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I have replied to your question on my talk page.  Royal broil  01:55, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Troubles Arbitration Case: Amendment for discretionary sanctions
As a party in The Troubles arbitration case I am notifying you that an amendment request has been posted here.

For the Arbitration Committee

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Unreferenced BLPs
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GA reassessment of Daniel Rodríguez
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find (short story)
WP:V. Corvus cornix talk  03:09, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents. Corvus cornix talk  05:07, 24 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Again, my last message still stands. Let's have an open discussion on the article's talk page about what sections you feel need citations. Mr. Darcy talk 01:23, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Leslie Segrete for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Leslie Segrete is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Leslie Segrete until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.  S ven M anguard  Wha?  21:35, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

MSU Interview
Dear MrDarcy,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
 * All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
 * All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.206.39 (talk) 03:24, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

The Long Goodbye (novel)
Hi MrDarcy. Would you mind taking a look at the plot summary you wrote for The Long Goodbye a while ago? It has some internal contradictions and some things that are inadeqately spelled out. It says, for instance, that Roger Wade kills himself while Marlowe was there. Then it says Marlowe later accuses Eileen Wade of killing him. Then it says that Eileen Wade leaves a confession, but it doesn't say what she confesses to (it could be a number of things, since there are at least three people either dead or missing). Could you please fix these three items in the plot summary? Thanks very much. Softlavender (talk) 00:52, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * By all means, edit as you see fit, but I do not have time to make the edits you're requesting. Mr. Darcy talk 17:19, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I've never read the book, so I can't edit the piece. As it is though, it doesn't make sense. If you don't have time to fix the three small items, perhaps the synopsis should simply be deleted. Softlavender (talk) 02:06, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
 * UPDATE: I managed to read snippets of the book on GoogleBooks and Amazon, and have cleaned up the contradictory elements of the synopsis. I think it's probably fine now. Softlavender (talk) 03:07, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

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Request for comment
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Clarification motion
A case (The Troubles) in which you were involved has been modified by which changed the wording  of the discretionary sanctions section to clarify that the scope applies to pages, not just articles. For the arbitration committee -- S Philbrick (Talk)  21:04, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Galician cuisine


A tag has been placed on Galician cuisine requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content or organised event, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Galician cuisine


A tag has been placed on Galician cuisine requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content or organised event, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Verbal.noun (talk) 16:13, 21 February 2015 (UTC)


 * of course it was not deleted. the nom has been adding rather odds deletion tags to a number of articles, and I left a comment on his user talk page.  DGG ( talk ) 01:05, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, DGG. I don't check this very often any more but I was certainly surprised to see the prior post. Mr. Darcy talk 03:07, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins) .MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
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Guideline and policy news
 * A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
 * Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
 * Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news
 * When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
 * Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
 * The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

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 * JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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Qaum listed at Redirects for discussion
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ArbCom 2019 special circular
   

This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:25, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:04, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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 * Hello MrDarcy, to follow up on what is presumably your message at WP:BN. There is no official way to recover from lost 2FA codes.  There is also no way to delete an account.  The "good news" is that if your 2FA is lost, your account should be rather secure, as no one will be able to log on to it, so there is no need to hurry to block or globally lock your account.  We will remove your local sysop access in a month assuming you do not get your account recovered, log on, and make an edit here. I notice you have not logged any admin actions in a very long time, so even if you do regain control of your account you may want to consider resigning as a sysop by posting at WP:BN.  As far as a possible avenue for 2FA recovery goes - you may attempt to initiate this process by contacting WMF staff at: ca@wikimedia.org. Best regards, —  xaosflux  Talk 01:22, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Anytime! If you are going to be back around and want any of the user tools (like rollback, etc) feel free to drop me a note (or you can always request at WP:PERM, "former admins" are pretty much afforded any of these :) ) —  xaosflux  Talk 13:46, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

I remember
Hi MrDacy, I saw your name come up at the bureaucrats' noticeboard. A shame to see you step down as an administrator but I can understand why. I remember you helping me out nearly 15 years ago, over the Daniel Rodriguez article and an annoying sockpuppeteer at the time. You were great when I was a clueless newbie - very patient and kind. Thanks for what you did for me back then. I hope you're otherwise well. Acalamari 10:57, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

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