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Speedy deletion nomination of Floyd, et al. v. The City of New York, et al.


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Testing, testing...
Tap, tap, is this thing on?--ukexpat (talk) 15:56, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Asterisk (PBX)
Hi, Why did you remove the Linkrot tag from Asterisk (PBX) please? The tag is there for a reason, for someone to fix the problem. Thanks --JetBlast (talk) 17:47, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I ran Asterisk (PBX) through the reflinks tool and it looked like it applied templates to all the bare URLs. Which references do you see that are still bare URLs? RJFJR (talk) 14:00, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Ref 12 :-) Thanks --JetBlast (talk) 14:17, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

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Hi, Thank you for instructions. Thanks for the Welcome. --Rettelo (talk) 17:29, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Charles Hiram Burnett, Jr.
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 * This was a split of an article. RJFJR (talk) 21:48, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

VisualEditor
Hey RJFJR :). It looks like with this edit you accidentally removed the infobox too; this is quite possibly a bug with the new editor. After you'd removed the cleanup template, did the infobox still appear before you hit 'save', and then get lost? Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 23:23, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
 * That's okay! If you see it happen again, can you try and take a screenshot so we can work out what's going on? Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 23:41, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
 * If you move it to a subpage of your userpage instead of your user talk page, you should be able to use the VE there. Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 23:50, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Aha! Okay, glad we worked that out. Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 00:04, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

2nd Annual Wikimedia New England General Meeting
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You welcomed a new user
Hi. I see you welcomed new user Nicolodeonicx. I don't know if people who welcome new users follow them up? This user is, so far, problematic; please see his/her talk page. Thank you, --Hordaland (talk) 16:11, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I just went through the user's many contributions of the last couple of days. S/he has made a great many errors, changing a correct preposition to a wrong one, changing verb tenses incorrectly, adding "the" where it doesn't belong, etc.  I think that English must not be her/his mother tongue.  I've fixed the errors, but may not spend much more time on this user.  S/he will do a lot of damage if this keeps up.  --Hordaland (talk) 03:18, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

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Help, please?
I am looking for an WP-experienced editor/admin to help me with a problem related to changes I made on the Federal Assault Weapons Ban article. From reading old talk pages, I see you've helped before and I hope you can help me!

My changes were to: replace three occurrences of the term "cosmetic features" with one "some features" and one "features"; remove POV word "mere"; replace "extract" with "eject"; replace vague "former U.S. law" with its common name; and tighten up two redundancies.)

When I made the changes, another user undid them. I undid his "undo," which he then re-did. At that point I decided not to undo again, because obviously this was going nowhere - and I found a message he'd left on my talk page. After reading his message, I replied that I would read-up on WP:CONTENTDISPUTE and decide what to do next.

Maybe it was a bad decision, but I decided General advice might not work because nothing about firearms these days seems like "small content issues." I skipped the Third opinion option for the same reason. I chose to Request community input, and wow! It has been a nightmare (for me anyway) ever since. On the talk page section I started, other editors' replies to me seem unfriendly - one even hostile - and there seems to be a general assumption that I am not acting in good faith. (If the page seems choppy, I apologize. I'm not sure I'd ever participated on a talk page before, and I'm pretty sure I'd never started a talk section before.)

Can you please help me? Or do you know a good editor who can? If not, please let me know, and I will go back to step one and seek general advice.

Thanks you... sincerely, Lightbreather (talk) 21:49, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

n-body problem
I agree with your boldness: removing the FORTRAN computer program -- in the form it was present -- is good because it was an ugly looking thing. That said, FORTRAN code can be inserted into C++ and compiled (most older engineers know only FORTRAN). More important: the purpose of the code is to allow those interested to check not only the theory, but the example problem too (I'm still trying to finish uploading it).

With the Internet and especially Wikipedia, I can share this methodology (and more) with the entire world, not just a particular, say, Aerospace firm. The solution is entirely my own. I arrived at its solution while trying to distribute useful loads (body load, luggage, attached extra hardware, etc., to a basic structure) to the grid point (spatial points) of finite element models.

I. Bernard Cohen mentions Newton's opinion, given in Newton's book, in one of Cohen's Scientific American articles, which I referenced in the references.

I'm still checking for typing errors and trying to finish. If you have more questions please ask. Anyway, thank you for your help, I really appreciate it, and I hope you do more too.Rudrene (talk) 20:50, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

n-body problem - 2
Trying to make the numerical example graphic file "Inertia Calculation.jpg" smaller; and learn how to make Wikipedia tables. Also suggest typing in the FORTRAN program: is that Ok?Rudrene (talk) 19:08, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

N-body problem
Almost finished. Echo back?Rudrene (talk) 21:15, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I suggest we should just revert to an older version that is much more precise and appealing https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=N-body_problem&oldid=570194946 Thoughts?
 * Best, JS (talk) 19:59, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of List of megaprojects for deletion
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Proposed deletion of Russoft


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Dead link
In this edit you formatted a link added by an IP that seems to be dead. Can it be corrected, or should it be removed?-- S Philbrick (Talk)  16:04, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

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Category:Confucianism in Indonesia
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Has the Pioneer anomaly been resolved?
(opinion of Suslin Disambiguator) As of Feb. 2014, Fernández-Rañada and Tiemblo-Ramos are NOT convinced the Pioneer anomaly is explained by the thermal model of Turyshev et al. Antonio Fernández-Rañada and Alfredo Tiemblo-Ramos propose "an explanation of the Pioneer anomaly that is a refinement of a previous one and is fully compatible with the cartography of the solar system. It is based on the non-equivalence of the atomic time and the astronomical time which happens to have the same observational fingerprint as the anomaly." http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/p2012-086#.UtZzJxwhZPw Parametric invariance and the Pioneer anomaly - vol. 90, no 10, Oct. 2012, Canadian Journal of Physics "... the greatest source of uncertainty in the thermal model turned out to be due to the paint ... for which there is no literature on performance and likely degradation in the conditions on board the Pioneers" http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v8/n9/full/nphys2428.html "... and farewell to the Pioneer anomaly: Nature Physics" NO LITERATURE ON PERFORMANCE AND LIKELY DEGRADATION The uncertainty in the thermal model is based on surmise. I surmise that Milgrom is the Kepler of contemporary cosmology. If my surmise concerning Milgrom is correct, then any scientific paper that deals with gravity and ignores Milgrom is likely to be fatally flawed. I think that there 3 main problems with the explanation of Turyshev et al. of the Pioneer anomaly: (1) totally ignoring the work of Milgrom; (2) using an UNSUBSTANTIATED GUESS ABOUT THE PROPERTIES OF A PARTICULAR PAINT; (3) committing the fallacy of unjustified statistical precision. The computer simulation used by Turyshev et al. seems excellent, but their analysis falls short of high statistical confidence in finding an explanation for what they allege.

How do I find the page on which I commented
Sorry to bother you RJFJR but I got into making some suggestions to a page. Now response get notified in my e-mail. But I have no easy links to the _original article_ page whose talk page I edited. Without this reference making cogent responses is difficult. Powstini (talk) 04:46, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Links to responses
Ooops ... don't get me wrong. I could be hasty but I am not computer illiterate, read threads etc ... Now I get an alert in my e-mail account where the first sentence of your reply is visible. When I click on "View Message" button I am on your talk page, but not led to your answer, only my contribution. Yes updated the page also. Could try going to history to see your response post, but why did it not come up by itself. Thanks for the tip about Contributions. It was not visible because it was collapsed under Tools. Apologies from a slow learner. Powstini (talk) 02:07, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I left my answer on your talk page at User talk:Powstini. RJFJR (talk) 14:05, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Basic Wikipedia codes and tools
So I just wanted to ask you as a new member, what are some basic commonly used editing codes that may help someone like me? I would also like to know what useful tools are available for start-ups. One thing I am really interested in figuring out is how to put in references. Usually, I see it organized by author, time and date, but when I click the reference button in my tool menu, it only puts in the link. TheRealAfroMan (talk) 22:33, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

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Make decide to put in page about a superconductivity (April 24)
I think must be explain in page about a superconductivity thats, the fact of a superconductivity always is been a science electro-technical effect in a applied physics which effect, always has been a simple science base of all electronics and all microelectronics as why that a superconductivity was been scientifically discovered at first in a electro-technical engineering, but someone science always wanted a science as a superconductivity always was beenig a science of very colder melting of all metals. It always seems me that a superconductivity always been good as electro-technical effect in a applied physics but not it been as a colder effect, lets I always think it is been always science. Thanks!--Alex Sazonov (talk) 11:28, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
 * See the article Superconductivity. 84.209.89.214 (talk) 15:13, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Switchstance
Please remember to clean up the incoming links after your page move: links which previously led to the album should still lead there. Pam D  08:48, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I've just found that there's an existing redirect from Switch stance to a section of Footedness (and I've made one from the hyphenated version too): perhaps a hatnote on the album article, and the album moved back to the undisambiguated title, would be the best solution? Pam  D  08:58, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

amp always increase power?
An interesting and reasonable question... IMO the assumption is that the input impedance of the (voltage) amplifier is always greater than the input impedance of the load. Then even with equal input and output voltages (as in the case of a voltage follower), the output current is bigger than the input one and there is a power amplification. Circuit dreamer (talk, contribs, email) 20:55, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Hello
My question for the page : http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarafa_Baghajati

so i will list my points please :

1-how do you find my new page please ?is it good so i can keep adding more information ?

2-how can i move it from simple.wikipedia to en.wikipedia

3-all red words has a wikipedia page ...but for some reason it didn't show it even i put the name between [ [ ] ]

4-do you have any suggestion please for it ?

5-thank you for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.27.23.60 (talk) 01:39, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

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Request for comment
Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Editing of The Dresden Files, Books in the Series
Hi, do you want to get an actual reason for removing my statement of fact regarding the 5th, 10th, 15th and 20th book in The Dresden Files series prior to removing the statement.

It was well written, it was based on fact, and Jim Butcher has said that each 5th book is about the Order. You have no right to remove this axiom about the series.

Thanks for the welcome
Thanks for your message! I will study the guidelines, and try to be of help. All the best Jwinder47 (talk) 05:47, 7 July 2014 (UTC)


 * I also want to to thank RJFJR for the welcome! Think I've got my basics on, but still looking to improve. Best regards!--Maku17 (talk) 08:41, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcome and the advices!
Thank you, RJFJR, for your welcome and advices! I shall read, for some re-read, the pages you mentioned. François Bry (talk) 17:16, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

BLP violation?
Hi. Since you've edited at this page before, can you perhaps take a look as to whether the indicated comment/accusation is a BLP violation that should be erased from history? Tx. See here. --Epeefleche (talk) 01:15, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Deleting a previous version of a photo
Hello - I'm hoping that you can help me with this. I uploaded a photo to File:Linden Tree and Gravestones, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY - September 16, 2012.jpg. It looked too bright, so I tried to replace it with a better (slightly darker) version. That worked, but the original photo is still showing up in the file history. I looked for instructions on how to delete the original, but the only instructions I found said to request a deletion of the entire file (both the original and the good photo) and upload another photo under a different file name. Is there any way to get rid of just the original (in this case the brighter one) and leave the better one (slightly darker)? Or do I really need to upload the better photo under a different file name and submit a request to have the existing page/file deleted? Thanks in advance for any advice/assistance. --Msact (talk) 00:16, 22 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Posted at help page RJFJR (talk) 01:40, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Help Desk Question
The original poster cannot be helped. I have very little patience with unregistered editors who make demands that registered editors help them do things that being autoconfirmed would let them do themselves. The IP changed between the two edits, which is common, although nearly all persistent IP editors know beyond certainty that their IP addresses are static and so they have a good editing history. (Either that, or they are trying to avoid accountability.) I have very little patience with unregistered editors who make demands that we help them. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:14, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Lists vs categories
You nominated a list for deletion at AfD, with your rationale being that it would be "better served" by a category. Note the guideline WP:NOTDUP. Which states: "It is neither improper nor uncommon to simultaneously have a category, a list, and a navigation template which all cover the same topic. These redundant systems of organizing information are considered to be complementary, not inappropriately duplicative. Furthermore, arguing that a category duplicates a list (or vice versa) at a deletion discussion is not a valid reason for deletion and should be avoided." Epeefleche (talk) 22:42, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
 * [moving comment here, so as not to bifurcate discussion -- makes it easier for readers to follow it if they do not have to go back and forth between talk pages ... Epeefleche]


 * I read your post on my user talk page. Apparently you are referring to Talk:List of University of Pennsylvania people.  That article has never been nominated for deletion.  Nominations for deletion go to subpages of WP:AFD.  What you seem to be referring to is a comment I made 4 years ago on the talk page that the list was very long and could we improve it.  Someone else suggested splitting it (2 years ago).  There has been recent discussion.  No action has been taken to delete, it has not been formally proposed for deletion and no one is currently suggesting deletion.  RJFJR (talk) 14:33, 5 May 2015 (UTC)


 * You are correct that that what you wrote did not appear at AfD. But you did, clearly, suggest that instead of the list -- which exists -- we should have a category.
 * You wrote: "This is a looong list. Would it be better served by a category?" And editors have been !voting on your suggestion.
 * The above guideline is applicable. "It is neither improper nor uncommon to simultaneously have a category [and] a list ... which all cover the same topic. These redundant systems of organizing information are considered to be complementary, not inappropriately duplicative. Furthermore, arguing that a category duplicates a list (or vice versa) at a deletion discussion is not a valid reason for deletion and should be avoided." Epeefleche (talk) 17:57, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Methods for the timely replacement of cartridges in respirators
Dear RJFJR, sorry for the trouble. Please, help me: a second article about RPD was put up for deletion. Sorry, I'm not very good at English Wikipedia, and bad know English. So I don't understand the exact, specific reason for the removal of the article, and can't find the talk page of deleted articles to write down the arguments for its preservation. Maybe it can be improved, modified, and save - or it is possible to make a small article, and make a link to current article, which has been upload to Commons as a PDF. Thank You very much. --AlexChirkin (talk) 15:27, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
 * This article has been significantly changed. AlexChirkin (talk) 10:32, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for merging of Template:Map requested
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Wikipedia talk:Vital articles
Hey RJFJR, I wasn't sure whether you were !voting in support of your own proposal here, or if you wanted to stay neutral on the issue. If you don't mind clarifying your position either way (or if you've changed your mind entirely) it would be appreciated. Cobblet (talk) 11:45, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Help us to create about Calicut Review
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Quotes
Hey RJFJR- I'm the new user you welcomed about a week ago. Wanted to stop in and say thank you but also to ask a question. What is the official template form for inserting a quote? Thanks.Disy (talk) 12:48, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of List of original programming by Telemundo Television Studios for deletion
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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A gentle survey for research purpose
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Goods and Services Tax (India) Bill
Hi. Your suggestion that the article be renamed to Goods and Services Tax Bill (India) is a good one as the current name is very clumsy. I think we may be able to go one better. If we call it Goods and Services Tax (India) we would make the tax itself the subject of the article. The Bill is merely a parliamentary vehicle to get the tax into law. Then it won't matter how many Bills are needed to implement the tax and are needed to tweak its details later. Sound reasonable to you? Best wishes Guffydrawers (talk) 11:57, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

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Welcoming users
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A kitten for you!
Aw, thanks so much RJFJR!

I'll go run thru all the tutorials before I try editing again. Thanks for being so welcoming. I was honestly expecting to get chewed for doing anything at all!

Your warmth has melted my icy heart 😊

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About the Küchük Muhammad page
I saw you changed the whole Tudor thing, and to my defense, I know it seemed like I was Vandalizing, but I wasn't, I took the Henry VII infobox from the infobox monarch or royalty and then copied everything from him and one by one I was taking things of and replacing it with new information, I only knew Kuchuk's reign and that he had two sons, while in the mid of these edits I was blocked for bad behaviour. I hope you understand that Alexis Ivanov (talk) 21:06, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks to you for support & Abusing on Wiki by Bkonrad
Dear RJFJR,

I am Saad here, first of all thanks really really a lot for your kind message on my page I recieved some time back when I joined Wiki.

Its almost 2 years now, since I am providing many great contributions to the wikipedia, but today something really strange and bad happened to me, regarding an edit on the page of 'Director'. The issue was that there are mainly 2 types of directors that is Creative and Technical; right. The creative is the one who mainly work for arts and design industries so it may categorized under the Arts and Design Field. . OK! But The Technical Director whose major role includes the technical aspects in the Technology or Broadcasting/Theatrical Companies must be categorized under Science & Technology right!!

But the user named Bkonard is really abusing and disturbing me a lot regarding it and does not considering it the way it should be. He is simply putting it under Other roles. And as I have explained him many times that as the word Technical defines itself related to any technology or a technological task. And even now he has threatened me of blocking from wiki upon any further change in that article. Please take any legal action upon that, as it has also hurted me a lot.

Now I have asked him to include a third person in this who is expert of the field. So the decision is now totally up to you brother. Whatever the best you decide would be counted. And I really apologize to contact you so late for saying thanks to you. I was about to said it to you early but now I just thought of you as an expert Admin over Wiki.

You can further check out the editing history and my talk page as well.

Respect and Regards. Saad. Saadullah Bhatti (talk) 20:14, 24 June 2016 (UTC)SBSaadullah Bhatti (talk) 20:14, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

Pine Street Cemetery Zanesville Ohio
I am a bit unclear here why we removed the statement in the Article about Isaac Van Horne about his original burial place. There has been a problem in Ohio with removal of cemeteries, Pine Street is a cemetery that disappeared between the years 1973 and 2000. Please try to find a way to replace the reference to Pine Street Cemetery and Isaac Van Horne's son Cpt Isaac Van Horne who died at the battle of Mackinac. John5Russell3Finley (talk) 00:33, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Persian templates contd.
You have recently resolved my doubts concerning template references in foreign languages at Wikipedia:Help desk
 * oldid=730664746, section Template:یادکرد وب et Co.

so here's my next related question.

Somebody has added template references like this:

to Suicide in Iran (diff). They seem to refer to Persian fa:template:پک, which apparently has no direct counterpart in en-wiki, but I suspect it's something close to note. How should I/we deal with it?

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 * Thank you for your suggestion. Alas I can't make use of it; I'm not going to start a talk at the Helpdesk now – I'm too busy IRL because I'm going to vacation on Saturday and in the meantime I prepare some renovation works at home which shall go during my absence. Also, I'll be “unplugged” for next two weeks. Possibly, if I can recall the problem afterwards, I will then raise it at HD. --CiaPan (talk) 22:21, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

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Jacob Pledger House
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 * Worked it out from the address: it's this one, I'll rename it. - Jmabel &#124; Talk 02:45, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

The address in the article was changed after I took the picture. diff. RJFJR (talk) 02:46, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

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Re: First-level headings
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Thank you so much!
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Fire Sprinkler, Unwanted Alarms
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Thanks for the warm welcoming!
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I appreciate your welcome on my talk page.

I've edited a lot on another wiki also uses Mediawiki.

But, still thanks to your welcoming.

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Blocking Vandalizing User
Hi RJFJR,

You probably don't remember, but you welcomed me to Wikipedia about 2 years ago, which I greatly appreciated.

I have found that one user, Epicman811 (talk | contribs) is using their account to consistently vandalize Wikipedia articles. I warned the user of this problem over 1 year ago, but my advice went unheeded. The user recently (on 7 February of this year) vandalized the page for Manzanita, Oregon. How can I go about having somebody investigate whether or not this user should be blocked?

Thanks in advance.

Best wishes, Aa508186 (talk) 20:54, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your help with this! Best wishes, Aa508186 (talk) 20:58, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2017
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Guideline and policy news
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 * 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.

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 * 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
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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.

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 * 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.

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 * 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.
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Administrators' newsletter – January 2018
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 * A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the administrator policy should be amended to require disclosure of paid editing activity at WP:RFA and to prohibit the use of administrative tools as part of paid editing activity, with certain exceptions.

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

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

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Thanks for the greeting message the other day, but I've actually been here since 2007. :D - Wrassedragon (talk) 15:08, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2018). Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC has closed with a consensus that candidates at WP:RFA must disclose whether they have ever edited for pay and that administrators may never use administrative tools as part of any paid editing activity, except when they are acting as a Wikipedian-in-Residence or when the payment is made by the Wikimedia Foundation or an affiliate of the WMF.
 * Editors responding to threats of harm can now contact the Wikimedia Foundation's emergency address by using Special:EmailUser/Emergency. If you don't have email enabled on Wikipedia, directly contacting the emergency address using your own email client remains an option.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Template delete on Cornerstone Festival
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2018
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Guideline and policy news
 * The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is now indefinitely restricted to autoconfirmed users.
 * A proposal is being discussed which would create a new "event coordinator" right that would allow users to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit.

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 * AbuseFilter has received numerous improvements, including an OOUI overhaul, syntax highlighting, ability to search existing filters, and a few new functions. In particular, the search feature can be used to ensure there aren't existing filters for what you need, and the new  function can be used when checking multiple namespaces. One major upcoming change is the ability to see which filters are the slowest. This information is currently only available to those with access to Logstash.
 * When blocking anonymous users, a cookie will be applied that reloads the block if the user changes their IP. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. This currently only occurs when hard-blocking accounts.
 * The block notice shown on mobile will soon be more informative and point users to a help page on how to request an unblock, just as it currently does on desktop.
 * There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee is seeking additional clerks to help with the arbitration process.

Obituaries
 * (Craig Franklin) passed away in mid-April. Lankiveil joined Wikipedia on 12 August 2004 and became an administrator on 31 August 2008. During his time with the Wikimedia community, Lankiveil served as an oversighter for the English Wikipedia and as president of Wikimedia Australia.

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May 2018
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2018
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a successful request for comment, administrators are now able to add and remove editors to the "event coordinator" group. Users in the event coordinator group have the ability to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit. Users will no longer need to be in the "account creator" group if they are in the event coordinator group.
 * Following an AN discussion, all pages with content related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies, broadly construed, are now under indefinite general sanctions.

Technical news
 * IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in June. This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.
 * The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team will build granular types of blocks in 2018 (e.g. a block from uploading or editing specific pages, categories, or namespaces, as opposed to a full-site block). Feedback on the concept may be left at the talk page.
 * There is now a checkbox on Special:ListUsers to let you see only users in temporary user groups.
 * It is now easier for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked.

Arbitration
 * A recent technical issue with the Arbitration Committee's spam filter inadvertently caused all messages sent to the committee through Wikipedia (i.e. Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee) to be discarded. If you attempted to send an email to the Arbitration Committee via Wikipedia between May 16 and May 31, your message was not received and you are encouraged to resend it. Messages sent outside of these dates or directly to the Arbitration Committee email address were not affected by this issue.

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 * In early May, an unusually high level of failed login attempts was observed. The WMF has stated that this was an "external effort to gain unauthorized access to random accounts". Under Wikipedia policy, administrators are required to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2018
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Andrevan • Doug • EVula • KaisaL • Tony Fox • WilyD

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Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC about the deletion of drafts closed with a consensus to change the wording of WP:NMFD. Specifically, a draft that has been repeatedly resubmitted and declined at AfC without any substantial improvement may be deleted at MfD if consensus determines that it is unlikely to ever meet the requirements for mainspace and it otherwise meets one of the reasons for deletion outlined in the deletion policy.
 * A request for comment closed with a consensus that the promising draft template cannot be used to indefinitely prevent a WP:G13 speedy deletion nomination.

Technical news
 * Starting on July 9, the WMF Security team, Trust & Safety, and the broader technical community will be seeking input on an upcoming change that will restrict editing of site-wide JavaScript and CSS to a new technical administrators user group. Bureaucrats and stewards will be able to grant this right per a community-defined process. The intention is to reduce the number of accounts who can edit frontend code to those who actually need to, which in turn lessens the risk of malicious code being added that compromises the security and privacy of everyone who accesses Wikipedia. For more information, please review the FAQ.
 * Syntax highlighting has been graduated from a Beta feature on the English Wikipedia. To enable this feature, click the highlighter icon (Codemirror-icon.png) in your editing toolbar (or under the hamburger menu in the 2017 wikitext editor). This feature can help prevent you from making mistakes when editing complex templates.
 * IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in July (previously scheduled for June). This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.

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Sutter County Library
In this edit, you removed the notability tag. From what I can see, the only ref has ever been the county/library-system's own website and the only content is defining the topic and a list of library branches. Is there something notable about this library system I'm not seeing? Seems ripe for a merge/redirect to Sutter County, California (the parent jurisdiction). DMacks (talk) 02:39, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2018). Administrator changes
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 * After a discussion at Meta, a new user group called "interface administrators" (formerly "technical administrator") has been created. Come the end of August, interface admins will be the only users able to edit site-wide JavaScript and CSS pages like MediaWiki:Common.js and MediaWiki:Common.css, or edit other user's personal JavaScript and CSS. The intention is to improve security and privacy by reducing the number of accounts which could be used to compromise the site or another user's account through malicious code. The new user group can be assigned and revoked by bureaucrats. Discussion is ongoing to establish details for implementing the group on the English Wikipedia.
 * Following a request for comment, the WP:SISTER style guideline now states that in the mainspace, interwiki links to Wikinews should only be made as per the external links guideline. This generally means that within the body of an article, you should not link to Wikinews about a particular event that is only a part of the larger topic. Wikinews links in "external links" sections can be used where helpful, but not automatically if an equivalent article from a reliable news outlet could be linked in the same manner.

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 * The WMF Anti-Harassment Tools team is seeking input on the second set of wireframes for the Special:Block redesign that will introduce partial blocks. The new functionality will allow you to block a user from editing a specific set of pages, pages in a category, a namespace, and for specific actions such as moving pages and uploading files.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2018). Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Asterion • Crisco 1492 • KF • Kudpung • Liz • Randykitty • Spartaz
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Amorymeltzer • Mr. Stradivarius • MusikAnimal • MSGJ • TheDJ • Xaosflux

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a "stop-gap" discussion, six users have temporarily been made interface administrators while discussion is ongoing for a more permanent process for assigning the permission. Interface administrators are now the only editors allowed to edit sitewide CSS and JavaScript pages, as well as CSS/JS pages in another user's userspace. Previously, all administrators had this ability. The right can be granted and revoked by bureaucrats.

Technical news
 * Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour.
 * Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says . An example is   which is now.
 * Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59 UTC, 12 September, and the candidates that move forward will be published on-wiki for community comments on 18 September.

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Justlettersandnumbers • L235
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Bgwhite • HorsePunchKid • J Greb • KillerChihuahua • Rami R • Winhunter

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Cyberpower678 • Deryck Chan • Oshwah • Pharos • Ragesoss • Ritchie333

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Guerillero • NativeForeigner •  Snowolf • Xeno

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, the process for appointing interface administrators has been established. Currently only existing admins can request these rights, while a new RfC has begun on whether it should be available to non-admins.
 * There is an open request for comment on Meta regarding the creation a new user group for global edit filter management.

Technical news
 * Partial blocks should be available for testing in October on the Test Wikipedia and the Beta-Cluster. This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available.
 * The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to measure the effectiveness of blocks. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks.
 * Because of a data centre test, you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time.

Arbitration
 * The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity.
 * The community consultation for 2018 CheckUser and Oversight appointments has concluded. Appointments will be made by October 11.
 * Following a request for comment, the size of the Arbitration Committee will be decreased to 13 arbitrators, starting in 2019. Additionally, the minimum support percentage required to be appointed to a two-year term on ArbCom has been increased to 60%. ArbCom candidates who receive between 50% and 60% support will be appointed to one-year terms instead.
 * Nominations for the 2018 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission are being accepted until 12 October. These are the editors who help run the ArbCom election smoothly. If you are interested in volunteering for this role, please consider nominating yourself.

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Proposed deletion of LYMB


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Administrators' newsletter – November 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2018).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Sir Sputnik
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Kudpung • Liz • Lourdes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Everyking • Jackmcbarn

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Dinoguy1000

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg AGK • Ivanvector • Stwalkerster • TonyBallioni

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Amorymeltzer • Oshwah • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Keilana

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment determined that non-administrators will not be able to request interface admin access.
 * A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the Mediation Committee should be closed and marked as historical.
 * A village pump discussion has been ongoing about whether the proposed deletion policy (PROD) should be clarified or amended.
 * A request for comment is in progress to determine whether pending changes protection should be applied automatically to today's featured article (TFA) in order to mitigate a recent trend of severe image vandalism.

Technical news
 * Partial blocks is now available for testing on the Test Wikipedia. The new functionality allows you to block users from editing specific pages. Bugs may exist and can be reported on the local talk page or on Meta. A discussion regarding deployment to English Wikipedia will be started by community liaisons sometime in the near future.
 * A user script is now available to quickly review unblock requests.
 * The 2019 Community Wishlist Survey is now accepting new proposals until November 11, 2018. The results of this survey will determine what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year. Voting on the proposals will take place from November 16 to November 30, 2018. Specifically, there is a proposal category for admins and stewards that may be of interest.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors will be invited to nominate themselves as candidates in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 4 until November 13. Voting will begin on November 19 and last until December 2.
 * The Arbitration Committee's email address has changed to arbcom-en@wikimedia.org. Other email lists, such as functionaries-en and clerks-l, remain unchanged.

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Proposed deletion of Palm Beach Railway and Power Company


The article Palm Beach Railway and Power Company has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Cannot find any mention of this company outside of this article. Company was supposedly incorporated under Florida statute chapter 4265, but, as of 2018, the highest chapter number in the Florida statutes is 1013. This article may be a hoax. The creator of the article has not edited in more than 11 years, so I cannot ask for their comments."

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Al Ameer son • Randykitty • Spartaz
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Boson • Daniel J. Leivick • Efe • Esanchez7587 • Fred Bauder • Garzo • Martijn Hoekstra • Orangemike

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svgk Chan

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, the Mediation Committee is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests.
 * A request for comment is in progress to determine whether members of the Bot Approvals Group should satisfy activity requirements in order to remain in that role.
 * A request for comment is in progress regarding whether to change the administrator inactivity policy, such that administrators "who have made no logged administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped". Currently, the policy states that administrators "who have made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped".
 * A proposal has been made to temporarily restrict editing of the Main Page to interface administrators in order to mitigate the impact of compromised accounts.

Technical news
 * Administrators and bureaucrats can no longer unblock themselves unless they placed the block initially. This change has been implemented globally. See also this ongoing village pump discussion (permalink).
 * To complement the aforementioned change, blocked administrators will soon have the ability to block the administrator that placed their block to mitigate the possibility of a compromised administrator account blocking all other active administrators.
 * Since deployment of Partial blocks on Test Wikipedia, several bugs were identified. Most of them are now fixed. Administrators are encouraged to test the new deployment and report new bugs on Phabricator or leave feedback on the Project's talk page. You can request administrator access on the Test Wiki here.

Arbitration
 * Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 3 December 2018. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

Miscellaneous
 * In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Wikipedia. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on a website that suffered a data breach. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
 * Wikipedia policy requires administrators to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

Obituaries
 * (Raymond Arritt) passed away on 14 November 2018. Boris joined Wikipedia as on 8 May 2006 and was an administrator from 30 July 2007 to 2 June 2008.

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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
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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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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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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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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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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 02:58, 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.

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

Administrator changes
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Bureaucrat changes
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CheckUser changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment concluded that creating pages in the portal namespace should be restricted to autoconfirmed users.
 * Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.

Technical news
 * XTools Admin Stats, a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: Steward Stats and Patroller Stats.

Arbitration
 * In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases, the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions; administrators found failing to have adequately done so will not be resysopped automatically.  All current administrators have been notified of this change.
 * Following a formal ratification process, the arbitration policy has been amended (diff). Specifically, the two-thirds majority required to remove or suspend an arbitrator now excludes (1) the arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and (2) any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.

Miscellaneous
 * A request for comment is currently open to amend the community sanctions procedure to exclude non XfD or CSD deletions.
 * A proposal to remove pre-2009 indefinite IP blocks is currently open for discussion.

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2019). Administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC seeks to clarify whether WP:OUTING should include information on just the English Wikipedia or any Wikimedia project.
 * An RfC on WT:RfA concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus.
 * An RfC proposal to make the templates for discussion (TfD) process more like the requested moves (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful.

Technical news
 * The CSD feature of Twinkle now allows admins to notify page creators of deletion if the page had not been tagged. The default behavior matches that of tagging notifications, and replaces the ability to open the user talk page upon deletion.  You can customize which criteria receive notifications in your Twinkle preferences: look for Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria.
 * Twinkle's d-batch (batch delete) feature now supports deleting subpages (and related redirects and talk pages) of each page. The pages will be listed first but use with caution!  The und-batch (batch undelete) option can now also restore talk pages.

Miscellaneous
 * The previously discussed unblocking of IP addresses indefinitely-blocked before 2009 was approved and has taken place.
 * The 2019 talk pages consultation produced a report for Phase 1 and has entered Phase 2.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2019). Administrator changes
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 * 1 's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.
 * 2 's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.

Bureaucrat changes
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Interface administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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Oversight changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment seeking to alleviate pressures on the request an account (ACC) process proposes either raising the account creation limit for extended confirmed editors or granting the account creator permission on request to new ACC tool users.
 * In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the mitigation activity completed.
 * The scope of CSD criterion G8 has been tightened such that the only redirects that it now applies to are those which target non-existent pages.
 * The scope of CSD criterion G14 has been expanded slightly to include orphan "Foo (disambiguation)" redirects that target pages that are not disambiguation pages or pages that perform a disambiguation-like function (such as set index articles or lists).
 * A request for comment seeks to determine whether Office actions should be a policy page or an information page.

Technical news
 * 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. Community feedback is invited.

Miscellaneous
 * In February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) changed its office actions policy to include temporary and project-specific bans. The WMF exercised this new ability for the first time on the English Wikipedia on 10 June 2019 to temporarily ban and desysop . This action has resulted in significant community discussion, a request for arbitration (permalink), and, either directly or indirectly, the resignations of numerous administrators and functionaries. The WMF Board of Trustees is aware of the situation, and discussions continue on a statement and a way forward. The Arbitration Committee has sent an open letter to the WMF Board.

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Sunnyside High School (Sunnyside, Washington)
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Proposed deletion of Integration using parametric derivatives


The article Integration using parametric derivatives has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Can't really find any non-Wikipedia/mirror sources for this."

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

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ad Orientem • Ched • Gadfium • Jonathunder • Nick • Yelyos
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Bald Zebra • Beetstra • Doug Bell • Journalist • Ruud Koot • Splash • Voice of Clam

Interface administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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Oversight changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, the page Office actions has been changed from a policy page to an information page.
 * A request for comment (permalink) is in progress regarding the administrator inactivity policy.

Arbitration
 * Editors may now use the template Ds/aware to indicate that they are aware that discretionary sanctions are in force for a topic area, so it is unnecessary to alert them.

Miscellaneous
 * Following a research project on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to improve the privacy of IP editors. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page.
 * The new page reviewer right is bundled with the admin tool set. Many admins regularly help out at Special:NewPagesFeed, but they may not be aware of improvements, changes, and new tools for the Curation system. Stay up to date by subscribing  here to the NPP newsletter that appears every two months, and/or putting the reviewers' talk page on your watchlist. Since the introduction of temporary user rights, it is becoming more usual to accord the New Page Reviewer right on a probationary period of 3 to 6 months in the first instance. This avoids rights removal for inactivity at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2019). Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg DESiegel • Jake Wartenberg • Rjanag • Topbanana

CheckUser changes
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Oversight changes
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Technical news
 * Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
 * The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes) now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.

Arbitration
 * A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2019 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

Miscellaneous
 * A global request for comment is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify edit filters across all public Wikimedia wikis.

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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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CheckUser changes
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Oversight changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * 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.

Miscellaneous
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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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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg DESiegel • GB fan • MSGJ • Voice of Clam • WilyD
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg DeltaQuad • Fang Aili • Pakaran

Bureaucrat changes
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Interface administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ivanvector
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Oversight changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * 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
 * Eligible editors may now nominate themselves as candidates for the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections. The self-nomination period will close November 12, with voting running from November 19 through December 2.

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Swamp buggy racing moved to draftspace
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Proposed deletion of Grant Thomson


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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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CheckUser changes
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Interface 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
 * The global consultation on partial and temporary office actions that ended in October received a closing statement from staff concluding, among other things, that the WMF will no longer use partial or temporary Office Action bans... until and unless community consensus that they are of value or Board directive.

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