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== RfD backlog ==
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There is a large backlog of discussions at RfD awaiting closing, some outstanding for over a month. I cannot close any of the discussions from 6 June or earlier (and probably some later than that too), so if you have the time it would be very helpful if you could help reduce the backlog. Thank you, ] (]) 11:42, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
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:The backlog has now been cleared, thank you very much for your help. ] (]) 10:36, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
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== Centoctgesimal courtesy RfD ==

Thanks Rossami, for creating these RfD and notifying me. I added my two cent(octgesimal)s worth. Thank you also for your time invested in clean-up and maintenance of wikipedia. ] (]) 17:29, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
== Discussion about "Template:Cop" ==
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You may be interested in the discussion at ]. —] (]) 23:46, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
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Would you mind recounting here. Does this close relate to this comment ] (]) 05:39, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

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== I kinda owe you an apology not because Misplaced Pages says so but because I say so ==

Rossami,

In the last few days I have been hitting your arguments for keeping things pretty hard over at ]. Please believe me that this is in no way anything personal and I see the good work you do and all the contributions you make, it just happens to be a run of bad luck for both of us that we are on opposing sides on every argument.

I have tried to make it ''not'' look like any kind of personal attack, which it certainly isn't, attacking your argument not you personally. However, if it has ever seemed like that, I can only and sincerely apologise.

I would hope if we ever met in person we would both also argue vigorously while sharing a bottle of wine or whatever is your fancy.

I can assure you once again it is not a personal attack over at RfD and nobody - not a single person or an admin or anything - has warned me, but I can see how it might ''look'' like it. I have made a similar but less personal apology over at RfD but felt I should do so here. Thanks for leaving the message on my user talk page, that kinda broke the ice. ] (]) 06:48, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

== "...Re" ==

Hi Rossami, I think you should reconsider what happened at ]. While I certainly think you're right that there wasn't consensus either way there, there was almost unanimous consensus at the RM that {{no redirect|...Re}} was ambiguous, so it really should've been retargeted at that point. Taking these discussions together, it seems clear that, while this may well be discussed more in the future, the term needs to be treated as ambiguous. (FWIW, I probably would've supported the RM.) --] (]) 14:35, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

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== Administrators' newsletter – December 2022 ==

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== Administrators' newsletter – January 2023 ==
== SLA members merge ==


] from the past month (December 2022).
Hi Rossami, thanks for your comments and actions on the SLA member merge. I felt that '''both''' being bold and merging, or VfD-ing was going to be controversial, so I opted for a consultative process. I'm fairly new to all this, and still finding my feet in terms of best[REDACTED] practice. Thanks again, ] 08:17, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Hi thanks for replying. I would reiterate that any current contribution I might make on wiki is very arbitrary and due to random investigation. Happily I managed to find the page again, though I have yet to discover a real vote for deletion. It does sound a little like watching gladiators in the arena, so far. Oh, and I see you were once accused of wanting to retain any and all pages, however trivial. Also that you seem to be respected here.] 23:45, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Hey there. I have noticed your contributions to ] articles, and I thought you might be interested in the '''''' project. We could use new Star Wars contribs like yourself helping the cause. Take a look, and I hope to see you there. Cheers! --] 14:42, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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... and I'm sorry it was so badly written in the first place. It did look repetitive, and I am very grateful for your fix. ] 20:53, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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...which I think will go a long way toward resolving unproductive disputes on pages he and I both edit. Anyone who is interested in voting one way or the other is invited to the discussion . ] 17:08, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
*] ] (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an ].


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* The ] has ] with many changes to the ] procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
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] says that patent non-sense is '''not to be confused with... ]''' and to '''Check the ] policy for information on how to handle these things.''' But the deletion policy does not mention anything about hoaxes. What is the policy regarding hoaxes?--] 16:24, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
* Voting for the ] has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
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== Administrators' newsletter – February 2023 ==
== CSD expansion ==


] from the past month (January 2023).
Hi there! Based on the discussion at ], I've put together a proposal to expand CSD, here: ]. Before it is put to a general vote I would like your advise on the wording and intent; could you please take a look? Thanks, ]]] 13:32, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)


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Hi, I was the user who listed "Dr. Jerry Griffin" on VfD. I am glad it was deleted, but curious about your comments: why are the votes of "extremely new users" discounted? First, you can't infer with certainty from the fact the network ID doesn't correspond with previous edits (etc.) to the fact that the USER connected with the identification in their signature is in fact a novice. Second, why does it matter? It seems a bit elitist ... absent proof of sockpuppetry, I don't see why those votes shouldn't count. ] 3 July 2005 20:16 (UTC)


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Unfortunately, the problems with sockpuppets become very severe a while back. We had some egregious examples of attempts to bias voting. It was especially bad in VfD discussions. By themselves, they actually weren't so bad for Misplaced Pages. They were so egregious that they were obvious. But we also had people who started making public statements about their intent to become more sophisticated in their attempts to bias the voting. A few people actually started bragging about how they were going to create endless sockpuppets and "bring Misplaced Pages to its knees". (VfD discussions often bring out the worst in people. It can become very easy to lose sight of our sole purpose - to write an encyclopedia.) Anyway, the problems got bad enough that many admins (myself included) decided that it was more fair to discount ''all'' the unsigned, anonymous or very new votes. It was also the only practical solution. It is actually very difficult to prove sockpuppetry beyond the level of mere suspicion. This practice of discounting all anon or new votes is allowed by the Deletion policy but does fly in the face of ]. Good admins do their best to strike the right balance and to make exceptions based on the specific facts at hand but everyone makes mistakes. We just hope that there is enough community oversight that the mistakes will get corrected.
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I'll also add that a good admin will weigh the comments and ignore the votes. Despite the name "Votes for deletion", it's not about voting at all. The purpose of the page is to reach a working concensus (as much as possible within the time available) through discussion, debate and the presentation of facts and evidence. The "vote count" is an informal measure of the degree to which concensus has been reached in the discussion so far. But the "vote count" is only one piece of evidence. An admin can consider it when making the decision but the vote count is of far lesser weight than the comments and facts presented by the discussion participants. One well reasoned, fact-based and cited comment from an anonymous user can outweigh an unlimited number of unsubstantiated "votes" made signed-in users. That's why I use the word "discounted" rather than "ignored". I carefully read the comments no matter who made them. I weigh the comments and check the evidence before making my decision. I do everything I can to carefully compare the comments and arguments to Misplaced Pages's established policy. Comments in line with policy get more weight. Comments at odds with policy get less. Then I make the best decision I can. But I do exclude the anon and new users from the "vote count". It's more consistent that way.
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The problem is that anonymous and/or new users rarely have the experience with Misplaced Pages policies, practices or norms to make those insightful and fact-based contributions to the deletion discussion. Every admin uses his/her best judgment and makes the tough call. We hope that the good decisions outweigh the bad decisions and that we continue to make progress toward creating the encyclopedia - and we trust that the really bad decisions will get reviewed and reversed as necessary. I hope that answers your question. ] ] 4 July 2005 03:13 (UTC)


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* Thanks very much for the detailed and insightful response. I appreciate your taking the time to explain how the policies are interpreted. Have a good one. ] 4 July 2005 23:39 (UTC)
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You can now see the instructions on my user page. Basically you need which runs on ] only. Check my user page. ] <sup>]</sup> July 4, 2005 07:10 (UTC)
*The arbitration case '']'' has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
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== Administrators' newsletter – March 2023 ==
You did an excellent job handling the difficult VfD case of ]. In fact I came over to award you a barnstar for it, but I see you recently received one for your VfD skills already. You deserve it, and even a second one, unless you don't want to clutter you page. In the case of Black you had to use both diplomatic and research skills. Thanks for handling it so well. Cheers, -] July 5, 2005 06:34 (UTC)


] from the past month (February 2023).
==Redlinks in dab==
Every one of the redlinks in ] was a person mentioned in an existing Misplaced Pages article. It seems to me most unlikely that the creator of the redlinked articles will think to update this list. I do not understand the harm done by having them as redlinks until they are populated. &mdash;] ] 6 July 2005 09:27 (UTC)
: Answered at length on ]. Apologies for the very long post. ] ] 6 July 2005 15:35 (UTC)
::Thank you for thaking the time to answer so fully. &mdash;] ] 6 July 2005 20:52 (UTC)


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Sorry &mdash; I should have checked. I picked it up from ], and it didn't occur to me that it hadn't been set up properly. ] (] 7 July 2005 21:15 (UTC)
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It's really quite funny, I had just finished transwiking the article to ] when you deleted it. :) ]] 7 July 2005 23:38 (UTC)


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:Finding a place was easy, I just gave it the same name. It's easy enough to allow editors there to decide where it should be moved to. :) ]] 7 July 2005 23:45 (UTC)
*Following a ], ] (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
*Following a ], the Portal CSD criteria (] (portal subject to CSD as an article) and ] (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
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Your decision on Flick's article is fine with me. Have a wonderful evening. ] ] July 8, 2005 00:54 (UTC)
* ] of the ] has ].
* The proposed decision for the ] case is expected 7 March 2023.
* A case related to the ] is expected to be opened soon.


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* The ] has started, which ] a {{tq|roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing}}. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.


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I understand your reasons for keeping this as a redirect in order to preserve the edit history, but could you perhaps move it to a better redirect title, and then delete the resulting redirect from the original title? After all, no one will ''ever'' search for "An extended essay about Ferrari covering from the birth of Enzo Ferrari to 200". Cheers! --] ] July 8, 2005 17:57 (UTC)
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== Administrators' newsletter – April 2023 ==
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] from the past month (March 2023).
Right, firstly I’d like to say that deleting ] was no more that a pathetic attempt to flex your deletion muscles, second - I’d like to point out that the least you should of done is made a placeholder & finally '''Please''' don’t try and call this vandalism, this is purely an attempt to give my opinion of your actions! not a personal attack. ]
:Just to add if you do decide to bring the page back may I suggest making it ] not ] -- Thanks ]


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you recently voted to delete ]


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] has made a wider proposal covering a much larger group of verses.


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would you be prepared to make a similar vote at ''']''', which covers the full list of verses in Uncle G's suggestion?
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] 9 July 2005 16:43 (UTC)


] '''Guideline and policy news'''
== VfD closing ==
* A ] is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving ] should be referred to the ].


] '''Technical news'''
Thanks for the template tips, I have put them in my toolkit! Cheers! --] ] 20:44, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
* Some older ]s will not be able to use ] on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of ]. ({{phab|T178356}})
* The ] has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
* A link to the user's ] page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on ]. This was voted #17 in the ].


] '''Arbitration'''
== American West VFD ==
* The '']'' case has been closed.
I've put together a tally in ] for the vote. Since you are already familiar with the situation, could you please double check/correct the tally or confirm it's accuracy. Thanks. -] 23:08, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
* A case about ] has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.
:I wouldn't say you were butting in at all, as a matter of fact I'm pleased you've taken a passing interest in it. You're right that I take it personally, but the answer as to why is somewhat complex. In short CPret knowingly went around an existing article to create a POV duplicate article that dismissed the existing article, and then preceded to pretend as if I were not capable of interpreting policies I had a hand in writing. That's what intitated it- but continually asserting to an ] that Texas no ties to Southern culture, which is like trying to tell someone in southern Scottland that they're English, means eventually their tolerance is going to wear out and there going to take an aggresive defensive posture.


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:You're right that there is a vision, but it's larger than just defining the West. The vision is to have regional articles that ackowledge something traditional encyclopedias have ignored for years, but that every (rational) person knows: regions over lap, and with most of them there is not a single defintion of what they should include. Eliminating stereotypes (presented as fact) from articles and recognizing the geographic and cultural diverisity of regions, is an important secondary goal. The WikiProject's policies, most of them drafted by me and approved by the partipants, can be viewed on ]. I think you'll find the policies more cosmopolitan, than certain users argued. For an idea of how regional maps would be presented and captioned see at the map at ], and just substitute to the word ''counties'' for ''states''. -] 08:07, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
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== Administrators' newsletter – May 2023 ==
== VFD multi-noms ==
This issue has come up before - in fact, in the discussion on reducing VFD load, there was a proposal to set a strict limit of nominations per user per day. Also, I agree that consolidating nominations should be done with great care, but then shouldn't we at least have some place to explain how to do it? The GVFD sounds appropriate. Yours, ]]] 12:54, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
*I don't really care about nomination limits per day; the worst that can happen is that some user will only make one nomination per day, so we might as well leave that out as you suggest. However, the issue of consolidated noms does come up every now and then, and in particular it could save us time if people did it correctly, so I would like to have it explained somewhere. As a side point, regarding instruction creep, the entire GVFD has probably gotten too long by now, we may want to look over it and snip it down a bit. ]]] 13:35, July 21, 2005 (UTC)


] from the past month (April 2023).
==Re my nasty attempt to clarify==
You need have no fear of seeing me on your page again in any context. ] | ] 20:00, 25 July 2005 (UTC)


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Hi Rossami. I did something very dangerous today. I closed ] as a "'''keep''' (no consensus)". A number of users, IZAK and Ambi for instance, have protested my decision and have asked the debate to be reopened (see ]). Do you have any advice as to what I should do? I have also going to asked SimonP for his input. Thanks, ] ] 13:07, 28 July 2005 (UTC)


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Right ] might be what you are looking for. It's pretty clear. Bear in mind that while tranwiking keeps the article in some form, if deletes it ''from wikipedia''. VfDs in[REDACTED] can only decide what happens with this project, and cannot dictate what happens to the material elsewhere. As a courtesy, it can be submitted to another project, but it is deleted here. Do you believe that when people vote "dicdef: tranwiki to wiktionary" they are implying that they want to article kept in[REDACTED] as well, even though ] a dictionary? Or "transwiki to wikibooks" on "how to grill the perfect steak" means they want it to keep it? The other projects are out of the scope of what happens here. -] 23:26, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
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:I admit it's a difficult distinction. As long as a tramswiki vote is interpreted as "get it the hell out of wikipedia" I don't much care if people call it a keep or a delete. The thing I like about transwiki votes is that they can sometimes please everyone. Since I have no involvement in any other wiki I can honestly say I don't care at all what happens to any article after it leaves the[REDACTED] articlespace. So to me, when I see something I think has no place in an encyclopedia and want it deleted, a tranwiki is as good as a delete. Yet people whose sole concern is not "destroying" any "information" are appeased as well, because it's kept somewhere (in theory, though the other wiki can delete it too if they don't want it).
:Now if you really want to, as you say "get rid of that artificial distinction between "keep" and "delete" votes", well, I'm all for that, I guess, but the whole binary position of VfD (which states that everything is either some form of keep or delete) is pretty well established and vehementtly defended by some. The problem, in my mind, is one of consensus. I've been in a rather heated argument with an admin who seems to go out of his way to avoid seeing a consensus in any VfD vote. I think anyone in their right mind would see a VfD with just 5 delete votes and 5 transwiki votes as a consensus to, if nothing else, remove the article from wikipedia. He has clearly stated that such a vote has no consensus, and should be kept (he has the same opinion on, if you can believe it, delete and BJAODN votes). This can be a real problem, and is something I feel needs to be addressed, but it may mean overhauling the entire VfD system, which is difficult. There are enough people who are so opposed to deletion of any sort that they will fight tooth and nail against anything that has he appearance of making deletion consensuses easier to form. I just think the wishes of the voters should be honored when interpreting their votes. -] 12:16, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
*If you don't mind me bumping in... "transwiki" of course isn't theoretically a deletion since the information isn't lost, but rather stored on a sisterproject. However, some admins contend that VFD is a binary process between 'keep' and 'delete'. In the spirit of that, and per the recent CSD addendum that an article may be deleted if transwikied after VFD consensus to do so, if an admin is summing up votes, a vote to transwiki should (probably) be counted under the heading of delete. I did this reorg after a remark by Tony Sidaway along these lines. I'm not necessarily happy with the process as it stands now (note the dozen discussions to change it) but within our current framework, I believe this to be workable. ]]] 12:42, August 5, 2005 (UTC)


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Just a note to say that I sent just a note a moment or two ago. ] 16:25, 5 August 2005 (UTC)


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== Deletion reform ==
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The discussion has split over a dozen subpages, become an awful mess of people wanting to throw in their personal pet peeve, and mostly died down. I've seen few workable proposals down there. And I think involving Meta is not useful since most EN users don't read it. Sorry if that sounded harsh but it was kind of messy. I believe a useful thing to do would be to wait a week or two, and at that point show two or three fully worked-out proposals (as opposed to vague suggestions) for community input. The deletion requests you mentioned sounds like a candidate (I'll add some comments to its talk page). I've written some of my own thoughts on ] (feedback welcome, in particular on the very lightweight proposal at the end).


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Other than that, I think it's worth establishing (by vote, if necessary) what certain votes mean; there are some people that consider 'redirect' a keep vote, or 'merge' a delete vote. And it's worth establishing whether VFD should be 'binary' to begin with - many people assert either way. ]]] 08:23, August 9, 2005 (UTC)
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*Couldn't help but overhear, as it were. There are some people who consider BJAODN to be a keep vote! It is, to me, among the first ranks of abuse for people who disagree with the deletion process to "volunteer" to be the ones who close VfD's and not even be sanctioned when they reverse other admins by undeleting (without VfU) articles. I'm pretty livid about it and astonished at how meekly the community is reacting -- which is a reason why I should stay out of the particulars of it, I guess. ] 16:25, 9 August 2005 (UTC)


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== Peace is good ==
Glad to know that things are mellowing and that there's no need for anything more. The issue behind it is going to sometimes show up for all of us, and probably we all end up on the "other" side at some point. I'm just glad that this is taking care of itself. If there's anything I can do, just let me know. ] 16:21, 9 August 2005 (UTC)


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== ] again ==
* A ] about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.
Hi again Rossami. I though the matter was settled. But now ] decided to go ahead and override my "no consensus" decision and delete the article anyway. Twice. It was restored twice as well. From the deletion log we have:
* 18:33, 8 August 2005 Kim Bruning restored "Historical persecution by Jews"
* 14:59, 8 August 2005 Neutrality deleted "Historical persecution by Jews" (Re-deleting. There was an obvious two-thirds consensus on VfD to delete. This is "broad consensus." A small minority of users will no be allowed to override the broad consensus. Take it to VfU if you must.)
* 10:03, 8 August 2005 Tony Sidaway restored "Historical persecution by Jews"
* 19:47, 7 August 2005 Neutrality deleted "Historical persecution by Jews" (VfD debate had an overwhelming vote to delete (at least 2:1).)
There is also discussion about this taking place at ] and at ].


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From what I can see, a number of users are defending Neutrality's actions by voting "keep deleted" on the VFU debate. I am at a complete loss... why do people think that it is alright to let a ''participant in the VFD debate'' unilaterally overturn the result simply because he doesn't agree with it? As far as I know there is no precedent for allowing ''anyone'', much less a participant in a VFD debate, to alter the result of a debate which was validly closed by someone who had the authority to do so. It makes me quite angry to see people arbitrarily override my decisions. I wonder if I should start an RFC on this, or ask the arbitration comitee to look into this. Since you are one of those most knowledgable about the rules and regulations about VFD, I wonder if you have any advice? ] ] 07:28, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
* Progress has started on the ]. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their ] that requested improvements be made to the tool.


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*Thank you. The article in question is not one which I have many feelings for, and if I thought there were a consensus to delete that article I would have done it without blinking. I know that there are a number of users here who have ''very'' strong feelings about it. But it upsets me when a majority uses it's size and sheer number to try to force it's opinion in violation of all process. (First delete the article out of process, and then have the majority say "keep deleted" on the VFU debate.) In general my view on following or bending or breaking policy is that it is alright sometimes, barely, to act in violation of policy if it won't upset anybody. We shouldn't follow policy just for the sake of following policy, common sense ''is'' a virtue, and I am a supporter of ]. But when breaking or even bending policy upsets or wrongs people we should follow the policy ''really'' tightly. Not for the sake of following policy, but for the sake of ensuring that everybody is treated fairly. ] ] 13:14, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
* The proposed decision in the ] case is expected 11 May 2023.


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== ] ==
* ] through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.
I saw your revert to ] asking for confirmation. I posted the best explaination I could at ], specifically asking for what I need to offer as evidence. Can you take a look at it and let me know? Since I'm not on Meta very often, could you give me a heads up at my talk page here when you've responded on Meta? Thanks! -- ] · ] 11:52, August 13, 2005 (UTC)


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:I agree with you completely; I think having to VfD a transwiki'd page is overkill. I wasn't trying to change the policy because I disagree with it, I just didn't want some other admin (most likely a new admin, and new admins get enough criticism as is) to follow the Meta page and get jumped on because the process on EN has changed. I'll ask at AN and see what happens; my guess is that it will create a discussion that gets us nowhere, but still, it's a discussion. Since the issue is obviously unclear, I think the Meta policy should stay as it is (without the caveat) until we have some definate source to point to one way or another. I'll let you know what turns up from the AN discussion. -- ] · ] 03:24, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
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== Administrators' newsletter – June 2023 ==
==Your message==
Thanks for taking the time to write, I appreciate your comments and advice - I hope that you didn't consider any of my questions or comments to be inflamatory, please let me know if you do. I'll take a look at the new pages though! Thanks, ] 18:44, 17 August 2005 (UTC)


] from the past month (May 2023).
== Thanks ==
Thanks for reopening the ] VFD debate, I have now irrevocably made it clear that I will ''not'' be closing that one (one black eye is enough). I have no particular feelings for the article, I don't ''care'' whether or not it is deleted, and even if I did, there would be nothing preventing me from reading it. I would like to thank you for your assistence during this saga. For the sake of whoever volunteers to close this debate, I hope that there will be a clear result this time round. ] ] 12:48, 18 August 2005 (UTC)


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== VFD Bot & Policy discussions ==
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Being that the Policy discussions has been changed to central discussions, do you wish for the Central discussions to be removed from now on? --] ] 04:06, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
: It will be no problem. I'll have to get NekoDaemon up and running first. --] ] 08:38, 22 August 2005 (UTC)


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== Tony Little ==
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I'm hoping it's ok. I created a brand new ] article, free of oopy-vio. So, you may wish to resume the vfd voting process now. --] 21:45, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
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== ] ==
That probably was a good decision and as a closing admin I know we're allowed to use our descresion. But deleting that would be making Misplaced Pages a democracy, wouldn't it? I'd say that's a definite no consensus. ] 00:19, 24 August 2005 (UTC)


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:See also ]. P.S. you're a great guy and I have nothing against you :) ] 00:23, 24 August 2005 (UTC)


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== Deletion ==
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You said, ''"Decisions closed by an admin stay closed"''. But that's hardly the case for anything else; any admin action (or, indeed, any action) can be discussed and overturned. So why should a deletion decision be immutably set by whichever admin happens to get there first? It seems to me that this is precisely what VFU is for. ]]] 10:28, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
*It may have worked so far, but it seems to be cracking lately, hence the discussion here and there. There is (imo) an improper difference here... VFU is about examining whether the process was valid - but VFD is not. Putting an article through VFD a second time is likely to have the same results as the first time (plus to annoy some people - there are often strong sentiments against re-VFD-ing anything). ''And'' the same admin can then close it yet again and make the same contested decision yet again. That seems undesirable. It may seem strange to use VFU for something that wasn't actually deleted, but we have more misnomers in process (VFD itself, for instance). The idea of VFU is to establish whether a process was valid, and mistakes made in closing a VFD can happen either way. ]]] 13:03, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
**Yes, I agree. If two admins disagree, the matter should be taken to the community (AN/I for blocking, RPP for protecting, VFU for deleting - sound good?), to avoid . ]]] 13:21, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
***Please visit ]'s talk page - I've put up a formalized proposal and would like your opinion. ]]] 10:01, August 29, 2005 (UTC)


] '''Guideline and policy news'''
== Evil? ==
* Following ], editors indefinitely site-banned by ] will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
* As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's ] project, a ] that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An ] has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.


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Gee, I don't know, I suppose someone merged it? I'm not really active on meta anyways. The three pages were pretty much redundant anyway (the third being ]). See also ], or maybe it was ]. ]]] 22:47, August 27, 2005 (UTC)
* Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of ]. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until ''at least'' October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Misplaced Pages until some time in 2024.


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* The arbitration case '']'' 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.
I was ticked off by somebody for closing a VfD with a keep for no consensus. She pointed the ] which had been changed to read:


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: ''If the discussion failed to reach concensus, the decision defaults to "keep" but should be explicitly recorded as "NOT DELETED: No Consensus". This tends to reduce future confusion''
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I thought it was some kind of prank at first, then noticed that you had done it. Going to the discussion it doesn't seem like there was much in the way of consensus for this rather drastic and prescriptive change, and looking at recent closes I see no sign that sysops are even aware of the <s>suggestion</s> policy, let alone following it.
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Is there a particular reason why you're attached to this? I do think it's one of those instances of ] that must be examined carefully. Does this change really reduce confusion? In my mind it only compounds it by introducing a term "not deleted", which is imprecise. We keep, we don't "not delete", the process is identical in every respect and the reason is that we don't delete without consensus. It also seems to me that it sends the wrong message, implying a third class of article: kept, deleted and undeleted. I've had some um, shall we say ''slightly overheated'' bods baying for my blood for doing some closes that seem to have been pretty damned unexceptionable, and I suppose that might be held to be evidence of a need to change, but I see no enthusiasm in the greater community (I think there were like two dozen endorsements to my response to that RfC) and hate to see all this rushing to-and-fro changing things that probably don't need to be changed.


] from the past month (June 2023).
And all-in-all, I would have expected far wider discussion prior to such a prescriptive move. --]] 06:06, 30 August 2005 (UTC)


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Thanks, you may have seen my responses to you on my talk page. I've thought some more about it since then. Broadly I think it's okay now that it's clear to me that you didn't aim for a prescriptive result. Would it be in order to replace the form of words with an injunction to "aim for clarity"? It seems to me that any form of words promoted will tend to be misused as a prescription, as has already happened on my talk page. If we simply have to aim for clarity then we will be free to make our own mind which is the most clear way to represent the result. Some think the most clear way of expressing a result is to call a keep a keep; others may think that they should say "not delete" rather than "keep". I do not think that there will be substantial agreement in the near future on what is more clear. As you know I don't even understand ''why'' "do not delete" could be thought more clear when the effect is identical to keep in every way. --]] 21:49, 30 August 2005 (UTC)


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: Sounds fine to me. Will you do the edit or would you like me to? ] ] 23:14, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
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:: If I did it, it would be somewhat controversial in some sensitive quarters. If you think it's okay for you to do so then please feel free. --]] 00:38, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
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:: Thanks, I'll tweak it a bit to soften the appearance of prescription. --]] 03:35, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
* Contributions to the English Misplaced Pages are now released under the ] (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of ]. Contributions are still also released under the ].


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*I think it's a wonderful idea, and it would prevent people from misrepresenting outcomes. No consensus is not the same as a consensus to keep, and there's no reason why VFD closers shouldn't be accurate in their summarizing. It's amazing that Tony talks about his RFC everywhere even when it's not relevant and still considers it a strong endorsement for all his actions; anyone who has read it will see that it is in fact substantial criticism that he chooses to ignore. ]]] 08:55, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
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==WP:RM==
* Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the ] case and 9 July 2023 for the ] case.
Not my call please ask the proposer ]. I'm happy to go along with anything, but if a WP:RM is made then like VDFs there is a procedure to go throught and unless (s)he is willing to withdraw it, for clarity and transparancy, the requested move ought to follow WP:RM guidelines. The reason I formatted it that way is because at the moment it is impossible to tell if a consensus is emerging or if it is just some noisy people saying there is. ] 23:51, 30 August 2005 (UTC)


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== Administrators' newsletter – August 2023 ==
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As an experienced AfD/VfD closer I would appreciate your comments on this. I've been moving unclosed very short discussions from the oldest day log to the newest one instead of just passing them by or closing them. Radiant took a violent dislike to this for reasons that aren't clear to me, and he's voiced his opinion by editing ]. --]] 08:36, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
*Tony, would you mind being civil for a chance and not insulting me on other people's talk pages? I've explained the reasoning several times - that a discussion with only four votes, all of which are to delete, is a consensus to delete. If you fail to understand that you really shouldn't be doing AFD closing. ]]] 15:34, September 4, 2005 (UTC)


] from the past month (July 2023).
* I apologise if my description of your actions in claiming that I was violating ], followed by going to policy and changing the wording, apparently so as to forbid me to do relistings of this kind, struck you as insulting. I felt that I was putting it mildly.


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* I disagree with you that two or three people saying "delete" or "keep" or whatever necessarily constitutes anything that can meaningfully be termed a consensus, and see no harm in extending discussion in order to get more feedback. Your reaction to this simple expedient puzzles me. I try to understand your point of view, but it all seems to come back to your apparent belief that you alone can arbitrate on when there is or is not a consensus, and your evident wish to turn that opinion into Misplaced Pages prescriptions on Misplaced Pages policy pages. --]] 17:59, 4 September 2005 (UTC)


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joe at joe-baldwin.net. If you could include any pictures present in the article that would be fantastic...please send the article in Wikitext form. Thanks very much. ] 13:51, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
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Wondering why ] was deleted without consensus. I feel that I justified the page based on public[REDACTED] policy. what gives? thanks, but frustrated. ] 02:46, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
* The tag filter on ] and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. ({{phab|T334338}})
: responded on your Talk page. ] ]
* ] is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing ]. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the ]. ({{phab|T337431}})


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== ] article ==
* The arbitration cases named ] and ] closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
Dear user Rossami, as I have seen an edition of yours at the article ''']''', I come to request your support to this article that I have just purposed for nomination at ]. May you may give a look into it? And, if you consider it acceptable, then may you support it? Thank you! :) --] 02:49, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
* The ] arbitration case is in the workshop phase.


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Proposed a change to AFD to make internally chronological sections the default format for the AFD discussion pages. Take a look at ] and ]. In the interest of being bold I impliment my idea by adjusting the instructions, but ] voiced an objection and suggested I also discuss the matter with you. I believe the primary concerns around AFD's with sections have been driven by expirence with AFDs converted to sections after they have begun, and do not exist (or at lest not exist to the same extent) in the case where the AFD begins as a split body. If you could comment on this matter on the afd2s talk page or on ] I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks --] 01:03, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
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I would appreciate it if you would remove the notice you placed on ] right away. I requested your position on the matter after Uncle G voiced some dissent because I wanted to move forward with my proposal in a way which would minimize disruption. By unilaterally placing that notice you have subverted my ability to discuss the matter by implying that there is consensus and closures where there is none, and although you intended no harm you have substantially overstepped your authority to make such a determination on your own. In short, you made a mistake now please undo it. If you would like to discuss my suggestion, that would be fantastic. If you would like to ignore my suggestion, thats your call. But to imply that there was a consensus to stop discussion is bogus, particularly referencing ] as the basis your call of all things, and I hope you don't do this sort of thing to newbies who don't know any better. --] 02:45, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
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== Administrators' newsletter – September 2023 ==
==CSD:G4==
I think it can safely go now. Anyone who's voiced an alternative opinion has had a bit of time to respond, and the changes are made. Perhaps a note beside the archive describing the changes? I'd do it but my browser has the s l o &nbsp; w &nbsp; &nbsp; s right now. Oh, on that note, could you watch ] while you're around tonight? Persistant viagra-style linkspammer, I've caught two but experiance shows there will be more. I'm actually going to quit waiting for pages to load and go smell some flowers or something.<br/>]]] 14:02, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
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==Re:Request help closing some deletion discussions==
I agree with your assessment. Delete these and copy the content to BJAODN, which seems like the perfect home for this sort of thing. - ] 00:28, September 13, 2005 (UTC)


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Considering the ] VfU discussion and several recent ones, it's time we revived the discussion on ] and dealt with the question directly. You were involved in the original discussion and your remarks on this VfU suggested you might nevertheless want to chip in, so I thought I'd let you know. We'd got about as far as simplifying the immediately preceding discussion and then things sort of stalled. Anyway, I've started a new section on that Talk: page. -] 21:52, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
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Ambi and I are in a bit of a to-and-fro at the moment. I think the central question seems to boil down to: "must a 6 delete, 6 merge vote be interpreted as a consensus to merge?"


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My position is that I can see no consensus there, but I think some bolder admins might guess that the delete voters would be happier with a merge. While they may be prepared to do that, I don't feel that it's correct, because the merge can be performed, if there really is a consensus for it, outside the AfD close. There is (or should be) nothing special about an admin performing a merge. If other admins want to do this, it's their business and I don't think it's that bad an idea, but I think it's a little bit of ] that I'd rather not support, given the guesswork involved.


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Ambi's position seems to be that I'm wilfully misreading policy and disregarding consensus. I find it frankly incredible but this is apparently her strongly held view and the reason why she brought an RfC against me in early August.
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You're an experienced and respected AfD closer. Is this really the storm in a teacup I think it is, or am I doing something basically wrong? Should I accept that I'm expected to make assumptions like this, and conjure a consensus where I do not see one? --]] 12:43, 15 September 2005 (UTC)


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Rossami, I just wanted to say that was the most instructive piece I've read on AfD-related matters in a while; as a newer editor, I'm especially appreciative of it. Thank you for your clarity.—]]&nbsp; 00:33, 16 September 2005 (UTC)


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Thanks for the invitation, but I don't feel a particular need to discuss these particular articles in a fragmented manner. The centralized dic def discussion works fine for me. If, however, you would like to put someone of the items which were closed with no consensus back on AFD after a reasonable time, I'd be happy to comment. - ]|] 09:03, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
* '''Tech tip''': The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of ] can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.
*You might also perhaps care to consider the argument being put forward by some editors that a straight alphabetically ordered list of Greek words with their pronunciations and English translations is ''not'' a Greek-English translating dictionary. See ]. ] 10:57, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
*Please review the discussion at ]. ] 15:24, 19 September 2005 (UTC)


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== Administrators' newsletter – November 2023 ==
With respect to the articles on ], ], ], etc., I suggest we '''merge''' them all into one article on something like ]. I think it would put them all in context, be more useful to the reader, and eliminate overly short separate articles on the topic. Perhaps we should open a ] on how to address these. --] ] 20:36, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
: I think we already have an article on that concept. I believe it would be ] (or one of the closely related articles linked there). ] ]


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Hi Rossami! I'd like to thank you for pouring some oil on troubled waters at Tony Sidaway's talkpage. I think that less quarelling there will be ''very'' helpful. :-)


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BTW, I took the liberty of editing your userpage slightly, in the last section, the link to my talkpage now points to an archive instead of of my main talkpage. Yes, I was also surprised at the low number of delete votes on the second debate. ] ] 10:42, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
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Is that a vote to "delete"? - ]]] 23:23, 19 September 2005 (UTC)


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== Administrators' newsletter – December 2023 ==
== Protecting ] ==


] from the past month (November 2023).
Protecting an AfD subpage because there's a bit of a pile-on is a bit... unusual, no? Far, far worse "come here and vote!" instances have survived without such drastic intervention, especially since the pilers-on seem to have been satisfied with "take it to Wiktionary" anyhow. &mdash; ]] ] 18:09, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
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I am entirely unopposed to your deletion of the article (in fact, I think it's the right decision as I don't feel that my own webcomic IS notable at this time, despite its good Alexa ranking), however, I do wish that you'd reconsider the allegation you made in regards to sockpuppetry.
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The user you refer to is in no way connected to me... a little research would have shown that quite quickly, and the allegation you made may affect a future Vote for Deletion if the page is recreated. Thank you. ] 03:42, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
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BarnstarsWorking_Man's_BarnstarAwarded for your creativity and thoughtfulness when wading through VfD discussions. Feb 28, 2005Tireless_Contributor_BarnstarThe Tireless Contributor Barnstar
As the top contributor to What Misplaced Pages is not, you deserve this barnstar. Thank you! Jreferee 05:43, 23 August 2007 (UTC)]] Barnstar of Reversion HiresThe Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Good Job! :D ♪♫19maxx♪♫ 21:45, 10 March 2012 (UTC)Administrator Barnstar HiresThe Admin's Barnstar
I'm really impressed by the work you've been doing undeleting invalid R3s. I've seen admins that were overly trigger happy on deleting with that criterion, so the fact that someone is looking into it and acting is good to know! Redirects may not win glamor, but they're important, and your concern for them is appreciated. --Fyre2387 23:19, 24 April 2012 (UTC) Special Barnstar HiresThe Special Barnstar
For your contribution to RfD. Ankit Maity 07:42, 24 June 2012 (UTC) Administrator Barnstar HiresThe Admin's Barnstar
Defective application of administrative guidelines reversed
Thank you for your recent contributions to Misplaced Pages:Deletion review, where a significant defect in the application of CSD has been successfully reversed.. Your diligence was fundamental to the rescue of an improperly-deleted article.
The article now carries the appropriate tag
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giving interested parties the requisite time and -access to bring it into compliance with relevant guidelines.
Your contribution is mentioned in this entry thanking the deleting admin for his involvement. Patronanejo 06:02, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

RfD backlog

There is a large backlog of discussions at RfD awaiting closing, some outstanding for over a month. I cannot close any of the discussions from 6 June or earlier (and probably some later than that too), so if you have the time it would be very helpful if you could help reduce the backlog. Thank you, Thryduulf (talk) 11:42, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

The backlog has now been cleared, thank you very much for your help. Thryduulf (talk) 10:36, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Centoctgesimal courtesy RfD

Thanks Rossami, for creating these RfD and notifying me. I added my two cent(octgesimal)s worth. Thank you also for your time invested in clean-up and maintenance of wikipedia. Bcharles (talk) 17:29, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Discussion about "Template:Cop"

There is a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2014_February_15#Template:Cop about the second nomination of Template:Cop in which you may be interested. --Jax 0677 (talk) 06:32, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

Discussion about "Template:Wprk"

There is a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2014_February_8#Template:wprk about the nomination of Template:wprk in which you may be interested. --Jax 0677 (talk) 09:16, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Discussion about "Template:Wpcm"

There is a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2014_February_25#Template:Wpcm about the nomination of Template:Wpcm in which you may be interested. --Jax 0677 (talk) 07:26, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Redirects for discussion

There are several redirects for discussion at Misplaced Pages:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2014_March_27 in which you may be interested. --Jax 0677 (talk) 16:05, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Redirects for discussion

There are several redirects for discussion at Misplaced Pages:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2014_April_14 in which you may be interested. --Jax 0677 (talk) 03:23, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Boxx

The article Boxx has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unremarkable, experimental programming language with no references to establish its notability. (The references in the article do not pertain to the topic at all.)

While all constructive contributions to Misplaced Pages are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Boxx is suitable for inclusion in Misplaced Pages according to Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Boxx (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. QVVERTYVS (hm?) 09:59, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

Information icon Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in over one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next month. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Misplaced Pages:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 00:30, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Huh. I had no idea how much time had gone by. I'll try to find time to return. Rossami (talk) 05:15, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Misplaced Pages arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:53, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Template talk:Short pages monitor

You may be interested in the discussion at Template talk:Short pages monitor#Need to define and possibly rethink this template. —Anomalocaris (talk) 23:46, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Masterbates

Would you mind recounting here. Does this close relate to this comment Legacypac (talk) 05:39, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Masturbation redirects listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Masterbated and Masterbatory. Since you had some involvement with these redirects, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. —GodsyCONT) 20:51, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Reintroduced, Reintroducing, Reintroduction, and Reintroductions listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Reintroduced, Reintroducing, Reintroduction, and Reintroductions. Since you have had some involvement with the Reintroduced, Reintroducing, Reintroduction, and Reintroductions redirects (i.e. Misplaced Pages:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 February 5#Re-introductory), you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. —GodsyCONT) 03:52, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

I kinda owe you an apology not because Misplaced Pages says so but because I say so

Rossami,

In the last few days I have been hitting your arguments for keeping things pretty hard over at WP:RfD. Please believe me that this is in no way anything personal and I see the good work you do and all the contributions you make, it just happens to be a run of bad luck for both of us that we are on opposing sides on every argument.

I have tried to make it not look like any kind of personal attack, which it certainly isn't, attacking your argument not you personally. However, if it has ever seemed like that, I can only and sincerely apologise.

I would hope if we ever met in person we would both also argue vigorously while sharing a bottle of wine or whatever is your fancy.

I can assure you once again it is not a personal attack over at RfD and nobody - not a single person or an admin or anything - has warned me, but I can see how it might look like it. I have made a similar but less personal apology over at RfD but felt I should do so here. Thanks for leaving the message on my user talk page, that kinda broke the ice. Si Trew (talk) 06:48, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

"...Re"

Hi Rossami, I think you should reconsider what happened at Misplaced Pages:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 April 17#...Re. While I certainly think you're right that there wasn't consensus either way there, there was almost unanimous consensus at the RM that ...Re was ambiguous, so it really should've been retargeted at that point. Taking these discussions together, it seems clear that, while this may well be discussed more in the future, the term needs to be treated as ambiguous. (FWIW, I probably would've supported the RM.) --BDD (talk) 14:35, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

美 listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect 美. Since you had some involvement with the 美 redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. - CHAMPION 08:29, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

"Egyptian mummy" ca.1898 listed at Redirects for discussion

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IESVS NAZARENVS REX IVDÆORVM listed at Redirects for discussion

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Afd footer (multiple)

Template:Afd footer (multiple) has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 12:17, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

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"IESVS NAZARENVS REX IVDÆORVM" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect IESVS NAZARENVS REX IVDÆORVM has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Misplaced Pages:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 February 23 § IESVS NAZARENVS REX IVDÆORVM until a consensus is reached. ‍ ‍ Helloheart ‍ ‍ 00:04, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

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  • 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.

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  • 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.
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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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renamed Beeblebrox → Just Step Sideways

CheckUser changes

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[REDACTED] Oversight changes

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Guideline and policy news

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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Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

Administrator changes

added Clovermoss
readded Dennis Brown
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CheckUser changes

added
readded Maxim
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[REDACTED] Oversighter changes

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readded Maxim
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Arbitration

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Good article reassessment for Attachment disorder

Attachment disorder has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. GabrielPenn4223 (talk) 02:28, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).

Administrator changes

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Bureaucrat changes

removed Worm That Turned

CheckUser changes

removed Wugapodes

Interface administrator changes

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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. (T326065)

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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Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

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Bureaucrat changes

removed SilkTork

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

Miscellaneous

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Misplaced Pages.
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

Administrator changes

readded Nyttend
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Bureaucrat changes

removed Nihonjoe

CheckUser changes

readded Joe Roe

[REDACTED] Oversight changes

removed GeneralNotability

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Misplaced Pages. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

Arbitration

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).

Administrator changes

readded Graham Beards
removed

Bureaucrat changes

removed

[REDACTED] Oversight changes

removed Dreamy Jazz

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).

Administrator changes

readded Isabelle Belato
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Interface administrator changes

readded Izno

CheckUser changes

removed Barkeep49

Technical news

  • Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
  • Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.

Arbitration

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).

Administrator changes

removed Pppery

Interface administrator changes

removed Pppery

[REDACTED] Oversighter changes

removed Wugapodes

CheckUser changes

removed

Guideline and policy news

Arbitration

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).

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CheckUser changes

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Guideline and policy news

Arbitration

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).

Administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

removed Maxim

[REDACTED] Oversighter changes

removed Maxim

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2024).

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

added
readded Pppery

CheckUser changes

readded

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).

Administrator changes

added Sennecaster
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CheckUser changes

added
readded Worm That Turned
removed Ferret

[REDACTED] Oversight changes

added
readded Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.

Arbitration

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