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Happy New Year, SarekOfVulcan!


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

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).

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Books & Bytes – Issue 54
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Issue 54, November – December 2022 
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 * 1Lib1Ref 2023
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).

Administrator changes
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 * Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
 * Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.

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 * The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

Arbitration Miscellaneous
 * The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
 * In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).

Administrator changes
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Arbitration
 * Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
 * The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
 * A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:20, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for keeping me blocked
As I told User:CityOfSilver at User talk:CityOfSilver, I am dropping my appeal. I have no desire to deal with User:Feoffer's behavior.

I will also be off Wikipedia for a month or so, likely followed by the process of having my account removed.

Before I request vanishing from a bureaucrat, I would like to say --as a matter of constructive criticism-- the tone of Wikipedia bureaucrats has been insulting and snide and is not a small part of why I want out.

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Books & Bytes – Issue 55
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Issue 55, January – February 2023 
 * New bundle partners:
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).

Administrator changes
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 * A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard.

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 * A link to the user's page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on . This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.

Arbitration
 * The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
 * A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).

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 * Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.

Arbitration
 * The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.

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Books & Bytes – Issue 56
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Issue 56, March – April 2023 
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).

Administrator changes
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 * Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
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Arbitration
 * The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

Miscellaneous
 * Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:33, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

AlisonW case request accepted
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/AlisonW. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Arbitration/Requests/Case/AlisonW/Evidence. Please add your evidence by June 30, 2023, which is when the evidence phase closes. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 23:51, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Your revert
Re this revert, I didn't notice until after I edited another section for over-capitalization. Can you say which chnages you think were sub-optimal, and which were OK (at least roughly)? Dicklyon (talk) 21:05, 23 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Titles of offices would always be capitalized. "faith, hope, charity" is Just Wrong. You could make a case for lowercasing "Assembly", if you had to, but "grand assembly" would be just as wrong as "house of representatives". SarekOfVulcan (talk)  00:01, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * And per WP:CAPS, Standard or commonly used names of an office are treated as proper names. SarekOfVulcan (talk)  00:14, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * OK, I'll start over and follow MOS:OFFICE carefully. Dicklyon (talk) 01:12, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Take a look at my latest and let me know if I'm on a better track now. Dicklyon (talk) 01:20, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Better, but Master Mason, Worthy Advisor, Mother Advisor, Supreme Inspector, and Supreme Deputy should always be capitalized. (If you disagree on Master Mason, try changing it in Freemasonry first and see if you can make it stick.) SarekOfVulcan (talk)  01:30, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I think "always" ignores the advice at MOS:OFFICE, which says "is not plural, is not preceded by a modifier (including a definite or indefinite article), and is not a reworded description". Are you disagreeing with that, or is there something more special about these Freemasonry terms, or did I just get it wrong? Dicklyon (talk) 04:12, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

I opened a more general discussion at WT:WikiProject Freemasonry. Dicklyon (talk) 04:22, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).



Administrator changes
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Arbitration
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:58, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Freemasonry
FYI - We need to review the Freemasonry article. Fringe material has crept back in. Blueboar (talk) 13:11, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Proposed decision posted for the AlisonW case
The proposed decision for the AlisonW case has been posted. Statements regarding the proposed decision are welcome at the talk page. Please note that comments must be made in your own section. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 15:24, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Jeff Immelt
Would you consider the latest edit under WP Voice. I'm trying to state an important fact without it sounding too critical, as a fact that just happens to be negative. Immelt presided over the most dramatic period in GE's history, something not reflected currently in the article's lead section. Knightoften (talk) 02:45, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Better, but I don't see where that citation references 2/3rd of its assets, which is pretty specific. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 03:07, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Found a better source and added the specific annual reports for coverage. In the original article I posted you had to piece the divestments together; it's the same in the new one but it's more specific, should be clearer. The annual GE reports list the asset shrink/subsidiaries during that period 2007-2017 Knightoften (talk) 20:56, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Arbitration/Requests/Case/AlisonW closed
The arbitration case Arbitration/Requests/Case/AlisonW has been closed, and the final decision is viewable at the case page. The following remedy has been enacted:


 * For failure to meet the conduct standards expected of an administrator, AlisonW's administrative user rights are removed. She may regain them at any time via a successful request for adminship.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 17:45, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard

Question (I don't know how to react and if this is against wp:policy)
Hello @SarekOfVulcan, I don't want to make it too long, but I have been personnally attacked multiple times on the same controversial article Juan Branco by an SPA (100%), and also an almost SPA (editing mostly this article or schools of the subject like Sciences Po) who both arrived after 2-6 months of inactivity in the sole purpose (it seems) to rollback my contributions (which consisted mainly of wp:translated content from the French B-class rated article). Also, I noticed that two contributors on the same page have an account name beginning and ending with the same letter (D......d) and both containing 8 characters. All that makes a bit much for me and, as I feel like I lost hours of work for nothing, and as I am still quite new here, I am wondering what I can do in this situation ? Can all that already be sanctionned if I report it ? Thanks, Imagritte (talk) 01:35, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 57
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Issue 57, May – June 2023 
 * Suggestion improvements
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Bar Harbor, Maine
Hi SarekofVulcan,

Besides the "resort" in the very first line of the entry (which I wrote to you about separately), I'm baffled by why you would revert to the older census data when I provided the 2022 census number with the proper footnote. Can you explain what's motivating these reversions?

Thank you,

TEulenspiegel Eulenspiegel23 (talk) 21:51, 28 July 2023 (UTC)


 * There is no such thing as the 2022 Census. Wikipedia standard practice is to use the actual census numbers as far as possible. SarekOfVulcan (talk)  22:23, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I see, you're right. It's only an estimate. Thank you for the clarification. Eulenspiegel23 (talk) 22:25, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * And the "resort" issue? Eulenspiegel23 (talk) 22:28, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Third sentence of the lead says, in effect, "or it's just a town that gets a lot of tourists". You're welcome to start a discussion on the article talk page and see if there's consensus for your change. SarekOfVulcan (talk)  22:58, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

When does a town have to accept the label of "resort town"?
I'm trying to remove "resort" from the opening line describing the town of Bar Harbor, Maine. I think this label does a disservice to the town in multiple ways. Both economically & culturally, Bar Harbor is defined more by its significant research institutions (one of which employs 1,400 locals), its college, fishing community, hospital and schools, than it is by tourism. But, it's also, like many desirable destinations, struggling with a severe housing crisis and overwhelming seasonable tourism. These threaten its year-round community, who can no longer find housing or afford to live here. What I'm trying to say is Bar Harbor is and is struggling to remain More Than a Resort/Tourist Town. Wikipedia choosing to label it a "resort town" when many equally inundated, over-"loved" towns/cities are not so designated seems arbitrary & unfortunate. Eulenspiegel23 (talk) 03:35, 29 July 2023 (UTC)


 * You'd probably get better results posting this on Talk:Bar Harbor, Maine, as I suggested above. SarekOfVulcan (talk)  18:52, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, still finding my way around. Eulenspiegel23 (talk) 19:19, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).



Administrator changes
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Arbitration
 * The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:54, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

ANI close
Noting that you misspelled my name in your close of the ANI discussion. Also, just wondering, how did you figure out the consensus to be for one year? Not complaining, but just wondering as I don't remember seeing anyone state that they supported it only for a specific amount of time. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:10, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
 * My apologies - I looked at the spelling in Jayron's suggestion, and didn't refer back to make sure it was correct. As far as the length of time goes, since it wasn't discussed one way or the other in the survey that I noticed, I felt it was better to have a defined length of time, and that 1 year was the best duration to attempt. If it doesn't work, I would expect that more stringent sanctions would be placed quickly. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:42, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).

Administrator changes
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 * A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

Technical news
 * Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date.

Arbitration
 * The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:22, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

SCB topic ban
FYI, reverted your notice of his GENSEX topic ban with the edit summary Won't affect my editing; won't prevent anything; notches on pitchforks lol.

I asked him if he could clarify whether this was him signaling that he intends to continue editing in the same disruptive manner with no regard for the topic ban, which he reverted with the edit summary Nope, I can not.

Just wanted to note this here, since I have no clue whether noting it at the closed ANI discussion would be appropriate or not. 2600:1700:87D3:3460:EC8D:3C81:53D4:D796 (talk) 23:05, 7 September 2023 (UTC)


 * You should really find something better to do. Embarrassing. – 2 . O . Boxing  23:15, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't phrase it quite the same way, but in any case, drop it. The ban is in place. If there are problematic edits later, that's the time to bring it up. Squared. Circle.Boxing is under no obligation to clarify future edits before they're made. SarekOfVulcan (talk)  23:29, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Gotcha, thanks! 2600:1700:87D3:3460:EC8D:3C81:53D4:D796 (talk) 23:32, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Block
Hey, seems like 2601:C7:4202:6720:D981:6102:6FF8:C06A is an alternate IP of 2601:C7:4202:6720:99B9:43D5:CE62:2BF6, someone you blocked recently. Seems like a range block is required. Vonkelonkel (talk) 14:18, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 58
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Issue 58, July – August 2023 <div style = "margin-top: 1.5em; border: 3px solid #ae8c55; border-radius: .5em; padding: 1em 1.5em; font-size: 1.2em">
 * New partners - De Standaard and Duncker & Humblot
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Alex Bakharev · CorbieVreccan · Cyphoidbomb · Davodd · Hog Farm · JamesR · KnightLago · Mark Ironie · Nosebagbear (deceased) · Rschen7754 · Tamzin · TonyBallioni



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Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text: Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.

Technical news
 * Administrators can now choose to add the user's user page to their watchlist when changing the usergroups for a user. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 9 ("MarioProtIV topic ban") of the WikiProject Tropical Cyclones case has been rescinded.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of one new CheckUser.
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:41, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of File:SarekOfVulcan RFA 4 Trends.png


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Always precious
Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:43, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your help SarekofVulkan.
Thanks for your help and revision on Operative Masons, It took me a while to write all of that and I can see that the sources were not properly written, I will attempt to rewrite everything and resource it. HyperSite (talk) 08:38, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Note
Hello, I recently received a notice from your account, that I my recent article creation in Freemasonry might be a problem.

I recently joined the freemasonry project group and decided to work hard to add more quality and more content to Freemasonry.

I have been spending hundreds of hours writing articles and sourcing them to be able to flesh out the English version of our encyclopedia.

I do not mean to cause any confusion or be out of line in my edits. Let me know what you would like me to change. I am only aming to improve our encyclopedia. Do not hesitate to reach out and let me know.

All the best. HyperSite (talk) 22:35, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).



Administrator changes
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 * The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
 * There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
 * , and  have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections.  is the reserve commissioner.
 * Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
 * Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
 * Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
 * Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
 * An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

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Leonkoro Quartet
Thanks for your support on Draft: Leonkoro Quartet. Hyperman 42 (talk) 22:48, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 59
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 * Spotlight: Introducing a repository of anti-disinformation projects
 * Tech tip: Library access methods

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).

Administrator changes
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 * Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.

Arbitration
 * Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
 * The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
 * Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.

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Nomination for deletion of Template:AbortionGSEN
Template:AbortionGSEN has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:11, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Maxim
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Enterprisey · Izno · SilkTork

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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Maxim
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Enterprisey · Izno · SilkTork

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 * Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , , ,.
 * Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
 * The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.

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ConFusion edits
I may have accidentally overwritten your recents edits to ConFusion. Please check and re-do them if needed. Gbeeker (talk) 17:19, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 60
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Issue 60, November – December 2023 <div style = "margin-top: 1.5em; border: 3px solid #ae8c55; border-radius: .5em; padding: 1em 1.5em; font-size: 1.2em">
 * Three new partners
 * Google Scholar integration
 * How to track partner suggestions

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UTRS appeal #83467
Ok to unblock? Restore TPA? Thanks -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 11:27, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Can't see how either would help right now, but up to you. SarekOfVulcan (talk)  18:38, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).

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Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news
 * Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size.

Arbitration
 * Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
 * Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

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 * A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
 * Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
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Nomination of The FuMP for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The FuMP is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg East718 · Isabelle Belato · Mzajac · Staecker · Stan Shebs · Sugarfish · Tamzin



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 * Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
 * Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

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 * The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages.

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 * The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
 * Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.

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Books & Bytes – Issue 61
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Issue 61, January – February 2024 <div style = "margin-top: 1.5em; border: 3px solid #ae8c55; border-radius: .5em; padding: 1em 1.5em; font-size: 1.2em">
 * Bristol University Press and British Online Archives now available
 * 1Lib1Ref results

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Feedback on potentially biased block
You have protected the Autism Speaks article because you say it will always be a target for what you term 'vandalism'. However, I feel this does not take the source of the "vandalism", and what I feel is the consequential enshrining of one side in a controversy without allowing the other side an opportunity to be heard. The reason I looked up the article in the first place was to find out why the administrator of the r:/autism reddit requested that no posts linking to that organization be posted because so many autistic Reddit members found them objectionable or questionable. And all I was thinking of doing, when I found there wasn't even an acknowledgement in the Wikipedia article that there even WAS any such controversy, was to add a perspective note worded something like, "To be fair, it should be noted that some people feel / believe / have a different opinion " ... whatever language it takes to be sure both sides have been fairly presented. If removing the block is a non-starter ... and I can understand how that might not be as simple as it seems ... please, in the interests of justice and fairness, at least add such a note yourself Dan O Shanter (talk) 06:13, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Full protection on Changi Airport
Hello, can you revert back to the last stable version on Changi Airport prior to the dispute? ɴᴋᴏɴ21 ❯❯❯  talk  13:39, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * No, I protected it at the version that stood when I got to it. Discuss on the article talk page. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 13:43, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * That's why I filed a report at WP:ANI/3RR. They did not bother to address the points I made on their talk page(s), and instead continued to edit war in the matter of WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT. Reverting to the previous stable version will give them the incentive to continue the discussion on the talk page like they should have, instead of persistently reverting. Also, they never bothered to address their COI editing. ɴᴋᴏɴ21  ❯❯❯  talk  13:48, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * So by that logic, you now have incentive to discuss on the article talkpage, and I again suggest you do so. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 13:56, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Per this diff I explained the reasons why their edit was not an improvement on their talk page, and received no response. They instead kept edit warring in the edit summaries sticking to their own viewpoint. So who has the incentive to continue the discussion on the talk page exactly? Frankly speaking, protecting the page will not do anything as the other user showed no interest in continuing the discussion as long as their preferred logo is on the article. ɴᴋᴏɴ21  ❯❯❯  talk  14:08, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The IP has not edited since you left that message, and also, THAT IS NOT THE ARTICLE TALK PAGE. You want your change to stick, get consensus ON THE ARTICLE TALK PAGE. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 14:13, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure that you understand that the IP and Caskin3 are clearly the same person (or a meatpuppet), as the latter was registered right after the IPs last edit and continued to edit war with the same viewpoint right afterwards. Regardless of the venue, they showed no interest in continuing the discussion on their talk pages atter I left them multiple messages and warnings. Also, there is absolutely no need to WP:SHOUT here. ɴᴋᴏɴ21  ❯❯❯  talk  14:22, 20 March 2024 (UTC)