User talk:Lord Roem/Archives/2023/February

Administrators' newsletter – February 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Gimmetrow
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Bjelleklang · Bob the Wikipedian · Leithp · WhisperToMe · 100 inactive admins



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BDD · Bradv · Donald Albury · Maxim · MusikAnimal

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BDD · Bradv · Donald Albury · Maxim

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
 * Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.

Technical news
 * The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

Arbitration Miscellaneous
 * The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
 * In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.
 * Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
 * Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:38, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 update: Parties added, evidence phase extended
Hello ,

Three parties have been added to the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 arbitration case. The evidence phase has been extended and will close on February 21, 2023.

Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Armenia-Azerbaijan 3/Evidence. Please add your evidence by February 21, 2023, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Arbitration/Requests/Case/Armenia-Azerbaijan 3/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.

For the Arbitration committee, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:42, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Inquiry on my "Indefinite topic ban"
I've been unable to contribute much to Wikipedia after being barred from articles relating to Afghanistan/Pakistan. After the confusing incident of 2 months back, Could you review and have me contributing to the website again? Thank you. PreserveOurHistory (talk) 12:02, 21 February 2023 (UTC)


 * @PreserveOurHistory Hi there. You haven't edited much at all in any other topic area since the topic ban was imposed. Usually, we look to see positive and conflict-free work in areas outside the disputed topic to demonstrate an editor is capable of working productively on the site. As of writing, nothing has materially changed since January 2nd when the TBAN was imposed, so I'm not inclined to alter or lift it at this time. That said, please know you are free to appeal the topic ban in the manner described at the bottom of the TBAN notice on your talk page. Lord Roem ~ (talk) 02:05, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Once more, I remind you there isnt much clear reason for my initial ban, what happened was I said someone vandalized something, I didn't understand and things were not made clear. I cannot contribute positively to Wikipedia any more. I dont have anything to edit for, no topic of interest if you've banned me from my country. How about just giving me a timed ban instead?


 * This is not logical, my point is that I was not banned for purposeful misconduct, maybe put me on extra watch again? PreserveOurHistory (talk) 10:53, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * No. The discussion and explanation for the initial topic ban is back here. You've been provided several additional explanations on your talk page as well. Frankly, if it isn't clear why disruptive conduct and edit warring is a problem, I'm not sure an additional discussion here will be fruitful. If you want another chance, work elsewhere on the site and demonstrate you can edit productively, or appeal the sanction. I'm not lifting it at this time. Lord Roem ~ (talk) 16:14, 23 February 2023 (UTC)