User talk:Nancy/Archive 19

Skatepark
That copyvio one you deleted - I've protected it as it's been already created more than once under a similar title (and different account). However, I can't find what it was, and I know I protected it before. How does one find out what one's protected? Not in my watchlist. Peridon (talk) 18:45, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/protect/Peridon should do the trick. Best, nancy  21:14, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I thought I'd done it and I had. They seem very determined, though. I feel it'll be back under a new variation. Peridon (talk) 07:55, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
 * It was reborn as The Congresbury SkatePark Campaign. I've left a Message for the author...) Peridon (talk) 20:48, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
User requested a note be left for you  Ron h jones (Talk) 00:17, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you Ron. I've responded over there. Best, nancy  16:45, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Creation protected article Dave Days
Hi Nancy

I'm serving as an AfC reviewer, pretty new to it.

I posted a request for help with creation block OR advice here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Dave_Days_YouTube_entertainer_article and TexasAndroid suggested I should contact admins involved in the past process which resulted in creation protection on the title.

You are one of them, the more recent case (the title was nominated twice, in 2008 and 2009. Everything else is at my first ref. I'm also contacting MBisanz, who closed out the 2008 nomination.

The user who submitted the current AfC is Byrondays90. I did tell that I had raised the issue on ANI and that I would come back to him.

I see a new AfC has just been submitted by "63.229.81.187" - I don't believe this - which is a very short paragraph, an infobox and NO references.

Help and guidance, please!  David_FLXD  (Talk) 04:29, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

A piece of advice
Happy Sunday Nancy ! Remember I told you I'd bring you a biiiiiiiig problem ? So, today I'm here for a piece of advice...:) ! As you can see I've been working on Gottschalk's pieces, moving things from one place to another, filling in refs and info... that is, dealing with things that the majority of us here have no time for, making them readable. Yes I thought about including the Opus numbers in my moves because for me at least they're part of the title too, like Schubert's or Chopin's, althought I've gotta admit it's not a norm here. I tend to say that an article becomes an article when other users come to take part and enhance them in one way or another, to add something more and push them ahead, but not the other way around. So when a user sounds arrogant enough and make my heart beat faster... (6 cardiac arrests last year. Dead 6 times ha ha !) this 50 yo. feminist heart burns. Really, I'm not here to create double redirects. It's the tone of his remarks all over that makes me see I'm standing before one of those users you know, too teen for me to deal with. The funniest of it all is that he moved only the things he dealt with, not my own's. I was working on Gottschalk's Op. 3 and Op. 11, but the sun is shining so bright out there that maybe I should kick Wiki's butt and take the plane to the Adriatic or somewhere in the Canary Islands. Maybe I come back in time for dinner tonight. The airport is only a 20 min-ride from here ! I wonder... will he move Bach's too ? Biiiiiiiig kiss for you Nancy. Sorry to bring you such personal things....:) ! Krenakarore TK 11:41, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

A piece of the action → Cheer up, the sun is shining..........:) ! Thanks. Krenakarore  TK 15:01, 13 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey sweetie, sorry for the delay, been busy earning a crust..... So what you doing getting in to spats with children? You should know life is too short for that. Seriously though, I guess the lesson here is that WP:BRD isn't a universal answer and often it should just be "D".  But mainly you can just stop teasing me about the sun coming out - have you not heard about the "summer" we're having in the UK :D  Yours always,  nancy  06:57, 18 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi dear, no delay at all ! No children either, life is definitely too short. I'm here because for reasons unknown to me, I was born with wings ! Seriously, 4 million articles for me to play with and I'm gonna get crossed because of something that will change tomorrow ? No way ! Smile Nancy, 30 days for France and counting........:) ! Krenakarore  TK 20:30, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Seeking Canal du Midi travel info
Nancy - I would greatly appreciate us being able to discuss Canal du Midi traveling outside of WikiPedia. I have lots of questions and think you would be a great source. This news article has me greatly upset and need to know what you think about the situation. http://www.francetoday.com/articles/2012/07/14/trees_in_trouble.html

If you could just email me [] I would greatly appreciate it. GloverEpp ( talk ) 01:48, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Mailed you this morning. nancy  07:24, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Page Triage newsletter
Hey all. Some quick but important updates on what we've been up to and what's coming up next :).

The curation toolbar, our Wikimedia-supported twinkle replacement. We're going to be deploying it, along with a pile of bugfixes, to wikipedia on 9 August. After a few days to check it doesn't make anything explode or die, we'll be sticking up a big notice and sending out an additional newsletter inviting people to test it out and give us feedback :). This will be followed by two office hours sessions - one on Tuesday the 14th of August at 19:00 UTC for all us Europeans, and one on Wednesday the 15th at 23:00 UTC for the East Coasters out there :). As always, these will be held in #wikimedia-office; drop me a note if you want to know how to easily get on IRC, or if you aren't able to attend but would like the logs.

I hope to see a lot of you there; it's going to be a big day for everyone involved, I think :). I'll have more notes after the deployment! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 19:56, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

New Pages newsletter
Hey all :)

A couple of new things.

First, you'll note that all the project titles have now changed to the Page Curation prefix, rather than having the New Pages Feed prefix. This is because the overarching project name has changed to Page Curation; the feed is still known as New Pages Feed, and the Curation Toolbar is still the Curation Toolbar. Hopefully this will be the last namechange ;p.

On the subject of the Curation Toolbar (nice segue, Oliver!) - it's now deployed on Wikipedia. Just open up any article in the New Pages Feed and it should appear on the right. It's still a beta version - bugs are expected - and we've got a lot more work to do. But if you see something going wrong, or a feature missing, drop me a note or post on the project talkpage and I'll be happy to help :). We'll be holding two office hours sessions to discuss the tool and improvements to it; the first is at 19:00 UTC on 14 August, and the second at 23:00 on the 15th. Both will be in #wikimedia-office as always. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 16:00, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

First ever Reading Wiki Meetup
You are invited to the first ever Reading Wiki Meetup which will take place at Copa, 76-78 Kings Road, Reading, RG1 3BJ on Sunday 23 September 2012 from 1.00 pm.

I hope as many people as possible will be able to attend so that we can make this a regular event. If you have never been to one, this is an opportunity to meet other Wikipedians in an informal atmosphere for Wiki and non-Wiki related chat and for beer or food if you like. Experienced and new contributors are all welcome. This event is definitely not restricted just to discussion of Berkshire related topics. Bring your laptop if you like and use the free Wifi or just bring yourself. Even better, bring a friend! Click the link for full details. Looking forward to seeing you. Philafrenzy (talk) 22:24, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Gārsene Manor
Haia, vacations coming ! But before you leave, if that's not much to ask, could you fix this ? It needs to be retitled to Gārsene Manor once this is not a fortified structure. Yes, there's a similitude (you like the word?) of meanings among castles, palaces and manor houses. Any advice...:) ? Thanks. Krenakarore  TK 22:37, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Done. My last good deed before leaving for Capestang later today :) nancy  11:21, 31 August 2012 (UTC)


 * My very best wishes Nancy....:) ! Krenakarore  TK 17:11, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

About Talk:Mattegoda
Nancy, we rambunctious boys appear to be in an, ahem, "gentlemanly discussion" about this article. Could you possibly watchlist it, and perhaps quietly knock a little sense into the combatants as you might see required?--Shirt58 (talk) 14:35, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

Page Curation newsletter
Hey. This will be, if not our final newsletter, one of the final ones :). After months of churning away at this project, our final version (apart from a few tweaks and bugfixes) is now live. Changes between this and the last release include deletion tag logging, a centralised log, and fixes to things like edit summaries.

Hopefully you like what we've done with the place; suggestions for future work on it, complaints and bugs to the usual address :). We'll be holding a couple of office hours sessions, which I hope you'll all attend. Many thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 10:58, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Page Curation newsletter - closing up!
Hey all :).

We're (very shortly) closing down this development cycle for Page Curation. It's genuinely been a pleasure to talk with you all and build software that is so close to my own heart, and also so effective. The current backlog is 9 days, and I've never seen it that low before.

However! Closing up shop does not mean not making any improvements. First-off, this is your last chance to give us a poke about unresolved bugs or report new ones on the talkpage. If something's going wrong, we want to know about it :). Second, we'll hopefully be taking another pass over the software next year. If you've got ideas for features Page Curation doesn't currently have, stick them here.

Again, it's been an honour. Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 12:03, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Howard Lindzon listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Howard Lindzon. Since you had some involvement with the Howard Lindzon redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Thryduulf (talk) 18:17, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up. I've commented on at the RFD. Best, nancy 18:54, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Misa Campo
Hey you deleted the Misa Campo page back in 2010. Some people have been working on the page in my sandbox. Does it merit possibly recreating? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Huperphuff/projects/Misa_Campo Huper Phuff  ( talk 2 me ) 04:37, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

This is not a newsletter
This is just a tribute.

Anyway. You're getting this note because you've participated in discussion and/or asked for updates to either the Article Feedback Tool or Page Curation. This isn't about either of those things, I'm afraid ;p. We've recently started working on yet another project: Echo, a notifications system to augment the watchlist. There's not much information at the moment, because we're still working out the scope and the concepts, but if you're interested in further updates you can sign up here.

In addition, we'll be holding an office hours session at 21:00 UTC on Wednesday, 14 November in #wikimedia-office - hope to see you all there :). I appreciate it's an annoying time for non-Europeans: if you're interested in chatting about the project but can't make it, give me a shout and I can set up another session if there's enough interest in one particular timezone or a skype call if there isn't. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 11:11, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Aramazd Stepanian
Thanks for raising your concerns about the notability of this article back in 2008. Its creator removed your prod, and the notability tag is still in place 5 years later. You may want to consider taking it to the Notability Noticeboard or AfD. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 20:02, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Deleted page
Hello Nancy,

I discovered that my page had been deleted and that the reason was "ambiguous copywright infringement from the interlakes theater 2010 staff page". The information on that page was my own bio written and submitted by me to the theatre while I was working there. The same bio can be found on my own site www.brianfeehan.com. I am also no longer working at the Interlake. Is there a way to re-insate the page?

Thank you, Brian Feehan bfeehan@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.85.219.107 (talk) 21:14, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Hello Nancy,

Apologies if I am writing this in the wrong place, but I am unsure of the protocols. I have recently bought an album by Erica Nockalls called Imminent Room, and went to read about her on Wikipedia, but there is no page, it does state however that you deleted the page because of reason A7, which I believe means that it is because it is of no worth (or something like that). Erica is a member of the band The Wonder Stuff, as well as a credible solo artist, and I would like to read about her on Wikipedia. Is there any way that the article can be reinstated?

Thank you stuartmoss. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stuartmoss (talk • contribs) 20:05, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Luther L. Bohanon
Thanks for tagging this article for notability back in 2008. It's still tagged; you may want to take it to the Notability noticeboard or AfD to get it resolved. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 13:24, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

It's very disconcerting to find a page I want to read is deleted and then that the person responsible "is busy in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries."

Why didn't you just delete the part you questioned instead of the entire subject.

From what the page author posted, it seems like the reason is bogus anyway. Is this a personal feuding match? Wikipedia doesn't need "personalities". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.95.203.112 (talk) 00:21, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Copyright question
Nancy,

I have tried before, but you never would respond as to why you deleted my page? The CareerTech Testing Center is a division of the Oklahoma Department of CareerTech (a nonprofit State agency). I never understood your "copyright infringement" concern as we created the document you referenced.

Please respond as I would like to get the page back on Wikipedia.

Thank you,

Kerry Eades

Nancy,

You deleted my page for copyright infringement when I created the document you cited?

17:27, 11 March 2011 Nancy (talk | contribs) deleted "CareerTech Testing Center" ‎ (Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://www.okcareertech.org/testing/PDF_Docs/2008TestingLiaisonGuide.doc.pdf (CSD G12))

Can you return the page or what do I do next?

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by CTtesting (talk • contribs) 20:01, 26 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Hello Kerry. Apologies for not getting back to you sooner. I edit very infrequently nowadays and really should amend my autoarchive settings. I'm afraid that where copyright is concerned it is not straightforward...... (it never is!).... in order for copyright material to be used on Wikipedia it has to be released under very particular sorts of copyrights.


 * One simple way to grant permission to copy material already on line is to put that permission explicitly on the site where that material is posted. This is commonly known as a "copyleft" notice. This notice must state that your site (or portions of your site) are licensed under theCreative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License(CC-BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts) or that it is in the public domain. For text, a good statement of release might read, "The text of this website (or page, if you are specifically releasing one section) is available for modification and reuse under the terms of theCreative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License and the GNU Free Documentation License(unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts)."


 * If you would like to allow Wikipedia to use your content, but don't want to put a license statement on the site (note that you still must release it under those free licenses), you can contact [mailto:permissions-en@wikimedia.org permissions-en@wikimedia.org]. See here for an example permissions granting email. For text, after sending the email, place OTRS pending on the article's discussion page. Someone will reply to your email, indicating whether the content and your license is acceptable and update the page to indicate that the confirmation of the license has been received.


 * However, there are three things that you should consider first:
 * Are you happy to release your copyright in such a manner?
 * Is the released material actually suitable for use on Wikipedia?
 * Does CareerTech Testing Centre meet the general notability requirements for companies?
 * With regard to the second I would suggest that the tone of the material is unencyclopaedic and would possibly be removed asadvertising and I also think that the answer to the third is probably no. Further, a general rule of thumb is that you should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability - all edits to articles must conform to No original research, Neutral point of view, and Verifiability. If the achievements, etc. of your company, are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about it sooner or later. Kind regards, nancy 18:35, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Article Feedback deployment
Hey Nancy; I'm dropping you this note because you've used the article feedback tool in the last month or so. On Thursday and Friday the tool will be down for a major deployment; it should be up by Saturday, failing anything going wrong, and by Monday if something does :). Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 23:25, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

URGENT MESSAGE DELETION
DEAR ADMINISTRATOR,

I request that my account be deleted with immediate effect, and that all my edits in the past, and past edit histories, be permanently removed from public viewing. Deletion of my account, City of Lukington, would be immensely appreciated.

I hope that this reaches you soon and that you are able to act upon my request.

Yours sincerely, Unknown user (formerly City of Lukington) — Preceding unsigned comment added by City of Lukington (talk • contribs) 20:43, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Slightly Damned
I would like to consider Slightly Damned's article be revived and revamped, on account of it being more significant as well as other viable reasons.

--Aeris97 (talk) 22:35, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Toledo City Paper
Hi Nancy!

I was hoping you could please send the original article that was submitted to Wiki for the Toledo City Paper (05:02, 18 October 2008 Nancy (talk | contribs) deleted page Toledo City Paper (G11: Blatant advertising)). I'd like to review and edit to make it Wiki-appropriate.

Thanks so much! Amanda

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RE: Speedy deletion in 2009, "Carrion Fields (MUD)"
Hi Nancy,

Currently I am trying to dredge up some information on why the page for "Carrion Fields (MUD)" was deleted in 2009. I suspect you deleted it as part of a fast track process based on the prior page being deleted. I found this through the link at the bottom of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_text-based_computer_games

What were the reasons for the original deletion? The game is bigger and has been established longer than some of their competitors which have articles that remain up?

If I were to rewrite the article and meet the criteria which were missing, could we entertain the possibility of reinstating the page?

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.171.217.30 (talk) 12:28, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Patricia Cloherty / ANI
Hi Nancy! A new editor has shown up trying to spam the same old "controversy" claims into Patricia Cloherty. We're back at ANI. While I didn't mention you personally, I did mention the 4 times it was edit-protected and two of those were yours. So as a courtesy, I thought you should know. Cheers, Stalwart 111  10:00, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Notification of automated file description generation
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This notification is placed on your talk page because a bot has identified you either as the uploader of the file, or as a contributor to its metadata. It would be appreciated if you could carefully review the information the bot added. To opt out of these notifications, please follow the instructions here. Thanks! Message delivered by Theo's Little Bot (opt-out) 13:37, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

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)

David Wayman
Page was deleted as an "Attack page" but contained no negative content. Please restore the page to me for proof-reading and re-submission.

Poacher64 (talk) 13:24, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi there Poacher64. Sorry for the delay in responding. I have had a look at the text of the deleted page David wayman that I deleted some years ago and I am afraid that I cannot agree with your assertion that it contained no negative content so will not be restoring it. Cheers, nancy 18:32, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Ooh La La Records
I'm updating NYC based record labels, and it looks like you took down Ooh La La. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MusicMan5000 (talk • contribs) 20:47, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi there MusicMan5000. Yes, looking through my deletion log I can see that I did.  It was a one sentence article.  Feel free to write a new one but do be mindful that if the company (still) does not meet the general notability requirements of WP:CORP then it's likely to be removed again fairly quickly.  all the best, nancy  11:36, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

appreciate
i like your page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akash kumar Tanti (talk • contribs) 14:30, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

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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Administrator changes
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 * 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)
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2017
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).

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 * The BLPPROD grandfather clause, which stated that unreferenced biographies of living persons were only eligible for proposed deletion if they were created after March 18, 2010, has been removed following an RfC.
 * An RfC has closed with consensus to allow proposed deletion of files. The implementation process is ongoing.
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 * After a recent RfC, moved pages will soon be featured in a queue similar to Special:NewPagesFeed and require patrolling. Moves by administrators, page movers, and autopatrolled editors will be automatically marked as patrolled.
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017). Administrator changes
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 * An RfC has clarified that user categories should be emptied upon deletion, but redlinked user categories should not be removed if re-added by the user.
 * Discussions are ongoing regarding proposed changes to the COI policy. Changes so far have included clarification that adding a link on a Wikipedia forum to a job posting is not a violation of the harassment policy.

Technical news
 * You can now see a list of all autoblocks at Special:AutoblockList.
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 * Administrators, bureaucrats and stewards can now set an expiry date when granting user rights. (discuss, permalink)

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).

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 * An RfC proposing an off-wiki LTA database has been closed. The proposal was broadly supported, with further discussion required regarding what to do with the existing LTA database and defining access requirements. Such a tool/database formed part of the Community health initiative's successful grant proposal.
 * Some clarifications have been made to the community banning and unblocking policies that effectively sync them with current practice. Specifically, the community has reached a consensus that when blocking a user at WP:AN or WP:ANI, it is considered a "community sanction", and administrators cannot unblock unilaterally if the user has not successfully appealed the sanction to the community.
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Technical news
 * Users will soon be able to blacklist specific users from sending them notifications.

Miscellaneous
 * Following the 2017 elections, the new members of the Board of Trustees include Raystorm, Pundit and Doc James. They will serve three-year terms.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2017).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Happyme22 • Dragons flight
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Zad68

Guideline and policy news
 * The RFC discussion regarding WP:OUTING and WMF essay about paid editing and outing (see more at the ArbCom noticeboard archives) is now archived. Milieus #3 and #4 received support; so did concrete proposal #1.

Technical news
 * Fuzzy search will soon be added to Special:Undelete, allowing administrators to search for deleted page titles with results similar to the search query. You can test this by adding ?fuzzy=1 to the URL, as with Special:Undelete?fuzzy=1. Currently the search only finds pages that exactly match the search term.
 * A new bot will automatically revision delete unused file versions from files in Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old.

Miscellaneous
 * A newly revamped database report can help identify users who may be eligible to be autopatrolled.
 * A potentially compromised account from 2001–2002 attempted to request resysop. Please practice appropriate account security by using a unique password for Wikipedia, and consider enabling two-factor authentication. Currently around 17% of admins have enabled 2FA, up from 16% in February 2017.
 * Did you know: On 29 June 2017, there were 1,261 administrators on the English Wikipedia – the exact number of administrators as there were ten years ago on 29 June 2007. Since that time, the English Wikipedia has grown from 1.85 million articles to over 5.43 million.

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Anarchyte • GeneralizationsAreBad • Cullen328 (first RfA to reach WP:300)
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Cprompt • Rockpocket • Rambo's Revenge • Animum • TexasAndroid • Chuck SMITH • MikeLynch • Crazytales • Ad Orientem

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a series of discussions around new pages patrol, the WMF is helping implement a controlled autoconfirmed article creation trial as a research experiment, similar to the one proposed in 2011. You can learn more about the research plan at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial. The exact start date of the experiment has yet to be determined.
 * A new speedy deletion criterion, regarding articles created as a result undisclosed paid editing, is currently being discussed (permalink).
 * An RfC (permalink) is currently open that proposes expanding WP:G13 to include all drafts, even if they weren't submitted through Articles for Creation.

Technical news
 * LoginNotify should soon be deployed to the English Wikipedia. This will notify users when there are suspicious login attempts on their account.
 * The new version of XTools is nearing an official release. This suite of tools includes administrator statistics, an improved edit counter, among other tools that may benefit administrators. You can report issues on Phabricator and provide general feedback at mw:Talk:XTools.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Nakon • Scott
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Sverdrup • Thespian • Elockid • James086 • Ffirehorse • Celestianpower • Boing! said Zebedee

Guideline and policy news
 * ACTRIAL, a research experiment that restricts article creation to autoconfirmed users, will begin on September 7. It will run for six months. You can learn more about the research specifics at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial, while Wikipedia talk:Autoconfirmed article creation trial is probably the best venue for general discussion.
 * Following an RfC, WP:G13 speedy deletion criterion now applies to any page in the draftspace that has not been edited in six months. There is a bot-generated report, updated daily, to help identify potentially qualifying drafts that have not been submitted through articles for creation.

Technical news
 * You will now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device that has logged into your account before, you will be notified after five failed attempts. You can also set in your preferences to get an email when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address, which may be encouraged for admins and accounts with sensitive permissions.
 * Syntax highlighting is now available as a beta feature (more info). This may assist administrators and template editors when dealing with intricate syntax of high-risk templates and system messages.
 * In your notification preferences, you can now block specific users from pinging you. This functionality will soon be available for Special:EmailUser as well.

Arbitration
 * Applications for CheckUser and Oversight are being accepted by the Arbitration Committee until September 12. Community discussion of the candidates will begin on September 18.

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Boing! said Zebedee • Ansh666 • Ad Orientem
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Tonywalton • AmiDaniel • Silence • BanyanTree • Magioladitis • Vanamonde93 • Mr.Z-man • Jdavidb • Jakec • Ram-Man • Yelyos • Kurt Shaped Box

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
 * Following a discussion about mass-application of ECP and how the need for logging and other details of an evolving consensus may have been missed by some administrators, a rough guide to extended confirmed protection has been written. This information page describes how the extended-confirmed aspects of the protection policy are currently being applied by administrators.

Technical news
 * You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.

Arbitration
 * Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
 * A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Longhair • Megalibrarygirl • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Allen3 • Eluchil404 • Arthur Rubin • Bencherlite

Technical news
 * The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is creating an "Interaction Timeline" tool that intends to assist administrators in resolving user conduct disputes. Feedback on the concept may be posted on the talk page.
 * A new function is now available to edit filter managers that will make it easier to look for multiple strings containing spoofed text.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors will be invited to submit candidate statements for the 2017 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 12 until November 21. Voting will begin on November 27 and last until December 10.
 * Following a request for comment,, and  will serve as the Electoral Commission for the 2017 ArbCom Elections.

Obituaries
 * The Wikipedia community has recently learned that (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as . Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Joe Roe
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg JzG
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ericorbit • Perceval • Thingg • Tristanb • Violetriga

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

Technical news
 * Wikimedians are now invited to vote on the proposals in the 2017 Community Wishlist Survey on Meta Wiki until 10 December 2017. In particular, there is a section of the survey regarding new tools for administrators and for anti-harassment.
 * A new function is available to edit filter managers which can be used to store matches from regular expressions.

Arbitration
 * Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is open until Sunday 23:59, 10 December 2017 (UTC). There are 12 candidates running for 8 vacant seats.

Miscellaneous
 * Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
 * The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative is conducting a survey for English Wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works (i.e. which problems it deals with well and which problems it struggles with). If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be emailed to you via Special:EmailUser.

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2017). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Muboshgu
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Anetode • Laser brain • Worm That Turned
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg None

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the administrator policy should be amended to require disclosure of paid editing activity at WP:RFA and to prohibit the use of administrative tools as part of paid editing activity, with certain exceptions.

Technical news
 * The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey results have been posted. The Community Tech team will investigate and address the top ten results.
 * The Anti-Harassment Tools team is inviting comments on new blocking tools and improvements to existing blocking tools for development in early 2018. Feedback can be left on the discussion page or by email.

Arbitration
 * Following the results of the 2017 election, the following editors have been (re)appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , , ,.

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg None
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Blurpeace • Dana boomer • Deltabeignet • Denelson83 • Grandiose • Salvidrim! • Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC has closed with a consensus that candidates at WP:RFA must disclose whether they have ever edited for pay and that administrators may never use administrative tools as part of any paid editing activity, except when they are acting as a Wikipedian-in-Residence or when the payment is made by the Wikimedia Foundation or an affiliate of the WMF.
 * Editors responding to threats of harm can now contact the Wikimedia Foundation's emergency address by using Special:EmailUser/Emergency. If you don't have email enabled on Wikipedia, directly contacting the emergency address using your own email client remains an option.

Technical news
 * A tag will now be automatically applied to edits that blank a page, turn a page into a redirect, remove/replace almost all content in a page, undo an edit, or rollback an edit. These edits were previously denoted solely by automatic edit summaries.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee has enacted a change to the discretionary sanctions procedure which requires administrators to add a standardized editnotice when placing page restrictions. Editors cannot be sanctioned for violations of page restrictions if this editnotice was not in place at the time of the violation.

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Lourdes†
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AngelOfSadness • Bhadani • Chris 73 • Coren • Friday • Midom • Mike V
 * † Lourdes has requested that her admin rights be temporarily removed, pending her return from travel.

Guideline and policy news
 * The autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) is scheduled to end on 14 March 2018. The results of the research collected can be read on Meta Wiki.
 * Community ban discussions must now stay open for at least 24 hours prior to being closed.
 * A change to the administrator inactivity policy has been proposed. Under the proposal, if an administrator has not used their admin tools for a period of five years and is subsequently desysopped for inactivity, the administrator would have to file a new RfA in order to regain the tools.
 * A change to the banning policy has been proposed which would specify conditions under which a repeat sockmaster may be considered de facto banned, reducing the need to start a community ban discussion for these users.

Technical news
 * CheckUsers are now able to view private data such as IP addresses from the edit filter log, e.g. when the filter prevents a user from creating an account. Previously, this information was unavailable to CheckUsers because access to it could not be logged.
 * The edit filter has a new feature  that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.

Miscellaneous
 * Following the 2018 Steward elections, the following users are our new stewards:, , , ,.

Obituaries
 * Bhadani (Gangadhar Bhadani) passed away on 8 February 2018. Bhadani joined Wikipedia in March 2005 and became an administrator in September 2005. While he was active, Bhadani was regarded as one of the most prolific Wikipedians from India.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg 331dot • Cordless Larry • ClueBot NG
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Gogo Dodo • Pb30 • Sebastiankessel • Seicer • SoLando

Guideline and policy news
 * Administrators who have been desysopped due to inactivity are now required to have performed at least one (logged) administrative action in the past 5 years in order to qualify for a resysop without going through a new RfA.
 * Editors who have been found to have engaged in sockpuppetry on at least two occasions after an initial indefinite block, for whatever reason, are now automatically considered banned by the community without the need to start a ban discussion.
 * The notability guideline for organizations and companies has been substantially rewritten following the closure of this request for comment. Among the changes, the guideline more clearly defines the sourcing requirements needed for organizations and companies to be considered notable.
 * The six-month autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) ended on 14 March 2018. The post-trial research report has been published. A request for comment is now underway to determine whether the restrictions from ACTRIAL should be implemented permanently.

Technical news
 * There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee is considering a change to the discretionary sanctions procedures which would require an editor to appeal a sanction to the community at WP:AE or WP:AN prior to appealing directly to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA.

Miscellaneous
 * A discussion has closed which concluded that administrators are not required to enable email, though many editors suggested doing so as a matter of best practice.
 * The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team has released the Interaction Timeline. This shows a chronologic history for two users on pages where they have both made edits, which may be helpful in identifying sockpuppetry and investigating editing disputes.

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