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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Ergo Sum • Nick Moyes • QEDK • Wugapodes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Dennis Brown
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Aude • BrownHairedGirl • CALR • Jengod • John Reaves • J.smith • Kim Dent-Brown • K1Bond007 • MECU • Refdoc • RHaworth



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Opabinia regalis • Premeditated Chaos

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

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, partial blocks are now enabled on the English Wikipedia. This functionality allows administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site. A draft policy is being workshopped at Partial blocks.
 * The request for comment seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure closed with wide-spread support for an alternative desysoping procedure based on community input. No proposed process received consensus.

Technical news
 * Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating.  There is currently one template: uw-pblock.
 * When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title.

Arbitration
 * Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting in the 2020 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2020, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2020, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * The English Wikipedia has reached six million articles. Thank you everyone for your contributions!

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Tech News: 2020-06
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 February. It will be on all wikis from 6 February (calendar).

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Recreation of a page you deleted
Hello, Kindly provide the necessary assistance as I want to recreate the page Tobiloba which you deleted sometime ago. I have good improvements on the page and links from qualified sources which establish notability of the individual. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tobiloba Kojomo (talk) 14:33, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Could you please provide some examples of new sources that were uncovered and help to establish notability? -- The SandDoctor Talk 06:23, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, I can. https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/01/10/the-truth-according-to-music-artiste-tobiloba/ and https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/01/not-all-gospel-songs-are-healthy-to-spiritual-growth-tobiloba/ Kojomo (talk) 15:54, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-07
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * There is a new version of the Wikimedia Commons app for Android. It should fix the failed uploads problem.

Problems
 * There was a problem with the new MediaWiki version last week. It deleted some messages by accident. The new version was late because it was stopped to fix things.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-tools.svg The MediaWiki action API is used by various tools like bots and gadgets. Some error codes will change. Some parameter values that do not follow the standard will no longer work.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 February. It will be on all wikis from 13 February (calendar).

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My deepest condolences, friend
TSD, I'm very sorry to hear about your recent loss. My heart goes out to you and yours through this difficult time. OhKayeSierra (talk) 15:36, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I appreciate your comments, thank you. -- The SandDoctor  Talk 15:42, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm really sorry to hear that. My deepest condolences, take all the time you need. --qedk (t 桜 c) 15:59, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, ! It was definitely a shock :( -- The SandDoctor Talk 16:24, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Gurbaksh Chahal
The other editor did a wholesale revert. Much of the work I did on that page was basic copy editing -- fixing grammatical errors and so on. As to his domestic battery activity, look at the last discussion on the Gurbaksh Chahal Talk page where other editors congratulate me on reaching a consensus. Have you been following this article? Chisme (talk) 05:52, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I have replied on your talk page. -- The SandDoctor Talk 06:11, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I replied to you on my Talk page. Chisme (talk) 18:14, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Hello
Just saying hello, — Paleo Neonate  – 03:43, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello there! How are you? -- The SandDoctor Talk 06:13, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Doing great, thanks,Face-smile.svg — Paleo Neonate  – 11:21, 13 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello . ~ riley  ( talk  ) 16:16, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020
Hello ,

The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.
 * Source Guide Discussion

New to NPP? Looking to try something a little different? Consider patrolling some redirects. Redirects are relatively easy to review, can be found easily through the New Pages Feed. You can find more information about how to patrol redirects at WP:RPATROL.
 * Redirects


 * Discussions and Resources
 * There is an ongoing discussion around changing notifications for new editors who attempt to write articles.
 * A recent discussion of whether Michelin starred restraunts are notable was archived without closure.
 * A resource page with links pertinent for reviewers was created this month.
 * A proposal to increase the scope of G5 was withdrawn.

Geographic regions, areas and places generally do not need general notability guideline type sourcing. When evaluating whether an article meets this notability guideline please also consider whether it might actually be a form of WP:SPAM for a development project (e.g. PR for a large luxury residential development) and not actually covered by the guideline.
 * Refresher

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Your wisdom and insight are needed at ANI
here. Sorry.--  Deep fried  okra    03:03, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-08
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * Pages on Wikidata and Commons now load faster. You can read more about page load performance.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 February. It will be on all wikis from 20 February (calendar).

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Kedge Business School
I was working on the article Kedge Business School to remove promotional content, adding source, etc.... 92.184.96.8 (talk) 21:51, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
 * You were edit warring to restore unsourced, promotional, and blatantly false content. Wikipedia doesn't work like that. Please read WP:V and WP:EW. Waggie (talk) 21:57, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I don’t think I have invited you in this discussion. Please don’t say something wrong and careful look of what I have done. The article now is shitty with to box !! Crazy. 92.184.96.8 (talk) 22:00, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
 * No, you didn't invite me, but I saw TheSandDoctor's activity, and was going to comment here, then saw your own comments. I agree regarding the second infobox, and I have removed it. I'm not sure what you mean by "Please don't say something wrong". I have acted according to Wikipedia policy and guidelines. I would invite you to please discuss things on the talk page of the article. I'm happy to collaborate with you there. Waggie (talk) 22:04, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Your last edit makes me smile. It was mine. So now my job was not so bad? Are you sure you want to work seriously? Crazy! 92.184.96.8 (talk) 22:05, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
 * What do you mean "It was mine." You're proud of restoring unsourced, promotional, and blatantly false content? There is nothing good about restoring a bunch of policy-violating content and trying to make it better from there. Waggie (talk) 22:11, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I think they other contributor was right : https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KEDGE_Business_School&type=revision&diff=941483296&oldid=941483215 ; I kindly suggest everyone relax and cool down. 65.98.241.200 (talk) 22:23, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigations/Sunaokin
I properly filed the above case, but Elielgu was (unfortunately) renamed to, so the master should now be Anon596, and it should be moved (again) to that username. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:49, 20 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Oh, ok. I’ll update that shortly. I was just moving per Mz7 (iirc). — The SandDoctor Talk 20:14, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Should all be fixed now. Thanks for the heads up. -- The SandDoctor Talk 06:46, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for fixing.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:27, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

A goat for you!
I need to post an article about myself because I'm doing a research project for school. I sent you a goat because youd be a goat if you did this for me. If you want to talk to me about this my email is vanessacurtyy@gmail.com

VanessaCurty (talk) 01:22, 23 February 2020 (UTC) 
 * Hello . Please see WP:AUTOBIO and WP:NBIO. A school requiring an autobiographical article to be published should probably re-think its criteria as that probably quite unlikely to be accepted, generally speaking. Articles must be supported by independent reliable sources in order to demonstrate notability. Without that, a draft article will be declined or, if an existing published article, nominated for deletion. -- The SandDoctor Talk 02:43, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-09
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 February. It will be on all wikis from 27 February (calendar).

Future changes
 * There will be a reply button after each post on a talk page if you want one. This will soon be a beta feature on the Arabic, French, Dutch and Hungarian Wikipedias. You will have to turn it on if you want to use it. It will come to more wikis later. You can test the reply button. It was briefly shown earlier than planned by mistake on the four first wikis last week.

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March Madness 2020
G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team