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Administrators' newsletter – January 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Galobtter
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Orangemike
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BorgQueen •  Davidruben • Ocee • Revolving Bugbear • Theda • There'sNoTime • Timc • Tijuana Brass • Tristessa de St Ange

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Addshore



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Joe Roe • SilkTork
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg AGK • Joe Roe • SilkTork
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Guideline and policy news
 * There are a number of new or changed speedy deletion criteria, each previously part of WP:CSD:
 * G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is db-disambig; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages.
 * R4 (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no file links) that have the same name as a file or redirect at Commons are now covered under the new R4 criterion (discussion).  This is db-redircom; the text is unchanged.
 * G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use db-blankdraft.
 * The Wikimedia Foundation now requires all interface administrators to enable two-factor authentication.
 * Members of the Bot Approvals Group (BAG) are now subject to an activity requirement. After two years without any bot-related activity (e.g. operating a bot, posting on a bot-related talk page), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice.

Technical news
 * Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length . All accounts must have a password:
 * At least 8 characters in length
 * Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the [//github.com/wikimedia/password-blacklist Password Blacklist library])
 * Different from their username
 * User accounts not meeting these requirements will be prompted to update their password accordingly. More information is available on MediaWiki.org.
 * Blocked administrators may now block the administrator that blocked them. This was done to mitigate the possibility that a compromised administrator account would block all other active administrators, complementing the removal of the ability to unblock oneself outside of self-imposed blocks. A request for comment is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change.
 * Copyvio-revdel now has a link to open the history with the RevDel checkboxes already filled in.

Arbitration
 * Following the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , ,.

Miscellaneous
 * Accounts continue to be compromised on a regular basis. Evidence shows this is entirely due to the accounts having the same password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately.
 * Around 22% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 20% in June 2018. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless of whether you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:39, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Apolgize To You
Hey OrangeMike I'm Sorry for what I did a couple of days for saying the wrong thing and that was a bad way to close out 2018 but I'm not going to say that again cause that is a sin. But Did you have a happy and safe New year's Day Yesterday. I Know you did but I Hope 2019 will be one of the best years of your life. Jesus loves us all he's good and he's is our lord and Savior. And you will do good things. well OrangeMike I Hope you have a happy and safe 2019. And may the good lord bless you and keep you. Have a good day and a Good year as well thank you very much. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 14:56, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Randy Rinks


The article Randy Rinks has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp/dated tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. Boleyn (talk) 08:09, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Traduksciigo: Wikidata:WikiProject Canada
Saluton Orangemike,

vi ricevas tiun ĉi mesaĝon, ĉar vi registriĝis kiel tradukisto de la lingvo Orangemike ĉe Wikidata. La paĝo Wikidata:WikiProject Canada estas tradukpreta. Vi povas traduki ĝin ĉe:
 * traduki al Esperanto

Ni tre aprezos vian helpon. Tradukistoj kiel vi helpas al Wikidata funkcii kiel vere multlingva komunumo.

Dankon! traduk-kunordigantoj de Wikidata&lrm;, 01:58, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Traduksciigo: Wikidata:WikiProject Canada
Saluton Orangemike,

vi ricevas tiun ĉi mesaĝon, ĉar vi registriĝis kiel tradukisto de la lingvo Orangemike ĉe Wikidata. La paĝo Wikidata:WikiProject Canada estas tradukpreta. Vi povas traduki ĝin ĉe:
 * traduki al Esperanto

Ni tre aprezos vian helpon. Tradukistoj kiel vi helpas al Wikidata funkcii kiel vere multlingva komunumo.

Dankon! traduk-kunordigantoj de Wikidata&lrm;, 15:01, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Traduksciigo: Wikidata:WikiProject Canada
Saluton Orangemike,

vi ricevas tiun ĉi mesaĝon, ĉar vi registriĝis kiel tradukisto de la lingvo Orangemike ĉe Wikidata. La paĝo Wikidata:WikiProject Canada estas tradukpreta. Vi povas traduki ĝin ĉe:
 * traduki al Esperanto

Ni tre aprezos vian helpon. Tradukistoj kiel vi helpas al Wikidata funkcii kiel vere multlingva komunumo.

Dankon! traduk-kunordigantoj de Wikidata&lrm;, 15:01, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Help with the format of The Farm Group's page
Hi Orangemike,

Thanks for helping make some changes to my page earlier, I was just wondering if there are any other points that you thought could do with rewording or even rewriting from scratch? Any help or tips with improving my writing style for Wikipedia would be very appreciated.

Draft:The_Farm_Group

Thanks, Klafkowski (talk) 12:33, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Appearance as an undisclosed paid editor
In response to your message on my talk page re: draft:Richard F. Chambers, I thought I had properly disclosed my status as a paid editor. Which disclosures am I missing? Thanks! KKacir (talk) 16:02, 7 January 2019 (UTC) --
 * You created a blank user page, User:KKacir, but never put any disclosure language on it. -- Orange Mike  &#124;  Talk  18:35, 7 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I've edited my user page.  Will I need to resubmit as an AFC? KKacir (talk) 18:58, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Wisconsin meetup
Hello. You may be interested in this in Madison on Sunday, January 27. Jonathunder (talk) 22:35, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Dear Orangemike
with all due respect, the 25 points of the National Socialism Movement don't suggest white supremacy, white supremacy implies dominance, which the 25 points do not suggest. That is why I changed the ideology description from "white supremacy" to "white separatism", and to be fair, this "neutrality" that you say wikipedia stances on doesn't seem very neutral. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dylan Seey (talk • contribs) 11:56, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Bullshit. We report what reliable sources say. It doesn't seem "neutral" to you because you're obviously a Nazi sympathizer and want to present that ideology in the best light as possible. We, on the other hand, report the harsh truth as we find it. Beyond My Ken (talk) 13:23, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Nicolas Canniccioni
I'm wondering why you tagged Nicolas Canniccioni as COI. Although there was a vandal claiming to be the subject (and offering no proof of that assertion) his removals were all swiftly reverted. I am the author of the article and never met Canniccioni and don't work in the industry. I ask you remove the tag. Ribbet32 (talk) 13:48, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
 * That account is still trying to get the article deleted, so since they claim to have the ultimate COI, I thought it appropriate to warn folks. If you think the tag on the talk page is sufficient, go ahead and remove the COI tag from the article itself. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  16:01, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

Keeping out corporate spam
Your efforts to root out undeclared paid editing are appreciated, but User:LeuleBerry made a paid declaration a couple weeks ago, so your recent placement of uw-paid1 on their talk page is likely to confuse them. --Worldbruce (talk) 17:12, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Deleted, with apology. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  17:56, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2019). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Enterprisey • JJMC89
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg BorgQueen
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Harro5 • Jenks24 • Graft • R. Baley

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svgprisey

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators.
 * Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent request for comment has amended the blocking policy to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
 * A request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.

Technical news
 * A discussion regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of Requests for page protection is in progress (permalink). The proposed changes will make it easier to create requests for those who are not using Twinkle. The workflow for administrators at this venue will largely be unchanged. Additionally, there are plans to archive requests similar to how it is done at WP:PERM, where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting in the 2019 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2019, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2019, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * A new IRC bot is available that allows you to subscribe to notifications when specific filters are tripped. This requires that your IRC handle be identified.

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Ishi in Two Worlds
You may have already seen it when I deleted the redirect, but I thought I'd share this with you, since we were discussing it. Vanamonde (Talk) 06:18, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Category:1912 establishments in the United States Virgin Islands has been nominated for discussion
Category:1912 establishments in the United States Virgin Islands, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 22:22, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Powell's Books
"' Starting in May 2012, Powell's began offering access to print on demand books via the Espresso Book Machine. '"

Fix or not as you see fit. ~  JasonCarswell   (talk)   02:11, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I removed Powell's from the "Self-Publishing" template, since it's not Powell's which is the platform but Espresso. I did, though, add Espresso to the self-pub template. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  02:14, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Reduction in protection level for Juiceboxxx?
Juiceboxxx Reduction in protection level: Subject has made cultural contributions, including being the subject of the 2015 book The Next Next Level since 2010, when page became locked.--Mrgarden 2342 (talk) 17:45, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I recommend extended-confirmed create protection. That will help ensure that a trusted editor can create the article if the topic is notable. ~Anachronist (talk) 22:40, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Sounds good; done. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  13:23, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Renaming a draft?
Is it possible for a draft to be renamed? I want to rename my draft article, Vader Episode I: Shards of the Past, to Vader: Episode I – Shards of the Past. - Stinkyjaden (talk) 20:14, 3 March 2019 (UTC)Stinkyjaden
 * Concentrate on improving the draft, establishing notability, etc. The article title is a secondary issue. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  00:04, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, my master.
 * - Darth Stinkus (talk) 01:58, 4 March 2019 (UTC)Darth Stinkus

Administrators' newsletter – March 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2019).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Evad37
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg There'sNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Alex Shih • Brian • Mushroom • Nakon • Oscarthecat • PeruvianLlama • Ragib • Reaper Eternal • Rossami • Tom

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Evad37 • Galobtter
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ritchie333



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg There'sNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Keegan • Ks0stm

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg There'sNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ks0stm • Sphilbrick

Guideline and policy news
 * The RfC on administrator activity requirements failed to reach consensus for any proposal.
 * Following discussions at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and Wikipedia talk:Administrators, an earlier change to the restoration of adminship policy was reverted. If requested, bureaucrats will not restore administrator permissions removed due to inactivity if there have been five years without a logged administrator action; this "five year rule" does not apply to permissions removed voluntarily.

Technical news
 * A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
 *  has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing.
 *  has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list.

Miscellaneous
 * Following the 2019 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Base, Einsbor, Jon Kolbert, Schniggendiller, and Wim b.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:13, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Atampir (talk) 03:52, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Re: 1593 kHz AM Cauayan
Thought you might want to change the block on that sock; see Long-term abuse/Bertrand101 for details. That guy's a known hoaxer for like ten years and has been spewing out made-up nonsense about his Philippine radio station fetish or something. Blake Gripling (talk) 06:03, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals). Legobot (talk) 04:28, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

SurfdogDKM
Hi Orangemike, hope all is well. Thank you for blocking SurfdogDKM. Would you mind taking a look at Dave Kaplan (talent manager) and Surfdog Records both of which were heavily edited by COIs (see also ). I'm not sure if he is notable in his own right. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 01:42, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Gibraltar
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Please comment on Talk:Yonaguni Monument
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Please comment on Talk:Assamese people
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Please block, re: User talk:Antolepore
Hi, Orangemike. I've been on WP for quite awhile, but I do not like controversy and I have never learned the correct way to request a block. Where should I go for a simple and blatant case? ANI looks too heavy. Please take a look at User talk:Antolepore. Thanks. -Arch dude (talk) 05:26, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Request for second opinion on Draft:We Love MMA
Hello,

sorry for addressing you directly. My article draft got rejected and I could not comprehend the rejector's reasoning behind it. They suggested I ask for a second opinion, but my requests are always going unanswered, with all the others around being answered. I saw you answering another request nearby, so maybe you could have a look?

This is the link to the request: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk#13:13:18,_19_March_2019_review_of_submission_by_Zeno_Gantner

Your input would be very much appreciated -- I have been contributing to Wikipedia for over a decade, and this right now is one of the more frustrating experiences :-(.

--zeno (talk) 11:02, 21 March 2019 (UTC)


 * The promotional tone is certainly gone. Sadly, my lack of German language skills, and my absolute indifference to and disdain for MMA and sports fandom in general, means that I would be a very poor judge of the notability of this topic. I am sorry. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  11:26, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for the quick look, and the reply, anyway! Cheers --zeno (talk) 12:53, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Editing page title
Hey, The artist Knero as add "Lapaé" to his name. I was wonder is there a way we can add "Lapaé" to the title of the article? The article name is "Knero" --Sarah 03:16, 22 March 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by S.Kennedy (talk • contribs)

Please comment on Talk:Achziv
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Scoob
Can you please un-protect this page? Scoob (film) must be moved to it per WP:NATURALDAB. -- Kailash29792 (talk)  08:50, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  16:13, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

your recent block of SteveDehner
RE. See. Does not seem to intend to heed the warning. Meters (talk) 22:28, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

PFFF...what a self-entitled mister he think he is. Moderator on Wikipedia? He has never read a book but his own diary and I bet its riddled with errors and genuine mistakes on the capitals of anti-Brexit countries. Behave, boy...behave. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SteveDehner (talk • contribs) 23:10, 23 March 2019 (UTC)


 * If this user is blocked, how can they be editing your page ? -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 23:29, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
 * They were blocked a few minutes AFTER vandalizing this page. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  23:30, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:1976 Tangshan earthquake
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Please comment on Talk:Republic of China (1912–1949)
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Deletion User Arpit.Toshi
Hello Sir,

Accept my sincerest apologies, the page has now been updated, comprising of only information. Please check back again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arpit.toshi (talk • contribs) 02:55, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Fermat's Last Theorem
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Please comment on Talk:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Please comment on Talk:Culture of the United States
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Please comment on Talk:Faisalabad
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Please comment on Talk:List of surviving Messerschmitt Bf 109s
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Please comment on Talk:List of photographers
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2019).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Reaper Eternal • ThaddeusB
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Bogdangiusca • Christopher Parham • Necrothesp • Schneelocke • Siroxo • Sarah
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Mr. Stradivarius

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg DeltaQuad
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Kingturtle

Technical news
 * In Special:Preferences under "Appearance" → "Advanced options", there is now an option to show a confirmation prompt when clicking on a rollback link.
 * The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Please see meta:Community health initiative/User reporting system consultation 2019 to provide your input on this idea.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee clarified that the General 1RR prohibition for Palestine-Israel articles may only be enforced on pages with the ARBPIA 1RR editnotice edit notice.

Miscellaneous
 * Two more administrator accounts were compromised. Evidence has shown that these attacks, like previous incidents, were due to reusing a password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. All admins are strongly encouraged to enable two-factor authentication, please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
 * As a reminder, according to WP:NOQUORUM, administrators looking to close or relist an AfD should evaluate a nomination that has received few or no comments as if it were a proposed deletion (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:57, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Sobibór trial
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Nomination of America's Party (political party) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article America's Party (political party) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/America's Party (political party) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Toa Nidhiki05 17:43, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Germanic peoples
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Removed ad for fitbit
Hi Orangemike,

As I am new to editing Wikipedia, I always like clarification when an edit of mine is undone. I recently added the sentence "Madison was ranked as America's Fittest City in April of 2016 by Fitbit. " to the Madison, Wisconsin page, and you removed it as an ad. It seemed to me like the statistic was simply based off of findings from the company. is there a way to include the statistic without it sounding like an advertisement?

Best, Thefactmanirud (talk) 04:39, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
 * That sort of press release material is more about Fitbit than it is about Madison. I see it as giving unnecessary advertising space to Fitbit and their product(s), which was of course their intent in putting out that press release. That is not an accusation against you, by the way. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  12:13, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Swedes
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Please comment on Talk:Romania
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Please comment on Template talk:Heathenry
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Please comment on Talk:Vietnam War
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Please comment on Talk:Pacific War
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Nomination of Elise Matthesen for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Elise Matthesen until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Please comment on Talk:Johannes Gutenberg
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Please comment on Talk:Fascism in Europe
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Please comment on Talk:Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
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Please comment on Talk:Civil Rights Act of 1968
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Please comment on Talk:History of India
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Please comment on Talk:Athens Polytechnic uprising
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ArbCom 2019 special circular
   

This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:41, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

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

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

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

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

Administrators' newsletter – May 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2019).

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Necrothesp
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Margaret Noble (artist)
Hi! I saw your old note over at User talk:Margaretnobleartist. I thought I might give you a heads up that I trimmed the article as it was excessively promotional, which I think it was took you there in the first place. The images uploaded by the artist might be the thing that pushes it in that direction. If you have ideas about how to make the article neutral, let me know.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 05:07, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
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 * Bus stop, you always say the nicest things. :) ThatMontrealIP (talk) 05:25, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * What is the point in removing images of artwork? You leave edit summaries like "remove section. Ten images amounts to web hosting". The artist is granting permission to show images of her artwork. What do you think you are accomplishing by removing the images of artwork in a biography of an artist? Bus stop (talk) 05:35, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
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Mike Milken NPOV issues
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Promotional or Advertising?
What is promotional or advertising about the text I added. Every editor that "warns" or "threatens" should be required to provide details; this is truly crazy. There is nothing promotional about it; there is not advertising in it; it has facts and those facts are backed up with references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ADP85xzVcQD (talk • contribs)
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Greetings,

I wanted to express my apologies for my edit to the page for taking on what was apparently a promotional tone. My intention was not to do so. Rather, I noticed that the current version of this page is considerably out of date and inaccurate. Therefore, I sought to update it. Everything stated in my updates was factual and properly cited by independent sources. I felt as though I properly followed all relevant guidelines.

I think my intention here -- to update inaccurate and out of date information -- properly aligns with Wikipedia's general purpose. I was hoping you may be able to provide some more specific feedback as to how I can go about ensuring the information on this page is up-to-date and accurate without taking a promotional tone. Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

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Compensation is not my concern
Dear Orange Mike,

I'm not looking to be compensated for my contribution. I just want to updated show information. Still waiting for the response from Wikipedia management......

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Greetings. I have a complaint about an experienced editor whose actions in a particular area has been very concerning and in my opinion, disruptive. How should I address it to you? 69.9.33.228 (talk) 12:21, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2019).

Administrator changes
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 * Following a discussion, a new criterion for speedy category renaming was added: C2F: One eponymous article, which applies if the category contains only an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories.

Technical news
 * As previously noted, tighter password requirements for Administrators were put in place last year. Wikipedia should now alert you if your password is less than 10 characters long and thus too short.

Arbitration
 * The 2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointment process has begun. The community consultation period will take place October 4th to 10th.
 * The arbitration case regarding was closed.  While there will be a local RfC focus[ing] on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future, there is currently a global community consultation on partial and temporary office actions in response to the incident. It will be open until October 30th.

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Your draft article, Draft:Author's certificate


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Draft:Booky Oren
Hello, Orangemike!

I am fully understanding why you deleted, under CSD G11.

I want to correct it, so I am asking you to restore the deleted article to my User:Ovedc/sandbox2, so I could write the all article from the beginning, with at least the sources already in proper Wiki-Grammar. Thanks a lot! Ovedc (talk) 14:41, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

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uw-ublock-famous
Hey, what's with this block? Who's the famous person in question? --BDD (talk) 20:10, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
 * According to her post at the Help Desk, Kate Ashley, a/k/a Kate Ashley McConnell, is an actress and "I need my info to be correct in order to get film roles and audition". For all we know, this is somebody impersonating the real Kate. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  03:48, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Being an actress doesn't necessarily make one famous. "Famous" is subjective, I suppose, but I don't know of anyone by that name, or see anyone on IMDB, let alone Wikipedia, that most people would consider famous. Probably too late at this point; I doubt she'll be back. --BDD (talk) 20:40, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
 * If somebody creates an article here about Jo Schlabotnick, using the username JoSchlabotnick, we take their word for it that they consider Jo Schlabotnick a famous person, and therefore of course an account using the name of the famous Jo Schlabotnick should be softblocked until they can prove they are the real Jo Schlabotnick. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  05:30, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2019).

Administrator changes
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 * An RfC was closed with the consensus that the resysop criteria should be made stricter.
 * The follow-up RfC to develop that change is now open at Requests for comment/2019 Resysop Criteria (2).
 * A related RfC is seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure.

Arbitration
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Haplogroup T-M184
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Precious anniversary
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Raleigh Grifter AfD
Hi Orangemike. You blocked an editor, who was an SPA participating in the Raleigh Grifter AfD: Articles for deletion/Raleigh Grifter. Another SPA has now appeared at this AfD called, who is being a bit disruptive - removing the blocked and SPA tags from Raleigh Grifter Forum's !vote and the SPA tag from their own !vote. I wonder if you could take a look at this and whether any action is necessary? thanks in advance. Britishfinance (talk) 18:54, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Feminazi
What is the source for "even the mildest of mainstream feminists"?

—Srid  🍁 00:48, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * The Feminist Majority Foundation is pretty vanilla. Gloria Steinem is considered old hat and conservative nowadays. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  00:55, 30 November 2019 (UTC)


 * They are sources, how? In the article there is a book cited nearby the mention of FMF and Gloria Steinem, and reading that Limbaugh clearly refers to the militant feminists. Anyway, I'll take this to the article Talk, as the lede in general is completely unbalanced and doesn't agree in proportion with the sources used in the article body. —<font color="#0066cc">Srid <font color="#6600cc"> 🍁 01:02, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

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"Fielding Hurst" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2019). Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC on the administrator resysop criteria was closed. 18 proposals have been summarised with a variety of supported and opposed statements. The inactivity grace period within which a new request for adminship is not required has been reduced from three years to two. Additionally, Bureaucrats are permitted to use their discretion when returning administrator rights.
 * Following a proposal, the edit filter mailing list has been opened up to users with the Edit Filter Helper right.

Technical news
 * Wikimedia projects can set a default block length for users via MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry. A new page, MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry-ip, allows the setting of a different default block length for IP editors. Neither is currently used. (T219126)

Arbitration
 * Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 2 December 2018 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

Miscellaneous
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Please unprotect Tammy Baldwin
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Administrator
Can you please tell me how I can become an administrator on the English Wikipedia? Corrun Falt (talk) 20:26, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
 * , With experience and wisdom! To become an admin on Wikipedia, you must gain the community's trust, and then run for administrator. It's a combination of discussion and voting, and usually means you must convince some 200 people to trust you. Admins may get special tools, but they have no special abilities or powers. Becoming an admin is probably not the goal you should start with on Wikipedia. Even if you would like to be one, you would probably need to edit for at least 2 years, make at least 10k edits, and demonstrate mastery of our policies as well as a calm and collegial demeanor. You can get special tools without being an admin too, many are available to editors with medium levels of experience. If you'd like some help figuring out what to do on Wikipedia, drop a line on my talk page and I'd love to give you some resources. We're always hype to get new and enthusiastic editors like yourself!! Captain Eek  Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 20:42, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much, CaptainEek!! Corrun Falt (talk) 20:45, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

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Good luck
<div style="border-style:solid; border-color:blue; background-color:#fff; border-width:2px; text-align:left; padding:8px; " class="plainlinks"> 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Orangemike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 04:04, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Deletion of Draft:Da Un Jung
You deleted Draft:Da Un Jung with the logged reason  I do not belive this fits any of the speedy  deletion criteria, nor does there seem to have been an MfD discussion (and if there had been I would probably have favored keeping). Nor did any AfC reviewer reject, or even decline this, merely comment.

I ask that you restore this draft. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 17:54, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  17:35, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Angusmclellan • clpo13 • Edgar181 • Matthewedwards • NCurse

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Oversight changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Someguy1221

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment asks whether partial blocks should be enabled on the English Wikipedia. If enabled, this functionality would allow administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces, rather than the entire site.
 * A proposal asks whether admins who don't use their tools for a significant period of time (e.g. five years) should have the toolset procedurally removed.
 * Following a successful RfC, a whitelist is now available for users whose redirects will be autopatrolled by a bot, removing them from the new pages patrol queue. Admins can add such users to New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist after a discussion following the guidelines at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist.

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.
 * Following the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , , , , , ,.

Miscellaneous
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Mamhead House
You are a star and the late Mr Salvin and I are eternally in your debt. Many thanks. KJP1 (talk) 18:55, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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Interface 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.

Technical news
 * Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating.  There is currently one template: uw-pblock.
 * When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title.

Arbitration
 * Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting in the 2020 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2020, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2020, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * The English Wikipedia has reached six million articles. Thank you everyone for your contributions!

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Happy First Edit Day!
<div class="boilerplate metadata" style="background-color:#E6E6FA; border: 1px solid #7D00B3; margin: 0.5em auto; padding: 0.5em; width:90%; text-align: center"> Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:56, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:27, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Free from Copyright issues
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UFC_244_BMFBelt.png. Is there anyway to allow picture to be uploaded cropped from a Youtube video without being deleted? What are the proper steps? Regice2020 (talk) 00:04, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
 * No, because the picture is a derivative work, a part of a copyrighted production, and cannot be used without the copyright holder's permission; and we have no evidence that any such permission was given. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  00:07, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I was basically following what this uploader did - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin_Gastelum#/media/File:Kelvin_Gastelum.jpg Was that not good? Regice2020 (talk) 00:42, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
 * That image was extracted from a YouTube recording which was licensed under a Creative Commons license, specifically under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.	Your image was from a YouTube video with no such license, as far as I can see. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  01:46, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UFC_244_BMFBelt.png I believe i may have found one under the CC License. Regice2020 (talk) 02:01, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
 * That YouTube video was from a premium pay channel; there was nothing whatsoever on it anywhere to indicate that it is licensed at all, far less under any kind of CC license. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  05:51, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
 * The video was used for that recent image upload. Click Show More - License Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed). Am i missing something here? Regice2020 (talk) 07:01, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
 * This was actually the same License that was used the one i linked earlier (few comments above) or maybe its Wikimedia Commons. They might have different ways on handing it? Regice2020 (talk) 07:14, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Oof! They sort of buried the lead on that one. I've restored the image. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  08:32, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Copyright question on helpdesk
Hi Orange Mike, thank you very much for your response. Do you know what the process would be, to have the picture removed in the scenario that I explained? DFulham (talk) 18:52, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
 * For starters, is the picture in Wikimedia Commons or here in the English-language Wikipedia? Because the procedures are different. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  22:53, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you, the picture is in the Wikimedia Commons, but is also used as the display picture for an article in the English-language Wikipedia. The file in question is https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Douglas_Murray_2018.png. DFulham (talk) 12:43, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2020).

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Athaenara • DeltaQuad
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Fishhead64 • Kudpung • Mikaey

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg DeltaQuad

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

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg DeltaQuad

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, the blocking policy was changed to state that sysops must not undo or alter CheckUser or Oversight blocks, rather than should not.
 * A request for comment confirmed that sandboxes of established but inactive editors may not be blanked due solely to inactivity.

Technical news
 * Following a discussion, Twinkle's default CSD behavior will soon change, most likely this week. After the change, Twinkle will default to "tagging mode" if there is no CSD tag present, and default to "deletion mode" if there is a CSD tag present.  You will be able to always default to "deletion mode" (the current behavior) using your Twinkle preferences.

Miscellaneous
 * Following the 2020 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: BRPever, Krd, Martin Urbanec, MusikAnimal, Sakretsu, Sotiale, and Tks4Fish. There are a total of seven editors that have been appointed as stewards, the most since 2014.
 * The 2020 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Ajraddatz and Uzoma Ozurumba; they will serve for one year.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:20, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

What advertisement?
Interesting that anything not known is considered an advertisement Terraform888 (talk) 04:01, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
 * What should be a description of who you are and what you hope to accomplish by editing Wikipedia, was instead an advertisement for "Kenneth Bellamy in Australia" and what appears to have been inept efforts to spamlink to two commercial products, Groundswell(r) and Bio-Regen(r). If you had not intended to advertise Bellamy and his products, why did you attempt to insert the ® symbol, which has no place in encyclopedia articles? -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  04:14, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Take care that your judgement does not cloud your reality? Terraform888 (talk) 04:02, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

In minds who sit together in judgement or in shared exchange. What gives you the right to judge or comment without first questioning? Terraform888 (talk) 04:11, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Protection on West Bend, Wisconsin article
Are you okay with a trial run of fully unprotecting the article? You permanently protected it in 2013.  Royal broil  16:20, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

"He Hymn of Death" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect He Hymn of Death. Since you had some involvement with the He Hymn of Death redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Jalen Folf  (talk)  05:51, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Hall affair
Hi Orangemike - you helped me out sometime back on moving Mamhead House over a redirect - for which thanks again. Another article I've just done, Penhow Castle, which was owned by the film director Stephen Weeks from 1974-2002, led me to this, Hall affair. It's a shocker! I've listed my major concerns on the talk page. But above all, I am quite certain that the major author/s have undeclared connections. I see you flagged a concern in 2017, Neutral point of view/Noticeboard/Archive 65, when it was covered in tags. All the tags have been removed but it still sits here. To my mind, it really shouldn't in its current state. I'm planning to AfD it, unless you suggest a better course of action. Best regards. KJP1 (talk) 15:23, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Account renamings
Hi there Orangemike,

I just wanted to reach out after seeing User talk:Idrinkmyowntears (I originally came by this via the rename request on meta). I just wanted to let you know that I am a global renamer for future reference. Please feel free to ping me any time that you need one. I'm always happy to help besides, I like renaming accounts & get bored when the queue gets low. -- The SandDoctor Talk 00:37, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Unblocked David.Tomanek
Hello Orangemike, I am just reaching out to let you know that I have unblocked (who you blocked ublock-wellknown earlier today) upon the request of User:Martin Urbanec as he has verified their identity through 2020032810003651. (No action or anything required on your part, this is just a courtesy note.) -- The SandDoctor Talk 21:47, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Excellent; that's exactly how it's supposed to work. Now we just have to curb his autobiographical impulses. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  21:49, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

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Jonathan Jaffe unblocked
Hi Orangemike, just a heads up that I have unblocked as they have been renamed from "Jaffe Communications" by Martin Urbanec. No action is required, this is just a courtesy heads up. -- The SandDoctor Talk 19:36, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Category:Foremen has been nominated for deletion
Category:Foremen, which you created, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Rathfelder (talk) 12:26, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

User talk:Madeleine bundy
Hello Orangemike, please unblock as her identity has been verified through 2020042010000532. Thanks, MrClog (talk) 14:01, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Hello, you recently blocked this account as promotional; the account was disruptive earlier at Maurice L. Lagarde claiming to be a family member. They did not take much notice of any information they were given and blanked their TP. However, after I suggested they should change their username, another account began making similar edits at the same page but in a more controlled manner. Just thought better mention it in case anything else needs to be done. Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 22:52, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

WTFRgojoey (talk) 19:14, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Does anybody here read drafts and discussion posts ("talk")? No. This is why "editors" keep responding with unrelated crap such as "... your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize pages ..."

I agree, Orangemike is reverting edits on a page he knows nothing about. I am a resident of the town the page is about, and can edit at free will. All edits are accurate and sourced. @OrangeMike keeps deleting them. Don't mess with stuff you don't know anything about. LukastheWisconsinite (talk) 15:43, 25 April 2020 (UTC)