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Administrators' newsletter – March 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg TJMSmith
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Boing! said Zebedee • Hiberniantears • Lear's Fool • Only • WGFinley

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment is open that proposes a process for the community to revoke administrative permissions. This follows a 2019 RfC in favor of creating one such a policy.
 * A request for comment is in progress to remove F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a, which covers immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
 * A request for comment seeks to grant page movers the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target. The full proposal is at Page mover/delete-redirect.
 * A request for comment asks if sysops may place the General sanctions/Coronavirus disease 2019 editnotice template on pages in scope that do not have page-specific sanctions?
 * There is a discussion in progress concerning automatic protection of each day's featured article with Pending Changes protection.

Technical news
 * When blocking an IPv6 address with Twinkle, there is now a checkbox with the option to just block the /64 range. When doing so, you can still leave a block template on the initial, single IP address' talkpage.
 * When protecting a page with Twinkle, you can now add a note if doing so was in response to a request at WP:RfPP, and even link to the specific revision.
 * There have been a number of reported issues with Pending Changes. Most problems setting protection appear to have been resolved (T273317) but other issues with autoaccepting edits persist (T275322).

Arbitration
 * By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, any gender-related dispute or controversy and associated people. Sanctions issued under GamerGate are now considered Gender and sexuality sanctions.
 * The Kurds and Kurdistan case was closed, authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed.

Miscellaneous
 * Following the 2021 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AmandaNP, Operator873, Stanglavine, Teles, and Wiki13.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:14, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject Short descriptions
Hi! I noticed you've been interested in adding short descriptions to articles so I thought you may be interested in WikiProject Short descriptions. Kind regards, —Belwine (talk) 16:17, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , No thanks  NASCARfan0548  ↗  16:19, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok, that's fine —Belwine (talk) 16:22, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

User Rowde
Hi, this user is a well-known to the F1 project, persistent disruptive editor over the past 6 years. This is a list of his blocked socks so far:


 * User:GTCars
 * User:Jesschool
 * User:Mriffin
 * User:Nico Yu 14
 * User:GThomas00
 * User:GarethCollege
 * User:GarethThomas2000
 * User:CaveMean
 * User:Foxydagmar
 * User:Foxydanger
 * User:MoaningGags
 * User:MoanerTonight
 * User:Foxerman
 * User:GBThomas2000
 * User:GarethThomas00
 * User:GBT00

This does not include the 250 + IPs he used between 2015 and 2017. Don't know if this helps you much at all but I spotted a post at the sockmaster TP and it seemed there was some discussion as to whether it was him or not. FWIW, admin Mz7 is blocker in chief for this guy these days and also I'm pretty sure it's him he's used several similar names in the past, habitual lack of ES, edits to soap opera and other TV pages and total disregard for copying or CV. Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 21:36, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , Thanks for your help! I thought it was a sock myself.  NASCARfan0548  ↗  21:38, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I've reported it to Mz7 with a link to the SPI you started; as a checkuser (I believe) he may be able to conclude things for us. Eagleash (talk) 21:47, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Modest flowers
Thank you for what you said on Yoninah's talk, - see also Wikipedia Signpost/2021-03-28/Obituary! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:24, 29 March 2021 (UTC)


 * You're welcome!  NASCARfan0548  ↗  16:49, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

RfD close
Hi. I imagine the RfD log page may have ended up on your watchlist and you've seen the open discussion and decided to help the community by closing it. That's appreciated. However, it's not at all clear there is any consensus, let alone for this particular target: it was supported by just 4 out of the 10 people who commented, and there were good arguments for the other two targets and for disambiguating. See for example the comment in the second relist and the fact there was even less support for this target after the relist. There's also the point made by Tavix about the hatnote expansion/clean-up (which is something that closers are generally expected to perform). I've reverted your close. We could leave it for someone more experienced, but given the absence of consensus, the agreement against the status quo, the popularity of the redirect and the fact that the discussion affects several other redirects, it's probably best to solicit more input by another relist. – Uanfala (talk) 23:36, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , Sorry, since I saw a lot of "retargets," I thought it was best to close the discussion.  NASCARfan0548  ↗  00:08, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Vandalism
Hello, NASCARfan0548,

Should you find yourself being harassed by a vandal editor, please report it to an admin or at WP:AIV so we can put an end to it. Especially on a day like April 1st, this disruption can potentially last for a long time. Liz Read! Talk! 04:57, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , sorry, I reported another related vandal to AIV, but sometimes admins don't pay attention.  NASCARfan0548  ↗  15:00, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I understand. The response depends on whether there are admins actively editing and if they check the noticeboards. Liz Read! Talk! 19:02, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Alexandria • Happyme22 • RexxS

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
 * Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.

Technical news
 * When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem.
 * Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers.

Arbitration
 * A community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure is open until April 25.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:20, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

April Fools Day
I forgot to ask you this in the edit summary when changing my userpage back to normal: What does the "Don't stuff beans up your nose" thing mean? I don't remember it from last year. Cavanaughs (talk) 02:59, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , Click on the link to find out! Don't stuff beans up your nose/Uh-huh  NASCARfan0548  ↗  03:01, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

I did click on it, but don't understand the joke. If you actually were to do that, would stuff/liquid come out your nose like in the explosion? Cavanaughs (talk) 03:05, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , No  NASCARfan0548  ↗  03:05, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Can you give me a clue or just say the answer? I don't have any more good guesses as to what it represents. Cavanaughs (talk) 03:09, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , I don't really know either, all I can think of is there is a red button users can click on that says "Don't press this!" and it brings up the explosion. <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 03:13, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Enchanter • Carlossuarez46

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, consensus was found that third party appeals are allowed but discouraged.
 * The 2021 Desysop Policy RfC was closed with no consensus. Consensus was found in a previous RfC for a community based desysop procedure, though the procedure proposed in the 2021 RfC did not gain consensus.

Technical news
 * The user group  will be renamed to  . This is for technical reasons. You can comment at  if you have objections.

Arbitration
 * The community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure was closed, and an initial draft based on feedback from the now closed consultation is expected to be released in early June to early July for community review.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:51, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Talk pages
I think you're the one that creates a lot of the talk pages on the articles I create. There's 3 of them that don't have them as of now:
 * 2020 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series
 * 2021 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series
 * Pensacola 200

I'm not sure how to create them myself.

Hope you're doing well, Max! Cavanaughs (talk) 21:57, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , Thanks! <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 21:58, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Ashleyyoursmile • Less Unless
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Husond • MattWade • MJCdetroit • Carioca • Vague Rant • Kingboyk • Thunderboltz • Gwen Gale • AniMate • SlimVirgin (deceased)

Guideline and policy news
 * Consensus was reached to deprecate Editor assistance.
 * Following a Request for Comment the Book namespace was deprecated.

Technical news
 * Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this.

Arbitration
 * After a Clarification request, the Arbitration Committee modified Remedy 5 of the Antisemitism in Poland case. This means sourcing expectations are a discretionary sanction instead of being present on all articles. It also details using the talk page or the Reliable Sources Noticeboard to discuss disputed sources.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:45, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Sammy Smith article nomination for deletion
Hi Max, What improvements should I make to Sammy Smith's article so it can be kept? (I intend to work on it soon.) Does it just need more sources? I don't think the fact that he doesn't meet the general notability guideline is why you nominated it for deletion since there's been a number of other drivers (particularly in ARCA, the East Series and the West Series) that have gotten articles (both ones I've created and that other users have created) before they've made their first start in one of NASCAR's top 3 series. Also, is there a talk page for the nomination for deletion (or whatever it's called). When Willsome429 was still editing and nominated a few of my new articles for deletion last year, he made sure to include a link to a talk page where users would discuss their feelings on the nomination for deletion and if they'd like to keep, draft or delete the article and what improvements had to be made to it. I didn't see one for Sammy Smith's article. Was there one created?

Cavanaughs (talk) 22:33, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , Yes, more sources are needed for the article to be kept. <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 22:34, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Trialpears
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AGK • Eliz81 • Mulad • ThaddeusB • Vianello • Who
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →

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



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AGK • DGG

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AGK

Guideline and policy news
 * Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.
 * An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs.

Technical news
 * IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page.

Arbitration
 * The community authorised COVID-19 general sanctions have been superseded by the COVID-19 discretionary sanctions following a motion at a case request. Alerts given and sanctions placed under the community authorised general sanctions are now considered alerts for and sanctions under the new discretionary sanctions.

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ArchiveSent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:27, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for participating in my RFA
I appreciate your early support. If I can be helpful, I hope you will contact me via talkpage. BusterD (talk) 21:11, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
 * , You're welcome at any time. <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 21:17, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

July 2021

 * , To tell you the truth, I am no longer interested in editing Wikipedia, including vandalism, so this block will help me stop editing for a while. Will I ever come back without being blocked again? <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 14:55, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Is that rhetorical? Take a break and only do things that you enjoy, as long as they don't negatively affect others. Should you wish to return one day, and if the other stuff doesn't reoccur, WP:OFFER exists as a path forward. If you choose that path, you should probably get in touch with me first. -- zzuuzz (talk) 12:27, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg BusterD
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Kees08 • Nickshanks • Protonk • Schissel • Ultraexactzz • Wknight94



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg TheresNoTime

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg TheresNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg ST47

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.

Technical news
 * Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import.

Arbitration
 * Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.

Miscellaneous
 * You can vote for candidates in the 2021 Board of Trustees elections from 4 August to 17 August. Four community elected seats are up for election.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Jake Wartenberg
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Emperor • Viridian Bovary
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →

Guideline and policy news
 * Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee.
 * A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates.
 * A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)
 * A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs.

Technical news
 * The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.

Arbitration
 * A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:45, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Thank you
why did I get a random talkpage message? <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 03:33, 24 December 2021 (UTC)


 * It was a vandalism only account. Also, if you can say, what even happened? – AssumeGoodWraith  (talk | contribs)  06:59, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * It was just some LTA that reverts edits and leaves (incorrect) warnings. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 00:05, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
 * , TY for letting me know. I hope I can get unblocked next month. Happy New Year to you! <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 00:35, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Template:Incremental-videogame-stub has been nominated for deletion
Template:Incremental-videogame-stub has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the stub template guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the template's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 15:07, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

I'll be waiting for that unblock.
-- – AssumeGoodWraith  (talk | contribs) 12:08, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
 * , Thanks! I'll wish for good luck. <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 18:47, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Unblock request

 * I'm coaching NASCARfan0548 on a proper WP:SO unblock request. This will not do. This is what I told the user:


 * Note: Please DO NOT interpret my response here as any kind of endorsement, input, opinion, or "wish" on my part for this user to be unblocked. I simply helped the user to make a good case, and nothing more. An administrator is welcome to accept or reject this request based on all of this information, some of it, or none at all. They're also free to ignore this message entirely and make a decision based on their judgment alone. I received explicit permission from the user to post this part of our private conversation on IRC to ask that admins give them some time to amend their unblock reason. If this is in question, I can provide evidence that permission was given.


 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   03:27, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Hello NASCARfan0548. I believe you for the most part, and that you can probably return to productive editing. I do want you to know that there is a question mark about some edits made in the intervening period. Even if that wasn't you, it's mostly your own fault for muddying the waters before. However I'm probably going to give you the benefit of the doubt over them (that is not the same as retroactive immunity). I also want you to know that checkusers these days are all over this type of disruption.

This might take a few days to resolve. Unfortunately admins are not in a position to review this block (though all opinions are welcome), and even reviewing checkusers (if any want to do that) may want to clarify things with me. But at this stage I am happy to deal with this myself. -- zzuuzz (talk) 10:12, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

I saw that you mentioned me on Oshwah's talk page. I want to tell you the truth in a WP:AGF way. I never had the intention to edit Wikipedia in 2018. My first edit period was Feb. 2, 2019. <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 02:32, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * For some reason, I got your email, but not your ping. I informed everyone that you deny editing earlier. I could do my own investigating, but I have to go to work tomorrow morning. I am sorry if my accusation is putting you through undeserved stress. Scorpions13256 (talk) 02:43, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * , No problem. I can see why you thought I had editing problems before. <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 02:44, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I have never been blocked before, but I can say that you need to put a LOT of effort in your unblock request. I understand that Autism can make unblock requests difficult (I'm autistic too). If I were in your shoes, and I were still in High School, I would not be able to successfully get a CheckUser to unblock me because my social skills were so much worse back then. Oshwah gave you good advice. If I were you, I would first explain why you felt the desire to cause disruption. Then, I would explain that I regret it, and why I am sorry. Lastly, I would make it clear that I have learned from this and won't do it again. Your unblock request will not work if you don't come across as if you actually learned from this experience. You have to work hard to make your apology sound sincere. Scorpions13256 (talk) 02:54, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * , Thanks for the kind message. I will actually explain now. The reason I caused disruption here is that I was reverting a lot of vandalism and I was like "what happens when I do the vandalism?" This was supposed to be a one-day testing thing, but something changed and I caused disruption for a year before I was finally Checkuser blocked. End of story. I apologize for the disruption caused between July 2020 and July 2021. I plan on contributing to good articles and reverting vandalism when I'm unblocked. <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 03:00, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Saying "something happened" will not lead you to getting unblocked. You sound like you aren't taking responsibility for what you did. I would recommend getting guidance from friends or family. Scorpions13256 (talk) 03:02, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * , Sorry, my responsibility is that I caused a lot of disruption and I regret it now. My brain was going all over the place and I couldn't stop vandalizing articles. And I am telling the truth. <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 03:04, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't have much more to say. I should not be on the internet this late, and this conversation won't go anywhere. However, I will say that you need to be more honest here. Claiming that "you couldn't stop" is probably one of the worst things you could possibly put in an unblock request. I would just admit to doing it for fun, and how I will no longer do it. I will look at your reply when you get up in the morning, but for now I would recommend just asking friends or family for guidance. I am finding that I am unable to give better advice even though I really want to. Scorpions13256 (talk) 03:13, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * , No, you're fine. Have a good night! <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 03:14, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Hello again NASCARfan0548. I'm accepting your unblock request. I'll spare you the details of this review, the lecture and long lists of conditions, and also the need for 'the full confession'. I do note that you said in your appeal that you won't edit under IP address. Let's not see any other nonsense either. Thanks. -- zzuuzz (talk) 14:55, 22 January 2022 (UTC)


 * , You're welcome! I'm glad that I'm back in the community! <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 19:02, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Hello NASCARfan0548 I tried to add something to the blabbermouth wikipedia page, I am actually adding myself, and everything I said can be verified by the users of blabbermouth, I also provided a citation to an article I was referenced in, and there are others as well  — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Rock Oracle (talk • contribs) 19:35, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome back
I see the unblocking administrator accepted your request. I hope you have learned from this experience. I'm glad to see you back. Scorpions13256 (talk) 21:18, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * , Thanks! <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 21:25, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the help
Appreciate you reverting that sock, that guy is extremely persistent, as soon as his current sockpuppet account gets blocked he hops on an IP. --TylerBurden (talk) 04:24, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * , You're welcome! <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 04:27, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AustralianRupert • Cimon Avaro • Euryalus • Jehochman • Nunh-huh
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg 28bytes

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg 28bytes



Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Evad37 • Galobtter
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ragesoss

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)

Welcome back!
Hi NASCARfan0548! I'm glad to see that the input and advice I gave you last month ended up helping you to write a well-worded unblock request, and that your request was accepted under the standard offer. Even though we provide the standard offer pretty universally to anyone who chooses to comply with it, there are still a good percentage of users that, even after completing the standard offer and complying with all of its terms, have their unblock appeal denied (either due to the severity or volume of disruption they caused, or because they did not create a well thought-out request in their appeal). Either way, you made it through, and you're back!

Just remember to keep Wikipedia's policies and guidelines in mind when you edit or contribute to the project. If you have questions, need help with something, or aren't sure about what action or direction is appropriate or right, please ask someone and get your questions and concerns answered so that you know and understand what to do. We all make mistakes, and that's okay to do! Nobody here is perfect, and nor will anybody here ever be perfect... I mean, shoot, just ask MusikAnimal, SQL, Bsadowski1, Swarm, the list can go on and on... They will happily confirm (and maybe even share funny stories) when I say to you that I've made more than my fair share of mistakes over the 15 years that I've been an editor and contributor on Wikipedia. As with anything in life: If you're not making mistakes, then you're not growing yourself and you're not learning. :-)

However, I do want to express and emphasize caution in regards to that statement I said to you above (about being okay with making mistakes)... I don't want you to misinterpret that statement as an excuse to be careless, negligent, or to have the belief that intentionally causing disruption (especially repeated disruption and/or despite multiple messages and warnings from other users to stop) is acceptable and okay to do, since "making mistakes is apparently okay", or because "everyone gets a mulligan". Accidents are okay, messing up is okay, even taking an action that you legitimately or genuinely thought was correct or allowed just to later find out that it wasn't - is okay. Anything that crosses over and onto the grounds of being intentional and disruptive will likely not be. Please keep that in mind. And, of course, in these cases, you can always test what you want to test by using sandbox pages, and you can also refer to the relevant policies or guidelines in order to locate appropriate test pages where you can experiment with actions, scripts, and other tools and similar things without causing any real harm... just remember to use common sense. Do that and you'll very likely be just fine and you shouldn't run into any kind of trouble down the road.

It also goes without saying the obvious: Don't engage in any actions or activities that led to your account getting blocked originally. Use one account, edit while you're logged in, and (very importantly) ask someone for help if you believe that what you're thinking about doing might cause disruption or be interpreted as malice. It's better to be safe than sorry. :-)

Other than that, I welcome you back, and I hope that you take your block as a positive learning experience and that you don't allow it to cause you stress, make you feed worried or afraid, or allow it to give you the false belief that your "record" is permanently "marked" or "damaged" forever. Time will go on, and as time goes by, this will of course become a part of your past, and get distant further and further back as time inevitably moves forward... Now, you obviously don't want to forget about the past; otherwise, you'll take nothing from it, learn nothing from it, and be much more likely to find yourself back into the same (or similar situation) again in the future. We don't want to see that happen. What I do want you to do is to not worry about the past - just focus on the future and what good things that you can do on Wikipedia today and in the present. :-)

If you have any questions, need any input, help, advice, anything... please don't be a stranger. My user talk page is one click away, and I'll be happy to help you with anything that you need. Welcome back, keep outta trouble, be happy, be well, and take care of yourself. ;-) Cheers -  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   08:41, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
 * , Thanks for your kind message! I promise this situation won't happen again. Message sent from my alternate account, <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548 (alt)  ↗ </b> 16:36, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
 * You bet. Welcome back! :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   13:01, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Here since the block. – AssumeGoodWraith  (talk | contribs) 13:37, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Stalker
I was just trying to draw attention to the fact that this editor was still active, but you're probably right. Britmax (talk) 22:17, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Hello!
Hey, nice to meet ya around here! I'm Tristan, creator of race reports and drivers on the WP:NASCAR project. Nice to meet you! Also, welcome back! :D Nascar9919 (talk) 03:21, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * , Thanks! Nice to meet you, too! <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 05:06, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Modussiccandi
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BOZ • Brookie (deceased) • Jackmcbarn • Jamesday • Jonathunder • Master of Puppets • Saravask



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Callanecc

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Callanecc

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Firefly • Sdrqaz
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ad Orientem
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Geschichte • Ryan Postlethwaite • Sabine's Sunbird • Wassupwestcoast



Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Evad37

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)

ANI
FYI -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:08, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
 * , Thank you. <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 21:09, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Colin M
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg David.Monniaux • Fribbler • Grue • Kpjas • West.andrew.g



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ks0stm

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ks0stm

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)

Got some concerns
Hey! I got some concerns that the NASCAR project is experiencing some problems, mainly that there has been a major influx of articles that are critically undersourced or unsourced at all (and A LOT of it has been caused by one user). There also are major problems with notability with some of these. What can we do? Thanks! Nascar9919 (talk) 23:18, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
 * , Find some reliable sources. If we can't find any, we'll have to face deletion. You can expand some of my article creations if you like. <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 23:19, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Here are some articles I'm talking about: Jack Smith, David Keith, and Brett Thompson. <b style="background:#006A4D; padding:2px"> NASCARfan0548  ↗ </b> 23:22, 23 May 2022 (UTC)