahSV (talk) 00:20, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi The link I provided in the talk page notification was a permalink to the ARCA when it was open (just for reference purposes); the request is no longer on the live version of WP:ARCA and has been archived to Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American_politics_2. Thanks! Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 01:04, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Several editors had expressed concerns about Sandstein’s overall activity at AE and my understand of the filer’s request was for arbs to consider that in their discussions. Does the archiving of this ARCA mean that this was not examined? The closing seems to indicate that the main thrust of the request was an appeal for MONGO,and since his appeal was successful the request should be closed. This was, however, not the full scope, in my view. Mr Ernie (talk) 01:31, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ArbCom took no formal action on the amendment request before directing that it be archived. I'm unable to comment on interpretations of the Committee's actions beyond that. Best, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 02:23, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Kevin, thanks. Who directed that it be archived, and where did that happen? SarahSV (talk) 03:34, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * KrakatoaKatie asked that it be archived over clerks-l with no arbitrators dissenting or requesting that the ARCA request remain open. Best, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 15:33, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * To us, the point of the filing was to discuss MONGO's restriction. It was lifted and further discussion was therefore not necessary on-wiki, and we agreed on the mailing list that it should be closed and archived. If you or anyone else wants to discuss Sandstein's overall activity at AE or in general, they're able to file a full case. I'm not speaking for any other arbitrator but I think a case request would be required for us to consider it. Katietalk 15:40, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Respectfully, 's request plainly stated This is a request about AE and Sandstein, not about a particular case at the very beginning. However I do understand how this was shifted into a general appeal. Mr Ernie (talk) 20:37, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I hear you, but that's too broad for us to consider at ARCA particularly under AP2 which, after all, was the title of the filing. We can't decide at ARCA if or how Sandstein should work at AE. That would take a lot more evaluation in evidence and deliberation than we can do there. The immediate problem was that sanction; it was lifted, so we were done. We've got a lot of work to do on the DS system and we're going to talk about it – like with real voices and everything, in real time – at some point in the very near future. Meanwhile, review of admin conduct requires a case request. Katietalk 00:38, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the response and yes that makes sense. I hope you guys come up with some great improvements to the DS system; I don’t envy the task. Mr Ernie (talk) 01:26, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Assistance required to resolve ethical problem with User_talk:Sandstein
I believe that a sensario was deliberately set up to ensure a legitimate page was deleted, the motives are not clear but doing so does erase evidence that could otherwise be used to decline an application to be an administrator, by a person that has been declined in the past. However this is conjecture, even if the loss of information on deletion is fact. The use of concurrent COI and Not Noteworthy claims resulted in myself having to wait before contributing further which resulted in the page being deleted. I do not believe that this catch-22 situation is accidental, and I can't see how anyone who is aware of it would see it as ethical either. I was otherwise in a position to collate available facts and edit the page to match the form of related FOSS software packages (that are not similarly vexed by not noteworthy claims). Can you please advise me as to exactly how I can reverse the damage and ensure that fair process be followed in the future? Dsmatthews (talk) 21:54, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I highly encourage you to pursue the dispute resolution steps if you have disagreements with another editor; I'm sorry, I try to refrain from stepping into any disputes on Wikipedia. Best, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 23:32, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

2018 Case Record Page Issues
I noticed that there are a few issues with Arbcom (pages) and it's only January...

1. It appears that the 2018 case page uses the source for the 2017 case page but the year wasn't changed.

2. It says that Conduct of Mister Wiki editors was closed on 22 March 2017 (I'm not sure how the month and day are also wrong...)

3. All Cases doesn't include 2018 cases yet.

Shotgun Axe Project TAHITI Magical Place 02:14, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and made the corrections; I'll try to add this to our procedures for changing terms at some point. Thanks, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 02:32, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

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Removal of bits
Since I don't currently use the file mover and ep-online (course online volunteer) bits, it'd be greatly appreciated if an admin could remove them. Thanks, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 04:02, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Done. Feel free to ping me sometime if you want them back. Yunshui 雲 水 12:35, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
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DYK for Regents of University of California v. United States Department of Homeland Security
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Accidentally blanked RESTRICT entry
Hey, thank you for updating WP:RESTRICT in light of my ban suspensions.

While checking over the changes, I noticed that one from the original case (this one) appeared to be missing, and a quick scan revealed that User:Beyond My Ken appears to have accidentally blanked it while moving the one immediately above it further down.

I'm messaging you as an ArbCom clerk rather than directly asking BMK to fix his own good-faith mistake because I'm really not sure who's allowed to edit that subpage (as of right now, as opposed to two years ago) and I'm worried asking anyone other than an authorized clerk might open a can of worms (and it's an IBAN so I'm very limited in how much I can say about it).

Hijiri 88 ( 聖やや ) 05:03, 18 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Since the error was not an official ArbCom action, but was my mistake made in cleaning up the page, I see no reason why I shouldn't fix it myself -- so I did so. You folks may want to check that I fixed it correctly. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:23, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

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One ARCA request should be removed from the template
Please see Template:ArbComOpenTasks/ClarificationAmendment. I think the Magioladitis request has now been archived so should be removed from the template. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 03:29, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
 * done. Best, Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 04:05, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Blueford v. Arkansas
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Tagging on Zoe Konstantopoulou
Hi there, many thanks for the advice - I've commented on the Talk page. Thanks again, Tacyarg (talk) 12:31, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
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Great to meet you, too!
Hi Kevin--thanks for chatting at the Grinnell resource fair the other day! I'll definitely keep future collaborations in mind. Best wishes, Esrodrigues (talk) 13:24, 12 March 2018 (UTC)