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Administrators' newsletter – December 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2019). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg EvergreenFir • ToBeFree
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Akhilleus • Athaenara • John Vandenberg • Melchoir • MichaelQSchmidt • NeilN • Youngamerican • 😂

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Beeblebrox
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Deskana

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Evad37

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC on the administrator resysop criteria was closed. 18 proposals have been summarised with a variety of supported and opposed statements. The inactivity grace period within which a new request for adminship is not required has been reduced from three years to two. Additionally, Bureaucrats are permitted to use their discretion when returning administrator rights.
 * Following a proposal, the edit filter mailing list has been opened up to users with the Edit Filter Helper right.

Technical news
 * Wikimedia projects can set a default block length for users via MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry. A new page, MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry-ip, allows the setting of a different default block length for IP editors. Neither is currently used. (T219126)

Arbitration
 * Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 2 December 2018 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

Miscellaneous
 * The global consultation on partial and temporary office actions that ended in October received a closing statement from staff concluding, among other things, that the WMF will no longer use partial or temporary Office Action bans... until and unless community consensus that they are of value or Board directive.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:48, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

GOCE December 2019 Newsletter
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:05, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

About sentence in First Bridge section
Hi, i have a question regarding a sentence in the “First Bridge” section of Government Bridge. Regarding the sentence “It had been built in a difficult part of the rapids, and its drawspan was at an angle to the current (making the bridge hard for steamboats to clear)“, I’m not sure how to clarify it. I saw this book source and I’m wondering if it mentions clarifications. What can I do to clarify the sentence quoted? WikiHelper26 (talk) 17:11, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The word "drawspan" is tagged for clarification; I don't know what it means, and it's not in my dictionary. The rest of the sentence is fine. All the best,  Mini  apolis  19:58, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I fixed the wording to draw-span. It is similar to the word swing-span. The bridge is a swing bridge. --WikiHelper26 (talk) 22:27, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and I guess it's obvious I don't know that much about bridges All the best,  Mini  apolis  00:39, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter December 2019


This year's Reviewer of the Year is. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.
 * Reviewer of the Year

Special commendation again goes to who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to and  who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.

Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.

Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.

(The top 100 reviewers of the year can be found here)

A recent Request for Comment on creating a new redirect autopatrol pseduo-permission was closed early. New Page Reviewers are now able to nominate editors who have an established track record creating uncontroversial redirects. At the individual discretion of any administrator or after 24 hours and a consensus of at least 3 New Page Reviewers an editor may be added to a list of users whose redirects will be patrolled automatically by.
 * Redirect autopatrol

Set to launch early in the new year is our first New Page Patrol Source Guide discussion. These discussions are designed to solicit input on sources in places and topic areas that might otherwise be harder for reviewers to evaluate. The hope is that this will allow us to improve the accuracy of our patrols for articles using these sources (and/or give us places to perform a WP:BEFORE prior to nominating for deletion). Please watch the New Page Patrol talk page for more information.
 * Source Guide Discussion

While New Page Reviewers are an experienced set of editors, we all benefit from an occasional review. This month consider refreshing yourself on Notability (geographic features). Also consider how we can take the time for quality in this area. For instance, sources to verify human settlements, which are presumed notable, can often be found in seconds. This lets us avoid the (ugly) 'Needs more refs' tag. Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 16:11, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * This month's refresher course

Merry Christmas!
 Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noël! ~ Buon Natale! ~ Vrolijk Kerstfeest! ~ Frohe Weihnachten! ¡Feliz Navidad! ~ Feliz Natal! ~ Καλά Χριστούγεννα! ~ Hyvää Joulua! God Jul! ~ Glædelig Jul! ~ Linksmų Kalėdų! ~ Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus! Häid Jõule! ~ Wesołych Świąt! ~ Boldog Karácsonyt! ~ Veselé Vánoce! Veselé Vianoce! ~ Crăciun Fericit! ~ Sretan Božić! ~ С Рождеством! 圣诞节快乐！~ メリークリスマス！~ 메리 크리스마스! สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส! ~ Selamat Hari Natal! ~ Giáng sinh an lành! Hello, Miniapolis! Thank you for your work to maintain and improve Wikipedia! Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:52, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Spread the WikiLove and leave other users this message by adding {{subst:Multi-language Season's Greetings}}

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Precious anniversary
Best wishes for 2020, including courage. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:12, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Many thanks,, and the same to you. We all need more courage. Warmest regards,  Mini  apolis  15:07, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I agree! If you also like radiance and light, look here, but not decorated yet ;) - keep looking throughout the new year, - 2019 was like this. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:12, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy New Year!




 Miniapolis , Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:03, 30 December 2019 (UTC)


 * – Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year}} to user talk pages.

Coordinators emeriti
Since you've decided to step back from being a coordinator this next cycle after many years of regular service, I am wondering if you would accept a nomination to join the coordinators emeriti? You've been a coordinator for longer than anyone else, and I know that I, and I am sure others, value your knowledge and would appreciate your continued advice around the Guild. Cheers and Happy New Year! Tdslk (talk) 18:58, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Had to count on my fingers; I thought that Puddleglum had withdrawn in favor of me. Without me, and with Jonesey back as lead, we have four assistant coordinators and that's plenty. I accept your kind offer with gratitude, but what if I come back? (Not meant as a threat, regardless of how it sounds .) You've been around longer than I have, and I look forward to returning the favor. Happy New Year and all the best,  Mini  apolis  19:59, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
 * If you are planning to continue as a coordinator, then by all means please do so, and my apologies for the misunderstanding! (And if you do decide to come back later as a coordinator, I would happily support your de-emeritization as necessary.) Tdslk (talk) 21:10, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
 * No need for me to come back this term (since AFAICT we have a total of five coordinators without me), so I'd be honored to be nominated . Thanks and all the best,  Mini  apolis  21:27, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you!


buidhe is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year! Thanks for the copy edit of Alternative law in Ireland. Much appreciated!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buidhe (talk • contribs) 00:27, 14 December 2019 (UTC)