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Arbitration Case Opened
You were recently listed as a party to a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Portals. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Portals/Evidence. Please add your evidence by December 20, 2019, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Arbitration/Requests/Case/Portals/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, SQL Query me!  20:27, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi Northamerica1000. You've probably already seen, but since it looks like we didn't notify you already, a temporary injunction involving you has been proposed in the Portals case here. Best, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 01:29, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Kati kati (food)
This seems quite notable as a traditional and popular food in Cameroon but I can't find sources with much detail. I would be glad to have help. Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 00:37, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi : I'm not finding much coverage other than passing mentions, and not finding any significant coverage at all to qualify an article per Wikipedia's notability guidelines. My suggestion is to merge it into Cameroonian cuisine, which presently has no mention of the dish. North America1000 00:06, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

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Arbitration motion regarding Portals (temporary injunction)
The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

For the Arbitration Committee, CodeLyoko  talk  03:50, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
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New Page Review newsletter December 2019


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

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

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

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

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

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

Set to launch early in the new year is our first New Page Patrol Source Guide discussion. These discussions are designed to solicit input on sources in places and topic areas that might otherwise be harder for reviewers to evaluate. The hope is that this will allow us to improve the accuracy of our patrols for articles using these sources (and/or give us places to perform a WP:BEFORE prior to nominating for deletion). Please watch the New Page Patrol talk page for more information.
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While New Page Reviewers are an experienced set of editors, we all benefit from an occasional review. This month consider refreshing yourself on Notability (geographic features). Also consider how we can take the time for quality in this area. For instance, sources to verify human settlements, which are presumed notable, can often be found in seconds. This lets us avoid the (ugly) 'Needs more refs' tag. Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 16:11, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
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Seasons Greetings
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Hello Northamerica1000: From high in the Canadian Arctic I hope you enjoy the holiday season, the Winter or Summer solstice, Quviahugvik, Eid, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hanukkah or even the Saturnalia, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 11:42, 21 December 2019 (UTC)


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Season's Greetings
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Merry Christmas!


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happy holidays

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Good luck
 豊かな十年へようこそ/WELCOME TO THE D20s Miraclepine wishes you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a prosperous decade of change and fortune. このミラPはNorthamerica1000たちのメリークリスマスも新年も変革と幸運の豊かな十年をおめでとうございます！ フレフレ、みんなの未来！/GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR FUTURE! ミラP 02:59, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!!
Happy Holidays text.png Merry Christmas North America!! My very best wishes for this holiday season. I hope you have a great time together with your loved ones. Keep up your great work. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 11:04, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

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your new year message
hi there. I noticed your message, it just appears as a black line, is that what you wanted? Govindaharihari (talk) 22:39, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I haven't sent you a message. Perhaps you have me confused with another user? North America1000 22:42, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * No not me, the others you sent, I see it is working on user:Sandsteins page, perhaps it is a format issue or something Govindaharihari (talk) 22:44, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The Template:Happy New Year 2020 template is working just fine per spot-checking on several browsers, and I check my work after posting. It could be that your browser is causing the problem, rather than the template. Could you send me some links to the pages that aren't rendering correctly for you? North America1000 22:47, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Jimbos page, I just get a black line in the section header title and when I click on it I just get returned top the top of the page, could be my browser then, no worries just thought to let you know Govindaharihari (talk) 22:49, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Sandsteins page I just see this and when I click on 7 nothing happens 1 Merry Christmas! 2 Nomination of ToTok (app) for deletion 3 Good luck 4 Chloe (actress) 5 Deletion of Caucasian Journal 6 Clement Olaloye Folayan 7 Govindaharihari (talk) 22:51, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Oh, yeah, I saw that already. I decided to use an open-ended section header with only a graphic. It doesn't show up on the TOC, but that adds some mystery, which likely draws intrigue. I goofed around using standard headers, but decided to use the graphic only. I actually like it. Sure this is generally against MOS, but it's a special New Years template, in the context of coming across as a standard greeting card of sorts. For this one, I like WP:IAR. North America1000 22:59, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Ok cool, so while I am here, happy new year to you NA Govindaharihari (talk) 23:02, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy New Year Northamerica1000!
Happy New Year! Hello Northamerica1000: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve the encyclopedia for Wikipedia's readers, and have a happy and enjoyable New Year! Cheers, Donner60 (talk) 03:41, 31 December 2019 (UTC) Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks (static)}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.

Season's Greetings
Seasons Greetings, Northamerica1000: Here's a Wee Dram to celebrate the New Year! Keep up the good work and keep your pecker aloft, despite the travails you face. May the new year bring you more harmonious and less stressful interactions. Cheers, Hoots Mon and all the best to you. -- Cactus.man   &#9997;  04:59, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Northamerica1000!


Happy New Year! Northamerica1000, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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I'm still lurking around these parts, but hopefully I'll contribute more in the coming year. Best to you and yours!  gongshow  talk  16:41, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Northamerica1000!


Happy New Year! Northamerica1000, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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Thank you for the template creation! Utopes (talk) 09:17, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Northamerica1000!


Happy New Year! Northamerica1000, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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Happy New Year!!
Golden star-rotating.gif    HAPPY 2020! Golden star-rotating.gif Thank you very much for your greeting Northamerica, and thank you also for all your contributions during 2019. I hope that you are enjoying the first hours of this new decade. Lets make it a great one! Cheers. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 18:49, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019).

Administrator changes
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Arbitration
 * The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted rather than reasonably construed.
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Tech News: 2020-05
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Thorne, Nevada AFD
Hello! I just wanted to let you know that I put Thorne, Nevada up for AFD. I see that you are a significant editor of that page, so I just wanted to let you know. I nominated it for AFD because I didn't think it satisfied WP:NOTABILITY. Feel free to leave your opinions here. Minecrafter0271 (talk) 03:31, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

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"Chutney/Archive 1" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Proposed Decision Published
Hi Northamerica1000. The Portals proposed decision has been posted. -- Guerillero &#124;  Parlez Moi  17:06, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Semi-wikibreak2
Template:Semi-wikibreak2 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:39, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

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Nomination for merging of Template:Inactive userpage blanked
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2020
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Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, partial blocks are now enabled on the English Wikipedia. This functionality allows administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site. A draft policy is being workshopped at Partial blocks.
 * The request for comment seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure closed with wide-spread support for an alternative desysoping procedure based on community input. No proposed process received consensus.

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Arbitration
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