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Timeless Newsletter • Issue 3
Newsletter • December 2018

Welcome to the third issue of the Timeless newsletter, complete with a somewhat dubious explanation of where I've been all this time.

Somewhat dubious explanation of where I've been all this time:

I suffered a rather bad concussion in October, which knocked me pretty much completely out of commission through November, and I'm still recovering even now. One person = bus factor of one, even though it wasn't actually a bus but a very short flight of stairs.

Updates:


 * Random bugs have been fixed. More bugs have been found. For a full list of horrors, see the workboard.
 * Implementing themes (T131991: the dark/night mode and winter variants of the skin) has proven far more complicated than initially thought, lacking either the extension, or preferably, some core support for this functionality. Thus:
 * I have submitted a Request for Comment proposing to merge Extension:Theme into core - this will enable skins to specify style variants as distinct options for users to select in their preferences by letting the skin specify the styles separately for each, a much neater way of implementing this than some of the existing hacks.
 * Jack Phoenix has already submitted a patch to do this. We simply need the buy-in and consensus to merge it, and to resolve whatever issues may arise from this wider review.

Comments on the RfC (MediaWiki wiki RfC page, task) or bugs, or further reports, are always appreciated.

Until next time, hopefully with no further injuries,

-— Isarra ༆ 22:35, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Galobtter
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Orangemike
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BorgQueen •  Davidruben • Ocee • Revolving Bugbear • Theda • There'sNoTime • Timc • Tijuana Brass • Tristessa de St Ange

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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Addshore



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Joe Roe • SilkTork
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg AGK • Joe Roe • SilkTork
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Guideline and policy news
 * There are a number of new or changed speedy deletion criteria, each previously part of WP:CSD:
 * G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is db-disambig; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages.
 * R4 (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no file links) that have the same name as a file or redirect at Commons are now covered under the new R4 criterion (discussion).  This is db-redircom; the text is unchanged.
 * G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use db-blankdraft.
 * The Wikimedia Foundation now requires all interface administrators to enable two-factor authentication.
 * Members of the Bot Approvals Group (BAG) are now subject to an activity requirement. After two years without any bot-related activity (e.g. operating a bot, posting on a bot-related talk page), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice.

Technical news
 * Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length . All accounts must have a password:
 * At least 8 characters in length
 * Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the [//github.com/wikimedia/password-blacklist Password Blacklist library])
 * Different from their username
 * User accounts not meeting these requirements will be prompted to update their password accordingly. More information is available on MediaWiki.org.
 * Blocked administrators may now block the administrator that blocked them. This was done to mitigate the possibility that a compromised administrator account would block all other active administrators, complementing the removal of the ability to unblock oneself outside of self-imposed blocks. A request for comment is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change.
 * Copyvio-revdel now has a link to open the history with the RevDel checkboxes already filled in.

Arbitration
 * Following the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , ,.

Miscellaneous
 * Accounts continue to be compromised on a regular basis. Evidence shows this is entirely due to the accounts having the same password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately.
 * Around 22% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 20% in June 2018. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless of whether you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:39, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Dui Bigha Jomi
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Titodutta!


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

 D Big X ray ᗙ  07:38, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

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Wikimedians of India user group
Hi greetings, wish you a prosperous 2019. I thinks a user group should be needed for Indian wikimedians. There are usergroups even for our states like Kerala, Bengal, etc. But I didn't see any for India. Would you mind create a new user group with this scope? Thank you-- PATH SLOPU (Talk) 05:43, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
 * In India level we have a m:Wikimedia India chapter and support organisation m:CIS-A2K. National-level is too big for a user group. --Titodutta (talk) 06:03, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay, I understood about the difficulties of a user group in national level. Thank you for your help.-- PATH SLOPU (Talk) 08:55, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Invitation to Organize Wiki Loves Love 2019


Wiki Loves Love (WLL) is an International photography competition of Wikimedia Commons to subject love testimonials happening in the month of February 2019.

The primary goal of the competition is to document love testimonials through human cultural diversity such as monuments, ceremonies, snapshot of tender gesture, and miscellaneous objects used as symbol of love; to illustrate articles in the worldwide free encyclopedia Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) projects. February is around the corner and Wiki Loves Love team invites you to organize and promote WLL19 in your country and join hands with us to celebrate love and document it on Wikimedia Commons. The theme of 2019 is Festivals, ceremonies and celebrations of love.

To organize Wiki Loves Love in your region, sign up at WLL Organizers page. You can also simply support and spread love by helping us translate the commons page in your local language which is open for translation.

The contest starts runs from 1-28 February 2019. Independent from if there is a local contest organised in your country, you can help by making the photo contest Wiki Loves Love more accessible and available to more people in the world by translating the upload wizard, templates and pages to your local language. See for an overview of templates/pages to be translated at our Translations page.

Imagine...The sum of all love!

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Lists of Odia films by decade


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Total DHAMAAL
Bro total DHAMAAL me Himesh Reshammiya ka Gaana surely Nehi hai Kaya? Kaya hue batao please? Rocking Anup hr fan (talk) 01:55, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Total DHAMAAL
Bro total DHAMAAL me Himesh Reshammiya ka Gaana surely Nehi hai Kaya? Kaya hue batao please — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocking Anup hr fan (talk • contribs) 01:57, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't know. Please search on Google web/news. --Titodutta (talk) 05:51, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

PRS
I got an email from PRSIndia asking how they can help to improve Indian politicans' articles. My suggestion was only: ''Kindly share your suggestion on the English-Wikipedia noticeboard so that the wider community may comment and suggest different Wikipedia policies. This is the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics Create an account and write about your idea in details.'' --Titodutta (talk) 07:11, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Devyani Khobragade
Hello, Titodutta,

Interacting with you after a long time, I am having a technical problem, I recently tagged Devyani Khobragade for deletion but deletion discussion link created is going to a redirect Articles for deletion/Devyani Khobragade incident old discussion. As an Admin can you please resolve this link issue. Thanks Jethwarp (talk) 07:22, 25 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Hello, TitoDutta, Dada, now someone has reverted my deletion tag , please advise or do something about it Jethwarp (talk) 10:08, 25 January 2019 (UTC)


 * The deletion tag was reverted twice - I resign for sometime now. Jethwarp (talk) 10:30, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I have created the deletion page for the user manually. Sorry for any misunderstandings caused by me. Regards. << FR (mobileUndo) 11:49, 25 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Hey, Tito Da, while you were away things seem to have sorted out. Regards :)Jethwarp (talk) 12:32, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for taking it up. You guys are awesome. --Titodutta (talk) 07:09, 27 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Ha..ha Jethwarp (talk) 13:03, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2019). Administrator changes
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 * A discussion regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of Requests for page protection is in progress (permalink). The proposed changes will make it easier to create requests for those who are not using Twinkle. The workflow for administrators at this venue will largely be unchanged. Additionally, there are plans to archive requests similar to how it is done at WP:PERM, where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for.

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 * Voting in the 2019 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2019, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2019, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:16, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

You might wish
to comment over this thread in light of being one of the most prominent Indic Wikimedians in the project and that CIAS is intrinsically linked with the described grant (the second bullet). &#x222F; WBG converse 14:04, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello, I read parts of this last year. I have not gone through the modules. Let them reply to the questions. Regards. --Titodutta (talk) 14:58, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Hmm. To what extents, were you aware of the project development, as a Wikimedian (sans your CIAS garbs)? Did you know of any community consultation phase, that was happening w.r.t the modules, across any span of the last year, (as supposed to be per the grant page)? &#x222F; WBG converse 15:14, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
 * No, I personally don't know about these. --Titodutta (talk) 15:52, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. Will email you later, on some connected issues:-) &#x222F; WBG converse 16:11, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, you may email, however I do not really want to get into it much. If you talk about details and information, you have more details than me. All I can do, is start reading everything now to get idea, however not sure, if I want to/can really do it. --Titodutta (talk) 16:24, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

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Orphaned non-free image File:Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University logo.jpg
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 * The logo has been replaced by a "transparent" logo. I don't full understand, but let the new logo be here. --Titodutta (talk) 15:35, 14 February 2019 (UTC)