User talk:Red Phoenix/Archive 6

Shhhh
🥂🍾🎉🥳 Atsme  Talk 📧 12:19, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * For starting this thread with "Shhhh" you're sure making a lot of noise, lol :P .  Red Phoenix  talk  12:24, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Adding that's what I do best, intentional or otherwise. SMirC-angel.svg Atsme Talk 📧 18:04, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * It ain't over till the fat crat sings ... have a bit of a patience and the admin tools and related celebrations will be along in a couple of hours. On a more serious note, there were some seriously good answers to questions (particularly Q15) and I was quite impressed at how you fielded everything, actually. A good result, I think. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  14:51, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hey Red, can I log into your account sometime to wreak havoc with the admin tools? Congrats on your successful RfA! I think you'll be incredible with the mop. JOE  BRO  64  16:09, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * No, you can't use my admin tools to delete Mario so Sonic the Hedgehog reigns supreme :P Red Phoenix  talk  02:53, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Dammit. JOE BRO  64  15:20, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Not a Crat, nor a Lady, but large and can sing

 * So I'm going to be BOLD and congratulate you as the newest addition to the mop corps - I'll add you to the Menagarie once a 'Crat has flipped the switch. Please enjoy a completely unnecessary wave of shiny buttons about to appear! Nosebagbear (talk) 15:31, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I've classified you as an avian - but if you consider yourself more Magical/Paranormal or a colo(u)r, let me know! Nosebagbear (talk) 16:14, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Avian works just fine, thank you :) Red Phoenix  talk  02:53, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

Your request for adminship
Hi Red Phoenix, I have closed your request for adminship as successful. Congratulations for both your successful, landslide nomination and for your place on WP:RFX200 - excellent achievements! As always, the administrators' reading list is worth reading and the new admin help pages are most certainly available if you feel that you might require some practice with the tools in a safe environment prior to applying them elsewhere on the project. Good luck! Acalamari 16:06, 30 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Better late than never. Now get to work ;> –xenotalk 16:11, 30 July 2020 (UTC)


 * 100 percent! El_C 16:13, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks everyone. I appreciate all the support - I was actually rather surprised the RFA went as smoothly as it did. I will do my best to make sure I don't let you down, and I'll try to get to that celebratory beer after my work week. Red Phoenix talk  02:53, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Congratulations, now run along to WP:EXPROD and delete something before another admin does :-) Ritchie333</b> <sup style="color:#7F007F">(talk) <sup style="color:#7F007F">(cont)  16:17, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Congratulations on an exceptional RfA. Please don't hesitate to reach out if I can ever offer a second opinion or a space to vent. I would also like to recommend the essay Mushroom effect, which I think every successful RfA candidate ought to read. Best of luck with the tools and I look forward to working with you in the administrative corps! Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 16:46, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm very happy for you and for the project. Congratulations this is very well deserved. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 16:52, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! You sailed through RfA! Look forward to working with you. Mz7 (talk) 17:18, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Best wishes —valereee (talk) 19:30, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Felicitations and welcome to the team. If you have any questions feel free to drop me a line. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:00, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Congrats! Hope to see you around.  bibliomaniac 1  5  02:20, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
 * "Conglaturations! You have completed a great game and prooved the justice of our culture. Now go and rest our heroes!" Namcokid  47  (Contribs) 02:04, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Congrats! Welcome to the team! -- Alexf(talk) 10:36, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Congratulations and welcome to the team! If you haven't already, would recommend going into your preferences and enabling the "Strike out usernames that have been blocked" gadget. I think it would also be a good idea to go through the common.js of other admins to find scripts that you may like. I have User:TheSandDoctor/common.js and User:TheSandDoctor/common old.js. Feel free to ask any of us any questions that you may have as well! -- The SandDoctor  Talk 15:25, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations
Congratulations on your successful request for adminship. Well deserved. — Nnadigoodluck 🇳🇬 16:11, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I marked your userpage with an admin tag, feel free to remove it if you wish. NYC Guru (talk) 22:01, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Congratulations on your landslide election! About the admin tag mentioned above: actually there are several kinds of admin bling you are now entitled to use. You can read about them here. -- MelanieN (talk) 22:51, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * What, no T-shirt yet? We can't have that. Here's one. Hope it's your size. -- MelanieN (talk) 22:53, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Aw man, can someone print this and mail it to me irl? :P  Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  02:53, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Welcome to the corps! Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 08:26, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Congratulations and good luck. Donner60 (talk) 03:29, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Congratulations on your successful request for adminship. Thanks for making yourself available. - Ret.Prof (talk) 13:37, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Cheers Amigo
Following my question here & your solid reply I’m confident you’d do a good job with the mop. Common sense is a trait I look for in any individual & from your reply it’s indicative you have that in abundance. Congratulations dear colleague & a bottle of cold beer 🍺 for you. That is, if you drink. Celestina007 20:14, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. That cold beer sounds good right now.   Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  02:53, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

Delete
Mind deleting this, there are to many drafts on this subject. Cheers Megan Barris   (Lets talk📧)  12:27, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
 * And congrats on getting the mop. Cheers Megan Barris   (Lets talk📧)  12:29, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Your request has been granted.   Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  12:30, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

PyroJay1987
Hi Red Phoenix, will you please block this account. There is a report at AIV but they are doing rapid vandalism, currently at Ocala, Florida. S0091 (talk) 22:21, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Nevermind. Nosebagbear got it. S0091 (talk) 22:22, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

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The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were


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Immediate blocking of newbie user
Hi Red Phoenix,

I notice that you have blocked a new user who tried (very clumsily) to improve Wikipedia by making their very first edit on a page that I watch, namely International Bomber Command Centre. I totally agree that the username of User:IBCC Market should be considered promotional under Wikipedia's Username policy, WP:ORGNAME, and should be changed. But that very same policy says that "Users who adopt such usernames, but who are not editing problematically in related articles, should not be blocked. Instead, they should be gently encouraged to change their username."

Given that the user did not understand how to upload a photo to Wikipedia, it seems likely that they will also not understand how to respond to the template that you posted on their talkpage.

I would offer to help them change the username, but of course I can't add to their talk page because they are now blocked. Are you willing to reconsider and unblock them for say a week, so that one of us can talk to them as recommended in the policy WP:BADNAME?

All the best

Hallucegenia (talk) 21:33, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * You should still be able to edit their user talk page; the block doesn't affect your ability to leave them a message, and in fact, the block doesn't affect their ability to edit their own talk page either. Additionally, Red Phoenix chose to implement a soft block, which allows the user to simply register a new account with a new username right away without having to worry about requesting unblock—this is explained in the block notice that Red Phoenix left on their talk page. If they wish to rename their account instead, the block notice provides a link to that process as well. As far as the username policy goes, I see this block as within administrative discretion—everyday we see a lot of organizations try to edit their own article, which is oftentimes inherently problematic because it introduces a conflict of interest, and I don't see this account as an exception. Mz7 (talk) 02:28, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Do I understand you correctly? Are you saying it's OK to block this newbie user because of what he/she might do, not what they have actually done? Maybe I'm wrong, but that seems to me to be biting the newcomers of the worst sort. What do others think? Maybe we should change the wording of the WP:ORGNAME policy, because it says there quite specifically, with bold emphasis, that new accounts in these circumstances should not be blocked.


 * Regards Hallucegenia (talk) 18:10, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I do understand where you're coming from. Certainly I do not advocate blocking newcomers if they are "not editing problematically in related articles", e.g. if a user created a name that sounds like an organization, but the user has overall been productive and has not edited any articles related to that organization. This is not such a case. If you read the International Bomber Command Centre article, it seems pretty clear that someone affiliated with the organization edited the article to make it sound like an advertisement. When I stumbled across the article yesterday, the first sentence of the article described the subject as an award winning interpretation centre. The article goes onto use subjective phrasing in various places like one of the most comprehensive records and interactive and immersive exhibition. These phrases were added by same user who created the IBCC Market account, see Special:Contributions/2A00:23C6:61B9:DB00::/64. It seems quite likely that the interests of this user are not entirely to contribute to this encyclopedia, but rather to promote their own organization, and in general we should be discouraging editors from editing articles with which they have a conflict of interest. Mz7 (talk) 18:32, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , the block was appropriate. As Mz7 said it's a soft block so they can simply click the create a new account link. They don't even need to request an unblock. They do however need to declare their obvious COI. Glen (talk) 18:51, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I was working on a response, but it seems I have talk page stalkers who have done so for me as well. My reasoning for issuing the block falls along the lines of Mz7's explanation, that and the username suggests it is promotional, that it represents the organization, and implies shared use.  The lack of egregious promotional editing in the user's contributions, however, was why the soft block was specifically used instead of a hard block, which would have been a gross biting of a new user in my eyes.  That being said, I want to thank you for reaching out - I am certainly not close-minded to the opinions of others :) .  Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  19:00, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Red Phoenix Official
User:Red Phoenix Official? Maybe a coincidence? Jerm (talk) 17:11, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I’d say that’s probably the case. I would have suggested attempted impersonation, but I checked the user’s Contribs and it’s not in areas I edit, so idk.  It’s definitely not me; I don’t run any alternate accounts.  Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  18:20, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok, That's what I thought also, but I wouldn't be surprised if another admin assumed impersonation and performed a block. Jerm (talk) 18:38, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Escape Velocity Nova
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Escape Velocity Nova you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of David Fuchs -- David Fuchs (talk) 17:44, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Looks like block evasion
Blocked user. Or meat puppetry by. Thanks, 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 04:06, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I issued Cedille Records a soft block, which actually allows him to create a new account because the username was the primary reason for the block. He declared the connection at the article talk page, and so far there hasn't been too bad of COI issues.  I'll make sure to issue a welcome-col template to ChitownJuCat, but we should actually be okay for the moment.  I'll keep an eye on their edits.   Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  11:28, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Got it. Thank you. If there's no discernible COI content we can remove the template. Cheers, 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 16:02, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Perhaps a userblock
Please. . Much appreciated, 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 02:34, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Took care of it. The vandalism at the draft talk of the vandalism draft was done after the final warning, so that'll do it.  I would just be careful if I were you on the disagreement you and this user had at the disambiguation page - those reversions likely would not have passed WP:NOT3RR and both of you broke it.  Of course, his block for vandalism squares that away, but be mindful of what is vandalism and what isn't, even by a vandal.  Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  02:41, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Understood. In such instances I'm willing to take that risk; the first few edits I attribute to a new and likely juvenile editor. After that, continuing to add a non notable against policy without engaging is pretty clearly disruptive. Thanks again, 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 02:48, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank You, RP.
Dear Red Phoenix,

Over the course of my time here on Wikipedia, no user has ever inspired me more than you. You have countless articles that have been featured and recognized as some of the best, you are still active on the site to this day, and you have even stayed chill in pretty heated times. People like me that grow up on Wikipedia and watch others inspire them throughout the time that they are active on here. You had so many supporters for the admin nomination, it was unbelievable (about 200+)! I hope you won't stop creating good articles and monitoring the evil, dirty, and disgusting vandals in this website.

Thanks, luke loves editing  (chat)  18:51, 19 September 2020 (UTC)


 * P.S. Can you help me throughout my journey on Wikipedia? I kind of need it right now.
 * Thank you! Where can I help you on your Wikipedia journey right now?  What kinds of goals do you have, and what can I do for you to help you reach those goals?   Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  19:57, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I recently had to get an article out of deletion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Louis_Armstrong%27s_All_Time_Greatest_Hits) and I need to get it updated and functional. Someone said it looked more as a promotional article without a lot of sources cited. Also, my goals include getting at least 1 "good" article on the website, getting a featured article on the website, and getting at least 1,000 edits. luke loves editing   (chat)  12:46, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

I've read over your draft, and I know where you need to begin. Let's start with notability - the core of whether or not a subject actually needs an article or not. Whenever you're looking to establish whether a work of intellectual property is notable (books, music, movies, video games, and the like), what will establish the notability is, in at least 90% of cases, the critical reception. How much have people who have an influence in the industry commented on it? So, for an album like this, none of the ratings on Amazon, Discogs, or eBay are relevant. User ratings people posted online don't count for anything. What counts? Opinions from professional critics or are influential in the industry. Articles about the subject by reputable people or publishing companies with editorial oversight are good, too.

For a music article like this, examples of notability-conferring coverage might come from:
 * Magazines, such as Billboard, Rolling Stone, Cashbox, or any other major music magazine publication. You might be able to find some available to read online in the texts section of the Internet Archive.
 * Company websites from said magazines, as well as from news agencies such as the BBC, CNN, etc. Check the publisher of websites and make sure your story isn't by a non-staff member who just wrote something for a website one day.
 * WP:JAZZ might be helpful as well.

I'm not truly a music editor, though, so I might contact a WikiProject or I'd also recommend as someone who knows much more about music articles and sourcing than I do. That being said: I hate being the bearer of bad news, but compilation albums rarely get articles. Why? They usually don't have coverage of themselves critically. That Louis Armstrong is notable himself does not necessarily mean a compilation article of his works is notable, as notability is not inherited. The master key is this: Always base your articles on the sources you find first, not the other way around.

On promotional tone - WP:TONE would help here. Phrases such as "Many people enjoyed this album as most of the critical reception was great. As you'll see below, there were good sales and many positive reviews surrounding this album." are immediate red flags. How can you say the critical reception was great, and how do you define great? You can say it received positive reviews, but we've already discussed what "critical reception" needs to be. "As you'll see below" is also a red flag as not encyclopedic tone, and again, "good sales" and "many positive reviews" are subjective terms. That's what makes it sound promotional - keep the tone objective.


 * There is no specific set of sales, but it had a good reputation within the jazz community. The song most likely had a few hundred thousand sales, but we cannot tell since there is no website that specifically tells us how many sales there are. - That is original research, and is not allowed. If it can't be sourced, don't speculate on it.  Briefly, I'll share with you some advice I received in my first year here in 2008: Treat Wikipedia like you're writing a paper at school.  Cite your sources, don't plagiarize, and state the facts and be explicit when you're quoting someone's opinion.

Hopefully that will be a good start. I would start with finding some new sources first on your draft, and see if an article could be made from it. I can evaluate any sources you want if you want me to have a look. Put in some research, let me know how it goes, and how I can help you next. Red Phoenix <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  18:56, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Super Monaco GP
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Super Monaco GP you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Namcokid47 -- Namcokid47 (talk) 05:01, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Sign my User-Page?
Hey Red,

I just started a new section of my user-page (not talk page) where you can sign my user-page (kind of like an autograph book). It would be an honor to have you as my first person to sign it (excluding me, who already signed it Lol). If you don't want to, that's okay, I just wanted to do something fun around here.

ありがとう, Go-Tsumaroki   22:31, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

P.S. If you are wondering what "ありがとう" means, it roughly translates to "Thank you."

October 2020 GAN drive!
-- Eddie891 Talk Work 12:36, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Escape Velocity Nova
The article Escape Velocity Nova you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Escape Velocity Nova for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of David Fuchs -- David Fuchs (talk) 20:00, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Escape Velocity Nova
The article Escape Velocity Nova you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Escape Velocity Nova for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of David Fuchs -- David Fuchs (talk) 20:22, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2020
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WikiProject Video games Newsletter Q3 2020
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Possible block evasion
I see you blocked User:119.235.251.172 for vandalism -- thanks for that. I think the user may be evading the block, given the edit and edit summaries of these two edits, which both edits insert the word "The" before the subject name on Early modern warfare.
 * User:119.235.251.172: edit on 13:24, 21 August 2020 with edit summary ending ... to an encyclopaedia you must be descriptive or else
 * User:185.157.232.78: edit on 09:15, 9 October 2020 with edit summary ending ... to an encyclopaedia you must be descriptive or else!

This new editor has just repeated their edit while I've been composing this, so this is ongoing.

What do you recommend? --A&#8239;D&#8239;Monroe&#8239;III(talk) 18:35, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It's probably the same editor, though it may not necessarily be "evasion" if the user is on a dynamic IP address. That being said, the edits are stale now that I'm getting to this, so I'd just report to AIV if they're evading the block.  Being blocked means you shouldn't get to continue to edit if your IP changes, but with dynamic IPs, it needs to be a quick response to have any effect, otherwise when the user comes online they'll have a different IP each time.  I'm not an admin who's around all the time, so just go to AIV if it happens again.   Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  00:21, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Harris & Klebold article
As you did the GA review, I am curious of your opinion here. Should not anything salvageable from that article be put on the article for the massacre? That's the reason anybody cares to know their name. Most of the article is just copy-paste from there. Frankly, I would say anybody who knows anything about the case knows the purpose of that needless additional page for the perpetrators is because of the anti-hero worship surrounding them. It's on par with having an article arguing for OJ's innocence rather than incorporating that into the article on the trial (in fact, copied from that article), with additional trivial pursuit facts about his childhood by endearing fans. Or giving Adam Lanza a page. Cake (talk) 19:45, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It is honestly a lot of duplication. Some of it may be warranted only if that "anti-hero worship", as you describe it, has significant coverage it itself.  To make an example from one of your suggestions, has Adam Lanza inspired others to commit similar crimes like the Sandy Hook massacre and been noted as an inspiration to some?  Possibly, but probably not many.  Have Harris and Klebold?  Maybe, if only because Columbine was one of the first events to really gain such notoriety as a mass shooting in the modern history of the United States, and there have been "inspirations".  But, I'm certainly not advocating that this article should be existing.  As I will admit it's out of my range of subject expertise, since I don't normally do modern event and history articles, what I would suggest is get a larger section of the community involved. Either an RFC or an AFD would do, though on an AFD it wouldn't hurt to suggest merging whatever useful content there might be, as you're likely to get a lot of "Merge" !votes.  An RFC might get a more in-depth look, while AFDs will get more comments and really a less-detailed dig into the subject.   Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  00:21, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Appreciate the response, with some of the red tape on (potential) AfD, and interesting take on copycats. By my reckoning Columbine has more copycats than any crime there is. Hence the Columbine effect article, and a separate article on Harris and Klebold strikes me as particularly unwise; and the way e. g. Sandy Hook, Parkland, Thurston High, Dunblane, Luby's, San Ysidro, Hungerford, Westroads Mall shooting, Eaton Township Weis Markets,  etc etc (Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden should be changed to Westside School Shooting) cover the perpetrator as but a part of the crime giving them infamy, with whatever media coverage was about them, as much wiser, and in this particular case as the one most needing to be aware of that. How many other perpetrators will you find childhood pictures of? Note how much I had to delete from their 'personalities' that was not in the sources cited. If "antihero worship" is too blunt, then to use the term the article uses; it's the superfluous "Columbiner" article.   Cake  (talk) 17:28, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It's worthy noting that this isn't the only article quite like this; for instance, Seung-Hui Cho and Virginia Tech shooting. So, it's not as though the precedent doesn't exist, but I'm unsure if the subject as a whole has ever been discussed, much less just Harris and Klebold.  It's entirely possible that the RFC route to start a conversation on the topic may be the way to go, as it might actually affect multiple articles.   Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  19:06, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Will have to take a look at a few RFC's one day to get a feel for them. Again appreciate it. Also have to wonder if the precedent for Cho's article was the Harris and Klebold article in the first place. Cake  (talk) 19:56, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:34, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you today for Sonic X-treme, introduced: "Sonic X-treme is more than a canceled video game for the Sega Saturn - it's also in many ways a cautionary tale of corporate politics and the effects they have on a company. It's a captivating story of game development, I believe, whether you are a video game fan or not."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:00, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Super Monaco GP
The article Super Monaco GP you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Super Monaco GP for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Namcokid47 -- Namcokid47 (talk) 19:01, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg John M Wolfson
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Bduke • Nilfanion • Philosopher • Rspeer • Yunshui

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ragesoss
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg TonyBallioni

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg EdJohnston • Oshwah • Yamla
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Yunshui

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Anarchyte
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Yunshui

Guideline and policy news
 * Community sanctions now authorize administrators to place under indefinite semiprotection any article on a beauty pageant, or biography of a person known as a beauty pageant contestant, which has been edited by a sockpuppet account or logged-out sockpuppet, to be logged at WP:GS/PAGEANT.

Technical news
 * Sysops will once again be able to view the deleted history of JS/CSS pages; this was restricted to interface administrators when that group was introduced.
 * Twinkle's block module now includes the ability to note the specific case when applying a discretionary sanctions block and/or template.
 * Sysops will be able to use Special:CreateLocalAccount to create a local account for a global user that is prevented from auto-creation locally (such as by a filter or range block). Administrators that are not sure if such a creation is appropriate should contact a checkuser.

Arbitration
 * The 2020 Arbitration Committee Elections process has begun. Eligible editors will be able to nominate themselves as candidates from November 8 through November 17. The voting period will run from November 23 through December 6.
 * The Anti-harassment RfC has concluded with a summary of the feedback provided.

Miscellaneous
 * A reminder that standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people. (American Politics 2 Arbitration case).

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WikiCup 2020 November newsletter
The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is, the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by. In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

The other finalists were, , and. The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.


 * wins the featured article prize, for a total of 14 FAs during the course of the competition.
 * win the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in round 4.
 * wins the featured picture prize, for 3 FPs in round 3 and 5 overall.
 * wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 23 FAC reviews in round 5.
 * wins the good article prize, for 45 GAs in round 2 and 113 overall.
 * wins the topic prize, for 33 articles in good topics in round 2.
 * wins the good article reviewer prize, for 100 good article reviews in round 2.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 22 Did you know articles in round 4 and 94 overall.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 63 In the news articles in round 4 and 136 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2021 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:38, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2020). Administrator changes
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Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Izno

Guideline and policy news
 * There is a request for comment in progress to either remove T3 (duplicated and hardcoded instances) as a speedy deletion criterion or eliminate its seven-day waiting period.

Technical news
 * Voting for proposals in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey, which determines what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year, will take place from 8 December through 21 December. In particular, there are sections regarding administrators and anti-harassment.

Arbitration
 * Voting in the 2020 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 7 December 2020 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

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2.89.35.17
Can user:2.89.35.17 please be blocked ASAP for vandalism. CLCStudent (talk) 13:54, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  13:56, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Sega Test
Did you see this? You'd probably score high easy. TarkusAB talk / contrib 11:27, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I had not seen that. Wow.  Not sure if I'll find the time but I'd love to take a crack at it.   Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  12:18, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

New Page Patrol December Newsletter
Hello ,



It has been a productive year for New Page Patrol as we've roughly cut the size of the New Page Patrol queue in half this year. We have been fortunate to have a lot of great work done by who was the reviewer of the most pages and redirects this past year. Thanks and credit go to and  who join Rosguill in repeating in the top 10 from last year. Thanks to, , and who all got the NPR permission this year and joined the top 10. Also new to the top ten is DannyS712 bot III, programmed by which has helped to dramatically reduce the number of redirects that have needed human patrolling by patrolling certain types of redirects (e.g. for differences in accents) and by also patrolling editors who are on on the redirect whitelist.
 * Year in review

has been named reviewer of the year for 2020. John has held the permission for just over 6 months and in that time has helped cut into the queue by reviewing more than 18,000 articles. His talk page shows his efforts to communicate with users, upholding NPP's goal of nurturing new users and quality over quantity.
 * Reviewer of the Year

As a special recognition and thank you has been awarded the first NPP Technical Achievement Award. His work programming the bot has helped us patrol redirects tremendously - more than 60,000 redirects this past year. This has been a large contribution to New Page Patrol and definitely is worthy of recognition.
 * NPP Technical Achievement Award

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ygm
Schazjmd  (talk)  01:32, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Never mind, Acroterion took care of it. Schazjmd   (talk)  01:41, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
 * No worries. Glad you took the time to reach out to me.  Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  02:53, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Boy I tell ya
This year has been too long that I forgot you are an admin now. I had to make sure I voted for you to remember that. What a year. GamerPro64 04:47, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Sure has been a hell of a year. Oh well, at least it’s nearly over. Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  11:27, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Have a Happy Holidays!
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Happy New Year!
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 Red Phoenix , Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! Le Panini  [🥪] 23:40, 31 December 2020 (UTC)


 * – Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year}} to user talk pages.

Happy New Year!
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 Red Phoenix , Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! Captain  Galaxy  00:16, 1 January 2021 (UTC)


 * – Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year}} to user talk pages.

Welcome to the 2021 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. We thank Vanamonde93 and Godot13, who have retired as judges, and we thank them for their past dedication. The judges for the WikiCup this year are and. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:11, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

CSDs of pages previously surviving AfDs
this is entirely incorrect. CSDs are not subject to IAR except in the most exceptional cases, and WP:G11 is not listed at Criteria for speedy deletion. Even assuming for the sake of argument that you were correct in characterizing a page that had survived its most recent AfD as purely promotional, administrators are not free to bypass speedy deletion criteria at will. For you to have doubled down when I pointed this out is inappropriate and not consistent with good administrator conduct. Even if your statement was just intended as hyperbole, it's both unnecessary to the discussion in which it was posted, and paints your willingness to apply CSD properly in a poor light. Such cavalier disregard for process--again, even just in a statement without actual misuse--can be a sign of admin burnout, which is a terrible thing that the encyclopedia can ill afford. Cheers, Jclemens (talk) 08:11, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I will concede that I could have put it more eloquently, and I’m happy to clarify that no, I wouldn’t actually use CSD if an article weren’t eligible. That should have been obvious, though - notice I didn’t !vote Speedy Delete?  That being said, you missed the whole point of the argument - this article has G11 criteria written all over it, and instead of arguing the article, you are arguing the process. That’s called wikilawyering, and suggesting I have burnout is casting aspersions. If I didn’t have any respect for the process, I would have just deleted it, or !voted Speedy Delete if I didn’t want to overreach. But you ignored that. I doubled down to make the point to you because you chose to argue back on process, not content.  It is a perfectly valid delete !vote that makes valid points, and yes, if nine years ago had it not somehow survived a deletion discussion I would !vote to delete as a G11 speedy or conducted the deletion if someone else tagged it first. Again, maybe could have been more eloquent and clear with my choice of words that no, I wouldn’t actually delete it via CSD if it was not eligible. However, that doesn’t change my !vote nor invalidate my points. I am willing to discuss the article if you’re willing to talk about the article - on the deletion page.  And I’m willing to reconsider my !vote if you can show me secondary sources and we can gut all the advertising out.  Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  18:21, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick help!
Hey, thanks for the quick help with that [insert pejorative here] that was vandalizing Ronald McDonald (and all those other pages)! Happy New Year! &mdash; <b style="color:black">Uncle</b><b style="color:darkred">Bubba</b> ( T @ C ) 03:38, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2020
<div style=" background-color: #eeeeee; border-top: 4px #eeeeee solid; border-left: 2px #eeeeee solid; border-right: 2px #eeeeee solid; text-align: center; padding: 0.5em; margin:0em;"> The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

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Project At a Glance

As of Q4 2020, the project has:


 * 239 Featured Articles
 * 88 Featured Lists
 * 10 Featured Topics


 * 33 Featured Pictures
 * 1,650 Good Articles
 * 28 Good Topics

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 * Changes to Featured and Good content
 * News items and announcements
 * WP:VG Talk Page Digest


 * Feature: Don't fake your work
 * Follow-up: VG editing in a time of COVID
 * Interview: TarkusAB

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 * Video game images – talk
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Administrators' newsletter – January 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2020).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Hammersoft
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Andres • Brion VIBBER • Rkitko • Thatcher

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Barkeep49 • BDD • CaptainEek • Primefac

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Barkeep49 • BDD • CaptainEek
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Joe Roe

Guideline and policy news
 * Speedy deletion criterion T3 (duplication and hardcoded instances) has been repealed following a request for comment.

Technical news
 * You can now put pages on your watchlist for a limited period of time.

Arbitration
 * By motion, standard discretionary sanctions have been temporarily authorized for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes). The effectiveness of the discretionary sanctions can be evaluated on the request by any editor after March 1, 2021 (or sooner if for a good reason).
 * Following the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , ,.

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Offensive comment at Talk:Black Lives Matter
Thanks for taking swift action to hide the offensive comment at Talk:Black Lives Matter. Just FYI the offensive edit summary / username are still visible in the talk page history because they appear in SineBot's subsequent edit summary. Maybe hide that too? Best, Generalrelative (talk) 04:21, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Working on them, thanks. There were a lot of the edits themselves to do, and now I'm trying to go back and get all the reversions.   Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  04:22, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Got it. Much appreciated! Generalrelative (talk) 04:25, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2021).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Hog Farm
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Mattflaschen • Nandesuka • Savidan • Wangi

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Berean Hunter • Xeno

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

Arbitration
 * The standard discretionary sanctions authorized for American Politics were amended by motion to cover post-1992 politics of United States and closely related people, replacing the 1932 cutoff.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting in the 2021 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2021, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2021, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * Wikipedia has now been around for 20 years, and recently saw its billionth edit!

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Recreating Deleted page
Hi Red Phoenix, thank you for the prompt response on 03:10 4 February 2021, for the deleted page Draft:MILDEF International Technologies. I am not paid in any way for the content creation, so it is fine if I recreate the page to not include any unambiguous advertising or promotion for the organization? MQ Consultant (talk) 06:50, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Feel free to recreate it if you'd like, but I highly recommend you read WP:SPAM, as well as articles on similar subjects to ensure that the next attempt doesn't read like a press release. A good way to do this might be to start with your research first, using reliable sources, and write your article from there.   Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  12:36, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

The Road to Paradise
Can user:The Road to Paradise please be blocked ASAP. CLCStudent (talk) 21:25, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Looks like Ponyo beat me to it :) Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  21:32, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Blocking NathanQuessy6969
Hi

I saw you blocked. You might want to also look at. Knuthove (talk) 01:44, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Addressed. Thank you.   Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  02:15, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Blocking Tokyointernationalschool
Hi

I saw you blocked. You might want to also look at .-- Renat 01:10, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Good article backlog drive in March
In order to receive notifications about future drives, sign up for the Good articles newsletter. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  04:45, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

Promotional username
Hi

= AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy -- Renat 23:53, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I’ve got it. Just so you know, I’m not always around because of my schedule outside of Wikipedia.  Much as it backlogs often, and I fight that backlog, I would make sure you report to WP:UAA with these, and if you do choose to reach out to me, report there as well in case I can’t get to it sooner. Oftentimes I’ll just have a couple of minutes for Wikipedia here and there.  Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  01:43, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay. Thanks.-- Renat 01:45, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg TJMSmith
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Boing! said Zebedee • Hiberniantears • Lear's Fool • Only • WGFinley

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

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment is open that proposes a process for the community to revoke administrative permissions. This follows a 2019 RfC in favor of creating one such a policy.
 * A request for comment is in progress to remove F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a, which covers immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
 * A request for comment seeks to grant page movers the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target. The full proposal is at Page mover/delete-redirect.
 * A request for comment asks if sysops may place the General sanctions/Coronavirus disease 2019 editnotice template on pages in scope that do not have page-specific sanctions?
 * There is a discussion in progress concerning automatic protection of each day's featured article with Pending Changes protection.

Technical news
 * When blocking an IPv6 address with Twinkle, there is now a checkbox with the option to just block the /64 range. When doing so, you can still leave a block template on the initial, single IP address' talkpage.
 * When protecting a page with Twinkle, you can now add a note if doing so was in response to a request at WP:RfPP, and even link to the specific revision.
 * There have been a number of reported issues with Pending Changes. Most problems setting protection appear to have been resolved (T273317) but other issues with autoaccepting edits persist (T275322).

Arbitration
 * By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, any gender-related dispute or controversy and associated people. Sanctions issued under GamerGate are now considered Gender and sexuality sanctions.
 * The Kurds and Kurdistan case was closed, authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed.

Miscellaneous
 * Following the 2021 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AmandaNP, Operator873, Stanglavine, Teles, and Wiki13.

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WikiCup 2021 March newsletter
Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:


 * Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.
 * Bloom6132 was close behind with 896 points, largely gained from 71 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.
 * 🇷🇼 Amakuru came next with 708 points, Kigali being another featured article that scored maximum bonus points.
 * Flag of the United Nations.svg Ktin, new to the WikiCup, was in fifth place with 523 points, garnered from 15 DYKs and 34 "In the news" items.
 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man scored 511 points, many from featured article candidate reviews and from football related DYKs.
 * Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653–1659).svg Gog the Mild, last year's runner-up, came next with 498 points, from a featured article and numerous featured article candidate reviews.
 * Bennington Flag.svg Hog Farm, at 452, scored for a featured article, four good articles and a number of reviews.
 * 🇺🇸 Le Panini, another newcomer to the WikiCup, scored 438 for a featured article and three good articles.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or something else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:27, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Some new Sega info
Hey Red! Not sure if you knew about this, but parts of a Japanese oral history with former Sega employee Masaharu Yoshii (who's credited as the director of Sonic 2) from last year has been translated and an excerpt about Sonic 2 and STI has been posted on Sonic Retro. There's some great info, but I wanted to let you know that Yoshii mentions that Mark Cerny actually quit halfway through Sonic 2 development (not at the end) and Yoshii temporarily ran STI until a replacement was found, which the STI article doesn't mention. <small style="color:red">JOE BRO  64  15:31, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Awesome, thanks! That's not something I recall seeing Cerny mention in his conversations.  I'll have to find time to parse it soon; activity's been a little slow since we have a new baby in my house and that's consuming a lot of time. I'll try to take a crack at it soon.   Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  02:32, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh wow, congratulations! So happy for you. <small style="color:red">JOE BRO  64  13:33, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
 * The guy who posted it let me know that the relevant material is on pp. 13-16 of section 2-2 and pp. 20-21 of section 2-1, just so you know. <small style="color:red">JOE BRO  64  00:41, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Alexandria • Happyme22 • RexxS

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
 * Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.

Technical news
 * When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem.
 * Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers.

Arbitration
 * A community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure is open until April 25.

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2021
<div style=" background-color: #eeeeee; border-top: 4px #eeeeee solid; border-left: 2px #eeeeee solid; border-right: 2px #eeeeee solid; text-align: center; padding: 0.5em; margin:0em;"> The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter

Volume 13, No. 1 — 1st Quarter, 2021

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Project At a Glance

As of Q1 2021, the project has:


 * 241 Featured Articles
 * 89 Featured Lists
 * 10 Featured Topics


 * 34 Featured Pictures
 * 1,684 Good Articles
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WikiCup 2021 May newsletter
The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in Round 2 were:


 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man, with 2963 points from three featured articles, 20 featured article reviews, 37 good articles, 73 good article reviews, as well as 22 DYKs.
 * Epicgenius, with 1718 points from one featured article, 29 good articles, 16 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
 * Bloom6132, with 990 points from 13 DYKs and 64 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
 * Bennington Flag.svg Hog Farm, with 834 points from two featured articles, five good articles, 14 featured article reviews and 15 good article reviews.
 * Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653–1659).svg Gog the Mild, with 524 points from two featured articles and four featured article reviews.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski, with 501 points from one featured article, three good articles, six featured article reviews and 25 good article reviews.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie, with 485 points from four good articles, eight good article reviews and 27 DYKs, on US radio and television stations.
 * Flag of the United Nations.svg Ktin, with 436 points from four good articles, seven DYKs and 11 "In the news" items.

Please remember that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of Round 2 but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in Round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (except for at the end of each round, when you must claim them before the cut-off date/time). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:28, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

Remember me! Helen Pickett Wiki submission
Hi there ... I hope you are well. I finally have the revised version of Helen Pickett's Wiki submission. If you would be so gracious, may you please look it over for me and let me know if this version is ok to post? I would be so grateful. Thank you so very much. Be well. Jackiespina777 (talk) 22:17, 3 May 2021 (UTC)Jackiespina777

I tried to find where it says to email you and was unsuccessful. I apologize that I am so unskilled at the WikiLanguage. If it's possible, may I please email this to you. It wouldn't let me send it through here. Something to do with an external link or something and I don't know how to fix it. UGH, asking for help again! Jackiespina777 (talk) 22:17, 3 May 2021 (UTC)Jackiespina777
 * I'll try to take a look at it as soon as I can; some things have come up in real life and it may take me a bit of time to get to. Try creating your version at User:Jackiespina777/sandbox, which is your sandbox page, and I can view it from there.  It's also a great place that you could practice your wiki code.  Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  03:13, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Enchanter • Carlossuarez46

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, consensus was found that third party appeals are allowed but discouraged.
 * The 2021 Desysop Policy RfC was closed with no consensus. Consensus was found in a previous RfC for a community based desysop procedure, though the procedure proposed in the 2021 RfC did not gain consensus.

Technical news
 * The user group  will be renamed to  . This is for technical reasons. You can comment at  if you have objections.

Arbitration
 * The community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure was closed, and an initial draft based on feedback from the now closed consultation is expected to be released in early June to early July for community review.

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Ashleyyoursmile • Less Unless
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Husond • MattWade • MJCdetroit • Carioca • Vague Rant • Kingboyk • Thunderboltz • Gwen Gale • AniMate • SlimVirgin (deceased)

Guideline and policy news
 * Consensus was reached to deprecate Editor assistance.
 * Following a Request for Comment the Book namespace was deprecated.

Technical news
 * Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this.

Arbitration
 * After a Clarification request, the Arbitration Committee modified Remedy 5 of the Antisemitism in Poland case. This means sourcing expectations are a discretionary sanction instead of being present on all articles. It also details using the talk page or the Reliable Sources Noticeboard to discuss disputed sources.

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Still hoping you can help
Hi it’s Jackie Spina needing help with Helen Pickett’s page again. I am at a loss as to how to enter the content with the hyperlinks included. And if you’re still willing, I would really love it if you may please take a look at the content I’d sent you before. If you can’t find it, I can try to resend. It would be so much easier if we could please correspond through email just until we get things going. If you are up for this, I will happily give you my email and we can go from there. I just really, really need help. Thank you so much. I hope I’ve done all this correctly. Jackiespina777 (talk) 20:43, 13 June 2021 (UTC)jackiespina

GAN Backlog Drive - July 2021
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WikiCup 2021 July newsletter
The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:


 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
 * Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
 * Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.
 * Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653–1659).svg Gog the Mild, with 817 points from 3 featured articles on historic battles in Europe, 5 featured article reviews and 3 good articles.
 * Bennington Flag.svg Hog Farm, with 659 points from 2 featured articles and 2 good articles on American Civil War battles, 18 featured article reviews, 2 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 4 DYKs.
 * ICS Zulu.svg BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.

In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Trialpears
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AGK • Eliz81 • Mulad • ThaddeusB • Vianello • Who
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ragesoss



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AGK • DGG

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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AGK

Guideline and policy news
 * Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.
 * An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs.

Technical news
 * IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page.

Arbitration
 * The community authorised COVID-19 general sanctions have been superseded by the COVID-19 discretionary sanctions following a motion at a case request. Alerts given and sanctions placed under the community authorised general sanctions are now considered alerts for and sanctions under the new discretionary sanctions.

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Arbitration case opened
You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian_politics. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian_politics/Evidence. Please add your evidence by August 6, 2021, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian_politics/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Moneytrees🏝️Talk/CCI guide 18:42, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2021).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg BusterD
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Kees08 • Nickshanks • Protonk • Schissel • Ultraexactzz • Wknight94



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

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg TheresNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg ST47

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.

Technical news
 * Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import.

Arbitration
 * Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.

Miscellaneous
 * You can vote for candidates in the 2021 Board of Trustees elections from 4 August to 17 August. Four community elected seats are up for election.

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RE: Soma Games page
Hey Red Phoenix! :) It's been over a full year, and I have dilligently and patiently waited exactly as you asked for people to edit the Soma Games page so we can remove the peacock words and instances of informal tone, and hopefully see people start adding new information after that. Unfortunately, after more than 12 months, we still have had nobody find the article organically, nor have had almost anybody help to edit it. I have promoted the article on the Video games Wikiproject three times over the past year as you suggested, but unfortunately those received nearly no replies and only resulted in one edit over the year.

I've continued to monitor the page and resist editing any of it, but after waiting for more than 12 months under our original strategy, I am wondering if you think a new approach may be necessary and helpful for this page? Taking a long break from improving the page has definitely helped me to identify instances of unencyclopedic tone throughout the article, and to more fully recognize the overuse of primary sources. I've got lots of info or even just small tidbits that I would love to add to the article which are coming from exclusively third-party sources. There are even just small updates that would keep the page's information current instead of having its content stuck in the past. Let me know if you think we should re-evaluate our strategy for getting the page improved and updated.

Thanks so much! Hope you are doing well! 😃 Emitewiki2 (talk) 19:09, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
 * That is disappointing to hear, that no one has picked it up. Tell you what, since it’s been a year I should have some fresh eyes, so I’ll be glad to help you out personally.  I just ask that you be patient with me only that I’m not quite as active as I was due to some life changes, but I will help as I can.  I’ll have a look within the next few days and I’ll look forward to hearing input from you at Talk:Soma Games.  Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  20:16, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Great, will do! And don't worry if you're not super speedy with changes and responses. I, too, have a busy real life so I'm only able to get around to these passion projects when I have time. Usually it's fairly sporadic so if you don't hear from me on the talk page in the next few days, just keep waiting and I'll get to it eventually as well :P. Emitewiki2 (talk) Emitewiki2 (talk) 19:47, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man and Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski,  BennyOnTheLoose, 🇷🇼 Amakuru and  Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:02, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Emperor • Viridian Bovary
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →

Guideline and policy news
 * Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee.
 * A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates.
 * A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)
 * A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs.

Technical news
 * The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.

Arbitration
 * A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments.

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Proposed decision posted at the open Iranian politics case
In the open Iranian politics arbitration case, the proposed decision has now been posted. Please review this decision and draw the arbitrators' attention to any relevant material or statements. Comments may be brought to the attention of the committee on the proposed decision talk page. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. You were notified as you made comments in the case request. For the Arbitration Committee, Moneytrees🏝️Talk/CCI guide 01:49, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter September 2021
Hello ,

Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.

Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our  Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but  there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here.

At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages.

There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.

If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process or its software. Various awards are due to be allocated by the end of the year and barnstars are overdue. If you would like to manage this, please let us know. Indeed, if you are interested in coordinating NPR, it does not involve much time and the tasks are described here. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here. Sent to 827 users. 04:32, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021).

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Alvestrand • Black Falcon • Deathphoenix • Dppowell • Mark Arsten • JGHowes (deceased)



Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Callanecc
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Mkdw

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Galobtter

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, extended confirmed protection may be used preemptively on certain high-risk templates.
 * Following a discussion at the Village Pump, there is consensus to treat discord logs the same as IRC logs. This means that discord logs will be oversighted if posted onwiki.

Technical news
 * DiscussionTools has superseded Enterprisey's reply-link script. Editors may switch using the "Discussion tools" checkbox under.

Arbitration
 * A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures.
 * Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.
 * The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.

Miscellaneous
 * Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list.
 * The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates.

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