User talk:PFHLai/Archive 13

DYK for J. Edgar Hoover Building
The DYK project (nominate) 00:01, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bendigo (horse)
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Amery of Pavy
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Siege of Calais (1348)
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Tallinn Power Plant
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for The Tower of Blue Horses
The DYK project (nominate) 08:01, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ocypode cursor
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Mann Lake
( X! ·  talk )  · @353  · 12:04, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you to PFHLai for nominating this and to others who reviewed or otherwise contributed to the process. Finetooth (talk) 17:28, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * You're welcome, Finetooth. Please be encouraged to nominate your own good work for DYK. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 23:21, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Wizard (horse)
Nyttend (talk) 00:03, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for El Condor Pasa (horse)
( X! ·  talk )  · @309  · 12:04, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Victoire Pisa
( X! ·  talk )  · @309  · 00:02, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Daiwa Major
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Opentask and wikify
Hi, thanks for letting me know about the deleted category for wikify articles. I'll follow up on that with Maryana and others as necessary. Enjoy your wikibreak! Cheers, Nettrom (talk) 12:57, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Salmonella bongori
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Raillietina tetragona
The DYK project (nominate) 08:28, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Lada St. Edmund
The DYK project (nominate) 00:23, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Raillietina cesticillus
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Precious again
  perception of possibilities for knowledge

Thank you for your special gift of seeing items of knowledge fit to be presented on the Main page, and for your efforts to make them look best there! On St Patrick's day, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (8 August 2010, 28 January 2011)!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:52, 17 March 2012 (UTC) A year ago, you were the 63rd recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, repeated in br'erly style, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:16, 17 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you (again), Gerda. You are very AWESOME, too! Happy Easter! --PFHLai (talk) 15:33, 31 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Three years ago, you were the 63rd recipient of my Pumpkin Sky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:02, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you, again, Gerda. Happy St Patrick's Day! --PFHLai (talk) 11:21, 17 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Four years ago, you were recipient no. 63 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:16, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Once again, thank you, Gerda. Happy St Patrick's Day! :-) --PFHLai (talk) 8:34 pm, 17 March 2016 (EST)
 * Five years now, - read Shaw today! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:06, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, again, Gerda. Time flies! --PFHLai (talk) 00:22, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Simonsig
 Harrias  talk 08:02, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Bourbon (horse)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Ambrosio (horse)
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:03, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Elis (horse)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Blackstairmountain
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for International Society on Toxinology
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:03, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Redi Award
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:03, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Zawlbuk
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:04, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for John R. McCarl
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Seabreeze (horse)
Allen3 talk 00:30, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Squirrel (horse)
The DYK project (nominate) 18:20, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Joe Childs
The DYK project (nominate) 01:06, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Boundary Channel
The DYK project (nominate) 08:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for HMS Versatile (D32)
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Arlington Memorial Amphitheater
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Acanthogobius flavimanus
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Hethersett (horse)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Ochroconis anomala
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Thonningia
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:22, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for USS Maine Mast Memorial
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:04, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Gilbert–Shannon–Reeds model
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:19, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway
PFHLai, could you please revisit your review here to see what the status is, and whether it could be promoted using the previously struck ALT1? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:10, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * BlueMoonset, thank you for reminding me about this old nom. I've responded on the nom template. Hope this helps. --PFHLai (talk) 08:59, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Qaisracetus
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:03, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Lethal Force
I made a mistake about at the DYK nomination. I'm sorry. SL93 (talk) 23:52, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for pointing out the problem before this nom gets on MainPage, SL93. No need to apologise. I've responded on the nom template. --PFHLai (talk) 09:00, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure what is going on with the creator. Tigerboy1966 said on his talk page that the review is way more than a DYK review should be. WP:V is a core policy for any article and especially articles on the main page. I'm not sure why he is comparing it to a Good Article review. I did not ask for more content or even a huge rehash of the content that is in the article. All that I asked was for everything to be referenced. SL93 (talk) 01:35, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
 * It looks like everything is resolved with this nom now, which is good. I hope everyone involved is happy. --PFHLai (talk) 07:37, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

The DYK project (nominate) 06:33, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Scapteriscus
Orlady (talk) 08:04, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Re: Agenda of the Tea Party movement
Yes, I was hoping you'd say that. Time for some fresh eyes. Please review for DYK. I've done some work to it in response to criticism by Gamaliel. Since the principal negative subject matter regarding the Tea Party (their views on race-related issues, and some very insensitive signage displayed at some of their rallies) has been already dealt with in detail in another article, Perceptions of the Tea Party movement, this one may seem a little fluffy but I'm at a loss on how to remedy that while maintaining NPOV and sticking to what the reliable sources say. regards ... Phoenix and Winslow (talk) 02:57, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
 * So I can see that Template:Did you know nominations/Agenda of the Tea Party movement is already quite well attended to, thus I shall defer to reviewers already there. The merge request and the NPOV tag need to be resolved first, before the DYK nom can proceed. No rush. DYK can wait... good luck. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 05:00, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Jedediah Hyde Baxter
Alex ShihTalk 12:48, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Ashurbanipal (sculpture)
Alex ShihTalk 12:02, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Cupiennius salei
Gatoclass (talk) 21:32, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Murder of Elsie Lie
Hi, I don't know if you noticed but although I approved the hook for Murder of Elsie Lie, Gatoclass has put an objection on it? I notice you just moved it to a prep area. SagaciousPhil  -  Chat  15:37, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Phil. I didn't know. I guess I was working on a cached version of the nom template. I must have opened it on my screen before Gatoclass posted his objection. Glad that you've picked up on this and let me know. Much appreciated. --PFHLai (talk) 15:46, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Stanerra
Gatoclass (talk) 00:11, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Lorenzaccio (horse)
Gatoclass (talk) 08:02, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

DYK for German Wine Queen
— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:03, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

DYK Special Occasion hook
PFHLai, I wanted to remind you that there's a special occasion hook for November 5, and it probably ought to go in Prep 3, which I see you've just started building. (I can't promote it myself, since I gave final approval to it.) Please take a look when you get the chance. Many thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 02:35, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reminder, BlueMoonset. I'll take a look soon. --PFHLai (talk) 02:46, 5 November 2013 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:49, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

St Jude Storm DYK
Thanks for promoting St Jude storm, however the nomination suggested that the flying tiles one was better instead of the one you have promoted. Plus I don't think that one was reviewed. Could you change the hook to the ALT1 in the nomination?  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 09:20, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Just to clarify it's this hook that i'd like it changed to: ... that a man was killed in the St Jude storm by flying tiles?  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 09:26, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 09:38, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 09:39, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Clarence Ussher
Please is there any way we can have Clarence Ussher placed in the picture (first) slot of the DYK. It was wrongfully removed awhile ago when it was in the prep in the picture slot. I would really really appreciate it. Proudbolsahye (talk) 05:09, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Sure. I can move it to Prep 2. --PFHLai (talk) 05:13, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Can we apply this again please. I would greatly greatly appreciate it. Proudbolsahye (talk) 03:08, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, too late now. It's already on MainPage. --PFHLai (talk) 11:01, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem. I have another one (Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Vardges_Sureniants). If it's possible to place it in the first slot, I'd greatly appreciate it. If not, thanks anyways! Proudbolsahye (talk) 06:25, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, Proudbolsahye, I have reservation about using the suggested picture on MainPage. It's rather difficult to see what is in the picture when it is displayed at the usual dimensions of 100x100px. --PFHLai (talk) 06:43, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Without the picture, the hook won't be appealing at all. I think I'm going to change the hook and picture then... Proudbolsahye (talk) 06:59, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Okay, just let me know if its first slot material. I'll have the hooked checked out and approved ASAP. Proudbolsahye (talk) 07:06, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * In fact, this might be a better picture? Суренянц,_«Попранная_святыня»,_1895.jpg Proudbolsahye (talk) 07:39, 7 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I think Sureniants' portrait is fine. Desecrated Shrine is still a bit small, but maybe okay if it is displayed at 120x120px instead. BTW, you may want to sign your posts on nom templates. --PFHLai (talk) 07:51, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your opinion. Yes I'll go ahead and sign. I'm going with the current hook and picture. Proudbolsahye (talk) 07:53, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * You're welcome, Proudbolsahye. Happy editing. Good luck! --PFHLai (talk) 08:00, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Vardges_Sureniants looks good and it is now stocked with a new photo. Would be really appreciative if you're willing to put the hook up with the picture in the prep. If not, thanks for all your valuable advice. Keep on editing! Proudbolsahye (talk) 18:14, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Someone has already promoted this hook to Prep 4. --PFHLai (talk) 05:01, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for James Hargest
Gatoclass (talk) 18:08, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Euclea crispa
Gatoclass (talk) 01:53, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Augusta Clark
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK for John Hill (explorer)
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Ceratotheca sesamoides
Materialscientist (talk) 05:20, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Hale Holden
Materialscientist (talk) 05:20, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Leyla Güngör
 Harrias  talk 12:03, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Christmas Peace
 Harrias  talk 00:03, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for St. Nicholas Hotel (Springfield, Illinois)
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Sophie Radford de Meissner
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for SS Umona
The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for St. Joseph Medical Center (Houston, Texas)
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Mrs. Riazuddin
Hi! Can you move this to prep4, in the 7 January 0800–1600 (UTC) slot? It will be more visible in Pakistan (UTC+5) then. Thanks in advance. —ШαмıQ ✍ @ 21:19, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
 * No problem. ✅. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 21:26, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK Queue 3
Can you take a look at Queue 3 of DYK and potentially do some reshuffling? I may be overreacting but I don't think it looks right for a hook for a sex site being set between two Christian based hooks.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 21:27, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh, well... The hook for the Chinese sex site will not look right anywhere. (I did not promote it from T:TDYK.) I'm hoping the American carol and the Swedish church would help neutralize/detoxify things a bit on my screen. At least this way I feel less bad about leaving the sex site on queue. --PFHLai (talk) 21:40, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Maybe, but there is an agreement with me in the discussion on WT:DYK that if it is left where it is, it may have potential to cause offence on one of the holy days of the Christian calendar (Epiphany).  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 21:44, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
 * gave me an edit conflict there. I'll leave things as they are for now. Please let me know if there are further issues. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 22:00, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Tap On Wood
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Son of Love
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Wu Shujiao
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Vetiveria nigritana
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:02, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Miki Imai (athlete)
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Jean-Claude Beton
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Valley View DYK
PFHLai, I know it would be a bit of an inconvenience, but would it be possible to pull Template:Did you know nominations/Valley View (Romney, West Virginia) from the Prep 2 queue and return it to the nominations page? I'm still working to locate an image for the hook, and forgot to note this on the article's nomination template. If this is possible, I'd greatly appreciate it, and I apologize for the trouble. I'll cross post this request with other DYK administrators. Thanks again! -- Caponer (talk) 10:49, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
 * No problem, Caponer. Crisco took care of it. Good luck with the image. --PFHLai (talk) 13:56, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Murat-Khan
Hi! Can you please move Did you know nominations/Nasreddin Murat-Khan to prep2, in the 19 January 0800–1600 (UTC) slot? It will be more visible in Pakistan (UTC+5) then. Thanks in advance. —ШαмıQ ✍ @ 18:29, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅. --PFHLai (talk) 19:11, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Black-breasted Thrush DYK
Hey PFHLai! Could I trouble you to move Template:Did you know nominations/Black-breasted Thrush to another queue so that the Featured Picture will appear? I don't mind having promotion postponed until later, but given that all previous stubs with FPs that became DYKs were placed as the lead hook, it would be nice if this one could too. Cheers! —Bloom6132 (talk) 08:40, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, Bloom6132, I have a problem with letting the same pic appears on MainPage twice within only a few weeks of time. The suggested pic is on Template:POTD/2014-02-05. Instead of moving this nom to another queue, I shall undo the promotion. --PFHLai (talk) 12:27, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I've started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Did you know about this issue. --PFHLai (talk) 13:10, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical New Artist of the Year
Thanks for the alt idea. Please see DYK nomination page. Yoninah (talk) 18:03, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Yoninah. Reply on the nom template. --PFHLai (talk) 18:12, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

POTD
I noticed you created the POTD protected template for both today and tomorrow so was hoping you might have some idea about what the root cause of the error reported at Talk:Main Page is. The immediate cause is  as when it appears on the main page all of the texttitle is put inside a link so we then have a link within a link which breaks things. I fixed the template for today and have fixed the template for tomorrow so it won't cause the problem. However this line is obviously created automatically from somewhere when you create the template so will occur again the day after tomorrow unless someone with more knowledge of the templates fixes the root cause. Of course if you create the template for the day after tomorrow as well the simplest way may be for you just to remove the brackets yourself after creating it. Dpmuk (talk) 16:40, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, Dpmuk, I have no clue where the problem came from. I don't see the offending brackets in the day after tomorrow's POTD template, so it seems that there's nothing to remove. The POTD templates for use on MainPage were generated from Picture of the day/February 2014. You may want to take this up with, the admin who takes care of POTD these days. Hope this helps. --PFHLai (talk) 17:34, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
 * It looks like User:‎Crisco 1492 played with the brackets on that one just after he created it so he has obviously become aware of the problem somehow. Oh well, looks like everything is fixed now and the people that should know about the problem now do know about it so doesn't seem like there's anything left to do.  Thanks. Dpmuk (talk) 22:00, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I am about 99% sure that the issue was including brackets in the texttitle field, which (as the name suggests) is supposed to be nothing but text. I didn't see how it looked before you instituted the changes, so I'm not sure if I'm correct. It's never happened like this before. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:10, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh I'm quite sure that's the issue. Just less sure how they got there in the first place! Dpmuk (talk) 23:21, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Glad to see that everything seems alright now. Thanks, Dpmuk & Crisco 1492. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 00:23, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Eric Butler-Henderson
The DYK project (nominate) 12:48, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Prep 1
There are now 5 bios in Prep 1. ;-) --  Ohc  ¡digame! 16:04, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Four. And I won't go any higher. --PFHLai (talk) 16:09, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I miscounted Dude Perfect as a bio. --  Ohc  ¡digame! 16:23, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * It's kind-of is... --PFHLai (talk) 16:33, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * And I'm thinking of bumping off Alvarez, as the requested date is actually tomorrow. --PFHLai (talk) 16:10, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Bumping him by one set is fine. That will cut the number of bios in prep 1 by one. It's already tomorrow in Sochi in about 4 hours, which is why I put him there. --  Ohc  ¡digame! 16:22, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if bedtime counts. And there are already 2 other Olympians in the next set. ... I'm still scrolling up and down on T:TDYK looking for hooks, but I have to get off the computer soon. Please feel free to make changes to P1. Thanks, Ohc. --PFHLai (talk) 16:33, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm bumping Hutcherson to P3. Hope this helps. --PFHLai (talk) 16:37, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but I can't touch any of the other articles ready for promotion because I passed most of them. You have mail. --  Ohc  ¡digame! 17:33, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Just saw your mail, Ohc. Your beloved cross is now on P1. Hope this helps. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 20:30, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Ledecka
Yes, please hold it if you have the power. Thanks, C679 20:47, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅. I've undone the promotion and moved your nom to T:TDYK. Looking forward to seeing this on MainPage in about 10 days. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 20:59, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Me too! C679 22:38, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Can it go on the 08:00 London update tomorrow? I think Prep 3 is heading there. Thanks, C679 11:45, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
 * took care of this already. --PFHLai (talk) 01:20, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Update on Template:Did you know nominations/YinzCam
Per your note at Template:Did you know nominations/YinzCam, I have completed my second QPQ.--GrapedApe (talk) 00:40, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for letting me know, GrapedApe. Glad to see that YinzCam has reached MainPage. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 00:10, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
This wiki-kitten is here to express my thanks for your help with maintaining the DYK process. Your assistance is highly appreciated!

Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 16:06, 10 February 2014 (UTC) 


 * You're welcome, Piotrus. Glad that I can be useful in some way. Thank you for the cutie kittie. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 00:10, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for War Revenue Act of 1898
Orlady (talk) 22:41, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

IWD sets
I started preparation of four IWD sets, and have now completed three of them. I would like to ask you to help me look at them, and rebalance them if necessary. If you feel like it, you can complete the last one. I left out Elly Yunara because I think it can be the lead article for a later set. I am not so sure about set timings, but I suspect these can start going into the prep areas once you're done. Regards, --  Ohc  ¡digame! 07:16, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * As I see you're not around, I'll cross post to WT:DYK. --  Ohc  ¡digame! 07:19, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for getting the IWD hook sets going, . Things are looking good on WP:DYK/Q. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 03:21, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK
Ah. I thought I had maybe screwed up by NOT promoting it at first. Ah, well. Other two I promoted I didn't review. Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:41, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Request for DYK to be moved to a new queue to allow for picture
I'd really appreciate it if you could move my DYK nomination that you moved to prep area 2 (Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Nick_Dupree) to a new prep area to allow for the picture to be included. Thanks! Newyorkadam (talk) 20:20, 15 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * IMO, the Dupree article is too short for the top spot, which is usually saved for more richly developed articles. What I can do is to un-promote the DYK nom. Maybe another set builder won't care about article size and may be willing to pick this article for the picture slot. --PFHLai (talk) 20:27, 15 March 2014 (UTC)


 * PFHLai, in case you didn't know, all hooks removed from preps or queues need to be logged in Did you know/Removed. You'll want to add this one. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:12, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reminder, BlueMoonset. I was hoping to avoid that list, but the nom is there now. --PFHLai (talk) 01:27, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Murder of Harriet Staunton
The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Kirby Institute
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 19:47, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Layout changes of Wikipedia:Community portal/Opentask
Hi, PFHLai. The template on Community portal/Opentask says that layout changes should have consensus. There is no discussion on the talk page however about the changes you've been introducing. Was there any discussion. At a minimum, could you explain the rational on the talk page? Jason Quinn (talk) 02:29, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello, Jason Quinn. Layout changes? The template is still a 3X3 grid, with the same dimensions for the longest time. What layout changes? I have to guess that you are referring to OR and UPDATE swapping spots on the template. I never thought anyone would care. And i didn't think such a swap would be considered a change in the layout. If you want to know, I was just trying to put the easier tasks, even suitable for newbies, at the top. It just makes more sense to me this way as the template is used as part of a welcome-message. Nothing special. Please feel free to copy this explanation to Wikipedia talk:Community portal/Opentask, though I'm pretty much the only human working on this template, so I doubt anyone else would read it. Thank you for asking. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 04:26, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

DYK for 2014 Tokyo Marathon
Thanks from  → Call me  Hahc  21 ) 08:03, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks, kindly, for the nomination! BlueSalix (talk) 06:03, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Andrew Bolon
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:13, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Lili Bosse
Hello. See the discussion and I have added another reference from Google Books which was suggested in the aforementioned discussion. So, can the article be back in line to appear on the front page yet?Zigzig20s (talk) 16:12, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello. I'd suggest that you discuss on the nom template with, the editor who pulled the hook from the DYK prep area. I only found the DYK un-promotion inappropriately done and tried to fix the templates. I am not familiar with the article's contents. My involvement with this DYK was merely administrative/clerical. --PFHLai (talk) 16:22, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
 * He says he doesn't know...Oh boy.Zigzig20s (talk) 17:38, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Response on WT:DYK. --PFHLai (talk) 17:48, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

Prep 4
Any chance you could promote? I've given it a thorough review already, but since I put it together I'm a little reluctant to do the promotion as well. Gatoclass (talk) 16:53, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, Gatoclass, I promoted the lead hook, so I'm not sure if I should move the set to queue. --PFHLai (talk) 16:59, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

For a moment...
...I was a bit of an idiot here. Sorry. EEng (talk) 21:25, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about it, EEng. It's okay... --PFHLai (talk) 12:18, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Hey, Herald! Thank you, Bro, but I have not done anything at DYK for so many months now. Maybe I should re-start.... :-) Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 04:04, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Heyyy
I was delighted to see that you're still editing at the same pace as always. In Wiki terms we're oldtimers! JFW &#124; T@lk  19:16, 15 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Dr de Wolff! Nice to hear from you again.
 * Yes, it has been a while. Actually, I've slowed down quite a bit in recent years. I think I have been editing in the same place rather than at the same pace.... :-)
 * Happy editing! Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 07:52, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

You're right. In absolute terms I am editing a fair bit less. But it stays fun! JFW &#124; T@lk  11:10, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Editing here is somewhat addictive.... ;-) --PFHLai (talk) 07:36, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Health content
Remember that when adding medical content please only use high-quality reliable sources as references. We typically use review articles, major textbooks and position statements of national or international organizations. WP:MEDHOW walks you through editing step by step. A list of resources to help edit health content can be found here. The edit box has a build in citation tool to easily format references based on the PMID or ISBN. We also provide style advice about the structure and content of medicine-related encyclopedia articles. The welcome page is another good place to learn about editing the encyclopedia. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a note. Jytdog (talk) 18:33, 11 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Hey PFHLai - you don't seem to edit health content much...  please do see WP:MEDMOS and WP:MEDRS - you keep adding content about what the drug is good for, in the section on MoA, and basing that content on primary sources instead of secondary sources per MEDRS.  Please stop doing that. I can explain more if you like. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 18:35, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Jytdog. I haven't done this is a while. I'll look into the new (to me) guidelines. --PFHLai (talk) 18:37, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for being understanding! :)  I'm looking at sources PMID 25717355 and PMID 26115829 now... Jytdog (talk) 18:40, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I've made a few more edits on the Flecainide wikiarticle. Please review and revise as you see fit. I hope an editorial is good enough as the source. Thanks, Jytdog. --PFHLai (talk) 09:24, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK reviews...
Hi there. Thanks for your input at Template:Did you know nominations/American Crane Corporation.

I have two DYKs that are waiting for review, Template:Did you know nominations/Golem Arcana and Template:Did you know nominations/Long War (mod). The first of those was nominated on 6 October. Is it normal for a nomination to wait for two weeks for a review? If not, is there any recourse available to me?

Thanks, The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:19, 22 October 2015 (UTC) P.S.: I also asked SSTflyer this question.


 * Hello, The Squirrel Conspiracy. Patience, my friend, patience. Reviewers will come. I can see at least 10 older noms sitting on T:TDYK. If you're anxious, you may want to put in a request on WT:DYK. Or you can start reviewing all those older unreviewed noms. You can 'bank' the review credits for your future noms.  Once you have reviewed the other old noms, other reviewers would have fewer choices but your noms to review. I hope this helps. Happy editing and reviewing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 03:32, 22 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks. While I have your attention, can I get your thoughts on Long War (mod)? When I was building the article one of the sources gave a shout-out to the reddit /r/xcom community, so I went over there and told them about the article. A couple of people there told me that it was likely to get deleted. I thought it would meet the notability criteria since it was the primary subject of a half-dozen articles, four of which are from major video game media outlets, as well as a bunch of mentions in relation to XCOM 2 having modding support. I will say though that I've been a bit worried since reading those reddit replies. What are your thoughts? The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 04:11, 22 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I must confess that I am not a gamer and really unfamiliar with video games. Your article seems very well referenced and more than legit. Thank you for your wikicontributions. If you're concerned, please be encouraged to check with WikiProject Video games. I hope this helps. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 04:44, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Template:Did you know nominations/Wided Bouchamaoui
PFHLai, can you please see whether the new hooks solve your concerns, and if so, restore the nomination's approval? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:48, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
 * BlueMoonset, thanks for the reminder. I'll go back now and check. --PFHLai (talk) 05:16, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
Hi,

I'm not sure how DYK works, but the one you've just "promoted" contain inaccurate information. I have already suggested an alternative wording, here. Could you advise on what to do next? Wiqi( 55 ) 10:02, 7 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Hello, . I thought I fixed it already by adding the word 'partly'. I disagree that both need to be mentioned. Please feel free to bring this up at WT:DYK. Sorry that I am not that available today. I should have more time on Saturday. --PFHLai (talk) 03:56, 8 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi, Wiqi55. Do you still object to my fixing of the hook for this DYK? I just found out that this hook will be going onto MainPage tomorrow. If there are still problems, please raise them at WT:DYK soon. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 21:28, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I just didn't notice the "partly" being added (was only watching the template page). Wiqi( 55 ) 09:05, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Glad that the problem has been resolved. Thank you,, for pointing out the error in the first place. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 19:12, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Ewa Gryziecka‎
The first of two citations supporting the hooks is reported as a dead URL. This seems odd since the article was just created and that link accessed. Please take a look. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 12:42, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I knew about this. That's why I put in the second link. I'm still looking for a working link for the first ref. Will put that in as soon as I can find one. --PFHLai (talk) 12:54, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I appreciate your putting in the second link, as we now have a good reference for that great hook. As soon as you do the QPQ I'll complete my review.  Thanks for nominating this article to DYK.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 14:07, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Ewa Gryziecka
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Korbin Forrister
Shouldn't this be in queue 3 to time in with daytime of the Daytona race?  Jolly  Ω   Janner  06:21, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes. Thought I would get it promoted first, then figure out which one to swap out from Q3. Any suggestions? --PFHLai (talk) 06:23, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually, Q4 is not that bad. It's still Feb. 21st local time. --PFHLai (talk) 06:24, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Colby Carthel and use a crop of File:Mastiff and Panama Remote Controlled Vehicle MOD 45159062.jpg for lead slot? It's not the easiest of swaps, but two US sportspersons hooks aren't great either.  Jolly  Ω   Janner  06:26, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Q2? --PFHLai (talk) 06:29, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Pudan? --PFHLai (talk) 06:32, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay, . I'm moving Forrister to Q3, Carthel to Q2, Pudan to P4, and use the Panama vehicle pic on Q3. --PFHLai (talk) 06:39, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me. If you feel the Panama pic is too small, let me know and I'll upload a cropped version. Thanks.  Jolly  Ω   Janner  07:51, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I should probably point out that I made a bit of a mistake earlier on. I had originally anticipated prep 4 as being displayed on 24 February. I wouldn't have posted about it, had I known it was something as trivial as the time of day. Oh well, the day slot is probably better in the long run.  Jolly  Ω   Janner  07:55, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * No harm done. No worries. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 08:42, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

AfD of an Article
You previously helped promote Planned presidential transition of Mitt Romney to DYK status. It is now being nominated for deletion here. I am informing everyone who has contributed to this article as a courtesy and with this identical note as you may be interested in participating in the discussion in favor of deletion, in favor of keeping, or in favor of some other option. LavaBaron (talk) 19:56, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Missing DYK
This article Template:Did you know nominations/Shumen Plateau Nature Park promoted by by you is presently in the lead on the main page. But it is not reported either on the talk page of the article or my user page. There seems to be some technical hitch. Could you please look into it and see how it can be rectified and I get the article's endorsement on my talk page? Thanks.-- Nvvchar . 01:37, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry that I was not around to assist you yesterday. Real life was in the way. So it seems that the DYKBot is not working properly these days. Good to see that has given you the DYK credit.  I hope the Bot recovers soon. --PFHLai (talk) 03:01, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Edit war warning
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Induced pluripotent stem cell ‎. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement. Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states: If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Jytdog (talk) 10:51, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.


 * Jytdog, please note that the uw-ew template is better used when you find other wikipedians edit-warring with each other and you post it on the usertalkpage of the belligerents. It is not a tool to stop other wikipedians from editing an article when you find the materials being added to that article disagreeable. I typed in something you didn't like, you reverted my edit. I put in a first attempt to address your concern, and you reverted my edit again. Is this collaborative editing? You are the one "repeatedly undoing other users' edits" as mentioned in the template above. Who is the edit-warrior here? Please be more constructive and less disruptive, Jytdog. If you want additional citations to review articles, you can simply ask. It's coming, anyway. I'm not done there. Do you really have to use a warning template to tell me to be particularly aware of any Wikipedia policies? Aren't you a bit trigger-happy with these warning templates? I find your "warning" unnecessary, disheartening and irksome. Sigh...  --PFHLai (talk) 23:55, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Suggested DYK nomination
I'm still creating articles, but I don't usually trouble with the DYK process, it's become a bit wearying. I wonder if I could pass new articles over to you? For instance, could you do something with Harry S. Pepper or Charles Douglas Carpendale? Moonraker (talk) 04:16, 30 July 2016 (UTC) Moonraker (talk) 04:16, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Hmmm... let me see what hooks I can come up with... --PFHLai (talk) 05:27, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
 * How about these hooks?
 * ... that before Charles Douglas Carpendale was hired to become John Reith's second-in-command to lead the BBC, he was a Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy?
 * ... that in 1934, musician and BBC producer Harry S. Pepper was featured on a cigarette card?
 * Some small tweaks to the wikiarticles may be required to make these hooks work. --PFHLai (talk) 14:45, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Happy to leave it to you, but you could also put them together, like this -
 * ...that when Admiral Carpendale interviewed Harry S. Pepper for a job, he asked him "How old are you?" and got the reply "Forty-four, how old are you?" Moonraker (talk) 18:01, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I wasn't able to log in the past few days. Both articles are getting old. I threw in a nomination for "Charles Douglas Carpendale", anyway. Let's see how the review goes. --PFHLai (talk) 04:05, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

, no problem, I just don't make time to battle through the DYK process any more. Would you see if any of these are worth nominating? One or two are five days old, some may be too short. Moonraker (talk) 05:58, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) Sydney Valentine
 * 2) Hysteron Proteron Club
 * 3) Joseph Samuel Webster
 * 4) William Poulett, 6th Earl Poulett
 * 5) Mary Bathurst Deane
 * Aunt Mary is now nominated on T:TDYK. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 09:36, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Charles Douglas Carpendale
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Mary Bathurst Deane
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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
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A new user right for New Page Patrollers
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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.

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Administrators' newsletter - February 2017
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 * Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

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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)
 * Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
 * The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration
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Nomination for deletion of Template:PD-USGov-VOA
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2017).

Administrator changes
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 * A recent RfC has redefined how articles on schools are evaluated at AfD. Specifically, secondary schools are not presumed to be notable simply because they exist.
 * AfDs that receive little participation should now be closed like an expired proposed deletion, following a deletion process RfC.
 * Defender, HakanIST, Matiia and Sjoerddebruin are our newest stewards, following the 2017 steward elections.
 * The 2017 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Góngora, Krd, Lankiveil, Richwales and Vogone. They will serve for approximately 1 year.

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 * Cookie blocks should be deployed to the English Wikipedia soon. This will extend the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user after they switch accounts under a new IP.
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).

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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a discussion on the backlog of unpatrolled files, consensus was found to create a new user right for autopatrolling file uploads. Implementation progress can be tracked on Phabricator.
 * 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.
 * After an unsuccessful proposal to automatically grant IP block exemption, consensus was found to relax the criteria for granting the user right from needing it to wanting it.

Technical news
 * 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.
 * Cookie blocks have been deployed. This extends the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user if they switch accounts, even under a new IP.

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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.
 * There is a new tool for adding archives to dead links. Administrators are able to restrict other user's ability to use the tool, and have additional permissions when changing URL and domain data.
 * Administrators, bureaucrats and stewards can now set an expiry date when granting user rights. (discuss, permalink)

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

Administrator changes
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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.
 * An RfC regarding the bot policy has closed with changes to the section describing restrictions on cosmetic changes.

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

Administrator changes
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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.

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017). Administrator changes
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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.
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2017
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017). Administrator changes
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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
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 * 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
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Invitation to Admin confidence survey
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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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