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Administrators' newsletter – January 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2021).

Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news


 * Following consensus at the 2021 RfA review, the autopatrolled user right has been removed from the administrators user group; admins can grant themselves the autopatrolled permission if they wish to remain autopatrolled.


 * Additionally, consensus for proposal 6C of the 2021 RfA review has led to the creation of an administrative action review process. The purpose of this process will be to review individual administrator actions and individual actions taken by users holding advanced permissions.

Arbitration


 * Following the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , , ,.

Miscellaneous


 * The functionaries email list () will no longer accept incoming emails apart from those sent by list members and WMF staff. Private concerns, apart from those requiring oversight, should be directly sent to the Arbitration Committee.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:24, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Wishing you a happy 2022! Happy Holidays text.png


Mojo Hand, Have a great 2022 and thanks for your continued contributions to Wikipedia.

– Background color is Very Peri ( #6868ab ), Pantone's 2022 Color of the year Send New Year cheer by adding    to user talk pages.

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2022).

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Guideline and policy news
 * The Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines have been published for consideration. Voting to ratify this guideline is planned to take place 7 March to 21 March. Comments can be made on the talk page.

Technical news
 * The user group  will be renamed   in around 3 weeks. This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for technical reasons. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.
 * The Reply Tool feature, which is a part of Discussion Tools, will be opt-out for everyone logged in or logged out starting 7 February 2022. Editors wishing to comment on this can do so in the relevant Village Pump discussion.

Arbitration
 * Community input is requested on several motions aimed at addressing discretionary sanctions that are no longer needed or overly broad.
 * The Arbitration Committee has published a generalised comment regarding successful appeals of sanctions that it can review (such as checkuser blocks).
 * A motion related to the Antisemitism in Poland case was passed following a declined case request.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting in the 2022 Steward elections will begin on 07 February 2022, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2022, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * Voting in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey is open until 11 February 2022.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:01, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Deletion of Talk:Russian Orthodox Church in America
I had added a message at Talk:Russian Orthodox Church in America - with a model - concerning how the article was used by the organisation that this article was about, but you removed it. I believe the talk page should be restored. Veverve (talk) 14:43, 6 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Sorry about that. Apparently my eye was only drawn to the big shiny red delete box.-- Mojo Hand (talk) 14:51, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

95.237.98.36
95.237.98.36 is the Brescia LTA, promoting fascism from a series of IPs generally geolocating to the area of Brescia from a large range of Telecom Italia IPs. See User:Beyond My Ken/Brescia LTA.  Acroterion   (talk)   16:04, 13 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the tip . Interesting to see that the different IPs target different pages, but the POV is the same.-- Mojo Hand (talk) 17:27, 13 February 2022 (UTC)


 * They're remarkably consistent, and seem to have a gift for finding diverse articles to troll.  Acroterion   (talk)   17:30, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2022).

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CheckUser changes
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Oversighter changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * A RfC is open to change the wording of revision deletion criterion 1 to remove the sentence relating to non-infringing contributions.
 * A RfC is open to discuss prohibiting draftification of articles over 90 days old.

Technical news
 * The deployment of the reply tool as an opt-out feature, as announced in last month's newsletter, has been delayed to 7 March. Feedback and comments are being welcomed at Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project.
 * Special:Nuke will now allow the selection of standard deletion reasons to be used when mass-deleting pages. This was a Community Wishlist Survey request from 2022.
 * The ability to undelete the talk page when undeleting a page using Special:Undelete or the API will be added soon. This change was requested in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.

Arbitration
 * Several unused discretionary sanctions and article probation remedies have been rescinded. This follows the community feedback from the 2021 Discretionary Sanctions review.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2022 appointees for the Ombuds commission are Érico, Faendalimas, Galahad, Infinite0694, Mykola7, Olugold, Udehb and Zabe as regular members and Ameisenigel and JJMC89 as advisory members.
 * Following the 2022 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AntiCompositeNumber, BRPever, Hasley, TheresNoTime, and Vermont.
 * The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey results have been published alongside the ranking of prioritized proposals.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:46, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you - it's always nice to get some recognition for doing the maintenance stuff.  I have to credit WP:Huggle for the speed. I hope to see you around. Mojo Hand (talk) 15:28, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Whire
What’s up 2600:1006:B128:1165:11A4:6B1E:7E8C:1C6A (talk) 13:49, 4 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Not much. What's up with you? -- Mojo Hand (talk) 13:52, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022).

Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC is open proposing a change to the minimum activity requirements for administrators.

Technical news
 * Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the  and   rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators.
 * When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present.

Arbitration
 * has been updated to reflect current practice following a motion.
 * A arbitration case regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing has been closed.
 * A arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been opened.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines has closed, and the results were that 56.98% of voters supported the guidelines. The results of this vote mean the Wikimedia Foundation Board will now review the guidelines.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:13, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Michael Lynk post
Please see link from camera, it is relevant to his bio. https://www.camera.org/article/according-to-the-uns-michael-lynk-facts-change-covetous-jews-do-not/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.9.220.42 (talk) 14:46, 10 April 2022 (UTC)


 * OK. In return, please see Wikipedia's policy on articles about living people. Mojo Hand (talk) 15:16, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Camera is a well respect source. Will you restore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.9.220.42 (talk) 16:41, 10 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Not even close. You would need multiple independent sources to call a person an active supporter of terrorism in Wikipedia's voice, particularly in the lead section.  However, you could legitimately add a sentence to the end of the political activism section saying that the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America accuses Lynk of covering up terrorism.-- Mojo Hand (talk) 19:36, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

New administrator activity requirement
22:53, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi!
I noticed your very useful and rational presence in the article history. If reversions are made henceforth I'm prepared to take it to whichever noticeboard might prove most effective. Same goes for the Diocles article itself, and its user-box image (now deceased, but really quite inventive.) Rather gobsmacking, really... Haploidavey (talk) 14:12, 16 April 2022 (UTC)


 * That bit about Diocles has bothered me for some time, but I hadn't fully analyzed what was wrong with it. Your edit summary nailed it.  I will certainly oppose its reinstatement without some actual connection to the Forbes list. Mojo Hand (talk) 14:20, 16 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you! Such a shame when a reputable scholar strays so far (?). I was busy trimming the Diocles article, which had sprouted all sorts of minor shoots, major branches and outright extravagant fibs/inventions. I only made the Forbes connection accidentally, when I followed the Diocles See Also section to its nest. Such fun! Haploidavey (talk) 14:32, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).

Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
 * Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.

Technical news
 * The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
 * A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:34, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
I was just around and i found u and i saw u have a lot of wikilovers so i Just added mine

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).

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Guideline and policy news
 * Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.

Technical news
 * Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages.
 * The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under . Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
 * An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).

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Technical news
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Arbitration
 * An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.

Miscellaneous
 * The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:29, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you very much ! Appreciation is not necessary, but it makes Wikipedia a better place.


 * I couldn't believe how much vandalism was happening on that page - it took three reverts after the protection to catch it all. Craziness.-- Mojo Hand (talk) 22:01, 10 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Hey there – excellent barnstarism. :-) Because I had to suppress a whoooooole bunch of possibly defamatory nonsense on that page, and because this has been going on for a couple of weeks already, I changed your protection settings and extended it to one month. I'm not optimistic that will be long enough, actually. but we'll start there. And it wouldn't surprise me if some of those IPs and newer accounts try to game autoconfirmed to get around it. Just wanted to let you know. Katietalk 01:22, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks . I debated increasing it myself after I saw how much vandalism had been going on.  I put it on my watchlist going forward, so we will get it under control eventually.  Cheers. Mojo Hand (talk) 14:25, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

Always precious
Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:06, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).



Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
 * An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

Technical news
 * The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
 * Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

Arbitration
 * The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous
 * You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
 * Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
 * Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:44, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Cirque Lake AfD
Hi, I was wondering if you could reconsider your Keep close at Articles for deletion/Cirque Lake (Teton County, Wyoming). None of the Keep !votes correctly applied the relevant guidelines (GNG and NGEO) or refuted the reason that it was nominated, and thus should have been given less weight or disregarded: There is also an argument that places with nationally protected status are presumed notable. This would apply to Grand Teton National Park, but I don't believe it's intended to extend to individual features within that protected area. I would appreciate hearing your perspective on how consensus was assessed in this situation and whether my reasoning above is sound. –dlthewave ☎ 03:06, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
 * "Listed on GNIS and USGS Topo maps as a placename important enough to have mention" - Maps and database entries aren't significant coverage and don't contribut to GNG. In fact, WP:NGEO specifically excludes maps from consideration in establishing notability.
 * "Passes WP:GEOLAND" - For named natural features, WP:GEOLAND requires that "information beyond statistics and coordinates is known to exist." The sources in the article don't meet that requirement (the only non-database source is a guide to climbing routes which mentions the location of the lake in passing), and no additional sources were presented at AfD.
 * "It passed WP:NEXIST from the get-go" - Again, no SIGCOV sources have been shown to exist.

Cirque Lake AfD Closure
Hi there, per the DRV instructions, I am contacting you before opening a DRV on the above case to see if we can discuss the closure. I believe that in this case you may have misinterpreted consensus as ‘’’keep’’’, perhaps based on the fact that it was one of a series, others of which have been kept, which would understandably feel like a precedent. In this case I and the nom. had argued (after searching) that there were insufficient sources for notability. Three others had raised keep !votes but the policy arguments did not deal with the lack of sourcing. A fourth keep !vote was struck by an editor who carried out searches and reluctantly came to the conclusion that sources did not exist. If that is interpreted as a (reluctant) delete vote, then that really looks more like “no consensus” than keep. I believe that at the very least this should have been relisted for another week in the hope of determining a fuller consensus.

When participating in deletion discussions, many editors spend a lot of time hunting for reliable sources before making their decision. If we just tally up the people arguing one side without evaluating the arguments, it begs the question as to why that time is being spent. Are you able to relist the case for another week? (or at least change the closure to “no consensus”)? Or, indeed, am I misinterpreting the process?

Many thanks Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 08:53, 1 September 2022 (UTC)


 * And just replying to my own comment to apologise - I did not read your talk page before hitting "add new section" so did not see the above from User:dlthewave. When I hit 'publish' I thought I had messed up and submitted twice for a moment! :) I hope the double query does not make you feel set upon. Thanks again for undertaking the thankless job of closing deletion discussion. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 09:10, 1 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello and .  I always appreciate feedback, and I very much recognize that editors have invested significant time in looking for sources for these articles.  Based on your input, I have expanded my reasoning on the closure of this specific discussion.  I anticipate that there will be continuing conversation and hopefully eventual consensus on how to treat these types of articles, but my judgment was that further discussion on this particular AFD was unlikely to move the needle. -- Mojo Hand (talk) 14:41, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your reply and for updating your closing comments which I think are a fairer reflection of the situation. I expect you are right about the needle not moving on this one and I won't rehash arguments here. On the basis of your updated close comments, I am not now inclined to open a DRV myself. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 16:49, 3 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Mojo Hand, your close was correct the first time. Just look at the following review, and notice the same 2 editors are pushing to relist: Deletion review/Log/2022 September 1. Being unable to find or access sources does not mean sources do not exist. NEXIST, CONTN, & GEOLAND were all valid reasons to keep those stubs, and are valid reasons to not modify the close. We are currently dealing with receding glaciers and threats to entire aquatic ecosystems as a result of climate change. There are numerous studies and published articles in books and journals that have not even been considered. I am just now finding out about these AfD challenges because I've been too busy teaching new reviewers at NPPSCHOOL, acting in my coordinator capacity to expand teaching, while also finding sources and expanding some of the stubs that were nommed, closed as keep and have since been challenged. AfD is not the place to inspire editors to find sources, citations or expand content; rather, it inspires frustration, disappointment and creates an incredible time sink.  As you stated above, there will be continuing conversations – and it is taking place right now because ArbCom has AfD in its sights as a result of mass creations, and mass deletion noms like this one, and various unacceptable behavior in the creation/deletion process. I would imagine the 10 lake article prods (all reverted) and resulting 7 noms will be brought up in that RfC by the author of those articles once the workshop phase at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Requests for comment/Article creation at scale is complete. There are better ways to build an encyclopedia without mass prodding and/or noming stubs that are 10+/- years old, and were created by an author with 17+/- years experience on WP and multiple FAs under their belt. Happy editing.  Atsme  💬 📧 17:15, 3 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi . My expanded close was just to more fully explain my though process for the closing.  If I had looked at just this one AFD, I probably would have relisted.  However, I am a believer in some consistency of outcome and broader consensus.
 * It is unfortunate that so many editors find AFD to be frustrating and disappointing. It does seem to be an inevitable part of the maturing encyclopedia that we spend energy in these types of conversations, but hopefully these discussions helps build the broader consensus on the critical inclusion issues. Happy editing to you too, and thank you for all the good work you do for Wikipedia. Mojo Hand (talk) 22:53, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).

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Guideline and policy news
 * A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
 * An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.

Technical news
 * The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia has been released.
 * The WMF is looking into making a Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the questions provided. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.

Arbitration
 * An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
 * The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous
 * The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
 * Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).

Administrator changes
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Interface administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
 * Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
 * Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.

Technical news
 * The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
 * A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
 * The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.

Miscellaneous
 * An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
 * Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
 * You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
 * An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
 * Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:43, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Stratford District Secondary School
Hi there. I see you deleted Stratford District Secondary School. I clarified some details, and would appreciate your input at User talk:Drmies. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 09:17, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Deletion of Talk:Jamie Keeton
Hi there! Just wondering whether you deleted this talk page in error? The reason given was G8: Page dependent on a deleted or nonexistent page, but Jamie Keeton is still a live page (as far as I can see). Cheers, Chocmilk03 (talk) 01:58, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, could you please restore this page. The article exists. Bruxton (talk) 02:18, 23 October 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅. Sorry about that.  I was checking the page histories and must have deleted the target page rather than the redirect.-- Mojo Hand (talk) 13:33, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).

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Guideline and policy news
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 * Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections.
 * The arbitration case request titled Athaenara has been resolved by motion.
 * The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has entered the proposed decision stage.
 * , and  have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee Elections.  and  are reserve commissioners.

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 * The 2022 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers.
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 * Tech tip: Wikimarkup in a block summary is parsed in the notice that the blockee sees. You can use templates with custom options to specify situations like or.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:23, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Curious about image addition method
Hi there! I noticed that you added an image to an article, and somehow, when you did so, the name of the file was included as a sort of second caption that does not display. This causes a minor syntax error that appears in a "bogus file options" report, but I'm not here to blame you at all. I have seen many of these errors crop up (where the file name is repeated as a duplicate caption), and I suspect that some image addition tool is causing the error. If that is the case, I'd like to get the tool fixed so that this error stops happening.

Can you please let me know how you added that image to the article? Is there a button or other link that you clicked on that helped you insert the image? Thanks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:41, 17 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi . I copied the "use this file on a wiki" data from Commons.  Apparently Commons pre-loads the image title as the default caption for "use this file".  I think my brain saw the pre-loaded caption as part of the image title while I put in my own caption.  When I previewed the edit, only my caption was visible, so I didn't realize the ghost caption was still there.  Seems like it might be better to use the image description as the pre-loaded caption, rather than the image name, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were already a long discussion somewhere about this issue.  So, I learned a little something, but I don't know if this is helpful to you.-- Mojo Hand (talk) 23:23, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Eddie891 · Euryalus · TheresNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Alex.muller · Excirial · RedWordSmith · Ron Ritzman · TheresNoTime · Stephen

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CheckUser changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
 * The article creation at scale RfC has been closed.
 * An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.

Technical news
 * A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget.

Arbitration
 * Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
 * The proposed decision for the 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system is open.
 * The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed.
 * The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
 * A motion has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing Level 2 desysop.

Miscellaneous
 * Tech tip: A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add  to the end of an IP in Special:Contributions to see all of a subnet's edits, and consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Daniel Day-Lewis
Hey, thank you for blocking 74.143.47.242 for their edits at Daniel Day-Lewis, would you also be able to do the same for as they are making the same edits. Suonii180 (talk) 14:19, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅. Strange that they are targeting Daniel Day-Lewis.-- Mojo Hand (talk) 14:28, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Tamworth
Hi,

I apologize if this is not the preferred way to convey this message but I saw no alternative:

I saw that you were a main contributor to the Tamworth, VA article. Based on your knowledge of this niche piece of VA history, I was curious if you could point me in the direction of the current owners. I live across the river from there and have realized that my third-great-grandfather was Fleming Moon, who I suspect to be the Mr. Moon who at one time farmed the property. The article mentioned that the showings of the buildings could be arranged by appointment. I figured it could be an interesting place to check out, if I could.

Thanks,

A. Rock 173.66.17.171 (talk) 02:09, 27 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello to you. Unfortunately I only did maintenance work on this page, so I have no personal connection to Tamworth. However, I did see another editor,, making some edits that suggest local knowledge.  You may want to try them. Mojo Hand (talk) 17:17, 27 December 2022 (UTC)