User talk:Timotheus Canens/Archives/2018/9

Administrators' newsletter – September 2018
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2018). Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg None
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Asterion • Crisco 1492 • KF • Kudpung • Liz • Randykitty • Spartaz
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →

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

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

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

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

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:23, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Regarding Deletion of Midbrain Activation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Midbrain_activation

There was no consensus reached in the discussion. It seems the article was being spammed by several users and that was one of the reasons why it got deleted. I'd like to remind you that it's an article related to pseudoscience. So its bound to invite the attention of spammers. Isn't the solution in that case to protect the page, rather than deleting it? I didn't get notified of the deletion discussion and missed out on it entirely. Noticed recently that the page has been deleted. It seems you took the decision to delete it since the discussion didn't progress. I request you to restore the original version (which I authored) and protect it by limiting rights to edit.yathish1618 (talk) 20:39, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
 * No. Especially not when you are making stuff up. WP:DRV is that way. T. Canens (talk) 01:07, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

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