User talk:Miniapolis/Archives/2018/November

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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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:19, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Comment that you struck
I saw this. Can you consider signing your strikes there? It really looks like the original writer struck when that is not the case. Rzvas (talk) 17:36, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Since I struck it in my capacity as an ArbCom clerk, I don't think that's necessary. It was an unambiguous PA, and I'm visible in the page history for anyone who cares to look. I could have removed it outright, but that would have removed the context for subsequent comments.  Mini  apolis  17:42, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for striking the PA, Miniapolis. It's probably too late for this but may I ask why an warning was not issued for unambiguous PA? I can see the rationale for non-escalation, but wanted to express the thought. Thank you for your work as usual, Alex Shih (talk) 21:12, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Think he understands WP:NPA (since he seemed to expect them to be removed), but I just left a note on his talk page.  Mini  apolis  21:33, 28 November 2018 (UTC)