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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Barkeep49
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Beetstra • KillerChihuahua • Kusma
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Arcadian • Extraordinary Machine • Xeno
 * Pictogram voting rename.png JamesBWatson →

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Evad37

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Courcelles • SilkTork • Timotheus Canens

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Courcelles • SilkTork • Timotheus Canens

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

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

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

Miscellaneous
 * The Community Tech team has been working on a system for temporarily watching pages, and welcomes feedback.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:55, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Same problem again
Hello, Spencer. The editor whose IP address you blocked recently (Special:Contributions/2409:4052:989:E058:0:0:20E3:30B1) is now active again, this time with an account (User:U + 1F4AD). The pattern of editing is quite obvious, with additional "borrowing" of some stuff from my user page. --Sundostund (talk) 15:17, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

2019 US Banknote Contest
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Happy Halloween!

Hello Spencer: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!   –   D Big X ray ᗙ  15:25, 31 October 2019 (UTC) Send Halloween cheer by adding {{subst:Happy Halloween}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.

The Signpost: 31 October 2019
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2019).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg GermanJoe • Girth Summit • Kees08 • Nosebagbear
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg DESiegel • GB fan • MSGJ • Voice of Clam • WilyD
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg DeltaQuad • Fang Aili • Pakaran

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg DeltaQuad • Pakaran

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

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg L235 • Mz7 • SQL • ST47
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ivanvector
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg DeltaQuad

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg L235 • Mz7 • ST47 • Stwalkerster • The Blade of the Northern Lights • Xaosflux
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg DeltaQuad • DGG • Julia W

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

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors may now nominate themselves as candidates for the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections. The self-nomination period will close November 12, with voting running from November 19 through December 2.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:15, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Precious
You are recipient no. 2305 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:51, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 November 2019
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2019). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg EvergreenFir • ToBeFree
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Akhilleus • Athaenara • John Vandenberg • Melchoir • MichaelQSchmidt • NeilN • Youngamerican • 😂

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Beeblebrox
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Deskana

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Evad37

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC on the administrator resysop criteria was closed. 18 proposals have been summarised with a variety of supported and opposed statements. The inactivity grace period within which a new request for adminship is not required has been reduced from three years to two. Additionally, Bureaucrats are permitted to use their discretion when returning administrator rights.
 * Following a proposal, the edit filter mailing list has been opened up to users with the Edit Filter Helper right.

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

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

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

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:48, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Block evasion by WP:LTA
Thanks for the block, but this looks like. Perhaps a longer block is merited. JNW (talk) 05:08, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Seems like some IP hopping is also going on. Not sure if a block longer than 1mo would help, given that this IP has only been editing since the end of November; planning to just wait for now. I'll keep an eye on it and adjust settings if disruption resumes. Feel free to ping me as well at that point. Thanks for bringing this to my attention,  Spencer T• C 16:47, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Vandalism by blocked account
IP editor is reinserting the same old versions of pages as  who you blocked (and is apparently a global LTA ). I also reported the new IP to WP:AIV. – wallyfromdilbert (talk) 05:10, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
 * IP is now blocked but I also semi-protected the page for 2 weeks. Hopefully this helps. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.  Spencer T• C 15:30, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I have a feeling the new IP will be back after their 31 hour block, since they have been checking their talk page on the other IP almost daily for the past month. I'll keep an eye out and let you know. Thanks for your help. – wallyfromdilbert (talk) 17:53, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

23.140.192.102
Hi. I want to let you know that I believe I made a mistake in concluding that user:23.140.192.102 is the same as User:Ukuhohstinky. I realized that phrase is a fairly common one and does not suggest any connection whatsoever. My apologies for everything. CLCStudent (talk) 22:12, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up. This was continued school block abuse after previous blocks, so I have reblocked for an adjusted period of time with different rationale.  Spencer T• C 22:21, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays text.png Hello Spencer: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers,  D Big X ray ᗙ Happy Holidays!  15:13, 24 December 2019 (UTC)


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Season's Greetings
Happy Holidays text.png Hello Spencer: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Donner60 (talk) 08:37, 25 December 2019 (UTC)


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The Signpost: 27 December 2019
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Happy New Year, Spencer!


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

 Happy New Year! ᗙ D Big X ray ᗙ  21:30, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Dreamy Jazz • Newslinger • Rosguill
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Deor • Spartaz • Xeno
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Angusmclellan • clpo13 • Edgar181 • Matthewedwards • NCurse

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Bradv • Casliber • David Fuchs • Maxim • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy • Xeno

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Bradv • Casliber • DGG • David Fuchs • Maxim • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy • Xeno
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Someguy1221

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

Arbitration
 * The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted rather than reasonably construed.
 * Following the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , , , , , ,.

Miscellaneous
 * This issue marks three full years of the Admin newsletter. Thanks for reading!

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:07, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 January 2020
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[New section]
Why did you take down my page when I added names and connections to my credentials? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LeeLee Da Goddess (talk • contribs) 20:45, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Deleting a user page
If I added information about myself in my userpage why you deleted it?

I think userpage are about the user. so what I am, i have written there. Anzer Ayoob (talk) 03:53, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
 Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 07:49, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

xwiki note
commons:User talk:Spencer. DMacks (talk) 06:59, 30 January 2020 (UTC)